| Show a r M M CITO 0 IL gema marsh AIL X by rhe PENN PUS CX SERVICE continued from last week weck AH am the lie dogs do hurried the wind I 1 ruf hed shell of tl it e br ken by drifke and anti k pik by tide crac crack irregular Irren ular with crushed ice tee lifted into I 1 rest ure ridges the eyes ft of tt it e men on oil tl it e 11 t td sted were focused fur far out on hut but the week before had teen black water tight miles out halt half way lay wo drift ice fee tl if rail rall to ta tl it ie le and win I 1 had threatened threat ned with fill swift ruin the eggshell of a cot chiw which dial longed ite its barrier hut now oer oner the shoals libal the cl el annel iad ind been sealed As the dog team reacted react ed the newly frozen gap I 1 tienne an I 1 guthrie went ahead to teet test the ice lee with ath axe arcs in de tie life nance e of the tide the bene flere arst had set et anch ice lee anxiously Anilou ely tl it e inen men ewel ewert t it tie e width edth of it tie e channel with glasses alere were no breaks so led by it tie e scampering alre thile and gull tie with driving driling the from tt if e tall ct of tl if e sled they took the crom croslan king on it tto e run A mile out ni when lien at of thin ice fee hiu hau left I 1 hm fill and he stung gwun along with shot hot in fiant garth Pud lenly felt the lie ice fee vibrate beneath tits moc caslis the bled i ith tie doln do EO go through unless came nith a rush burning us n lie r rin in IQ A al d to their ogre agreta d upon signal for of beel eni mes al the long caribou thong on the lend lead dig di g 9 enax IN ith till a surprised yelp cas tor for aprea spreading sp ahng his ctet came come with fill the tile team at tit a wll wit I 1 gallop on they rufed slipping hu nails nalls athing the ice fee for ft oghig and swinging ill boggan urge urel I 1 on by I 1 ilet lei ne for a brenk break through gli meant swift drowning for tile lie doge dogs lit the drag of the sled and frt bezing in tie stinging wind ind for the dilser it if he reachie reach d farm ice tee A bundred yards if f mat lip and the ape wand nd log slid ald tide side ways jerking the lealar leu cpr olt oft tits hi fiet flet the klel silting in a M wile le slid I 1 ase ass ina aa him thra eltin hu hukle effes fn n the ho ru run n ailenne POW item to adlow before the pled rt t I 1 ineil I 1 ed its 11 wine ing it tie e dom dogs were op all and harf PI on their runs terp heels A hundred ardi and they reachel reach 1 the benifel ice let nil nur of su up ene ant tha leni leal wa rossia the I 1 to a friend ii gripped hand hands betide beside the panting aig did ou feel cried 0 duthrie ought I 1 lifts a going through I 1 felt like 1110 running on oil e I 1 cool as V of 1 I nw saw tt it reee you and crack de before you turn Is so go t tro ro aeo n fut channel and pout I 1 4 I 1 IT grahm graham up in Sur firl we r gt ehlke eh lre care beef eef e ilca bald hal ilal lla ills I 1 get tie d fur or not tit elit 0 tn he me men I 1 tore ere north of Ws jig to lot 1 in is talley valley sheltered helt ered by tl if e tundra from the on off the ice fee field fields the sons of old oll bouce had A babe camp hut but the indian had garth no rendezvous in care case I 1 e managed to cross tl e strait before christmas for 1 S uil ad carried a efing and his tits work ork lay here tie he found the hunters jo lo garth the itlane iia win unknown cou country itry but lifeline ed ad trapped ped there and tl if ey tart ef up the ali hore shore ice bound for tt e mouth of the I 1 tar ter magan a river which hendl deep in the interior cond lent of learning leuman when hereabouts hert about from the first in dian than tacy met mel for news of the coin ing of the old cl allet let to th island land would be he passed swiftly from hunter to banter hunter valley 11 to falley ralley A and n I 1 now the dosing of the trait strait had greatly enhanced the value 1 and importance of bond I 1 embassy to the creed these loyal to tte lie old company could cross