THE GOLD HILL NEWS. THURSDAY. AUGUST 18. 1932 Page 6 U n d er F r o B z e n S ta r s Y MercolizedWax ■Floret Are you here. Flore?" Jim heard » B lo n d call In French; then. "M ob D leui What’s this?" Jim and Omar looked Into each O e« M • « • • • m U « M M J U w to d F to e »6br«taUeW ektw l * « I • • w aU l a ll «Ud He stopped and waved his hand, "AURORE." “Aurore! Aurore!" he groamal. “what best hid for their 2fl card«. This de­ by 00 openings, each of 00 feet span, burn?” demanded the half-breed. wondering If she could see him out Jim Stuart read and reread the let­ Jim thrust b it face close to the al­ have they done to you?" Then his cided preference which Is given to between which huge steel gates will there In the starlight; then, with his ter until the words grew Illegible to most invisible features of hie friend. brain cleared. There was no time to original suit bids Including minor operate. There are seven large canals, three suits, ft>ur-c«r«l suits, and weak five- bitterness, turned and followed his his blurred eye*. Like the thrust of "Because.” he said, “she's come back lose 1 He must think— act 1 card suits, provides against shutting of them wider than the Hues canal. trotting dogs. a knife had come the shock of her to me— my girl I She's there! She "You're sure she's not In the house? A week later Jim, Esau and Mlgwan, first letter, and now, numb with the may need help; understandP “ She's not here! She's not herel" them out with opening no trump bids. The Rohrt canal, tha biggest, la over The approach principle of opening 203 miles long, with 2.300 miles of with three loaded sleds, left Sunset dull agony of despair, a Joy more For answer, a calloused hand fum­ cried the shattered father. House bound for the Pipestone lakes, poignant than pain held him Inartic­ bled In the dark, found Jim's, and “Omar, circle the house and stock­ a suit bid Instead of a no trump up- branches and distributaries while Omar remained at the post to ulate. The Central Rice canal has a die- closed In a hard grip. “I get de dog 1” ade for tracks! LeBlond. tell your pllaa oven though tha hand contain» prepare for the Christmas trade. charge equal to that of the Thames, He raised hts hand to his hot fore­ And Omar hurried away. people! We must bring this woman no singleton or unprotected suit Night after night the hurt which tor­ head. as his dazed eyes turned to the Most hands with sufficient strength while the excavation work done on to, and get her story. Get some Ten miles of lake trail broken only tured Jim's days waked him with the woman who watched him. for au original bid offer a choice be­ the canals wns equal to four Rues by the passuge of the sled which had whisky! Quick!" poignancy of the dreams It brought. “She come wld sled to see you," carried Aurora to Sunset House lay Jim slashed the rawhide thongs tween a suit and a no trump. In many canals or too Great pyramids Tha And, after supper, as he conjured up explained Sarah. “She cry w en I tell before Jim and Omar, as they started binding the unconsi-loua OJibwa. re­ cases If a no trump Is opened the Irrigated lands will produce nn an­ the face of Aurore In the fire which her you travel nord wld de dog I move«! the gag. and forcing whisky bidding runs so high that 11 Is too nual crop of 2,000.000 Ions of grain with the empty sled through the murk held his brooding eyes, often, from not let her een de house ontll she say of the starless night. There were down her throat, got a weak pulse luto for partners to locate a posalblo and ration. The complete scheme old habit, his hand Instinctively groped she ees yvur woman. Den she write reaches, where the snow had drifted from her wrist ns Omar hurst Into th* major suit which might have resulted of barrage nnd canals wns estimated for the furry ruft, the pointed ears In gume where the uo trump would to cost fl2.lX)0.000. dat lettalr and tell me to say nodlng as It had fallen, which drove the hur­ room. on the massive skull of Smoke lying ontll you read