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By REX BEACH
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CnAPTEK XX.
LL that night Boyd stayed at
Horde !
Author of "The Spoiler'
"The Bamer'
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HARPER V- BROTHERS
acted of her nun free
dreamed k!h i iut U th;t $
d' ymj Intend ti do now that
taken ovr ihese holdings?"
"What d you think I would apeud
ten ! Iiiii-s ilu nmui'v to hhvp my dausb
ter." Tim old man was quivering.
"You itre only a minority stock
holder The t-ontrol of this enterprise
still rest with me and my frleuds."
"Your friends!" rld Mr. Wayland.
That's what hrlugs me here-you and
your friends! I'll break you ami your
friends If It takes my fortune."
I ran understand your dislike of
me. but my associates nave never
banned you "
'Your associate! And who art
A I bis post, while the cavernous
i buI1(3ln8 Shuddered and hissed
10 lue siraiuiug ion or toe ma
chines and the gasping breath of the
furnace. As the darkness gathered
be bad gone out npon the dock to look
regretfully toward the twinkling lights
on the Grande Dame, then turned dog
gedly back to his labors. lie would have
sent Mildred word, but be bad not a
single man to spare.
At 10 o'clock the next morning be
staggered Into bis quarters more dead
than alive. In his heart was a great
thankfulness that Big George bad not
found him wanting. The last defective
machine was mended, the last weak
ness strengthened, and the plant had
reached Its fullest stride. The fish
might come now In any quantity; the
rest was but a matter of coal and Iron
and human endurance. Meanwhile be
would sleep.
lie met "Flngerloss" Fraser emerg
ing, decked royally in all the splendor
of new clothes and spotless linen.
"Where are you going?" Boyd asked
him.
"I'm going out Into society."
"Clyde is taking you to the yacht,
eh?"
"No. He's afraid, of my work, so
I'm going out on my own. He told
me all about the swell quilts at Marsh's
place, so I thought I'd lam up there
and look them over. I may cop an
heiress." He winked wisely. "If 1 see
one that looks gentle I'm liable to grab
me some bride. He says there ain't
one that's got less than a couple of
millions In her kick."
Boyd was too weary to do more than
wish blm success, but it seemed that
fortune favored Fraser, for before he
had gone far he saw a young woman
seated In a patch of wild flowers,
plucking the blooms with careless hand
while she drank In the beauty of the
bright arctic morning. She was sim
ply dressed, yet looked bo prosperous
that Fraser Instantly decided:
"That's her! I'll spread my checks
with this one. Good morning!" be be
gan.
The girl gave blm an indifferent
glance from two fearless eyes and
odded slightly.
"If you don't mind. I'll rest a min
ute. I'm out for my morning walk.
It's a nice day. Isn't it?" As she did
not answer be ran on glibly: "My
name is De Benvllle. I'm one of the
New Orleans branch. That's my can
nery down yonder." He pointed In tbi'
direction from which be bad Just come
"I thought that was Mr. Emerson's
cannery," she said.
"Oh. the Ideal He only ruts It for
me. I put up the money. You know
him. eh?"
The girl nodded
Clyde also."
"Who Alton?" he queried with re
assuring warmth. "Wby. you and I
have got mutual friends Alton and
me is pals." He shook bis head sol
emnly. "Ain't he a scourge?"
"I beg your pardou."
"1 say, ain't he an awful thins? lie
ain't anything like Emerson. There's
a ring tailed swallow all rlglit. all
right: 1 like, him."
"Are you very Intimate with him?"
"Am 1? I'm closer to hlin than a
' porous plaster. When Boyd ulu'l
around I'm him. that's nil. Is r tint
jour yucht?"
"No. My father ami 1 ere merely
passengers."
"So you trailed the old skeczlcks
along with you? Well, that's rlsht
Mako the most of your father while
you've got bltn. If I'd paid more at
tentlon to mine I'd hove been better
off now. But I was wild." Frasei
winked In a manner to Inform his lis
tenor thnt all worldly wisdom was his
"I wanted to be a Jockey, and the old
party cut me off. What I've gut now
I made all by myself, but If I'd stayed
In Bloomlngton I might have bee;,
president of the bank by this time."
