| Show f M men ell I 1 marooned CITO P i 71 george marsh a sm 1 WN IJ ay by the 7 PENN CO SERVICE dc from lait last week Ner nervously vouly t Is g I 1 ter pr hands the ali squaw of at abille I 1 life tare stare I 1 at the sl iak eak er froni from ae filled ee t the features of the hill breed ee curiosity elty doubt tin lut no feil ear r 11 1 I put dat de tie ice fee bp tp de tie he nak mak for ui us but we to bave devil put wn een heen been by ila I 1 ila hill I 1 ra L ejov ijo Coman ran wai as b here ere dryly countered ac achilla A as 14 bucl uc 1 dij hiem cnapp LJ arne a abt s a dog a bone on annl ill artise pui u at as be waited wafted for chii th ply n X no 0 70 liomel Z eia mair a ir de I 1 1111 III nord wen ou say ay haul baul nai as at de tie scho nerl again 1 guthrie letin leaine cil to catin achilles Achl return the h hilt alf breed waltel dijt apat into the tile fire then laid sold T yu tu u lear I 1 cor MIT int I 1 eleni alenie e nod no led lanou io ie ile would learn the truth from a brinl frit t 1 I v lio bo in the old das da of their had bad neer lied hut but in tit film lie he 1 launtz laun tM thes brazenly bra renly 1 outrage ui us n ne slit old soul to de tie Kc hiitT to talk lil ld de tie i devil d ll 0 of mcl n I 1 the n of achilla achille fril fell froni from film like a leaf 1 turn frt in a trw lou mi on n item 1 cafin dere if ie demaci led ex ci alt tIlly illy etienne wai mellerd rell erd it lie 1 hi h I 1 Ii lerel the armor 0 f him hi friend alls at last finking A inazel and d at the re flu nurie r te of ills lead rion slit lr where his a at ait it uniting tin igi nation uld lead hlin him girth G rth battled datil ed uie the tha changing nging oil 1111 tl if e dark lark feature fea of challe ah at I 1 t Is I 1 casualty am 1 I tienne ae e li kw tox ills 11 ll mcdonal lla ilal hot lint mak I 1 tit n I 1 medle lne an de tie fore injun who go to heen heem bout boat nealle loe dire familee farn lice any more hat but driml tar fair awny away and leave dem to abr Aliu ahl walled if tie e terri cd fled squaw and laun cliel cl in cne n delirious outburst of entreaty and appeal achille a attempt attempts to root soot I 1 I 1 ler er hyu lys terice succeeded auci ceded only ID ila increasing Inc 11 rensIng the lamentations of file BUI woman at length she he calien to a low moaning which hach m its jolt ed ty I 1 y till walling of the tile awakened awak ined cl 1 I ildren under capr of dulk duik of he the fingers tipped gripped guthrie e stock singed ewt lot t I 1 hh ith the skill of a for or c had planted the et of terror in III till til I 1 of 4 his went the rk of jintil mil an tint I 1 mole in in visit ral rn idly I 1 pill pins undone by fly tie bhend tien tl en alie cut ile nile cd tie ile cutting of the fron the barli g tit tills 1 C twili I 1 through the tile do of tl 0 e mo pilo ft banked tent three indians auto tte ile hall aitu aher entered and sat at down ane fre wan wait tin I 1 briefly achlin explained tie which filch ial hill abou arou td the fears of its nife inith alth tte tie frees faces of hole the men smoked walle ille tie miry or wa was relented but when ithen fley hourd that lint ha 1 been it tu to tile with lih sail heade ue of the of hen i ald id it cy too int lot in t their gravity and nd their calra bior or lint that this mutilated muff stranger should he be the and crony of the of dark wits HI not vot bernd tie credulity of the mil ie rep and did lot tot ti chille nuch for IMs fills him hi old frim hinant it as true they argued the limn with alth the hy unspeakable faie fate 4 I 1 agh priest fi ft r fox aielts 11 but i it he were in ii I i league lah della dellin as he might he be with that 1 mch new er di 41 of u uw w le v be the trl arile le goods he bartered to tho lioe thoe e who lit ifft left de ship ma mit I 1 with the tile and slow hit thit ile te omen nomen knew there w ul 1 peace stilt oui w 1 know and tell them they eo go to souil hie file shalinn ialo campel with ith ills til doi over ih th bit big I 1 arrans to 4 IN dorth north io 4 so it WM wil led left and slid two gral ltd 1 tutu frt fruit rd I 1 lav tin rolled into owr blankets binn kete in the tip tipi of achille laguerre CHAPTER VIII vill th tho the bine blue aik dusk f re runar of the tile timing down dawn when a tun 11 tm wt out of the hurt lack I 1 trw and dwarf tarn ameni arack k rin nning maing tho hn hesi dwater ponds of the I 1 carml arnn cnn and followed a trap line trail up lito the tundra which bill billhime time busy 11 t the baima re of the tid oil they tiny tin Y hurried ow an I 1 the shot for it i tho lh alley alleys of if tie e Itil lt or the cuno cant ito konian and the renegade rene koui