for or the new years feast at tit the po post it bringing bring inc their pelts chose hose amering in the direction of the trade goo goole Is of mcdonald coul I 1 nm now meet S S lul a appeals with the t it at tit a it bar of 0 open ater running nith lith flop doe kuld cru cruh cruit it their canoe canoes hut but the longer he dwhit on the attractions of the schooner at the cne coe the lebs 1 con milt he crew grew of saling much 0 of the tile fox trade few rew of the fickle cree creel would it tie a blandishments of the free trader traders a nant then nith it tart start ho lie realized that he line si lenor ing tie eclede act eme the old raif I 1 lod ill out lined to jadienne tienne and wonderer won ii andere derel I 1 if the magic was ilas gIf if the maj doe clue of the sorcerer eor cerer had conjured a tabu against the a ei hooner in the val ley of the I 1 earmlean tarm lean it 0 ey would find a camp aud and learn ae As he lie trotted smartly up tie coast of the Isla aslani rill while title shot free lame lone rang rant d widely idely vt at nawt ini 1 alore I ore in surch of adien adventure ture Cu guthries thries it temi deserted his hits trinston triN slon on Akin iNki to dwell now tl if at he be I 1 lad ad seemingly 11 burned hia his bridgemon brid geson I 1 lie in status at home for it aull nt be foreign to lie its broth era er and reL re rence fr r tic tie to nad rind out of the faill plate 1 he had written ritten refusing reful ng to return tie gossip follow follo flig I 1 e his tits failure to join the taff staff of the guthrie comiano and had find athel rat ner in nil all her 11 nd loveliness to tl it e illar liar would bt call gall to the tolate I 1 onto of hie the recently ted held he id of tie tl e hilte the neglect of ills hl command to the exile to itilia ke tl if e rl and 11 d of james bay from lila ills sealskin bouts boats and end timime a the resl of 0 f n family man mail and a man of finhill w willil uld in all I 1 mean that on ahli return to montreal Ilon treal there woul I 1 be no position in the voren nn no brother brothers house 01 oiin k n t ti I 1 I 1 e rebel I 1 I 1 I 1 s 1 lers era mal not means inherited funi fit ni Us fatter toiler were modest cholea cli tiles furtune villa wn the re ault it of hie his effort and a fortu su idoux war that was why charles de banded wholesome whole Kome ant absolute obedience from his hi younger broter brot er at the tl ought the he younger baroti brother er smiled in lite tits fur hool hoo I 1 ringed with rime from I 1 h frozen breath from the man aho ho had led left his hi I 1 into inlow in at tie somme and hie his la in front of allens amiens tl tie e dignity and s made matte artune of claries coin manned no deference def frence and 1 little re hect on his tits sturn tili hl he ile had com committal mittel ailin bif to making good got at ilk an f r hia tits employer for tit tits own om n delf pelf respect I 1 I 1 lit tit I 1 e had started lie aull I 1 see through tl TI ere might I 1 e no return 1 a certain letter in fit the christin ID is in uk ill should then his until the dogs stiling oft off the rea pen ice lee and into the broken going at lit he tt e mouth month of tie it e of three anict day days at ani 01 two on the coat conat ff of ee ab str attracted acted at oil ani a dark head i ll ered bilth moon light on the alli hole shoie above the albany As A the dog team tenni left the coast and arid the roush tough aher trull trail into the tills t ite its toll began heg and wis lorn in bringing a tot to oggen ansteatt of a pen led sled equipped with runners runn walk we indicated for once under the lee of hills they foun I 1 enow now dep on oil the shell of the river an I 1 in placed places where win I 1 ed he item had dipped into the valley iley new drift through witch at tell they broke trail on snowshoes enort aws tor for th the sled while the dab ci who ho I 1 arf att g gil moped toped over the beuthel pea ea ice fee wal wallowed loed to in their irate the alser