The Beaverton Review
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1M2
The
Everlasting Whisper, By Jackson Gregory
FROM THE BEGINNING
M ark K in * . p r o sp e cto r. a n * kla
. r lo s r . Ban O a jn o r . a h a ra «Ilk a
le s p s r s d o , S w a n B roalla, k o o w ls U g '
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a v a s t a to m o f h ld d a a ■«■•I
l in e la Im praaaad by G lo ria . d a y
.or a d a u g h ta r . Ha d la llk a a a houa.
< is ltc r n am ad O r s t lo a . In a aplrli
..f a d v a n tu r a O lo r la a « « « H » l r
C r a lto a fro m San F r a n o lm o on r
' buainaaa" trip . A t C o lo m a »(<•
nnJa bar fa t h a r b a d ly h a r t H
tclvos oar a m aaaaaa fo r Kin»
W ith O r a tio n ah a n o r 1« th a Oa>
a c t aum m ar I o n a G lo r ia raall»«
• ha h a t c o m p r o m ise d h a r a a lf b>
I - r jo u r n e y w ith G r a tlo n . H a Or.
p o « » m a r r ia g e
..I G lo r ia apin*'
a n t ly a c c e p t» h <
o r a tio n a i
r a n ,'» » fo r tn .
r> la*a.
K in
» a to l.e e th a c .
ny th r o n g n .
« » p d o w . A t th* i i» l m»>maot lb
g ir l r e fu te » to u tte r th a r ea u ta li
' y e « .“ K in * e n te r * an d G lo r ia ai
p a a la to h im fo r p r o te c tio n . O ral
te a . d is m is s e d . ra v a a la k n o w lo d »
o f th a h id d e n « o ld . K in « a m b ol,
anetl b y G lo r ia '» a p p e a l to bin
u r* a a bar to m a r r y h im . R a a ll
la lo r e w it h h im . a n d aaaln «
w a y o a t o f h e r d ilem m a , th e *1
c o n s e n ts . G a y n o r' m a m « a ra ra a
th a lo c a tio n o f tha tr * a » a r* . an
u r g e » K in « to « o a t . a t e an
a o ca ra It. A fte r th e w e d d in g . G lo.
la a a a a r tin « th e n a cea a lty fo r re>
a ft e r h er tr y in g a x p a r ie n c a . K in
la a v a a bar and p re p a r e» fo r b
trip . N e x t m o r n in g G lo r ia Insl»'
on g o in g w ith him . On th * Jotai
nay h er o v s r s r r o u g h l o a r» * » «1»
w ay.
la liy s ts r i* . »ha a d m it» I
K in g th a t »ha m a rried h im on l
to "tare h er n a m e fr o m goaalp
K in g , h u m ilia te d , r en o u n c e » he
but refu »e» to ta k a her hom o. d.
d a r in g he 1» u n d er prom i»a to he
fa t h e r to loo* n o tim e » » e k in g th
g o ld . Sh e. u n a b le to Bnd bar w a
h o m e a lo n e , b aa to g o w ith hln
G loria'» horaa go»» lam », b u t K in
k e e p » on. H * llnda th a g o ld . G lori
r ea e n ts h is g le ln g h er o r d e rs. 8h
h a s eaen s m o k e fro m n cam pBr
and th ra a ta n a to m a k e h e r w a y t
It. K in g k n o w a th a p a r ty m u st b
D rodle's, a n d o f c o u ra e fo r b id s i
H e d e c id e s to s ta r t b a c k and r-
tu rn w ith tr u s te d m en.
C H A PT E R V III—Continued
— IB—
He went a second f -
far back into
ibe tlarl neon of 0»» fi
•r car*, carry
ing a smoking torch a - ueforc, vanlsh-
ing from Gloria'* eye*. She had bat
do match up the few thing* *be meant
to take with her. to go oat, to find her
tray down the cliff*— She hesitated
nod time pasted.
At length Kin: returned. She noted
that bis coat was off; that In It, as in
a bag, be carried something heavy.
“Tbla goe* with as wherever we
go," be announced triumphantly. -It'*
a big breathing spell for Ben Gaynor."
