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Garth bandaged It Ity T Twith y with a strip of skin , , and hadgin had -gin gin - < egln practicing on her w.ebs webs w.ebsHEI websbeing websnnt . HEI HEIbeIng HE sheHE being hurried or excited e'clted eclted etcited " ' { she shecaught she"yaught sheyaught HEcaught " caught the knack hnach of the snow-otnde snow otnde snowotndeilr snow- snow snowstride - . ilr stride strideII strideIt II It ' last climb took tooh them up upiJ upd up'd upd ' iJ d the bend In to the great cleft clefti . , thev tbcv they turned back , Garth had hadJ hadrl J 1 fire the pistol She neither neitherer neithericr er aiming eye nor flinched as asl1ted asidled aspiled l1ted idled the trigger . Each Bach time time11et timeIlet timepllet 11et Ilet struck within a foot of ofarby ofarby ofiarby arby mark that Girth G'lrth Glrth G'irth ' ' set up uphalf uprhalf upt/balf upt balf rhalf / , half bad bnd , . " he approved nppro\ed nppro ed approsed \ 'III III 'I I ' 111iT 11 11go go down with me to tomorrows tomorrowsg tomorrowng morro " " ? g ugh ugb the temperature had be bemilder bemilder be"milder bemilder " milder . , It remained belowig below belowg g point . . , As on the other oc ocGarth ocGarth oc'Gnrth ocGnrth ? ' Garth started downgulch two twobefore twoIbefore before da\\ da dawn dan \ n This time LII LIl LIIIJIlJed LIlballed Lllallied IJIlJed balled : with hImI hImtby him himjlby I / ' /jlby jlby toi tby : had hnd moved mo\'cd mo 'cd cd \ ' his camp toe toe to i ce e shore opposite the stranded strandedlane strandedilane strandedt strandedlane lane . . . The engineer and tn tw two twominers 0 o ominers t miners lay asleep , huddledj huddledts huddledis huddled ts is of spruce eprays sprays and dryfourth dry dryfourth fourth man sat on a log be- be bee bee be-e be e - - e fire , his rifle between hIsHe hisHe his hisHe He yawned drowsilyrat drowsily drowsilyirst irst rat slight sght ) tinge of dawn dn " n hado had hadto hadto to : gray the east.But eastBut easLBut east . . But among amongea amonges amonges ea es the night was still black black.en blacken . . . en flicker tUcker of light in the dark darkhInd darkhind darkihind hInd the leanto lennto brought thewatcher the thewatchers thewatchers watchers watcher s bead head up \ with Sslth Ith a aeslde aeside areside eslde eside the skin akin clad man with withted withted withited ted match , he aaw saw a second secondulntlng secondulntlng secondulnting ulntlng at him along the bar barpIstol barl ' pistol , . lu luput ' put hia hIs fingers to his lips lipsce lipsCe lipsnee ce , and held a fuse wrappeddynamIte wrappeddynamite wrapped ' dynamite close to his match matcher matcher matchIner er let go of ot his rifle andened andened and andened ened upon his feet teet feet , , hia his bandsbove hands handsova handsova ova his head.t headatch head headmatch .t t . .tatch match atch flickered out out . . Garth Garthl t Gartht the dynamite dyoamlte and darted dartedne dartedHe dartedL He ne was none too QuIck quick.ght quickght . . ght thud of the fallen faen ) rifleakened rIfle rIflekened riflekened kened Huxby IIuxby . _ As GarthbehInd Garthbehind Garth Garthbehind theI behind the corner of ot the thee thee thebe I e engineer peered out out , , wIth wIthI withol I 1 thrust forwardrth forwardrth forward forward.rth .rth rth . . jumped he be struck withof with withof of his belt ax aL aLlit . . - Jt -lit lit t crackedBuxby's crackedHuxby's cracked Huxby's Huxbys Buxby's Buxbys ' wrist wrI.st . . The engl englIItol englatol engiatol IItol atol ! dropped With a n curse cursegrasped , rasped at the weapon , butis but buts 8 s quicker . As he be cau caught ht It Itby Itby Itby ; by clutched at his bls throat throatslled . lied ) ed him with a tap of tbe the tbeon the'on theon ' on the temple . . . - I ied ed ed by the sudden flurry urry , theirs tbe the tbers theA A rs ra In the leanto lennto were grasp grasp- . - - grasp-be grasp be graspbe he be pair pall ' of rifles on whIch whIchad whichad which\&Q which &Q Q \ ad & lain lalo Garth whirled thew thecover the thecover cover themup theme them themi w ! i e up , , and get out beside besidete besidete besidete te , " he ordered "V/e "V V e "We We " / wantmurderer want wantmurderer murderer . , . But we'll well ' shoot shootnUke shootn | nUke n like dogs If It ft you Intert Interir interr interf Inter Interf f ir r irf t f the pair pall ' jerked up hIs.The hisThe his hisThe The .The . other man hesitatedr hesitatedI