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* "LOdks like a cross ‘tween a V ‘Frisco wharfâ€"rat and a Nome claim ~Jjumper," Laurance averre. . "Bay, + mister, was you ever a fortyâ€"second cook round a scullery?â€"‘cause you smells ft!" The captive vouchsafed no reply. *‘ ~He sat with his Satanicâ€"shaped .. head _ buried _ between _ narrow _ shoulders. ‘The frelight licked his _ face at intervals, strengthening its . horrible grotesqueness. "Don‘t be so fast Rwith denial," urged Britton, smoothly. "When you bave heard thé option, perhaps your en‘nion will suddeniy change." He lookcd at Laurance for an instant, deba‘ing with himself. The Klonâ€" d‘ker was in a deep and apparently uninterasted silence. "It‘s Mortis, Jim! Christopher Morrisâ€"the inan I spoke of, you reâ€" member? His attitude just now is suspicious. 1 don‘t know how long he has been in the Yukon, or what he is doing here, but I cannot unâ€" derstand his present escapade. There‘s _ something _ behind _ it." Britton paused and allowed his keen, searching glance to wander back to the repulsive figure of Morris. "I was about to give you an opâ€" tion," he resumed. "I think Laurâ€" ance will second my guarantee of a lightening of the punishment the miners will hand out. My proposiâ€" tiom, in brief, is this: Tell us what you know, what your game is, who is behind you, and what is their obâ€" jectâ€"tell us this, I say, and you‘ll Pierre, ignorant of the cause of the thief‘s sudden activity, likened him to a gaunt wolf at bay before & big bull moose. So the pair seemed. The sudden revelation had its efâ€" fect. The man sprang up with a snarl of rage. His eyes glittered malevolentlyâ€"straight into Britton‘s nod. He appeared about to fly at bis captor‘s throat _ "*â€"d if I do," came from the thief. The first words â€" he had spoken sounded dike a husky‘s Burgle when the collar ncarly chokes him. Britton came to the stove and gazed earnestly at the huddled heap on the floor. "Yes," said Jim, "but it‘s too blasted dear to waste on that trash. I wouldn‘t give him Seattle sasâ€"urillâ€" er.. Don‘t matter a crowâ€"bait whethâ€" er he talks or not. He‘ll get his own at Aimslie‘s tomorrer." "Wiskey ma‘ heem talk," Pictre declared. "Got de . firewataire, M‘sieu Laurance?" _ "Look up, man," he said roughly, but the bloodâ€"shot eyes refused to meet his own. "It‘s no use," Rex continued, with a cynical laugh. "I know youâ€" Morris!" "I think he will talk," Britton said slowly. "He knows who I am now. Yesâ€"I think he will talk." «t n in sc on sn pnaegrniaagutnamgniy Wt slsc l n uc uc ut is the wisest purchase you can make. Pure, Fresh and so Deliciousâ€"Just trrp it. iss THE § TA M PEDER J â€"_â€" By S. A. White 11)' and truthfully? No lies, rememâ€" bert" . ‘ "Yes, that isâ€"" "No parleying," roared Britton. "I ’[want some sleep for the trail toâ€" amorrow. _ You have to tell all I ;want to know in five minutes or not \’at all. Ready?" His words dropped bulletâ€"like. Laurance consulted his pipe for a long minute. ‘Then he flashed up his eyes in acquiescence. He collapsed suddenly from his kneeling posture and half lay on the rough floor within the stove‘s circle of warmth. Britton confronted Morris once more, and drove his words home with sledgehammer effect. I care. _ And hell take the other fellow. It‘s a case of life or death. Open up, Britton!" "When‘d you come?" ‘‘By boat last summer to Dyea and thence to Dawson." ‘‘Take your choice!" he said. "Keep silent and hangâ€"you know they‘ll do it at Ainslie‘sâ€" or speak and get off with a flogging. Which? And be quick! _ We want to sleep here. Half the night has already gone." > _ "Yes," answered Rex. "I know Morris through and through. In my long battle in the courts I came to read the man like a book. I can «ense his subtleties and underâ€"purâ€" poses. I learned to do that, Jim, in the hardest school in the worldâ€" the law courts. I am almost certain that he is in league, or worse â€"in bondage. Shall we guarantee him in "What do you want to know?" he asked doggedly. ‘"Are you prepared to speak plainâ€" ly and truthfully? No lies, rememâ€" Morris, the derelict, instinctively felt himself on the edge of things. His wits were not yet so liquorâ€" dulled ‘but that he could see the fate awaitimng him at the camp. He knew the.stern code of the Northâ€" rough but effective. Fortune hbad played him a miserable furn, and, if he did not catch at the proffered Wope, she would sing his deathâ€"knell rollicking heartlessly. s "Go on," Morris cried, with an asâ€" sumption of recklessnese; "dâ€"d if "Wife with you?" Britton‘s tecth ground over the sentence. this "Go ahead!