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Lll- Lll Lil- Lil Lll1th Lilt LIlk - - t k ) 1th Ith , . and Vivian Huxby lIuxby , , pilot andf andmining and f ' ml mining lng engineer enslneer Believing Dellevlng him to tobe tobe tob be only an Ignorant prospector , the themen thornen themen men offer ocrer to mftko make an air nil ' trip to toCarth's toCarth's toCarth'a toCartha Carth's Carths ' claim c1nlm , although they referto refer \ " * ' to his hi * samples s:1.mpes s1.mpes s1mpes : . ample ] * of o ( platlnum-bcnrlneor platlnum bcnrlneor platinumbearingore platinum-bearing platinum bearing - " " Lilith Lllith LilithI LilithRam LllithRamlll LlllthRamlll ore as ncirly nc\ry nc ry nearly ' \ ] "worthless worthless Ramlll Ram III product of o ( tho the j-izz j izz j\Z Z jazz ' \ - % nS6 age aeeplainly , I I Ipalnly palnly plainly ] show shows . her contempt tor far torGarth farGarth torGarth Garth Through Garth a tJ s euldince guldnce guid , nce the theplane theplane theplane plane coon lIoon soon reaches the claim site sitelIuxby siteHuxby siteHuxby lIuxby Huxby , , and nnd fla Ramlll Ramill m III , , after making.everal makingseveral making everal .everal several . tests assure Girth G'1.rth G1.rth G1rth ' . bis bls his chlmfa claimis claim chlm fa is ! nearly valueless v'1.lueless v1.lueless v1lueless ' . but to 'encourage ' 'encour encour 'encour- 'encourage 'encourage ' - age " young prospectors they arewilling arewilling are willing to take t\ke t ke ' \ a chance In 'nvestlng nvestlng 'nvesting nvesting 'nvestinga nvestinga ' a . small am1.11 am111 . amount . . Sensing treachery treacheryAhead treacheryahead treacheryahead Ahead Garth ecrctly secretly remo removes , es i a " \ p1.rt p1rt part parti . 1 + from trom tho the plane plnne piano 8 a motor Huxby H'lIxby HlIxby IIuxby ' ande andI andeLlllth and andLllith I ( Llllth Ll1lth Lllith taunt Garth with his 'gulli gulli gul1l- gul1l 'gutli- 'gutli gutli 'gutliblllty 'gullibility ' gul1lbl1tty - bility bl1tty blllty , , ' but their tone changes chnges , when whenthey whenthey whenthey they try to start the crippled phne plane phneReturninG planeReturning planeReturning ReturninG ' to ghoro IIhoro shore they try to Coree force CoreeGarth forceGarth forceGarth Garth to giva ghe give up the missing put Dart putGarth DartGarth partGarth Garth manages to set the tho monoplane monoplaneadrift monoplaneadrift monoplaneadrift adrift and tho the current carries carrie carrier ' ! It 0\ 0 0er over overthe overthe \ er erthe the falls fall Call 'I I ' . ' . . He lIe points out to the en enraged enraged enraged raged trio that he Is their only hope hopeIn hopeIn hopeIn In guiding them out of or the tho wlldcr wilder wlldcrness wilderness wilderness ness Garth G\rth G rth ' \ begins tho the work of or pre pro preprlng proparing proparing p\rlng p rlng paring ' \ for Cor the long Ions journey He lie In Inslsts inlists Inelsts slsts lists that tht , the others help flnmllJ Ramlll flnmllJand Ramllland namllland and his ( daughter c1:1.ughter c11.ughter c11ughter laughter : . must be h\rdenec1 h rdenec1 hardened hrdenec1tor hardenedfor hardenedor ' \ tor for ( tho the hardships ahead ahc'H ahcH ' ] In their toll toil tollIome toilsome tollcome Iome some ! trek trck to the . ) jutpost utpost ulpost on the the.Maelcenzle theMackenzie the.Mackenzie theMackenzie .Maelcenzle Maelcenzle Mackenzie . . ' Tieturning TIeturnlns 'Returning Returning from rrom n a longsleep long longsleep sleep leep In the woods woodc ; Gnrth Garth finds the theparty theparty theparty party has stolen the tea and eugarho sugar sugarhe U ' 3r 3rho ho he has ha * been saving savlns for Cor emergencies emergenciesHe emergencieslIe lIe mikes m'tltes mtltes mitres ' no objection simply point pointng fng ( pointIng pointfng ng out