Show m I It If- If t r MEN MAROONED I 1 By GEORGE MARSH Sonic Copyright by The Penn Co CA I f I I STORY FRO FROM THE HE START I warI Garth Gurth Guthrie Canadian Can On dlin war wat veteran bating h to the 8 In I the I open pen on n account ot of weakened lun lung II ll factor of ot a Hudson II a aDay nay Day post poat at Ile He IT came e bAck from the conflict c with lIh a permAn permanently face w he realize colt co t him the th lore 8 l v ot of othi ofhie hi hie fl Danere Falconer Sir Ir Chari Charloa os Gull rte rl his kis brother I Is a 8 millionaire war ar CHAPTER I Continued I Continued 2 In the autumn Garth had hold been sent north with Ith I- I I Savanne Sa a of the to winter Inter it bt the fur Cur post at the mouth of the elk wan hen V hen the s is mall fro Cro U Albany was tc to 1 I on the white trail the mingled feelings wIth which GuthrIe watched the II a i of or the dog term te bringing ln word cord ord from Crom hr h me- me 1110 from Crom were her her were the cause of or puzzled self analysis through h the months to tor yr folio follow In July when hen I Ie e salle I 1 Into T r Fort Albany In his lork ork boat bont with his fur packs pac pack his year on the silent wet coast was up The null mall he foun nun I 1 waiting his brought the news ne that he ho was as now no brother of or Sir bir Ir Charles announced the decision i r f fI fIthel fI I I- I Ithel thel and Clara Clarn fur for on nn August wed wedI wedding wedding ding on the return of the exile dwelt at len length th on the rise ri rl e In la Guthrie steel I and dl po ed of his health In the casual surmise that Hint It hid been tully fully I restored by the icar ear In the open Tt Tie e list I had dra drawn dran n a 8 bitter smile from the mon man who read 1 I ages aces fir CIr f C Ir the affairs of oC the writers and anda a line for the lungs luns he had brou brought lIt tack from the Hun lun drive for the lh Ch in an annel innet net nel ports So they were ere waiting In Montreal were they fur for his return to bend him to their I etty ways hape ways 1 Ito Irn Into a business machine III e when when lien I 1 Ie e had readied I time the stinging air off olT the Ice fields of the 1 hay seen een the caribou drift across n mele s lakes laes at d camped un under under r der a canopy of stars tors while tl tI c a aurl r f blazoned the north wakened ned to the i raucous chorus of the Canadas anti f watched the th avles rally their Ie- Ie lo lotions Ions In ID the autumn How slow blurred after this tills the once onre h i memory of Ethel Falconer was as growing 1 I How flow t petty seemed the obsession of Charles for tor money and power to the theman theman theman man who bad had found In the peace of ofU oft U t e west coast const an opiate for Cor his doubt and disillusion 1 I With no attempt at defense of his decIsIon to remain for another year Guthrie wrote home and ond without re regret regret red tt gret had sailed out of the delta of ot the great Albany with bound for II I wan The man who had lain beside his sleeping dog doe with his thoughts while the wind roared through the alders hammering the anchored 1 tent tent and acid the rain beat Its Intermittent tattoo sat up and placing the candle lantern at athis athis his elbow drew a letter from his pocket and read Dearest Garth I I don t know what to say say-I gay I m simply stunned Either you are ore still are ill-are are deceiving us or take this method to humiliate me before your family and the world In the hope that I shall voluntarily give you ou up Of course It If you IOU no longer loner love me me there therein Is in nothing to be said Do you love me still fUll Garth dear So long as you do doI doI doI I sl Si all walt walk until Devotedly Devotedly until you wish It other otherwIse otherwise otherwise wIse IT II L EL x f This had been her answer to the th burning of his utter bridges utter abin of her pride and ond he hid d once thought her proud r 1 r each new reading tf of the letter brought to by the fall packet a fortnight before ha l I quickened the tir memory of what this gIrl vibrant with life and physical ph charm had meant to this him him this girl whom he had bad humiliated Often OCten standing before her vivid likeness lIeness In Int int t is 18 quarters he had gazed at ot the tir lug face fac the tho faultless modeling of neck and shoulders and marveled at atthe atthe the spell pell which held beld him In It tie e north while such loveliness lIness waited his re return return return turn She still had power to stir him but his moods of self-censure self and re worse Dorse were short lived The north ha hal J won t CHAPTER II rl 1 4 At daylight the challenge of ot the dale waked the sleeping man Ith hair erect on mane and back time the do dog squeezed through the lashed tent flap to Creak t reak Into loto furious barking Shut up Shot I s dropped In for tor breakfast called Guthrie I weighted down with his I ad nd of ret act geese a bent pu pushed hEd through U e alders r d by the leaping alre jail m Good morning I lou sou ou had I J d hadJ hadd bid night of It In the bush TI Tie e a eIry wiry Iry half halt br breed ed cached his Ills Ion loa 1 on U 11 lie e a r abo above abose e his head nn an I 1 grinned I mak hood camp eon een de spruce pruce wid t teeg rece es Ore fire an roast some gOO e It