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MAKE THEM BLOW BACKJK, SEN -
ATOR.
A hint ia enough from our Sen
ator and it becomes evident that Ju
neau used our money with v. hie
to lired^e the Gastineau Channel
to feather its own oeRt. Selfish
ness pure and simple. Had Juneau
been fair, our much ae§de<J, Hoad
ley-Charcoai road would be a real
ity tod=y instead of a mere expectr
ancy, However When tha
legislature meets. Senator Heckman
and Representative elect Daviea
wHl attend to our share of the mon
ey so dishonestly appropriate^ by
Juneau. Ketchikan eitueas do
not waait a penney they are not en
titled to from the territory, but In
sist in getting their rights; and we
nope that Juneau will ba made to
blow oacte with a good mea.au re.—■
KetchiKan Piogressive-Miner.
The above U Ketchikan's hint but
how about Skagway. For more tha
twenty yeai«, or ever since the
svhita, Pas§ railroad was built, and
the famou* White Wa^g trail, which
in a ai?ssure made Alaska possible,
has yearly become less discernable,
until now it is only visible here and
there a* it winds over the rocky hill
Skagway ha# nestled pernely in it!
■valley with only the gUst-enHig raili
leading up the valley and over the
bills.
What has happened to the wagot
roadr? It started out of Skag-wa?
one bright summer day some tw<
> oars ago, and after laboriously
reaching soma few miles up tile riv
er, stopped' abruptly at the foot of !
steep barrier of rock, and there 1'
has rested ever since.
Not one word of explanation. ^*°"
one wor* of encouragement. Stag
•way ig cat off from all wagon roat
traffic, and we hope that the Sena
♦org from the other three district!
will take compassion and come t(
our rescue. "We want to haul wooc
down itve valley. We would) like t<
t-Ur« a ride In our iimosene up th<
vaitey. 5\'e would enjoy a bicycl"
ride uo to Denver station and back
bat we will probably be compelled t
await the time when we can owi
and operate an aeroplane, for ouj
road money hag been spent by C£u
Juneau cabal in dredging out Gasti
neaiu channel.
By way ot explanation we may sac
that we resident^ of Skagway hav<
been compelled! to ship our wiater'i
rapply of wood) over from White
horse, 110 mile®, snmpiy for lack o
• few milea of wagon road tto
would tap th0 railroad som® fiv<
miles uo the ya-Uey. At Or near thi
point, there are thousands upoi
thousands of cords of wood, but 1
id away from the railway a few mil
and therefore at the praseo; tim
is inaccessible, "While wg are 1
Pleasure loving people, and woul<
heartily enjoy a jaunt up the valle;
in an automobile, gtill the cryini
need for w-a®on roadg on which V
haul oat our wood to the tr&ck con
pell8 us to forgo the request for i
trunk road up the valley and merel
seek a few mi'.es of road; that won]
ensure us against a wood famin
and do away with the necessity o
borninx British Columbia coal.
TIE LIGHT
IN THE E'LEMIN&r
A TALE OF TH(: NORTH COUNTRY
IN THE TIME OF SILAS WRIGHT
IRVING BACNELLER_
9*rh*x of
V- IKN NOttOti PH M© I. Of TH£ E1ESSED I5LE4
>->■4 OBfttt A* WTH 117 7 IP. ETC. ETC
9YN0PS&.
socially of a tlu* above tS» Baynesea,
and 1* fasclakte*> !>/ til* plretty face
and fine clothes.
CHAPTER n—Barton mbe4» Roving
Kate, known !n the ftelghborh i tod a* the
"SUent Womaa.** Xiz»oe (Jr!miii*w, young
son of the richest man in the township,
la * visitor at the Baynea h(ome, and
Roving Kate <eitM the fortunes ■m the two
boys, predict?*# a brlgh* futura for Bar
ton and deatl on the g»Uows for Amos.
Reproved for an act ot boyish mlsclijef
Barton run* awuy, latendtag to make nla
home with the Dun».elb«res. Hie reach*
the village of Canton and Qtlls into a
sleep of exhaustion on a porcfc. Ther#
he is fousd' by Silas WMgfct, Sr.. promi
nent man. in public affairs. who. knowing
Peabody Saynea. takes Barton iorne af
ter buying htm nert» clothes.
CHAPTER HI—Barton and >.lii uncle
and aunt visit Canton and bear Silas
Wright. read a sermon.
CHAPTER IV—SSas 'Wright evinces
much, interest lp Barton, and sends a box
of books and eiaeatines to the Baynes
home. Th» election of Silas Wright to
tit* United States senate Is announced.
