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CHAPTER V—Continued.
He
for
fter
bours
next
On the way
but the one to
was a
four
the
allowed himself
sleep that night, and
noon headed for De
he studied maps again,
which he paid most
one drawn by
the various ranges of the Rocky
tains represented by
lead-penciled spirals
thin crossed these
converging point, was
nver
attention
new himself, on
Moun
were vied,
line
a pass created by nature,
the proud possession of the
cific, now the most pros
rect of all the Pacific
the Inland, with an olent
the natural fortune }
found for it by
guarded
and di
iystems, and
pride
DETrous
the
of way as
ed. Just
crossed
whi i a
of Silve rknol b
ing towns below
on the north
around through
bling
passengers to
on the
get City
the Inland’'s mali:
mil into the
sloped down to the
star
the
side
the m
wherever th
be
ere
carried, and
f the range at Nu
miles ne
and a b
other s
only twenty
line,
Aniry
intry
This
ars in Den
bh and
ang
8 west, fair cr
Pac
which had its headquarte ver,
Nugget
meeting walked Al
was called the Silverkn¢
nd into its
control.
here
was differ
“Couldn't Think of It,” Declared Wil
cox, Looking at the Map.
of his own.
dire
Immediately
ctor's meeting
president, and, kindly consenting
talk with the reporters of the
newspapers, hurried back to Chicago,
where he directiy*to the head
offices of the Inland Pacific.
“I've just secured control of the Sil
verknob and Nugget City,” he in
formed the general manager of the In-
land.
“S80 1 noticed,”
who was a young man
wore picturesque velvet
papers here made quite
of your going into railroading.”
“They're welcome,” grinned Allison
“Bay Wileox, if you'll build a branch
from Pines to Nugget City, we'll give
after, in
drove
returned Wilcox
of fifty
hats. “The
cross, at Copperville,
range.”
Wilcox headed for the
“What's the distance?”
“Twenty-two miles;
ade, and one bridge.”
“Couldn't think of it,”
eox, looking at the map. "We'd like
to have your freight, for there's a lot
of traffic between Silverknob and Nug-
get City, but it's not our territory. The
smelters are at Silverknob, and they
ship east over the White Range line
Anyway, why do you want to take
sway the haulage from your northern
Lranch?”
“Figure on discontinuing It. The
grades are steep, the local traffic Is
light, and the roadbed Is in a rotten
condition. it needs rebuilding through
east of
map
he inquired
fairly level
decided Wik
I'll make you another oi
I'll build the line from
City myself, if you'll
prog
Nugget give us
and at
con
reas
us a trafic
on a
and will
our
sonable basis.”
Again Wilcox looked at
Silverknob and Nugget City
an nowhere and ran nowhere, so
the larger transportation
y concerned, and it could never fig
competitor The h
the precious
as the Yando chasm
y a stretch of road as it
important, and the revenue from
passage of the
City's
give
rolling stock
the map
road
r as world
was
Silverknob
would
expense
key to
deduct
of
trains
from the
that much-prized
maintaining
Vest
the golden W
“I'll take it
Gorman,”
up with Priestly and
promised Wilcox
“How soon ca
“Monday.”
That afternoon saw
kK for New York
ning he popped into
Pacific po
y he secure
the
PN
n you let me know
Allison
and the
headed
the offices of
Puget
d a rental privilege to
trains of the
lan Francisco,
and
ope
and down to
tracks of the
Valley
pocket of a road,
over the
The Orang
cture wits the P. 8
wrt haul above San
up a ri
ts termin
Francis
fruit ¢
into
us was far
far away fr
northwestern
gain
ght Al
ich
with a
3
that bar
was
That ni
xultation wi
1
y : 1"
iressed to call
CHAPTER VL
Had They Spoiled Her?
sounded in the parlors of
re
iouse. music sweat
that
the
and
i
:
mie
80
Armony
ed to the head of
in mingled ecstasy
igh the h
SOPrano
Up thro
mellow
allway fic
lear
baritone,
and a rich,
blended
twin
by a fascination
crept down to
source of the mel
80 perfectly
hey seemed tones
she
whore
pretty to
colored gown
sat at the
ve her, with
a look of per
stood Hes
the next
ip at the young do
ne amil
hair,
caught
and the del}
was like the
Smith Boyd
and too
hap
self gazing deep into
f Gall, the smile be.
Aunt
an back up the
1 room, where she took a book.
id it in her lap, upside down
e remark which Cail had made was
this:
“You
professionally.”
waving about
ba Kk.
heeks
Rev
answer, he,
he
Grace Sargent
tairs and into
shoudl have used
of
The reply the
*“1 do."
