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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I—As a representative of
the government Gordon Elliot la on his
way to Alaska to Investigate coal claims.
On the bout he meets and becomes In
terested in a fellow passenger whom lie
learns Is Sheba O'Neill, also "going In." |
Colby Mucdonald, active head or the land- |
Blabbing syndicate under Investigation, 1 !
comes aboard. Macdonald Is attacked by
mine laborers whom ho had discharged. !
and the active Intervention of Elliot prob
ubly saves his life.
.CHAPTER ll—Elliot and Macdonald'
become In a measure friendly, though the
latter does not know that Elliot is on a I
mission which threatens to spoil plans of
Macdonald to acquire millions of dollars
through the unlawful exploitation of Im
mensely valuable coal fields. Elliot also
''tf''ts a line" on the position occupied by
Waly Selfrldge, Macdonald's right-hand
man, who is returning from a -visit to
"the States," where he had gone In an
cfrort to convince the authorities that •
there was nothing wrontf In Macdonald's'
methods.
CHAPTER lll —Elliot aecurea an Intro
duction to Miss O'Neill and while the
boat Is taking on freight the pair set out
to climb a locally famous mountain. They
venture too high and. reach a position
from which It Is Impossible for Mis* 1
O'Neill to go forward or turn back. f
CHAPTER IV-ElHot leaves Sheba aM
at Imminent peril of his life goee for as
sistance. He meets Macdonald, who had
become alarmed for their safety, and they
return and rescue Sheba.
CHAPTER V-Landlng at Kuslak El- !
Hot finds that old friends of his, Mr. and
Mrs. Paget, are the people whom Shebi
has come to visit. Mrs. Paget is Sheba's
cousin. At dinner Elliot reveals to Mac
donald the object of his coming to Alas
ka. The two men, naturally antagonistic,
now also become rivals for the hand or
Sheba.
CHAPTER Vl—Macdonald, foreseeing
failure of his financial plans If Elliot
learns the facts, sends Selfrldge to Ka
mntlah to arrange matters so that Elliot
will be deceived as to the true situation.
I
CHAPTER Vll—Elliot, on his way to
Kamatlah, wanders from the trail. He
loses his horse In a marsh and is com
pelled to throw away rifle and provisions
and all unnecessary clothing. After long
struggles he realizes that ne will nevftr
reach Kamatlah, and resigns himself to
death.
CHAPTER VIII—At Kamatlah, Gideon
Holt, old prospector and bitter enemy of
Macdonald, learns of Elliot's coming ond
determines to let him know l''G truth.
SelfrldßO has Holt kidnaped and tuken on
a "proepeetlnK" expedition. Elliot, bare
ly alive, wanders Into their camp and is
cared for.
CHAPTER IX—Holt recognizes Elliot
and the two overpower the kidnapers and
reach Kamatlah. Holt gives Elliot tho
real facts concerning the coal lands doal.
CHAPTER X—Having all tho Informa
tion he wanted, Elliot, with Holt as guide,
goes back to Kuslak. On tho way the/
meet a aiitiaw. Meleetße, with her .child,
who is Macdonald's son. Reaching Ku
slak Elliot becomes convinced that Diano
(Mrs. Panet) Is doing her utmost to In
duce Sheba to marry Macdonald. Ho de
termines to win her for himself.
CHAPTER Xl—Macdonald confesses to
Sheba that ho had wronged her father In
a mining traction and makes financial
restitution. Macdonald and Sheba bo
conie engaged, and Elliot la sent down
the river on official business.
CHAPTER Xll— Genevieve Mftltory,
adventuress, who has determined to win
Maedonald, learns of Meteetse and her
child and sends for them to confront
Macdonald. They visit Sheba and sho
learns tho truth. Macdonald blames El
liot for bringing the Indian woman to
Kuslak. Sheba breaks the engagement.
CHAPTER Xlll—Convinced that Elliot
had Induced Meteetse to visit Sheba Mc
donald sends Selfrldge to warn him to
leave Kuslak at once, threatening to
shoot him on sight. Elliot refuses to go,
and purchases a revolver.
CILAPTER XlV—Macdonald. carryinq
large sum of money to pay employees. Ii
assaulted and badly hurt. Elliot rescue*
him and carries him to Kuslak. Elliot Is
arrested, charged with attempt to murder
Ma-cdonald.