CHAPTER V-Whm Barton is twelve
Tears otd he aware of the ex
istence of a w ortderful and mysterious
powe^ known *a "Money." and learns
now, throagh hi* possaaston of that won
derful thing Ort1*"** is the moat power
ful and greater threaded man in the com
munis most of /the pettier* being In his
debt .After a Visit *o the Baynes ^ome
Mr. Wright SeavAe a note in a seal en
velope. which Barton Is to Tead the
first night when leaves horn- at
tend* seho«l
CHAPTER. VI- on I* ked to
enough to aatlsty Orlmsh. - ad obtain
an extension.
CXAPTRR VII-Now In his .sixteenth
year Barton accompanies "Mr. Purvis."
the hired m«n. tc- to a pjstoffloe at Can
ton. On the way thjy meet a rider, and
the three journey together. Tttey are
held up by a man vith a gun. who makes
the hlghwaytnan s demand of "Your
money or your lil'c.** Purvis runs away,
while the atranger draws a pistol, bat be
fore he c»n use it the robber shoots and
kills hlnv Barton's horse tlvows htm
and runs away. Aa the murderer bends
over the strangw Barton throws a stone
which he observes wounds the thief, who
makes qtf at osci, but aot until Barton
had noted that Vis gun stock was broken
In a peculiar maimer. Search of the
neighborhood tor the robber is unavailing
ana the stranger is burled.
drive a load to a rrlve >
In a snowstorm. ; to '
tha horses Jrst the
Wheel of tt» on is 1
Peabcdy snaaaves to
r or ututx^jr murucr, sir, lue vuiuuci
went on. "ft -was the shooting of that
man In the town o' Ballybeen a few
weeks ago. Things have come to a
pretty pass In this country, I should
say. Talk about law and order; we
don't know what it means here and
why >hoolJ we? The party In power
Is avowedly opposed to It—yes^ sir. It
has fattened upon bribery and corrup
tion. Do you think that the son o'
Ben Grimshaw will receive punish
ment even If he la proved guilty? Not
at all. He will be protected—you mark
my words."
He bowed and! left us. When the
door had closed behind him Mr. Hacket
said:
"Another victim horned by the
Snapdragon! If a man were to be
slain by a bear back in the woods
Colonel Hand would look for guilt In
1 the opposition party. Michael Henry,
whatever the truth may be regarding
the poor boy In Jail, we are In no way
, responsible. Away with sadness!
What Is that?"
Mr. Hacket inclined his ear and then
added: "Michael Henry says that he
may be innocent and that we had bet
ter go and see if we can help him.
Now I hadn't thought o' that. Had
you, Mary?"
i "No," the girl answered,
i "We must be letting Mike go ahead
of us always," said her father. "You
, saw the crime, I believe," turning to
t me.
I told them all I knew of It
"Upon my word, I like yon, my
brave lad," said the schoolmaster. "I
® heard of all this and decided that you
would be a help to Michael Henry and
' a creditable student Come, let us
► go and pay our compliments to the
senator."
The schoolmaster and I went over
r to Mr. Wright's house—a white, frame
building which had often been pointed
1 out to me.
' Mrs. Wright, a fine-looking lady who
■ met us at the door, said that the sen
' ator had gone over to the mill with his
1 wheelbarrow.
» "We've plenty of time and well wait
, for him," said the schoolmaster.
t "I see him 1" said little John as he
, and Ruth ran to the gate and down
the rough plank walk to meet him.
' We saw him coming a little way
' iown the street In his shirt-sleeves
1 with his barrow In frost of him. Be
L stopped and lifted little John In his
r arms, and after a moment put him
; down and embraced Ruth.
► "Well, I see ye still love the tender
_ embrace o' the wheelbarrow," said Mr.
i Hacket as we approached the senator.
_ "My embrace Is the tenderer of the
. two," the latter laughed with a look
at his hands.
3 He recognized me and seized my
" ^ two hands and shook them as he said:
"Ubcd my word iere la jas iden<l
corraciCT mtnaunnw n* vamim
fTftrt X was not looking for you here."
Ho put his hand on my head, now
higher than his shoulder, and said:
"I was not looking for you hero."
He asked about my aunt and uncle
and expressed joy at learning that I
was now under Mr. Hacket.
"I shall be here for a number of
weeks," he said, "and I shall want to
see you often. Maybe we'll go hunt
ing .some Saturday."
We bade him good morning and he
j went on with his wheelbarrow, which
I was loaded, I remember, with stout
sacks of meal and flour.