hesitated ; I r ' outside called warnlngly warningly ; : ; 's s * ' 8 up , , Lancy Laney . The otheri others other s got the "lifted lifted " drop on us too lifted his hands and nnd stared staredhIs staredhis staredhis hIs bed mate mute lIuxby.1S Huxby lIuxby Husby v \.1S .1S ws.is wsis ws.isg ' \ . .1Sg . . sg g up . , sU still ) dazed from the thet thet thet t had felled him Wild yIth yIthrage \ \ , Ithrage Ith Ithrage rage , he struck out furlrth furl furlrth furlrth rth side-stepped side stepped - - - and thrust thruslling Ing lag thrustIng thrustlag foot toot footiglneer . iglneer glneer gineer pitched face-down face down facedownarderustcd face-dowrlard-crusted face dowrlard crusted facedownardcrusted - - ard-erustcd ard erustcd ard-crusted crusted - - snow . Beforspring Befort Before Befor Beforespring Befortspring e spring up again , , Garth Garthpon Gart Gartpop Garttipon h pon pop his back The blow blowim blow blow1m blo bloiilm v iilm 1m im breathless It " was as then thenm'ltter the thematter thcinutter n m'ltter mltter matter ' to click Constable Constabl Constablenndcufrs Constablilandcun's Constablilandcuns Constablandeuffs e nndcufrs andeuffs ' on the wrists ot oterer o oerer olerer t erer , , . ; that . cursing , , or ' I'll Ill I'U IU ' ' ga gll ' ; , rth th gath said " ' ' ladyAU "There's Theres "Tllere's Tlleres a lady lad ladAll ladAll y All AU fl right ht . , : Miss Ilimll It'lm11l Itlm11l Itnmfll Itnmfllt Itnmfllfell ' t fell silent , to gale gape ) UJ.e UJe like . the th thr e ; r miners at the skin clad form that thatC'lme thatcome thatcome C'lme Clme come ' forward out of the blackShadows black blackchadows blackshadows chadows Shadows : ; Into the firelight firelight"Llllthi . . " "Llllthi Llllthi "Llllthl Llllthl "L111th1 L111th1 " rou You ? ' " \ 1 e es Ct > , its It s me . , you cowardly sneak sneakl.llIer sneakkiller sneakkiller l.llIer lllIer killer . ! ! I cime c'lme clme came ' after you } . ) ou with Alan Alanand , , nnd and he has let me catch you " The murderer twisted around with withhis withhis withhis his back bach to her and the fire flre Hisheid HIs HIshe'ld Hishead he'ld held head ' sagged sag-ged sag ged - fort\ fort fora forward fortard \ ard aryl With a Bud sud sudden Budden sudden den return of aIel aleitnesa alertness tness , LIHth Ltllth LIHthturned Ltllthturned LIllthturned turned her gaze away from trom hIs hIsshado hisshadow hisshadowy shado shadow " v profile to watch the threelined three threelined threelined lined up minersGarth minersGarth miners minersGarth Garth did not smile at the gIrl girlsneedless sneedless s sneedless needless caution She bad had c'lrned clrned earned c'lrnedt1l6 earnedthe earnedth ' t1l6 the right to think tlllnl .herself herself lerseU ) . an invalu Invalu- Invaluable invaluable invaluable - - able helper He allowed alloed allo\\ allo \ \ ed her to stindguird st'lnd stlnd stand st'lndgU'lrd standguard ' gU'lrd gUlrd guard ' while he gathered up the three threerIfles threerifles threerifles rIfles and unloaded them Ulem , ' Right o 0 a 0liss Miss \liss liss 4fiss \ Ramlll Hamill Itamill , . , " Garth said"Sit saId saId"SIt said"Sit saidSit "SIt SIt " down It's Its ' ' all over now but thetalking the thetalhlng thetalking talhlng talking " . She lowered the pistol but drewback drew drewback back " where "here here Rhere she could watch Huxby HuxbyI Huxbyas Huxbyas I as well wen as the miners Garth loohed looked loohedsoberly lookedsoberly lookedsoberly soberly at the men"It men men"If men"If "If If "It It " 3 iou ou know Kipling Klpling , , you'll youll ' bear bearIn bearn bearIn In i n mind that the female of ot the spe spe- ape- ape specIes apees species - - d cies es is more deadly than the male maleI I dare say , though , you can safely safelyenture safelySantora safelyventure enture Santora , to lower your hands and sitdo sIt sItdo sitdos do\\ do dos don \ n s , Rlth Ith us " At the welcome permission , , the thethree thethree thethree three dropped their arms Two ofri of ofHe ri : t tr tr r r , dl i iM iw iHe M w He Kissed Her Red Lips and Scar Scarlet Scarlet Scarlet let Cheeks and Tightly Cloied Closed CloiedEyelids ClosedEyelids ClosedEyelids ClosedEyelidsthem Eyelidsthem Eyelids them at once squatted on a log logLaney logLaney logLaney Laney lingered for a surly question questionbefCre questionbefore questionbefore befC\re befC re before \ following suit : "What's Whats " ' ' the play playT playi ? " * "All All "An An " we came cnme for was