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giuuuumi The Wife of a King .: , , A Metamorphosis of the Gold Country of the Far North By JACK LONDON ; I OwrlfMk? miiiiiTmrnmiTTna , NCB, wbo thi Nonblioa was rr joung, tin toclit nd dTio TlrtuM wen r mirkibli Hike for thlr pindty tni tlitlr lira, plldty. Wfata lln burden of domUc dutlM irw irlivoai, ind tb nreild mood ti inadtd to constant protMl iialDit III blMk lootlloeaa, the idventunn front lb Southland, la llu of better, paid th itlpulittd prlcw lad look Unto tbtmMlVM nail re ntvrt, It wu I foretaste of pirtdlM to tin women, for It mul b confMted (hit th white rovra iv far blUr car ind treat Btat to them thin did their Indian Copartnera. Ofeoors. tht wttlt ta theraMlTM were tatlsned with nek deal, ll wer iIm the Indlio mei for thit mitttr. nirtng told Ibetr diufhttri tad sister! for cotton blanket ind obtolttt rifle, tod trad td their wira fun for flimsy etllco ind bid whisky, the mm of the toll promptly aod cheerfully mccambed to quirk wnsumptloo lad other iwlft dlMMM corrilited with the bleMloii of superior dvlllilloa. It wu la Uimi day of Arcadian Impllrlly that Cl Oalbralth Journey ed through tba lind ind fell rick on the Lower river. It wu i refresh ln advent In the Htm of the good Bliter of tbi Holy Crou. who tin him inciter ind medldo. Oil Oil bratth berime troubled with itnni thought, which clamored for atten tion till hi laid e;ei on the Ulialoa firL Madeline. Tit hi five no elm, bldlni hli time patiently. ' He itreng thejted with the coming tprlnc. ind when tin sua rode the hesvens In l golden circle, and the Jot and Willamette Valley Transfer Co. FAST AUTO TRUCKS between Portland and Salem, Independence Monmouth and Dallas Three trips Orders taken rr... ri If you have pride in the farm that gives you a home and a ; living why not show it by naming the farm and doing your : 'corresponding on printed stationery? Ask us about it Don't Start The New Year 1 . '' ' " with a disabled or halting timepiece. Bring it to me and have it put in order , WALTER G. BROWN Watches and Jewelry. Repairing Read your own Monmouth Feed All kinds of transferring done promptly - and on short notice . FRANK SKEEN, Proprietor. "Monmouth, . . Oregon i telle Ihrab of life wen In ill the land, he gathered bla itlll weak body together and departed. Now Madalloe, the mlaaloo girl, was an orphan. Bar while father bad failed to gin i bald-faced grtssly the trail one day, ind bid died quickly. Then her Indian mother, ha Ting no man to All the winter cache, bad tried the hntantaua experiment of waiting till tin talmon run on fifty pounds of flour and half 11 many of bacon. Af ter that the baby, Chookra, went to live wltb the good Uitert, ind to be thenceforth known by mother nam, But Madeline Hill bid klnafolk, the nearett being dluolut oncle who outraged bli vltili with Inordinate quantities of the whlti man's whisky. Hi itrovi dally to walk with the godi, ind Incidentally bli feet Mnght abort er tnlla to the pir. When lobar be suffered exquisite torture. Ha bid no conscience. To tbli indent tagt bond Cal Oalbrallb duly preeeoted hlmaelf, and they consumed many word! ind much tobacco la tbi confer atlon that followed. Promina wen alto made) and In the and tbi old heathen took i few poundi of dried lalmon ind bla birch-bark iinoe, ind paddled away to thi Mlaaloa of tbi Holy Croat, It la not given the world to know what proraleea be made and wbat Ilea he told the ilitera never fotatpi but when ba returned, upon bla iwirtby cheat then wu a bnii crucifix, ind In bli canoe bli nlect Madeline. That night then wet a grind wedding ind i potiacb; to that for two diyi to fol low then wti no (lining done by the vlllagi But In the morning Madeline ehook .the duit of the Lower river weekly both ways Herald ""ST Transfer and Stable from bef mocctalni "and with "her husband, la a poling boat, went to lira on tba Upper river In a place kaowo ii tba Lower Country. And In the yean which followed ihi wai good wife, ihirtng her boibind'l hardeblpi and cooking bli food. And ahe kept him In itnlght trails, till he learned to livi bli duet ind to work mightily. In tha end, be (truck It rich, ind built a ciblo In Circle City: and bli happiness