Argosy, Vol. 112, No. 2 — page 109: what you’re looking at

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-_ ie ; ‘ Bi A aie a a nae lr kwh) ha ay he Indole — [rac by Douglas Grant. = Author of “ Booty,” “The Fifth Ace,” etc. WHAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED ITH the failure of the Gildersleeve Copper Company, Janetta Gildersleeve found herself at twenty-one coowner with her brother Olle (the latter absent in France) of the new Northern Star Mining Company, near Katalak, Alaska. But without a railroad the mine was worthless, and both the Northern Star and its unscrupulous competitor, the Unatika, were rivals in the building of a single-track road, the completion of which would establish the right of possession and monopoly. The Gildersleeve Copper Company had failed through the treachery of Gordon Winfield, an old enemy of the departed Gildersleeve, Sr., and the new venture had been started under cover, so to speak, the real owners known only to Geddes, family lawyer; MacLeod, Eastern office manager; Janetta, and Hoyt, the new engineer. Meeting a prepossessing stranger by way of an auto accident, Janey, after dismissing her paid companion, Mrs. Everton, resolved to go to Katalak to discover, if possible, evidence of machina- tions against the company, and while packing found proof that Mrs. Everton had discovered the true ownership of the Northern Star.--And it appeared that the latter was going West in Grace Winfield’s private car! Telling her friend, Persis Cheever, that she was goimg on a journey, and exacting secrecy even of this scant information, Janey reached Katalak, where she had arranged to become assistant storekeeper, passing as the daughter of Peddar, the Gildersleeve butler. ‘There, at the boarding-house of “Ma” Heaney, after a somewhat uneasy night, she was treated to a surprise in finding Hoyt and the “ workingman” of the accident to be one and the same. But he on his part gave no sign. At the restaurant a man with curiously light eyes made himself obnoxious to Janey and Peddar, whom she learned later from Jud Pittinger, proprietor of the company store, was Hugh . Malison, general superintendent of the -Unatika. Then, when she had been duly imstalled as as- : sistant, her first customer appeared in the person of Malison. He leered at her boldly, asking crudely for a kiss. Janey reached for the gun under the counter., “Come now, will you give it to me or shall I take it?’’ Malison asked hoarsely. think of another accident happening to any of the Northern Star outfit.” For a moment she thought that the man would séize her, but she held him steadily CHAPTER IX. AN ENEMY—AND A FRIEND. she could feel her whole body trembling with the indignation and fear which consumed her, , “T wouldn’t if I were you,” she said coolly. ‘“ You see I have a—a ‘ gat,’ I think they call it, right here in my hand, and as I’m not very well acquainted with frearms, it might go off. I should hate to Jone regarded him critically, although This story began in The Argosy for August 30. 275 with her eyes, and something in them must have warned him that she was in earnest. The quick menace which had leaped into his face burned itself out slowly, and he drew back with a sneering laugh. ‘Wild West stuff, eh?” he drawled. “Don’t get yourself all excited, little lady —TI can wait. But Ill have that kiss yet!”