‘" he grunted. "I guess we can make it even with Anderâ€" Laurance coughed apologetically, in expiation of his silence. only be flogged instead of haunged." Britton‘s meaning came.out clear and sharp to the victim of drink. He shivered a litite and pulled himself to his knees. There was a hint of supplication in the position, but this his captor ignored. + "You want to make surgsof that?" he questioned. e We e l e e o . __~_|. "Who planned this "Oui," cried Giraud, slinging out the blankets. "Ah dream w‘at Ah get wit‘ dat five hondra"’ In the height of his buoyancy he broke Torth in song, ard, while Britton droppe to sleep Plerre‘s voice rang up to the ceilnig in te tune: "En roulant ma boule roulante, En roulant ma bouleâ€" Derrier‘ chezâ€"nous yâ€"aâ€"tâ€"un ‘etang "Why. a kid could spot that," the old Klondiker assured him. "Simpâ€" son, this lawâ€"juggler as Britton speaks of. gets the mnerve to jump likely claims on Samson Creek, It‘s just as well he‘s found out. If he had perâ€"sumâ€"veered _ he‘d surely * got jumped hisseifâ€"at the jumpin‘ off station. I‘m certainly certain of that! Howâ€"sumâ€"doâ€"ever, as me friend here 'goes vamoosin‘ into Dawson shortly he‘ll put a handspike in Mr. Simpâ€" hon‘s chooâ€"choo gear" Britton got up and shook/himselt as a great shaggy bear stretches its muscles. * "That‘s all for toâ€"night," he yawnâ€" ed. "The saggy trail made me sleepy. But take my advice, Morris and cut away from Simpson. You‘re not bound by ties unbreakableâ€"yet you soon will be. And that‘s sayâ€" ing a goof teal if you stop to analâ€" yze it. Let‘s roll up, Pierre!" "Yes," Rex agreed, the smile reâ€" flecting itself on his wholesome face. "Morris. you‘re only a fool in this country, and you can‘t see much significance in your statements. I take the liberty of telling you that there is a great significance in those few words. Oldâ€"timers have no difâ€" ficuity in seeing far. Simpson, by the way ,must have become more rapidly acclimatizedâ€"or else he has been at the game in other mining territories. Pierre, what motive has the man who organizes a toughs‘ stampede ahead of the spring rush to ground which is partially stak edt" Laurance â€" laughed at the sudden start and guilty shrinking of Morris. "Ah! J see," Britton interrupted. "‘When does he leave?" Right away." ‘Funny act, that," put mm Laurâ€" ance, with a smile and wink. "He t‘ink he joomp de claims," asâ€" serted Pierre, promptly. "Dat tam sure t‘ing!" his next question to the tool. ‘"Money," said Morris. "‘That‘s a lie," ecrié€d Britton, adâ€" vancing fiercely. "He wanted the goods and supplies for a purpose. Money‘s procured by him in an easâ€" ier way.â€" But siampeders‘ supplies have no pecuniary equivalent in Dawson now. You see there hasn‘t been a steamer upâ€"river for long enough. ‘Theyâ€" tell me Dawson has been lately ironâ€"bound: Now let us know what Simpso® was going to o with the goods. You‘ll swing if you don‘t." . E "He‘s going to prospect." ‘"Where?" _ "Onâ€"O6n Samson Creek, where the rest are going." % *"Big outfit for one man, isn‘t i?? The contents of three caches‘" Britton‘s casual remark held a taunt and a hidden meaning. "He‘s taking men with himâ€"to stake other claims for him. That‘s whyâ€"" { "Good heavens.â€"he‘s here, ea? ;ufl,mmm‘rfl might _ have known that your wife wis in the vicinity." " * _ Turning" to Laurance, he ‘expiainâ€" ed: "Simpson is a Jawyerâ€"counsel for Morris in the case against meâ€" an an especial friend of Mrs. Morâ€" rig." tone, however, does Simpson want?" was question to the tool. to 4 ‘"He‘s coming down with the grippe," was the doctor‘s reply. "If he does, I‘ll send him back to bed. I warned him not to lug any more baggage toâ€"day!" THE SOLICITOUS EMPLOYER The porter of a Syracause hotel being attacked by illness while on duty, his kind employer sent him upstairs to bed and called a physicâ€" lan. _ When the doctor came down after having attended his patient, the proprietor accosted him. "Well, Doctor, how did you find him?" he asked. Mammâ€""O Hubert, what shall I ever, ever do when you are so big I can‘t take you on my lap and hug )'(3 any more?" ~ MODERN FARMING « Citymanâ€""Do you keep bees?" Countrymanâ€""No; there are more upâ€"toâ€"date _ methods _ of . getting stung." Hubertâ€" "Well, mama, I‘ll keep little as long as I canâ€"but I keep unwinding all the time." "Oh, Peter," she cried as she panted for breath, "I dropped my diamond ring off my finger and I can‘t find it anywhere!" .