Show i JI F v Ji ft 1 o U K oIl U 0 i S j 1 By JOHN JOliN R. R MUSICK I Th Author of l t o Mr Mr Howard T M. M Dark Stranger Charlie a Double Doable Etc Ete w v- v Copyright IM by SONS All ii J e iiI CHAPTER V. Continued V. V f Who le 4 t r The The very men men who robbed me It i. i 1 The reaction which came m oV over over r rt t Cl old man an was t terrible to Q witness r re e lIzel that after e all he might might- lo to t ice his lis beloved beloved captain w whose ose life w w v till In n danger for tor he was was once once m mo a p prisoner i v W Well ell lv well all may Ilay yet be be los s' s sighed lets let's go go s shunt h he sig sighed d. d lash Crack hu hunt him im Now CW that hat we V know mow he s 1 0 1 alive allver we g got t something to hunt 1 v Come Cr Crac- Crac and well we'll hunt him r i lash r P Po 1 l lf After r r After considerable persuasion f Jp Induced h him m t to w wait it until next t m mci- mci f.- f. Ing so they built a camp fire Id d IT pr prepared pared to pass the the night j as f x Next e t morning they w. w were were fe early a ajr r. r g t They had packed t their t naps aps s sand 1 x and Jit-d w were re about ready to start wn n I Paul suggested suggest d I Lv N Perhaps the the walrus hide id will 11 r t something about this mystery let et etus t us- us take a at look look at it f He unrolled the walrus s hide d the ex ex sailor sailor who h had d longst et ed edthe f the ther r picture writing of ot the Al Alsan an Indians bent over over it and beg begs to torr too rr 1 slowly lowly and carefully Ily decipher th h ic- ic o r tures cures J j 1 The Theold old man man had to put put- hIs his- writing e knowledge owl dge of picture severest everest test to read He ma mac out t v that the captain had dl discover Ich gold diggings but but but- the the- w ide 1 hint as aa th the t. t could give give- them no whereabouts of the three me ate and n nd d dl l t. t i. their their- prisoner er I P Paul ul suddenly r rolled tip up p the run rull hide hide and stuffing it i in his ck t said aid J That That pie piece e of hide is a k key y mil mil- fi t and in in rob rob- U lions ns I have no no doubt ability the scoundrels s w were were re t f to tomake tos s make him hm give It it to them i fur furI Lets go Crack Lets Let's I itch ich to git my fingers fi gers a ab a the thet t 1 of the cusses throats ts o cusses packed up roke They hastily tS t.'S camp m and nJ were were soon on n their y up f v 0 the e mountain engaged engaged in a jd d rous search e th the result result of ot which t new doubtful to o be CHAPTER VI j fi B Berrys Berry's Success Success r tP for th the present t lea leave e We V will will for p J r z- z of of Paul Paul Ralston Ralston and return erry erry erry's s 's sparty way the dyke party larty on Jh their ir way to They arrived first at Mlle Mile camp but ut here er found found noth n do and I C Clarence staked out a a digging It wasa It was a a proc proc pro c- c iJ ess and the reward was was' Ho cess not took tools out a little gold t nearly enough to pay hi hi bin r the y the of Then came rep hardships i Kt Kte e a dis- dis wonderful finds In the tho Kl I 11 t. t j Is time pIa Clat Cla said said TJ Now I S your J M 1 i Ethel Go at once and m all aIt youcan you youcan there arc aio so n the can while ere t r- r country i iti he hei shall I 1 do with ti x What i asked 6 Leave me behind f rs rJ J EthelI Ethel I L cannot thin doing that he declared T 1 j aw You must Clarence follow tolIo as soon as possible bu but en on vow now an and s stake ake out PL f J tor us L Stake out fro Y one for nd one J 1 for r me 1 I I feel that this I turning g i point in in our nour our careers A And so it its d. d f r f i It was the the saddest st d his lire life Berry Derry adieu dieu to when Clarence h his J young wife I- I and sta lone for forthe t the distant mining C ca he part part- Ing 19 of the husband hl husband a an as las the r reader I may ay I imagine wi b we were no re restrained restrained reo re strained them and s sAS sm I to t tl to P run IUn t. t y AS al long lonK as u she ahe was i. i ii 17 jf S i c into her shanty and and have ave a little cry crr cry the moment sho she could see him hlin no no nomore o more The river which mus must bo be cross crossed d before she could could reach ach the tho Klondyke was already beginning to show signs of floating and ands she e knew it it w would id only be bea a short time before belore It would be e completely tely frozen oyer over So So she she l worked worked d wI with witha ha a will ill and got got everything everything packed and started on the little sf steamer steam steam- steam steamer I 1 er er r. r Arctic for th the new lal land of of gold gold Her husband and his party joined her heron heron on the way up ur the river It was late in Iu the season when this devoted devot d daring couple struck k gold of f fany any consequence Then it came In a torrent All through through the the winter Clarence Clarence Clar Clarr Clarrence ence Berry was piling up wealth His lI wife was was at i at the mines every day and andas as the great chunks of frozen e earth were dumped on the ground h her r fair fingers were busily busily at work picking out out- the nuggets During the season she ahe picked out ten thousand dollars' dollars worth of golden with