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Garth Girth's Girths G'1rth's G1rths ' ' s rifle rlfie , and ran across to toe tome e bank banI . above the canoe Whenyore When , ore ? re slowly , she came to the top of ofe ofyie e e bink b'1nL b1nL bank ' . he had the canoe launched launchedlnd launchedand launchedind lnd and \ was as heaving hNlIng healing hNl\ hNl \ Ing In the tl1e wolfskin wolfskinti \ wolfskintnapsick olfshln olfshln1nnps'lck 1nnps'lck 1nnpslck tiISick 1nnps'lckHe ti ) ISick ISicklie ' , He lie jumped aboird aboud aboard with the rWe rifle rWed riflend ridend rWer r | nd d one paddle As he bicked b'1c.el1 b1c.el1 b1cel1 backed ' ) . off offore offpore ore she ran down to the waters watersedge \ vvitersidge \ 'Iter Iter ' s edge dge and fl fliing flung ng his bls engigcment eng'lgement englgement engagement ' ' rInglt3hls ringtjbis ring ringit lt3hls it tjbis ; ) bis fice f\ce f ce face ' \ It struck struch his upjerked1Prearm upjerkedrearm upjerked 1Prearm " rcarm rearm ' ind 'lnd lnd and glanced Ianced outboird outbo'lrd outbolrd outboard ' an andto and andks ts to ks flish flash 11'1 111 ' < ; h has \ was \\as as Instantly quenched In Ine ine In.he Inhe . e w witcr Iter , . J JCHAPTER , 'l l ' } f CHAPTER - - VIII'l VIIIij VIII f ij Woodcraft Woodcraft.r Woodcraftr Woodcraft.rUT . , . t\ t ; \ tUT $ < \UT UT \ UT of or the pit of bhcl.ness bhclness blackness blacknessg- blacknessg blacknessgGarth's . , , f } ! - z zGarth's ' Garth's Garths ' tlist th8t fist dimly cOIscIous cOIscIousYhouthts coisciousoughts consciousthoughts ) Yhouthts oughts : \ were ere of \ water \ ater He W'1Sfun wis W'1S W1S was ' fun till In swlmmlDg swimming . , . , No , the wa walr waer lr er \ was as only on his face Not Net rain rainor , I Ior tor or poured water-something water something water - something wet wetlopping \ wetopping et etlopping lopping his foreheadtJie foreheade forehead foreheadsHe tJie ? sHe e opened his eyes e es e'3 e3 ' blinked bllnl.ed bllnled . the theJlz thea theaze Jlz I Ize himselfaxing a ! ze from them , and found hlm himself himselfazing elf axing lng up Into lnto a pair of sunken sunl.en sunlen . blue bluees bluees blueyes es . . TJe They ) , } were clouded and dark darkltb darkIth darkIth ltb Ith misery . , Yet with strange sud sudhness sudnness sudphness 1 1lng . hness nness they brightened brlbhtened At that thatrealized thatte realized they were the eyes ofJlth oflith of oflllth lllth lith . Jlth -i i - RamlllIJf Ramill'Vhat'shappened Ramlll Ramill Ramllli IJf IJfWhat'shnppened > 'Vhat's-happened 'Vhat's Vhats happened ' : What's-hnppened What's Whats hnppened What's Whats ' - happened ? " he muttered mutteredven mutteredyen mutteredyen ven yen as his lips Ups moved , , he remem rememred rememfred 'red red " ' red "Huxby-hls "Huxby Huxby hls "Husby-his "Husby Husby his "Huxby Huxby " - his pistol Must Mustveshot MustLyeshot Mustive ve--shot ve shot Lye-shot Lye - - shot me rue " "Yes Yes " ' Yes 'Yes ' Dad also " I IGarth iJGarth i iGarth JGarth Garth sought to tense his flaccid flacciduseles flacciduscles , uscles useles , ready to bound up 5hed Shed &he he 5he She &hed & d a restraining restrall1lng hand on his hLs fore foread foread torefead ad 'Lie Lie ' still sti1L . He - " went- went wentVent \ Rent ent- ent entWent1 - " Went