He damped It oat; there were other
lump* like the two be had brought
back the tin t time.
-If yon can whip np enough endur
ance for the work ahead of na." he an
nounced impersonally, -wa stand a
good chance of getting out of this.
Otherwise, we stand a whole lot bet
ter show of being canghf here and
freesing and starring to death. A
storm like this,- he told her. 'may
blow Itself oat soon and it may keep
on for * long time. As It Is w ell hare
oar work cat oat for a s ; If (his keeps
ap all afternoon and all night . . .”
He shrugged.
-Ton mesa that then we couldn't
get out at all?- she asked sharply.
King nodded and began his prepara
tions. With Jealous eye he Judged the
w eight bulk, and worth of every ar
ticle. Bacon, to the last small scrap
and fat-lined rind, coffee, to the once-
boiled dregs In the coffee-pot be
'packed carefully. Then he took op
th e discarded articles and hid them
under some loose dirt In a remote,
black corner of the care. Ten minutes
later he had gotten first his pack, then
Gloria, safely down the cliffs, and they
started.
Gloria was upborne at every step by
th* expectation of coming presently to
their borae, and of having nothing to
do from then on bat bold to the pom
mel and have King lead her on to an
ultimate safety. So when they came
to the spot where King bad tethered
his horse, and there wag no horse
there, Gloria simply collapsed. King
' stared about him with an almost eqaal
; consternation.
Leaving Gloria, be pot down rifle
and pack and harried down Into the
hollow where he bad tethered his
borae. Five minute* of reading the
signs In the snow told him the story.
>A bear had come np over the ridge 1
had frightened the horse info breaking
Its tether and running.
King came back slowly and sat down
on his pack. His lips tightened. The
afternoon was passing and the dark
would come early.
“Are yon np to crowding ahead on
foot?" he called to Gloria.
She moaned miserably: *T am tick;
1 am dying, I think. I can't go on."
King grunted disgustedly.
“We ll go back to the cave for the
bight, after ail," he told her quietly.
“Stand npl"
B at Gloria's head moved the alight-
jg ^ b lt la sidewise negation; her pale
"W hat?' asked Kiug.
”1 can't," came Iter whisper.
"You'v* got to," he Informed her
crisply. Do you want tw Ue here and
Jle tonight r
"I don't care," said Gloria listlessly,
lie turued away, took np his pack
i d gun, set hla back aquaro upon her,
i.J trudged off toward the only shelter
i.tl was theirs. He did not I uni to
■ •i behind him until he had gone
¡ly half of the way to the rave
lien he dropped his burden and went
i ok to her.
tie had meant to storm at her. to
r her Into activity by the lashings of
- rag«. But Instead he *(«-">ed and
uhered her up Into hla arm- .net car
'd her through the storm shielding
r body all that he could. The climb
is hard and slow, and more than
or before filled with danger. But tn
■ end It was »lone; again they were
i Gua Ingle's cave. King built a fire,
•ft Gloria lying by It. and went back
t his pack. When he returned sh
ad not m. ed. He made a bed for
or. placed her on It, and covered her
i :th his own blanket. Then hr boiled
'one coffee and made her drink It.
the obeyed again, and dropped back
. «■n her hard be>d and shut her eyes.
tVlth a quickening alarm In bis eyes
he stood by the smoky fire, staring at
her. Cnlnured to hardship, her dell
cate body was already beaten; with
still further hardship to come migh*
she not—die? And what would Mark
King say to Beu Gaynor, even If he
brought back much raw red gold. If It
had cost the life of Ben Gaynor*
daughter?
He drew off her boots and stocking»
sod found that her feet we • terribly
cold. Ue wrapped them tn a hot
blanket and hastened to set a pot of
water on the coals. While the water
warmed he knelt and chafed her feet
between his palms. Finally the dead
white began to give place to a faint
plnknesa, like a blush, and again be
put the blanket about them.
