Show Men Marooned T TOs Os T Ti i ail By GEORGE MARSH MARSI-I S t by br Tho rho Th PonD Fona P nn Co CHAPTER VIII Cc VIII Continued 12 12 I lacing acing the drive e of the cite s wind Ind the tel teem fought Its Us wi wiy I slowly I down n 0 oser oserthe er erthe the frozen tundra night the tho frost stiffened and the pi n needle edle pc anted barrage of now t-now crystals cr st 11 II stuns stung the faces of men and dogs dog Ill e c the lash of m whips leads Heads down dorm n to n as a olt old the agony agon men mell and all dugs dogs swung awl from the thrust of the th m wind d until the half bleed blee straightening I felt the bleat of tic Ue tI c blizzard cu n his tight lIght cheek and changed their course Often unable unal ic tc face the I urt of edged torment on their noses noes the dogs lay down dorm dOlI n bid s to the drive e ic 1 t rising to move mote Then Girth and lifting them to their r feet dra the team and sled until the huskies again leaned lewe Into their col collars c I Ilare lars lare 1 I Into the murk murl w n them In tl ti tic t tireless hilf bree breed len lending leading the way wai a to tI 11 tic e a I cl 1 elter of the far er and an 1 I etc 1 I 1 Ith ith face fro lL from exposure In feeling h fl fir r direction hands numb from with Ith lingers Imers the frozen harness of th the dogs do s r down O On n tI tic e a sloping tun In Irl Ills face burled buried In lis I is loo l 1 cod od an and constant lv Iv lighting to tomi cast mi a L his Ills fingers Girth Guth followed cd There Dished through his Ids mind tales told at the pot post cf f Creel Crees caught ht as tl tI ley cy ey were ere ereon on the lie high barrens barren ind found stilt still In the snow e 1 lilt I lit ut as he do dl d t the drive of tI tie e a blinded untie Ie to sec ee the mm wn ahead ulie often swinging off the trail hill hiding true the canny l load heat Jo log JogI I 1 hIm with the team Garth nth rte refer T er c doubted doubled that they would win In Into to the timber and ond shelter helter Two grinding hours of slavery In on onla la lacerated feet et into the lID Ian i in pointed furs fun and turning III In their harness s the spent pent dogs liy dOlI down n refu refusing to mOle Dumb l I to or In urging ti 11 e eI eI I eart cart brol en cn n I 1 usi ies les cru crusted with Ith Ice had made their choice hole I ither ther thai tl tI c e torture tJ their faces the thes H hl 11 lie Ile I lacks to the birrage while tI tie e a withering wind nd stiffened them to Ice There was a nothing the th men could do the dogs were sere done tone I turn dem dom loise lot sc c ve hunt de tam t 1 er I tienne shouted Into Garth I IJ J c I 1 15 lIh fth his knife I 1 e lashed t 11 hed thed the thed thed d ss gs 9 from their frozen harness 9 buttie but butt butI I t ll II e los lC's losa a 10 awhile while the snow now cr I eat cat C ser ler them refusing their freedom li t white whits coiled from no nose e to tail II gerly muzzle 1 I the motionless shapes Castor Cator atone alone re the theo act o t ly I 1 Y a feel Ie le snap Lifting tl II dr lads ni rat l 1 shil Ins In them Garth In turn called culled their names tut I ut the r ess of tic tl ti e a white deith already s is in theIr blood Gently Ic le I e lifted Cast 11 1 r to lis 1 Is feel let l I lut ut tl He e a leader sank Iv ls to tl tI e a nw f G 1 11 II I y b IJ ys I he called to the thess thew ss lite shapes by the led sled lou gal gasc u II ill you iou ou had hd Good Lood h b b I IDel Dc Del Dei 1 suet weel el frieze In ten minute minute- minute ta no Ull air feel fed et no now shouted his a lice Ice b eal b-eal ealing Ing n ah as he lie turned from fromM froma a 11 last lot word ord with willi his Ills favorite 1 Castor Sl 1 1 tiler dIu and fire tire 1 All thought of the theft ft fl d tI fit fi zen ten under tie ti a sued sled ltd CO cover corer er hid IrI Ire them 11 lie e a of tI tie e eJ J ri-rc ri meant fire but life life buti I w 1 fur far was the timber tl II e a ax fn in iii tl II e a