fringe of wll wit boni lone lop and aid alders tie black pruce scrub readied back up the slopes to fade and disappear dImp pear un ler ter the choul der of the barr bainn no there low junt pern per and anti hardy labrador lea alone the hammering of the wind windi i on n I 1 tte I 1 e undulating mile villes of blueberry beath and mom mo m albept over area areas of all enow snow slid sud if 1 aly as H thy they rounded a bend bilth hid hut shut off pit view up broom who urs alien abeal 1 break bren klina lna trull trail shouted annl an stopped pointier or in tt ti e e clr of some thick scrub la in the titI distance once camp up derc dere rising in the still air of the valley a IP I p L f bluish e noke hung liun against the background of black sprute flood I 1 now well vie 11 bet get some news of 0 by the quickened pace of the trail troll breaker and the call of garth file huelea lill kies threw their shoulders into the 11 rhen bartl er on it tret cli of wind packed on linw w care gave them footing and the yelping team led by slot sl ot rated to the ills ali s of tha th bunters hunters camp fequay he quay I 1 called ettenne etienne approach ing the holt burled buried in the now snow for 1 front from the win I 1 and circled c by tl it e usual debris and I 1 aregi er r calla of a winter camp turning to garth lit he ald said N men are tire on oil de trap line wid de tie dot dogs again I 1 ie e called and after a pc a I 1 teed ad thrust through acif the door hup ut r a tent cheres I heres your moor asked sa vanne in cree tee I 1 on in the aldel line 1 I mo ito are your you I 1 n e are from t and agthe as the woman emerged from the folio ed by another and end two children I 1 etenne diw saw that I 1 ie e wn was talking vt fill indians ns from the lower rivers stringers hare have ou oa seen saul loicl the elk wan an treaty ct kal tere lere Is to the camp of hie his sons soni what hat river the wart facts of he the cree women defied the sharp scrutiny of the halt half breed doubt appeared to cu b a delre desire to laugh at the question of the stranger tt they met each other a e black blak eyes in it look ook I 1 then the eker cf of the two said bouce I 1 the hai iun we have hare not seva een ills 1111 suns are aid it to camp north of here on the rabbit river I 1 the acute brain cf of Ft lentiC strove to frohe solie the riddle of the squaw a e secret I 1 amusement at last he decided that joe had wn oer their men to the free trader but why by houct had not cot appeared on the t was a astery ry do you know the strait stroll has ha closed you can ton cross to I 1 bikwan for the new lear I 1 ear a feast he hazarded the u women omen smiled I 1 IN e go to the me trader at seal cove with our fox pelt pelts 11 eald sold the old sequan I 1 I 1 here we get I 1 onest price prices for fur from the trader who always laughs it was evident that here joe gloko lloko man had done hie his work well then weave cautiously began his counter count er mining uli illi dark face set in a look took of surprise and end horror did you not riot hear ie le cried ml not IN 11 by thia this trader brought that face from the tile land of demon demons across the big ater he lie angered them he lie Is a sorcerer end te itches those who brine bring him th ir pelt pelts I 1 tienne denne hastily interpreted the conversation to guth he rte us he be watched the effect of his hi I 1 bombshell bomb thell on the startled faces of the equate he makes bad medicine gasped the women Sai linne gunrly nodded his hooded hea lien I 1 then added I 1 he ile has be bv itched joe Sto Ifo homan koman to betray tt it e cree huit hu it ers pro and bring tl if cm era to his I 1 oat those who eo go will neer neier love their ves ties and families benin again he remarked with at the lait the faces fares of the visibly era el iley 1 chattered to betl er etienne a explanation of the of tie mutilation atlon of me ile donald I 1 ad rd struck deep into the mar row of their he ile hastily droe his rde tag home raul