La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, September 16, 1925, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextWednesday, September lf, 1925. Fsjre Six THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER "fig TIIK fcTOIfY Till S 1 Alt l'loivi" riilliips lUIHlH IlOMI 11(0 fh-st !o,it north nt lcn, Alnskn, to sifU his toi-tum; In the newly ilt-vmeii'd Klt licit b of Hit Yu kon, lit? learns that the l anudiaii ' VTOci'iiiiii'iit iiiirvs rrryutio I'll U'lili the t-oitiitry to k.vhh a tint of n KJoiw mid u thousand dollars. This mi'Mia little rhoi-t or ilisinniii fit linn, hut lie ile rhle to Mtiiy ft out ami take a 1'Ii:iihv on liN two hmidi-eil (lollm I'tirr.viii htm through. To augment liN lorllino lie Is inveigled uilo a -1 it- J umn" whicli Micky' Hrorui mid Kid Iti ides nre ojii'iaMiiK. Hi" Hw.t Ids entire snuim in u ilrieraltt atl 'tniit to secure the necessni-y funds o carry him Into the coun try where fortunes nit? minln 'most oiemlKlit. Ills "tx'K't stake" none, 1Mjiii4 nn.-L .wiiu, unoiiirr irosju-i'r nlio offers to iM-filcntl lliui, fHATTKR H. (Continued) Tho fiporonch from tho rcu was easy, if twelve mil's 'of hoiilder untl bo, of tut amp and iiiMKrheuU of root and Ktuiiip, ran b; culled e.uny under the heat of circum stances; hut vuny It wna na com pared wllli what lay beyond uitd above It (Newntlio'ciw, minify ArKoiiuuta had never pinet rated even thuB far, it nil of those who liad. u coiiHldornhte proportion had turned buck at tlui Kiunt pit Hirer miles uhove. (hid look jut the towerhiK Imrrh-r had heen enouKh for them. The Chllkoot was more than a mountiiln, more, than an oh. atuelit of nature; It was a Pre tence, n treinendoiis and a terri fy iiiff Personality which overoha dou ed the mhidu of men and could neither be ignored at the time nor forKotten Inter. No wonder, then, thai. Hhcep Camp, which wan a part of tho I'hllkoot, represented a sort of ncld (est; no wonder that thono who hm moved their oulMts thUH-far wins of the breed the Northland loves the. stout ot heart and of body. Provisions wore cached at fro 1 vj4fcj.HMr mmm. Published by Arrangement with First National Pictures, Inc., and Frank , Lloyd Productions, Inc. ed forward to find rt nlliik' places; I sufficiently unusual In their eyes burnt d u MUllt ii ragi-; In their mouths were foul curses at tit lit I (evil's Ktalrway. There were striplings and Krayb'-aids in Hid crowd, siron? incii and wrak men, but here at the Summit all were alike in one particular they tacked breath for anything except oaths. Hero, too, as In the valh-y be neath, was another Krat depot of provimon pihs. Near wln-n? I'hil- to Impress themselves upon his mind, Plerco had been resting here, ai this very Hpot, when the Canuck had come up Into sight, bearins a hundred pound pack without apparent ef fort. Two flour-sacks upon a man's back was a rare alRht on tho roof of the rhtlkoot. There wero not umny who could numter that slope with more than one, but this fel low had borne his burden without apparent effort; and what was Behind the Bars!-1' fu me and'they'll beat us in If we i don't took out." (To be Continued.) tho others. He sat astride a hulff injr canvas hag In a leather hr.r- ness, and In spile of tlie fart that the murk of a tump-line showed beneath his cap he betrayed no signs of fatigue. He was not at all exhausted .and from the Inter est ho displayed it seemed that he had chosen this spot as u vnnttu?u polnt from which to study the up coming file rather than as a place in which to rest. This he did with il ouick. appreciative eye and with a Kenial smile. In fare. In dress, III manner, he was dliTt-n'nt. Kor one thliiK. he was of foreign birth, and yet he nppcurcd to be more a piece of tint country than any man He roe had seen. His clothes were of a pattern common monr tho native packers, but ho; wore thorn with a free, iineonsclouii ffrar'n all his own, . From the peak of his Canadian toque (here