tied shed the two men hurled till 1 t nt lIt their t I eels A hundred cl yards UT at 1 I I f stumbled wl ped wl lac C Irth lunged lut lute hire him 11 lie e man flun en cn n his knees knel turn turned d to the theIler tier Iler De Ue truce truce-cc tl ruee ces es Cs lerel I ere III UH ecu HI es I lad acl fouled j d dwarf l in n the edge of the tImber Swiftly now they lunge I I 1 J seek sel II o ft tl II tic e I el cis ler In a hundred hundreds s ids irdi they Uley were sere ere In thiel I u h I tie lie Guthrie out OUI a II arc hole with a ne 1 hoe lioe 1 1 I tienne guth uth III dij 5 spruce rUle ruee twigs t and a 1 t flue ll then than slashed clashed n Sal sailings anti and HI n had a II comforting I I eat cat It In tl II e eSi Si fr l I 1 I behind tI tie e 1 Ind L 4 the II tie e mm men ruM ld the Into hands and face faces I 1 ut out fi cn II the tundra In the of the lie Ird lay IlY the lo myth under tie tI e a drift I caving tl e a fire firt Girth Irth and I 1 I to lad Each track reek to tic tl e a sled Id uti ull rut rie Ith Shot hot slung r lung tug lug nhea 1 J and r to mind lind lil hi fib roister 1 I id td gene gr II ne I 1 ut a el I ort dust dist trite Into the ness lickness t with Its shot III e hlll hill of tone line tm nr II when hen he lie found l I e 1 lid Ild id drifted assay ty from the h lulf I brel bredl loo dirk to I cute trad R In IntI inthe the tI e snow now which filled at net 1 Ith delft IlL he keit t 0 r n willi the wind on his Ie ft sl fl Jer Suddenly he ho missed Shot hot lie sUpped and lion hor luk IIII- the do dog s was sus liS ue-ir ue I 1 lut ut tI 11 tie e a hire title wis I 18 lo lost t or had lift left him hlin himi i h Continuing l dOlI down n wind countin i aces at last Guthrie 1 i new ne that hat he had r the sled In lu the t I Hind murk murl so 10 circled had said sold tl II c e dogs would freeze In ten minutes minutes-an minutes an 1 1 he had hod mince 1 l them lost tl tI o a to S1 ease e tl e a h hl les ies who had given I en tl tI cur Ir nil fill that grim grin December day day- day Then a white while body shouldered Into I Is Shot legs Shot I I I lere He fire ltd did you eo Jo he showed shou F oho tl II tie L c dor dol doys dols s ear nr Dut But the excited h nd left I Pm m to r into the then storm then returned to seize Garth Gartl s handI hand I In the doc clog for a space aee he be stumbled o against aln t n a mound In tl tI I e the v sled I lIe IIo le groped for the I 1 caps that milked the lie frozen dogs doe doel l ut lit ln aln In stun lIln The Thies mete ele gone one I tI ne lIe Ile hid got ot tI tl em up Into the spruce pruce In Ms his t b joy Girth Guth knelt and hu ed the Ice sheeted 1 I 10 ol o I ly of the grunt great acredale acre dale whose hose tongue found his Ills musters s face rood Food lie ii 11 c a Ind led I cad was untouched Ill I'll cane had hid Ind lut tut l ut one nL thou to t to t-to tone case I e Ills his dogs So o Girth Guth I the frozen 1 and roachel reachel B a rub grub grubI I ig tea ta m I all an I kettle then hen 1 f fr r tl tI tic e e c Limp imp following 1 thedo the thedo do dog who 11 nosed d cut lit ut the tracks of the team lute J he dull glow of the lire fire through tie tl e l lur of no now led them over thu last lut la t yards Iud There 1 herl on hs h's knees neel II was ns working 01 oser o er c his hu hustles 1 l les le leg leg- leg Grub on an 1 a n pall 1 l shouted Gorth as 01 tie lie cor I f ed up snow for ici Go in tJ d dold old Castor 1 lou ou nu feel I letter etler now non TI Tie e a v 7 near the t I H Ilz I iz In lag lo logs s lifted lis 1 I is tall In re response pone Der mr case u c a e der feet Cool Gool Goo 1 ting t In dey cut feet flet ou on oude de I uh ush so 50 we put on de chine lioe but Lut how v did you get them up to follow sou Oil The Thies were e close to when hen we ue e left them themI I gunned Ob as ai he lie pinched and rull ml Iid I cd d u II lair I air cf of f Ii h I laws u S Do hush hul l y eel ees ser cr er smart feller