CHAPTER XV-Sheba and Diane visit
Elliot and assure him of their belief in
hlrt Innocence. Macdonald's attitude puz
zles Diane.
CHAPTER XVl—Elliot learns that pa
pers have been taken by Selfrldge fr°m
ills room at the hotel. He Wreaks Jail
and recovers them, and Is again arrested.
CHAPTER XVII Macdonald glvei
bonds and arranges for Elliot's release.
On a business trip, Elliot Is compelled to
seek shelter In a miners' camp. The men
seeing In hlrn an enemy of their Interests,
attempt to kill him. He escapes.
CHAPTER XVlll—Official orders from
Washington suspend Elliot from govern
ment service. Sheba leaves Kuslak foi*
a visit at a camp near Katma. Gideon
Holt comes to Kuslak and purchases fin
est dog team that can be bought.
CHAPTER XlX—Mrs. Selfrldge enter
tains all the "socially elect" of Kuslak
at a dinner-dance. That night Macdon
ald's bank Is robbed and the cashier, Rob
ert Milton, killed. Elliot and Holt leav#
Kuslak hurriedly. Macdonald, believing
them the murderers of Milton, pursues.
CHAPTER XX—The party with which
Sheba In Journeying is caught tn a bllz
sard. and they take refuge In an aban
doned cabin.
CHAPTER XXl—Elll»t and Holt, whe
have learned of Sheba's danger, hurry to
rescue. Holt breaks his leg. but JElllot
conveys him on sled to where thewmeet
Sheba and her companions. ElllotTearnr
that Sheba loves him.
CHAPTER XX.
In the Blizzard.
"Swlftwater" Pete, the driver of the
stage between Kttslak and Kutmu, did
not like the look of the sky as bis
pontes breasted llic long uphill climb
thut ended'at the pass. "Oittln* her
buck up for. a blizzard, look* like.
Doggone It. if thut wouldn't Jest be ray
luck." he murmured fretfully.
Shebn hoped there would be one, ftot.
of courw, n really, truly blizzard such
as Ma*donnld had tuld her about, but
tlie tail of n make-believe one, enough
to send her glowing with exhilaration
into the roi.dliouse with the happy
sense of an adventure achieved. The
girl was buoyed up by a sense of free
dom. For a time, at least, she was es
caping Macdonald's driving energy, the
appeal of Gordon Elliot's warm friend
liness, and Ihe unvoiced urging of
Diane. Good old Peter and the kid
dles were the only ones that let her
alone.
Sho looked back at the horses labor
ing up the bill. Swlftwater had got
down and was urging them forward,
his long whip crackling .about the
ears of the leaders. He was worried,
lie would have liked to turn and run
for it. But the Inst roadhouse was
twenty-seven miles back. If .the bliz-
. znrd Canic howling ~doWn {E«T slope
they would hare a sweet time of It
reaching safety. Smith's Crossing was
on the other side of the' divide, only
nine miles away. They would have to
worry through somehow.
Miss O'Neill knew that Swlftwstei
I Pete was anxious, and though she waa
S - not yet afraid, the girl understood the
■ reason for It. The roud ran through
the heart of a vast snow-Held, the sur
! face of which was being swept by s
, screaming wind. The air was fall ol
sifted white dust, and the road furrow
wns rapidly filling. Soon It would b
obliterated. Sheba tramped behind the
stage-driver and In her tracks walked
Mrs. Olson, the other passenger.
Through the muffled scream of th
'storm Swlftwster shouted back t«
Shebfi. "foil wnnla keep close to me.'
She nodded her head. His ordei
needed no explanation. The world
was narrowing to • lane whose walls
she could almost touch with her fln
' gers. A pall of white wrapped them.
Upon them beat a wind of stinging
sleet Nothing cotltd be seen bat the
I blarred outlines of the stage and the
driver's flgvre.
The bitter cold searched through
Sheba's furs to her soft flesh and the
blast of powdered Ice beat upon her
face. The snow wns getting deeper
as the road filled. Once or twice she
stumbled and fell. Her strength ebbed,
and the hinges of her knees gave un-,
expectedly beneath her. How long
was it, she asked herself, that Macdon
ntd had said men could live In n bliz
zard?
Staggering blindly forwnrd, Sheba
bumped Into the driver. He had drawn
up to give the horses a moment's rest
before sending them plunging at the
snow again.
"No chance," he called Into the
young woman's ear. "Never make
Smith's In the world. Ooln' try for
miner's cabin up gulch little way."
