Show Men Maroone 1 a Mooned III i By GEORGE MARSH bt b br Fn en I Co w t te Continued XI XI Continued CHAPTER 17 t 17 7 Halfway across the dusk us from mOH mosed n ed d out to meet the tray trav traveler eler elers 1 soon toon to look loob upon In the berths et d the schooner de In all nil horror ot of plague stricken men mn or to meet a alread cry ery us liS bellu helloed ell too vile for tor the tho uses uces of ot n a fighting man manlike manlike like llIe 1 I McDonald Dut But the canny halt half breed would not be con and the thc knife shifted to his sash cach and the uncased rifle barrel thrusting from roro his robe were ere sinister witnesses to hit his distrust ot of the Cree The of ot the Nand Island 1 lond purpled i then fused with Ith the dusk Stars gilt tired above the mo rooting mo Ing teams At Atlist lost last ID In the starlight the black masts 5 ot of the hills bills flanking Seal core e CO e loomed ahead The Indian stopped his dogs Fet eis ets dere lie Ill pointed tobe to the Invisible st store ore Ordering the disarmed tree Cree ree to re- re remain re remain main with his dobs dots called Garth for tor a whispered council of ot warDe war warDe nr De schooner ees not far fare e c stop an n tie up de husky Den you JOu nn no Shot go one way an nn I 1 tak tal dees dels feller wid Id de gun cn een hees hoes hack back an nn we wc circle roun dc do boat Ml ill rl right ht I It If either r sees cees or bears anythIng two lor tor whistles hl Ill III the tear our dotes doS do If It the they yelp ell t 1 0 o PS cos c s tl t o 0 far tar cJ 1 ot of trained mined to silence would be lD In to a n fight but the 1 I II yelling yel Ing would t them eo to they were lashed to tl tI e a sled sleds Eef Ed E I we don see sec ee nodin I mil nt db dl feller holler to de ship chip Den we e alt I tell heem I e Is de dc first oen en de tie boat aid ld tic de lc gun een fives ribs He lie ter cr scare Ing bad hue here 1 warned arned Etienne Hes He's afraid of the devils devil's d II suggested suggest ed cd Garth uncaring his Ills rifle and nud re re- regrettIng regretting gretting petting that thit his army arm hun hung ne neglected In Iu Its holster on the rack mcl at nt atI Tills This stalk talk of the st slip Ip hall had I 1 much Duch of the lie color of a trench raid raid-i raid i fight In the dark aul If It was hS right t and and le Ie 1 e rolled missed the lie feel of his pl pistol tol tolon on 1 I lis is the time drug on time tile shoulder houlder trap strap of a big bis of Mills lills IIII bombs As tl ti cv separated i tienne fed Garth s n h hind I J 1 meet ou sou ou at de boat heep keep I t chin ehin de Ice fee w ss en I mal mak heem beem holler eef dey lIy shoot The Idea of ot t still ing dead men 1 was as grote glee q but as Garth and Shot hot made their way nay slowly toward the st for the stirs st were here dim the OS- OS os os that suspicions were not unfounded grew In the lie mind ot of Guthrie Suppose UI po e the Indian had seen seena a dead min There t haH lia been beena a tight fight fi ht al Iud card while tl tI tie e a re rest t were ere temporarily after afler fur True leD might te to de deli HI lut tut l ut pith Ith time the leader gene g ne I desperate tick I o r perhaps Insane might base ha c this scheme to lure some ot of tI tie e a hat hll I people Ie across Ill Ice For the Indian was sins 0 bound for J kau wi w cn en the limes met him That the ruse ruce nits wis s s Guthrie rut put ut aside but strange s had bad hap har r i cued ened f before among n snip snips s wintering In the Ice and aed wh who o j ld td guess 1 what shat hat pad I ad fallen out on onTI onTie onTie TI Tie e Ghost n I 1 len cn In the f flint mint lint light of the lie stir rs s he made out tl ti tie e a Ice sheathed p I miles olen ole of o othe f the set orner or ner Garth paU patted d his d dog Stand to Shot I 1 IThe The role lie stiffened Hiding th e clod tl U in um f sl 1 le Je by side m in in UI and ond dog do u lv made their api rr behr l l a 8 p