The Beaverton Review
The Everlasting Whisper, By Jackson Gregory
B p a v e r to «
Copy r if hi by Churl»* Scribner'• ion*
W.N.Ü. Sonrio*
would be any danger tv» Gloria. Fur
I her, ihe thought »truck him that alto
would not tu* altogether safe her»;
there wns venom In Gratton. Gratum
know from Gloria s own Up* that she
Irovgfct i he messag* f
father In Colon»*; hence Grutton
might iktpfCt, and Hrv»dle after him.
that Gloria was In possession of old
l.imny Honeycutt's w e n t.
Instead
of scemtng hazardous to take Gloria
with him. It betrun to appear that hts
new resi»onsibillty of guarding her
from all harm hail begun already, and
that he could best protect her from
any possible evil by having her al
ways with him. . . .
So with himself
communed Mark King, never a man
overly given to caution, but seeking
now to measure chances, to set them
In the scales over against the desire
of Ms heart.
In t h s C a l i f o r n i a s i e r r a M a r k
K i n g , p r o s p e c t o r . • « * Andy l ' a r k -
nr k i t U d b>
Uro die , P a r k
er '» o u t l a w c o m p a n i o n . K i n * 1 » *n
hia n a y t o t h t h o m e of Hen i «a y -
n. r K i n * a n d t i a y n o r » h a r e n t t h
B r o d U know l e d * » of a v a s t » to r#
Of h i d de n * old. K i n s m s « t s Mr*.
t U y n o r a n d Is l m p r e * * e d bjr he r
d a n g h te r G loria's you thful beauty.
H * dia U ke » a h o u s e v i s i t o r n a m e d
O r a tio n . W ith G loria. K in s rides
to O o lo m a . in t e n d i n * to “»ound**
l l o a e y c u t t . He And» B r o d l e wi th
th e old p r o s p e c t o r , a n d a n i m o s i t y
Ba r e ». K i n s is d r a w n c l o s e r to
(■lorla.
She and h e r m o t h e r r e
t u r n t o S a n F r a n c i s c o . In a s p i r i t
of a h x e m u r e G l o r i a a c c o m p a n i e s
t ; r a t t o n on a •‘ bU M ncs s" t r i p At
C olo n? * sh e finds h e r f a t h e r b a d l y
h u r t . H e s i x e s h e r a n t e s s a a e a nd
a IM K . s e for K i n s , u r « r n t h e r t o
s e t t h e m to him a t on ce . G l o r i a
realises she ha* com p rom ised h e r
s e l f by h e r J o u r n e y w i t h G r a t t o n .
He p r o p o s e s m a r r i a g e a n d G l o r i a
a p p a re n t l y a c c e p t s him
Q ralton
a r r a n g e * f o r t h e m a r r i a g e by a
co u n try "Judge
K i n g , u n s e e n by
G l o ri a .
w atches
the
cerem ony
f r o m a w in d ow .
At th e l a s t m o
m e n t G l o r i a r e f u s e s to u t t e r t h e
requisite
•yes." K i n g e n t e r s th e
r o o m a n d G l o r i a a p p e a l s t o h-m
for p rotection. G r a tto n . dtsm
~ 1.
r e v e a l s his k n o w l e d g e o f the
d-
de n g o l d a n d m a k e s t h r e a t s . K :ig.
h e a r t e n e d by G l o r i a ' s a p p e a l to
han.
u rg e s her
to m a r r y
him.
R e a l l y in l ove w i t h him . a nd s e e
i ng a w a y o ut o f h e r d i l e m m a ,
the g irl consents. G aynor's m e s
s a g e to K in g r e v e a ls the location
of t h e t r e a s u r e , a n d u r g e s h i m to
g o a t o n c e a n d s e c u r e it.
C H A P T E R V I— Continued
—
12 —
A more radiantly lovely Gloria he
bad never looked upon. She had slept
and rested; she had bathed and
groomed and set herself In order.
He gathered her up into hts arms so
that her boot-heels swung clear of the
floor.
“Do you know . . .
do you
guess . . . have you the faintest sus
picion how I love you? It's sweet of
you.” he told h-r softly, “to get up
and come down and see me ofT.”
'Oh.” said Gloria, “I am going with
you."
Not once had King dared think that
she should go with him into the moun
tains on this quest of his. He sat and
pondered and stared at her.
“Don't you want met" asked Gloria.