wai tocb that men who came to vlilt him In hli borne drcla became reetleai it the light of It ind envied him greitly. But the Northland began to mature. ind lodal imenltlei to make their appearance. Hitherto, the Southland bad Not forth Iti tons: but It now belched forth a new exodus, tile time of Iti daughter. They did not fall to pot new Ideal In thi bead! of the men, ind to elevate thi tone of things la wiyi peculiarly their own. No mora did tha equewa gather it the dmcen, go roaring down tha center In the good, old Virginia reels, or make merry wltb Jolly "Dan Tucker." They fell bark on their native stol dim, ind uncomplainingly watched Vie rule of their wblta ilitera from the canine. Then mother exodui came over the mountalni from thi prolific Southland. Tbli tlma It wu of women that be came mighty In the land. They frown ed upon thi Indian wive, while the other women became mild end walk ed humbly. Then wen cowarda who became iihimed of their indent cot. ana nil with thi daughten of tha oil, who looked with i new dlitiata upon their dark-skinned children; but then were alao other men who r malned true ind proud of their abor iginal vow. When It became tba fain lon to divorce the mUva wive, Cal Oalbrallb retained bla manhood, and la so doing felt tha bearj band of the women wbo bid come last, kmw least, but who ruled tb land. One day, tha Upper Country, which lies fir above Circle City, wu pro nounced deb. Dog team carried tha new to Salt Water) golden rgole freighted thi lur scroti the North Pacific ; wire ind cabin ung with tbi tiding; ind thi world heard tor tb first tlmi of tbi Klondike river ind tha Tukon country. Cil Oalbrallb bad lived tba yean quietly. Ha bid then been I good bus- band to Madeline, ind tbi bid bless ed him. But somehow discontent fell npon him ; ha felt ngue yetmlngi for bli own kind, for thi Ufi hi had. been abut out from a general sort of desire, which men sometime! feel, to break out aad tasta tha prima of living. Besides, then drifted down the river wild rumor of the wonder tut Eldorado, glowing description! of thi city of log! ind tents, ind ludi crous account of the che-chaquae wbo hid rushed In ind wen itam pedlng tha whole country. Circle City wu dead. Thi world- bid moved on up river ind becomi a new and moat mirvaloui world. Cal Oalbralth pew restless on the edge of things, ind wished to sea wltb his own eye. So, after thi wash up hi weighed in a couple of hundred pound of dust on tha company's big scales, nd took a draft for the lame on Dawson. Then hi put Tom Dixon In charge of hli mines, kissed Made line good-by, promised to bi back be fore the first muih-lc ran, and took paseaga on an up-river steamer. Madeline wilted waited through ill tb three month! of daylight She fed thi dogs, givi much of her time to young Cal, witched tha short sum mer fade sway ind thi sun begin Its long Journey to thi south. And she preyed much In thi manner of the 81iter of the Holy Cross, Thi fill came, ind with It there wai mush-Ice on tha Tukon, ind Circle City kings returning to tha winter's work it their mines, but no Cal Oalbralth. Tom Dixon received a letter, however, for his men sledded up her winter's sup ply of dry pine, Thi company re ceived i letter, tor Iti dog teams fill ed her cache with their best provl stone, ind ahe was told that her credit wai limitless. Through ill the igea mm has been held the chief Instigator of the woer of woman; but In this case the men held their tongues ind swore harshly it one of their number who wis away, while thi women failed utterly to emulate them. So, without needless delay, Madeline heard strange tales of Cal Galbralth'i doings; also, of a certain Greek dancer wbo played with men u children did with bubbles. Now Madeline wu in Indian woman, ind further, she hid no woman friend to whom to go for wise counsel. She prayed ind planned by turns, and that night, being quick of resolve and te non, harnessed tha dogs, ind wltb young Cal securely lashed to the sled, stole away. 1 Though tha Tukon still ran free, the eddy Ice was growing, and each day saw the river dwindling to a slushy thread. Save him who has done the like, no man may know what she endured In traveling a hundred miles on tha rim