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SILVER.
HORDE I
B REX BEACH.
Author ot 'The bpoileri" and
'The Burner"
CapyrthL 1909 by Harper 4) Brother!
CHAPTER II.
IIO Is she?" asked Emerson.
"You beard, didu't youl
She's Miss Malutte, aud sbo's
certainly some considerable
w
lady," answered the orook.
"Yes, but who Is she? What does
this mean?" Emerson pointed to the
provisions and fittings about them.
"What Is she doing here alone? '
"Maybe you'd better ask ber your
self." said Fraser.
For the first time In their brief ac
quaintance Emerson detected a strange
note in the rogue's voice.
The Indian girl summoned them, and
they followed ber through the long
passageway Into the other bouse,
where, to tbelr utter astonishment,
they seemed to step out of the frontier
and Into the heart of civilization. They
found a tiny dining room perfectly ap
pointed. In the center of which, won
der of wonders, was a round table
gleaming like a deep mahogany pool,
upon the surface of which floated
gauzy hand worked napery, glinting
sliver and sparkling crystal, the dark
polish of the wood reflecting the light
from slmded candles. It held a deli
cately figured service of blue aud gold,
while the selection of thin stemmed
glasses all in rows indicated the char
acter of the entertainment that await
ed them. The men's eyes were too
busy with the unaccustomed sight to
note details carefully, but they felt soft
carpet beneath their feet and observed
that the walls were smooth and har
moniously papered.
"This Is m-marvelous," murmured
Emerson. "I'm afraid we're not In
keeping."
"Indeed you are," said the girl, "and
I am delighted to have somebody to
talk to. I t's very lonesome here."
"This Is certainly a swell tepee," Fra
ser remarked. "How did you do It?"
"I brought my things with me from
Nome."
"Nome!" ejaculated Emerson quickly.
"Yes."
"Why, I've been In Nome ever since
the camp was discovered. It's strange
we never met"
"I didn't stay there very long; I went
back to Dawson."
Again he fancied the girl's eyes held
a vague challenge, but be could not
be sure, for she seated him and then
gave some Instructions to the Aleut
girl. Boyd, becoming absorbed In his
own thoughts, grew more silent as the
signs of refinement and civilization
about him revived memories long
stifled. This was not the effect for
which the girl had striven. Her
younger guest's taciturnity, which grew
as the dinner progressed, piqued her,
so at tfce first opportunity she bent her
efforts toward rallying him. He an
swered politely, but sho was powerless
to shake, off his mood.
At last he spoke:
"You said those watchmen have In
structions not to harbor travelers.
Why Is that?"
"it Is the policy of the companies.
They are afraid somebody will dlseov
er gold around here. You see, this Is
the greatest salmon river In the world.
The 'run' Is tremendous and seems to
be unfailing; hence the caunery people
wish to keep it all to themselves."
"I don't quite understand"
"Jt Is simple enough. Kalvtk Is so
Isolated and the fishing season Is so
short that the companies have to send
their crews In from the States and
take them out again every summer.
Now, If gold were discovered here
abouts the fishermen would all quit
and follow the 'strike,' which would
mean the ruin of the year's catch and
the loss of many hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. Why, this village
would become a city In no time if such
a thing were to happen. The whole
region would Oil up with miners, and
not only would labor conditions be en
tirely upset for years, but the eyes of
the world, being turned this way, oth
er people might go luto the flshlug
business and create a competition
which would both Influence prices and
deplete the supply of fish In the Kal
vik river. So, you see. there are many
reasons why this region Is forbidden
to miners. You couldn't buy a pound
of food nor get a night's lodging here
f jr a king's ransom. The watchmen's
Jobs depend upon their unbroken bond
of Inliospitallty. nuil the Indians dare
not sell you anything, not even a dosj
fish, under penaltv of starvation, for
they are dependent upon Hie compa
Dies' stores."
"So that Is why you have establish
ed n trading post of your own?"
"Oh. dear, no This Isn't a store.
This food Is for my men "
"Your meiiV"
"Yes. 1 have n crew out In the hills
on a grub stake This Is our cache.
While they prospect for gold I stand
guard over the provisions."