“Aren't you glad. Mark?"
It was not on any spur of the mo
ment, but after long deliberation, that
she had decided that she would go
with him. If it were rumored that
she had gone out of town with Grat
ton: If Gratton wanted to be ugly
and feed rumor; then on top of thut If
she appeared within reach of a re
porter without a husband, there would
be talk. If it were answered that she
was married to Mark King, there
would be the question: “And where,
my dear, is this Mark King?” From
npstairs last night she had heard frag
mentary outbursts from the “judge.”
"Irregular; no license.” Now Gloria
meant to kill the snake outright, not to
allow the scotched reptile to writhe
free. She was married; she was going
with her husband into the wilderness
on the most romantic of all honey
moons. The papers were free to make
much of that.
. “Of course I want you," said King
slowly. “Glad? Glad that you want
to come with me? Can’t you see that
I am the gladdest man on earth?
But—"
“I have already written a message
I wanted ro send to a girl friend In
San Francisco. I was going to have
It phoned In to her. It tells her I'm
—married. To you, Mark. And that
we’re off on the most wonderful trip
together Into the heart of the wild
country."
“God bless you.” he said heartily.
But Gloria, glancing at him swiftly,
saw that his eyes were clouded with
perplexity.
“Of course.” she said, “if you don’t
want a girl along— You said last
night that you weren’t afraid of any
thing Brodie and his men could do?
That they didn’t even know where to
go? That they’d never know where to
•find you?”
“Yes. And I meant i t But—”
He wanted her with him; she want-
1 ed to come. Further, it pained him to
think that those first glorious days
should be spent with the mountains be
tween them. He was tempted, sorely
tempted. . . . Was there really any
danger, would there be danger to her?
If he thought so, that there was the
faintest likelihood of harm to her, he
would say no, no matter what the
yearning in his heart. But if they
made a quick dash In and out; two
days each way, not over one day at
’ Qua Ingle’s caves? They could go in
tone way, come out another. They
¡had at least a full day’s head start of
any possible followers. No, In his
feg did not believe that thexe
m
King estimated they would be gone
five days, and tlien, making due al
lowance for any reasonable delay,
provisioned for toil. Gloria was much
Interested In everything, und looked
out to the mountains eagerly when
King had swung her up to her
i saddle on Hlackle. the tail, sober-
I faced horse. King looked at her and
I marveled; her cheeks were roses, her
eyes were Gloria's own, wouderful
and big and deep beyond fathoming.
“You are not afraid that I ran take
“Have You th* Faintest Suspicion
How I Love You?”
i
care of you, are you, Gloria?" he
asked.
And Gloria laughed gaily, answer
ing:
“My dear Mr. Man. I am not the
least little bit afraid of anything is
all the world this morning!”
So with the glorious day brighten
ing all about them they turned away
from the log house and into the trail
which straightway King dubbed "Ad
venture Trail."
There were red spots In Gloria's
cheeks when they started.
King
sought to guess at what might be the
emotions of a young girl going on
with Gloria's present emotional ad
venture—vain task of a mere man
seeking to fathom those troubled
feminine depths!—marking that she
was a little nervous and distrait.
“I know the place Gus Ingle tried
to describe," he said, “as well as I
know my old hat. Or at least I'd
have said so until he mentioned the
third cave. I've been there dozens of
times, too, but I’ve got to see more
than two caves there yet.”
“I wonder—do you suppose we'll find
it as he says?”
"At least we’ll see about 1L And
whether there be heaps and plies of
red. red gold, as the tale telleth, be
sure our trip Is going to be worth the
two days' ride. I’ll show you such
chasms and gorges and crags as
you’ve never turned those two lovely
eyes of yours upon. Mrs. Gloria King.”
As they Journeyed King noted that
Gloria displayed none of that chat
tering, singing, gaiety of their former
rides together; he remembered, sym
pathetically, that she had had very
little sleep last night, and that she
had endured a wearisome twenty-
four hours before, and that the long,
nervous strain under which she had
struggled must certainly have told
upon her, both physically and mental
ly. So. believing that she would be
grateful for silence, he grew silent
with her.
King, well before midday, reached
the spot In which from the first he
had planned that they would noon.
LU was quick to help her to dismount
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qud noted Unit she rttme down slifTiy;
the eyes which «lie turned to him
were heavy with futigue.