IL" “T rail of dog team from behind j fall. rying men ahead to break trail beside him. to meet no touch of a Jim's heart was beating with deliri­ on their snowshoes, while the w ill­ stockade to lak’. He got her w'en dey | The following hnnd Illustrates one PARKER’S moist nose, no lick of a warm tongue. ous Joy. She had cast Macl.aurea HAIR BALSAM ing dogs floundered to their shoul­ fight de fire at trade-house! Tara- of the thousands where a gume which M,,«. «.n» HUI » •«* He had lost them both—the two crea­ aside—-laughed at the lure of the city. could have been scored with modern ders. On went the team toward dees 1“ lfl6»f»4KtR CdUnH MM tures he loved. t w i , «• «ir•» »»a t •d*d lúa Paradis hnd come for his revenge 1 scientific bidding Is thrown away by the glow In the sky across the greot At the Lake of the Great Stones old e s "Aurora! Aurora!“ groaned Jim In the old fashioned no tramp bidder lake. and. as they traveled, Stuart Jinaw. who had acted as his agent, S H A M P O O - I.I m I wondered what awaited him at what his agony. Then he stralghtene«! where who hat never beet» ach«wiled In the nw U un w ith P u h w ‘a I H l r M ake* «ho waited at a large camp of hunters for was once Bonne ITiance. I t was he knelt at the aide of the Indian, value of approarh methods. r «oft and flo ltr. «*> <■•»«« h r m all o r * t d r « « , Jim's sleds loaded with trade goods. ■ u to . U lm u s C tM n ta a l W o rk s I'» u I mj » tm . N .X . ea rly; they couldn't have been caught and the face which met Omar’s pitying NORTH In two days Stuart and Esau turned eyes was flint-hard «vlth a savage ruth- In their beds he assured himself. 8-A J U 2 south with more black and silver fox, D re w H is O w s Teeth They reached a strait between rwo leaaneaa. 1 IA J T lynx and marten than had reached Missionaries' hardships were tllu» “W e ll trail him. Omar, night and of the Islands through which the wind D4( Sunset House the previous year. And, (rated by Rev. A. II. Cropp, who had swept as through a funnel, scour­ day until his dogs die on their feet! according to Jinaw, the bulk of the 0 4 IOS 4 lives on Bougainville, Solomon Is­ ing the Ice of snow. Shortly the post I f you get him first, he’s mine! Bring EAST Christmas trade was yet to come. W EST lands, now on furlough In Auckland. clearing would open up before them him to me alive! He's mine!” 8-7 4 3 "Christie's eyes'll stick out of his R-HÖ New Zealand. The medical service and they would know what had hap­ "I breeng heetn. He weri die slow. H-Q 10 30 head when he sees the fur we send to 11-5 4 3 3 on Bougainville le limited, and be­ pened. I breeng heem." It-K 10 9 Expanse after Christmas,” Jim said D-A J 5 3 2 fore he left on his furlough be want­ “Marche, W olf!" Jim snapped his As the hurt OJibwa revived under triumphantly, to Esau. “We've got C-003 O KI long dog-goad In the hiring air, as he the stimulant, the half crazed LeBlond ed to have several 'eellt removed. more than double the value of last SOUTH railed to the lead-dog who hnd taken appeared with Renault. There wns no dentist available, hut year's trade on the sleds right now.” 8K Q 103 the place of the lost Smoke. Shortly “We've found his trail on the lake 1 he hud a aet ef dental Instruments He patted the old man's shoulder affec­ H -K 9 the racing team rounded a point of fie ’« headed for the outlet 1 Jules nnd Renting himself tn iron', of a mirror tionately, “And you are responsible I> Q 7 6 Island and there, a mile «war. an In­ I are atartlng now 1 No one weald be and giving himself an Injection of ferno of red flumes lenpeil from the mad enough for this hut Paradis 1 C -A Q 8 7 for IL" cocaine, he extract«* the teeth him­ Esau’s seamed face beamed In his ruined trade-house of Louis LeBlond. “Yes. It's Paradis." said the tortured self. I f South, tho dealer, opens with pleasure. “Your fader, he feel happy, "The trade-house I” cried Jim with Jim. "I'm crossing the lake for two no trump, he «vlll end with that con­ now, to know dat Sunset House get relief. “His quarters are safe!” six-dog teams Look here! Yon can't I T i t lyHe I. riskhse.'