Show I I SYNOPSIS SYNOPSISe e Ii r. r As Alan Man Garth prospector Is pro pro- r p paring to leave leava for tor his fis mining claim In tho Far North a n piano lands at athe atthe the he airways emergency station In It aro Burton millionaire r mining magnate his daughter LilI LIl- LIl I r and Vivian Huby pilot and andi i i mining Believing Behoving him to tobo tor r bo only only an m Ignorant prospector the themen thet t men mon offer to make male an air trip to tor r Garth's claim although they refer reter to his hla sa samples ples of platinum bearing r. r ore are as nearly worthless Lilith r product of at the Jazz age plainly shows her contempt for tor Garth Through Garth's guidance the plane soon reaches tho the claim site and after aCter making several several tests assure Garth his claim Is nearly nearl valueless but to encourage encourage age ago age young prospectors they are willing to take tako a 1 chance chanco In Investing a small amount Sensing treachery treachery- ahead Garth secretly removes a part put from tram tho the pianos piano's motor and Lilith taunt Garth with his gullibility gulli gulls- but their tone tono changes when they thoy try to start tho the crippled plane Returning to shore they try to force Garth to give gho up the missing part Garth manages to t set ct the tho monoplane adrift and the tho current carries It over the falls railS lIe He points out to the enraged enraged enraged en en- raged trio that he Is only hopIn hope hop In guiding them out of or the wilder wilder- ness Garth begins the work of ot pro- pro paring for the long jc Journey Ho Insists In Insists Insists In- In that tho the others help and his daughter must bo be hardened for tor the hardships ahead In their toll toil tome come trek to tho the outpost on the Mackenzie Garth experiences difficulty dim dim- cully culty In set getting ling his companions Into line CHAPTER IV Continued IV-Continued Continued 7 7 i Shut up Garth Gurth ordered him That roar Is only n a warning Shell She'll not char charge e If we mind our om own affairs You and Mr Hamill tal take e hold of that nearest le legand log leg and start quietly Dont Don't hurry and dont don't ru run n. n The cool certainty of Garth's tone compelled belief and obedience even rom i from rom Mr was already al ready ready reaching reaching up for forne one ne of ot the two moose le legs s that had not been pulled down by the wolves ol The engineer hastily turned to help him As the they started off Garth took the theother theother theother other le leg on his bis shoulder houlder and sauntered after them Garth's gray e eyes es twinkled as ns he glanced back over o his shoulder at atthe atthe atthe the huge beast Lie He could not have ha I asked for for a n better bugaboo to make his companions beha behave Safe out I of ot her sight he told the two to halt balt and get the moose leg on a n tote pole at once started to curse him for Cor not shooting Go try It yourself Garth replied replied re re- re- re plied and when drew away from the Ule offered rifle he nodded approval You are wise not to attack attack at at- tack n a she-grizzly she with cubs Spurred on no doubt by the knowledge of ot that gray monster behind behind behind be be- hind him Mr managed to hold up his end of the pole tote all the way to camp Then he lie sank down purple faced purple r wheezing that the exertion n had killed him Ills IUs' daughter sat by the fire brooding Though refreshed by her bath In the warm pool she had begun begun begun be be- gun to feel the craving for Cor drink and tobacco She had done little stitching on the moccasins But nut she livened lIene to horrified alertness when told about the grizzly Garth forestalled an outburst of ot q hysterics Keep cool The old la lady ly y will wIlI let us alone It If we keep clear of her cubs Keep up the fire and she he will shy clear of ot you She doesn't fancy fire Burnt her paws tr trying In to rob me of a roasting por port cupine cupino A look at the gold pan showed Garth that the he moose muffle mume had begun to dissolve He lle cooled some some of the gelatinous broth in the small pot Mr not only gulped down the drink He smacked his Ups lips and asked for more At that both and the girl were stirred to try the rich drink Garth was glad to have all three take their fill of the sa or savory highly nourishing dish lIe He knew what was coming He lIe Ie asked only that the pan be refilled to dissolve more of the muffle The three were accustomed to the fr free e drinking of their kind rhe They had already begun to feel reel the lack of the usual cocktails mealtime wines J rind and nd between meals between whisky This was n aggravated ra by the lack of or tobacco To ease them as ns much muchas as ns possible he broiled I lynx nt meat on a grating of willow stems bastIng hast bast- In lag Ing It U with moose fat rat The tender meat meal kept them occupied until the broth soothed their Jangled nerves ner There was a limit however to eating and once Its effect began to pass their craving cra returned more Intense than b before rore First Miss lIss then Huxley n and und last of all Mr Ir be began an to make male Iron Iron- I leal teal remarks aimed at nt Garth He Ue Ignored them for some sonic time The remarks became more offensively witty and sarcastic He De dropped