The team stuck In the drifts, fought
through, and was blocked again ten
yards beyond. A dozen times the
horses gave up, answered the sting of
the whip by diving head first at the
white banks, and were stopped by
fresh snow-combs.
Pete gave up the fight. He began
unhitching the horses, while Sliebn and
Mrs. Olson, clinging to each other's
hands, stumbled forward to Join him.
The words he shouted across the back
of a horse were almost lost In the
roar of the shrlekjng wind.
". . . heluvatlme . . . ride
. . . gulch," Sheba made out.
He flung Mrs. Olson astride one of
tho wheelers and helped Sheba to the
back of the right leader. Swlftwater
clambered upon Its mate himself.
The girl paid no attention to where
they were going. The urge of life
was so faint within her that she did
not greatly care whether she lived or
died. -Her face was blue from the cold,
her vitality was sapped. She seemed
1 to herself to have turned to Ice be
low the hips. Numb though her fin
gers were, she must keep them fas
tened tightly In the frozen mane of the
| animal. She recited her lesson to her
• j self like a child. She must stick on
—she must—she must.
Whether she lost consciousness or
| not Sheba never knew. The next she
realized was that Swlftwater Pete was
pulling her from the horse. He dragged
her Into a cabin where Mrs. Olson lay
crouched on the floor.
"Got to stable the horses," he ex
plained, and left them.
After a time he came back and lit a
j fire In the sheet-Iron stove. As the clr
j culntlon that meant life flooded back
' Into her chilled veins Sheba endured a
half-hour of excruciating pain. She
had to clench her teeth to keep back
the groans.
The cabin was empty of furniture
for a home-made table, rough
stools, and the frame of a bed. The
last occupant had left a little firewood
beside the stove, enough to last per
haps for twenty-four hours. SReba
did not need to be told that If the bliz
zard lasted long enough, they would
starve to death. Jn the handbag left
In the stage were a box of candy and
an Irish plum pudding. She had
brought the latter from the old coun
try with her and was taking It and the
chocolates to the Husted children. But
Just now the stage was as far from
them as Drogheda.
Like many rough frontiersmen.
Swlftwater Pete wns a diamond In the
raw. So far as conld be he made a
v ,hopeless and impossible situation com
fortable. His Judgment told him that
they were caught In a trap from which
there was no escape, but for the sake
of the women he put a cheerful face on
things.
"Lucky we found this cabin," he
growled amiably. "By this time we'd
'a' been up Snlt creek If we hadn't.
Seeing as our luck has stood up so far,
I reckon well be all light. Mighty
kind of Mr. Last Tenant to leave us
this firewood. We ain't so worse off."
"If we only had some food," Mrs.
Olson suggested.
"Food!" Pete looked at her In as
' j sinned surprise. "Iluh ! What about
| j all that live stock I got In the stable} j
I've hoard tell, ma'am, that broncho J
tenderloin Is a favorite dish with them j
{here French chiefs that do the cook
ing. They kinder trim It up so'k It's
'most as good as frawgs' legs."
' Sheba had never before slept on
1 bare boards with a sealskin coat for a
sleeping bag. But she was very tired
• and dropped off almost instantly,
1 Twice she woke during the night, dls>
1 tnrbed by the stiffness and the pain
of her body. When she awakened tot
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. APBIL 11, L9l£
the third time It was morning.
It seemed to her that the hard, whip
sawed planks were pushing through
the soft flesh to the bones. She was
cold, too, and crept closer to the stout
Swedish woman lying beside her. Pres
ently She fell asleep again -to the
sound of the blizzard howling outside.
When she wnkened for the third time
It was morning.
In' the afternoon the blizzard died
away. A» far as the eye could see,
Sheba looked out upon a waste of
snow. Her eyes turned from the deso
lation without 'to the bare and cheer*
less room in which they had found
shelter. In spite of herself a littl*
shiver ran down the spine of the girl.
Had she come into this Arctic soli
tude to find her tomb?
As soon ns the storm had moderated
enough to let him go out with safety,
Swlftwater Pete had taken one of the
horses for an attempt at trail break
ing.
"Me, Pm after that plum pudding.