I r ule rl rn e a bun b ed e d from II tie t c e frozen In cruft drifted d with snow to her low rail rolls Guthri e ste PI ed cd TI ere under the dim stars silent sir Iter iHy lay th the n ship hIp as II It I Ithe t the sepulcher of ot luckless decd 01 or- Tim T whistles from the direction n o oll ot oftie f ll c tl d lip lp Ip started Guthrie swiftly s r tI lh e a lee Ice I e I 1 I 1 I I Ir lb silent spent dog the stern Hern Ie I 1 e found behind a n ne and amid the shaking Crl hat Cree hat hilt l li tr i u t I h heu he heit it r one on flat dot Olt oit I ice t ces cea do de SI I t CHI Cru R e go up an sold I tl il e I reluctant Indian n ton S with th rifles on the ther r hn sl I 1 deck house tl ev iv v alt waite waite-d nit 1 I re recently to the straining ears of the 11 moo men came a 8 m meaning is ll of pf u a creature In agony to culminate In a Jo of ol groans TLe The two to II neu nen eD peered questioningly lulu each cach other g a facts face At tl sir side Bide Ibe be In to u a freny ot of II t I Ike HIT IUn tie thin 11 muttered Guthrie with a n nc ned d it tl tI e a struck stricken In en l Cree rte The steel muzzle nuzzle of ot Savanne Sa s rifle Wand the lle In la liens linn lIan a f ribs In a lolee by terror the I I r rte ree 9 called l Allot Allol nut iut ao 00 n answer ns er from niU IU In broke broke I l the heavy f They j I Allo Albin low moaning drifted from the ded house hou e I Im ni m g nine ing aboard sold said Guthrie lJ 1 and calling Shot leaped the rail 11 followed fol 10 lowed cd by the A door behind sheathing s Opened O to his hand hond and with wl h the thc dog In C front font they made nude their tiny h ny don n t tp l th blackness s ot of the cabin n o whisky tood-an tood food and II the th 01 tenth stench 11 P eq struck them like Ike t Q a blow In the tape face ra e Striking a 0 match lit ht the tir stub of ot n candle Ins he tIC tool trl hl his hs pocket In Its fill filch ering light the he two t Razed gazed In horror at the tl chaos around them On the table the whisky t empty elU ty half hulf full lay in n R litter Utter of melt and biscuit tins dishes and ond foo fool J Jammed rotC gro- gro ro- ro tC grotesquely between bet een bo cs bo es In a u corner a cornera rl rigid ld han hand 1 candie gripping a x glass In s the can enn dIe lit the staring eyes and mouth of ot a 0 dead man HI 1 I muttered Guthrie DIed drunk 1 t But Dut Du that groan 1 l here are the rest rest Turning nauseated from the air and the time loathsome spectacle they found n a In In laythe t two 0 t lay the dead bodies bodles of the bearded mate Guthrie had met on tl tI e a bench beach and n Then n muttered mu groan roan and n curse cure e led them to the thc adjoining room stood In the Hie low door holding the candle above e abO e Us lis I Is lend I end In lendIn a n buu bunk a n gigantic g figure lay may In 11 n a sleeping bag Outline bent forty thrusting thru Ung his arm with Ith tho the light Into the room the Ibe henry hen breathing of tl 11 e bull bulk In the berth b rth pulsed pulled pul ell through the small room McDonald I 1 cro crowded ded be beside his chief curious to see the die man Ulan who whose e fame had swept sept s ept James bay The face foce as turned from tt e a door minor and ond Guthrie entered the room to stumble over a bottle which rolled awa away spilling Its contents Then he held n a light oer o'er o 0 er erthe the mutilated face As the candle lIt l the russet hair and unseeing eyes fliming with Uh feler fe e alo the time shattered face fuce with I Its red beard Garth stared motion motionless les Slowly his Jaw In dropped As AsIt AsIf AsIt It In the spell I ell of some strange e fascination nation the grimacing face In tl the e candie can candIe candie dIe light held s eyes Pe profound shift shifted shifted shifted ed 10 I to to amazement amazement to lion Craig Galbraith I he gasped gaped Then Ihen s swiftly sImy Imy turning hack back the robes e cc exposed posed at nt the base of the corded ned neel n Jagged