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Show , . - . I CAUGHT IN N THE T1E WILD WLD WLDBy By ROBERT AMES AM AMCopyright raENNET WNU BenaotWNU Servlco ServlcoCopyrlsht Copyrlsht Copyright by Robert Amcs Ames Bcnnet Benaot _ . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - . SYNOPSIS SYNOPSISAs As Alan A an Garth , prosv prospe pr09\.I"tor pr09.Itor pr09 .I"tor Itor \ , < " . "tor tor " tor , . , Is pre- pre prepulng prepgrtng pre-p pre p - pulng pgrtng rlnar 'o o ' o 0 leave for his nilnlnff mining ' claim claimIn claimin claimIn In tho the t'ar tar : ' ' ar North , a plane linda lends J < 1 ds al at altho atUrn attho tho Urn nlrwJl airways alrways ) s emergency station In InIt . It are n.r nr . ! ' Burton 'turton turton I1urton namlll Rnml1l Ramill , millionairemining inllllonnireminlne millionaire multonaire multonairemining mining inapnale magnate ma n9.te n9te . , . , his dauffhtcr daughter , LIJ LII LIJUh LIItth L L111th > 111th Uh tth , and Vivian t ' \ , Ivlae lvian Hu ' by , , pilot andnilnlnir and andmining andmining mining enclncer englncer engineer Bcllovinc Bcllavlng Behoving him to tobe tobe tob be * only an Ignorant prospector , , the themen themen themen men offer orrer to make male ( an air all ' trip to toGarth's toGarth's toGarth'a toGartha Garth's Garths ' claim cla.lm clalm . althouch although they refer to tohis tohis tohis his samples of platlnum-bearinc platlnum bearinc platinum-bearing platinum bearing - orc ore orcas oreas oreas as nearly "worthless worthless " Llllth Lilith Ram-Ill Ram Ill Ram Ram- Ramill - . UI ill , , product of ot the Jazz ace age pl pI plainlyshows l.lnly llnly l.lnlyshows < . Inly Inlyshows shows contempt for Garth Through ThroughGarth's ThroughGarth's ThroughGarth'3 ThroughGarth3 Garth's Garths ' guidance gulda'1ce gulda1ce gutdavee ' the plane soon soonreaches soonreaches soonreaches reaches the claim site Huxby and andRamUl andRamlll andnamlll RamUl Ramlll , , after attcr maklne making several sc\cral sc cral seteral \ tests testsassure testsassure testsassure assure Garth his claim clalni Is ncarl nearl ncarlvalueless > ) } valueless but to encourare 'encourage encourage ' young youngprospectors } ) oung oungprospectol'3 oungprospectors prospectol'3 prospectol3 prospectors ' they the7 are w \ wilting ! llllns IIlng to take takea takeIi Ii a chance In Investinc Investing ft a small amount amountSensing amountSensing amountSenslne Sensing treachery ahead . , Garth se- se secratly secrotly se secretly - - cretly cratly crotly removes a & part from the mo- mo motor motor mo motor - - tor of t'le tle t'1e t1e the ' ' plane Huxby and Lilith Lllith Lilithhunt Lllithtaunt Llllthtiunt hunt taunt Garth , but their tone lone soon soonchanges soonchanges soonchanges changes when whon they try to start the theplane theplane tirplane plane Returnlne Returning to shore they try tryto tryto tryto to force Corco Garth to elvc glva give up tho the miss missIng missng missInc Ing /ng ng / pirt 11.1'1 11.11 1111 part ' ' . ' . . . Garth menaces manages m nages to hot set et the themonopldne themonoplane themonoplane monopldne monoplane adrift and the current currentcarrlcs currentcarries currentcarries