Show Me fr 4 y I Marooned r George J Marsh MarshA A- A AI I wilt aV The PENN CO SERVICE STORY FROM THE START Girth Garth Canadian r I having to live In the th open on account of we weakened kene lungs I le Ie factor of a 8 Hudson Hudgon e Day Hay post at II lIe came back from the conflict with a p permanently fac face which he realize cost coet him th the love lovo of his fiancee nancee Edith Falconer Sir Ch Charles Guthrie his hia brother la Is a war profiteer R Etienne Savanne halfbreed his firm friend Garth meets meet Doctor Quarrier and his Ills eta itter ter JO Joan Jonn n Their schooner has drifted ashore Quarrier corn com he h has hai been robbed by a aman aman aman man known all am a Ing Mc Ie McDonald Donald At Al Ilk an n an Indian girl tuberculosis victim whom Garth has befriended Is dying Join Joan trained war nurs nurse nur c cares res for hinda but the tho girl cirl dies Charles Charlee Guthrie write writes reproach reproachIng Ing his hili hi brother for not coming nc hone hODO Charles Wife Iro ensures him Ethel loves him but Garth In his heart hurt knows know better Three of McDonald s party p vIsit vl lt seeking to buy gun cun shells shell hell From them Garth learns larn of evil talk among tho the Indians concerning him and NInda With Etienne a 8 help Garth wins the friendship or of Saul Souci medicine man manof manof manof of the th Crees and gets his prom promIse Ise Isa to persuade the tho Crees to take tt their furs fur to riki an an Instead or of orto to McDonald Garth Is le ambushed by Joe r II reputed reputed reputed ed father whom the th factor had driven from CHAPTER Continued V-Continued V Continued 8 TI Tic e a leered Ieru lou tode tat to de lou ou LOU kick Joe I at you ou db do wid Id dc de oman I She Is dead said Garth quietly quietly m ou ou tak de woman to lou gee gee geee e Joe Io mooch debt The lice fice f of the er knotted filth I th t tote of the man mano who o ho iris wis measuring tI e a distance which w filch set cel armed them them and u shit l h do you iou ou how want want how much trade good coeds the lie whiteman whiteman white It man as os Ie le covertly ertly egged a Cot cot for Cor In the snow 1 I u e gC e sled load flour Hour tea blan run She lime face Cuce of the Indian In indian dian lighted with Ith the of the spoil which a him him at tie tI e i o ost L t Luu lou scant nant a four dog sled load Garth scratched his I Dotted d das as If It del the talus of the goods It ItS t wis S is twenty t ent feel he feel he couldn t make It IL lie must get bet Ct nearer s c mellow he thought t t Tl TI e a Indian K 1 1 I tenn teun 11 fiur ur ct i T 1 th n a quid quick mo M l lI t I nun un to tolis Its lis I Is shoulder as t L fa lie fie a 8 moccasin nearer r t 1 his swart art le ou ficci p be lou loll AIt mo mote moe mo e I J keel orl ou A It was as no use ue lucre 1 here herel l w gt jcl e of glUing getting ell elite clise se enough for Cor a 8 Inv e Garth Oarth his tattles tactics is is the ell ellIles c t Iles of the other oilier I Imn Turning his Ills bad had Guthric calm calmly calmly ly Iy led to finish h the dressing ot of the caribou f s fI lor 1 I or a spice the Ojibwa a stood 1 I lold old lug IlIg the gun un on the II Inck of the white min llIn his hll hi face tace t amazement mind d Jt Thou Thol lie be said lou ou gee geese geee eec e me dis drs st stuff Sure un urt replied the min busy pith his knife as he mentally groped for tor a 8 anay away nay JY out of I lis I Is I f ment as II to what wh cr time the Indian would shoot It If he lie rul rust ru l cd ed him nii nu J i lie I fees feel fec you youl I w warned arned Mo Io kom in ID IDI 1 l or n II sl EI ace there re was no answer fY fr m U tI tie e a man Illan the time bLinDing I fife nife tl it en bu u getting to his hisM M feet and icing f Icing the Indian who warily arlly Inured Hed rod him with Ith his rifle Garth said good lou ou II hi get the sled It id HI but lout the time tics es of time the lie man mon who smiled hid h id II seen cen