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Is Is'prepared Istepared Isprepared 'prepared prepared ' tepared to Hee fiee flee the t1'o t1o ' burnine burning lumber lumbereamp lumbercamp lumbercamp eamp camp of ot his benefactor bel1cfa.tor bel1cfator bencfartor , . . , Jack Jaek Snow Snow-who Snow who , who - took tooh the youngster to live with withhim withhim withhim him at the death of at Kerr Kern Kerry : , s 5 mother motherTod motherTod motherTod Tod West has instructed Kerry to tocome tocome tocome come with a flie file ale containine contamlng containing the camp 9 s 9funds s.funds aJCunds funds .funds . bhould ehould It bo be endangered endangeredFlames endangeredblames endangeredfiamcs Flames blames attack the office and h.erry herry Kerry : . Kerryhueelne , bugging hugging tho the precious Hie me file , and Tod Todrace Todrace Todrace race to tovn town to " , n Tod acts quecrly queerly At Atthe Atthe Atthe the bank the ftio filo 510 la Is found empty andI.erry and andl'crry andKerry l'crry lcrry I.erry Ierry ' . Is blamed ftlth "lth lth with " taking thewonc the thewrong thewrong wrong one Snow , , his he1.dquarlers he1dquarlers heldquarters he1.dquarlersand heldquartersand hcidquartersand . and money eono gone , Is ruined ruinedCHAPTER " CHAPTER II-Continued II Continued IIContinuedl II - Continued IIContinued2 -2- 2 -2-- 2"I'm 2'I'm l ' - - - - 'I'm Im "I'm " ' ' ' ' hittin hlttln * ' for the West , , " s'1.ld s1.ld s1ld slid slidTod s'1.ldTod saidTod ' . Tod 'Goln Goln ' Goln Goin ' clean to the Pacific PacificCoast PacificCoast PacificCoast " " Coast But from their window that th'1t th1t ' eye eve eyenlng evening evening nlng ning Kerry l\.erry l.erry l .erry erry herry \ . saw Tod board an eastbound east eastbound eastbound bound tiain train . . That niglit night old Jack J'1ck J1ck Jtck ' grew worse worseThe worseThe worseThe The doctor came and ga\ ga ga\e ga e gae gaffe \ e him himsome himsome himsome some medicine , but lie he was rest restless restless restless less , and nnd frightened Kero Kerrh Kerry . , the wavhe wa way wayhe be he \ would ould sit up In bed and talk talkwildly talkwildly talkwildly wildly , and finally finnlly the bov boy . , trying tryingto tryingto to soothe him , crept close Into the theorms thefrms thehrms orms frms and that seemed seemerl to bring bringpeace bringpeace bringpeace peace to the harried barrled spirit spiritAfter . . After Jack was quiet , , , the tbe bor boy borwblspered boywhispered bovwhispered wblspered whispered : "It It " ain't aint aln't alnt ' so , what tliey're tlieyre they're theyre ' tellln tellin telllnJack " ' , Jack I didn't didnt ' take t'1b.e t1b.e t1be tike ' . the wrong one oneunlest onepalest oneunlest unlest palest he told me wrong \ rong " l F ' "Ih Ih 9T "l l " ; h ? What's Whats Wh'1.t's Wh1.ts Wh1ts Whit's Whits ' . ' that th'1.t th1.t th1t ' . ? ' Jack ashed asked askedHe askedS " He Be said It again and added ' ' itWhen When lie he told me , , he be put his hand handfight handr handtight handright fight tight r on It ; rlht rl , ; ht on thf thE ' one on ontop ontop ontop top th ' safe s'1fe s1fe sate ' 'nd nd ' said your money moneywas monewas mone } was In It 'nd nd ' to come a runnln runnin runninyhen ' Vhen ( $ 'ben ben ' he ycowled yeowled fcr fer me " ) x xOld Old Jack \ was waserv 'IS IS ' \erv erv Serv \ erv silent silentr\\Miat silentr Miat . . i\u i u . \ \ " \ \ \ hat else else'd elsed 'd d ' he do ? After that thatwhat'd thatwhatd , what'd whatd \ hat'd hatd ' he do " " And Ami the boy related rel'1.ted rel1.ted rel1ted ' . In detail detailwbat detailwbat detailwhat wbat Tod We West t liad had done . . . , . ho\\ ho how hohe howhe howhe \ he had riad lad gone down b\ b bt bthe b \ , the crcE'h crcEh creek creeknil creekdnd ' nd nil come back b'1cb b1cb ' . through the alders aldersIts aldersIs 