"Bloomlngton! 1 understood you t
say New Orleans."
"My old man hnd a whole Ntrlng '.
banks," Fraser averred hastily.
"Tell me is Mr. Emerson ill?" nsked
the girl.
"Ill enough to lick a den of wild
cats."
"ne
"Yes. I know Mr
lntonded coming out to the
yacht last night, but he disappointed
us."
"He's as busy as an ant hill. I met
him turning in Just as 1 came out fm
my constitutional."
"Where had he boon all night?" Her
voice betrayed an Interest thnt Fraser
was quick to detect. He answered
cannlly:
"You can search me! 1 don't keep
cases on him. As long as he does his
work 1 don't care where he goes at
quitting time." lie resolved that this
girl should Irarn nothing from him.
"There seem to be very few white
women In this place." she said after
a pause.
"Only one. till you people came
Maybe you've crossed her trull?'
"Mr. Emerson told mo about her.
ne seems quite fond of her."
"I've always said they'd make
well looking pair."
"Oi e can hardly blame her for trying
to catch hi in."
"Oh, you can make book that she
didn't start no loveuiaklng. She ain't
the kind to curl up in a man's ear and
whisper. She don't have to. AH she
needs to do Is look natural. The men
will fall like ripe persimmons."
"They have been together a great
deal, I suppose."
"Every hour of the day.' and the days
are long," suld Fraser cheerfully. "But
be ain't crippled. He could have walk
ed away if he'd wanted to. It's a good
thing be didn't, though, because she's
done more to win this bet for us than
we've done ourselves."
"She's unusually pretty," the girl re
marked coldly.
"Yes, aud she's Just as bright as she
Is good looking. But I don't care for
blonds." Fraser gazed admiringly at
the brown hair before hltn and rolled
bis eyes eloquently. "I'm strong for
brunettes, 1 am. It's the Creole blood
in me."
She gathered up her wild flowers and
rose, saying:
"I must be going."
"I'll go with you." lie Jumped to
his feet with alacrity.
"Thank you. I prefer to walk alone."
"Declined with thanks!" be murmur
ed. "I'd need ear muffs and mittens
to handle her. I think I'll build me
some bonfire and thaw out. She must
own the mint"
At the upper ennuery Mildred found
Alton Clyde with the youuger Berry
girl. She called him'aslde and talked
earnestly with him for several mln
utes.
"All right." be said at length. "I'm
glad to get out, of course. The rest is
up to you."
Mildred's Hps were white and her
voice bard as she cried:
"1 am thoroughly sick of It all! I
have played the fool long enough!"
"Now. look here," Clyde objected
weakly, "you may be mistaken, and It
doesn't look like quite the square thing
to do." But she silenced him with an
angry gesture.
"Leave that to me. I'm through
with blm."
"All right. Let's hunt np the gov
ernor." Together they went to the of
fice in search of Wayne Wayland.
A half hour later when Clyde re
joined Miss Berry she noticed that be
seemed 111 at ease, gazing down the
bay with a worried, speculative look
In bis colorless eyes.
Boyd Emerson roused from his death
like slumber late In the afternoon, still
worn from bis long strain and aching
In every muscle. He was In wretched
plight physically, but his heart was
aglow with gladness. Big George was
still at the trap, and the unceasing
rumble from across the way told him
that the fish were still coming In. Ah
be was finishing his breakfast a watch
man appeared In the doorway.
"There's a launch at the dock with
some people from alwve," he an
nounced. "I stopped them, according
to orders, but they want to see you."
"Show tbera to the offlce." Boyd rose
and went Into the other building, where
a moment later he was confronted by
L Wayne Wnyland and Willis Marsh
The old tnau nodded to him shortly
Marsh began:
"We heard about your good fortune
Mr. Wayland has come to look over
your plant."
"It 13 not for sale."
"now many fish are you getting?"
"That Is my business." He turned
to Mr. Wayland "I hardly expected
to see you here Haven't you Insulted
me enough?"