scar Craig I-I I laughing Ic Donald what God God 1 I what hat Irony 1 I II I to the perplexed I Guthrie rak 13 explained e us he felt for the pul n huge bue wrist I tienne you ou an nn I 1 I hale ha ha e work or al e d eidl I This Is Hu Iu or Ill needs need some nourishment may nourr nourishment mav c have ha started cd for Cor da days s The fig lg l g has Cd a i kept im-kept 1 lei kept him warm worm with that fever But Hut you ou flu nurse nur e 1 I Ills eel eem ic c Donal hat Hal I no tint Hal I d demanded the hilt lt breed urse him I Garth ra rawly rawly Mn Ir his 11 this tills man roan took tool me a n his through hell liell brought Itself Itself brought me li i t barrage L with one of huh hi h arms broken and ft p sint shit In the chest chestlie chestlie t lie was as nn ms friend friend mt mv pal pil understand under stand sired s 7 sued ed my life lifee I e e were In brothers In France ranee 1 I J light I ht the he gal lev lamp and ond heat beat some broth broth- coup broth broth quid quick Reims nd name nc net t McDonal s a asked 1 cd the I ess e I I bv by the swift reversal re of ot the the illon o 0 I 1 I never su suspected never suspected ne ne er dreamed who McDonald w wis us lie He wa was y shot In the f fice Ice while I r rs i wis s In the lh e hr I didn t t 1 1 I no now how bad It never sins never saw 0 him th Ith a 0 quid glince of admiration nt at tl tI e a gigantic frame of ot the mn inn dep des desin p In delirium Etienne went to find lind the th e and a n fire Guthrie found and und lit n a lamp then I some II by In a n clips glus and ond prop ping up time the held of ot the th min linn go It down n hits his rip rd Inspection of the I oat discovered ered a fourth coast corr 1 The Cre know n to be with the schooner r and er e ewan orman wan fUan had evidently deserted the dy h fig Tie Tl TI o e absence of rash on Oil the thelo Um e lo lodies odies les und and faces did away awa with the th e of ine les or smallpox 1 It t was doul influenza d fr m i on nn gor so or I f for n a aarn warnIng warn arn warnIng Ing ha hai I I I 1 ii con ecu red r gist h I at Dt AI fro from m was wa a n II ain aln loo looe e on tI llo e I ay ny l i iJ Is 1 I J Indin Indium II I 1 elree a rte wilting is- is tiling out ut on the e Garth scat Ira Im for t tIe the Jog loam s amid len leasing In the lie lie efficient I 1 Henn e watching r kettle if tf conned canned soup mn inda d a coffee cotTle pot on an nn oil 01 tern nor norto I to Cal t tin Craig Call faith alia atlas alias Ic flat Hn Hal lIal 1 n a pire phie e to combat tl tI tie e a odo ollor r of spilled whisk whisky Girth Guth sat d n on ona u ua ona o a sti ol 01 to consider his hia i t Unto Once On after his Ills lion bOil e I he lie had d heard from the man who had brought t him unconscious elous through that bat lull o ogas ot f gas and lead and ond steel and nd whom 1 om h he c bud And lIe er seen SLen the day il left kit i the dime ime hosi hsi Ital ilal to n hiS Jule command In hl his letter tom fioro Hall fax tax CraIg Crnic had hid refuted refused nn nil to visit Montreal pleading I but but but unknown to Girth Guth the tho giant at t whom horn the women omen of France were wont tont to turn admiring ees eyes had come corne homo home wearing the lie grin of n a gargoyle Then like lIbe B R rille rifle shot f hot home the realization tho that the nun min wonted wanted In for tor killing his wiles Ife S 10 loser lo er was tl I Ie a man In the He lie plc pic pictured lured the time agony of ot hIm once him once called some nand handsome ome bringing that t twisted tIsted Isted grimace hock hack to the time wife lie he heh had id 10 the hosed lo ed the ed-the blind ric born of ot desparr de despair sparr and shame that his blood on flailing finding her faithless as n woman and as ns n heros hero s wife Ife for the broad chest chet of ot ta fa famous In the corps for his trench rails malls ral Is wore ore tI tie tic e bre bronze bad bade e of the the elect elect the cross If he died It