A 1 the moccasin upon which he be had been sewing and picked up his rifle Ive I had enough bitters and sour berries thank you u all heed Feed them to yourselves for a while Ill I'll go get the sleep I missed last night while acting as ns guar guardian ian angel of your our sweet slumbers CHAPTER V Mate Woman FAR jAn AR up the tundra slope above abo 1 the trough of his platinum placer Garth found a n dry moss moss- bedded nook on the sunny side of ofa a n boulder bouhler He lle lay Jay down pu pulled led his over his eyes and let himself him self fall faU asleep A full eI eight ht hours bours later the sun swung around Its wide circle until the shadow of the rock fell upon Garth Roused by the passing of the warm rn rays s 's he pushed back his hat lint and nn-d sat up tip He came down to the camp Mr sat beside the fire between his dau daughter and Two or three pouches that Garth had hidden under the moss in the leanto Ja lay open before the tho men glen Miss lIss was emptying th thelast the thelast last contents of ot the sugar pouch Into a pot of thick tea She was first to see Garth's noiseless ap Nail Hail to the chief she mocked My I dear Mr Ir Garth you are most fashionably late to dinner Will wm you ou not Join us ns In n a cup of tea 1 tier Her father turned to e eye e the unInvited uninvited un invited guest with a shade of un um easiness You see we found what you were holding out on us Garth It Its It's s the only trick you ou failed to put over Garth laid down wn his rifle and came forward He Ignored the nr wary hostile look of ot the mining engineer nodded to Mr and took off orr his batte battered ed hat to bend low before Miss In a polite bow w. You are very ery kind my dear lady I could not deprive e any of you ou of your sweets Eat drink and be merr merry for tomorrow tomorrow- You may recall the rest of the quotation n. Mr went ent red What If did happen to find these things you ou were hogging for private prInte use We need them as much as ns you y Quite so While youre you're about It It you may as ns well weB make a n clean sweep Here Garth tossed the mounted old cigar case to Oh flOh so that's how Dad lost his smokes exclaimed Miss the real sneak around here Steal all those these cigars and the gol gold l case too Then come whining because because be cause weve we've kept you kept you ou from Cram cheating us out of our share of these things you ou hid handed the case back to Garth IVa walt Wa wait cried his daughter He lIe waved waved her away No The Joke Is on us He knows what Is ahead We do not Weve We've emptied Ors Ors' c ti ti h hSoy Soy w i t 0 l s 7 4 L Is l b 1 4 1 a ai i That Roar Is Only a Warning the and half halt the Tie up that bag and the salt Vivo Viv Vivian ian lan and hand band them to him Garth shook his lils bead bend and bowed wed to the eyed angry eyed girl Thank you ou no Miss has bas taken charge e. e As I recall my Ang Aug Saxon lo-Saxon lady originally meant bread bread cutter cutter She was the one who rationed out the food I figure upon at least live five weeks weel s before berNe we reach rench the Mackenzie Miss will k keep charge of the salt saIt and teado teado tello tea tea- do lo with them whatever hate she sho thinks best lIest She flared I will not I Ill I'll do dono dono dono no such thing lie glanced around tal taking stock of th the camp E cr Everything In keeping I see No sewing done on the moccasins muffle muffle all aU en eaten ten woodpile nearly used up You'd better cook cCOk and amI eat all the meat you can cnn before the rest of the wood Is burnt When the fire goes out well we'll have plenty plent of four four- footed visitors to relieve e us of those moose legs wolves legs wolves foxes wolver wolver- ines There followed a silence broken ken at nt last by Miss She repeated repeat repent ed her first question but In n a very ery different tone Mr Garth Gurth may 1 l pour you ou a n cup of the tea ten Thank you ou I do lo not need It The rest of or you will I suggest keeping It for breakfast You'll have no noether nother other ether taste of sweets for over o a n month unless we find a bumblebee nest The girl silently covered ered the top I of or the pot with the tho Inverted In tin Un i cup Her ITer father heaved up his soft sort bulk lIe He beckoned to Come Vivian The agreement was that Garth should be skipper That wood pile will not last another hour We cant can't permit any bear raids raIds on n our bull marJ market et Garth lifted one of the moose quarters from Crom the smoke rack and he began an to cut off large thin slices These he laid on the poles for Cor quick quick- quicker er smoke curing and dr drying He De paid no attention to Miss l When the girl sa saw saV V he did not Intend Intend intend In In- tend to speak to o her she picked Cd up the salt snit and tea pouches and went Into the leanto Garth thought she shem m meant ant to go to bed Instead she crawled out again put one of at the freshly cut slices of ot meat on a wIllow willow wil wll- low spit and held hehl It over o the end of at the fire where the muffle had simmered l. l As soon as the steak was broiled the cook sullenly offered on-ered It t to Garth He lIe took It with no betrayal al of ot his surprise and sat down to eat T Thank ank you sister She frowned I III never hated anyone anyone any any- one