I gWttn get a feed of oats from the
stage for my bronohs too. The scenery
here in sure fine, but It ain't what
you would call nourishing. Huh I
Watch oar smoko when me and old
Bnldface git to backing them drifts,"
He had been gone tw?> hours and the
dusk was already tjgjrentllng over the
xylite waste when' Sheba ventured out
ta see what had become of the stage
driver. But the cold was so bitter
that'she soon gave up the attempt to
fight her way through the drifts and
turned back to the cabin.
. Some time later Swlftwater Pete
came stumbling Into their temporary
home. He was fagged to exhaustion
bnt triumphant. Upon the table he
dropped from the crook of his numbed
arm two packages.
"The makings for a Christmas din
ner," he said with a grin.
Mrs. Olson thawed out the pudding
and the chocolates In the oven and
made a kind of mush out of some
oats Pete had saved from the horse
feed. They ate their one-sided meal
In high spirits. The freeze had snved
their lives. If It held clear till to
morrow they could reach Smith's
crossing on tho crust of the snow.
Swlftwater broke up the chairs for
fuel and demolished tho legs of the
table, nfter which he lay down before
the stove and fell at once Into a sod
den sleep.
Presently Mrs. Olson lay down on
tho bed and began to snore regularly.
Sheba could not sleep. The boards
tired her bones and she was cold.
Sometimes she slipped Into cat naps
that were full of bad dreams. When
she wakened with a start it was to find
that the fire had died down. She was
shivering from lnck of cover. Qui
etly the girl replenished the fire and
lay doyvn again.
When she wukened with a start It
was morning. A faint light sifted
through the single window of the
shack. Sheba whispered to tho older
woman that she was going out for a
little walk.
As she worked her way down the
gulch Sheba wondered whether the
news of their loss hud reached Ku
slak. Were search parties out already
to rescue them? Colby Mucdonald
had gone into the blizzard years ago to
save her father. Perhaps ho might
have been out all night trying to save
her father's dnughter. Peter would go.
of course—and Gordon Elliot. The
work In the mines would stop and
men would volunteer by scores. That
wns one fine thing about tho North.
It responded to the unwritten law
that a man must risk his own life to
save others.
From a little knoll Sheba looked
down upon the top of the stage three
hundred yards below her, and whll%
she stood there the promise of the
new day was blazoned on tho sky. It
cumo with nmazlng beauty of green
and primrose and amethyst, while the
stars flickered out anil the heavens
Acroae the Bnow Waste a Man Wn
Coming.
took on the blue of sunrise. Hlie drew
a deep, slow breath of adoration and
turned away. As she did so her eyea
dilated and her body grew rigid.
Across the snow wasre a man was
coming. He was moving toward the
cabin and'must cross the trench close
to her. The heart of the girl stopped,
then beat wildly to make up the lost
iitroke. He had come.lhrough the
r«rd to save her.
At that very Instant, as If the stage
had been set for It, the wonderful
Alaska sun pushed up Into the crotch
of the peaks and poured It* radiance
over the Arctic waste. The pink glow
swept In a tide of delicate color over
the snow nnd transmuted It to mil- i
lions of sparkling diamond*. The
Orcnt Magician's wand had recreated
the world Instantaneously.
CHAPTER XXI.
Two on the Trail.
Elliot and Ilolt left Kuslak In a ,
spume of whirling, blinding snow. I
They traveled Fight, nof more than
forty pounds to the dog, for they want
ed to mnke speed. It wns not cold for
Alaska. They packed their fur coats
on the sled and wore mittens of
ptoosehlde with duffel lining, on thejr
feet mukluks above "German" socks.
Holt had been a sour-dough miner too
long to let his partner perspire from
overmuch clothing. He knew the dan
ger'of pneumonia from n sudden cool
ing of the heat of the body.
Old Gideon took seven of his dogs,
driving them two abreast. Six were
huskies, rangy, muscular animals with
thick, dense coats. They were in the
best of spirits and carried their tolls
atory which Is Repeated In Alaska
many times every winter. It rang In
him like a bell that where tough,
hardy miners succumbed a frail girl
would have small chance.
He cut across over tho hill toward
the draw, and at whnt he saw his pulse
quickened. Smoke wns pouring out of
the chimney of a cabin and falling
groundward, as it does in the Arctic
daring very cold weather. Had Sheba
found safety there?
As he pushed forward the rising sun
flooded the earth with pink and struck
a million sparkles of color from the
snow. The wonder of-it drew the eyes
of I he young man for a moment toward
the hills.
A tumult of Joy flooded his veins.