were educing reducing the hunter hunters from and wits tru but fix six day days absy christmas with team teams from the three wind winds drifting down t velley valley into bikwan far f the trade and nd the least it ew leare lears ta cre U is i birtle tin tine e to lost if it th they v were avre to nin in the hunters of aki AM r bilski band uit efad them accost the so the ae took if tie e uphill mirk work at t a trot u bile the men tri tra led tho the bled lo 10 the middle of the morning the mn rs m n left the tro trap pline line an ani br akan trail ahead of the dog dogs slowly clial ed ohp th last lost rise of the barrens in places the jak lack of enow snow on the ills brittle heath hade IT 1 rk 1 of the X dsa rs hearl I 1 rr enking e the flat to boRgin slid oie ner if the frozen tundra the he hus auk k aps fps IP g s eking a n fot ling n broke through shortly ther heir blet iltz a leej forced a stop while title were lal ed to their legs chit at last p pint int ing dogs digs and hj men stood on the roof root cf of the I hand iland land tl TI rough the claire glasses garth nin ma ie out tie it e m white hite deft I 1 of the I 1 nunn and its II 11 thought thoughts to two tuo monti won u w who ho had lured his quarters ter tl if ere I 1 two 0 women who did lid nt brink nt scars hut flut it nas as t itter adl ci I 1 nn on alie th opt dpn n rado rid arill an I 1 lit 1 I d g steam tean turned down m kanir the rile of tie by lilt int mr zoning I 1 IIII 1111 ills oer lie tundra the tile bt 11 0 Q ope imbed tha the trull troll fr tw the dilding 1 vt I HP ile the tile drs 1 ran u hwe it tie e bard it biow rn on III the holi gaie tien nilane anil anti caved laved where hero the irke ke through tile low I 1 iw lustro inline of tte tie liu liti led birron ulen alei tl PT aliew 1 I bev dear ailt lr weight into harm the ay di nili tincel the fr t tri ukel t it 01 of hire shuit 11 the 1 li sul ngIng sun s in if I 1 I 1 s I 1 it x hant tin 01 hurried on in fir tile lie night would falt in early n fl a id to to 10 t n if tie e filli lilt i tun ira by 3 binl swift frttzie still till lefore I 1 fore alem tie antle 11 as hill I 1 tie it P li izon mon ith no inglet lion tion of tl it e bi bah enl of a low valley where tinier linter would gle them stelter and a oking at non n on it will wits eident that I 1 alenne vi wa as worried nei eer or t te e fore hail had oarth garth geen seen hi his head man use the file u whip LIP ot Is d gi as he u usel I 1 it that lay 1 never in their journeys jour neye lad ind tile fur lire tire i hood circled vilh ice and rine tuned turied ito often vil while litle the tile slit lit like eyes of the half halfbreed breed lon bulted tl e horizon ailt 11 ex how flow chinin smooch dhe she fall soon I 1 it rant cant I 1 ie e far now I 1 raid said garth 11 ee e e surely made the twenty miles tie tl e rabbit munt head over that hill 1 I let of we e dint t get oft off dees high c entree left befrs re de tie win baw we ne tie valre anre get off was wa the quilt rejin rier der its it coldor already and garth cart in took in lit the belt bell of ills hi parka po de d a weel n it t trai el ell m arh more dere fact arc are cut to 1 leus lets on die froien frozen buh will on oil up the next abent the limping digs 1 till biath trolling lefi rill like of anike followed fol folio loed ed the tra trail 11 breal Lere kers gaining the backbone bar khone of lie tile aldge the roen men stood with ith startled tart led eydi looking north in 1 tea I 1 of the h e file baian if t the headwater ith its tt scrub grinned lake takes tj ey looked across a treeless barren the tile craic eyes of met garth R unald enoc arho there e indian lied fled 0 no o objected the half breed WO W grael er slow elo t eel aei ovata derc dere and anil lie pointed pont ed to tl it e far ridge I 1 it u wilt III be dark when hen vie hit it one hour n nore ore light at aid d de tie win rire rise I 1 muttered idanne ui aune as a he patted cator castor aho ho hy liy at ills hi fiet his hi steaba ing rid tongue hanging trim a boulli huni hung ith ice lou ver tired cas ca tort torl lou mi mak dat ridge the 1 I he powerful leader fot got to hia his ore sore fet f et and 1 I ined as a it if he lie under understood stI but the listless list lebs lay ua on the trait if its come announced antoun am bounced ced garth us a curtain ct c drifted in to fruin from the egl ee up mes enfant al all marche Lust astir cri I 1 an ali hour I 1 liter iter flie d gs g sheathed la in Fl slowly batill behling two chilles ha arnd tie rint of the tile aki of the cubbit thou thein ahr uch the I 1 all till of 0 and cutler irs clu duk 1 the tile nun min traced it tie e arub scrub the