difficulty the men I 1 lolled oiled th their lr ten tea end and a f of f goose e Jose then to 10 oil She he lie 1 flying n Ing sand went ent Into the enl eol nt lo to eat ruL J e rie e ought to be starting starling for tor Ilk Elk wan 1 I don dun t like to lease leau her too long sick lck as 01 she Is The swart face of or I l tienne Savanne grew grave as ns he nodded d She bhe he DC alre see de snow once more That s why I hate to leave hr hor raline h-raline all aline ne with 01 oil i Anne I Id d ne 4 never r for glee ghe myself Ir- Ir If Guthrie paused to stare at the tent wall all lime Hie I he black eyes ot of o his companIon softened 1 l ou ben goo coo 1 l man m sieu girl die Ion long ago een de do bush buch l 1 les el es the condensed mill milt has kept ept her but but she slie should have hav gene geneto mission ml clon lon to the lit at Albany Time The other oilier shook his Ills head bend then strud a match and lit his pipe bet Ir ire rei re I 1 Ing You lou are arc new man In dees coun countree countree countree tree lou sou ou don know no Injun At you slit lou sha ou sha not be haIr hat Guthrie red r under hIs Ills deep dep dc ton tan tie lip knew v only too well But Bul they would have hate taken better care of her he protested protected slowly Iy shook his head Too Toolate Toolate late m sl u Sl SI e live more long here bere dan at All day while hill the norther flayed the west const coast and dressed and salted StIlled geese Deep In the wInter when hen the had drifted back from Crom the coast the geese freed ilk t i c l j r rR Jy R r Sailed Out of the th Delta of the Great Albany from the salt by boiling would be ft a welcome change from the fat at bacon of othe the company compan s stores The wind held Into the night but when the men turned out of their blankets at sun SUII sunrise sunrise rise the blow was over o At noon the goose hunters launched the canoe and driving her through a quarter sea pushed down the coast for the shelter of ot Island They were weri rounding the low headland ot of point wh when n Garth slaving slavin In the bow was aroused by an ucla matlon from the stern man Look Looks I A boat I Etienne Ellenne pointed his dripping piddle p p across the yellow strait to the short shore of ot the Island Shipwrecked somewhere somewhere I Dey use de oar In the time distance crossing to the mainland GuthrIe made out a 8 boat Dey wave wn to us usi I cried Dey see de canoes canoe 1 I From the craft still miles away showed a flutter nutter of white 11 ell e a II 11 come corne up with them on the lee Ie side of the point and end Guthrie s ho hose e thoughts were at whose hose anus were driven by fear tear fear fear that In his I absence tragedy had had bad Its helm brIm Wl war r lunged viciously with his pad lie Jle In the quiet waters aters beyond be ond nn I point the two boats n preached with lIh withIn In hailing In the ship ships s a d try ry tour four men were ere rowing ro while two Ilg ures cat ant uit In the stern The crew of the boat rested on their oars Hello lIello canoe I Guthrie ans answered ered the hall ball and shortly the I came up with the larger croft craft lou sou ou ve ye lost your ship he began The black bearded figure In the sutra slun ot of the boat boat Ignoring the time question de- de demanded demanded de demanded You re Hudson s nay Bay t I eo pIe Yes were we re bound Muna to the I jut just below here louse louve ou e lost your slIp si Ip Il here did you leave leav her pert her Guthrie s curious glance shifted from the bearded spokesman to time girl at his side wearing a pla J Ic et and a n sou e ter below the brim or o which fluttered a plume of dark hair As tl tt e a boats boots swung together the sire alre dale mane and tale talc stiff stifT growled ro led menacingly at nt the strangers but H n low command from frum his master silence Hence J I him Our schooners s ashore on 00 time the out al le of or ll II tie e a Isla S 1 la lail laile II t 1 iI e e a left leU l ort George diy I ef Ire sad lend Were off ofT Ca Cai e a Jones JOlles when tI 11 I e a blow struck us tie It lied our ru Jer 1 and drove us t across the blY Ile e In t he head ad Into loto It Itou lou ou were ere lucky luky to get gei et ashore In that blow said sold the surprised ed Guthrie lour lour boat must have haTe got a poundIng on tl tI ose ne fia flats ts It did dW but we struck at high tide and managed to get most mo t of ot our stuff ot off her hr Then The this morning we e tell Into the hands of or a pirate 1 Irate I Guthrie exclaimed d Oh Archie protested the girl Thais that s hardly film lr lie He paid Or fr what hat he too took and hell cd ed with the list ot of the stores Mio ho were re tI tl where ey-where cy where from They were ere In a little sixty foot power po schooner the Ghost St Johns and the time I leader r aa was a red redheaded headed rut finn fian with a mutilated face face le The black of or Sa aone snapped napped as they met the backward glance of or his chief la I IlIa lIa tint I said the halt half breed with a 8 grIn that mapped his swart art face race with lines ri hat hat Vies les 1 s 's nodded Guthrie Your plate iris wis undoubtedly time the famous I Ing McDonald The Indians call him McDonald cDonald In Hal ilal I na Hal Ins I because of the grin from grin from that scar As he lie spoke