de pended a tusKcl which 'bobbed when he talked; his booUi were of Indaln make, and they were sofe and ilt;lit find waterproof; a sssh of several colors was knotted about his waist. lint It was not alono his dress which challenged the eye there was Homethinu In this fellow's easy, open bearing which urrested attention. His dark skin hail been deepened by wind burn, his well-ot,- wcll-shuped head bore a countenance both eager and In telligent, a countenance that fair ly glowed with - confidence and good humor. Oddly enough, ho nang ns he sat upon his pack. High im on this fluent Intervals all tho way up nninlde amid blasphemous com from tho sen, but In tho open (ltnts,ho hummed a guy little i meadow beneath the thousand- ng: I Hps had thrown hlinsif down even more remarkable, what had there was one man v. how bearing fanned Here Phillips to open his was In marked contract to that ol j eyes In genuine astonishment, was foot wall an Immense supply de pot had sprung up. This pocket la' tho hills had becoiiio an open air commissary, stocked with, every sort of provender and gear. There wuro ocreH1 of Kicks and bundles, of boxes and bales, of lumber nnd hardwurn "Chante, roitilgnol, chnnte!" Tol tint a le coeur gol! Tu as le coeur a rlre Mai jt'al-t-a pleaurer," ran Ills chanson. Phillips had seen the follow sev eral tliiieK! it ml Mm etrcti inut : nriB uxu iniiauiu nmiin, inf n. r flril ftinnniil,.i li-.-t and nil day long men came and ' - - . . . . went In relays. l)ne relay staf- gered up and out of the canon and dropped hs jincks, anplhix.ldcked t lie fuct that the man xd imbed with a pipe In his teeth and smok ed it with relish. On that, occa sion the 'Kron chman hud not stop ped ut tho crest to breathe, but had merely paused long enough to admire ' tho scene . outspread beneath- him; then ho had swung onward. Of all the sights youn? Phililps had beheld In this nen "and the vision of that huge, u flurried Canadian, smoking, had rmpressed him deepest. It had awakened his -keen envy, too, for Pierce was beginning to glory In his own strength. A few days later they had rested near each other on tho I.onff l.ukn portage. That Is Phillips had rested; the Canadian, it seemed, had a haljlt of pausing when and where the fancy struck him. His reason for stopping had been tho antics of a peculiarly fearless and Imperti nent "camp robber." Willi u crust of bread he hud tolled the bird almost within his reach nnd was accepting Its scolding with intense aTnusi mint. Having both teased and made friends with the crea ture, he finally gave It tho crust j and resumed his Journey. IVom what Phillips had soon of this I'Yench Cayiadinn it was plain that he, too, was an "old-timer," one of that Jovian bund of super-! men who had dared the dark in terior and robbed lite buna of Forty Mile In tho hard days before tho K Dorado discovery. . Klnce this was their first opportunity of xenangmg speech, Phillips ven tured to address the man. "I though I had a load this morning, but I'd hate to swap packs with you," he said. The Frenchman flashed him a smile which exposed a row of teeth snow-white against his tan. "Ho' I mi uiik-i- us me. i seo you plenty tains blffore." This was Indeed agreeable and Pierce showed his no - 1 If , m... . - ji Jit t t r j ev m il A it Sr. i hi mi : aft fg N I f ri K ? i L - rJ r H V A Hfe r ! & 1 &-i & 1 r- r4 s rir iS4t t $z hM tl fri hi kti i) ' Itelilnd tho bars! Hnn'ifion Nool, 20, hol for the murder of Httli Mury laiy, und tlie ta:arut) driver, Jtaymond rlt-rce, here !u looUinK out lrpm the Icelced door oC the Montclutr, N. J jail. . "Oh no!" ho TT-.odeslly "I'm JHt petting tirok- ph-nBitre. protested. en tn." "Look out you don broke your tneh" warned the other. "tils Ohllkoot she'b lniil hi'ncHa. She's k"'.I a lot of deBC sof fellers. ley Ret eeeuk lu tie buck. You hear bout. It?" "Spinal meningitis, .it's partly frolil; eiilosure." : ' " . " "Dai's' hini! Don never' earry