Ice; nor may they understand tha toll and hardship of breaking tha two hundred miles of packed tea which remained after the river frore tor good. . But Madeline was in Indian woman, so ihe did these things, and one night there came i knock it Malemuta Kld'i door. There at he fed a team of itarvlng doga, put a healthy youngster to bed, and turn ed bli attention to an exhausted wom an. Ba removed her Ice-bdund moc casins while ha listened to her tale, and ituck thi point of bis knife Into her feet that he might lea how far they wen frozen. Despite his tremendous virility, Malemuta Eld wai possessed of softer, womanly element, which could win tha confidence of l snarling wolf dog or draw confessions from the most wintry heart Nor did he seek them. Hearts opened to him as spontaneous ly as floweri to the sun. Even the orient, rather Boubeau, bad beta knowa tb confesa to him, while tha men and womea of tha Northlind were aver knocking at bla door, a door from which the latch-string bung always out. To Msdellne, he could do no wrong, make oo mistake. Hhe had known him from the time the first cast her lot among the people of ber father' nee; and to her half barbaric mind II teemed that In lilra waa bli vision ind the future there could be oo Intervening veil. Tbere wen false Ideals In the land. The social strictures of Pewson were not synonymous wltb those of the pre- vloui era, and the swift maturity of the Northland Involved much wrong. Mnlemute Kid wu aware of this, and be bad Cal Oalbralth' measure accu rately. He knew a baity word wu the father of much evil; beaidee, be waa minded to teacb a great lesion and bring sham upon the man. So Stanley Prince, the young mining ex pert, was called Into tb conference the following night, as was also Lucky Jack Harrington and his violin. That me night, Bottlta, wbo owed treat debt to Malemuta Kid, harnessed up Cal Galbralth'i doga, laahed Cal Gul brsltb, Junior, to the sled, aod allpped ey In the dark (or Stuart river. 'So; ooe two three, one two three, Now reverse I No, no I Btsrt up sgalo, Jack. See this way." I'rlnce executed the movement as one should wbo has led the cotillion. Now ; one two three, one two- three, iteverael Ah I that's better. Try It sgaln. I say, yon know, you uiuiln't look at your feet. One-two three, one two three. Shorter steps. Ton in not banging to the gee-pole Just now. Try It over. Tbere I that's the way. One two three, ooe two three." Round and round went Prince and Madeline in an Interminable wait. The table and stools bad beeo ahoved over against the wail to Increase the room. Malemuta Kid sat on the bunk. chin to knees, greatly interested. Jack Harrington sat beside him, scraping away ou bis violin and following the dancers. It wss i unique situation, the under taking of these three men with the woman. The most pathetic part, per baps, wu tba businesslike way In which they went about It. No ath lete was ever trained more rigidly for a comiog contest, nor wolf dog for the barnesa, than wu she. But they bsd good material, tor Madeline, unlike moat women of her race, In her childhood had eacaped the carrying of heavy burden and the toll of the trail. Beside, she waa a clean-limbed, wil lowy creature, possessed of mucb pace which had not hitherto been realized. It wu this grace which the men strove to bring out aod knock Into shape. At thi next Intermission Prince dis covered new predicament ' "I aay, Kid," he aald, "we're wrong, all wrong. She can't learn In moc casins. Put ber feet Into slippers, and then on to that waxed floor phew I" Madeline raised a foot and regarded ber shapeless house moccasin dubious ly. In previous wlnten, both at Circle City and Forty Mile, ahe had danced many a night away with similar foot gear, and there had been nothing the matter. But now well, If then was anything wrong It was tor Malemuta Kid to know, not her. But Malemute Kid did know, and he had a good eye tor measures; so he put on bis cap and mittens and went down the hill to pay Mrs, Epprngweu a call. Her husband, Clove Gpplng- well, wu prominent In the community as one of the peat government offi cials. The kid bad noted her slen der little foot one night at the gov- ernor'i ball. And U he also knew her to