Fraser chuckled softly. "Then you
are bucking the salmon trust?"
"After a fashion, yes. I knew this
country bad never been gone over, so
I staked six men, chartered u schooti
cr and enme down here from Nome in
the early sprlny We stood off Hie
wntchm-in. and when the supply s!np
prflf,,,! ..... H n touww o'
rd. and my tu-n were out In the hl!!
n-lixru It was liaril to f.illnn- ll.'in 1
stayed iM'ttiiul uiiu sloi.r. I'ii iiium ji
things "
"P.ui surely they didu't undertake to
Injure you?" said Emerson, uw thcr
oughly Interested In this extraordinary
young woman
"Oh. didu't they!" she answered,
with h peculiar lauh. "You don't ap
preciate the character of these lu-opie.
There is no real code of financial mo
rality, and the battle for dollars Is the
bitterest of all contests. Of course,
being a woman, they couldn't very wll
attack me personally, but they tried
everything except physical violence,
and 1 don't know how long they will
refrain from that. These plants are
owned separately, but they operate tin
der an agreement with one man at the
head. Ills uauie Is Marsh Willis
Marsh and of course he's not my
friend."
"Sort of 'united we stand, divided
we fall.' "
"Exactly. That spreads the respon
sibility and seems to leave nobody
guilty for his evil deeds. The first
thing they did was to sluk my schoon
er. In the morning you will see her
spars sticking up through the Ice out
In front there. One of their tugs 'ac
cidentally' ran her down, although she
was at anchor fully 3DU feet Inside the
channel Hue. Then Marsh actually
had the effrontery to come here per
sonally and demand damages for the
Injury to his towboat. falsely claiming
WITH A QUICK STROKE HB CUT A SlNOLE
LEAF.
there were no lights on the schooner
Wheu I still remained obdurute he-
he" She paused. "You may have
heard of It He killed one of my men "
"Impossible!" ejaculated lioyd.
"Oh, but It Isn't Impossible. Any
thing Is possible with unscrupulous
men where there Is no law. They hail
at nothing when In chase of money.
They are different from wometi in that.
I never heard of a woman doing tuur
der for money."
"Was It really murder?"
"Judge for yourself. My man came
down for supplies, and they got nun
drunk he was a drinking muii-then
they stabbed hint. They said a 'httui
man did It In a brawl, but Willis
Marsh was to blame. They brought
the poor fellow here and laid blm on
my steps, as if 1 had been the cause
of it Olt. It was horrible, horrible!"
"And yon still stuck to your post?"
said Emerson curiously
"Certainly! This adventure Deans a
great deal to me. aud. besides. I will
not be beaten" the stem of the glass
with which she had been toying snap
ped suddenly "at anything."
The unsuspected luxury of the din
ing room and the excellence of the din
ner Itself bad In a measure prepared
Emerson for whut be found In the liv
ing room. Oue thing staggered him a
piano. The bearskins on the door, the
big sleepy chairs, the reading table lit
tered with magazines, the shelves of
books, even the basket of fancy work
all these be could accept without fur
ther parleying, but a plnno In Kalvik!
Again Boyd withdrew Into that si
leut mood from which no effort on the
part of bis hostess could arouse blm,
and It soon became apparent from the
listless hang of bis bands and the dis
tant light In his eyes that be bad even
become unconscious of ber presence In
the room.
After an hour, during which Emer
son barely spoke, she tired of Fraser's
auecdotes, which bad long ceased to
be amusing, and. going to piano, shuf
fled the sheet music Idly, Inquiring:
"Do you care for music?" Iler re
mark was aimed at Emerson, but the
other answered: "My favorite hymn
Is the 'Maple Leaf Rag.' Let ber go.
professor."
Cherry settled herself obligingly and
played ragtime She was In the midst
of some syncopated measure when
Boyd spoke abruptly,- "Please play
something."
She understood what he meant and
began really to piny, realizing very
soon that at least one of her guests
knew and loved music. Under her
deft fingers the Instrument became a
medium . for musical speech. Jay
rouudelays, swift, passionate Hunga
rian dances, bold Wagnerian strains
followed ln""qiilcli succession. r.nJ Tie
more her utter abandon the more cer
tainly she felt the younger man re
spond. Then ber dream filled eyes
widened as she listened to his voice
breathing life Into the words. He sang
with the ease and flexibility of an
artist, bis powerful baritone blending
perfectly with her contralto.