“1 didn't mean
then
rector was
oratorically.”
returned nervously
the next selection,
she
to
She
is so rare to find a perfect spea
voice coupled with a perfect singing
ce,” she rattled on. “Here's that
simple little ‘May Song.’ Just har
mony, that's all.”
Once more their voices rose in that
perfect blending which is the
delicate of all exhilarations
vol
two were in as perfect accord as their
voices. There
riera of antagonism, which
away the walls of self-entrenchment,
which attracts and draws, which ex.
plains and
tion
Boyd, hia eyes tonight,
quite blue
the rack
The butler, an aggravating image
with only one joint in hia body, pe
raded solemnly through the ball, ard
back again with the card tray. while
Gail and the rector sang “Juanita”
from an old college songbook, which
the Reverend Boyd had discovered in
high glee. Aunt Grace came down the
stairs and out past the doors of the
music salon. There were voices of
animated greeting in the hall, and
Aunty returned to the door just as the
rector was spreading open the book
at "Sweet and Low.”
“Pardon me,"
beamed aunty.
“There's a little surprise out Bere for |
you.”
A rush of noise filled the hall Lu
cile and Ted Teasdale, handsome Dick
Van Ploon,
escort for Mra. Davies, whose pet
as possible bring ber home from any
place
“Where's
handsome
stairs.
“Silly, you mustn't!”
and started after him
demanded
heading for
the
Dick
baby?"
Dodley,
eried Lucile,
“Flakes should
the sole
the turkey
Dick, and
Lucile,
becoming
“I came in for
teaching Flakes
purpose
trot,” de-
rap away.
followed
“Laclle's
cized Ted.
the second time.”
“Can you blame her?
She was sitting In
corner of her favorite
a slender ankle, and evel
by
passe,” crit]
' defended Arly
the
nursir
her shinin
nothing of
deep
couch,
her
Rapping
slack hair, to say
black eyes, seemed to be
vith wicked delight.
Lucile and hand:
strugs down the alr
Flakes
instantly
ome Dick came
Way with
them, an iall sprang
to take the bawildered puppy
them both. Little blonde La
gave up her interes to the prior right
but pretended to be obstinate
about ft. His deep eyes burned down
into Gail's stood bending above
his smile, to Howard's con
had
which
ling
betwen
from icile
Rodley
, as he
her, and
trated gaze, danger
women
fascination
“All ready
“Hold It a while,” begged Arly
Rev Smi
admit t
ne enough to be ret
Dick, with
and
th Boyd was forced
hat the picture Was
iined. The
prove i
4 sparkling of
and ruddy
with the sure
eagerly up to Gall,
hand. retaining it until she felt com
peiled to withdraw it, recognizing
again that thrill The barest trace of
h came into her cheeks, and paled
Croom + sie fa vy
from the nigh mil
ome, he
and took her
ing ness of weld
came
a flus
again
» - - » » » -
Gall changed her garments and let
down her waving hair and, disdaining
the help of her maid, performed all
the little nightly duties, to the putting
away of her clothing. Then. in a per
fectly neat and orderly boudoir, she
sat down to take herself seriously in
hand
There
the tall and stately Mra
Helen Davies came in, frilled and ruf-
fled for the night. She found the
dainty, little guest boudoir in green
tinted dimness. Gail had turned down
all the lights in the room except the
green lamps under the canopy, and
sat on the divan, with her brown
hair rippling about her shoulders, her
and her
dainty little boudoir slippers peeping
from her flowing pink negligee,
the dim green light, suited to her pres
pink of her complexion. Mrs.
the brown head on her shoulder.
Gail, whose quick intelligence no
Helen's shoulder,
laugh rippled out.
the amile of satisfaction and relief
with which Aunt Helen Davies re-
ceived that laugh.
“My dear,” 1 am quite well pleased
with you,” she said. “You have a bril
Hant future before you"
Gail's eyelids closed; the long,
brown lashes curved down on her
cheeks, revealing just a sparkle of
brightness, while the mischievous
jittle smile twitched at the corners of
her lips.
“If you were an ordinary girl, 1
would orge you, tonight, to make a
selection among the exceptionally ex.
ecollant matrimonial material of which
you ‘Dave a choice, but, “with y your ex-
traordinary talents and beauty, my ad-
vice Is just to the contrary. You
should delay until you have had a
wider opportunity for judgment You
have not as yet shown any marked
hope.”