something which hid started his 1 I cart art poun ling In 1 lis Is at Ills fingers blue with Ith cold wid shut on the dime handle of his knife turn In tl tit t knuckles white Oh yes I III gh gRe e you rte iou ou-It ou Ue e stuff Bluff bald ald jerk jerkily lIy ily his muscles stiffening like clamped st iii rings ring as Ie le waited a It cd lou w come toI to Ilk and and III give you you all all the stutT- stutT stuff vu jcu U ean can can- an- an Get em cm Shot I ro Garth lungIng lung lungIng lag Ing forward Cor ant and to ont one bide Ide while a blur of Hack and tan catapulted Into the Indiana Indian s a back bac c him lie head headlong long to the snow as the time rule rille exploded a snap nap of powerful po jl jaas the 11 I rr 1 of tl tI e a OJibwa 1 was aJ torn from his a head a and the look Ion fangs fans met metIn metIn v In the flesh h of the shoulder then the maddened dog dogem Om em tI tie tic e ln chrle shrieking man oho rill d I the snow no arms shielding his Ids face tace a grip on tI tie e sills of the niggling ru lIn dog doo log Garth arth ur ul the tie on nn th the lie snow now nn 1 regained hi U Mn o loll while Its tte to Indian whined o cr Ills his 10 td clr sll sh li uller ul ler lerell n 1 ell ell 11 I lew w about It now no b with witti a n 1 laugh Ing Ingino the nock neck of tl tie e a I 1 t H Il I 11 J do dog cried 1 tl tie a II 1 g to II I In Is feet fett ono ana 11 1 from froum tie lie mind nd ton tan fumy who I strained toward to ard him hot with lust ot of battle III hold bold the dog lie He won t bother you And you stay itay where here you are ou are lou re going goine to tell your story to Saul The evil eyes l es of ot the OJIbwa widened In surprise Soud he muttered lest 1 s 's I Is going to A to witch Itch you iou ou plot le lie hell 11 II put delis de lis Into come of you before beCore the winter Is over t ow w wI whit at did you ou throw that gun on me for I ought to gRe gle gl e you n a good hammering The Indian esc cs ed a n mlle but his face fuce showed bowed his fear ir Ir t shon- shon short ITI I- I I TI Tien en he lie asked ached a ked weakly n ly low OD ou lie Ife liewen liewen wen you say you gle gee e de tie trade good I J lied lIld was ns the dry reply ow we ell ii start for Cor the time lake lole Mush I 1 hen and S lul ml returned from the Muskeg Garth told his stor story Hy ny gar pir dat good cro tg 81 Slot oU And ed cd the thc do dog dogs s ears le 1 lec el and Guthrie took too tootI tI tic e a hairy held In his hinds as he smiled Into the dog dogs s worshiping eves eTes lie He did the trick for Cor Garth dl In t he he os he lent 1 ent and rested rented his fice against the s neck Dis OIs mm min I t Ink In cum up rh lere for McDonald nn Ira I Ira lIa Hal I sold said Saul Soul lou loo ou think he Is working orkin to get the up riter rh er trade away from us too Saul Soul nod Doll led He lie was here before beCore de Ice some hunter titi me turned to So old ts is out to swamp hog uS-hog us hog all nil the fur this icar ear ell Rell ell e well II give him a fight for It II he lie said cald ald s a savagely ely smarting with stun stung pride at the cool attempt of the free Cree trader to steal the river trade from un nn ler his Ills nose at nt you doId do old wid dis skunk And nodded toward the prisoner sitting dejectedly on the opposite side of the fire Saul looked hard at the white man manal al I o 0 did not answer er then said ald In ID Cree to This weasel of an nn n only makes ma trouble It Is better to send him bacR bac to McDonald Ili 11 I na Ha I under tl tI c e Ice and mind the Cree drew a 0 sinewy y hand suggestively ely across his throat At the words and nud gesture Joe Iol oman o 0 oman man slowly changed color Ills hond hands shook will Ith fear Drops of sweat S lat stood out on his The small eyes eyel of I tenne lid lcd with amusement as he repeated the time to his chief chiet It would sen sere e him right Stul butI but I want him to take tole a n message to Mc Ie Donald Me-Donald