Went1 Vent ! ? " "Right Right " Right mght after It ! It t . . Be quiet , else you youay youay youay ay go unconscious agila ng'lin nglin again ' . . . The bul bulcut bulcut bulIt cut across the back of your yourd yourId yourad Id d . . All these two days you've youve you'ven youven ' n there In that tbat ! frightful rIghtful stupor . I Iuld Iuld Iilld uld not \ wake ake you up I felt sure sureu'd suren'd sureu'd sureud u'd ud n'd nd ' die . . " Stupor-two Stupor two Stupor - - two oays21/ oays21 oays21he nays ? " / he muttered mutteredoncusslonbraln mutteredoncusslonbrain mutteredoncusslon oncusslon-braln oncusslon braln oncusslon-brain brain - brain . . , " Ie e made deliberate trial , and andnd andLad andind nd Lad he could move his hls legs and ands andns s "Luck-no "Luck Luck no "Luck Luck " - no para paralysis paralysls I } sls Soon beright beright be beright right . . But-your But your But - your father ? You Youd Youd Youd d 'father father 'rather rather ' also ' Catft Calft CaWt see why whylt . ) lt It w \ was as rabid rabld only tor for . ny I.ly Ily ray claim- claim claim claimt - t blood mad . . " 'Of Of ' course 1 ! The cowardly beast beastant beastant beastant ant only to murder you But Buten Buten Butien en he fired again agalu , , Dad jumpedbet jumpedbetween jumped jumpedbetvv bet between betvv " ecu cen " . Bad 'Bad ' ? " Wot Not If It ! f there was a doctor . It'sougb It'sough It's Its ' ough ougb the shoulder . , The CO\\ CO coward- coward cowardrun coward COarl1 cowardrun \ \ arl1- arl1 arl1run - ' , run off \ " v.lth vlth with . , lth the canoe , Instead ot of otootlng ofooting ofpoUng ootlng ooting himself blmselt like 1II.e 1IIe liLe . a man man"fRan manfRan I ! " Ran oft off ore , did he ? Thought he be dl bedl d 1 killed hlIled i , our lather father1 father ? " 'No No ' , he said It wasn't wasnt ' serious Alld All Allneeded Allneeded d needed was tr tv t . take tal.e tale . Did D'ld Dld ' In the theioe theoe theoe ioe oe and get tint th'1t th1t that ' man Tobin'sdical Tobln's Toblns Tobin's Tobins Tobln'sdical ' dical dlcal kit . " Yet he ran oft off oft1thout on " \ without \\1thout 1thout you ? " you'I youI II I ' c I made him go I 1 drove him blm off ore , i ibeastly beastly BLeakIng BLeaklng sheaklng coward 1 ! I"Sarth ISarth " 4 arth stared , perplexed perpleIed : "Yon Yon "You You " did didt didt didit t ? t ? Yet he wanted to take your her yourher where wbere he be could receive recelvc tre1t treat tre1tnt treatat treatnt . ' nt at . . " She hc he frowned " "He He "ne ne thought you youid youd d But iftcr 'ltter ltter liter ' I 1 nearly ! fainted alntel1 , I Ihed Ibed IShed hed bed a against lllnst you to get up I Iyou Iyou It you were still 8t1l1 alive aUve I was afr11d afrild afr11d'd afrild'd afrildrd 'd d ' come cOlne to to-would to would - - would move movc Heuld Ile Lie Ileuld Lieaid uld aid have-finished have finished have - - finished iou you ou . , So I- I Ive Iva I Ivo - vo ve va him off oft : . , " ' 'leaving leaving ' r I eavIng caving your yourself : > elt and nnd your fa fir firr fa-r fa r - . . r marooned here " it ithe 'he he ' girl stiffened stlfTened Her mouLh mouth mouLhnt mouthat moulhnt , nt at liard bard "Don't Dont " ' fancy I did It for fortIt forf foril f tIt 1 It was-it was it " was .lS-1t .lS1t .lS lS 1t . - It