R aul sud aall tell you that the arit critler ter mcanall mcd not nall I 1 ilal ila I 1 hal ila I 1 Is to a friend of demons isaul saul smelt oa 01 cried a squaw in pro test he ile Is a shaman and friend of the trader ft ho laughs it as the turn of savanne to have his mental I 1 alance j jirred erred houct the friend of mcdonaad McDo hat could they mean 7 hut but he was wa to the theamer emer gney I 1 roual the friend of mcdonald hal ila I 1 hal tells that tale to the th hunters because he tears fears tie shaman sli aruan disturbed ehe she aa the cree woman laughed in etiennej Eti Et ennes face was here this morning morn lne there are his sled track one sleep as ago he ays toys ft ans us at tie it c who net ner of the trader and they sleek hands hucl Is he the friend of mcdonald hal ila I 1 hi its I 1 at koman llesi iles V storme I 1 the start led half mirced but the germ of a at suspicion of the old conjurers conjurer a loyalty quickened in his brain are there camp camps at the head hend of the river rivier in the barrens he lie asked teen keen to catch the ojibwa and old baul saul the traitor at their work im ie you will SP sf them before the light d es and there are more on the north f rk I ber her cautioned the he puzzled hAt breed as he be turned to his dogs the boat tit at benl enl cove Is full of demons ben ditched itched those who bo so go will neer neier look again with joy on their wiles and children and with this thin parting phot the shrewd savanna savanne called bojo bo no je Jo I 1 and joined his chief As they again took tk the river trail from here on feeland ice lard data constant use by the teams of the hun bull ers era gave guthrie the gilt gist of bit talk old saul ul at tie ile schooner its only a lie of that ojibwa objected garth unable to the old mans man s aid and directness with this deceit A lie to weaken the effect of saul 3 coming to the island to work for us hebbe so but I 1 t tiba ilk some tint ing ver strange here dess camp ees pea near de shore why has hag saul aul not come hedelt here they may have we lied he lie amny have been here suggested garth I 1 It lenne hook his head hoad I 1 N so 0 he riel nectaire alre cum here or tit do talk a acre ore bout heem heen ile II 11 tes ine medicine dicine man an I 1 de tie squaw would talk n ooch eef beef he cum eh lots let xee what the people above v here suj tl en we fan pan compare tie tl e stories an I 1 judge better what to allee ll lee ant an 1 blat gut ur next mole Is it it saul has turned yellow were ae re surely dine racin 1 the man rt ling behind him lifeline nodded lyt saul work for 01 de tie sc he wiel tak ink do d alkan cree wid ld lideal then the lean fen feat ture of the hilt hilf h I 1 reed tightened till ills small ees 3 closed co d to sills as a h ly cracked lis tt hip nut dal ol 01 0 I 1 shaman neel eel muk mak hees bees las cine clue I 1 he lie ra rai i ed the hate in the tuce face of the dog dri driver er we was so intense that girth ob jated ted you can cant t him up to fo that you know it woul I 1 only react on olarle ond the and on nie tile eaf ennes mouth aried 11 in an in sc crumble kni k 1011 ni le no one but saul bond weel ki uw who meet bebin en co de trail troll 1 I 1 gues guess you 4 be capable of ski aia i bushing him for this but we were re n i dead et el I 1 lete eta tee PC what tie it hunters at st the head hend of the river say any in the scrub rimming cimmin the shores of the first lake from which the tundra to tie it e line the men nien in quest of saul bourl found the epli of ti tie e hunters it nui as a CAL of three families and moke smoke from the fulper o 0 fires dreg already lifted above the lie w when hen the archal of the doe dog team raised a general alarm from the has hus klee kles fattened fastened to n the cruh called L alenne and a hock shock of block hair halt w wa a s thra ehrnst t through a door as a curious cree emerge I 1 lo 10 hect the strang rs iles not 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