118 Its If It " wondering "onderIng onderIng If ' anyone 1nyone had seen seenhim seenhim seenhim him And of how he hadn h'1dn h1dn htdn ' t tried triedto triedto triedto to save saye the buildings bulldlngq that were werefirst \ werefirst ere erefirst first In line of danger dangerJack dangerk Jack Snos Sno\\ Sno Snow Snoswore \ \ s swore " ore a slow and ter teri'lble terIble teririble i'lble ilble ' Ible oath , , thenir then thenip ip . "He He "lIe lIe " could ' 'a a ' ' ' ; , ' he muttered lieould Ue lie ould 'a a ' ' done that . . . . . . . , 'Nd Nd ' hurled buried hurledU'nd buriedt'nd buried\ buried buriedt U'nd Und t'nd tnd \ t . , 'nd nd ' dug It up since SlDce th ' fire lire 'nd nd 'ad ad 'adput 'ndut ndut ' put ? ut th ' bee on a little feller . . . . o ' . ' Before morning he was much muchorse muchorse muchirorse orse and that day d'1.Y d1.Y d1Y ' . they t11ey took tookerry tookerry tookJCerry erry away awny and before the weeh week weekwas weekxras was as out he be had hadtno hadwno . no old Jack 1001 look lookg lookjng , . [ g after him nor would he e\ e eer ever everve e \ er erve erpave ve , again The Poor CommIs CommIsoner Commisoner CommisHoner oner " was "as as his boss , , now , and was wasoardlng wasoarding wasHoarding oardlng oarding him out . . . . .K K . , He could not hide the hurt of old oldack's oldark's oldjack's oldjacks ack's acks ark's arks ' passing , of course All he heaid heKaould aid ld do was to hide himself ine In Ine Inpie e woods at the edge of town . , Ine In | fe e long grass of meadows wherecould where wherec whereW whereY c could lie on his face and cry cryt cryftly crySftly W Y ; ' CUy ftly . t But that tbat other thing : the hurt hurthlcb hurthich hurtwhich hlcb hich came when boys , with the theruelty theruelty theiruelty ruelty of their years , , taunted him himIth himlth himijrlth Ith lth having sent Jack bust . , , . by then , , he found , , he could cover.he coverhe cover covere ' . e pain with laughter He found foundth foundth foundpth Inlaughter | th sanctuary and defense inughter In Inugh ugh ughter tel " . . . . . , ( He tried to run away repeatedly repeatedlyMen , , , en he lie was older . . Always they theyought theyought ought him back and nnd made himy himp him y p and kept hept hlW hilt hlWIn him in 8 school .hool hool < . whenhated whenhated when hated the place and all the peo peoe peoe pcoB e In It because they never forgot forgotat forgotat forgoliat : at Tod TodVest Wcbt Wet \Vest Vest \ : , had told about himid hIm hImd himd d would not listen " when "hen hen , as a atie atie atie tie boy , he lie had bad tried to telJ tell tellat telJat telliat at he and old Jack had suspectHe suspectHe suspect . He did not persist In trying tryingbroadcast tryin ? ; 1 , broadcast this suspicion &om om &omj &ome ome Some Somey & < > j y y &omey , he'd hed ' ' get foot footloose loose ; ; then they theyuld theyaid thejuld uld aid all go to the dcvIL devil Unti Untl1 Until Untl1n Untiln : | realljIt reallyIt en n he'd hed ' hide the things he reall really ) , U It behind laughter laugbter . . CHAPTER 111HBY III 111 HEY HBY sat In lu a St St . . Paul office ; , ' Kerry Young , , tall and brown brownd browld d trim In his bls wood&man's woodmans woodsman's woodsmans wood & man's mans ' clothC cloth clothAt clothAt . At his feet was WIlS curled aChes a Ches Chessake Chcscake , sake ake retriever , brighter than the thescribed thiescribed ' scribed dead grass In color ; al8t alst al alst st 8t honey hued , heas he wasbit \ was \\as as wasA asbIt A bit more than a decade ha haJ had haJssed hadssed . ssed gotfree gottree cince since lie he bad had finally got gotn ; free tree of the town which had hadrped hadrped haiirpcd spiritThis spirit'This rped and moulded his spirit ' " " ' ' This 'This , , said the man across the thek thek thgtlc e k . , "la la "Is Is " the