too nioeh: don' bo In soeh hurr'." I'hllllps I'.uiKhed ut this caution. "Why, we have to hurry." said he. "New people nre coining all the up tJn'-TiilIil1! nmT'nsei.n.l'ed sky. ward. Tumid by pound; ton by ton, this vast equipment of sup plies went forward, but slowly, oh so Klowlyl And at sueh eirorll It was Indeed tit work for ants, for H lirrlvrd nowhere and It nev;r onded. Antllke. these burden-beari-rs possessed but one d-a to feleli and to carry; they travel ed back und forth nlont? the trail until they wore It Into n bttom less boff, until every rock, every tree, every Inndmnrk alonff It be. cjimu halefnlly familiar and their eyes crew slrk from seelnir them. The character of their labor nnd Its monotony, even lu this short time, hud cammed the men's char acters they hail become pack nnlmuls and they deported Ihein Helves as Blleh. All Inhor-savllur ilevlces. all mechanical aids, all nhort cuts to comfort nnd to ac complishment, bad been left be hind; hero was tho wilderness, primitive, hoBtlle, merciless. Every foot they moved, every ounce they . curried, was nt tho cost or muMniUr fKertlon. It was only nntnral that they slinnhl tako on tho color of. their surroundings. .Money lost lis value a mile above Rhcen Oimp and I ame a thing of weight, a thing to curry. The standard of value Was tho pound, unit im n thought In hnmlerwelglil. or In tons. Yet there was no re lief, no respite, ror ramlne stalked In the Yukon nnd the Northwest Mounted were on guard, hence these unfortunate were chained to their grubplles as galley-slaves ore sbnckled to their benches. Toe to heel, like peons rising from the bowels of a mine, they bent their backs an.l strained up that riven reek wall. Illasphemy nnd pain, high hopes and black desp.-.lr. hearts overtaxed and eyes blind with fatigue, that was wt"tit the I'hllkoot stond for. l'er meatttig the entire atmosphere of the place si, that even the dullest could r. el it. hum a fe verish bssle. an nppreheuMvo .leiua'nd I'or speed, more peed, to k.ep ahead of the pressing thotis.tets coming on be hind. I'lerce Phillips hr. nsted the last rise to tile Summit, sllim.,1 his pnekslrnps and fling 1,1,,,,, If tn j length upon the gneitel Mis longs' feb ns If lh- y were l.urstlng. the I blood surged thro.igh hi veins u,i III he rocked, his ho! streamed with swat, and his legs wefo s hinvy its If unitdi d troei solid Iron, lie was pur.ip-d out, windd;1 nevertheless, he f, it ,, strength return with mutch' niftness f(tr (.,,. possess, d that marvelous ricupr-i atlve power of youth, and. like' some ('allied w art lor, new str. neth tlovved Into hlni from the earth. Hound about him other men were spravi-l 'd: some lay like corps, s. others wi r- propp. il ngahis. tln tr packs, n tew stirred and sighed like the Surely wounded after ft ehergr. Those who hnd lain long est rose, took up their burdens, and went groaning ov r the sky-line and out of steht. Cvery mom. nt new- far. s, poiplc wllh effort or white with exhaustion, rose out of the d pths all wi n- bitten deep Willi lines of phyeli.il suffering. ;;n buekted hneii their owners lurch- COMING GATKS TIKKS AND TUBES The Super-Trend Tire. : Car for hire, with or without driver. Gibbons Service Station vsk vrxTisx I'iiodhcts And you'll nln nys be Nillsricd. t'oinplelc elmssls lubr lent Ion. Trleplionc 575-.I Jefferson anil Klin CAKES MAn.ra nitt CUIlOltlJ ANtllir. FOOD ukvii.'s t'oon JKI.LY ItOLI.9 COCOANUT riNKAI'PI.B IIONKY DEW ciifiroi.ATn: noLi.a SUNSHINE Gwilliams' Eleclric Bakery: Makers of Illgli-Crado Pastries "IIOMK OP THE OOI.I1KM cnUST , -j C , I J-, . .-. . .t T . ti , - .Safely Swiftly Camfudaliif I I'onio to Our Stage Depot t 11141 Jefferson Avo. All Mngis Leave from There Ilnlly. I-FAVKS J.A OIIANDK Ifltl .losrpli D A.M. - I P.M. - 4:00 P.M.; Sunday, A.M. . 4 :00 IVM. linker 7 A.M. - UI:.V A.M. - l;:iO P..M. - 4 P.M. kumlny III A.M. - I P.M. 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