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EDITORIAL
A SOLDIER WAR BONUS
having ieU tile nation ta
■ ; cion t.nlisting for the
:ib«d to eveT Liber
. 1. I , very state in th0
i ;>ujvhase of war sav
in- s stani; s It can now afford to
v •:•: ;ht -vrfcraiance wtth pass
anting a »«r boniv to
. sacie basis as tliy
> . \V...;::ingtoa.
.•-i:i;;ti who retnained
rinu war made money
<1 i : ;i:;Lss or high w^SeS
'I'.-.ai time thifcp who
1 • • mntrT's call not
: .t :'r time but many
■ l 'r b iMi-ss or meani
Without a murmur
> vtd a nation havo
: roc. -s of rehabilitation
fcltion from a consci
.-■i..•» Of a duty-we|l fulfilled.
- ol ' [■ tnth the indivd
n a readily res"onds
.::.s for its proseCU
Xo , \; t.:ise is spared and no
i^ s,t u:on the amount to
i!t -l in destroying tha
I: would Stvm then tha:
J'rlruii'k- should afply
. , • i i ::. -t.r!,.uting th.i
men o jvrformcd the servlc
i «• a;;.. . I men sacrificed can
?>nly b: suraiiAd by the non-com
' <■: : • < .1 by tile men
who fjc d U">t- carnage of war.
In suih a bonuis Alaska
Id i Itrate Once more that
it i< cart i ; meeting any con
that arise* and a: the same
ti:::,. hv.< - • / ition as one of the
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CHAPTER XII.
Box Twenty-Three.
The Pearl hunter stood in. the kitchen
door, feejing no little disgrace, and
watched the lithe form of the girl dart
In among the hushes that lined the
cliff where it looped east, enclosing
the little pocket of level woods where
the cabin stood. He saw her stop
suddenly. She stood listening a mo
ment; came flying back.
To the question on his face she an
swered by closing the door and mo
tioning him into the main room and to
the window liv the sewiug table. A
small boy came whistling up the path.
"It's the grandson of the good old
storekeei>er I told you about," she
whispered.
They both laughed as she pushed
him toward the curtains, laughed
though it irked the man no little to go
Into hiding at the sound of every foot
step—In a girl's room at that, while
she stood guard.
"Ask him about the hunt today." he
whispered. "Ami above all, ask him
If he met a man."
She nodded anil pulled the curtains
close. The next moment she had
opened the door.
"Well, ft illy: Clail to see you. Come
I right in."
Billy 'liil come in. Hut istny wasn t
s|>eaklng. Through the little pnp In
the our tain the IVarlhun'er could see
him standing Just Inside the d<M»r. Billy
was hy no means a prepossessing
youngster—barefooted, thin shinned,
very decidedly pigeon-toed. Ills sharp
little face was eluhorately and pic
turesquely freckled. Tliere were
freckles enough for a hig face, and
Billy's faee was small, so small that
some of the freckles had to stand up
edgeways to tind room. But his eyes,
in the midst of their speckled stir
! roumlings, looked out sharp and bright
I from under his frn;:z!ed straw hat.
j They were very husy just then In tak
j Ing down. Ofie hy one. every feature of
| the room, from wall to wall, from car
I>et to loft Joists.
The girl closed the door, put an arm'
about the slim little mite under the
1 tugged hat nt.d let] him to the big easy
. chair—tlie striclen old man's chair—
i near the mldd'e of the room; brought
i the smaller rocking chair from her
j sewing table and -at down by him.
The little ;el!ow tried to lean back
: In the big chair. It was far i«m> deep.
lie sat up streV swinging his feet.
, anil ront'nite.l Ids methodical survey
of the room.
! "How in 'hi- world did you ever flml
vwur ivav. Millv, out here In the
woods?"
Tile sharp little eyes looked his
I c;imp !••',.n uvi-r—r.H.lly; a tiny shade
contemptuously.
' "I That wusn't nothin'." Ilis
voire -'Mti a.id ' rp like Ills face;
' h'gli I'S1 the pc::' el crown of his
r.isty hat.
••|>',i your grandoa s"n<l you?"
' "rh-htih; I hrniig y'u a letter,
i Gran'pn tends t" th' oost otllee now.
Ti e or postmaster hail a stroke night
; b'fore last, an" hain't knowed nothin'
! since. So ir-att'pa tends to it."
I'" unhurt. tied the bosom of his
• waist f'rew out a letter and handed It
I over.
i "Air you Bot 23?"
"I—yes—I ciess so," was the
startled an-" i r as -lie took the letter.