We went to the school at half past
eight What a thrilling place it was
with its 78 children and its three
rooms. How noisy they were as they
waited In the schoolyard for the bell
to ring! I stood by the doorslde look
ing very foolish, I dare say, for I
j knew not what to do with myself. My
!legs encased In the tow breeches felt
as if they were on Are. I saw that
| most of the village boys wore bought
mi clothes and fine boots. I looked
down at my own leather and was a
tower of shame on a foundation of
greased cowhide. Sally Dunkelberg
came In with some other girls and pre
tended not to see me. That was the
hardest blow I suffered.
Among the handsome, well-dressed
' boys of the village was Henry Wills—
j the# hoy who had stolen my water
| melon. I had never forgiven him for
| that or for the killing of my little hen.
j The bell rang and we marched into
the big room, while a fat girl with
crinkly hair played on a melodeou.
Henry and another boy tried to shove
aie out of line and a big paper wad
struck the side of my head as we were
I Marching in and after we were seated
a cross-eyed, freckled girl In a red
iress made a face at me.
It was, on <he whole, the unhappiest
lay of ni.v life. During recess I
slapped a boy's face for calling me a
rabbit and the two others who came
to help him went away full of fear
lud astonishment, for I had the
strength of a young moose In me those
' days. After that they began to make
I friends with me.
In the noon hour n twin came to me
in .he schoolyard with a sabpena for
the examination of Amos Grimshaw
and explained Its meaning.
While I was talking with this man
Sully passed me walking with another
igirl and said:
"Hello, Bart 1"
I observed that Henry Wills joined
them and walked down the street at
the side of Sally. I got my first pang
ot jealousy then.
When school was out that after
noon Mr. Uacket said I could have an
(hour to seo the sights of the village,
so I set rut, feeling much depressed.
I walked toward the house of Mr.
Wright and saw him digging potatoet
in the garden and went in. X knew
that he was my friend.
"Well, Bart, how do you like
school?" he asked.
"Not very well," I answered.
"Of course not! It's new to you
now, and you miss your aunt and
uncle. Stick to It You'll make
friends and get interested before long."
"I want to go home," I declared.
"Now let's look at the compass," he
suggested. "You're lost for a minute,
and like all lost people youfe heading
the wrong way. Don't be misled by
selfishness. Forget what you want to
de and -think of what we want you to
do. We want you to make a man of
yourself. You must do It for the sake
of those dear people who have done
so much for you. The needle point®
toward the schoolhouse yonder."
He went on with his work, and as I
walked away I understood that the
oeedle he referred to was my con
science.
I went about my chores. 'mere was
to be no more wavering In my con
duct. At the supper table Mr. Hacket
kept us laughing with songs and jests
and stories. The boy John, having
been reproved for rapid eating, hurled
his spoon upon the floor.
"Those in favor of his punishment
will please say aye?" said the school
master.
I remember that we had a divided
':ouse on that Important question..
The schoolmaster said: "Michael
rfenrv wishes him to be forgiven on
promise of better conduct, -but for the
nest offense he shall ride the bad
ger."
This meant lying for « painful mo
ment across his father's knee.
The promise was given and our
merrymaking resumed. The district
attorney, whom I had met before,
came to see me after supper and asked
more questions and advised me to talk
with no one about tire shooting with
out his consent. Soon he went away,
arid after I had learned my lessons
Mr. Hacket said:
"Let us walk up to the Jail and
spend a few minutes with Amos."
[ We hurried to the jail. The sheriff,.
! a stout-built, etern-fgcsd man, admit
ted us. • •
'Can we see the Grlrashaw boy?"
Mr. Hucket Inquired.
"I guoss so," he onswMfad as he
lazily rose from his choir and took,
(town a bunch of large keys which had
been hanging on the wall. "His fn
ther has just left."
Re spoke In a low. solemn tc.i
which impressed me deeply ass be p
a lighted candle In the hand ui .
schoolmaster. He led us through a
door into a narrow corridor. He thrust
; a big key Into the lock of a heavy iron
grating and threw, it open and bade us
step In. We entered an Ill-smelling
stone-floored room with a number of
cells against Its rear wall. He locked
the door behind us. I saw a face and
I
I Saw a Face and Figure Behind th«
Grated Door of One of These Cell#.
figure lu the dim candle light, behind
the grated door of one of these cells.
How lonely and dejected and helpless
was the expression of that figure I The
sheriff went to the door and un
locked it.
"Hello, Grlmshaw," he said sternly.
"Step out here."
It all went to my heart—the man
ners of the sheriff so like the cold iron
of his keys and doors—the dim candle
light, the pale, frightened youth who
walked toward us. We shook his hnnd
and he said that he was glad to see
us. I saw the scar under his left ear
and reaching out upon his cheek,
which my stone had made, and knew
that he bore the mark of Cain.
He asked if he could see me alone
und the sheriff shook his head and said
sternly:
"Against the rules."