be as sensible as she was pretty, It was no task to ask of her a certain small favor. On bis return. Madeline withdrew for a moment to the Inner room. When she reappeared Prince was startled. "By Jove!" he gasped. "Who'd 'a' thought Iti The little witch I Why, my sister" "Is an English girl," Interrupted Malemute Kid, "with an English foot This girl comes of a small-footed race. Moccasins Just broadened ber feet healthily, while she did not misshape them by running with the dogs In her childhood." Madeline was the wife of a king, a king whose yellow treasure could buy outright a score of fashion's puppets ; yet tn all ber life her feet had known no gear save red-tanned moosehlde. At first she looked tn awe at the tiny white satin slippers; but she quickly understood the admiration which shone, manlike, tn the eyes of the men. So the training went on. Evety day Malemute Kid led the girl out on long walks devoted to the correction of her carriage and the shortening of her stride. There was little likelihood of her Identity being discovered, for Cal Oalbralth and the rest of the old-tim ers were like lost children among the many strangers who bad rushed. Into the land. Besides, the frost of the North has a bitter tongue, and the ten der women of the South, to shield their cheeks from Its biting caresses, were prone to the use of the canvas masks. With faces obscured and bod ies lost In saulrrel-skln parkas, I mother and daughter, meeting on trail, would pass as strangers. In this way Thanksgiving night drew near. At Irregular Intervals Bettlea sent word down from Stuart river regarding the welfara of young Cal The time dt their return was ap proaching. More than once casual caller, hearing dance music and the rhythmic pulse of feet entered, only to find Harrington scraping nwoy and the other two beating time or arguing noisily over a mooted step. Made-UnO-Saa. nevit. In evidence, having pTepTutelTueiToTli Wnef too On on of the aight cat uai- braltb dropped In. Encouraging news had Just com down from Stuart riv er, ind Madeline had lurpused her elf-not In walk alone, and carnage and pace, but In womanly rogulsh neaa, They bad Indulged tn sharp re partee, and ah bad defended herself brilliantly; and then, yielding to tb Intoxication of tb moment and of ber own power, ihe bad bullied, and mastered, and wheedled, and patron ised them with most utonliblog rac- cea. And Instinctively, Involuntarily, they had bowed, not to ber beauty, ber wisdom, ber wit but to that lode Unable something In woman to which man yields yet cannot nam. The room wai dizzy with iheer delight ts ihe and Prince whirled through the last dance of the evening. Harrington was throwing In inconceivable flour ishes, while Malemute Kid, utterly abandoned, bad seized tb broom ind wu executing mad gyrations oo bit own account At this Instant thi door shook wltb a heavy rap-rap, and their quick glan ces noted the lifting of tb latch. But tbey bad survived similar situations before. Harrington never brok a note. Madeline shot through the we it tni door to tb Inner room. Tbt broom went hurtling under the bunk, and by the time Cal Oalbralth and Louli Savoy got tbelr beads In, Male mute Kid and Prince were In each other' arms, wildly achottlschlng down the room. . A a rule, Indian women do not make a practice of fainting on provo cation, but Madeline came a near to If aa ih ever bad In her life. Por an hour she crouched on the floor, lis tening to the heavy voice of the men rumbling up and down in mimic thun der. Like familiar chord of child hood melodies, every Intonation, every trick of ber busband'r voice, iwept In upon ber, fluttering her heart and weakening ber kneel till ahe lay half fainting against the door. It wu well she could neither see nor hear when be. took his departure.. (Concluded Next Week) . WALTER G. BROWN Representing the "PENNSYLVANIA" Fire Insurance Co. of Philadelphia Notary Public Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Etc DR. F. R. BOWERSOX PHYSICIAN H SURGEOS PHONE NOS. - OFFICE - . 33M HOUSE " 15W L C. PRICE, M..D. Office and residence Kurre Apartments Phone 1903 V CHAMB1 TABLETS THIS is just what you need, madam. 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