that tht , he Is accustomed necuctomcd nccustomed ; to n a astrict nstrict aBtrlct strict meat diet and that they arehurting are arehurling arehurting hurling hurting only themselves thpm'le1ves thpmle1ves th'msclves thmsclves ' ' The work workof workof workof of getting ready for Cor the trip con contlnucs continues continucs tlnucs tinues . . Huxby Iluxby refuses to help and't andnorkq and norki norkq 't\ 't t ' \ 'tork ork ' ! on tho the mlnl mining / : ' claim Tho The long journey longjourney begins They reach re'leh releh retch ' theswamp theSwamp the vvamp swamp , , where a . halt Is 1s called calledCHAPTER calledCHAPTER CHAPTER VI-Continued VI Continued VI - Continued ContinuedThe VIContinued9 -9- 9 - 9The 9The - The girl showed sho.1.1 shotrid sho\\ sho \ .1.1 1.1 11 ( . . the whisky whlsly ] ; t11e:1 t11e1 dart flaskthat : , . tbat that he had left lert in her fulher's fulhers father's fathers father'scare fulher'scar father'scare fatherscare ' car care ( > It \ was \ ns full of or fly dOlle-spruce dOlle spruce dope-spruce dope dOllesprucepitch dopesprucepitch dope - - sprucepitch pitch inl\ed inl ed rnhcd mi.ed mied \ . with \ \ Ith caribou cnrlbou tallow Sheput She Sheput he heput put the 11 II ti isk Isle Into her ( fo\s fo s o\-hln o hln fotskln \ ' : - kin bJg bag b.igalong bigalong . , , along with the pouches of tea and andsalt andsalt andealt salt . , . I . Mr . . , namlll llamlll Ramill was already alre'1dy alre1dy ' walking walkingoff walkingoff walkingoff off . . Garth had h'ld hld ' made a tump line for forbls forills forbis bls ills pack pad , As he fitted the b bind bindacross bindacross 1I1d 1I1dacross across his forclicad forellead forehead and stood uprifle up uprifle uprifle rifle In 1n hand , he glanced glunted 0\ 0 over 0er \ er hisehoulder his hisfihoulder hisshoulder fihoulder shoulder at the girLShe girk girL girkShe . She turned and met his bls glance glanceHer glanceHer glanceHer Her lips Ilirs curled In their old scorn scorniul scornful scornful iul ful smile "Wlut Wlut "WIldt WIldt "What What " are you.1tUn you waiting waitingfor \\.1tUn .1tUn \ waitingfor . for ? Aren'te Aren't Arent ' \ we \\e e rte \ ever to feet bet out ot of ofthis otthIs ofthis thIs beastly beastlv ' ' valley valteY7 ? ' He lie started off of o1T ! , .wltbout wltbout , . without wlthout any anv re re- reply reply reply - - ply but with a glow of eult1ncc exultance eult1nccunder exultanceunder e\ultancuunder e ultancuunder \ , : I under his outward out\\ard out ard \ show of ot IndltTu indiilir IndltTuence indiilirence IndIITercnce ence Llllth Ltllth Lllith Ramlll Hamill Itamill thought tholJht : ; she "as as was "asabout wasabout " wasabout about to escape from the Wildlie WildHe Wild WildHe He lie hnd had promised to gul guide e themall them themall themnil all to the Mackenzie Mad.en7le Maden7le Mackenrie . The proha prohabillties prohabill prohabilltles bill billtles ties tiesrere were \rere rere \ now In favor of even evenber evenher evenher ber her father f3th ( > r making m1klng It it . . The Tire girlwould gIrl gIrlwould girlwould would go back to \ what hilt she called calleddvlllzationto calledcivilizationto calledcivilization dvlllzation-to dvlllzation to civilization-to civilization - to luxury and self indiligence In Indulgellce Indulgcnce dulgellce diligence , to jazz ; and nDd nightclubs DIhtc1ubs- DIhtc1ubs nightclub DIhtc1ubsVie nightclubthe nightclubsthe : ; - the Vie vapid pursuit of ot sensation . I lingerbehind Yet a part pnrt of or her would lingeI linger/ linger lingerI linger linge r I I / behind In this lost valley of ot the thedesolate th thdesolate thedesolate e desolate subarctic Rockies llochles . . Sit SitI She SheI Shebad SIichad e I bad had Sithad eaten ot of wild meat ; she had.melled ha hasmelled had hadmelled