her fingers Though ab absorbed orbed In n gold digging she n never ver forgot Paul who with Glum JD Ralston had not been been heard from since those two twp persons persons- left ert in sear search li for for the bold m men n who had robbed the youth One night as they sat about their ch cheerful fire there came a rap at the thedoor door door of their shanty and they found Dick Ronold Ronold asking admission Come in Dick What brings you out such a night and in such a a storm asked Clarence I hear ye say saT once about about- knowin the feller tener called Cra klash Paul who wIio used to live back there in Fresno Yes Paul Paul- Miller cried Ethel eagerly Wo We know him What of him I You know they've got one of the fellows tight an fast faste who tried to help do up Pan Pall Paul Well the fellers feller's s cocoa ocoa cocoa since that nights night's been a little ran rancid ld I was set to guard him last night and his mental train for a minute minute minute min min- ute or two seemed on the track Then I remembered him in Frisco His name is Belcher and hes he's one of ot the m men p tl that at the the- feller from Fresno called La Lackland l tand hired d the room in Frisco Frisco to t talk lk with At th the sound of Lackland's name Ethel was w was wason s iOn on her r feet et gasping Lackland Lackland Clarence he Is J Pauls Paul's au s 's rival and enemy I Caw I ani determined determined to see this prisoner called Belcher When wh do you intend to call can on him him- him Im To To Tomorrow morrow I will will go go with you said Clarence Claren e. e Ethel Berry with her husband entered entered entered en en- the prison and gazed at the the pale yet fi fierce face of at the prisoner r and and cried I know know- him him- him I i Clarence I k know low him I I s saw 1 him in Fresno in con consultation con with Theodore Theodore Lackland They he have p planned the murder of po- po poor popa pa Paul Paul I. I With a a fierce oath tho the prisoner prison r rape leaped ape at his fair ac accuser s r but but the e strong you young g husband seized him him by bythe Y the throat and hurled him to the opposite opposite op- op op op- sIte side Ii of the room r Two wo men worn tired th and hag haggard surrounded by py mountains of of ice a and d great sleeping glaciers had halted halted in in ina a a valley where a a few stunted pines pi s reared their heads above above the eternal sn snow snow w. w Let L t. t us rest lash Crack ash said the older older- o of rho two travelers travelers' I give in D shipmate mate Your winds wind's better ett n mine mine for you see see seemy my old hulk hulk is kit git- kittin gittin tin tin waterlogged o o late years an an an cant can't make as good headway as it t used to you know The The- The Tho travelers were Paul Miller Miller and his quondam salt sailor r companion n. n Glum t 1 Ralston Paul Miner Miller gathered Miller g some dry pines and m made made a ea a fire on n the mossy mossy banks of a stream which ran ran an close e under the cliff clift The dry w wr led and snapped ap ld and th f out a ruddy light Thy They he lie lie pu put on beans to o meat and soon h had per Ah Ab mate that dY t r t CH i r ex ex sailor r as as- as ashe as ho he t tasted st q i the e. e coffee tr et W Were re running rather short of feed Though and if t v we wc c do dont don't t come come ome upon a moose or or reindeer soon Im I'm afraid well we'll suffer Never fear Glum some kind of game game- will come ome come our way v Wrapped In his his Is blanket he ho sat at atthe th the root of a tree e s still ta talking to talking to Paul who v o was half asleep when they were startled by a snort In an n instant both bot laid pl their their lr han hands ds d's o on their rifles A pair of fiery eyes gleamed at them and Paul pau whose vision was was as keener I than a his older older companion c m ani n saw s w. w a small smaIl animal about four tour and a a half halt fe feet Lin in height which in the dim dim uncertain uncertain uncertain un un- certain light appeared appeared- to be bo a a. a conne connecting con- con ne ng link between between the ox and siu sheep p. p T r Glum Ralston I lifted lifted his gun gunto un to his hIs' face face- and fired There instantly fol followed lowed l- l lowed owed a b bellowing bellowing roar a and and a a r rush s1 of of feet The fire was scattered scatter d. d in eVery every direction and the old sailor who was rising to his feet teet was was struck k a a. blow wb which ch sent him sprawling on the the ground Paul dr dropped his gun and snatching snatching snatching snatch snatch- ing a pi pistol tol fired a shot into the thick hide bIde of the furious beast beast- just behind the sh shoulder blade It made one one spasmodic leap forward d and fell feU dead the bullet having penetrated its heart healt I The old sailor saltor was staggering staggering to toJ J his is feet feet shaking himself to see if he had had hada any broken bones Are you hurt Are y you u hurt hurU cried Pa Paul l anxiously no Nn I th think not It I It w was was s a fall broadside though and how howl the horns missed ripping me from stem to to stern stem is a mystery h Paul aul t threw r Jw on some fresh sticks ls of t pine and the fire blazed up revealing the beast beas he had bad b but t. t afew paces away away Its ts long brown