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Show fJ CAU CIWLG : .L-a .La .L L a . - .La.J WTG -.J .J - . MT 11 ii _ _ inthe iii iiij 0 0DyRODERT By DyRODERT j ' ROBERT ROBERTAMES AMES AMESBtENNET UERT = BtENNET BENNET - th he e . , V . IIIiI IIIiINNU _ 0 Copyright Pyrlght BtENNETWNU WNU NNU : ' by Robert O = Service ServiceCopyright ServiceCopyricht : Ames UB Bennetr < Bennct Bennet _ r - - - = - - - - - - - - - SYNOPSIS SYNOPSISA i A . Alan Garth , prospector . , Is pre- pre prearlng preparing pre preparing - paring arlng to leava leave tor for ( or his hl minlnp mining clnhn claim clnhnin claimfrt claimIn in frt the Far Fa.r . North , ft a . plane lands at attb.o atthe atthe tb.o tbo the . airways nlrways emergency elation Blatlon station In InIt InIt InIt It are aro Barton Burton Ramlll RnmlJl Ramill , mllllonalro millionaire mllllonalromIning millionairemining millionaireminlne mIning magnate , . his daughter daugbtcr , . Lil- Lil Lilith Ln Lll-1th Lll 1th - . ith Uhi ; and Vivian Huxby Iiuxby , , . pilot and andmInIng andmining andmining mInIng engineer . Bcllcvlne Believing hlio him to tobe tobe tob be * only an Ignorant prospector pro"pector propector " . , the themen themen themen men offer otter to mako make an air nil ' trip to toGarth toGarth toGarth Garth ' * . , claim , , although they refer reCer to tohIs tohia tohti hIs hia samples of ot platlnum-bearlne platlnum bearlne platinum-bearing platinum bearing platinum.bearing platinumbearing - . on ore oreas or " " Llllth Lilith Ham- Ham HamIll Itam-111 Itam 111 - as & . . nearly "worthless worthless Ill 111 , product of ot the jazz age . , plainly.hows plainlyahows plainly . hows .hows ahows contempt cont.empt . tor for Garth Through ThroughGarth's ThroughGarth's ThrouchGarth's ThrouchGarths Garth's Garths ' euldanco guldanco guidance the pl-ine pl ine phne plane - soon soonreaches soonreaches soonreaches reaches the claim site lte Huxbv and andRam andEamilb andlUmlll Eamilb Ram III . after atter making scveni SO'l'r'tl SOlrtl seteral ' ' ' tests tests.assuro testsassuro . , assuro assure Garth his claim Is nearly nearly'Valueless nearlyvalueless nearlyvalueless 'Valueless Valueless ' . , but to 'encourage encourage ' " young youngprospectors ) sounsprospectors oung oungprospectors prospectors they arc arE ' wllllnff willing to take take.ohance takea takeftohanc .ohance ohance a . chance In Investing a " ! wall mall small 'tn1ount tn1ount zmount zmountSensing 'tn1ountSensing ' imountSensing Sensing treachery ahead . . Garth sc- sc se- se sceretly secretly se secretly - cretly eretly removes a a . part from trom the motor mo- mo motor mo motor - tor of ot the plane Huxb Iiuxby Huxbind > ) ' -ind ind 'tnd tnd - Lilith Lilithtaunt Lilithtaunt Llllthtaunt taunt Garth , but their thclr tone soon soonchanges soonchanges soonchanges changes when they try to "tin tin .t'11't .t11t t11t start " . ' ' the thePlane theplane theplane Plane Returning neturnang to shore shnre they the > ) try tryto tryto tryto to force ( ores Garth to give gl\e gl e grte \ up the ( he miss miss- missIng missIng missing - ing part Garth roin-ges roin ges m\n m n man ' \ - g'es ges ' to tocct toyet cct yet < : ct the themonoplane themonoplane themonoplane monoplane adrift ndrlCt and tho current currentcarrIes currentcarries currentcarries carrIes It over the fills C1.lls C1lls fells . He poInts poIntsout pointsout pointsout out that ho Is their only hope inguiding In Inguiding InB-ulding InB ulding guiding - them out of ot the 'n n ' llderness wilderness wildernessGarth wildernessGarth lldernessGarth Garth begins the work of ot preparing preparingtor preparingfor preparingfor ' tor for tho the long journey He insiststhat insists insiststhat , that the others help n-imill n imill n'tmlll ntmlll Ramill ' - and andhis andhis andbl his daughter daughtor must bo be haidened halttened hardened tor for torthe forthe forth the hardships ahead nhead In their trek to tothe tothe toth the outpost on the