« Y«a«l«N« CcmpounTj de fur, ah-hah!” She wns there, among those dark hold his tracks In a night like this, tract Bor game, ae North, having no take-out, will correctly raise a no The man who carried a wound no figures, and In minutes he would look man. You're worn out. Get some rest, In thia case Wrat will lead material success could heal smiled at In her eyes— hear her voice. start at daylight and wait for me at trump. hla fourth best diamond, anil before the quaint fancy of the loyal old Yelping as they ran, the excited the Nipigon trail. I f he hasn't turned Jim 8 tu a rt Read and Reread the OJibwa. “Yes, father will be happy dogs took the sled up from the lake south, there, he'll take the Albany, the South can gain the lead he will be Letter U n til the Worde Grew now. He knew he left Jim In good Ice Into the clearing. Running to a Pipestone, or the Deer Lodge trail BBC Illegible to Hie Blurred Eyes. But what a difference If the scienti­ hands.” shawled group of awed Indian women, north, and we ll separate and get him." to come to him. Her heart was too Jim cried: “Where's LeBlond?” as Through the dusk of one starless Renault nodded. “D at eea right fic approach principle Is followed with an opening bid of one spuds night, three trail-weary teams of hus­ wild to be caged down there In Winni­ his roving eyes circled the clearing t’lng to do.” peg; she belonged to the forests, to for tha fam iliar figure he sought. Tho n|>proach method has simply kies left the lake Ice and turned Into "He'll have hours the start of us. the clearing where the candle-lit win­ the land of the "long snows.” A gray-faced squaw pointed to four LeBlond.” Jim rose to his feet and removed the no trump from Its former His face darkened with disappoint­ men carrying bags of flour on tnmp- rested his hand on the shoulder of the dominant position In opening bids dows of Sunset House beckoned. Wanted to die . «.. she fe lt so blue ment as he looked at his watch. It was Unes from a heap of salvaged pro­ other. "But If he's ahead of tne, I'll where It was so to ep«’“ *- “blocking Warned by the yelping of the dogs, sad wretched I Don't let ertrarv rota too late— too late to gallop his tired your g o a l tim et. Lydia E. Ptnkham’s Omar threw open the trade-house door visions to the stockade gate leading get him. If he goes to the Wlnlsk bar­ the truffle." But at the same time the Vegetable G.mpound gives you ttlid . •ystem has greatly enlarged tha range and hurried to the sleds with wel­ dogs across ten miles of frozen lake. The to LeBlond * house. ren-grounds 1" post would be asleep. Tomorrow coming “bo'-Jo's.” Following, Stuart overtook the pack­ LeBlond grlpiied Jim's hand as he of no trump take-outs, even extending morning he would go to the girl who ers as they reached the house and them to Include hands containing “You get de f u r f demanded Omar, murmured his gratitude. V ictorian M orals had flouted the smooth MacLauren to dropped their loads on the slab porch. peering at the sled wrappings. Then Flora found her voice and, trump support for partner's major Frederic Lonsdale, the English come back to her fur trader, and de­ suit bids but better distribution too “Heaps of It. Omari" cried Jim. kneeling beside her. the two drawn­ “» B lo n d !" he called. playwright, said at a Bollywood tea: “Jinaw and old Zotalre are bringing the mand his daughter of LeBlond—take At the name, one of the packers faced men got her story. When the no trumps 'Victorian morals, like the bus* her by force tf it came to th a t; for she The success of the nppronch prin­ whole hunt of the country with them turned, and from a face blackened cries of fire, outside, drew LeBlond band, were too good to be true. loved him, loved him. She hnd said Christmas. We've got LeBlond licked with char, the reddened eyes of Le­ from his supper table. Aurore hnd ciple Is predicated on the fact that Every now and then a book of Vic­ she