and black blac hair air g gave it it t the e app appearance appearance at nce of f fofa of ofa a bear The walked old sailor walked up to it and said philosophically Iy l Its flesh sh is good for for food food and nd will win keep us alive a good long iong time Two wo days after they hey had killed the musk ox they camel camel again upon a dim trait trail trail and and ag again in began to take heart heart The trail led them through an un unknown unknown un- un known pass toward I the seashore seashore i seaward award lash Crack they're goin said the ex ex sailor t can smell mell salt saltwater salt aIt saltwater water already ant and I feel better for tor forit its it it r. r 1 I I Three days later as as' they were climbing over o ovela a hilltop they saw aw two men several hundred r rods ds In advance and gave and gave chase They were within long rifle range when the two fugitives discovered them and began to run The two men darted Into a ravine and them hem no nomore more Glum Ralston was was' of ot the opinion the thomen themen men they chased were two seal h hunters who shad had w wandered into the wo woods ds in search of moose or deer They continued toward the I following a faint trait trail At last they came upon one of those bays that extend extend extend ex ex- tend inland inland and and saw great floating icebergs glistening in tho the of the the sun Suddenly the the old old man stopp stopped d and Fand pointing to some some tracks in hi the snow cried 1 Look Look Crack Theres There's big game What do you make it out to be be Glum Pa Paul l asked aSked ln more nor less less' aw polar bear Paul had heard much much of of f those fierce beasts but never seen one i The n near ar proximity of this one roused his is sporting sporting blood and in an excited manner man man- man man- ner he asked asked asked- a a Cant we we- find him him- him He He seems to tobe be bea be-a a monster Glum and nd I must have havea a shot at him I Pa Paul l hurried in the trail i of the bear and dreamed not of danger Suddenly there came came- from beneath his feet a loud cracking sound sound like Uke the report report- of a battery of artillery 1 j I fired fired- in unison n and and the gr great at ice floe i 11 which he e. e stood O d began t to tremble e I 7 rock eg n. n I with amazement he e stood and blE bled W with Ul some some unk unknown o dread as g several seconds before Defore Paul fr J ended h his s danger and then th n nIC I ICI IC It was Trio Toe ice fee floe with its glittering guttering spires had bad parted from the t r shore and was drifting out to sea Already It ix was too far for him hm to reach the land landon on which his com companion companion compan compan- panIon pan pan- ion stood wringing his hands in iii despair despair- t tA A terrible death seemed staring him in ln the fac face v when when when-a a new danger arose v On his hie ears there burst hurst a fierce grow growl and looking g up on an elevated portion of the Ice floe rapidly rapid rapidly rapid rapid- ly Iy drifting with him toward tho the sea ho he be beheld ld a monster polar oJ r bear glarIng glaring glar- glar J Ing at him with the fiery flery eyes of rage rage rage- 4 v and hate God have mercy on Cn my my soul souls tho the yo youth th groaned and prepared red to meet k his fate with the courage courage of a hero 0 j CHAPTER PT R v VII Glum Ralston a i b. b Return tum After After the frantic franti on the part c of Bel Belcher h il to to se seize ie Berry for discovering ng him to en in Lack Lack- Bands ands employ the wounded w un cd man grew sullen The Th miners were anxious to hang him and to have it over with but cooler hea heads s prevailed d. d It will never do s said id Clarence Clarence e Berry to destroy the only hope we wo have of recovering Pauls Paul's gold a and solving this mystery which deepens with every new deve development Besides we have hav had no lynching yet in the dyke let Jet and let us not have any if it we c can can n avoid i it i On One One- evening after er U the the c. c simple repast re re- past was over r Clar Clarence Clarence Q and Ethel sat discussing the the probable fate of Paul who who- was was was' never never out oui ot of Ethel's Ethels mind Poor p Paul ul he must b dead she she- aid her eyes fi filling l with I h tears I 1 must wust write to Laura I 1 must tell her 1 IB is f fate fe tM After a a a. few mom moments silence he heaved heaved a sigh a and d slid said Id t tIt It will will he be v very ad newa I 1 She must know it so sono o time Clarence ti dd Thatis That as true md and perhaps the the knowledge of ot his fate Lawful a as as it it- itis Is will not equal thai suspense I J I write will will write to When can cari the letter through r Not before you spring spring you you need not hurry ho answered with a sad f- f smile i Suddenly I the door was Wa-S caused to quake b by the tho thump I Irom a giant fist fist- and opening it lt they found their nightly Uy visitor Dick but he was not r alone this time Gid Myers was at his side The faces faces of of the two men wore looks of anxiety I ty j t What is the matter asked Clar Clar- ence j We want yer gun gin Clarence said sald Long Dick DIcle as' as as as' soon soon as as he could regain re- re y J gain his his his' br breath breaths a 1 I want to tell teU yeon yo ye |