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Show en of theounted the theIViounted Men IViounted IViountedby ounted by CaptaInC Captain | | G C Elllott.NI ElllottNI Elllott-NlSlltlngale Elllott NlSlltlngale Eillott-Nightingale Eillott Nightingale - . htlngale htlngaleCopyrl | EillottNightingaleCopYrlght Copyrl Copyright CopYrlght f WNU WNUADVENTURES | ADVENTURES OF or 01 ' A A HEROAND HEROAND HERO AND A LUNATICALL LUNATIC LUNATICA _ _ _ A LL the outfit he had was was as theclothes theclothes tha the thatA ALL tA- tA tAclothes - clothes he wore In his right righthand righthand righthand hand held high he carried carned a Bible BibleJust BibleJust BibleJust Just where he came from no oneknew oneknew one oneI I knew ! tor or for he very suddenly ap appeared appeared appeared peared on the Saskatchewan plams plains plamscalling plainscalling plainscalling calling upon all to Repent , , , and andseck andseek andseek seck seek Eternal L Life e Now and then thenhe thenhe thenhe he changed his text and warned usthat usthat us usI I that the Day of ot Judgment was at athand athand athand hand After we staked him to some somefood somefood somefood food and a warmer coat donated donatedby donatedby donatedby by the most notorious notonous blasphemer blasphemerin in the group he was on his wayagain way wayagam wayagain agam again shouting shoutmg his rus warnmgsThe warningsThe warnings warnmgs warningsThe The poor chap was obviously a a"bit a"bit a"bit abit "bit bit " cracked ' but as long as he hekept hekept hekept kept to the prairie he was not m in mmuch inmuch mmuch much danger But the poor misguided mis misgwded misguided gwded guided prophet kept beading headmg heading due duenorthwest duenorthwest duenorthwest northwest and Just ] ust when the tcrr terrific terrificman terrificman lc lcman man k . killing 1mg sub Arct c winter wmter took a agood agood agood good grip on the Athabaska lake lakecountry lakecountry lakecountry country he came to grief He was wasfound wasfound wasfound found badly frozen and dying of ofstarvation ofstarvation ofstarvation starvation on a trail trat ! that might see seea seea seea a human being bemg once during durmg the wm win wmI wmter winter winter I ter In spite of his serious physicalcondition physical physicalcondltlon physicalcondition condltlon condition he was still shoutmg shouting texts textsI textsand textsand textsand I and singing smging hymns but the half halfbreed halfbreed haltbreed breed who found him knew but few fewwords fewwords I Iwords words of Enghsh English anyway so the thewarnmgs thewarnings thewarnings warnmgs warnings and texts tell fel fell ! on deaf earsAt ears earsAt earsAt At any rate the breed soon had hadthe hadthe hadthe the demented white preacher in m a awarm awarm awarm warm bunk and warm food InSide InSideof insideof insideof of him As the days passed though thoughthe thoughthe thoughthe the roving rovmg missionary developedinto developed developedinto developedinto into a raving maniac mamac and the hali half halibreed halfbreed halfbreed breed benefactor left for safer sur surroundlllgs surroundings surroundiogs roundlllgs roundings He did not actually de desert desert desert sert the unfortunate white wIute but he hedId hedid hedid dId get a report to the Fort Chip Chippewyan Chippewyan Chippewyan pewyan post of o1 the Mounted PollceWhen PoliceWhen Police Pollce PoliceWhen When Constable Pedley certamly certainly certamly"ne certainlyone certainlyone "ne ne one " of the most courageous traIlers traIlersand trailersand trailersand and trackers ever to wear the scarlet scar scarlet scarlet let and gold arrived arnved at the tiny tmy log loghut logbut loghut hut but he found an extremely e'Ctrernely eCtrernely e'ttrernely ettrernely ' ' VIolent VIolentlunatic violentlunatic violentlunatic lunatic m in charge Moreover In Inspite inspite inspite spite of offrostbite _ frostbite and emaciation emaclaton ! e possessed prodig prodlg ous ousstrength ousstrength ousstrength strength and the six foot constable constablehad constablehad constablehad had a tough time tune to get the prisoner prisonerunder prisonerunder prisonerunder under control . Wise m In the tricks tricksand tricksand tricksand and wrinkles of the northern trails trailsPedley trailsPedley trailsPedley Pedley wrapped the lunatic in lD two twogreat twogreat twogreat great big sleeping sleepmg bags Then he hetied hetied hetied tied him onto the sled and shoved shovedoff shovedoff shovedoff off on a 500 mile mush to th the . near nearest neareat nearest est eat hospital , , , at Fort rort Saskatchewan SaskatchewanEven SaskatchewanEven