She bad not moved. He hesitated a
moment; then, the urgent need being
more than evident, be began swiftly
to undo her outrr garments. The boy
Ish shirt be unbuttoned and managed
to remove. He noted her undergar
ments. silken and foolish little things,
with am aiem ent; she had known no
better than to wear such nonsensical
affairs no s trip like thta 1 Good G— d.
whaf did the know? But he did not
pause in his labors until he bad slipped
off the wet clothing. Then he wrapped
her in another warm blanket and
placed her on her bed. her feet to the
blase. All of the time she probably
was hardly conscious. Now only she
opened her eyes, stirred slightly,
essed herself Into a new position, cud
dled her face against a bare arm.
sighed, and weof to sleep.
C H A PT E R IX
All night King kept his fire blazing.
His nerves were frayed. Wltbin his
soul be prayed mutely that when morn
ing came Gloria would be alive. With
the first sickly streaks of dawn he
came to stoop over the girl and listen
to ber breathing. Then be descended
the cliffs for more wood.
In the noose of his rope he dragged
np the cliff much dead wood. Through
out the noise of bis comings and go
ings tbe girl slept heavily. While he
waited for tbe coffee to boll he took
careful stock of provisions. For two
people there was enough for some
twenty meals, food for about a week.
He even counted his rounds of ammu
nition; here alone he was affluent. He
had In the neighborhood of a hundred
cartridges for the rifle. While he was
setting the gun asldt. he felt Gloria'»
eye* upon him. He addressed her with
prompt frankness.
"Inside fifteen minutes we've got to
be on our way o u t As we go we'll
look for tbe horse. B u t find it or n o t
we're going.”
"The storm ia over, then?"
“No. But we are not going to w ait
We have food for only six or seven
days, at the m ost”
She let her eyea droop to the fire so
that the lids bid them from him. It
was not yet fall day; it was still snow
ing. Gratton and the men with him
would, of coarse, have ample supplies.
She yearned feverishly to be rid of
King tn d hla intolerable domineering.
“I am tired out," she said faintly,
still not looking np. "I can’t go on.”
Ha stared at ber. There was a
flash on her cheeks. His old fear
•urged back on him : Gloria was going
to diet So he did what Gloria had
counted on having him do: he hastened
to serve her a piping-hot breakfast of
bacon, hot
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adm inistratrix
the direct bias* of hla
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•'You wouldn't dare. . .
Hut she knew better; ho would dir.
in>thing. She went »lowly to her hen
*• ' s 11111111111. >»~“ 7itî^7r
• hide her trembling, and lay down.
Then for the first time he saw th*
».isle of scattered matches ot) the floor
i'rom them he looked to her In an
incitement s o sheer that It left him no
word of expostulation. The suspicion
actually came to him that the girl na»
mad. It was scarcely conrelvnhle that
a perfectly sane Individual could do
the things wl-lch she had done.
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She saw him get up sud begin
gathering up all of the foodstuff, lie
carried It to the hack of the cave
where he paseed out of her sight In (he
dark. He made a second trip, after
ft
which there was left on a shelf of rock
only half a dozen matches and enough
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was the victory. Mark King was again
waiting on her, baud and foot, sacrl
firing for her.
"I am going to look for the horse,
he told ber. "But don't count loo much
on my success. Another thing: If I
don't get Burk totlay he'd he no use
to us; that Is If the snow keep« on
Hut I'll do what I can."
When he had gone, she scrambled
up and went to poor oul. No soon,
»ut there. She sought eagerly foi
some sign ot Urattne. There «-«»
none. But he would come soon; he
must. She would wait, hoping f>.i
i Gratton'» coming before Klng'a return
Making his way hark to the poin
where Ruck hud broken hla tetliei
King came to the place whence th
horse had fled. He knew that beyui
two ridges was the valley of the tian
sequoias» There a horse would tin
; water, shelter, and grass, it he failed
| to find the animal there—well, then
I Buck was well on the trail or lost 1«
; King In any one of a hundred places.
When at last be came to the grove
i of big trees as he had more than hall
-expected, he found nothing.
Gloria told herself, whdn King had
gone, that she was glad to he alone
Five minute« later she began to stir
restlessly; another five mlnut«« and
already she was listening for his re
turn. She drew on ber boots and
walked ap and down.