"Amos, I've a boy o' my own an' I
feel for ye," suld the schoolmaster.
"I'm going to come here, now and
then, to cheer ye up and bring ye some
books to read. If there's any word
of advice I can give ye—let me know.
Have ye a lawyer?"
"There's one coming tomorrow."
"Don't say a word about the case,
boy, to anyone but your lawyer—mind
that."
We left him and went to our home
and beds, I to spend half the night
thinking of my discovery, since which,
for some reason, I had no doubt of
the guilt of Amos, but I spoke not of
it to anyone und the secret worried;
me.
Next morning on my way to school
I passed a scene more strange and
memorable than any in my long ex
perience. I saw the shabby figure of
old Benjamin Grlmshaw walking la
the side path. His hands were in his
pockets, his eyes bent upon the ground,
his lips moving as if he were in deep
thought. Kovlng Kate, the ragged,
silent woman who, for the fortune, of
Amos, bad drawn a gibbet, the shadow
of which was now upon him, walked
slowly behind the money lender point
ing at hirn with her bony forefinger.
Her stern eyes watched him as the cat
watches when Its prey is near It. She
did not notice me. Silently, her feet
wrapped in rags, she walked behind
the man, always pointing at him.
When he Btopped she stopped. When
he resumed his slow progress she fol
lowed. It thrilled me, partly because
I had begun to believe In the weird,
mysterious power of the Silent Worn
an. I had twenty minutes to spar«
end bo I turned Into the main street
behind and close by them. I saw him
stop and buy some crackers and an
apple and a piece of cheese. Mean
while she stood pointing at him. He
6aw, but gave no heed to her. He
walked along the street In front of
the stores, she following as before.
How patiently she followed!
I started for the big schoolhouse and
a number of boys Joined me with
pleasant words. . . • i. - •
Sally ran past us with that low
lived Wills boy, who carried her books,
for her. His fattier had gone into the
grocery business and Henry wore
boughten clothes. I couldn't tell Sally
bow mean he was. I was angry and
decided not to speak to "her until she
spoke to me. I-got along better in
school, although there was some tit
tering when I recited, probably be
cause I bad a broader dialect and big
ger boots than the boys in the village.
CHAPTER IX.
t Meet President. Van Buren and Am
C row-Examined toy Mr. Qrlmehaw.
The days went easier after that
The boys took me into their play and
some of them were most friendly. I
had a swift foot and a good eye as
well $3 a strong arm, and cfijal4 hoW I
my owfc at thl*ee old cat—a' kind' of
baseball which we pi: -ed In the
schoolyard. Saturday came. Aj v:
were sitting down at the table that
morning the younger c" 'tf.va cl.rr
to tha knees of Mr. Eackei am.
begged him to take them up the river
<1 * boat
"Good Lord! What wilt thou give
a when I grow childless?" he ex
'med with his arms around them.
"That was the question of Abraham,
and it often comes to me. Of course
we shall go. But hark! Let us hear
what the green chair has to say."
There was a moment of silence and
then he went on with a merry laugh.
"Right ye are. Michael Henry 1. You I
are alwaya right, my boy—God blesB
your soul I We shall take Bart with
us an' doughnuts' an' cheese an' cook
ies an' dried meat for all."
From that moment I date the be
ginning of my love for the occupant
of the green chair in the home of Mi
chael Hacket Those good people were
Catholics and I a Protestant and yet
this Michael Henry always Insisted
upon the most delicate consideration
for my faith and feelings.
"I promised to spend the morning
in the field with Mr. Wright, if I may
have your consent, sir," I aaid.
"Then we shall console ourselves,
knowing that you are in better com
pany," said Mr. Hacket
Mr. Dunkelberg called at the house
In Ashery lane to see me after
breakfast
"Bart, if yon will come with me 1
should like to order some store clothes
and boots for you," he said In his
squeaky voice.
For a moment I knew not bow to
answer him. Nettled as I had been by
Sally'a treatment of me, the offer was
like rubbing ashes on the soreness of
ray spirit
I blushed and surveyed ray garments
and said:
"I guess I look pretty bad, don't I?"
"You look all right, but I thought
maybe you would feel better in softer
rataent, especially If you care to go
around much with the young people. I
am an old friend of the family and 1
guess It would be proper for me to
buy the clothes for you. When you
are older you can buy a suit for me,
some time. If you care to."
It should be understood that well
to-do people In the towns were more
particular about their dress those
days than now.
Til ask my aunt and uncle about
It," I proposed.
"That's all right," he answered. "I'm
going to drive to your house this after
noon and your uncle wishes you to
go with me. We are all to have a talk
With Mr. Ortmshnw,^
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