The girl who held In hj-r soft hnnds
the liupplness of his life stood looking
at him. It seemed to him that she
was tho core of all that lovely tide of
radiance. He moved toward her nnd
looked down Into the trench where she
waited. Swiftly ho kicked off his
snowshoes and leaped down beside her.
The gleam of tears was In her eyes
as she held out both hands to him.
During the long look they gave each
other something wonderful to both of
them was horn Into tho world.
When he tried.to speak his hoarse
voice broke. "Sheba —iittlo Sheba I
Safe, after all. Thank God, you—
you—" He swallowed the lump In his
throat and tried again. "If you know—
God, how I have snffered! I was
afraid —I dared not let myself think."
A live pulse bent In her white throat.
The tears brimmed over. Then, some/-
how, she was In his arms weeping. Her
j ■*
He Met the Touch of Her Surrendered
Lips.
eyes slowly turned to his, and he met
the touch of her surrendered lips.
Mature hnd brought them together by
one of her resistless nnd unpreraedl
| tated Impulses.
A stress of emotion had jiwept her
Inlo/hls arms. Now aha drew away
I from him shyly. The conventions In
which she had been brought up assert
| ed themselves. An absurd little fear
obtruded Itself Into her happiness. Had
I she rushed Into his arms like a love
sick girl, taking It for granted that he
! cared for her 7
"You—came to look for tis?" she
asked, with the little shy stiffness of
embarrassment.
"For you—yes."
He could not take his eyes from her.
It seemed to hlin that a bird was sing
| Ing In his heart the gladness he could
I not express. He had for many hours
pushed from his mind pictures of her
j lying white and rigid on the snow. In
j stcad she stood beside him, her dell-
I cate beauty vivid as the flush of a
| flame.
"Did they telephone that wc were
! lost ?" •
"Yes. I was troubled when the
storm grew. I could not sleep. 80 I
j called up the road house by long 'II s
: tance. They had not heard from the
stage. Later I called again. When I
could stand It no longer, I started."
"Not on foot?"
"No, with Holt's dog team. He Is
back there. His leg Is broken. A
I snow-slide crashed hltn this morning
] where we ramped."
"Itrlng him to the cabin. 1 will tell
the others you are corning."
"Have you had any food?" he asked.
A tired smite lit up the shadows of
weariness under her soft, dark eyes.
"Boiled oats, plum pudding nnd choco
lates." she told hlrn.
"We have plenty of food on the sled.
I'll bring It at wice."
She nodded, nnd turned to go to the
cabin. He wniched for n moment the
lilt In her walk. An expression from
bis reading Jumped to his mind. Me
lodious feet! Home poet hnd said that,
hadn't he? Kurely It must have been
fiheba of whogi he'was thinking, this
girl so virginal of body nnd of mind,
free and light-footed as a caribou on
the hills,
Gordon returned to the sled nnd
drove the team up the draw to the
cabin. The three who hnd been ma
rooned come to meet their rescuer.
"You must 'a' come right through
the storm llckltty spilt," Swiftwater
■aid.
"You're right we did. This nlde pard
ner of mine was bent on wrestling with
a bllxzard," Holt answered dryly,
j "Horry you broke your Inlg, Old."
! -Thr'n there's two of us sorry, Swlft
-1 water. It's 000 of UUJ beat .lalgs I've
got"
Sheba turned to the old miner Im
puislvely. "If you could be knowlns
what I am thinking of you, Mr. Holt
how full our hearts are of the grutl
tude—" She stopped, tears In hei
voice.
"Sho! No need of that, miss. n
dragged me along." His thumb Jerked
toward the man Who Wns driving. "I'v«
seen better dog punchers than Elliot,
but he's got the world heat at routln'
old-timers out of bed and persuiidln'
them to kick In with him and buck o
blizznrd. Me, o' course, I'm an old fool
for cotnln' —"
The dark eyes of the girl were like
stars In a frosty night. "Then you're
the kind of u fool I love, Mr. Holt. 1
think it was Just fine of you. und I'll
never forget It as long as I live."
Mrs. Olson had cooked too long In
lumber and mining camps not to know
something about bone setting. Tinder
her direction Gordon made splints and
helped her bandage. the broken leg.
Shebn cooked an appetizing breakfast.
The aroma of coffee and the smell of
ffylng bacon stimulated appetites that
Weded no tempting.