For the first time she felt the man's
personality, bis ninguetlsm, as If ho
bad dropped bis cloak and stood at ber
side Id bis true semblance.
"Ob, thank you." she breathed.
"Thank you," be said. "11 that's
' the first time In tueslhat Pveli.-ul lot- I
I heart to sin;;. I was buugry for uni
sic; 1 was starving for it. I've hat ii j
my cabin at night longing for It uin!!
my soul fairly ached with the slleiu-e"
He took a seat near the girl and con
tinued to talk feverishly, utiable to
give voice to his thoughts rapidly
eucugh.
Fraser ambled clumsily Into the conversation.-
Emerson listened tolerant
ly. Idly runulug through the maga
zines at bis baud, bis hostess watch
ing blm covertly. Suddenly the smile
of amusement that lurked about his
lip corners and gave him a pleasing
look hardened In a queer fashion. He
started, then stared at oue of the
pages, while the color died out of bis
brown cheeks. Cherry snw the band
that held the magazine tremble. He
looked up at ber and. disregarding
Fraser. broke In harshly:
"llave you read this mngazlne?"
"Not entirely."
"I'd like to take one page of it"
"Why, certainly." she replied.
He produced a knife and with one
quick stroke cut a single leaf out of
the magazine, which he folded and
thrust luto the breast of bis coat.
Thank you." he muttered, theu fell
to staring ahead of him, ngaiu heed
less of his surroundings. This abrupt
relapse Into bis former state of sullen
aud defiant silence tantalized the girl.
He offered no explanation and took
uo further part In the conversation
until, noting the lateuess of the hour,
he rose aud thauked her for ber hos
pitality hi the same deadly, indifferent
manner.
"The music was a great treat." he
said, looking beyond ber aud holding
aloof, "a very great treat 1 enjoyed
It Immensely. Good night."
Cherry Malotte bad experienced a
new seusatlon. and she didn't like It
She vowed angrily that she disliked
nieu who looked past her. Indeed, she
could not recall any other who had
ever done so. Iler chief concern had
always been to check their ardor. She
resolved viciously that before she was
through with this young mnn he would
make ber a less listless adieu. She as
sured herself that he was a selfish, sul
leu boor, who needed to be taught a
lesson In manners for bis own good If
for nothing else. She darted to the ta
ble, snatched up the magazine aud
skimmed through It feverishly. Ah.
here was the place!
A woman's face with some meaning
less name beneath filled each page.
Along the top ran the heading. "Fa
mous American Beauties." So It was
a woman! She skipped backward and
forward among the pages for further
possible enllguteumetit. but there was
no article accompanying the pictures.
It was merely an illustrated section
devoted to the photographs of promi
nent actresses and society women.
most of whom she had never heard of.
though here and there she saw u uaiue
that was familiar. In the center was
that taiitallzingly clean cut edge which
bad subtracted n face from the gal
lery -a face which she wanted very
much to see
She shrugged her shoulders careless
ly Then, in a sudden access of fury,
she Huns the mutilated magazine vi
ciously Into n far corner of the room
The travelers slept Inte on the fol
lowing morning, for the weariness of
weeks was upon them, and the little
bunk room they occupied adjoined the
main building and was dark. When
tbey came forth they found Chnknwn
no In the stnro nnd a few moments
Infer wre railed to hrenUfnst,
Where Is your mistress?" lmtilrfl
Boyd
'She go see my slrk broder." said
tie ludlan girl, recalling Cherry's
mention of the child 111 with measles.
"She all the time give medicine to
Aleut babies," Cliakawanii continued,
"all the time give, give, give some
thing. Indian people love her."
They were still talking when they
beard the jingle of many bells, and the
door burst open to admit Cherry, who
came with a rush of youth and health
u fresh as the bracing air that follow
ed ber. The cold bad reddened her
cheeks and quickened ber eyes.