Mackenzie Garthexperiences Garthexperiences Garth xpcrlences experiences dKHcultlea difficulties In getting gettinghIs gettinghis gettinghl hIs companions Into line Hne An experi experI- expert- expert experience experIence expertsaoe - ence saoe ' \ with 1tb a . bear he help helpx helpxCHAPTER III ' " CHAPTER V-Continued V Continued V - Continued ContinuedGarth VContinued8 -8- 8 --8-- - 8Garth - - 8Garth - - Garth laid do\\ do down don dottn \ \ n his rifle rUle and cametornard cameforward came jforward tornard forward He lie Ignored the wary hostlle hostile hostlleJook hostiletook hostilejlook Jook took of ot the mining mlDlng engineer , nodded to toJr tol1r to&Ir toIr Jr l1r ! & . . Ramill Hamill , , and took too1 . off his battered batteredbat batteredtiat batteredfeat bat tiat to bend low before berore Miss Ramlll Rsmlll R m1ll InB In InI I . polite pohte bow . "You You " are too kind Idnd , , my dear lady . I Icould Icould Icould could not deprive deprhe deprite any of you of or your yoursweets yoursweets yourtweets sweets 'Eit Eit 'I:1t I1t 'Eat Eat ' : , , drink drm1 drinL . and be merry , for fortomorrow fortomorrow fortomorrow tomorrow- tomorrow tomorrowYou - * ' You may recall the rest restof restof restof of the quotation " ! Mr Ir . . Ramlll Ramill n went ent red . . What It If ItLilith IfLilith IfLlllth Lilith did happcn happen/Po happen Po happenro t'o to ' / find these things thingsyou thingsyou "ou ou you , " were hogging hotglDg : for private prn t ( ' use use1 ? Weneed We WeDeed Weneed Deed need them as much as Sou ouII ou II " ' Tar rar Far more so , " Garth ! amended Jmcnded the thestatement thestatement thestatement statement . . "I I " don't dont ' ' need them at all nil allGo nilGo allGo Go right ahead nhead and waste vhit's that's thats v\ v \ \ hit's hits h'1t's h1ts ' ' left leftYou leftYou leftYou You of course are certain cerbin there II n be beno beno beno no emergencies on the theav \ \\av av way \ \ out-no out no out - no oc occ.aslons occasions occaslons c.aslons caslons casions . when a pinch of tea or sugar sugarmay sugarmay sugarmay may make mahe the difference dlfferenC'e dlfferenCe ' between life lifeand lifeand lifeAnd and dcatn dcltn deitn : for tor you " "How How " frightful , " said Huxby uxby . ' Quite so EO While Whlle you re about It Ityou , you may ma , } as \ well ell make a clean sweep sweepHere sweepHere sweepHere Here . . " " Garth tossed tocsed toesecl : the gold mounted mountedcigar mountedcigar mountedcigar cigar case to its owner . | "Oh Oh " , so that's thats ' how ho\v ho v \ Dad lost hissmohes hissmoLes his | smokes smohes smoLes . , " ercliimed exc1'llmed exc1llmed exclaimed ' Miss Rimlll H'1ml1l H1ml1l Bamlll ' I ' * Who's Whos ' the real sneak sned around here hereBteal ? Steal teal all tho those e cigars cig rs , and the goldcase gold goldcase goldcase case , too . Then come whining be- be because because be because - - cause causee'ie \ \\e'ie e'ie eie we're were \ \ e\ e ee ' ' \ e kept l.ept lept . you from cheating cheatmg us usout usout usout out of our shire sh1re share of these things you hid youhid . . . Hand over oer , the cigars . , Did D1d Dad My Mythroat's Mythroat's Mythroat's Mythroats throat's throats ' ' still rasped from the- the theTileemoke the thevile - . vUe vile vUesmohe vilesmoke Tileemoke smohe smoke of that willow bark Vlv Vivian Viviandried Viviandried 1n 1ndried dried for our cigarettes " Ramlll RamlU Ramill handed . , the case back bach to toGartb toGarth toGarth toGarth"Wawaltl Gartb Garth Gartb"Wa Garth'a "Wa Wa "Wawaltl Wawaltl " \'a 'a a \ ' walt wait I " cried his dau daughter lJter . . He De no wa waved 'ed ed ' her away . "Ito Ito " 1\0 1 0 \ so The Thejoke Thejoke Thejoke joke Is 18 on us He lie knows 1.no\Va 1.noVa 1.no 1no Va . \ wh what t isahead Is Isahead Isahead emptiedthe ahead aheadVe . \ We \Ve Ve do not . . We We\e We e t \ , e emptied the teabagTie sugarbowl sugarbo l and half halt the teab3 teabag TIe up that bag and the salt , Vhlan