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SECOND INSTALMENT
, Jim rose and followed the man
out of the building. Hiram Morris
here! In Alaska! It was incredi
ble. More incredible still was it to
recognize in this bent figure of dis
couragement the once mighty man
of Michigan, the colossus of Jim’s
youth.
Mr. Morris shuffled along the
street, shaking his head and mut
tering to himself. As he passed the
entrance to a bakery whence issued
the savory odors of fresh bread,
"pies, and spicy cakes he paused,
lifted his face, and breathed deeply.
He halted again before a restaurant
inside the show window of which
were displayed raw steaks and chops
and cold-storage chickens upon a
bed of cracked ice.
Jim recognized the expression in
that thin, eager face and he experi
enced a shock. Good God! the man
was hungry! Hungry in Alaska!
Nobody had ever gone hungry on
the Yukon. What kind pf camp
was this?
Holding his voice to a casual
tone, he said: "Excuse me, but I’m
looking for a clean cafe. Can you
tell me where the gamblers eat?”
"Right here, I believe. It is the
most expensive place in town.” The
speakers’ gaze remained fixed up
on the window.
l m a stranger nere ana i aon t
know a soul. Won’t you join me?”
Mr. Morris looked up now, swift
ly: in his eyes was a glitter that
Rowan had seen in the eyes of fam
ished trail dogs. "Why, you don’t
know me! Besides—I’m not dressed
for a place like this. I thank you,
but—” |
"Come on. You’ll be doing me a
favor.” Jim held the door open and
waited for the ragged figure to pre
cede him, then he selected a table
in one of- the booths and ordered a
meal for two which caused his guest
to say:
"My dear sir, you can’t be fami
liar with Nome prices. A T-bone
steak is seven dollars and—those
fresh vegetables. Why, you’ve or
dered a millionaire’s banquet.”
"Well, it is a sort of banquet
with me. It celebrates an occa
sion.”
"Indeed?”
"I meet an old friend tonight: a
man from my home town.”
Mr. Morris was ready and will
ing to talk about Nome. He had
failed greatly and he was at a gar
rulous age, but about himself he
had little to say and it was some
time before Jim managed to discov
er that he had been here for two
years, mining, but without success.
“You know how it is,” he ex
plained with a tremulous smile; "it
takes time to develop a placer pro
perty when you have no capital.
But I have a splendid claim and one
of these days I’ll land in the pay.”
The two men chatted on until
their food was served, and, inas
much as the host had not seen fit
to introduce himself the guest did
not make himself known. It was
not until the latter had eaten rav
enously, to his complete satisfaction
and had lighted an expensive cigar
of Jim’s selection, that the younger
man said:
"Perhaps you’d like to hear about
that old friend I met. He was a
big man in our town and I was a
poor kid, but he gave me some ad
vice that I’ve tried to live up to.
It came about like this: one morn
ing we were having a snowball fight
in front of the school-house when
he drove past in his cutter.”
Mr. Morris peered curiously at
the speaker.
"I don’t know what possessed
me, but I threw a ball at him. It
was ice. It hit him, hurt him like
the devil. I’d have been fired from
school only for him. He—”
"Where was this?”
"It was in Dover. You took me
to the principal and—”
“Why, this is extraordinary!
Then your name is—Rowan. You’re
Jim Rowan’s boy. And you recog
nized me, after all these years!”
Mr. Morris was deeply mov§d.
"I couldn’t fail to recognize that
scar on your cheek, sir, inasmuch
as I put it there.”
"My dear boy!” The old man
took Jim’s hand in both of his.
"How strange that we should meet
like this! And how you fooled me!
You had your little joke, didn’t
you?”
"Merely because I wasn’t sure
you’d accept my invitation to dine
if you knew who I was.”
Mr. Morris confessed reluctant
ly:'T—I’m not sure that I would
have accepted, Jim. You see, times
have changed; things haven’t gone
well with me and it hurts a man’s
pride to acknowledge failure to his
friends. I have some pride left.
That’s why I’m not going back
until I land inn the pay. Now that
you know everything, I’m going
to make a confession: I was—act
ually hungry when you invited me
in!”
"Hell of a camp, to let a man go
hungry!” Rowan exclaimem, harsh
ly
"You see, I’m pretty old and
I’m not very strong. It’s hard for
me to* get work. However, a little
poverty, a little hardship, doesn’t
hurt anybody. It makes one enjoy
good fortune when it comes. But,
Jim, my boy, tell me about your
self. How did I ever help you?
You must have struck it rich to
be able to afford an extravagance
like this—this banquet?”
Rowan shrugged. "I’ve made a
little and I’ve spent a little. You
made me promise to fight fair and
never hit a fellow when we wasn’t
looking. I could have made more
if I hadn’t lived up to that promise,
but—”
"Never mind. Crooked money
isn’t worth having and money of
any sort isn’t worth too high a
price. This is a cruel country and
it’s hard to get ahead. But you’re
young and you’ve taken good care
of yourself.” Mr. Morris’s failing
eyes did not see that Jim’s flesh
was flabby and that the bleach in
his cheeks came from lack of sun
light. "That’s your early training.l
I’ve no sympathy for these wasters
who squander their money over
bars and gambling tables.”