finc-.t finc.t finc .t t fine.t finet . - , . report on OD a aber aber inber ber pr property property pcrty I have ever reall read reallgreat readgreat reaiH ' [ great ! ' I'm Im ' asking asUng you again : Younghere's Youngheres againSTon't againSTont on't ont ' you yon stick sUck with us . , Young ? ere's eres era's eras ' a big opportunity \ with \ Ith this thisoration thisoration thiyporatlon oration for tor a man of your yourrs yourrs youars | rs and abIlIty abilitySerry . . " | erry smiled smlIcd slowly . , slowly.fTIme slowlyfTIme Time Ime to move , , " he said In his hisp hisp hi hiV V p voice "I've Ive " ' ' been on this one onesince onesince on | since lnce October . , . It'a Ita It's Its ' July , now nowand nowand nov1 and I l-wlth l wlth I-with I with " - with a nod toward th the the"are the"are ; -"are "are are - "are are " a little afraid of taking takingYou're takirL- takirL takirLYou're to takingto " - You're Youre aren'tt ' alwaya always movln moTlny moving , aren't arent arer\71 arer 71 ' \ t ? " ' L 4L 4 'Most Most ' : \ Most \Iost Iost of the time " The other paused pnused , started to tospeak tospeak tospeak speak , hesitated and then asJ.ed asJed asked asJ.edbluntly askedbluntly askedbluntly . bluntly : "Why Why 'Why " ' , , Young ? " hel KeiQ Leery r ' laughed I'lughed Ilughed and answered as asone asone asone one \ will III who e\ e evades e1des wades \ 1des ' an Issue"I issue"I Issue Issue"I "I I " like IIb.e IIbe . to see country I like to toput toput toput put In this time of the year ye'1r ye1r ' , . at the thehcadwaters theheadwaters theheadwaters hcadwaters headwaters of a n rh rher riser er ' I've Ive ' never neverbeen neverbeen neverbeen been on and follow her through throughto throughto to the mouth TIh Rhcrs Risers ers are wonder wonderful wonderful wonderful ful e e\periences e periences e\perlences perlences \ ' , ' Mr 'Ir Ir Burkhcad Burb.he'1.d Burbhe1.d Burbhe1d Burkhetd . ' . You Younever Younever Younever never . kno\\ kno b.no\\ b.no know knoon b.noon \ \ , on tlie the new ones oneswhat's oneswhat's oneswhat's oneswhats what's whats ' ' around the ne nes.t nest net . t bend or at atthe atthe atthe the foot of tlie the next rapid 1 I l " "I I " understand all that . . But Isn't Isnt Isn'tthele isn'ttheie Isn'ttheie Isnttheie ' thele theie something else ? " " the other otherperslstetl otherpersisted otherpersisted perslstetl persisted * ' Something else thaI that thaIheeps thatkeeps thatkeeps heeps keeps sou you ou fore\ fore forever foreer foreser \ er on the mo\ mo mo\e mo e moe mope \ e ? ' ' Young's Youngs ' smile faded"There faded"There faded faded"There "There There " Is , " he said simply'Once simply simplyOnce Once 'Once ' , when I was a kid hid , I " was "as as In Inone inone Inone one place p1'1ce p11ce ' too long It's Its ' while whlIe he's hes he'sa hesa ' a kid that a man's mans ' habits are areformed areformed areformed " " formed He broke ShOl shoit shoat t and the smlle smile smlleswept smileswept smileswept swept back bacb . Into his face f'1.ce f1.ce f1ce ftce face"No f'1.ce"No ftce"No ' . "No No " use tr trying Ing to e explain espltln p1'1ln p11ln ' I Ijust Ijust Ijust just \ want ant to be gone lender yonder onder ; ; tha thats thatsall thatsalii t s salii alii all i ' ' Some dav d'1v d1v day ' you 11 light IIgbt and do a alot alot alot lot for yourself What rivers rl\'er rl 'er er \ " ' s Itgoing It Itgoing itgoing going to be he this year ? " "Oh Oh uOh " , , anyone any one of several I hno\\ hno know hnolots knowlots knowlots \ lots of 'em em ' " He looked loohed at a I'1rge I1rge hrge I'1rgei I'1rgemap hrgemap ' largemap i map of the Great Gre'1t Gre1t ' Lakes Lab.es Labes . section section"luch sectionwhich sectionwhich "luch luch which " hung on the wall "There There " sthe s sthe I Ithe the Zhingwauk Zhlngwauk , , and the Mad ! ad Wom Worn Woman Wornan Wornan an and the Blueberry Dlueberry " 'They They ' . 