flIer Dei Dey De sera era all tire the out but out but not start to freeze 11 1 en we cleft left dem deni I In en tam tarn deyso dey deyso deyso so lire tire and dey freeze rut PutI rutI r I tienne tell dem dit supper short stort soon and dev come to life toute loute suite Den I drag dem here Ill III go lick hick for ets said laid the much relic ed Guthrie and with J- J fey 4 a redo e u ri 6 1 t tS ti S i With the Warmth the Men flen Rubbed the Circulation Into Numbed Hands and Faces Slot SI of 1 went ent to the sled hied an nn 1 returned with Ith robes robe and the Hie for the famished liu hu Lles Is later snug nug nug 1 leforc lefore their lire In the Ind 1 I real of tile the timber two 1 and six dogs Iq tile t tl ll e a sleep bleep of lX cx II tie e norther drol drone dro e across the lite Alth Although ugh the wind Ind ceased and an 1 the lie snow now ceased t ti not nu n Eu of the follow lag Ing laglay lay the erin led Ild dl held to tolis toI tolls lis I is c lUi hi his Misses t to te e locate J tl ml e u sm e a of cooking conking tires lires ires In the scrub across s the t ta aln ln an J I In lu tie Ile tI e earl early n n I 1 tienne bill sal I t I till his mo moc ins Into II I e a of ails hll snow sh e eh es in 1 J for the of the I haler mil 1 lie Carth arth hoe wl 1 edge elle of Cree ree was limited 1 Ith tl tI e a dogs dots As A wild ed a 8 bulling boiling kettle rf f salt wa O and I ch IJ hiking II In In ina a 8 tilled fn In i in ID the dl It gs nn an flour nour e led d tl c a return r f I 1 tl tI rough the dusk du lc Much depenau J upon what II tie e 1 I lead cad man 1 I lad ad nd learned anti and Cull uti ric I rc robed bell tic tl e a Immobile IS tic tl tI e a half 1 l reed recd thrust thru t his Ills shots shoes Ina In Ina ina a drift and SRI i Ild cul to tit lire fire rich ell what lIat news lIe 1 I rom rem tie tl II e a grisly It of his expression lon It wis IS clear tl tI I at ba annc was link with Ith a r and nud baffling er ter queer l t i Inn Inu In hi el su u queer was wastI tI tic h L answer OIlS er us as II lie dropped 1 l lIs Is mittens mItten on ll II ear nick nickI tI I ring nag onto to warm norm 1 I lis Is hands at ll tl e c firs fire lilt BLit Is 11 hat dose oe Cree tell me Dere are eight hunter wid III camp een dl dis alley ulley here some sOllie from ant nn 1 I sime from down n de tic coiL coast t I talk tall to dem all all ri at de dl dry a sus CI er Hr ell c 11 ell for t r t inn n s 8 sake sale shoot 1 has lias been b n here hue t t wo-t two tree ree day tJay dayback buck bock He lIe In Ile dim dem to tie e JL I h lere w a ere he lie mik de beeg clue cine Did he be get them to to take tahe their fur to the schooners soI No 0 I he talk to dem strong too but dey not know w IV at dL del do w en I say de dc strait froze frore Dey I ac c mooch fox fox Mack Flock and cro cross The Tine are lire going to Soud A i pow pew powwow wow 1 1 les ies es and hunter do loan down n de do lere- lere all nil wed weel wed go How far Is 11 It ot nt t ten for far ten mlle mile more dc do 1 I Jill III Garth s mouth m uth shut hurl harl I ell r i tienne wo lie linen en t been ln butwell but we II sur urr ly attend that party pirt I tienne lIenne nodded nut lint lees ss s Ie I e tak tal ak dc do to do Bees dees Beest till t lug lie He s I going to tell the hunters hunter that ll II e spirits are the friends of McDon old aid and tl tI ey cy must take ta their fur to the lei sd I feet fEe dot drat for hem heem I 1 tell ell dr d Cree o here dere dat you vou and I watch de schooner at nt night in see ee ce lire fire come corne rut of her an nn de deill de II dunce dince on nn de demist mist I scire dose doe squaw qUO so bad one had harl dc de ie fit It How at al out nut the men Del De Dc wait olt to see ee L lut lut ut dey ore are cire here 15 here Is tl 11 Is Mol oman He lie has lias gone one to de tie Canoe lie He ws not std wId 1 hI oue Hell 11 II we e head hend for tie tic II e Cinoc rat nt dl lIht 15 ill the lie do