did not matter mOiler but It If Ith he h lived blued If he Ilse II ll el I he lie was as n hunted hunt hunted hunted ed mm roin Cameron would send end n a party to Seal eal cove on hearing henring from of his cry The ship and tar tur would he held fl fir r goi gO eminent in n tl tI e a meantime what of the roan man In delirium Etienne entered with Ith soup coup which Gait ralth mechanically swallowed allo cd Is s the lie tree Cree 1 I ack with the dogs or did he lease lea uso us No o lie he come bacI back bac I tole heem I would follow heem an cut bees hees t roat If he lie run away uy sold said Susanne S1 dryly Etienne we e con cnn t stay here 1 e a II pick up tills this flu or something worse orse The ship Is a ue And I 1 won on t leave the hue mm min who ho t leave me For a n SI space ace Guthrie puffed a 1 I I Lets Let s Co Slow Herel Here furiously furlou lv at nt Ills his pip e a Suddenly he clapped his Ills knee I Ice I e got It I Listen I Ills lIls rt he la Is sin string ng on and the hue fe er ns as s r ne as us I cm cin tell Is not as ns bad as It might be It Its s fifty miles to Ilk I I Uth th the Cream Cree to dogs you can mike be I 1 It Is 1 d ell ell ped up an I bound SO 1 I Ie c o- o in t roll nut or li hImself he hell Ii 1 mij m mu e a It IL I It t Isn t old and cold air Is l h n this stink stinkIng Ing ship Etienne Ellenne lI listened as ns It he though t Guthrie had suddenly t l-t nl mad had I 1 ut tit 3 ou were wore sou go h he o bro o In GuthrIe smiled I in m going to taL take our dogs to ti tl To Albane T lest leal 1 esl Its It 3 my mJ duty duy d u y to report this s to C mert C a o a at t once De tree Cree can go so o i 0 ne hIs him well ell But Hut 1 l tienne sensed ed that some some- something something something thing lay behind It nil all w we e tak tab ills di diman disman s man to 0 Ilk nn I 1 an on de olee tole oll e cola e den w seat wal at I tI tienne tinne also had J JAt At Albany smiled Guthrie Ill tell Cameron tbt tb t J you Sou ou shot yourself t tc is c lid t 1 id ld wound And I 1 nin nm go go- goIng going ing log to bring Miss lIss Quarrier up the e coa t tomorrow to nurse nurle nurs you ou Sim h c knows s all about awl Jn J 1 1 I thin think k shell shell he 11 tom corn adul Guthrie quietly 1 1 I y y gar Th Tb The halt half breed stared at n t his tIIs duet chief In III lIti e l I lIln mu It Its hi Ills his only chance fer life ller Here e he woul J die The piece phee Is ts ted d with germs germs ought t ti be t II U understand mu u start sturt as sum as a s you nin lJ l L In Iii ril nl she lf hr lf II t I come with he her hr r i kiti And I think sI r sIa s e a will for will for f She he hos s a n a soldier G Gd J I bless Lles s l 1 I er orl f l After Ker K er for forein in r ro l r sou down tile tit e throat of ti tie tic c clr ni-in ni mu irL ho lie wit wuk II s-h s glue ell n n stiff drink o of whisky hlL bundled In fur bound b with strips of blanket and will Itil reit carried carrid d to UI the sled J I f tl fir r d s i Ian lan tit till de ha hal I 1 Inot not t n form for for- forthe the enormous strength of Oal lal would ha base ha e barred them 4 th a n grip of tI tie e 1 I iid e bade his staunch h had ld man mall po b and bl to Shot started with hl lil tired team Lenin r for r Albany Already y that d I ly iy tl e a di dl digs g iud had done ty l miles a aril art 1 Itlie the f rt tulles mileS b before fore them 0 oser o er tI tien e ert en rt n ugh sen sea Ice tien In with 1111 the light Tight mule would It If pu pus red lell them Into All II dui 10 use the 11 e sore I touted tooted stiff le ged cripples les So o It 1 11 wis 1 not until the sky ell with tho ho d n that Guthrie o dro 0 up to the e nt ot I ort 11 nn any and feed n II his hula tired team put them In n an empty chick where here the might 8 sleep p than ugh the tir morning ed cd I ti y th tip of ot tile the pl post t d dohs do b s sInter I Inter utter uter walking In on the ns t it 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