"Good morning, gentlemen!" she
cried, removing the white fur bood
which gave a setting to ber sparkling
eyes and teeth. "Oh, but it's a glori
ous morning! We did the five miles
from the village in seventeen minutes."
"And how Is your measly patient?"
asked Fraser.
"lie's doing well, thank you." She
stepped to the door to admit Chaka
wana, who bad evidently hurried
around from the other bouse and now
came In, bareheaded and heedless of
the cold, bearing a bundle clasped to
her breast "I brought the little fel
low home with me. See!"
"I dare say Kalvik is rathor lively
during the summer season," Emerson
remarked to Cherry later In the day.
"Yes; the ships arrive In May, and
the fish begin to run In July. After
that nobody sleeps."
"It must be rather Interesting."
"It Is more than that; It Is Inspiring.
Why, the story of the salmon Is an
epic In Itself. You know they live a
cycle of four years, no more, alwnys
returning to the waters of their nativ
ity to die. And I have heard It said
that during one of those four years
they disappear, no oup knows where,
reappearing out of llio myslcrloti
depths of the sea ns If at a signal.
They come by the legion, In countless
scores of thousand, nnd when once
they have tnstcd the waters of their
birth they never touch food again, nev
er cease their onward rush tint II they
become bruised and buttered wrecks,
drifting down from the spawning beds.
When the call of nature Is answered
and t lie spawn Is laid they die. They
never seek the salt sea again, but car
pet the rivers with tbelr bom's. When
they feel the homing Impulse they
come from the remote depths, bend
In"? "unci tins' Tr ft.e rarivu;ur par
ent stream whene they originated. If
saud bars should block their course In
dry w.i.nou or obstacles iuti-rvcpl them
they will burl themselves out of the
water In a:i endeavor to get across
They may disregard a thousand rivers
one by one. but when thev finally taste
the sweet currents whkh flow from
their birthplaces their whole nature
changes, aud even their physical fea
tures alter. They prow thin, and the
head takes on the sinister curve of the
preying bird
"Why. you Just ought to witness the
'run.' These empty waters become
suddenly crowded, and the fish come
In a great silver horde, which races up.
up. up toward death and obliteration.
They come with the violence of a sum
mer storm: like a prodigious, gleaming
army they swarm and bend forward,
eager, uudevlating. oue purposed. It's
quite Impossible to describe It. this
great silver horde. They are entirely
defenseless, of course, and almost
every living thing preys upon them.
The birds congregate hi mlllious. the
four footed beasts come dowu from
the bills, the Apaches of the sea harry
them tu dense droves, and even man
appears from distant coasts to take
his toll, but still they press bravely on.
The clank of machinery makes the
hills rumble; the hiss of steam aud
the sighs of the soldering furnaces
are like the complaint of some giant
overgorglng himself."
"How long does It all last?"
"Only about s'x weeks; then the
furnace Ores die out. the ships are
loaded, the men go to sleep, after
which Kalvik sags back Into Its ten
months' coma, becoming, us you see It
now. a dead, deserted village, shunned
by man." '
"Put I don't si'e bow those huge
plauts can pay for their upkeep with
such ii short run "
"Well, thev do. nnd. what's more,
they pay tremendously, sometimes UK)
per cent a year or more.
"Two years, ago n ship sailed Into
port In early May loaded with ou army
of men with machinery, lumber, coal.
and so forth. They landed, built the
plant and bad It ready to operate by
the time the run started They made
their catch ami sailed away agalu In
August with enough salmon In the bold
to pay twice over for the whole thlug
Willis Marsh did even better thun
that the year before, but of course the
price of fish was high then Next sea
on will be another big year."
'now Is that'"
"Every fourth season the run Is
large; tiobody knows why. Every time
there Is a presidential election the fish
nre shy and very si-urce; that lifts
prices Every year in which a presi
dent of the I'nlted States Is inaugurat
ed they are plentiful "
Emerson rose
"I had uo Idea there were such prof
Its In the fisheries up here."
"Nobody knows It outside of those
Interested The Kalvik river Is the
most wonderful salmon river lu the
world, for Ii has never failed once,
That's whv the companies guard It
so Jealously "
It was evident that the young man
was vitally Interested now.