dogs s t te e able to trivel It If not wp we l go without them Mi h hah de do dogs can wilk to de Canoe c e may not per the hunters to cross cros the Ice us I lut ut tit we C cin In mike It hot for sorcerer Scud when lie he tries hl his fits mum o 0 Jumbo lie he dare nibe his Ills medicine when he lie tees us Sa Inne his head hend In lag een eon dis dat dot es ees queer quer Dey DC De say ay Ins his not met oman nn on he lie was as 1 1 I ere on de lie clan lon lon- Inn tim Dere was as too no mild down de dc Rabbit Mat w I nt at kind of or trouble fighting fi trouble lighting Ah All Au bah hall hoh I DIs run de deFrench deFrench French Cree r o dc tie Ice Ice dem demoff off ocr dc do Islan 1 lan lanlIe lIe He did did he rich ell tint tilt will cook conk McDonald s goose for t nest flue fhe go o eminent will sill hale base the police pollee up here ss wilting I for that schooner on her return Run Hun em cm off the Islon I Good I I f only wl Ih li Ie led tJ try tint thit 1 Ith us I 1 wouldn t mind meeting up with Monsieur 1 result remit of St SL drew a long skinning knife fro III his inside In sash lash ash I would lak ink to cut dem wid Id dl ser cr er short llOrt eon en de neel neelI III I II bet ht sou ou u would w sou old knife fighter l I I l II Ike the lie Job joll you ou did on OneL cl One Lse Lc 1 I 1 minis ouis up at nt Cols Co 0 I s ail hi e c cI eI I 1 J along the til th edge of the knife then knife ran a I o er 01 er It In u t nn milt femme Ie I e sil cil 1111 I quietly and returned II Ie e knife to Its sheath In the blue dawn the dog team pulled out nut of hound bound d 1 n riser rl erto er erto to the 1 west est fork which would to tale I e ethem them north ugh uh n II gish gich In the lie I 1 Ir rens to the he I of the fhe norther hid left much drifted snow now nn 1 1 I the stiff tiff legs of the hu huskies cut the pace lace to a alk Shot Shunt lint ant after his Ills two daIs dass da s of I Idlene ranged to the front an nn I flanks In s search of rill rill I It mind mou mouse e Alon Along the rh riser r till the brol en out drift In the rid hi trill II 11 tie e a hunters hunter on their was wn 0 to the rendezvous ous on the moe moe It II ns es I lent bat II tie e roe Fee ers In the nOI anith th of th the Island were loun f lound fir the medicine lodge of tl II e a old T enty to thirty hunters with a n of at ot leis leist one I fixes fes f es woul I Ig g F ether to witness lInes the llie r of tI e a conjurer nn On tl tI e a power po of or tl e c rid min s 8 migle vi w uld 1 j the de of twenty t in ID I 1 doll urs n Il rah rth of or Co fox Cot I elt elms ells 11 1 I ether 1 I II 11 V si in III inor or the sri d onner at nt veil Cell cil cove 01 e scat to a n rich CI Cl rl trade w 1 I I 1 determined I 1 s tl tI c p nl al of an nu 1 hi his spirit to tn nullify the fears arouse l I 1 v th li- li sin sinI I Inter ter rumors of the nifty I tienne It W JJ be n a bittle worth witching I thought mirth arth keen klell ft ff r the llie In 10 the lie londy aile of tl tie I a Canoe be between tie tl II L c who had be he- betrayed betrayed cd I iii Im 11 nn nut J tl tI tie e a resourceful Sol Sa vanne I r ut one CI n he lie I lad nd ad Ira pr pI rd ced on n the he lal that breed breed tl ti ere should be no I 1 loc hoc l 1 tied hed 1 tad hId come to to gaie sn the trade trad of the future e us ns 1 well ssell ell as 01 the pre present ent maul and under no 0 was the head mm rain to lo nl III use ue ir r ether c tier Saul rr f Ills his ns as n lie He Guthrie I aye ne something to 10 say the thelong IheI I long loog arm ot of o the lie COl In Its future dealings with Ith the lie man ho hid Ind de riled celled to the olem enemy but the corn com I cle-I mind no was II IIno no no fi lighting 11 nt lit you do with lIh dat Mol bad hod deman led lul 1 I lenne a n If it lo I 1 e I S I up at the llie pow poss V H amid es II lel e him hdm to you I 1 ail til good care of grunted the other At the t he fork fori tl II ev left the lie main riser |