“Maybo I shouldn't have let you
com* after all, dear," he said con
tritely. “These are harder trails than
we’ve ridden before, and we’ve had to
keep at It steadier,”
There was an effort In her smile
answering him.
"The last two days have been hard
to get through with," she said as she
yielded to Ills Insistence and sat down
on the sun-warmed pine needles. "I
am sorry l am so at*—“
lie did not allow her to run down
the elusive word.
Nonsense,” he told her heartily.
"You’ve got a right to he tired. Ilut
when you've had some lunch and a
cup of hot coffee you’ll be tip-top
again. You’ll see."
King unsaddled and tethered the
horses, hull! his little lire amt went
about lunch getting with n joy he had
never known In the old accustomed
routine before. Now and then he
glanced toward Gloria; he could not
help that. But he saw that she was
lying hack. Iter eyes closed, and while
his heart went out to her he did
not force hia sympathy ou her. She
seemed to be asleep.
But Gloria was not asleep. Never
had Iter mind raced so. It was done
ami she wns Mark King's wife!
Higher and higher loomed that fact
a!>o\e all other considerations. Hut
th re were other consideration*; her
father hurt, she did not know how
badly; Iter mother mystified, by now
perhaps informed of Gloria's mar
riage ; Gratton with the po >n ex
tracted from his fangs had tl fangs
still; Brodie somewhere. Itrodle with
the horrible face. She shivered and
stirred restlessly, and King, who »aw
everything, thought that she had
dt earned a had dream. But lunch
was ready; he came to her with plate
and cup. And again Gloria did her
best to smile gratefully.
■ You tire so good to me. Mark." she
(mid.
Her eyes were thoughtful;
would he always tie good to her?
Even when—but she was too weary to
think.
“I want to learn how to he good
to you, wife of mine," he said very
gently. "That is a l l on earth I ask.
Just to make you happy.”
“You love me so much. Mark?” she
asked, as one who wondered at what
she had read in his low voice and
glimpsed in his eyes.
“Gloria.” he told her gently, “I don’t
nnderstand this thing they call love
y e t; it is too new. too wonderfuL But
I do know that in all the world there
is nothing else that matters."
She looked at him long and curi
ously.
’•You w o u l d d o a n y t h i n g y o u could
to
m ake
me
happy?
Anything.
Mark?"
"I pray with al l my heart and soul
that 1 a l w a y s may!"
Gloria seemed to rest through the
noon hour und to brighten. Whec she
saw him the second time look at the
sun she got up from the ground and
said:
“Time to go on? I'm ready. And
after that banquet I feet all me
again!”
lie laughed and went off after the
horses, singing at the top of his voice.
She stood very still, looking off after
hitn, her brows puckering Into a
shadowy frown. Oh, If she could only
read herself as he allowed her to read
him; If she could only he as sure of
Gloria as she was of Mark; If she
could only look deep Into her heart ns
she looked Into hia Did she love
Mark King? She had thrilled to him
as she had thrilled to no other man;
but that had been In the springtime.
Twice then she had been sure that
she lot oil him. But I hut was so long
ago. And now (lui! she hud allowed
him tu curry her out of the quick
sands? XYltal now? Oh, If she had
only let him go on alone this morn
ing; If »he had remained where she
could rest nini think and thus come to
see clearly, even Into Iter own troubled
heart.
They came about four o’clock to a
small meadow. Stopping In tho open,
silling aldcwnya in the saddle, he
nailed for her.
Gloria drew rein anti looked at him
with lurge eyes across lite twenty
paces separating them.
"I can’t go any further." she said
bleakly. “I’m tired ou t!"
lie was quick lo see a gathering of
tears, and »wung down from Ills horso
dial went lo her with tong strides, his
own eyes tilled with concern.
"Boor Utile kldlet." he said hunt
hly.
“I’ve let you do yourself
U|x . . ."
Anil It was Ills duty, his privilege,
und no one’s else In liti world to
shelter tier, to stand between her ,uol
all hardship. Ill a moment, he was
unrolling a pack, making a temporary
couch for her nml conitunmllng her
lovingly Just to lie down and look up
at the treetops above her. and rest
while he staked out the horses. Gloria
threw herself face down on the
blunket s.
She did not know what possessed
her. she fought for,repression, hiding
her face front him. « »tit of a hideous
!y stern world a black spirit bad
leaped upon her ; It clutched at her
throat, It draggod at her heart. She
was so nervous that now and ugnln a
tierce trenor shook her from head
to foot.