'What does It cost to Install and op
enite a cannery for the first season?"
"About $'JiKU)0O. I nm told. But I be
lieve one ran uiortuiiee his catch or
borrow money on It from the banks
and so not have to carry the full bur
den."
"Whm" i- -rrmr)t me from going
imp Mie i.ii!ti!-?"
tlilnifs Tltr ym the moti
v"
"Po-"dbly. What else?"
"A she "
"That oitgt to be easy."
Cherry laulied "On the contrary
a suitable cinnery site Is very hard to
get, because there ure natural condl
tlons necessary, fresh flowing water
for one. and. furthermore, because the
companies have taken them all up."
"Ah! I see." The light died out of
Emerson's eyes; the eagerness left his
voice. He flung himself dejectedly luto
a choir by the lire, moodily watch
ing the flames licking the burning
logs. All at once he gripped the arms
of his cbalr and muttered through set
Jaws, "God, I'd like to take one more
f ha nee.
Continued in next issue
WILLIAM GREW STOCK
The William Grew Stock company
which have been playing at the Cot
tage theater in Chicago for some few
months past have secured dates at
the Tarmele theater for one week
commencing ou Monday, September
26th. This company has been great
ly strengthened since they last play
ed In Plattsmouth and have been
meeting with great favor at the Cot
tage theater In Chicago. The plays
to be produced will bo announced lat
er. Manager Dunbar la more than
pleased to book this excellent com
pany as they have been great favor
ites with the Plattsmouth people, and
he feels confident they will Uo a good
business for the week.
Mrs. P. II. KInnanion received a
letter from ber aunt, Mrs. A. K.
Smith, of Wymore, Neb., stating that
she had Just recovered from a se
rlous Illness. It will bo remembered
that Mrs. Smith has visited our city
several times. Mrs. Smith suffered
a paralytic 6troke some five or six
years ago.
BY R. BERING
Addresses Young Men's Chris
tian Association Boost
ers'CIub. In speaking of the address of H.
R. Gering before the new Young
Men's Christian Association Boosters'
lub Tuesday, the Omaha Bee says:
"Henry R. Gering, one of Omaha's
llvliest boosters gave the new Young
Men's Christian Association Boosters'
club a rousing sendoff at the Initial
meeting last night In the association
banquet hall. Nearly 150 of the
Young Men's Christian association's
most loyal members gathered at the
banquet at 6: SO and following a good
dinner listened to a number ot talks
on the need of more boosting by the
members of the Omaha Young Men's
Christian association.
"The club has been organized to
promote the association generally
and to Increase the membership par
ticularly. Each year It Is necessary
for the Young Men's Christian asso
ciation's board of directors to raise
money by popular subscription for
Young Men's Christian association
work which Is not self supporting.
It la estimated that an addition of
600 men to the Young Men's Chris
tian association, and there are am
ple facilities for taking care of this
many more, would Increase the an
nual Income $2,000 or $3,000, thus
greatly asseenlng the amount neces
sary to be subscribed.
"Mr. Gering urged the members of
the new club to get out and boost
the association at the same time look
ing for ways to hold the men of Om
aha. He said: "Every banker In the
city Isn't going to leave the Omaha
club and come over here to the
Young Men's Christian association
with us fellows, and take one of
our baths. He lias a bath of his own.
What we want Is the men who have
no baths. Let's get out and get
them."
SEASON OPENED AT THE
PARMELE LAST NIGHT
From Wednesday's Dally.
"The Man on the Dox," opened the
season at the Parniele theater last
night and the company, we are pleas
ed to say, was greeted by a good
house. The comedy is founded on
Harold McGrath's novel of the sanio
name by Grace Livingston Furniss,
and was played to perfection by the
compauy, everyone of whom Is an
attest. Guy Cauftnan ns Lieut. Wor
burton and Constance Cnufnian as
Miss Hetty Annesley, the lolonl's
daughter, are the stars of the com
pany, and their playing was first
class In every particular. In fact
"The Man on the llox" was well re
ceived by the large audience pres
ent which Is an Indication that If
the balance of the companies that are
billed at the Parniele during the sea
son are equally as good there will be
no trouble about securing good audi
ences. Manager Dunbar has expres
sed liimself as Hieing very much
pleased with the opening night. On
Monday night, September 26, the
Plattsmouth favorites, the William
Grew players will open for a week's
engagement at the Parniele. The an
nouncement that these favorites will
be here will be received with rejoic
ing by everyone who knows this com
pany. The William Grew company
Is a household word in this city.