"Huh! That's a funny name— fer a
' girl."
| ter t<> notice the remark. It was nil
j dressed in a very hold anil legible
hand: Rox 23, Buckeye, Ind. The
j postmark she could not "he sure of. It
| appeared to he Vlneennes. but some of
. the letters were too dull to read with
| certainty.
i "Is that your r'volver?"
j There was not much chance to read
, letters—or do anything else—with a
youngster like that In the house.
"Yes. Have they found that man
that escaped from jail last night?"
"Naw! An' I hope they don't. I
iuet that timber huyln' feller on the
way down here." He came near the
girl's chair. "If they's anybody I hate,
it's him. O ran'pa says"—he leant
nearer, and spoke low—"he kills peo
ple! Gee! hut I wus skeered when I
saw him a-cotnln' down th' road! lie
wus awful mad. an' a-swearln' to hts
self. Ho siashed at me with a switch.
But I ducked, an' cut dirt, an' shinned
over th' fence. When I looked back
he was a-goln' on toward town, an' I
streaked it through th' woods lickety
split."
The very Information she had been
about to venture forth into the woods
to acquire.
"How is your grandma today?"
"Oh, she's well ag'ln. She cooks
.lots of things now. She fried me
some screw-cakes ylsterd'y."
He was gone—"lickety-split."
The girl closed the door, 'aughlng
j softI\ and turned toward the curtains.
The Pearlhunter was' Just" coming
through them. "It couldn't have
turned out better." he said. "The
dark. one stroke more, and things will
lake a turn."
"Tlint stroke:" She was very
thoughtful. I'.er eyes searchlng the side
of his fare toward her. "Tou speak
of it tlirhtly: hut so you spoke of that
dreadful tight with the mob."
lie sat still a lone time.
"I don't know why I shouldn't tell
you," he said at last. "The only rea
son 1 didn't was to save you the
I thought of it. Itut n girl like you—I'd
I ask no hotter haekln' in a tight place."
ller face lighted.
"Then why not take me with yiu?"
He started, turned his slow eyes
toward her. A moment he studied
her, and then shook his head.
"No"—the word seemed tinal. "It
won't do for a girl—a Ittdv—to hear
what will have 10 he heard tonight;
nnd see what will have to he seen."
Her eyes dropped : so did his. They
both met at th< same focus—the letter
In her hand. She passed it to him. He
turned It over ami over, looked at the
address, the j ostsi-rlpt. and handed it
hack.
"1 never sot a letter In my life." he
said, "nor wrote one."
"Neither did I." She turned the let
ter over and over, studying It. "Bos
2.'!." she mused. "It's for Daddy! lie
couldu't read it. even If he were here.
I>o you think I should open it?"
"Yes, I think you should." he ad
vised.
She tore open the end of the envel
ope and drew out a folded sheet of
legal cap. As she .tninldetl it. a hill
"Fifty D:I.r.; V/'nf—Why—"
— « gire:,l'::"k— f°H out tii»ni Iter lap.
Sin- I'milii'fl noon it.
"Kii'iy dollars! Why—why—!"
"Tin- idler will ifll." lie Mili(l, lean
ins ea^i-iiy toward lirr.
S! • :it : nlt!t'i| tl.e silft" sheet, tile In
ner >!'! e ■>:* it < ov red with the letter,
written 'n a dear. rendnble hand:
"Vinceisitef. !nd„ June l.">, IS!—.
"My I >ear < '< Imiul:
"Enclosed I 11111 sending the usual
monthly remittance, a" per your order
when you left.
"Why haven't you answered any of
my letters'; I have sent the remit
tance regularly Intt h.;ve not heard a
word from you for nearly seven years.
As I have repeatedly told yon, your
estate has Increased till I hardly know
how to Invest it further. If I don't
hear from you 1 shall have to come
up to Buckeye for a consultation.
"The little girl—little liespor Pawn
—must he qui'c a woman now. As I
have writ i n you. | ,.P grandfather, old
Godfrey I'awii, died last year. He re
I>eated in his last hours and left her
solo heir to his fortune, which, as you
know. Is even more considerable than
your own. The estate is In my hands
ready to convey to her. The legal age
of a woman in this state is eighteen.
If old Godfrey has not misinformed
ire, she will lie twenty the twentieth
of this pres >nt month. So. who has
heen for some time legally competent
to come into her estate. If, under
the terms of your will, she should fall
heir to your fortune as well, which
she hids fair to do, as no word has
come and none likely to come at this
late day, she will lie quite the richest
heiress in my knowing.