carrlcs carries It over the falls Calls He pomts points pomtsQut pointsout pointsout Qut out that he is their only hope In Inguiding Inguiding inguldinff guiding them out of tho the J1derness wilderness wildernessGarth \ wildernessGarth J1dernessGarth Garth beelns begins the n work ork of ot prep'1.tlng prep1.tlng prep1tlng prepping prep'1.tlngtor preppingfor prepirlnefor ' . tor for the lone long journey . . He lIe Insists Insiststhat Insiststhat Insiststhat that the others help Ramlll and andhis andhis andhis his daughter must be hardened for forthe forthe fortho the hardships ahead In their trek totho to totho tothe tho the outpost on the Mackenzie Garth Garthexperlent'es Garthexperiences Garthexperiences experlent'es experlentes experiences ' difficulties In ecttlnffbl gettinghi getting gettinghis hi his . companions into lineCHAPTER line lineCHAPTER CHAPTER IV-Continued IV Continued IV - Continued ContinuedThough IVContinued7 -7- 7 - 7Though 7Though - Though Garth Y.lrth Ylrth < . had hud bud no pad , he stooll stood stoollup stoodUp stoodqp up qp with the moose quarter on his backand back backI backnnd backand I nnd and lifted Ufted his end of the pole to hl- hl hb hbshoulder hE hlBhoulder - > Bhoulder shoulder . But heas he was \\as as \ ' accustomed accu"torned accutorned " to topachlng topacking topacUng pachlng packing . He bore the meil me\t me t meat ' \ on hl tits titspack hiapacL pacl pack board bO.1rd bO1rd . and his half of the twu two twuquarters twoquarters twuquarters quarters on the poleIth pole with \\Ith Ith wlth \ \ as little dlal dtili dlalculty dtilicnlty difficnlty culty cnlty as Husby Huxby toted the tbe other end of ofthe ofthe ofthe the pole . . . Wnen they reached the camp Mls Ms SllsaEamlll [ Bamlll Ramill and anll her fatherere father \ were \\ere ere here out gatlt gatltering g gatherins th therIng erIng v . wood good ood At one end of the fire lire firethIck lirethick firethick thIck smoheas smoke smohe \\as as Has ft \ ' as rising from green greensUchs greenBtIcLs greenstlcks sUchs stlcks and Ie le leives 1ves tees ; ; at the othpr othl'r othlr outer ' end , Ult Ultpan tti th ttipan , < pan of ot sliced mLffle mt.ft'le mt.ftle mtftle mt . . l1e ' was tsas \ as boilln bollino . ; , haret hard haretAfter hardAfter hardAfter After he and Huxby Hu\by Hu by llu'tby llutby ' \ : had lifted the themoose th thmoose themoose e moose quarters upon the rack rach , . , hrth Garth hrthbrought Garthbrought < Garthbrought brought broughtuter \ water \\uter uter outer In the aluminum pot potand potand potand and cooled coolell aown Qown sown the stew ste\\ ste steto \ \ to simmering simmeringheat simmerinsheat stmmerin stmmerinheat heat . . \ Miss 1\llss 1 llss Ramill Hamill Ramlll hid h'1d h1d ' much to learn learnabout lear learabout learnabout n about the culInar culinary , } artAfter artAfter art artAfter After the meal me.J1 meJ1 . Garth glanced at the th thred thred ? > red after aner glow of sun sunset et . "Mr Mr " . Ran ll.1n ll1n . ill , , the leinto le'1nto le1nto lento ' and find nd blanl bianke blankeare e ' * ' are for . ) you OU andour and . \ - your \-our our liugliter cl1ughter daughter ( Hux Hug Huxby Hiisby Hugby by can