was his— his woman. In the face to a standstill!” watched from a window while ahe the partner of tho original bidder. If torian memoirs comes out. and we Blond glared at Jim. When the sleds were unloaded at of LeBlond he'd take her. They'd be slipped Into her heavy moccasins and the next playor passes Is forced to read things about Carlyle and Tenny­ “What d'yuh want here?" married by the missionary at Fort the trade-house door and the dogs fed, "We saw the light In the sky,” re­ fur coat. Suddenly there waa a noise keep the bidding open unless his hand son ami Dickens thnt remind us of Hope. She'd never escape him again. the hungry and tired factor of Sunset plied Jim, unruffled, “and I came to In the kitchen, a rush of moccaslned Is practically a “bust” Lacking a tbs young man «n the moonlit h«>nch, House sought his supper. In his For he was a made man, now. Sun­ offer you my quarters— If you needed feet, and. as Flore turned to recog­ raise or a suit take-out for the orig­ “This young man crushed a pretty set House would startle headquarters kitchen he found Sarnh busy over a them. I'm glad that you don’t.” nize Paradis, a blow on the head shut inal declaration, the partner tnnkes a. girl to his lienrt. kissed her like mad at Winnipeg with it's trade. Now, he pan of sizzling moose steaks. “That's not why you came! You from the OJibwa all knowledge of negative no trump bid. The negative fo r half an hour, and then said: had more than a heart and empty "Bo'-Jo’, bo’-Jo’, Meester Jeeml" came for her. Well, y’ can't have what followed. no trump 1» clearly understood to be “ 'Darling, yours are the first lipa cried the red-faced cook, brandishing hands to give her. Auroref Aurore! her!" And the smudged face of Le­ “ He set that fire to get me out of a sort of courtesy response, not a I have ever kissed—tha first and the a fork In one hand as she welcomed Blond tightened with passion as his the house, then gagged nnd tied her strength showing hid. sweetest? " As the famished and half-mad Jim Stuart with the other. “You home all In tho approach-forcing system, all red-Ildded eyes glittered. and carried her to the sled behind the ate his supper, his eye was caught by safe! You maka de beeg trade, ah- “Where Is she?" stockade.” groaned the trader. “But opening suit bids of one are modified Lovo P rob lem T on G reat hah ! I head you tell Omar. But you the dark stuff circling the hovering “In the house I You can't see her!" she fought him—ahe fought him I Look forcing bids That la. a» we have seen, Because absence makes the heart Sarah’s thick neck. breeng back de face so thin. Sarah, Then the black brows of LeBlond at this room 1” after an original suit bid of one le What’s that you've got around your slowly contracted. He raised a mlt- grow fonder and there Is aot always she feed you up.” Then, with a question­ “One moment, before wo start," Jim opened. If-the seat player passes the neck?" he demanded. ing look of her snapping black eyes, tened hand to his face, as If d a z e d - gazed pitilessly Into » B lo n d 's be­ partner la compelled to bid unless hla safety In. aambers. a young mnn la The copper-hued features of the groping for something he could not re­ she asked, as she nodded toward the grimed and tortured face. “I want hand1 1» practically trickless Bat the Zag red, Jugoslavia, had too great a living room: “You see nodlng een OJibwa lit with pride. “Dat ees seelk call—and looked blankly at Jim. to clear up something. You sent him, system sleo Includes three aheelute problem to solvo. He loved two girls, ajlgan she breeng Sarah.” “You’re all In. LeBlond. I ’m sorry as you agreed, to Nipigon?" dere?” forcing Mils which eompet the partner and both girls loved him. When be "What? A stocking? On your this happened—this loss to you. Let “No, what d’yuh mean?” “Yea, and he never reported there; to beep the sentrart epen until a game was with one he wante«t to atarry thw other. When with the other he Sarah'« flat fact divided In a wide neck?” me see her—for