Ilolt, propped up by blankets, ate
with the others. For a good many
years he had taken his luck as It camo
with philosophic endurance. Now h«
wasted no time In mourulng what
could not he helped. He was lucky
the Ice slide had not hit him In tho
head. A broken leg would mend. |
While they itte, the pnrty went Into
committee of the whole to decide whnt
was best to be done. Gordon noticed
thnt In all the tentative suggestions
made by Holt and Swlftwater tho
comfort of Shebn was the first thing
In mind.
The girl, too, noticed It and smll- )
ingly protested, her soft hand lying
for the moment on the gnarled one of
the old miner.
"It doesn't matter about me. We
have to think of whnt will be best for
Mr. Ilolt, of how to get him to the j
proper care. My comfort can wait." |
The plan at last decided upon was
that Gordon should mnke a dash for
Smith's Crossing on snowshoes, where !
ho was to arrange for a relief pnrty to ■
come out for the Injured man and Mrs. ■
Olson. He wns to return at once with
out waiting for tho rescuers. Next
morning ho nnd Shebn would start
with Holt's dog team for Kuslak.
Macdonald hnd taught Sheba how to
use snowshoes and she hnd been an
apt pupil. From her sultcaso she got
out her moccasins nnd put them on.
She borrowed the snowshoes of Holt,
wrapped herself In her parka, and Re
nounced that she was going with El
liot part of the way.
Gordon thought her movements a
miracle of supple lightness. Her lines
had the swelling roundness of vital
youth, her eyes were alive with tho
eagerness that time dulls In most
faces. They spoke little as they swept
forward over the white snow wastes.
The spell of the great North was over
her. Its mystery wns stirring In hi*
henrt, Just as It had been when her
lips hnd turned to his at tho sunrise.
As for him, love ran through his veins
like old wine. But he allowed his feel- '
Ings no expression. For though sho j
hnd come to him of her own accord for j
thnt one blessed minute at dawn, he
could not be sure what had moved her
so deeply. She mhis treading a world
primeval, the wonder of It still In her
soft eyes. Would she waken to love
or to disillusion?
He took enre to see that she did
not tire. Presently he stopped and
held out his hand to say good-hy.
"Will you come back this way?" sho
asked.
"Yen. I ought to got hero «oon after
lnrk. Will you mwt mo?"
Mho gave him n quirk, shy little nod.
turned without Khuklng bunds, and
utrwk out for tho cabin. All through
the day happiness flooded her In-art.
While she* wolfed on Holt or helped
Mrs. Olson rook or watched Kulfiwa
tor while he put up the tent lii the lee
of the cabin, little snnlrho* of song
bubbled from her lips. Sometimes
they were bits of old Irish ball/ids that
popped her mind. Once, while
nhe wns preparing Home coffee for her
patient, It waft a stanza from Hum*:
Till *' Ih. Kan, dry. Mr d"*«r,
And Ihn rocks m.lt wl' Ih. aun:
I will love ih.. still, mr 4-sr,
Willi, th* sind, o' life shsll run.
She caught old Gideon looking nt
her with n queer little smile on his
weather-tunned face nnd Klie felt the
color heat Into her cheeks.
"I haven't liotight a wedding present
for twenty years," be told her pres
ently, apropos of nothing that hnd
been said. "I won't know what's the
proper thing to get. Miss Sheba."
"If yon talk nonsense like tlint I'll
go out and talk to Mr. Kwlflwater
Pete," she threatened. blushing.
Old Old folded his handu meekly.
"I'll be good—honest I will, Let's see.
I got to makeUhfo and untie conversa- |
tlon, have I? Urn! Wonder when that I
lazy, long-legged, good-for-nothing
horsethlef nnd holdup that c*lls him- j
self Gordon Elliot will get back to |
camp."
Hheba looked Into lilt twinkling ryes
suspiciously ns she handed him his }
cofTee. for a moment she bit her lip J
to keep buck a smile, then said with
mock severity:
"Now, I am going to leave you to
Mrs. Olson."
When sunset came II found Shebn j
on the trail. Hwlftwater I'ete had of
fered to go with her, but she had been ;
relieved of his well-meant kindness by ;
the demand of Holt.
"No, you don't. I'ete. You ain't
a goin' off galllvanlln' with no young
lady. You're a-gotn' to stay here aud
Ox my game leg for me. What do you
reckon Miss Sheba wants with a fat.
lop sided lummox like you along with
her?"