take the lee side of the fireI'll fire fireI'll FireI'll FireIll I'll Ill ' ' . keep b.eep beep It going Turn In wheneve wheneveyou \ ' wheneveryou benever beneveryou r you please . . " A iawn yawn . ) awn surprised Llllth Lilith Ramlll llamlll Into ant anta Intoa o a mucking mucL.lng mucLlng mocLing . klugh 1.1Ugb 11Ugb laugh . She Sbe turned turQed turied ; to he hesrtollen ber berS herswollen r S\\ S Sollen srtollen \ \ ollen faced bauce"What hauce nJU'e nJUe bauce hauce"What : ( ' "What What 'What " ' a ho\\ ho howling holing hoxiing \ ling farce . , ' Vivian 'Ivlan Ivlan ' ! I Can Car Canyou Caryou Canyou you Imagine hn.1gme hn1gme ftnagrne . me going to roost rOQst roust at sunset sun sunset sunset set , ln\tead ln tead In\tead In instead \ of sunrise sunrlse1 ? ' ' Hliib Htrab llu b } } ) forced CQrLed a smile and felt atparticular at 8 a 8particular aparticular particular sore cluster of hites LJltes bites on tbt th thback tbt.back tbtback . . back of his neck nech necL . Air .aIr Mr Ramlll namlll Ranilll cast C.1st C1st castwistful . a nwistful wistful glince gl1nce glance towards the le.mto"I leanto"I leanto le.mto lemto leanto"I . "I I " presume , Llllth Lilith Lllith , . you will ttIli \ 111 prefenot prefer prefe prefernot prefernot r PerhipI PerhapI not to share sh.1re sh1re . the hut1th hut but \ with \\1th 1th atilt \ me . . Perhip Perh'1p Perh1p Perhap ' . I can mamge mnn'1ge mnn1ge manage ' out here bere beside the fire fireUL.e firelike firelike e UL.e ULe like . Vh Vic Vivlin I1n inn I1nIt It " "Ko Ko "No No " o , , " Garth differed "You'll Youll " ' ' sleeunder slee sleeunder , ' under that thut blanket until unt1l you h:1\ h:1 h1 hat h:1hardened hathardened havehardened : \ e ( : ' ' hardened Into shape , , and you'll youll ' tur ' ' . ' In tur'ila turila turIn now . , ( It's Its es ' ' been heen a bl big diy d'lY dlY day ' for sou you au ' youThe The girl bridled . ' " "How How IIow how about m mwishesand miwishes y wlshes-.wd wlshes.wd wlshes .wd wd wishes-and wishes and - - . and the proprieties proprfetles ? ' "We'll Well " 1t ' \ e'l el e'11 e11 ' ' ! le teal leave .l\ .l . \ .le e a that th:1I th1I : to jiou au ou . , ' ' Garth re repUed r rplied replied e I pUed plied pUedI I ' If you consider It Improper tshare t tehare ) ' ehare share the blinket blmlet blanket , with stlth \ Ith ynur our otJr fitheryou're fitheryoure f'1ther f1ther flthe f'1theryou're fltheyou're ' r you're youre you'reclcome ' ' ' welcome \\clcome clcome sselcorne \ to sit up and help belp mp mpgr.1ln m megrain e egrain gr.1ln gr1ln grain . these moo moo'ehides mooehides moosehides ' < : ehldes ' ' IIusby UU1by lluaby : stiffened stiffenedone " ' \\one one \ \ one of your ln lnsolence Ineolencel 1 1solencel solence solencel I You Ypu 11 II tr treat t Miss llss Ramlll H.1wlll H1wlll Itamfll Itamfllttit . ttit ttitutmost \ withutmost \ Ith Ithutmost utmost respect " . "Ihe Ihe " 1 ' he lady Indy shall receive from allthe athe me all a Il the resppct resllt'ct reslltct respect ' to which she sho\ sho shows shos , \ s hersel herse herseentitled herselfentitled 1f f fentitled entitled * ' Girth G'lrth Glrth Cirlh ' slid s11d said Wh 'Wh 'IVhy IVhy ' not m 11 it ik . . : It ikIt itIt nnitinl D1utll'll D1utllll mutual ' , . all ull around arollnd around2 ? ' Llllth Lilith Rimlll n'lllllll nlllllll Pamlll ' wis W'1S W1S teas ' no less completeh complete completehOUtI completelyouumneiivercd u uoutrnineusered s outrnineusered OUtI 'lIll'U\ 'lIll'U lIllU 'lIll'Uercd ' ' \ ercd tlinn thun than the en engineer lII'er lIIer ( ' , . , Si Sispoke Sh r ' epoke spol.e spole spoke . to her father- father father'Well ' - ' ' , 'Well Well tt \ ell cll , . , I mil mu musay niiiasay ; , say . Dad Dold If you re lettln lotting letting him hnn turn or orderyou ord ordyou t.r tr cr . t.ryou you around arollnd , I refuse to sta stai stay , } up an at atslice an'slave anslave ' ' sl.1ve sl1ve slice . all nl night ht Cnnif Comp * on " brusileanto brllslleanto braleanto He lIe Ile cr crept crypt llt after niter her Into the brllsl bra sr leanto Girth G'1rtb G1rtb Garth ' at once onle set to nv m'1I.ln m1I.ln m1Iln nnkin-more nnkin more ' U Umore . n - _ more gatheredthin cat catgut ut lluxby lIu'lby lIulby Ilueby ' : had gilhered g'lthered glthered gathered ' 1 r \ thIn p-ulding p ulding p'lddmg plddmg padding ' - of S1t spluce spruce [ uce tips and anll - mos- mos mosat inn innat mos--at mos at s , - - 11)down at the far side sille of the fire and anll I 11) 11 h a ) } . down Like 1.IIe 1IIe . , the girl ind 'lnd lnd and ' her tier father Cather , . , ht hr htsoon h hsoon soon fell u'slopn uslopn ucleep asleep ; ' After rinishInR finishing finlshln his first task taslt G Eart rPI ' , tended Gart'itended Gartitended rPItended tlie the tire lIre and added nlhled waler xater " .lIer lIer . to tht the thtslmmerlnJ theslmmerln th thsimmering < simmering slmmerlnJ slmmerln , miime nluITle muffle stew He lie neu ne-r ne r nest , - bt bi began . ' g.1n g1n gan . grrining gr lining the Inir h'1lr h1lr hilr ' frnm from the moosl moose ( bull moosbull mooslbull moosebull hide hlile He lie could louh } ln\e ln e h'le hate h'l\ h'l hl ' \ e str stretehwdon stretched stretehwd < > lrh ( > 11 11ou ou on ouand onand onand and fcone bone boas to sleep slepp no less reidlly re'1/l11y re'1 re1 l11y rearllly ' / th'lfl thlfl than ' bad tinnhad th'lflbad thanbad the chech ( < licch hClh ihcos Ih'os Ihos ihens ( ' ( On (1n 1n the other hand otherhand , hea lie he \\a a \ was nhle ahle able to keep heep a\\ a n\\ n nw aike nIIe \ \ \ ike IIe the , n a " . long a"long along : as IS he lie \ wislied wished Ished He lIe scnpod scr'1led scr1led striped ' [ ate stead HI lly Sly eteuilly HIlly steadSly whilthis hillhis tthlhhis at nt the c.O'1r c.O1r cO1r . coirse coarse ' e mOIl mo mouse s > e ht h hr \\r r 1\1 1 \ \ \ r " . , Hie the tthlh \ \ hill his eirs e'1rs e1rs ears ' drink dr'1nk dr1nk ' In the tht thtoices . voices \oices oices tolces \ of tht the ' . - WlldDy WildBy Wlld Wild th-Wlld th Wlld thWlldBy By Dy the time the sun ghred glared l'1red l1red ' over orer thl the jagged thiJagged thljagged thejagged c.r cr . crests sts on the 111I I nortlieist northe'1t northe1t nnrtheist ' ' ; \ willof sail sailof 111 111or ' or of thealle the valley Salley \alle alle \ Ganh Garlh Garth h'1 h1 hid ' the h'1lr h1lr hair hairgrained h'1lrgrained hilrgrained ' grained