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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1907)
WW W HU' " yWMWWWlfcl "nBnKSnBnMMaMVMaHnHHnHBBHMHHHMHaMH I "-1 Fall Goods Sale The Spoilers. at F. NEWHOUSE By REX E. BEACH. Copyrialit, 1000. by It c x E. Deiich, ku b N v This is a story of that great " 'I;ls,ou ,,u? ?)' !,,, m'' S0l'ln' ,, ., . -J, J, . i""' was In earnest, I let him run on. north country of which it has, -How much do you value (hut claim been said, "There's never a law o yoiirn ntV of God or man runs north of " 'Hard tcllln'. says l. Mf she holds fifty-three;" a tale of impetuous m l,ko sl!11n,n 'nst ',a"; tl,,l,I'e'(, ",lt ,... t . . . '., . to he ti million clour In her.' amotion, of brute strength and, .... ,mid, . ym, ole.m ths courage, of swift and passionate summer?' love and hate; a tale vigorous, " "ltout four hundred thousand, with forceful and absorbing, which ,,,,',;, ......... I llll on..u I... H..m.,.'1, I. .,11 .......... ten. iisoif wiUhnnt r, mw..' "" ""."' " "V"-.-' ! H-i'i'i" f sory of the hunger for gold and the hunger of tmvt for wom an, brooking no interference or rivalry, going straight for its ob ject, as did the primitive man before the time of laws and con ventionalities ; of civilized man turned back to savagery and los ing no manhood in the turning. Tarry awhile, O reader, with these rugged men of Nome, and you shall be refreshed and strengthened in their company. CIIAPTHK I. GLKNIS'"KU gazed out over tlit- harbor tiglcnui with the lights of anchored ships then up nt the crenelated mountains hlacU against the sky. He drank the cool air hurdcucd with Its taints of the sea, while the blood of JiIh hoyhood leaped within him. "Oil, It's tine tine," lie murmured, "and this Is my country my country, nfter all, Hex. It's lit my veins, this ( hunger for the north. I grow. I ex pand." "Careful you don't bust," warned Dextry. "I've seen men get plumb drunk on mountain air. Don't expand : too strong In one spot." lie weut back abruptly to his pipe, its villain tins i fumes promptly averting any danger of the air's too tonic quality. "Gad, what a smudge!" sullied the younger man. "Von ought to be in quarantine." j "I'd ruther smell like n man than talk like a kid. You desecrate the hour of meditation with rhapsodies on nature when your aesthetics ain't honed ui to the beauties of good to bacco." The other laughed, inflating his deep chest. In the gloom he stretched his muscles restlessly, as though an ex cess of vigor tilled him. They were lounging upon the dock, while' before them lay the Santa Maria ready for her midnight sailing Ilii an' you've got to watch Unit ground like you'd watch a rattlesnake. Don't never leave 'em get a grip on It or you're down an' out.' ' "lie was so plumb in earnest It scared me up, 'cause Mexico ain't a gabby man. "'What do you mean?' says I. "I can't tell you nothln' more. I'm puttin' a string on my own neck suyln' this much. You're a square man, Hill, an' I'm a gambler, but you saved in life oiuet, an' I wouldn't steer ,ou wrong. I'or clod's sake, don't let 'em jump your ground, that's all.' "'Let who Jump ItV Congress has give us Judges an' courts an' mar slials'-- I begins. "That's Just it. I low you golu' ti buck that hand'.' Them's the host cards In the deck. There's a man coinin by' the name of MeXamara. Watch hlmj clost. I can't tell you no more. Hut don't never let 'em get n grip on youi ground.' That's all he'd say." "I'.ah! He's crazy! 1 wish some body would try to Jump the Midas We'd enjoy the exercise." The siren of the Santa Maria inter rupted, its hoarse warning throbbing up the mountain. "We'll have to get aboard," said Dex try. "Sh-h! What's that?" the other whis pered. At first the only sound they heard was a stir from the deck of the steam er. Then from the water below them came the rattle of rowlocks and a voice cautiously muffled. I "Stop! Stop there!" A skill burst from the darkness grounding on the beach beneath. A llgure scrambled out and up the lad der leading to the wharf. Immediate ly u second boat, plainly in pursuit of the flrst one, struck on the beach be hind It. As the escaping figure mounted to their level the watchers perceived with amazement that It was a young wom an. Breath sobbed