to arrestHuxby arrest arrestHuxby arrestHuxby Huxby Help " with "lth lth Rlth the cabin plane planeand , , and there will be no mention ot of otany ofany olany any shooting other than his mur mur- murder murder murder - der of the constable What wages wagesdid wagesdid wagesdid did he promise you ? ' ( ? " ' " "Double Double " the usual Tole us behad he be hehad hehad had to get In hia h18 his assessment work workbefore workbefore workbefore before the freeze-up freeze up treeze-up treeze treezeupIt - - - It " It"The "The The " claim belongs to me , , " Garthreplied Garth Garthreplied Garthreplied replied 'I I ' I will pay you the double doublewages doublewages doublewages " " wages "Cgh Cgh "Ugh Ugh " , , " growled Laney . . "You You "Yououtplayed "Yououtplayed "Yououtplayed Yououtplayed " outplayed the d-n d n d - n fourflusher fourfiusher fourfiushor . It's Its It'sa It'sa It'aa Itaa ' ' a deal You're Youre ' ' boss We're Were ' workingfor workIng workIngfor workingfor for you " Garth walked back into theblackness the theblackness theblackness blackness of the spruce trees Hereturned He Hereturned Hereturned returned with the floursack oursack pack packbag packbag packbag bag , his own and Llllth'a Lllltha Lluth's Lluths Lillth'a Lilltha ' buckskinsuits bucksldn buckskin bucksldnsuits buckskinsuits suits and a bindquarter hIndquarter of fat carl earl carlbou earlbou earlbou bou meat . At bis hIs Invitation , , the men meneagerly meneagerly meneagerly eagerly went at the frozen meat meatwIth meatwith meatwith wIth an ax , , and put the big teapot teapotfull , , full of snow , on the fireHuxby fireHuxby fire fireHuxby Huxby continued to sit In morooo morose morosesilence morooosilence morosesilence silence , with his back baeI , to the fireThe fire fireThe fireThe The feastera feasters paid no heed to him himAfter himAfter himAfter After a time LIllth LIlIth began to etiruneasily sUr stir sUruneasIly stiruneasily uneasIly At last she had to act . She Shehanded Shehanded Shehanded handed her pistol vlstol to Garth and andeot andsent andwent \\eot eot sent \ to put a piece of meat on a aspit aspit aspit spit When iVhen It was broiled , she tookit took tookIt toolsIt It and acrd a cup of tea ten to Huxby Buxby . . He stared up at nt her as If dum Qum dumfounded Qumfounded dumfounded founded , , then shook shool , his bead head suI sul suIlenly sullenly sullenly lenly She put down tho the cup and andplate andplate andplate plate beside him , , and returned toGarth to toGarth tcGarth Garth At his look of cool Inquiryher Inquiry , , her eyes flashed Oashed flahhed with defiance defiance"I "I I " 1 don't dont ' care I ! It'a Ita It's Its ' not right to tost tost tcst st irvo lITe trve an3ono an nn ono " . He IIe replied In a noneommltta nontommlttal nonrommlttal nontommlttaltone nonrommlttaltone : tone : : "You're Youre " ' ' avoman a \ woman \voman voman . . " " The murderer took up hta his cup cnp of ofhot ofhot olhot hot tea In his manacled hands bands anddrank and anddrank am ; drank He Be lie began to eat the meatWhen meat meatWhen When daylight came . , Garth or ordered ordered dered everyone out to the cabIn cabInplane cabliplane plane The hard hnrd frozen slush Ice Icegave lc lcgave < gave solid footing over the bog bogIt bogIt It also gave a solid solJd foundation out outat ouat at the plane upon " which ehlch hlch were werebasecthe based basedI basedthe I the englneer'i englneeri engfneer1 englneer'9 englneer9 ' ' ' lifting operatIoD operation operationThe & ! , ( . The Ice had been chopped from fromaround fronaround I around the floita tlo'lta tlolta floats ' and nnd a crib erlb bunt bully buntunder bullunder under the Inner end of caeh aeh eh tlVln Rind RindBy winaBy 11y By hoisting holstlng first on tht the ( rote tutc tca ? ' ess d cs6 I of one wing and then the th . oth.w othw othrJl otrtr . ' , tk.G tkG tko . tb cribs had l1ad bad been heightened until untl1 the thefloats thefloats thefloats floats floatsere \ % were \\ere ere ere level " with "Hh Hh witli the top of ofthe ofthe ofthe the IceA iceA Ice IceA A glance Inside the cibin c'lbln clbln cnbin ' shooed shooedGarth ' ) showedGarth ho " ed edGarth Garth the body of Constable Dillon DillonI Dillon131ug Dlllonbing I 131ug . ) Ing wheie where WhE'1 WhE1 ' e he had left It Loney Loneyevplnlned L'inc Linc L'lne Llne L'incexplained ' ' > e explained evplnlned plnlned , with a jel jeik jerk J . of ot a mlt mit mlttened mittened mittened tened thumb to Huxby Hu by ; : : |