Vhian Vhlanand , and hand them to him " Garth shook his head , and bowed bowedto bowedto bowedto to the angr angrj angry eyed e , ) ed girlhl'hank girl"thank girl girl'Thank 'Thank Thank hl'hank hlhank "thank ' " ' you , no Miss Ramlll namlll Ramill h has hastaken s AngloBaxon AngloSaxon taken hastaken charge As I recall my An Anglo lo loSaxon Saxon , ladi 'lady lady .lad lad . ' ' ' originally meant bread breadcutter breadcutter breadcutter cutter . She ' was 'vas vas the one " who ho rationedout rationed rationedout rationedout leastfire leastfive out the food . . I figure Ggure fi ure upon at leastfive least fire five " , weeks eelts before we reach the t1le Mac MacLenzle MacLenzie Lenzie Lenzle . Miss Ramlll llamHl Rnmlll will wllI . keep l.eep leep char charge chargeof chargeof e eot ot of the salt and tea-do tea do teadolth tea - - do \ with \\lth lth themwhateter tbemwhate them tbem whateier whateer whateter whate\ whate \ er she thinks best " She flared fiared "I I " 1 will ' not I ! I'll Ill ' do no no6ueh nosuch nosuch 6ueh such thing ' "As As " iou you ou please tlease ) . . . It's Its ' a matter of ofntter o otitter ofutter f ntter titter Indifference IndllTerence to me . More th1n th'i thi th'ionce thinonce ' n once nce ' I'TC ITC I've Ive ' ' gon gone > for two months on onmeat o omeat onmeat n meat alone . . You're Youre ' ' quIteelcome quite uclcome \\elcome elcome ttelcome \ t to o throw tothrow these pouches Into the fire " He lie glanced around , tahlD taking ; stock stockof stoc stocof stockof g of the camp . . "EverHhlng EverHhlng "Everything Everything "Ever.v Ever.v Everv " . thing In keeping , , I see . . N Nsewing Noeewing No Nosewing o mulTlenIl sewing done on the moccasins moccaslus , mulTle muffl mufflall mufflenil e , nIl all eaten woodpile ep , nearly used up u p upYou'd upYoud uyou'd ' You'd Youd bctlei bettel better cook and eat a all ) the meat meat1'0u mca mcayou meatyou t I 1'0u 10u you ' can before ltetore the tbe rest of the tho woo \ ood d woodt oodIs woola Is la burnt When the fire goes out , , we ) ! 1 ] have plenty of or four tooted looted ' \ visitors Isltors risltors to torelieve t trelieve torelieve o , wolvesfoxes legsWolfefoies relieve us of those moo moo&e mooe moose & e legs01 legs-Wolfe legs Wolfe legs- legs legs - " , 01\ 01 01es \ es s , 1o foies : es , , . wolverines woherlnes wolterlnes . . . Also ravens and andmoosebirds an aninooseblyds andnooseblrds d moosebirds inooseblyds . : Even tven . Mamma Grizzly andher andber antier and an d ber tier children may turn up " There followed a silence , broken a at t ! alast atlast last heifirst herfirst heSrst by Miss Ramlll namlll . . She repeated her he r . differenitone differenttone differetone first Srst question , but In a o very ery different differe nt tone : "Mr Mr " lr . Garth , , may I pour you icup a acup youcup cup of the tea ? ' Tberest ' " "Thank Thank " 'Th Th ' nh you , I do not need It It . . . Tbe The Threst ( - rest kecpinfIt keepinit of ot ) iou you au will . . I suggest keeping keepin g It tor for breakfast brcahtast . You 11 II Il have othtaste no oth other othe er : taste tnste of or sweets tor for over 0 ' er a month , un u n less unless uless we find Ond a bumblebee nest " The girl silently covered the top or of tthe Itlie ortthe topItlie ( othe pot with wItb the Inverted tin t1n cup ner n er jtather nerjtather ( lather Hefather nlather heaved up his soft buIl bulk built lie IIe H'beckoned Hbeckoned liebeckoned builtbeckoned ' beckoned to Hu IImby Iiuxby : by . . Come 'Come ' . , Vivian ' The 'rhe rhe agreement w withat was wa as . that ithnt ithat wathat wasithnt < Thatwood Garth should be bklpper bkipper . Th Th'wood That Tha Thawood at wood 'wood ' pile ' " will III not last another hour ho hou ur ; hourWo hoVo \ Wo \Vo Vo can't cant ' ' permit permtt bear any raidsour raids o oour on onour our bull m market market"The marketThe rhet . . " " The engineer cntncer ; : met the quip withrather with withrather a arather