Pete grew purple with cmbarmfß
tnent. (Is had not Intended anything
more than civility and he wanted this !
understood.
"limp' Ain't you got no sense j
a-tnll, Old? If Miss JMieba's bent on
goln' to meet Elliot, I ollowed some one J
ought to go along ami keep the dark j
offen her. 'Course there ain't nothin' |
going to harm her, unless she goes nnd .
gets lost —"
Kheba's smile cooled the heat of the |
stage driver. "Which she Isn't going |
to do. Good of you to offer' to go with
jne. Pon't mind Holt. Vvervb.-dy
known he doesn't mean hnff of what
he «oys. I'd be glad to have you come
with me, but It Isn't necessary at all.
So I'll not trouble you."
Darkness fell quickly, but Sheba still
held to the trail. There was no sign
of Elliot, but she felt sure he would
come soon. Meanwhile she followed
steadily the tracks he had made ear
lier In the day.
Sho stopped at last. It was getting
much colder. She was miles from the
camp. Reluctantly sho decided to re
turn. Then, out of the darkness, he
cnme abruptly upon her, the man
whom she had come out to meet.
Under the magic of the Northern
stars they found themselves again In
each other's arms for that brief mo
ment of Joyful surprise. Then, as It
had been In the morning, Sheba drew
herself shyly away.
"They ore waiting supper for us,"
sho told him 'lrrelevantly.
He did not shout out his happiness
and tell her to let them wait. For
Gordon, too, felt awed at this wonder
ful adventure of love that had befal
len them. It was enough for him that
they were moving side by side, alone
In the deep snows and the biting cold,
that waves of emotion crashed through
his pulses when his swinging hand
touched hers.
Tliey were acutely conscious of each
other. Excitement burned In the eyes
that turned to swift, reluctant
meetings. She was a woman, and he
was her lover. Neither of them dared
quite accept the fact yet, but It filled
the background of all their thoughts
with delight. *
Bheba jlld not want to talk of this
new, amazing thing that had come Into
her life. It wos too sacred a subject
to discuss Just yet even with him. So
she began to tell him odd fancies from
childhood that lingered In her Celtic
heart, tnles of the "little folk" that
were half memories and half Imagin
ings, stirred to life by some old asso
ciation of sky and stars. She laughed
softly at herself as she told them, but
Qordon did not laugh at her.
Everything she did was for him di
vinely done. Even when his eyes were
on the dark trail ahead ho saw only
the ilusky loveliness of curved check,
thp face luminous with a radiance
j some women are never privileged to
i know, the rhythm of head and body
| and slender legs that was part of her
Individual heaven-sent charm.
The rest finished supper before Gor
don and Sheba reached camp, but Mrs.
Olson had a hot meal wultlng for them.
"I fixed up the tent for the women
. folks—stove, sleeping bugs, plenty of
wood. Touch a match to the flro and
It'll be snug as a bug In a rug," ex
plained Swift water to Gordon.
Elliot and Sheba were to start early
for Kuslnk and loter the rescue party
would arrlvo to take cure of Holt and
Mrs. Olson.
"Time to turn In," Holt advised.
"You better light tlmt stove, Elliot."
The young man was still In the tent
arranging the sleeping bugs when She
ba entered. He tried to walk out with
out touching her, Intending to cull
back his good-night. Hut ho could not
do It. There wits something fluniey
about her tonight that went to his
head. Her tender, tremulous little
smile and the turn of her buoyant
little heart stirred In him a lover's
rhapsody.
"It's to be a long trail we cover to
morrow, Sheba. You must sleep. Good
. Bight."
"flood nlKht —Gordon."
Thorp wnii n little flush of audacity
In the tt'hlmalcnl twlfct of her mouth.
It was the flrnt tlino klic had ever
called him liy hlu given nuine.
Klllot threw uwiiy prudence uod
caiiKht her by the liandx.
"My dear—my dear!" he cried.
She trembled to hlx klnn, gave her
»elf to hlu embrace with Inuocerit pa» :
"lon. Tendrils of hair, fine u« Milk,
brushed hlx chock* and iient strange
thrills through him.
They talked the Incoherent language
of lovers that I* compounded of mur
murs and silences and the touch of
lips and the meetings of eyes. There
were to he other nights In their lives
as rich In memories as this, but never
another with quite the name delight.
Presently Khclm reminded him with
a Kinllo of the lung trull he hud men
tioned. Mrs. Olson bustled Into the tent,
and her presence stressed the point.