Rowan nodded gravely; he spoke
the literal truth when he said:
"Neither have I.”
"I’m out of date, perhaps, but I
still retain my old-fashioned ideas.
I daresay I don’t belong here.”
"Why don’t you leave?”
"How can I?” The question was
accompanied by a crooked smile
and a regretful shake of the gray
head.
“But your family—?” With a
gambler’s caution Jim was leading
up to the question that had trem
bled upon his lips from the moment
he had first recognized Rose’s
father.
"Mrs. Morris died several years
. »
ago.
“Pm sorry. I haven’t heard from
home in ages.” There was a mo
ment of silence, then with averted
eyes and in a tone of indifference
the younger man said, "Your
Mr. Morris peered riously at the
speaker.
daughter Rose must be a woman
now.”
Hiram Morris looked up eagerly.
"Yes. Yes, indeed! A lovely, sweet
girl.”
"Married, no doubt?”
"No. But some day I hope her
Prince Charming will come along.
Poor Rose, she deserves a prince!
She’d love to see you, I know, but
—I’m afraid her pride is stiffer
than mine. You understand. She
feels our situation keenly—”
"You don’t mean she’s—here?”
"Why, yes! Where' else would
she be?” She’s all I have.”
Rowan felt himself grow dizzy,
ill. Rose here! Dependent upon
this poor, feeble old man whom he
had surprised staring at a cafe
window like a famished wolf! It
was a moment before he could
trust himself to inquire: "Where is
she? What is she doing?”
"She’s out on the creek. I came
in to look for a man, a helper, but
—I can’t pay wages and nobody
cares to prospect a claim for an in
terest in it when there are so many
claims to be had for the taking, or
to be jumped. We’ve about reached
the end of our rope. I saw the no
cice of that Michigan meeting and
[ thought I might find somebody
there.”
"You did,” said Rowan. When
Morris looked at him uncompre
hendingly, he explained: "You
found me.”
"Oh, my boy! You don’t under
stand—”
"I understand perfectly. You
want a working partner and you’ll
give him an interest. All right,
how much of an interest do I get?”
"Why, I was going to offer a
half—”
"That’s too much, just for a pick
and shovel stiff. I’ll put up the
grub and outfit for all hands.”
"Nonsense! You’ve done well—”
“Not well enough so that I can
afford to turn down a good offer
like this. You’ve been here fewo
years and you haven’t struck pay;
I spent five years on the Yukon and
never made a dollar out of mining.
I left to look for something. Well,
I’ve found it.”
The next morning Jim Rowan I
put a pack on his back and hit the
trail. It was the first time in near
ly five years that he had felt pack
straps, for The Michigan Kid had
taken his exercise by proxy, and he
was dismayed to discover how soft
and how short of breath he had be
come. He felt a pang when he
heard the siren of his steamer giv
ing the signal to weigh anchor, lor
he was heartily sick of the north
land and hungry for the world out
side. He had worked long for this
hour; he felt now as if some one
had offered him a drink then snat
ched it away.
And the worst of it all was that
he had no doubt made a fool of
himself! Rose would not—could
not be the girl he had known; nor
could the faint spark of a boyhood
infatuation be fanned into the
flame of a real man’s love, for
men’s states change without their
knowing it. He knew without
asking that. Rose shared all of her
father’s scruples and prejudices.
Lucky for him that he had buried
The Michigan Kid.
Rose had bloomed into exactly
the sort of woman that Jim had
expected, thereby disproving the
cynical statement that our realiza
tions never equal our anticipations.
She was a little more fragile than
he had pictured her, but the reason
for that was evident and it wrung
his heart.
Ten mifiutes after he'saw her,
heard her voice, looked Into her
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"Of course you realize the supplies
came just in time?”
eyes, he had ceased all regrets about
that departed steamship.
She was delighted to see the boy
she had known, and with her own
hands she prepared the simple sup
per for three. Later she sought out
Jim as he was strolling about the
claim.
"Father tells me that you have
bought a complete out3t of sup
plies, and lumber for another cab
in.”
"Yes. They’ll be out tomorrow.”
The girl lowered her eyes and
said with some difficulty: "Of
course you realize that they came
just in time. It’s almost easier to
take charity from strangers than
from old friends. I’m sorry you
made the sacrifice.”
" 'Charity’? 'Sacrifice’? What
sacrifice?”
"Father says you were on your
way 'outside’—after five years. I
know what that means.
Continued Next Week.
Meehan Tied For Second
Honors Among High
Scorers of Nation
Has Scored More Touch
downs Than Leader
Red Meehan is again bringing
glory to Catawba through his
high scoring this season. At the
time of this writing he holds the
honor of being the second highest
scoren in the country. frh e Asso
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report:
"Ray Zeh, Western Reserve
fullback, leads the country in
scoring, having a total of eighty
seven points.
"Close on his heels are Ellis
Meehan of Catawba in North
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each of whom has crossed the goal
line fourteen times for a grand
total of eighty-four points.”
Zeh, however, has only eleven
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good 21 tries for extra points.
This puts Meehan three touch
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Red was the nation’s second
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arm was broken in the game with
Presbyterian College. Last year’s
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Red has received great honors
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bucker” its heartiest congratula
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Fall—The doctor at the hospital
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