SaskatchewanEven Even to this day all the detaus details detausof detailsof detailsof of that nerve wracking wrackmg trip have havenever havenever havenever never been told The big strappmg strapping strappmgconstable strappingconstable strappingconstable constable had his bands hands more than thanfull thanfull thanfull full while the mercury stuck at 40and 40 40and 40and and 50 below all the time It was wasout wasout wasout out of the question of course for forthe forthe forthe the constable to keep the lunatic lunaticstrapped lunaticstrapped lunaticstrapped strapped up and tied down all the thetune thetime thetime tune time so every time he released the thepnsoner theprisoner theprisoner pnsoner prisoner he had to get into mto a free for forall forall forall all fight whether he be wanted to or ornot ornot ornot not Apart from this there was wasgreat wasgreat wasgreat great trouble feeding feedmg the crazy manThe man manThe manThe The constable took e extreme treme meas measures measores measures ures ores in this however tor for he real realIzed realized realized Ized tha that this his pa patient tlent would soon die dieof dieof dieof of exposure and starvation starvatlon unless unlesshe unlesshe unlessbe he was fed Mile after frozen mue mile muethey milethey milethey they mushed day after day With Withthe withthe withthe the lunatic centering centermg his hatred and andvituperation andvituperation andvituperation vituperation on the constable and andthe andthe andthe the latter centering centerlllg his attention on onthe onthe onthe the trail trat ! and the dogs and doing domg aU all aUpossible allpossible allpossible possible to get the pa patient tlent to shelter shelterand shelterand shelterand and warmth and medical attentIOn attentIOnTo attentionTo attentionTo To add to all aU this terrific mental mentaland mentaland mentaland and physical punishment ConstablePedley Constable ConstablePedley ConstablePedley Pedley s dog train was often beset besetby besetby besetby by packs of flat bellied starvmg starving starvmgtimber starvingtimber starvingtimber timber wolves Pedley s mtegrlty integrity integrityis mtegrltyIS IS beyond reproach and he sta stated statedthat statedthat ted tedthat that he didn dldn t stop to light fires un untllit until until tllit til it was absolutely inevitable that thatthe thatthe thatthe the wolf pack would jump the tra n nIn nin nin In another minute mmute or so so ravenous ravenouswere ravenouswere ravenouswere were these flat bellied wolvesFmaly wolves wolvesFinally wolvesFinally Finally Fmaly ! Constable Pedley and his histragic histragic histragic tragic load mushed into mto Fort Sas Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan katchewan and the demented dementedpreacher dementedpreacher dementedpreacher preacher was soon in 1n good hands handsAfter handsAfter handsAfter After a few days of rest for h hm hself hself mself m self and dogs Pedley started off on onthe onthe the onthe 500 mile mue return trip to his post poston poston poston on Lake Athabasi Athabasl a Allalone All alone alonemushmg alonemushing alonemushing mushmg mushing lonesomeland through that ever lonesome land God only oniy knows what thoughtswere thoughts thoughtswere thoughtswere were Pedley s as he moved aCloss across the aciossthe aClossthe acrossthe snowy wastes thinking thlllking 0\ 0 o\er o er 0er o \ er the theevents theevents theevents events of the th " . past weeks wecks At any anyrate anyrate anyrate rate halfway haliway down the Athabaska Athabaskaflver Athabaskariver Athabaskariver andhe flver river bis his own mind mmd snappedand snapped and he wandered tor for days in .In . the b Her tter Hercold ttercold Itercold cold until found by some Cree In dlans dians Indians Indlans who strange to relate t cd ed cdhim edhim him to a dog sled and mushed hun him himback hunback back to Fort Saskatchewan wh.re whre where . . whi.relay whirelay wh.relay wherelay lay the demented preacher preacherThe preacherThe The preacher was as right as asram asrain ram rain mentally and physically m in inside side mside of two months but almost a year ayear passed before Constable Ped ley Pedley came back to the world to whIch he whichhe belonged The force gave him hun a faITly fairly headquartersAs decent Jobat iob Job at headquarters As thosewho the war left lcft its mark on those who saw real front line lme service so did sodid Arcticwastes ArCtlcwastes that trip through the ArCtlc Arctic wastes with a lunatic tor for company leave companyleave its mark on Mounted Consta Constable ble Pedley a real hero if it there ever everwas was one |