a minute, and I ’ll go. he deserted us.” la reached even though he holds Sarah straightened with dignity as yearned only for the first At last As though he had not heard, Le­ grin. “You look!” “ You didn't send him Bo tha Stur­ bust hand. Curious, Jim walked Into the liv­ she countered with disdain: “Ton Blond turned and staggered Into the geon?” The three absolute forcing bills »re: be gave ep trying to choose between ing room. There on the table lay one rin k I wear eet on my foot—dat veri The blood showed Bk »B lo n d's bonse. First TITO FORCING T W O B IIK them. Jumped Into the river and was of his own envelopes. Casually he nice seelk?” "Aurore, Aurora!" he called, as hie smudged cheeks as hl» haggard eyas Any opening two-bfd la a s a lt (Not drwwneil. His pent emotion found release In picked It up. On the envelope he read head man. Renault, and the two com. glittered. , ne tramps.) his own name In the handwriting of uncontrolled laughter, while Sarnh W in d 's Jo b e en Schoolboy pany Indians went back to their work; “Yon accuse me— ” He choked back Second—T H E FORCING TAKE­ stoutly held her ground with sober leaving Omar and Jim at the door. A whirlwind, sweeping across a Se­ Aurore LeBlond. his anger and' went oik “I gave you OUT. Any Jump hid la a aew suit by “Queer!" thought Jim, as the voice my word, t keep my word, Stuart I either partner provided one of them attle school plnygrounds, scixqted up Dazed, mystified, Jim stared at the face. Then he appeased her w ith: You’ll be good to her now she’s come of » B lo n d shouting his daughter’s paper he held In his shaking hand. Jack Thomas from a group of young­ He deserted us!” previously opened the bidding. back to Jim?" name reached them. “ Where can she “Cm glad te hear M. 1 mM him »> sters, hurled him Into the air and “Sarah 1" Third— THE FORCING OVER. The OJibwa beamed untti her black be? She must have been at the fire The OJibwa stood In the room, her Sturgeon lake In September. dumped him on his face. He wns cov­ CALL. A bid of an opponent's salt. eyes were slits in her broad face. (TO BB COlCTli black eyes on the twitching face of and left.” ered with dirt nnd debris and thor­ I P . I S t i . by l e l U lla tte r a fa s .) “W ”en she go, she hug Sarah. She iW N U B arvIca» the man who stared at the unopened oughly shaken, but not Injured. geeve her wan beeg kiss oo dis place." letter. And Sarah pointed proudly to an ex­ Harvest Moo» “How did this get here?” N ow He's Cured The Indian shook her head. “You panse of dusky cheek. Daring the month of March the Alice— Your hiisbnnd doesn’t talk “That's like her—all heart and Im­ look and see. you know den.” moon rises one hour and twenty min­ »bout hl» old sweetheart any more. Jim studied the envelope. What pulse. Sarah would die for her now,” utes later each succeeding evening, hut Joyce— No. He saw her the other wagon, after leaving two hogsheads of That butter wa» used generously la could It mean? What trick were they thonght Stuart, as he roee and, tak­ during the autumnal equinox It rises day—after 20 years. the George Washington household tobacco at Alexandria, arrived here In the east at nearly the same time playing on him now? She was at ing his cap, went to the trade-house. Already Omar had started opening back In 1759 1» disclosed la Washing­ with three etdee of sole leather and after sunset for four or five successive Winnipeg and yet here was her hand­ four ef upper leather, two kegs of ton's diary. I ’roesring eaoegh hotter writing on one of his own envelopes, the fur packs brought from the north, evenings, nnd this phenomenon has and the two men ran their fingers was a problem foe Washington deaptte butter, one of which for Colonel F air­ been known for many decades as the without address or stamp. fax and 13 bushels of s a lt”— Hoard's through the shimmering pelts, classify­ He turned angrily on the woman the fact that several hundred cattle Harvest m«»on. roamed his pasture«. Dering the win­ Dairyman. who waited. “Who brought