from her lungs, and, stumbling, she would have fallen but for fllenister, who ran forward Hehlnd slept Unahiska qunliit. an-, am, m1)0(1 ,or tu hQV fcet titpie and Russian, resting amid the fogs of Itcrlng sen. where a wock before mild eyed natives had dried their cod iimoug the old bronze can non now a frenzied horde of gold neekers paused lu their rush to the new EI Dorado. They had come like ii locust cloud, thousands strong, set tling on the edge of the Smoky sea, waiting the going of the Ice that bnrred them from their golden fleece from Nome the new, where men found fortune lu a night. nil.. ...,.,.. lit II Imdr t tltfk irlltflfyA uie imiMv u.. u ";""' on the ladder, were ridged with graves of those who ' So l Iinu Uieil on me oui uip iul- ium uc fore, when a plague hud gripped the Inud, but what of that? Gold glittered In the sands, bo said the survivors. Therefore men came In armies. Glen Ister and Dextry had loft Nome tho nut mini previous, the young mau rav ing with fever. Now they returned to their own land. "This nlr whets every animal Instinct "Don't let them get tue," she punted. He turned to his partner In puzzled Inquiry, but found that the old man hud crossed to the head of the landing ladder up which the pursuers were cllmbiug. "Just a minute, you there! Buck up 1 or I'll kick your fuce In!" Dextry's voice was sharp nud unexpected, and lu the darkness he loomed tall and menacing to those below, j "Get out of the way. Thut woman's a runaway," came from the one highest ladder ledge, "She broke qu" "Shut up!" broke in another. "Do you wnnt to advertise It? Get out of the way, there, ye blame fool! Climb up, Thorsen." He spoke like a bucko mate, and his words stirred the bile of Dextry. Thorsen grasped the dock floor, try ing to climb up, but the old mluer -. . . . . a I atnttittnil rm lilu fltinrnra flflfl fill. Hnltnr ill me." Glenister nroKO out again. .".'-- """' "Awav from the cities I turn savage, loosened his hold with a yell, carrying 1 feel tho old prtmltlvo passions, the the under men with him to the beach fret for fighting." "Mebbe you'll have a chance." "How so?" "Well, it's this way. I met Mexico Mulllns this mornln'. You mind old Mexico, don't you the feller that re located Discovery claim on Anvil cmik last summer?" 'You don't mean that 'tinhorn the In his full. "This way! Follow me!" shouted the mate, making up the bunk for the shore end. of. the wharf. "You'd better pull your freight, miss," Dextry remarked. "They'll bo hero In a minute." "Yes, yesl Let us go! I must get aboard the Sauta Maria. She's leaving boys were going to lynch for lalm now. Come, come!" tiiiiinlne?" Glenister laughed as though there "Identical! Remember mo tellln you ' touch ,u ucr rcmnrk' V,Ut " g?lAUJ,.:l0U0 b,m DC " I'm ge'tln awful old an stiff to T" u ,mu" '"IT, " ' ' n'f ur- run," said Dextry, removing hla mnck- . i Tf ; hfrt ?Mn"7at too all a tt,e dlvor8lon ,Q Ul of rou he's gettln fat-high Uvln fat, too, o I ..round.!' in one spot, like he was piaym- uoin ndH agin the center. Also ho wore tll'mou's fit to handle with Ice tongs, i "Says I, lookln at his side elevation, Wliat's accented your middle syllable wo strong, Mexico?' " 'Prosperity, politics nn' the "Wnl-iinrf-Astorler.' says he. It seems Mex hndn't forgot old days. He claws me Into a corner an says, 'Bill, I'm goln to pay you back for that Moralez deal. ''It ain't comln' to me,' says I. i That's a bygone.' He moved lightly, though the girl could see In the half darkness that his hair was silvery. "What do you mean?" she questioned iharply. "You hurry ntong, miss. We'll toy with 'em till jDU'ro aboard." They stepped acrosB to the dock house, back ing against It. The girl followed. (Continued on Pa tlir.) Hosiery and Underwear It's just the time for medium weights in Hosiery and Underwear, and it's not too early to select your winter weights while our line is complete. 15c, 18c, 25c. Children's I XL rib hose, good grade at ioc; heavier at H b iH - cIkI H o IH :IM2m ! mm as m I mm i m raw bbF. m iwmiwk Ladies9 Bur son Hose The only Hose knit without a seam, at 25c and 35c. Underwear Children's long sleeve gauze Vests, at 15c, 20c and 25c. Childrens long pants, gau.e 25c. 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