d melled .melled smelled . the tang t'lng tlng ' of ot smoke from fromman's fromman's fromman man's mans ' ' first tlrst friend trlenc } , the camp enmp fire fireShe fireShe fireBhe She had h'ld hld hid ' come face fnce to face tnce tnce1th \ with \\1th 1th th the thePrimitiveand thePrimitive e Primitive-and Primitive and thPrimitiveand - - and had hlld lived It Itt it . . t lllrendybeen alreadbeen Fortunately , she sho hadlllrendy had hadalread already lllrendy lllrendyf alread alreadt y f t been hard Now NO\v NO v \ she wns ns fit . UDder Unde Undethe Under- Under Underthe r r . , - the thlines smear of ot mosquito mo qulto dope , the th thT e T faceThe lines had smoothed.from smoothedfrom smoothedafrom smoothed , . from her face tace The drawn dra\\n dra n \ look had disappeared d . . , . 1 disappeared/ disappeared disappearedInstead / Instead Inllend Inslead ! of the tcarict scarlet of or rouge rouje : , he her r [ L herL , - Ups lJps were . cherry l.herry lherry red with health healthnatural healthy henlthy healthynatural y natural natIJral naturalcolor color . She had gaineweight gained gaine d ' ' " weight eIght . , Her body now looked leanrather lea learather lean n , rather than emaciated . fa/thcr fa thcr fether AI Aa A Garth oV overtook rtook the girl girls glrl8 a ta fe / . ther yetno yeno , , he eed eyed c ) ed him with a smaller smaHer yet ye t no less genuine Kjtisfactlon 8.1t1sfactton 81t1sfactton &itisfaction itisfaction & . Fo Foevery For lo'or loor ' r , ; daiighter daughter damghter every pound pound'gained poundgained ' . galDed gained by the daugh damgh ter . , the father lather bad bcin belD bean rid of ot three threeor thre threor threeor e or more . , . brisklyahead Garth himself hlmselt swung briskl brisklahead briskly y ahead So far . , nothing nothlnj : had beesaid beejBald bee .i i . ! . said to Huxby lIuxby Iluxby a about out the cache cavo cav z ' ! 10 in caveIn cavin the Ice tee tunnel of ot the glach glacit glacitstream glaclirstream r rstream stream earlbou l.ulbOll cartLou He Be knew lcopw only that the l.ul lul cart . . bOll Lou IceThe carcasses CarlUSSl3 cartasscs hnd had been put on Ice Garthfelt G.1rthfelt The one thing of or \ which irhich hlch G.1rth G1rth Cart . ! felt mo most mot % t . " certain c"crtaln ccrtaln re regarding ardln : ; the en englneer engineer engincer glneer gineer was tram \ as that he be would never neve nevergIve nevegive neverElve r gIve platinumplacer platinumpIncer platinuplacer over trying to get the platinum platinu pIncer placer schemehad schemhad until e\ e every ecry \ cry nosslblp possible posslbl . scheme schem e had bpcn bren been bnlked bnll.ed bnlled baiLed . Mr AIr . Ramlll namll1 Ramill mIght mlgh t quit mightquit mlghquit He Ue lie already possessed a fo for r tunc tune tuncnut tuneBut tortune fortunc fotune tortuneHut relativelypoor Hut nut But Huxhy nuxby was tras as still a relatlvel relatlvelpoor relatively y poor oor man rn'1n rn1n min ' , and he be bad hnd had now madp madpcertain mad madcertain mad"certain madcertain " certain that the placer plater lrluter was worthot worth worthat wort wortat h at least IC'1st IC1st ' tmUtton n t\ t a \ million mUtton dollars . . . BehlDd Beinn d Behindbl BehlDdhis Beinnhis his p"Ished pIshed pddshed p ' " . .shed shed . , front tront Irottt . , he was no DO less lessunscnJlluloU8 lea leannsenrpulous lessunscrupulous s unscnJlluloU8 nnsenrpulous than thaD his millionairepartner mlilionalrpartner millionaire mlilionalr e ' partner , nnd and he was absolutely absolutel I , absolutelycoldhlooiled absolutelycolc1hlooled colc1hloo/led colc1hloo led Coldbloniled colc1hlooledAmn ColdbloniledAmong absolutelycoldhlooiledAmong / Amn Among ( ) the ( lie carde card , that the rutur futur futurwas futurewas e was to deal dcnl that In