was because I \ was as asJolng + , : : soing Jolng going to lot IQt him finish flnIsh his hlq sneak sneakreJer sneakrder sneakrdcr reJer rder . , It vould would f > < ould h'1 h1 hare 1m ' e been the thee thetie e e If I'd Id l I ' d gone off ofT and let jou you J ou die dieu dieu dieti u can sec see that tl1at You musti must I " it He smiled up at her frown "All All "Allthe "Allthe "Allthe Allthe " the more sporting of you . , Not balf half halfbad haltbid b1d bad , ' I'd Id ' siy S"lY SlY " . . " "Ob Ob "Oh Oh " . , but It Is b\d-frl b d frl bad-frlghtfully bad frlghtfully badfrlghtfullybad bid ' \ - frightfullybad htfully htfullybad bad I ! No food-not food not food - not a thing to give giveD'1d giveDad giveDid D'1d D1d Dad ' all this time . . No chance of ofgetting ofgetting ofgetting getting an any fur for either eltl'er eltler ' of you And Andnow Andnow Andnow now his bls fever , too No medicine for forIt forIt forIt It ItI I ' , " A sudden thought jerked jerhed Garth Garthup Garthup Garthup up to a sitting position He lie s"aved saved swaved s"avedfrom swavedfrom svvavedfrom " from 'dlz7lness dlz7lness "dizvlness dizvlness " Nl ' Iness Then his head headc1e1red headcleared headcleircd c1e1red cleared He TIe lie was only nther r1ther rather we'1k we1k weak we'1kfrom weakfrom weikfrom ' from blood loss and sore . ibout .bout bout about the theb1Ch theback thebick b1Ch back of his bls head An e exploring , = plorlng hnnl1 hand hnnl1found handfound handfound found a wad of moss , , tied upon hIs hiswound hiswound "ound ound wound , , " \ with lth a bind b'1nd b1nd ' of plilted phlted plaited grass grassIIe grassIIe grassHe IIe heard henrd the girl irl murmur : "I I " fixed n.ed ned flved . Dad's Dads ' the sime S'1me S1me same ' way- way waynshes wayashes way wayaslics - aslics nshes ashes and the moss to hol hold It on onAshes onAshes onAshes Ashes or soot-l soot l soot-I I soot - I once heard about aboutsomething aboutsomething aboutsomething something like Uhe that for cuts . " . " " He lIe pointed to the scattered ishesof 'lshes lshes ashes 'lshesof ashesof ' of the ( deid eJe1d lead t fires res resline "Be Be line " quick qulch Builda BulIda BulId Build a big blize blue blaze and anl1 throw on green greenwoo greenwood greenwood woo wood Thit Th'1t Th1t That ' southbound plane plane'Must planeMust 1 ' ( 1lIust l\Iust l Iust Must \ signal It Even Evcn ven If he's hes ' aboard aboardhe , he cin't cint c'1n't c1nt can't cant ' ' keep I.eep Ieep . the tl1e pilot from coming com com- comln coming - ln ing down dottn do " n " LIllth LlIlth Lilitli Rimill's Rimills n'lmlll's nlmllls ' ' held he'1d he1d head ' drooped de despondenth despondentls despondentlv spondenth spondentls . , "I I " siw s\w s w saw ' \ It this morningway morningway morning morningway -way way - way out across the sky sl.y sly . . rIrst First Firstthere rIrstthere Firstthere there " was "as as the drone of the motor motorThen motorThen motorThen Then I saw Itway It-way It way It - -way way - off oft ' Only , I Icould Icould Icould could do nothing Yesterda Yesterday ' I used usedyour usedour your ; our ' list l'lst llst last match I " winted wanted 1nted ' to bon boll bonfor bollfor bollfor for Dad the one pinch of tei te'l tel ' tint'sleft tintsleft t11'1t's t111ts tltit's tltits t11'1t'sleft