Gail's quite
to giggle,
demurely,
"No, Aunt Helen
“You are remarkably wise" compli
mented Aunt Helen, a bit of apprecia
tion checked Gail's
the meantime, it
study your opportu
's Dick Rodley,
seriously,
unreasoning
but she clothed
"”
which quite
pulse to giggle. “In
well to
there
iders
Of course
whom no and
hose and
tionable
‘unningham, w
drawback is such ques
hat he might persistently
with your social
Van Pl
i
{
i
Willis ( one
only
in
activities.
I am frank to say
terfere
Houston
is the gible all,
attracted his at
umph Mr. Alli
vanced in
oon.
most « and to have
inct tri
rather
tention is a dist
whil ad
She Sat With Her Brown
pling Around Her Shoul
and
twitched the
Aunt Hele
roviewed
with the
tages they
She
them now deliberate
thought )
might offer he
reviewed
For the
was frankly
interested men about
them. She had reached her third stage
the prince age
‘1 suppose 1 shall have to be mar
age, and now the age
conscious awakening She won
in some perplex as to what
had brought about her nasence: rath.
er, and she knitted her pretty brows,
who had brought it about?
The library clock chimed the hour,
and startled her out of her reverie
She turned on the lights, and sat in
front
one of those extra brushings for which
it was so grateful
with so much beauty. She paused de
liberately to study herself in the glass.
this was a new Gall,
tent Gail What was
said about her potentialities?
Strong, forceful,
He was potence
of the social
others
met
she
in
of development;
the
fai
airy
of
Allison,
ftaelf. A thrill of
|
little cold,
thought she heard,
chest,
new horse, until all these topics had
failed, when she detected the unmis-
takable click of a switch button near
by. It musi be in Gail's suite. Hadn't
the child retired yet? She lay quite
still pondering that mighty question
for ten minutes, and then, unable to
rest any longer, she slipped out of bed
and across the ball, There was ne
light coming from under the doors of
¢ither the boudoir or the bedroom. so
Aunt Grace peeped into the latter
apartment, then she tiptoed softly
away. Gail, in her casende of pink
flufferies, was at the north window,
and the silver
kneeling, with her earnest face sp
turned to one bright, pale star.
CHAPTER VII,
Still Piecing Out the World.
The map of the United
Fdward E. Allison's library began
now, to develop little streaks, but they
were boldly marked, and they hugged
with extraordinary closeness, the pen
mark which All had drawn
from York Chicago and from
Chicago to Francisco Ther:
were long between them, but
these did m to worry him
the little
ayer
non
New to
gaps
not sed
much it was
sometimes
which
ples
oecen
very
glire
tehes
sCArceiy an inch
he drew
and now
in and
globe
sure from day 0 day
he
Oy he big
contemplative whirl
fonally, passed
ana
On
tern #
topped
hits far we
by bridging
he received a calle
a short,
walked w fi (
welldre
ane
reasol
plied
All
and lig
Whenever
rted Tim Corman,
Would Seem to Reveal
Confusion of the Aver
irish Mind
Anecdotes
age
anner
Still conf
!
dote to
takes
An
having
agains
he $5
he could not
joined
other ane
Irish mind
mal situation
himself for
British troog
explained that
But that
the
He
the Boers
through the lines, 80 he
British
“You
enld one
“Ah the arrator, “1
have given me for a fight
Norman Hapgood in Harper's Weekly
should nnt have done
said
goul
Fish Gas.
At Frayv-Bentos. in the Argentine
the largest kitchen in the world Here
beef extract is made—40 pounds of
beef give one pound of extract. And
here, up to 1900, all the waste--all the
entrails and fat and so forth--got
thrown into the River Plata
The waste of 1.000 bullocks thrown
Plata brought the fish
up from the sea to Fray-Bentos in un.
unbellevable thousands. Boats could
hardly advance for the silver waves
of fich, These fish could be caught
with shovels, with scoops, with the
hand
The people of Fray-Dentos,
is
in the
tine, varied their free beef with free
fish, and in addition ground up daily
with fish gas, a very clear illuminant
But today they utilize at Fray-Bentos
every part of the bullock but the bel
low. Consequently the fish millions
of the past have deserted the river,
and fish gas. that romantic Muminant,
Kas been supplanted by vulgar elee
tricity.
Quite True.
“Why did you lead me to believe
the astronomer | met was a flash
writer?”
“Hecaune he 1a a flash writer—he
is an suthority an meteors.”
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