Donald That with sleds y with ou melt time the lie three e started for Cor forI forI J I won I with the agent of McDonald lIa Hal I ha Hal l I CHAPTER VI I the list Ice cip elp which I receded letting lel Ing In Its I great Inland sea ca of on sIts sIts s sIts Its long arm r the theIs i to tl ti c e south among the Ids scattered sc In Its track b was as 1 And he centuries 11 came Nn as a n h Ii of the tiie ue tile black blac cross mind and the lie sll er gray foxes fo An 1 I Ich winter the Bud erns n s Hay flay corn I lilt nt hunters there thereto thereto thereto to seek seck the precious pelts Then came camell tit 11 c n II 1 I tires rues and ond th they i also sent to winter Inter on the time Island for Cor the sI CI II 11 of Its wind harried tundra which I f the west est wait bast Oa t for Cor sIxty tulles miles wis IS priceless nd ind now to this lind Ind of the little foxes fo of tte It e glossy black and ond sih er erI I gilts for Cor which fair women would I Iy y iy fabulous prices In tin the markets marets of ot the world orld had sailed tie Ll Li e a schooner of a 8 stranger seeking the loot of the UI 11 a barrens a man of who had sailed straight to the time course coure Iud and whose hose little schooner already lay locked In n the shore Ice of Seal CO cote COe e here while the tides tide's tlde freighted t with Ith broken broen Ice still the strait str barring the of ot daring hunt hunters huntera ers era cutting off ocr the shore posts from all trade McDonald lint Hal lIu I Hal Ilai I IS prepared to welcome the trapi truPI ers erg ofAl ot of l AI with his flour lour and sugar su ar and tea his Ills tobacco and cloth oDd and v se paws gaws Garth Guthrie sat sut In 10 his trade room trade room with Ith old Saul and anti In council ot of war For days after aeter their return from up river the time wind Ind had made the strait str Impassable to the thc York boat which hall had been left leet at ot Its summer on an In the channel for Cor this tills use nse 11 II e a tide had kept tho lower river 01 Oren n and with the right wind the thing could be done Garth had imad rca rw soud But nut tI tie e a In Indians lans had shaken hinds It was sure madni b not notto notto notto to wait waft for H tl L c cul cold which woul 1 l set settI settie tl tI e a lie ice f fir r out oat from Crom each I shore Then Theil they J It with the canoe on tl tI c e bled As f r Jue Joe he hud hind spent pent the days In III C ac csc tu J J den dOl which him In tI tie e attempted crossing 1 I ut I ad ada ada ada a m ss Jp for ID Me Donald maid 11 llama c manic man ic I i to carry corry It was nS the penalty Garth Oarth told old him with Ith a twinkle t le In of time the eye for throwing Ing n a gun UD 0 n a s Bay a factor nut glut the beere be ere frost trost might hang off for tor weeks eels until after In fact and the hunters would take ta their fur to the schooner Guthrie argued nn an I time thc lie man who had ll el 11 l I for Cor fur Cur years ye with Ith risk riel In each ench J th re he In inhaled haled In every ery minute In that the t I 1 10 o e made mode to cro cross s I the lie strait trait nt ot once So one mornIng they it II ey y put out omit with a n westerly wind Ind and by much r and onO hatter Ing and do tin of drifting Ice landed Soul Saul with his dogs and on tl II e a shore ice rt-c e of 1 ten miles across the strait s from I 1 point Saul set out with his dog teem team forthe for forthe forthe the camp of his sons ons while the OJIbwa OIb wa n started down the coast with Guthries Guth s letter to McDonald which run ran Mr Ir McDonald Schooner Ghost Ghost Seal Cote Coic Co cAli All Al I 1 Island Dear Sir The bearer of this letter Joe M t ko ko- ko koman man the Indian you sent up riser to steal the trade from from me Is 11 t tto to yon you with thanks He Ue tried to ambush am ambush Lush bush me at Ilk on like lake and It Is solely solly owing 0 Ing to the lie fact that I J could use him as a messenger meC that you look ulon of on his handsome