"Now. my dear Colonel, let me hear
from yon. Why should a famous sol
dier. and the greatest cellist of his
time, longer isolate himself from the
world to nttrse his sorrow? For the
sake of the little girl, if not for your
own—nnd ours—leave your riatwooas
nermltage unci come back to us.
I "A wait In;:—urging—iiu enrly reply
to this letter, I beg to remain, ns ever,
'Tour obedient serv't,
"GEO. ESKRTDOE."
A voice out of the big world she had
visited only in dreams. She glanced
nsnln at the letter, looked hard at the
opening of the third paragraph,
dropped her hands In her lap nnd
turned to her companion. He had bent
forward and sat staring at the tloor.
"What does It mean?"
"It means," he said slowly after a
time, with his eyes still on the floor,
"that you are a rich heiress; mid
you've got a—name."
"A name!" she repeated, her wom
an's intuition instantly catching the
minor note. "So have you, and"—she
reached in her boswm and drew out
the draft—"a fortune. And you made
them both yourself."
He glanced at the draft: waved it
away without lifting his head.
"Keep it, please, for m6 till nfter
tonight"
She put it back In her bosom, picked
up the lettur and sat pondering, steal
ing an occasional glance at his glum
face.
"Seven years the letters came," the
man mused, half aloud, "and you never
received them. The postmaster has a
stroke—you receive the very next let
ter that comes—"
"You don't reckon—?"
"Iteckon! It's a plain case. Let's
see—every month—sis hundred a year
—seven years—seven times six hun
dred—no wonder he could build that
new house—"
"Oh, well! I'oor old man! He's
paying for It."
"And do you think that's the way a
man pays?"
« "Sometimes—may We."
The man raised his eyes after a time
to the bright spots of metal In the
gathering gloom above the mantel.
"The letter called him a famous sol
dier. Maybe that's his sword, and
spurs?"
| "They are."
j "And you keep them shining bright
I like that?"
"Always.
Thy man was silent a long time. One
other question had come to Iiim, bat
he dreaded to ask It. He twisted him
self around so as to look Into the face
of his companion. It was deeply
thoughtful. Things hail recently hap
pened In his own life that had brought
ihe question to his mind. Finally very
softly, reverently, he ventured It forth.
"And your mother?"
The girl caught her breath; dropped
{ one hand, doubtless unconsciously, up
i on his shoulder. Her lashes drooped
low.
"I never saw her!" she said, after i
a time. "And she—never saw me!"
There was a pause. "Her grave is I
on a hill that overlooks the river. Dad- I
i)y took me and came up here In the
Hat woods to forget. X guess he J
couldn't forget, for he never went j
back."
| The Pearlluinter was sorry he had I
: asked the question. The grave that
I overlooked the river! Was there not]
I another such grave—not three days I
! old: the orchids upon It still alive! I
! The gray eyes followed the blue into
! the pensive shadows.
j "I wonder what it means." he medl
j tated half aloud. "You are to fall heir
to his fortune, if tto word comes. What
] word, do you suppose? And why
] should any word prevent you falling j
heir to his fortune,—your father's?"
"I wondered about that. I guess It's
! Just lawyer talk. Po you think I
j should answer that letter?"
I "I think you should."
"Itnt what would I say? As I said
j a while ago. I never wrote a letter."
' "Neither did I." He saw the answer
] did not relieve the perplexity on the
< thoughtful face, and went 011. "Hut
! I'll tell him about your life here, and
I about your father's—accident, and
I that this is the tir-t letter you've re
! celled fur seven years." He hesitated,
i wenust to study Ids next word, finally
| added: "And I believe I'd Rsk him to
! collie: yes. I believe I would—ask him
to cone."
j "Why, of course; why couldn't I
j think of that? Xow you'd better lie
I down while I get you a mite of sup
i nor "
In iin Instant he was on his feet,
protesting.
"1 slut 11 have to eel slipper for
Paddv. anyhow," she emphasized.
"And I wouldn't think of letting yon |
go without."
When a woman talks like that, It's j
no use to argue. The Pearlhunter
didn't—which shows that he was
learning—fast.
"Will yon ent with me again?"
She swept him n deep courtesy.
"If the famous finder of the Blue
Moon is not ashamed to eat with his
j cook—"
lie bowed low. It cost him a pang
In his side, hut It didn't get to his
face.
"If the rich heiress, Miss Hesper
Dawn, is not above eating with the—
the Pearlhunter—"
Wonderful is'the resilience of youth.