Guthrie was aware that the grave grate gr e eyes of the girl were curl studying the hIm him the second man with n scarred face she had met since her sl on the west coast In he got the Impression that those thoe sober eves ees e es had themselves ve loo ea on tr tragedy suffering tragedy edy The Tho t Mood lood rose roce to his forehead ns os he went wenton wenton wenton on Tl TI TI ey think he hes s sort cort of a super superman the man the Indians lIe lies Ie s hypnotized them but but and he met the girl s a look you yon say soy he treated Sou OU fairly I tl tt Ink he did she che said Mid and as she tucked tuc the loose lock of chestnut I under her cap while the color sho showed shoed ed edI I faintly at nt her temples he wondered It If she che had read his Ills thoughts Trolled us fairly exploded the man manell 11 ell ell I call coll How lIow many men were with him roughly Interrupted Guthrie Four Tl TI ere was nn on Eskimo rs too One a n big bearded ch chip chipes es lesl 1 es esThe I The others I took to be sail sailors sailors ors GuthrIe no to Savanne rust s the r whaler who oho ho brou brought ht him him Into 1110 the bay last year he sold said then continued to the stranger o lou sou had the honor sir to meet the man who has lias stampeded the fur Cur fur trade from hale from hale river to Fort Churchill lie took lift fHt thousand dollars worth of fox Cox out of the My bay last year Humi I hy hy didn t I you drive e him out arrest arrest him Guthrie laughed Arrest him for Cor what what He lie has tins as much right here as we Then you know v there are not many Yo who ho would relish the Job the job Jobi l I nah nahl Bahl I I thought you fur men were were- were ere The speaker er was as Interrupted by a voice grown hard with Ith im impatience Impatience patience It Its s getting late My Iy name Is tits tl Is Is my assistant Savanne anne ou loud d better step that mast louII ou 11 need the sail or you won t mal e a before dark I in Dr Archibald Quarrier sir geologist 11 e a ve ye been prospecting for Iron and copper on It tie e a east eust coast coust snapped ed the other visibly annoyed This Is my sister Muss MI s Joan Bow low far for did you say we were ere from Albany Alb GuthrIe smiled Into the amused eyes of the girl who seemed to the discomfiture of her brother sou loure ou re ninety miles from Albany Your four boat cant can t be beached like lI a 8 en co conoe canoe noe It would del de ond na on the time wind TI en as he lie at the sun minted of what he might find lind at I an led Guthrie to at al rut rui Ily rollow me Into Inlo the river mouth 0 On II aCOm ore are but hUI you are And nd dell delivered of this till lie with n a f sweep of hl hi his r addie Ie le sepa tie tl tI e boats bonts how at al out ni m SHUT miff user O on the Islani It Its s sf f very sery ry called after the IlIn canoe onoe ou can an send fend men fIr f r fir that and bring It to All any any Z X Z X Z X Z X Z X Z X X I Z X Z X Z Z Z X Z But Iut the time paddles of or the now fast falt mosing Peterboro lunged and swung In unison the question Ignored Ignored- Beyond the river riser rh er valley alley the muskeg mu was smothering a sun Run veiled In haze laze when hen the Peterboro approached the 10 log landing below the he huddle of build buildIngs logs Ins on the time high shore which was 11 an The problem of caring for forthe forthe forthe the guests which the storm atom had hod brought Guthrie had been swiftly crowded ded from his thoughts by solid tulle tude for Cor those he be hind had left at the post posta a week before w hen the necessity for beginning the hunt of or their winter supply of or geese had compelled his ab score sene lie He was 0 os overdue ant and Anne was old and Ignorant He tie would ne neer er forgive e ne himself never er cease to be haunted by the time eyes of the doomed girl he hid left lert In the care core of or the Cree women omen If- If If Rut nut no nol I It was as too wile too hi ly that It Il should have hate come corne to her alone with withold withold withold old Anne Fear of the timing tiling lied had do de pressed him on his summer trip to AI had bany-had harassed him through the thelast thelast last two t 0 days n a prisoner to the wind Time The ache of his own loneliness the first weeks wees at the sane sana sanatorium had lent him deeper un ter ler standing of ot the time frightened look In the thee th ees e es of oC the girl whenever of ot he hid h left lert her even for Cor a few hours In the time care of ot old Anne nut But always alway he had bad returned to find her herand herand herand and the time Joy In her wistful face foce had bad been fit recompense for his haste to turn back to back to keep his word to a waif air of a 8 hilt hilf breed that he be would be with her nt fit the end Guthrie leaped up the cliff clin trail to his quarters s Opening the door he announced his coming In a n voice that thai belled d his fear Cear lick Hick lI c again I How flow Hows s 8 all my family A squat Indian woman wom shuffle 1 I Into the living hung Ih room her wide Ide mouth month split splitting splitting ting a swarthy s face fae In a grin of lIe de delight light Alto Allol l I Vif Ile e glad you rome come cornel I Guthrie expelled a o deep derp breath of relief reller A voice olce from Crom an nn cent room coiled |