*_ "It‘s all right, Florence," said Mr. Hannigan; "I came across it in my trousers‘ pocket." ‘‘Well, Johnny," asked the teacher. "Please miss," _replied Johnny, they blush to think how green they‘â€" ve been all summer." FOREKNOWLEDGE A little lad was desperately ill, but refused to take the medicine the doctor had left.~At last his mother gave him up. "Oh, my boy will die. my ‘boy will die," she sobbed. â€"‘But a voice spoke from the bed, "Don‘t ory, mother. Father‘ll be home soon and he‘ll make me take it" . wWHY THEY BLUSHED. ‘They were having a botany lesson and the children were asked by their teacher if they knew what made the leaves turn red in the autumn. Up popped one handâ€"and only one. ; * A DEAD GIVEâ€"AWAY Mrs. Hannigan rushed into her husband‘s office. x to him as a mummy. _ _ > ~ â€" _ here. Miss Blanchard has ap PACKAGE PHAROAH. ady, specialists say. \ . Mré. Japersâ€"I must buy some of| Miss Blanchard shows. signs of that fashionable mummy gloth for a | °BIY Slight emaciation, and, although dress. You know Kiig Tutâ€"ankhaâ€"| *b talks quité freely, she is alert men thought a l0t of it. mentaily and interested in activities up in it pight!" "Yes," said a weak littk man in the back seat, "mext Saturday Marjorieâ€"I know it. She‘s calling Chollie a dumbâ€"bell apd now refers to him as a mummy. "Bridget, as Johnnie come home from school yet?" ‘ Yes, sir." "Have you seen him*?" * "No, air." ‘"Cause the cat‘s h.: _ under the islature last stove, sir." Iwho Leagu AN UNEXPECTED REPLY ‘‘The time will come," thundered the lecturer on women‘s rights," ‘when women will get men‘s wages." THE LITTLE HUMAN sPOOL WHY SHE KNEW. how do you know he‘s Yos, he was all _ The adoptdd child was not proâ€" vided for in Rer will, the property \all going to /ther relatives. _ Miss Jeéfferson, a few days ago, in preparing to leave the home where she ad resided.with Miss McNeill, was ransacking and old trunk, and, much to her surprise, came across aâ€"great bundle of old Traders Bank bills, amounting ni all to $4,300. The Traders Bank years ago was sbsorbed by the Royal Bank and the bills are perfectly good. They had been laid away by the late John ion, appear to be the rightful posâ€" McNeill and, according to local opinâ€" gessino of the finder, Miss Jefferson. Strathroy citizens are much exâ€" cited and pleased over the wonderâ€" ful discovery of longâ€"lost treasure which has come into the possession of a deservingâ€" orphan girl here, Miss Elizabe&h Jefferson. Miss Jefferson, wh ois now 24 years old, was adoptâ€" ed 15 years ago by a wellâ€"toâ€"do famâ€" ily named McNeill living near this town. The family consisted of an old ‘bachelor, John McNeill and his two maiden sisters. Each in turn died on approaching old age, and the last survivor, Miss Ann McNeill passed away a few months ago. ‘That which will be voted on June 25 is :"Do you approve of the proâ€" posed law entitled ‘An act to amend the Manitoba Temperance Act,‘ proâ€" posed by the Beer and Wine Leaâ€" gue for the sale of beer and wine by licensed hotels for beverage purâ€" poses with meals in accordance with the provision of the said act?" Festival. nouncement. _ ‘The ballots will be touched in the (ouoviu\tunl. "Do you approve of the proposed law entitled ‘An act to provide for Government control and sale of liquor,‘ proposed by the M.«»gym!on League, which provides for the sale of all kinds of liquors for beverage purposes by Governâ€" ment stores, in accordance with the provisions of the Manitoba Temperâ€" ance Act?" Wine League‘s petition asks that the sale of wine and beer be perâ€" mitted â€"with meals in all hotels in the Province. f WILL â€"VOTEe on â€"covernment SALE OF LIiQUOR. Electors of Manitoba will vote on the Moderation League‘s petition calling for Government sale of liquor on June 4, and on the Wine and Beer Association‘s petition June 25, it announced in the Provincial Legâ€" DISCOVERED LOST TREASURE Coming! Waterloo‘s © Dollar Dayz stival. Watch for detailed anâ€"} Corrugated Galvanized The Metailic Roofting Co. Direct from Manufacturers to Conâ€" sumer. Write for Prices Steel Roofing 1194 King St. W., Toronto 400 42 I ‘"Madam, I shall_be glad to replace | your dog." f |_"Sir," she said in a freezing | votce, }[ou flatter yourself." ! A prominent ‘judge was recently automobiling and his chauffour was driving at a very fast pace. â€" They didn‘t see the dog, but suddenly they heard his "kiâ€"yi," and â€"the hldre ordéred the chauffeur to stop. Going hback they found an angry woman standing over a dead dogâ€" one of the ugliest dogs imaginable. 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