tltit'sleft ' ' left . A puff purr pull of wind blew out the theflame theflame theflame flame Now there's theres ' no hope lIe lIetook lietook Hetook took your rifle rltle too No fire or food foodor foodor foodor or gun , or any chance of rescue I ' ( " ' G'll Gll Guth Garth ' th looked lool.ed looled . around and saw ber her berfnther herfather herfather fnther father tossing In feverish feerlsh fe\ fe fet \ erlsh erish sleep un an under ander under der the shade of a slight sIlght bruch brush brushcanopy bruchC'lnopy brushcinopy ; C'lnopy Clnopy canopy ' He lIe give gwe gave the over overwrought overwroughtgirl overwroughtgirl " rought roughtgirl girl i 1 a ' bantering bantenng smile"Wh'lt smile"Wliat smile smile"Whit "Whit Whit "Wh'lt Whlt "Wliat Wliat " ' , merely merelv a matter of fire firemedicine , medicine food , and escape ? It If only onlyyou onlyyou onlyyou you were a Boy Scout 1 ' How about aboutbecoming aboutbecoming aboutbecoming becoming a Campfire Camlf1re ) Git Glil Ciii I ? Fetch Fetchme Fetchme Fetchme me a two t " 0 foot willow w1l10w bnnch br'1nch br1nch branch ' thesi-se thesi se the theSite thesite Site - of your forefinger , a thong , one onestr'llght onestraight onestnight str'llght strllght straight ' dr drv dry , ' stick stich ' ind 1nd and that chunh chunk chunhof chunkof chunko of ( deid de'ld deld dead ' birch trunk trunl . " A little I1ttle Bind S'lnd Slnd sand ' Increised lncre'1sed lncre1sed Increased ' the frlc Eric frlction Eriction trietlon tion of the fire drill drlll point at the thebottom thebottom thebottom bottom of the shallohale shallow shallo\\ shallo \ ho-le ho le hale hole - he mnde made mndeIn madein madeIn In the block bloch of " wood "ood ood The dry bIrch bIrchsoon birchsoon birchsoon soon began to smoke smohe LIllth Lilith h'ld hld had h'ldgathered hadgathered hidgathered ' gathered tinder of dead Inner bark barkIn barkIn barkIn In \ wide Ide eyed wonderment , she shes shewitched \ s \ 'Itched Itched ' ' the simple primiti primitive prJmIth c a meth methad method method ad od of firem'lhlng'Now firemiking'Now firennking firem'lhlng firemlhlng firemiking firennking'Now ' 'Now Now ' , we weie were J e under way , " he be said said"Ne.t said"Next said"Ne\.t saidNe.t said"Ne saidNe .t t "Ne\.t Ne.t "Ne Ne .t t "Next Next " \ . . comes medicine . . By usingthe using usingthe usingthe the ashes , you gave our wounds woundssterile \ woundssterile ounds oundssterlIe sterlIe sterile dressings dressins ; Your father was wastuned wastuned wastuned tuned up to the pink plnh of condition conditionHls conditionHis conditionHis Hls His wound will wl11 heal as rapidly as asmIne asmine asmine mIne Whit Wh'1t Wh1t What ' little llttle fe\ fe fever feer feter \ er he has hasmeans hasmeans hasmeans means nothing To cool It , crush crusb In Inhis inhis Inhis his drinking drlnhlng water some of the thecranberries thecranberries thecranberries cranberries from o over er there along alongtbe alongthe alongthe tbe the edge of the muskeg musheg You might mightboll mightboil mightboll boll boil willow bark . and and-add and add and.add andadd . - . add a little 1lttle of ofthe ofthe ofthe the bitter decoction decoctloa to the cran crap cranberry crapberry cranberry berry juice " 'Oh Oh ' Oh , It'3 It3 It's Its ' good to know hnow he's hes ' not |