With a gay laugh she danced away to
the kitchen. He tramped after her.
(Continued oh Satorday)
The vital statistics bureau reports
that Americans are becoming longer
lived. Perhaps the Interest taken In
life and Its affairs keeps us younger
and so increases the length of life,
while other nations, with less to exer
cise their mental and physical pow
ers, grow older faster and die sooner.
At a-iy rate, America Is the cftuntrji
of young men, and some of its young
men who do not count their age by
their years are well np in the last
dtcude. > . t
We cat too fast—we
eat too much.
Eat less-cfiew it mors.
after every meal-aids
digestion, cleanses trie
mouth and tee»h mci
sweetens breath.
COSTS LITTLE BENEFITS MUCH
Still Sc
Everywhere
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NOTICE OF AQHIMISTMTOR ON FINAL
HEARING
In ihe Court of the Comm|ssloner
for the Territory of Alaska,.
DW^lon No. 1> before the Hon. J.
J. F. Ward. Ex—Offlco PrODate
JuJte I't'ng 'n Probate, at SkaS
way, Prec'Ltt.
Ia th« maUer of the E3tate o:
George Mowl, deceased.
Notice ,13 nereby given by t!:o
rt r^saed, administrator of the
tate of Georse Howl, deceased, that
a final rePort .and petition for dl«tri
bution ha» been filed /with the above
naii-cd Court (.y tli<. Administrator?
of ihe above named estate; that the
Court Is asked io settle such rePon
distribute the ProPerty to the h i j
.ivrsons entir'ed 'o the same and
dlscharBe the administrator, -and th
TL"r*day the 23 |day of Becembe
1920, at 2 |p. m. in the co"rt Ro(
of the above entlltled Co«rt. has bee
ftit-J as the ti^e and Placo for th j
hearing of «"ch final rePort &nd Pe
tHlon.
Dated at 8iasvay this 27th day <
Octjber, 1920.
(Signed) A, C. Blanchard,
Administrator
First publication, Oct. 30th. 192
Final publication Nor. 27th. '1920
White Pass & Yukon Haute
TIME TABLE NO. 46
' Tuesday and Friday.
N*. 1, N. Bound
1st Olaoa
8:30 a. m. Leaves
11:00 a. m.
12:40 P. m.
2:10 P. m.
4:30 p. m.
SKAGWAT
WHITE PASS
BENNETT
CARCROSS
WHITEHORSE
TO
Att'-to
L«aTeo
1st Cl*s»
2:45 p. m.
2:10 P. m.
P. m.
10:55 a. m.
S: 30 a. m.
Passengers must be at depot »•. Vine to nave tsag-sage m
peoted «Lnd checked. Insp^ciion '» stopped 30 m'nutos before
leav'ng time of trains.
1E0 pound8 of Baggage be checked frc-e iv'th each full
fare t'cket aild 75 pound' svttn each half fare t'clcet.
I
H*aH' iE Worth Savins, anil Some
Sk«£*'ay 1'eoPlo . Kuo>t How to
Save It.
Many Ska*g"'ay PcoPle take their
lives ia their liar.di by neglecting
tHe kidneys ^'h^n t'i y know tte-e
organ* need heir. Weak kidneys,
ar« responsible fur a vast amount
oi ayfltrlrs aid ill health, but
there is no neej to suffer nor to re
"-a}ti in dan 'or Us« Doan-" Kid
d- y Pilja—;i rcmouy that haa helped
tfouGfinf.Mcf hid::ey sufferers.
The following «lat._™ent jeaves no
ground lor doubt.
J W. Liming, c:\rPenter, 47 Pin®
3-; P'-nta Cr^z, Calif; says; "My
kivlit.vs n'*V- ^ca'unoj durir.g t'jo
Si'aiii.h American War while soldier
i:;S in tlie e Island. My
back ached aln:o9t constantly and
" r.dt it hard for me to «tooP or do
a">' ;i'iing. My kilneys acted ver
frcqu'xtly and ir-egularly. I tried
Doan's Kidney nils and they were
ju?t V1 at j needed. They Boon rid
me ct tho backache and Put my kid
ney» in good shape. I know Doan's
can i oe beat for kidney trouble,,
I advise anyone having weak kid
ne>s to try them.''
Prl<> 6('t. at aU dealers. Don't
simp];, ask for a kidney remedy —
gift Doai;'s Kldeny Pills — the
^aui0 that M »\ Liming bad Fost
er-MUburn. Co: JIfgrs. Buffalo. N. V
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