face TI n e a purpose e of this Is to announce tint that ns you Intend toI to toI log I og the trade of A l from your strategic position at nt Seal co e co e I J use uce my position on the III I 11 II wan an to In Insure Insure sure tint that trade going to me alone so you sou may ma spire spare yourself the Hie trouble of sending any more Indians up river for Cor you II never hear henr of oC them again As to the Island trade I was here first and I m going to fight you for It It FI rl M K 1 KIs MN Is t Then the two men started back bick In Inthe Inthe Inthe the leaking York boat boat and after a of sla ery sim cry at nt the sweeps s with the help of ot the northeast wind Ind an J the tide reached LII wan and warped the craft up out of ot harm harms s a way ay to her winter berth on 00 the high shore Tie Tic TI e light was tsar on but the saving sating ot of their share of ot the Christmas trade In foxes when alien hen the tie pelts were prime depended on the Ice Saul lad 1 I ad nd a n tree free freehand hand to pick up Ul all nil the skins he lie could get t I old of for Guthrie at nt a good price If the Indians would wait walt but the lure lore of time the schooner schooners s a trade goo is Iq 1 within easy cosy reach rench would be too much for the mercurial Crees unless the strait froze and they could cross crocs to van an for the New hew 1 lears ear s The strait Impassable Girth Garth and knew that lint the bulk of ot time the valuable fur would go so to That wis w the time problem they faced ns as they sat In the house on their return and made mode their plans I lint hat makes males you think thit th Saul can get them to hold bold their fur and keep away oay from the schooner Guthrie asked nc Since s two e of smoke talk with old Saul In his shack hac at rl nn before the Treaty Chief was landed on the Island the head hend man maD had acm acquired nn nD optimism which somewhat puzzled his superior The black eyes of the halt half breed snapped I t Ink Saul weel mak ma de deme me for dem He lIe ces ees beeg shaman aid dose LI an nn on Cree Can he control nil all his own people Some ov OT dem d some dam some m-some some not hat hat has medicine making got to todo todo todo do with filth getting our share of ot the trade Wa aD Again s leather skinned face tace broke Into a net work of ot lino fino lines as his e etes e c e lighted with amusement ou lou see M I Bleu cleu GuthrIe w wen en he start fota rt to work stork ork Girth rth was as Interested Intel He lie had thought only of ot Saul Sauls s Influence as Treaty Chief The use of ot magic malc ID Inthe the defeat of s plans lent a anew anew new angle aogle to the mater milter You mean menn that lie he lies s going to hold holda a POow pow PO wow ow of some kind and declare that tl tI e a schooner Is bad medicine medicine- by evil e II spirits ell eli metre met Ie he ha hate dream dat bid bd luel ies es he see ll dc dc II en nn do dat t I don know Inow lie He tell me he weel mak de medicine lodge on de Islan 1 ell III Ie le l e d Il d dl I It had ne neter neer nc er entered Garth s mind that the tion of old Saul aul as os one tying If-tying Intimate relations with lh f spirits good and evil could be put to use ue on the But Hul the wily ally lIy ol oh 1 I ice flee ee line hall t c C tai tal n en enIt enIt It for granted ranted that lu Ie 1 e was 08 to tl act ct lis I Is PO powers ers as os a tot Jurer against the 0 olds Jd onte 1 the factor of III I h II wan aan an It Its s n a gl elt Ideal Idel If It I le lecan e cnn can be bewitch beItch Itch that schooner e well sell II lick em set yeti I Old Saul say iy he not know Inow what he do Sonic Some hunter dere are ger He lie tab Ink de d g nn on go see dm dem he mal coal medicine and ond all time the Injun to I 1 ear car de dc spirit tall tull The Idea Idla was fins os masterful If Jf the thc old shaman could coi col vince since Ince the hunters of 01 that the s schooner hooner was as I 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