tne the gome game , the Ic is iscave Icri e [ anvthinf anythinfrom ca\e ca e C'1e cave C'1\ C'1 C1 ' \ e nljit 't)1ht t1ht mltiht " ' ) ; : prove to be anythin nn thin : ; ? from a u t\u t u too tn \ II > spot to an ace Dce If U th thplay theph the e ; phshollll plav ph\ ph play \ should shollll ! shIft liift back baclt to tlie the va val 1 I leII valei lev le\ le lei \ . , 11 II n 1he cache ( ' ai ( he1 full of meat me'lt melt ' rroul rroulmni wouldmn ol1ld ol1ldJnMI d JnMI mni ; i Ilc be limiit ( 11 'ii ii ' ' lit ht the playerho player who \\ho ho oho \ kue kueabout lcuew lcuewabout knewAbout vv about H it ( L . I I I . ' I I I I Llllth Ltltth Lllith made the tbe last climb cUmb to toGarth toGarth toGarth Garth without effort . But IIuxby IIuxbyplodded Huxbyplodded uxby uxbyplodded plodded up ten almost nlmost as 8S winded os as osMr asMr asMr Mr . . Ramlll flllmlll He De lie lowered from frQm frgm hisshoulders hIs hIsshoulders hisshoulders shoulders the tire small but heavy henvy lond load londIn load1n loadin In 1n hl3 his , wolfskin ,01f51.10 01f51.10 01f5110 nolfshtn . knapsack bn:1PS1Ck bn1PS1Ck : . The Tlic ThechunL.s Thechunks chunL.s chunLs chunks . of ot fro7cn fr07en frozen caribou meat beside beside be beside side the bulky bull.y bully . blanket blnnl.et blnnlet . wrappedbundle wrapped wrappedbundle wrappedbundle bundle on our Garth's Garths ' ' packboard p1c1.board p1c1board pacl.board paclboard . drew drewhls drewhis drewbis hls his displeased dlsple1sed attention attentton . "You You " can't cant ' expect me are to carryny carrv carry carrvany carryany any a ny of that th'lt thlt ' venison venls\n venls n ( \ ' I'm Im ' no packjack pack packj'lck packjack j'lck jlck jack ' ( \ of ! the thc woods . . Forty Fc.rty Fcrty . pounds pouDds 1s is 1squite Isquite quite enough to suit me " Garth G'1rth G1rth Girth ' hefted the wolfskin woHsL.ln woHsLln . sick"My sack s'1ck s1ck sick sack"My ' "My My " Iy guess l9 Is fortv forty fort five t1e flue t1\ t1 \ e . rlgurIng rIguring rIguringroughly rlgurIngroughly Figuringroughly roughly , , that makes m'1hes m1hes mikes ' forty one troyounds troy troypNmds troypounds pNmds p ounds , or four , , ninety Dlnety two tro troy troyounces trovounces ounces CaJl'It CaJlIt Call ' lt it five hundred e\en e en even evenPlatinum eenPlatinum evenPlatinum \ Platinum Is around sixty dollars aD as aDounce asounce anounce ounce troy . The \ values alues of or the nlloy alloy alloywill alloyalit alit \ 111 average nerage n\ n \ erage at least Ie'lst Ielst ' thirty . Thatgives Th1t That Th1tgh Thatgives gh gives ( > s us a n total of ot say sap , fifteen thou thouS1nd thousand thousand S1nd sand dollars . . . Not so bad for a few fete fewd't fetedays fewdavs d't dt days ' s ' panning " IIusbv IIuxb IIuxby s face sho showed ed that th'lt thlt ' this thiswas thiswas was \ \ as no n\ n tte nnews ( \ news to him For ror I'or Ior ' all his hiscool hiscool hiscool cool self control his iris fingers clutched clutchedtight clutchedtight clutchedight tight ight t hold of the wolfskin wolfsl.ln wolfslln wolshln [ . as ns he be bedrew hedrew drew rew It out of Garth Garths s careless carelessgrasp carelessgrasp carelessgraspThough grasp 1 ' i iThough graspThough Though Garth G'1rth G1rth Girth ' smiled smtled at the en1 engi engincer's engincer's engincers ; I Ineer's neer's neers ncer's ncers ' betraval betrayal betra 11 ' of cupidity , he tooh tool toolnote toohnote tooknote note of It as an additional nddttlonal acl lt\n'll lt n'll nll ! ( \ ' warningG1rth's warningGarth's warning warningGarth's Garth's Garths G1rth's G1rths ' ' sideward glance warningI caught caughtan caughtan I an amused twinkle twI111.10 twI11110 . In Dar Mr . Ramlll llamUl Ramill s sI sshrc sshrewd sshrewd I shrc\\ shrc shrcd shrewd \ d eyes e eves |