I ’u-k gathered while King worked
over !ils fire. The aroma of boiling
ooffeo lose, crept through the air
blended srlth the aromas «f the wood«,
lie set ot-t Ills dishes upon a fiat
topped rook. replenished Ids fire,
threw on some fresh cut green cedar
boughs for their delightful fragrance,
and went to enll Gloria.
Gloria, too tired bodily and mental
ly to wage a winning battle against
those black vat>ors which flnek so
frequently atomi luckless youth, hod
suffered and yielded and gone down
In misery, llers was a state of over
wrought nerves which forbade clear
thinking, which distorted nml warped
and magnified.
“A cup of coffee and a bit of sup
per." King said gently. "You’ll feel
a tot better."
She rose wearily and followed hitn.
saying absently;
"I am not hungry. It was good of
you to go to all of this trouble. 1
ant afraid I am not much of a
camper."
"Tuckered out.” he thought. “Glean
tuckered out."
And finally when she pushed her
cup away and let her two bunds drop
Into her lap he gathered the dishes
and carried them away to Ihe nearest
pool to wash them.
When he came back to her In the
hush of the first hour of night, he
thought that he understood her need
for silence, nml spoke only Infrequent
iy and briefly.
"And now." he said. Inking up hi*
short handled ax. "I inn going to
make for my ladylove Ihe finest
couch for tranquil, restful sleep thut
mortal ever had."
As he strode away toward a grove
of firs he was lost to her eyes before
he had gone a hundred paces, lie
worked swiftly, grudging every min
ute nwny from her. And then he
stopped, sat down upon a log and
filled his pipe with Slow fingers. He’d
force himself to smoke one pipe be
fore he went bark to her. thinking
thnt she would be grateful for a few
moments alone.
(TO 11B CONTINUED.!
Entered a* »•rond ri*** matter
Decembsr ». 1922, at. the poltrii!
Oregon,
undrr the
at Bravrrtrn
Art o f Marvh 3, IS"».
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OCTOBER 7,
FRIDAY
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C O U R T l l o r S K IT E M S *
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CIRCU IT COURT
M. II. Stevenson vs Daisy
Murkrn et «I, tax foreelueurr.
(Continued on Bark Page)
ARRESTS
Fakte
iX'WaVrson,
l.it d e n y
Fred I/owr. l-aroeny,
and be was rvloased.
bail fixed
The Tasmanian wolf Is one of the
rarest and most extraordinary beast*
in the world. The species Is said to
be nearly extinct, and the few remain
ing specimen* are rigorously protected.
The first of the many extraordinary
things about the Tasmanian wolf 1*
that It is not a wolf at all, though
It looks more like a wolf than any
thing else. The animal is renlly more
akin to the kangaroos and wallabies,
for It has a large pouch to carry the
litter of young. Curiously enough,
both the male and the female are
equipped with one of these pouches.
The Tasmanian wolf does not trnrk.
but g!v*-s a scries of wheezy coughs,
and it is said that whan pursued it
will get up on Its hind legs and Jump
like a knngnroo. They are fierce, and
some years ago when ttiey were plen
tiful there was a bounty of $••”> offered
for every head, because so much dam
age was done to sheep nnd cattle.
A Bad Fell
If you have had a nasty fall and
your arm or leg Is swollen, wrap It In
towels wrung out of hot water In
which epsom sails has been dissolved.
Continue from a half hour to nn hour.
Then If It Is necessary for you to
see a doctor yon hnve mnde an ex
cellent start toward removing tho
swelling so ho can exutulue tor broken
hones.
for
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MARRIAGE LICEN CES
Archil Q Adorn* ard Fthel Tou-
sley of Vernonia. They were mar
ried on the 2»th of S»|i!oml>er *t
the Gongregstlonnl |fhureh in Hill*-
boro, by the Rev. Henry Haller.
Jam es Hartly Berry »ndHernice
Adele Sigourney of I'ortland.
Gerì Berger, IlilUboro It 1, anil
Filter Zurcher IlilUboro R
mar
ried at tho tkiurolv of reformed K-
iti matiue 1 Coiigmgat ion by the Rev
Kdward J Sehtldt.
Archie Douglas
Anderson
and
Pauline Stryker uf Portland
Knday at Beaverton
Oregon
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FROM THE BEGINNING
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