fl fioin from um both the niiinse nllllle niuse ? ' ) hldL8c hides hldL8 \c c 1s \ ; < she 1she he started starled to cut Into the 1'1rer 11rer larer ' lir , . ? er sl.ln slln skin . skinill sl.lnMI skinlilies MI lilies leantoSlie le.1llloShe leantoShe < : s Rimlll H'I11I1I1 HI11I1I1 Itanolll ' CI cr ciiwled 1\\ 1 \ 1Jed ruled Jed fmm frllm from the leanto le.1lllo le1lllo . Slie She blinked hllnled , and Jnd rind JndlIpd : , } pawned ynwnred \\lIpd lIpd \ str sir stni'h'ened stnihened IIh- IIh dgh IIhcnell , . : ' ' - cnell ened her hlT rumpled riimpled spurts 51111rts skirt sllrt , , , und nnd and S.1t S1t sat . (10n down (10\\ (10 10 ( satdown \ n to I'll Ill ' ln.e lne lire . e her hiiits bllots hunts ) He lie ' he be SJ gave VI . ! . ; ; a D frllnlll.ont friendly frllnlll\ frllnlll frlcndit \ .ont ont . ? , , ood god . ! mllrnln mnrnInK murning I ' Cooil7 : ( Gooil moth ? P Pill 1 rb h hI I ' blip s1P h , ( > siorfed stoITer scoffer ) ! 'I I ' I 1 feel feellike 1Ile like feel1Ile feellike , the mnrnins mnrrnng mllrrun ; : iilier IIlllr ulcer lI Here Ilere ( > re I 1 alii aru alii11'1t aruflat anflit 11'1t 111t flat ' \ Not t\nl t nl I1ol a It n rlrllpuf dropof drop rlrllp nf uf of 1111 linyihing iursihing ' lhlng forhr for rllr a abrulr ahriKr brulr hr usr . , n m n1 , Inili hllh hire , u 1111 " clutlios clothes clutlies or fare fareLlC1m fac faccream faret-icini faret icini e LlC1m cream - or 11I11In Id ho Ims hens . ; . nn no nnkeupi m11pllp mtheupr , ' lvo ot o t ; . - - - - - eTen even a cLarettel cloaretle cigarette , I ret Yet you hare have the thefnce theface theface fnce face to gibe me about nbollt Its It ' " At that thnt , . , ho he lie could not resist grin gh givingher InJ InJher ; her the old quip : Clieer 'Cheer Cheer ' ' up ; : the theworst thewolst worst \ \ 01 st Is yet to come . . . " " She Ignored It to point at nt the slm slmmerJng slmmering simmering merJng mering mufTle muITIe rnulTle In th thgold thc'gold thcgold 1110 ( > ' /gold gold / ' 0 1 pan Illm IllmI IllmLnol I ' Lnol Loot Lookat . at that llthy filthy ( mess . , half h.11f h11f hatf . full of ashe ashes ashesIf ashcbIf : . If , } you OU hid h'ld hld had ' a spark sparl of decency , , you rJ d rJthrO dthross dthrow thrO\\ thrO thross thrOit \ \ It out and \ warm harm \ arm me a pan ofhater of ofwater hater \ liter for my face fJre : and hands hande ; " He finished the c cutting ttlng of a moe moelnsle moecasin moccasin lnsle casin piece plere before lie he replied : 'Inthe ' 'In In 'Inthe 'Intlie Intlie ' the Hrst first place , . , ' I'm Im ' ' too busy perform performIng performIng performIng Ing neededorl needed \ work \\orl orl , to act a ab as ! ) lu ludi's ludis lu's lady's ladys \'s 's s . \ ' ' m mildIn lId tirl lIdIn tirlIn In the second place that miilTle muITIe muffle Is notfilthy not notfilthy . nJlhy filthy . \ lou I nu null 11 ! 1 siy S'lY SlY say ' ' It's Its ' ' the most must de de- delicIous deJiclous delicious - - licious Jiclous nspic nsprc SplC you eo ever eter , er t listed tested Isted i\bout i bout 'Ibout Ibout 'Iboutthe \ ' iboutthe 'Vboutthe Vboutthe ' the rest , douse your ( head read In the 1'111 1111 rill 1'111Th'1t rillThat ' rillTint Th'1t |