lukee takes till to tit tl etu I 1 in lit tie tl e biting 11 blind as the d gs its resold night rl it ut dovin wivina fruin from their ties e all alib coal oat ley they aught ui ul u vt alim ijes clean a at 1 I ie lie 11 1 I it e got the compass direction north eald said gierth k irenne lit hool 1 his site nun crusted ito x heap de jiin lu on right chaek to long cheek froce froze we ue heu lou I 1 right for do d timber he lie burud cil to if tie e tit alts gs vt ditc 0 es the mow know they lay tit captor artor nun mn tr braal ael and mapping snapping his III whip be he at the harne harnesses butil the reluctant brutes cot got to their feet be the drive of the wind the team fought its it way lowly slowly down ov over r t be frozen thrift a inith alth night uie the frost stiffened stiff med aud and the nt wadie edle IKIn ted barrage of enow snow crystals cry etala tunic stung the faces bic of inn turn and d db djs js ike like the lash of myrlin whips head down doun to mold tie agony men tuen and duz dogs auns away from the thru thrust sit of tte tie wind until the tile halt brettl aaen felt tie ile heat ilea I 1 tie U e bl ll on till his daht U leek k und c hanst d their course often unable lu to face the tile burst of edged tortu eul in B their it fir noises awns the iveing dop lay dmn buck to the drive re to me then 0 girth irth and belne lifting to their feet dragged thu the team and bled sled until the but auklee ikles again leaned into their col cot lur hirs blindly lillin lly into t murk walling tl un in 11 eil the tireless half brad leat leading 11 lie the etoy ft to the shelter of the far and food alth ith face fuce frostbitten from froin exposure ipos ure in feeling for direction direct luu banto ban to numb froin from unini cling gling with ith lantere ln tere tr tt e fr fn xen zen harness of the dohi plunged down the eloping sloping tundra ills taic face furled in lila ills lood and constant ly fight lne to swo sae his numbing fingers garth gatch followed shere hasted flasted h his bl mind tale tales told at the pt of crees caught a ley hey bere on barrens and ana found wily aln in if tie e now snow but as a he lie doubled against the drie of the blizzard blinded unable tc to see the man at blead end often iten au I 1 1 ging off the trail white while 1 i atin j 1 true aue the canny lead dos dog L sed I 1 iam im falth ith ill tie e team garth guilt E rie ae never e jouben 0 ale I 1 at ilia apy v hould an win itell rui 1 ani raj to ane timber b er and artel lee r ao grinding erin grin ding lini hours of slavery on Incera tid feet into the pin pointed fury furj in ani I 1 t arning in their I 1 arnesa the dogs lay town to moe numb to threat threats or urging the I 1 eart I 1 rolen huskies hulles crusted with ice had nude mide tl vir 10 I 1 lie ice tion tl an the tile virture which floed auces tl ti ey u wool out I 1 III I 1 lacks acks to th the birra birrage gt atille the witti tring win I 1 luly tiam to ke ice tl TI e 0 wa was not ing tile men could do the it d 18 u bere ft ere dine I 1 lurn turn dein deni 1004 e hunt tie d thil lin ler ter 1 illano into tutu anthi barthi ar thi too toot I 1 itah lh his knife I 1 ie e sla lashed lash led pd tile it d gi from frozen harnash u but tie lay bille tile lie know boat oer item n fusing their freedom fre ethin slut ht t cited froni front ne to tall git gi aly I 1 tha the thelm li ii astir alone re tented tit the act by u dettlo gnap I 1 lifting their I 1 ad an annl I 1 bi akin them garth in turn tall I 1 but the out it r t ss if the white deuth death already in lit thier blood gently he b lifted cantor captor to ills feet bl bi t tie t leader sank till I 1 ly to the tile row I 1 I 1 ao 60 0 o abi 11 bosl he ballel to the white sl apes by the tied sled you itou gave ux un nil till iou 3 on hail had good by I 1 I 1 diey beel eel frieze in tn ten minute neu DC air ir feel tet now shouted hie his it le lie breaking as he lie turned from a lat word mord with his cantor castor I 1 bt elter and fire irel I 1 all thought of the fod arzen under the sled coer hal ha left them the windbreak of the 1 truce I ruce meant ire fire ennath life hut but how far haq tie N till tte tie a ai 1 from the tied sled the two no men dieu started gh t at their leele feels A an ani I 1 I 1 I 1 tienne feline stumbled etoi stol I 1 led ed S while tile garth lunged into him I 1 ahe he man on hie ills lindes turned to the off otter or ie de nt tit ees here herel ills Hini shoes had fouled a dwarf spruce in n the dge of tie thuler S swiftly now they I 1 ahen I 1 reek seek ine ing tie heavier growth in lit a hundred ard ardi the were ere in thick hush bush TO DE BE rov VANTI riU NUVil n NEXT WEEK |