"lust a moment before you order me
out. I'm a stockholder In this com
pany, nnd I am within my rights."
"You a stockholder? How much
stock do you own? Where did you
get It?"
'i own 3.1.000 shares outright." Mr
Wayland tossed a packet of certifi
cates upon the table. "And 1 have
options on nil the stock you placed In
Chicago. I said Vu would hear from
me when the time came."
"So you think the time has come to
crush me. eh?" said Emerson. "Well,
you've been swindled. Only one-third
of the capital si'-ck has been sold, und
Alton Clyde li"lils :i.".(X)0 shares of
that."
The old man smiled grimly. "I have
not been swindled."
"Then Clyde sold out:" exploded
Boyd.
"Yes. paid him back the $10,000 he
put In, und I took over the 2.1.000
shares you got Mildred to lake."
"Mildred!" Emerson started ns If be
Bad been struck. "Are you Insane?
Mildred doesn't own- Why. Alton
uevor told me who put up that mon
ey!"
"Don't tell me you didn't know!"
cried Wayne Wnyland. "Y'ou knew
all the time, You worked your friends
out and then sent that whlpper snap
per to my daughter when you saw you
were about to fall. You managed
well. You knew she couldn't refuse."
"How did you find out that she held
the stock V
"She told me. of course."
"Don't nsk me to believe that. If
she hadn't told you before she wouldn't
tell voiijiow All I cau sax I" that '
they? A lawless ruffian, who openly
threatened Will la Marsh's murder, and
a loose woman from the dance halls."
"Take care!" cried Emerson In a
sharp voice. .
The old man waved his hands as If
at a loss for words. "Look here! You
can't be an utter Idiot You must
know who she Is."
"Do you? Then tell me."
Wayne Wayland turned his back In
disgust. "Do you really wish to
know?" Marsh's smooth voice ques
tioned.
I do."
She is a very common sort." said
Willis Marsh. "I am surprised that
you never heard of her while you were
In the nipper country.' She followed
the mining camps and lived as such
women do. She Is an expert with
cards. She even dealt faro In some of
the camps."
now do you know?"
"I looked up her history In Seattle.
She Is very well, notorious."
"Feople talk like that about nearly
every woman In Alaska."
"1 didn't come here to argue about
that woman's character," broke in Mr.
Wnyland.
"You have said enough now, so that
you will either prove your words or
apologize."
"If you wnnt proof, take your own
relation with her. It's notorious.
Even Mildred has heard of It."
"I enn explain to her In a word."
"Perhaps you can also explain that
affair with Hllllard. If so you had
better do It. I suppose you didn't
know anything about that either. 1
suppose you don't know why he ad
vanced thnt loan after once refusing
It. They have a nnme for men like
you who take money from women o'
her sort."
Emerson uttered a terrible cry. and
his face blanched to a gray pallor.
"Do you mean to say I sent her
to Hllllard?"
"Hllllard as good as told me so him
self. Do you wonder that I am willing
to spend a fortune to protect my girl
from a man like yon? I'm going to
break you. I've got a foothold In this
enterprise of yours, nnd I'll root you
out If It takes a million. I'll kick you
back Info the gutter where you be
long "
Boyd stood appalled at the violence
of this outburst. The man seemed
Insane. He could not find words to
answer him.
"Yon did not come down here to tell
me that." he said at last.
"No. I came here with a message
from Mildred. She has told me to dis
miss you once and for all."
"I shall take my dismissal from no
one but her. 1 can explain every
thing." "I expected you to say that. If yon
want her own words rend this." With
shaking fingers he thrust 0 letter be
fore Emerson's eyes. "Read it"'
The young man opened the envelope
nnd rend In a handwriting he knew
only too well:
Dear Boyd The conviction has been
growing on me for some time thnt you
and 1 have made a serious mistake. It
Is not necessary to go Into details. Let
ui spare each other that unpleasantness.
I am familiar with all that father will
say to you. and his feelings are mine;
henre there Is no necessity for further
explanations. Believe me, this Is much
the simplest way. MILDRED.