rather thin Emile smile . . . However nowcver Ilowever , . ha he cet u t ' , I about gathering gaUlCrlng firewood with quickness quick quickness quickness ness and find efficiency ctllcfency . . Garth lifted Uttcd one of the thc moose quarters quar quar- quarters quarters - - ters from the smoke smohe rack rach and beganto began beganto beganto to cut off large hrge thin slices These he helaid helaid helaid laid on the poles for tor quicker qUlcler , smoke smote smokecurlDg smotecuring smokecuring curlDg curing and doing drjlng drying . He lie paid no atten attcn- attcn atten- attcntlon attention attention - - tion tlon to Miss MJss HamillWhen RamillWhen Ramlll Hamill Ramill RamlllWhen When the girl saw he did iflot .not not . not ! In Intend Intend n ntend tend to speak to her ber , she picked plct.ed plcted . up upthc upthe upthe thc the salt and t tea pouches and nnd went wentInto wentInto wentInto Into the leanto . Garth Gllrth GArtli . , , thought shemeant she shemcant shemeant mcant meant to go to bed Instead , she shecra shecrawled shecrawled cra\\ cra craled crawled \ led out agiln ag1ln again , , put one of or tIle the tIlefreshly thefreshly thefreshly freshly cut slices of meat on a wll tell wlllow telllow vvlllow low spit , , nnd nndtheld nndtireld , hcld ! It t over o\"er o "er er ' \ " the end or of orthe ofthe the fire \ where 11ere the muffle had sim sIm- sum- sum - summered simmered sImmered - mered meredAs As soon as the tbe stcik ste11 steak . wn was . broiledthe broiled broiledthe the cook cool . sullenly offered It to Garth GarthHe GarthHe GarthHe He took tool . II It ' " with Ith no betrayal of hissurprise his hissurprI hissurprise surprI surprise < : ; e , . ird 1l'd 1ld aril ' ' sat down clown don n to eat ent . . 'Thank Thank "Thank "Thankyou ' "Thankyou Thankyou " 'Thankyou ' you , sister " She SIJe frO\\ frO frowned frOned \ ned "I I " n\ n ngtet ncvci nel ( \ ' el ha hated ted anyone any anyone anyone one so much in all nIl my life llfe as ns I hat Irate Irateyou hat2ou ; you ou But that tbn t wis W'IS teas ' a n mean trickstealing trIch trick , . steallng stealing jour your 3 our sugir slIg'lr slIglr srubar ' . " "All All " the more reason for you to tobate tohate tohate bate hate me Not that It 1t mitters m'ltters mltters matters ' a pennythe pennythe penny pennythe -the the - the sugir sug'lr suglr sugar ' or J your our hate . . Ill III ndmlt admit admit.though admitthough . , though hough t , It's"ery It's Its ' ' \ " very \"ery "ery ery Interesting to watch watchthe watchfire watchthe the fire reactG reactions re'1ctlns re1ctlns ' , ) ns of or yourself your.elf yourelf , couraelt : . and find your fa father faflier fatlier ther flier . Hutby IIu"iby IIuiby IIucbv " : Is just a commonpl'lce commonpllce commonplace commonplacewolf commonpl'lcewolf commonplicewolf ' wolf But your father and nnd you-the you the youthelady youthelady you - thelady lady of leisure and the mllliomire mlllion11rc millionaire ac ac- - acquirer acqulrerto acquirertossed - quirer-tossed quirer tossed - qulrer-to qulrer to quirer - tossed sed from the lap of lu luxury luxuryInto luxuryInto ury uryInto Into ' the 1'he 1he rawlId raw \ wild \\lId lId You'll Youll You'J1 YouJ1 ' hive h'l\"e h'l hl "e e haze ' ' \ " to toachno toacknowledge toacknowledge achno\\ achno achnolede acknowledge \ lede ; It's Its ft's fts ' high comedy comed comedt , " "If If " It Is , then you're youre ' ' the clown , , " wasthe was wasthe wasthe the best she cou'd coud cooed ' counter . . He agreed : : That's Thats 'That's ' ' ' It , , the jester- jester jestertbe jester jesterthe jesterthe - the tbe fool of the Ute play-the play the play - the loon who was wasto wasto wasto to have ha\"e ha "e e ' \ " been gulled and bilked Who Whohnows Whoknows Whoknows hnows knows ? He mny mllY may be jet yet } et . . But ut he wlIl will wlIlh willhave willhave h have ve had the fun of or the gime g'1me g1me game ' " Miss Ramlll lli1m1l1 Ramill turned her back bacl |