Oratorical Contest.
A special from Louisville under
date of September 6, says: "A Jun
ior oratorical contest was held here
last night under the auspices of the
local woman's Christian temperance
union. Six little girls were the con
testants, and a sliver medal was
awarded to the winner. This medal
was won by Miss Ruth Noyes, a niece
of Representative C. E. Noyes. Sec
ond place was awarded to Miss Dor
othy Groop. Others taking part In
the contest were the Misses Dorothy
Slander, Berniee Miles, Ruth Jones
and Margaret Thomas. A program
of musical numbers was given In con
nection with the contest."
School Hoard Meets Ai t Tcac ber.
From Wednesday's Dally.
At a meeting of the school board
last evening Miss Kllen Windham was
elected art teacher for the Platts
mouth nubile schools. Miss Wind
ham Is to receive a salary of twenty
dollars per month, and agrees to give
two days ot ench week to the instruc
tlon of art. There Is to be a twenty
minute period In each room by the
art teacher, besides meet with the
teachers of the different rooms and
elvo such instructions s shall bo
deemed necessary.
II. C. Creamer and son were pas
sengers to the state capital this
morning to visit the state fair.
Yours for uni
formity. Yours for great
est leavening
power.
Yours for never
(ailing results.
Yours for purity.
Yourt for economy.
Your for e v er y
thing that goes to
make up a itrictty
high grade, ever-
dependable baking
powder.
That is Calumet. Try
it once and note the im
provement ia your bak
ing. See how much more
economical over the hih
priced trust brands, how
much better than (he cheap
and big-can kinds.
Calumet is highest ia quality
moderate ia cost.
Received Highest Award
World's Puro Food
Exposition.
ANNUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
AT
This has been a year of conven
tions but no convention has met In
Cass county that means so much for
its real welfare as the 10th annual
Sunday school convention to be held
at Greenwood on Wednesday and
Thursday, September 28th and 29th.
Put these dates down In your
memo book or hotter still In your
memory and make up your mind now
that you will bo there. There are to
be two speakers on Wie program,
either ono of which it would be worth
a trip across the state to hear. II. M
Hanilll of Nashville, Tenn., who ii
the dean of all Sunday school teach
ers and Edward P. Dennlson who
has performed marvels with the boys
of Omaha. He Is a 20th century pro
duct and deals with the boy In the
modern way. Every teacher and In
fact every parent should hear thlt
man. These are only two of thij
speakers, there are many others spec
ially qualified for the line they will
take up. Miss Margaret Ellen Drown,
state elementary worker, will be pres
ent in the Interest of the elementary
grades. All Sunday schools of what
ever denomlnat'on are entitled to
send delegates. Send names of dele
gates to the chairman, Mrs. Arthur
Stevenson, Greenwood, Neb. Tho
convention will convene on Wednes
day morning, September 28th and
closo Thursday evening, Septembor
29th. Don't forget the dates. Don't
forget the place and don't forget to
come. You will not have an oppor
tunity to hear such speakers as thesa
very soon again. Greenwood will pro
vide free entertainment for all dele
gates.
S-uail Typewriter.
The smallest typewriter la tto
world Is but little larger than an or
dinary, watch and writes on a papar
tape that unwinds like a measuring
tapo from a surveyor's reel. It cm
be carried in the waistcoat pockit
and as easily as a watch. Exchange.
O, phsaw! Our Intelligent devil
says the nicest typewriter la or.5
about sixteen years old that can La
held on your lap.
William Sltzman and Henry Speck
who for the past few weeks hao
been running tho Weeping Water
Republican for George Olive wt'e
home visitors Sunday and Labor dev.
The boys are well pleased with thr r
new positions on the Republican ati 1
say that everything is moving alor. ;
nicely. They returned to their d -ties
on Mondny.
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