Boyd crushed the note in his palm
and tossed It away carelessly.
"You dictate well." he said quietly,
"but I shall tell her the truth, nnd she
will"
"Oh. no. you won't. You won't see
her again. 1 have seen to that. Mil
dred Is engaged to Willis Marsh. It's
all settled. I warn you to keep nwny.
Her engagement has been announced
to all our friends on the yacht."
"1 tell you I won't take my dismissal
from any one but Iter. I shall cotuo
aboard the Grande Dame tonight"
"Mr. Marsh and I may have some
thing to say to that."
Boyd wheeled upon Marsh with a
look that made him recoil.
"If you try to cross me I'll strip your
back aud lash you till you howl like
a dog."
Marsh's florid face went pnle. His
tongue became suddenly too dry for
speech. But Wayne Wayland was not
to be cowed.
"1 warn you again to keep away
from my daughter!", he cried furiously.
"And I warn you thnt I shnll come
aboard the yacht tonight alone."
The president of the trust turned
and, followed by his lieutenant, left
the rnoin without another word.
Cherry Mnlotte. coming down to the
cannery on her dally visit, saw Willis
Marsh and Mr. Wayland leaving it.
Wondering, she hurried Into the main
building In senrch of Boyd. The place
was as busy as when she bad left It
'Tell me, why duT'lie TuVu against
you so suddeuly? What made Miss
Wayland augry with you?"
j would rather not."
"Why? I'm your partner, and I
ought to be told. You and George and
will have to work together closer
tbau ever now. Don't let's begin by
concealing anything."
"Well. Mrh:tps you had better know
the whole thing." said Boyd slowly.
"Mildred does uot like you. Her fa
ther's mlml has been poisoned by
Marsh. It seems they resent our
friendship. They believe all sorts or
things."
"So I am tlK cause of your trouble
after all."
"Tbey blame me equally more than
you. It seems that Marsh made an In
quiry Into your-well, your life history
-aud be babbled all the gossip he
heard to them. Of course they b
Heved It. not knowing, you as 1 do, and
they misunderstood our friendship
But I can explain, and I shall, to Mil
dred. Then I shall prove Marsh a
liar. Perhaps 1 cau show Mr. Way
land that he was lu the wrong. It's
our only hope."
."What did Marsh say about meT'
asked the girl.
She was pale to the lips.
"He said a lot of things thnt at any
other time 1 would have made him
swallow on the spot. But It's only a
pleasure deferred. With your help I'll
do It lu their presence. 1 don't like to
tell you this, but the truth is vital to
us ail. and I want to arm myself "
Cherry was silent.
"Yon mav leave It to me." be said
gently. "1 will see that Marsh sets
you rtiit "
' "There Is nothing to set right." said
the girl wearily. "Marsh told the
truth. I dare say."
"The truth: My (Jed: You don't
know wha: you're saying!"
Yes. I do." She returned his look
of shocked horror with half hearted
defiance. "You must have known who
I am. Fraser knew, and he must have
told you. You knew 1 had followed
the mining camps. You knew 1 bad
tive,i bv mv wits. You must have
known what people t bought of me. I
cast my lot In with the people of this
country, and I had to match my wits
with those of every man I met. Some
Hnni I trim, sometime 1 did not. You
know the north."
i iiiin'i kimw." he said slowly. "1
never thought-1 wouldn't allow my
self to think"-
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ARMY OFFICERS INSPECT
PROPOSED RIFLE RANGE
From Saturday's Dally.
The purchasing committee of the
army from Ft. Omaha arrived this
morning on No. 4 to Inspect the land
proposed by the Flattsmouth Com
mercial club as a site for the target
range and a drill ground for the
troops of the Department of the Mis
souri, stationed at Omaha and the ad
jacent forts. Major William T. Burn
ham, president of the board; Major
Dowell Devore and Captain Carl A.
Martin were the soldiers selected to
locate theange at the most practical
point, having other cities In view
which are trying to land the range
as well as Flattsmouth.