this? ing their primeness and making an In northern Europe nnd Canada It estimate of their value down on the Why don't you tell me? What's th ter of 1700 he wss short of this nec­ Is much more noticeable than In the The complaisant smile of the OJibwa railroad. They were admiring a large Poland’s Seanlo Beauty essary article for co,»klng and table 'h i m if United States, where for centuries It as she Angered gome dark stuff which black fox which for size, thickness Possessing a wealth and great va has been regnrded as a lantern hung use. On Janonry 7 of this year he and sheen of Its fur was the prize of circled her throat and was tucked rlety of scenic beauty, Poland a|>;>enls tn the sky to aid the thrifty husband­ write»: When your child rofutos Ils meolt, 1« IrrU Into her woolen blouse, drove Jim to the trip north. “Accompanied Mrs. Bassett to Al­ strongly to the lover of nature. Es­ men to harvest his crops. “It will bring a thousand In W inni­ loblo. mils«« or levorlsh, the chonco« are open the envelope. exandria and engaged a keg of butter pecially alluring are the romantic and worm« are the cause. Careful mother« treat She was bidding him good-by, telling peg, Omar,” commented Jim. "I never of Mr. Klrkpntrlck, being quite out of tugged peaks und the valleys and Doggerel Verses A re Ancient promptly with Dr. Jayne’« Vermifuge, the him what he had already learned from saw a better one.” that article.” And the next day he lakes of the Tatra mountains, which foremost remedy for Intestinal parailtoe. The Idea of Inventing doggerel “Ah-hah! Dat ees good wan for—" the Winnipeg paper. Then he read: Poland shares with Czechoslovakia says: "Got a little hotter from Mr. Worms ere not always posted In rocognla* verses to sing with bugle calls seems The hurried entrance of Esau drew and which, on both aides of tha bor “Jim darling, I ’ve come back! 1 was able form, but on Improvement In your Dalton.” On Sunday, January 20, he to have had its beginning In Germany. the eyes of the men at the counter. der, are now studded with tourist cen hurt— tried to close my heart to you. child's health will show that your |udg> not only received more butter, but oth­ Some of tbees rhymes are said to be “De sky look ver’ queer 'cross de ters possessing every modern comfort meat wo« correct. Your druggltl will tell But It was no use, you already were er supplies. Listen to thl»: "My you that many of your friend« have u«ed In the midst of virgin forests. The very ancient The verses were not there—had all of It 1 You Just wouldn’t lak 1” he announced. “I watch eet Dr. Jayne'« Vermifuge «uccmtfully. DR. 0 . country Is a huntsman's paradise, with confined to their own army but ware be driven o u t Oh, I've been so un­ for long piece.” JAYNE A SON, Philadelphia. “Where?” Jim demanded; “south, almost every variety of game. Includ­ sometimes adapted to those of their happy since leaving that note. They Poets Should Lead traditional enemies, the French. In ing wild hoar and bear. tried to drive me Into a hateful thing, toward LeBlond’*?” OVER 3 « M ILLIO N BOTTLES BOLD Poet» should be law givers; that Is, England similar rhymes, some of them “Ah-hah 1 De sky ees light lak bush but my magician In the forests held the boldest lyric Inspiration should nonsensical, are Invented for some of me with his spell. Jim, I couldn't Are mak’ een de summer.” A bout Ourselves not chide and Insult, but should an­ the calls. This practice has also been “Then It’s the buildings at Le­ wait for spring—I've come back to All of life's varied experiences are nounce and lead the dny's work.— adopted In the United ¡Hates army. you. dear maker of magic. Do you Blond s I" said Jim, starting for the but the stuff we teet our souls upon. Emerson. want me. now, after the pain I gave door, followed by the others. "It's out M o d e rn C o n tra c t Keeps Skin Young B r id g e G e o r g e M a rsit T JII Ä S S & J C Had Melancholy Blues “First Citizen** Worried Over Supply o f Butter W on’t reason- jAYHE’sl£n»/y2yg