When she
peered out across lb* desolate world
she drew back from Its bleak menace,
shuddering, returning to crouch mis
erably by her tire.
Repeatedly «he was tempted to go
forth and «eek G ratton: to hunt up
and down until at last she came to
him. She sought to tell herself that
«he » as not afraid of the «now, of be
ing lost, of being unable to find Grat
ton. But she could not climb down
the cliff; she knew that she would
fall. Disay and sick, shivering with
dread and cold, she turned back al
ways.
She let her fire die down, not notic
ing it. Then the cold reminded her.
and she worked long building another.
She knew where a block of matches
was; she had seen King set It care
fully away. In her excitement she
struck doxens of matches, dropping (lie
burnt ends about her.
At last her fire blazrj up and she
warmed herself. Then she was con
scious of a strange faintness and real
ized that she was hungry. She opened
a tin of sardines and caine back to the
fire with It In her hands. She had no
clear conception of the deed when,
half of the fish consumed, the smelly
staff revolted her and she hurled the
remaining part Into the bed of coals
King stamped the loose snow from
his boots and came In. Gloria stood
confronting him. tense, rigid, white
faced, her hands stiff at her side*
The surge of her relief, like a sud
denly released current. Impacting with
that other current of her unleashed
snger, made of her consciousness a
sort of wild, fuming whirlpool.
King was tired throughout every
muscle of bis body. Coming In from
tbe storm-cleansed open be sniffed at
tbe closeness of tbe cave. Then he
noted the sardine can. With a stick he
raked It out of the coals.
"In God's name," he demanded,
“what do you mean by a thing like
that? Are you stark, raving m ad?'
For a moment she was at a loss to
understand what had enraged him.
T»>e act of tossing the distasteful food
uto tbe fire had been purely Involun
tary. She was not without reason; In
their present predicament she was a
fool to nave done a thing like th a t;
she could hardly believe that she had
done It. And so, with an elaborate
shrug of disdainful shoulders, she
turned her back to him.
But King flung to his feet and set
hla hands on her two shoulders and
swung her about.
“Listen to me," he aald angrily.
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CHAPTER X
King awoke filled with resolve and
definite purpose. It was still snowing
heavily, steadily. Implacably. “The big
gfist storm lu twenty years." he told
himself.
He must seek Immediately to locate
hi* horse; one could eat horseflesh U
driven to It. lie must try to get gamr
of some sort. He went to Gloria's hed
“You'd better get up." he said brief
ly. "Time to start the day. While wr
eat I want to talk with you. I nevet
saw a storm worse than th is We have
enough fond for a few days After
that, if we stuck on here and did not
find more somehow. we‘d die like dogs
Therefore we are going to get ready to
heat It out the first chance we get
Gloria, I sm going to d* all that 1 can
for both of us. You are going to do
all that you can. That Is final."
She bit her lips and gave him her
scornful silence.
•She Ignored him when he called
crisply that breakfast was ready
There were limits to her obedience,
she thought rebelllously. To be told
do this, do that, wn* Intolerable. King
looked at her and had the understand-,
Ing to grasp something of her thought
So he explulned:
"I want you to come outside with
me. You'll find It hard work. R
would be a first rare Idea If you'll >
fortify your strength by tbe little bit
of nourishment which we can afford to
take. No? Well, I'm sorry.—Here."
He offered her the piece« of a sack be-
had cut In two for her. “Tie those
about your feet to keep them from
freezing."
“When I want your advice, 1'U ask
for It." she retorted Idly.
“Very well.” he answered. "And I '
can't make you eat If you don't want
to. After all, perhaps you are not
hungry.“ He set aside her portion.
Her heart seemed scarcely to stir In
her b rea st; then slowly It began to
beat, swifter and swifter, hammering -
wildly. Her reason fled before the,
flood of the passionate wllfulneits of.
tbe old Gloria, and she cried shrilly;
“I won't 1 I won't I 1 am not yonr
slave and I am not going to Jump at
your bidding! You can’t make me;i
you shan’t make me. I won't 1"
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