A committee from the Commercial
club composed of J. P. Falter, Bert
Pollock, H. A. Schneider, A. L. Tldd,
Dr. Cummins and others, with auto
mobiles met the gentlemen from
Omaha and took them over the adja
cent country and showed them five
different pieces of land within a
radius of a few miles, one of them
being on the Flatte bottom north of
this city. Any one of the ranges will
give over a thousand yards for range.
Here Is Where Wo Get On.
Brother Owl J. E. McDanlel has
received a communication from the
headquarters of thjo Order of Owls
at Indianapolis, Indiana, stating that
if the typewritten list of charter
members of the order here Is sent In,
a charter will be made out and sent,
and full instructions for the organi
zation In this city.
Mr. McDanlel Is also requested to
have some member who has paid his
money to E. L. Mantor, to go to the
county attorney, swear to his com
plaint and have Mantor brought back
and prosecuted.
It Is rumored on the streets this
afternoon that Mantor had been
placed under arrest at Kansas City.
The rumor has not been verified.
success in his new role.
I. C. Lyle Promoted.
Mr. I. C. Lyle, the accommodating
cashier for Agent Clement, has been
notified from headquarters of hla pro
motion to station agent at Green
wood. It Is not yet determined who
will take Mr. Lyle's vacant place here.
The matter will be open until the
28th Inst, for bids from parties eligi
ble, and the place will be assigned to
the man oldest in the service of the
company.
Mr. Lyle has won the confidence,
and respect of the traveling public
by his genial and accommodating
manner, and the Journal wishes him
Iluys Farm Near l'lnttsmoutli.
Mr. C. E. Babbitt and wife, of
Omaha, came down this morning and
were taken In tow by the1 hustling
real estate man, Harry Smith, and
shown a nice little farm three miles,
west of the city, which suited them
so well that a deal was closed where
by Mr. Babbitt becomes the owner ot
the Schultz farm across the road
from the county farm, and will occu
py the same next year.
In the County Court.
Judge Beeson bad his time occu
pied this afternoon hearing the claim
of Lee Allison on his claim of about
$900.00, alleged to be due him from
the estate of Robert Kendall, de
ceased, on an open account. D. O.
Dwyer appeared as guardian ad litem,
for the minors, V. C. Ramsey for th
claimant, and Clark and Robertson,
for the estate.
Died at Lincoln.
The remains ot Mrs. Blanche Carr.
who died In Lincoln last Saturday,
were taken to the home of her father,
George Swackle, In Alvo, yesterday.
The funeral services will be held la
Elmwood Sunday afternoon, and In
terment will be In the Elmwood ceme
tery. Mrs. Carr was the wife ot Olll
F. Carr, of Weeping Water.
Poyd was standing In the door of
the ofllce. In a few words be told her
of Mr. Wayland's threat.
"Do you think he can Injure the com
pnny?" she Inquired anxiously.
"I haven't a doubt of If, lie can
work yery serious harm at leusL"
Shoots Hare Specimen.
Alf Edgerton brought to town yes
terday a rare specimen of aquatic
fowl, and It was some time before It
was determined what species of bird
It really was. Alf says he has had
35 years' experience on the river,
and this is the first water fowl of
this kind he has ever seen. There
were two of them together near the
Island below the nurllngton bridge,
and the thing that attracted Alt's at
tention was that the fowls would
alight In the water and disappear
and several rods farther down the
stream would come up again. Mr.
C. O. Frlcke and Emll Weyrlch and
other sportsmen were called to view
the fowl, and It was finally deter
mined that It was a Great Northern
Diver, a species of fowl that Is com
mon in northern Michigan and Wis
consin. The bird looks somewhat
like a duck, has web feet, and its
legs are flat as a knife blade and
almost as thin, It had a coat of fine
feathers.
Visits His Son at the Hospital.
From Saturday's Dally.
O. Gllson went to Omaha this
morning, where he viBlted his son
Ed, at St. Joseph's hospital. Ed un
derwent an operation last evening
and passed through the ordeal nicely
so the surgeons Informed Mr. Gllson
He was not permitted to talk with
his son before he left the hospital
last evening, as the physicians had
required quiet for their patient. The
young man's wife and mother re
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