so much In all my life Ufe as ns I 1 hate you But that was n a mean trick stealing your sugar All AU the more reason for you to hate bate me Not that It matters a n penny penny the the sugar or your hate Ill I'll admit though Its It's very Interesting to watch the reactions of or yourself and your our father Is Just n a commonplace wolf walt But your father father fa fa- ther nn and l you you the the lady of ot leisure and anti the millionaire acquirer acquirer- tossed from the lap of luxury Into the raw wild You'll have ha to acknowledge acknowledge ac ac- ImO yle knowledge e Its It's hl high h comedy Miss turned her back on him and went to crawl Into the leanto Her father and noel camp came with still sUU more wood to pile on the already high heap of fuel The engineer engineer engineer en en- went to t- lie to-lie lie down at his sleep sleeping In ing place on the lee of the fire During the day he had gathered a much thicker er bed of or spruce tips and dry moss The long hours of or twilight h slowly slowly slow slow- ly faded to the the thet t semi dusk of midnight mid night and as slowly brightened towards towards to to- wards full day Sunrise found th the three visitors from the cities still asleep Two hours bours or so later Inter the crack of or moose bones under the blows of the belt belt-ax wakened He sat up to turn hungrily In the direction direction di dl from which came a sav savory ry odor Garth had drawn a n th thigh thighbone thighbone 1 bone from the fire and was buttering butterIng butter- butter In Ing a n piece of broiled meat ment with hot marrow The engineer came around and laid one of or the thigh bones on the fire Above It he slanted a steak on a spit Neither he nor Garth spoke He started d to eat his steak and marrow before either was more mor than half halt cooked cooled Garth finished his own breakfast and began to sew a n moccasin As soon as had bolted down his hits food he lIe picked up the emptied gold pan Miss had sat up In the front of or the leanto to lace Ince her boots Her father crept out past her Morning Vivian be he greeted I see youre you're going to set the pan panon panon panon on the fire again Good l Idea ea That Thai muffle mume aspic Is all nil Garth told us It would woul be No tone was almost curt Weve We lost too much time already I am going to make a n complete test of or that placer deposit deposit de de- posit He looked with cold wariness atthe at nt atthe the rightful claimant of the placer Garth smiled Goto Go 00 to It The more mor you pan out the more of my CO 60 percent per percent cen cent Ill I'll be able to jingle In mv my pocket That sent the en engineer off ort with witha a cre crease se between en his hard eyes Mr Ir studied Garth's amused face What Is the Idea he be Inquired Do you Sou Infer you ou still stand bythe by bythe bythe the terms you offered Well I may at least allow you tenths four of at what your Man Ian Friday Fri day lay sweats out of my placer The Thc laborer Is worthy of or his hire hire Im Im I'm going for Cor a dip You and Miss Ra na mill might get your our moose bones to HI roasting The marrow goes well with the steaks Let me suggest that you build bull l a n large Jarge lire fire In the regular cook hole bole When It burns burn low rake rale out the coals and lay hay in one of the forelegs thickly smeared with mud Then rake on dirt em cm embers bers and ashes built n a sma small fire on top and keep It t going tour four or 01 orfie five fi hours Miss looked down at her hei slender hands bands The They were already rou roughened and grimed and two of the hI highly hl manicured nails had been broken The large lorge diamond of her heren en engagement a ement ring flashed white fire tire up Into her angrily flashing blue eyes eres She jerked her head lipto up lip to flare out ut at Garth He lie was 13 al dl already nt ready disappearing In the brush on his way to the rock pool When he returned from his plunge c n a fire was flaming high In the eo cork cook k hole Well away from It H the heiress heir ess to millions was smearing one of the moose legs with mud brou brought ht up from the lake shore by her father fa tn father ther In his expensive soft hat Garth raked the thigh hones bones from the smudge fire and set bark back the spits of at the partly burnt steaks s. s He then dripped melting moose fat Into a small twist-cup twist of that he had brought back with him The cup already held two or three gills of spruce pitch Garth offered his dope Best Dest cosmetic cos coso cosmetic In the North orth You may as aswell aswell well wen go o the limit Ill die first I JIt dipped his fingers ers In the dope and smeared the stuff on his face and neck as ns Garth had done Garth said Eat gat your fill Miss Mss will stay to tend the fires You and I arc re to climb You'll wear s leather trousers outside your own own But nut they're t too small for Cor me around the tile belt not be after a n few tew days You'll Y wear the Jacket also A taste of at hot bot marrow roused the 1 1 vT III c 1 t d Y YI Y J r I- I f a t 6 r. r h L 4 You Are Very Kind My Dear Lady I Could Not Deprive Any of You of Your Sweets i girls girl's appetite nun Hunger er overcame her other cravings She said sall nothing nothing noth I ing even een when at nt the en end l of the meal her father drew on n |