1 ' Ihei he re all fine stream streams ' Burl Burk Burkhead Burkhead . heatl head rose and walked to the map mapputting , , putting on his glasses gl'1.sses gl1.sses gl1sses ' . . . "We We " hadan had hadan hadan an operation on tlie the Dlueberry Blueberry Blueberryyears Blueberryiear years e'1r e1r ' & : . ago We couldrave could ha ( liave rave e one on onthe onthe onthe the Mad Woman Wom'1.n Wom1.n Wom1n 1Vamtn ' . noIf now no\\ no \ \ . , Ife If \ we \\e e wantedit wanteJIt wanteJ wanted It A chap up there in trouble ; ; bit off more than tb'1n tb1n thin ' he can chew , 1gucsb I Igues Iguess gues guess : . West . . Tod West Nest Kno\\ Kno Know Knothe Knowthe Knowtlie \ the property propert ) 2 ? ' For ror an Instant Kerry Kcrr Kerr ) did not re reply reply reply replyo ply . . ' \ . , 1\0 1 0 ? \o o \ o , , " he lie said "I I " vc ve ye never nerer beenon been beenon beenon on theI'ld the MadVoman : \ Mad \I'ld I'ld Ild ' \ Woman Wom'1.n Wom1.n Wom1n \Voman Voman ' . " " He rose rO.e rOe : . a abit abit abit bit stiffly stlffly Tod 'Totl Totl ' Tod West ? You re resure resure rsure ( sure ? ' " ' Sure 'Sure ' Had con considerable lderable corns coats cornspondence coatspondence cornspondence pondence \ with Ith him ham ; ; sent a cruIser cruIserIn crulseiIn In there last winter wmter Cti E\er E er \ er run runacross runacross ruracross across him ? ' He looked loob.ed loobed . around sharply s11arply when whenInstead , Instead of or ans\\ ans answering anserlng \ erlng , his caller callerlaughed callerlaughed calleilaughed laughed , , a hard and brief and andmI andmirthless ammirthless 1 mirthless mI thless laugh'Once laugh 'Once Once ' Once , " he said after that "Yes Yes " . . , Once . . . . , . . , " . - . S . . . . . . You never nerer know b.now bnow . \ what's whats hat's hats ' around aroundthe aroundthe arounithe 1 the ne next neat .t t > . bend or at the foot of the therapid therapid thrapid ( rapid below . .you you . when tra\ tra tra traveling traellng \ ellng eling a astrange astrange istrange strange river , he had saidFor saidFor said saidFor For a week he had been on the theMad theMad thfMad Mad Woman , now . . One night hhad he hehad hehad ( had camped by a fire tower and andtalked andtalked anctalked talked for long with the lonely lonelylookout lonelylookout lonelylookout ' lookout . . Yes , lod 'lod Tod ' West was a bIg bIgman bigman blman { ; man in this country . Another time he stopped for an anhour anhour aihour hour ' } ; with Ith itb an isolated trapper trapperWest's trapperWest's trapperWest's trapperWests West's Wests ' ' Landing "Landing " was thirty mile miles milesbelo milesbelow ; belo below " . . Pretty PretLy soon , now , he bed d be begoing begoing bigoing > going through West's Wests Wect's Wects ; ' upper holdIngs holdings hold Ings A great fellow , Tod , , but hecbeen he d dbeen dbeen . been hard hit lately , folks said saidAnd saidAnd And so on onOccasionally onOccasionally onOccasionally Occasionally as he paddled easily easilywith easilywith casll ; with the current he would wink at atTIp atTip aTip TIp , seated by the packs pacb.s pacbs . , , and andthroaty andthroaty throaty laughter \ would ould rumble up upfrom upfrom ] ) from his chest . . ' Chance " " he said at one of ofthese ofthese o these times 'The The * ' The part chance chancepla chanceplays 1 pla\s pla s plays pla \ s In a man's mans ' life lifer In InAnd ' " And at nighf night , , in his camp be- be beneath beneath - - neath the stars , he would ! lie le awaki a\\ake a ake awake aakehour awakehour awakihour \ 2 hour after aUer hour , \ wondering onderlng , rememberlng remembering re membcring memberlng membering , teasing himself will with withthe withthe i the thought that th'1t th1t thtt ' finally , perhaps , he be |