"fjood night, neighbors." Gordon
called buck from outside the tent.
Slieba's "CJood night" echoed softly
hack to him.
The girl fell asleep to the sound of
the light breeze slapping the tent and
to the doleful howling of the huskies.
To bo continued.
COUNTER ATTACKS BY
BRITISH SUCCESSFUL
London Hurreaaful Hrltlah coun
ter at facka w ISTP laun» bH aKalnat th«
Oerrnana in A vr-lt/y wood. (m th« weat
aldr of th#» Anrre rivrr north of Al
bert Til* wnr offlro
I anya fho Hrltifth all th«lr
i former poaitlon*. A Ormnn attack
on thf railroad Hn*a oppoaltf* Albert
wa« r''pijl*rd an«! another Teuton aa
*ault aouth of ll* hnt# rri«• wan ran
piftrjy brnkon up by tho llr»» of the
Brlflnh artillery.
BOLO PASHA APPEALS TO
PRESIDENT POINCARE
Pari« VN «l>nt Po!nrj»r«* ban r«»-
reived AlbTt SalM. COUIIRH for Bole
Panjia who wan ronvUtrd on a charg"
of tr*aon and afMitenr#»d to death
Th#» attorney pr#*««nted a plea for
clemency for hn» client Thin la B»!o
Paaha'a laat hop**. It la contrary tr?
cuatom to publ!«h the dcclalon reach
ed by th* rh!#f executive nolo miKbt
attempt '.o prolong hia Ufc* In the
€T«nt of an adverao deHaion by a*k
log to be h*arl aa * afate'a wltnftsg.
} ou Can Cure That Backache.
Pain alon* the back, llzilnaa, t-wlarle
aii'l vennerai languor. tiet a package of
Mother Uray'a Au»ti>ll-i l*-af, the pea*Ai t
root aii'l herb euro for Kldttt*y, Hladiler
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BUB9CRIBB KOK THK ULIiANKH
II0« A YR A R
NO. 9
(■RAHAM CHURCH DIUECTORY 31
Graham Baptist Church—Rev. L.M
U. Weston, Pastor.
Preaching every first and thirtt ,1
Sundays at 11.00 a. m. and 7.00 p,
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.45 a. m. W. I. Ward, Supt. m
Prayer meeting every Tuesday at
7.30 p. ra.
Graham Christian Church—N. Matn
Street—Rev. P. C. Lester.
Pleaching services every sec
osd ano fourth Sundays, at U. 09
a. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
10.00 a. M.—W. R. Harden, Super
intendent,
New Providence Christian Church
—North Main Street, near Depot-
Rev. P. C. Lester, Pastor. Preach
ing every Second and fourth Sun
day nights at 8.00 o'clock.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.46 a. m.—J. A. Jjayiiff, Superin
tendent.
Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet
ing every Thuroday night at 7.46.
o'clock.
Friends—North Of Graham Pub"
lie School, Rev. John M. Permar,
Pastor.
Preaching Ist, 2nd and 3rd Sun
days at ll.uo a. m. itnd 7.00 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.45 a. m.—Helle Zachary, Superin
tendent.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal, south—cor.
Main and Maple Streets, Rev. D.
E. Ernhart, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday at 11.00
a. m. and at 7.30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
4.45 a. ui.— W. ii. Green, Supt.
M. P. Church—N. Main Street,
Kev. R. S. Troxler, Pastor.
Preaching first and third Sun
days at 11 a. m. and 8 p. in.
Sunday School every Sundav at
9.45 a. m.—J. L. Amick, Supt.
Presbyterian—Wst Elm Street-
Rev. T. M. McConoeli, pastor.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.45 a. m.—Lynn B. Williamson, Su
perintendent.
Presbyterian (Travora Chapel)—
/. W, Clegg, pastor.
Preaching every Second and
fourth Sundays at 7.30 p, m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
2.30 p. m.—J. Harvey White, Su
perintendent.
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eT cT DERBY
Civil Engineer.
GRAHAM, N. C.
National Bask al Alamaut l'r«'|
BURLINGTON, N. C,
Boom M. lai National Bull BalMlif.
'Paoae 470
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-af-Law
GRAHAM, N. C.
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J", s. cook:,
Attarnay-at- Law,
GRAHAM, N C.
Ufflco Fittaiauu Italldli«
Hetond Vltor. . • , . .
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