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Show CHAPTER XVIII In the Continued -1- 7entrance-wa- y she stopped and looked across the main room. A strange scene confronted her. At the far side of the Den, over next the kitchen, Warren was standing on an drum of kerosene, talking to the prospectors. They had crowded up close to him and were listening intently. In his hand he held a sheaf of papers, documents of some kind. He had evidently been talking to the group a considerable time, for he was bringing his speech to an end when she came in. Over the heads of the miners Patricia could hear his sharp words distinctly. He spoke in a curt emotionless way that was more devastating than any bombast or ranting. For almost a year, he said, Tarlton has kept you men here, without money or clothes or anything except empty promises. He persuaded you, if not indeed browbeat you, into not selling me your claims. Now what has he himself done? Youve heard that he discovered a pitchblende lake. That Is true. He did. Youve heard that fortune. he sold it for a That also is true. He did sell it. But to whom? Why, to me! He sold that radium deposit to Wellington, Parkes & Lovett, whom he supposedly has been fighting all along Whats that? you want proof? I have the proof here. Here are the claim papers. Look at them for yourself. Then go up to the government land office and examine the He kept official transfer record. you men from selling your claims to me, but when his chance comes he sneaks across the river and secretly sells me his! miner seized The huge the claim papers and thumbed them up-end- ed good-size- d half-bree- rock-hog- s. .... red-heade- gasping for life breath, I saved him; and now you refuse me a tin of water. Dont, then, carcajou-hearted- ! A little ashamed, Cesar got up, reached for a pan behind the stove, and went out. Craig heard him scoop the pan full of snow and start back for the door. Then, all suddenly, he heard a surprised grunt from the breed a grunt cut short by a hard blow, as of a man being smashed over the head. Then came the sound of a body CHAPTER XIX sprawling heavily in the snow. In the little shack where Craig Bewildered, Craig twisted painlay prisoner, Lupe Chiwaughimi fully in his ropes till he could see squatted down beside the low bunk. the door. A few moments later a His voice was kind enough but his dark figure appeared there, looked eyes glinted evilly in the candle- cautiously inside. Then the man stepped in, and the candle shone on light. You wan anyting to eat or him. drink, mebbe? he inquired, Craig started to cry out, Sam!" but his voice choked in his throat. Craig shook his head. You wan me to hold a ciga- The shack, the door and Sam Honrette, mebbe, wile you smoke eywell's figure went all blurry. He closed his eyes a moment, opened hecm? No. them again, stared spellbound in You comfortable for de the stupefaction of a man suddenly confronted with a reprieve from night, den? Trot along to your sleep, Craig death. Shhh-sh- ! We 1IF YOURE a bit behind in the bade curtly. He hated this insistent Sam warned. thrilling game of kindness from Lupe. It was the in- socked one of em plenty, but theys Milady, why not take ad human kindness of an executioner. four more right sleeping with Lupe got up and went out of the one eye open; and we aint got any vantage of the holiday season anc catch up? Todays trio is especialshack, leaving Cesar Chiwaughimi guns, Poleon and me. In through the doorway came Po- ly right for vacation sewing bethere as a guard during the brief leon, carrying the limp unconscious cause it consists of simple pracnight. He tical pieces that require little time Staring up at the logepole raft- form of Cesar Chiwaughimi. ers, as he had stared for so many threw the down, hurried and trouble. Make all three and pain-shyoull have gone a long way hours, Craig wearily list- to the bunk, bent over Craig. ened to the macabre hooting of an Polebn drew his skinning knife toward putting the old punch back owl and forced his aching thoughts and began cutting the ropes and in the game. Streamlined Styling he tossed away from his lost battle and Pa- babische. Here, Sam The slip at the left is all you tricia and the death hanging over Honeywell the thongs Craig don him. need dese any more, so you use em could wish for from the standpoint He had little idea where the Chi- on dat son of a blue You of styling. It offers superb lines waughimis had come with him, ex- hogtie heem proper and gag heem from the moderately low cut V cept that they had made about a so tight dat he won holler none till neck, through the waist twenty-hou- r journey from the Bay, we get plenty gone. right down to the very hem. The Whos with you? Craig whis- clever overlapping back is light pulling him on a light komatik; but he felt sure that they had brought pered, as Poleon cut the last e proof and provides an action pleat him to some wild region where Infrom his swollen ankles. so necessary for complete satisdians and prospectors rarely came. Jus Sam and me. faction. Important, too, is the From the sounds outside the hootWhere is this place? They blind- fact that you may choose the maing of owls at night, the twittering folded me on the trip. terial you wish in your own color. of redpolls and buntings by day, the Its in de Wolf Lairs, bout tree Better make it in duplicate for occasional tattoo of an Arctic wood- mile from Kessler hill. You mem- many meticulous months ahead. pecker he knew that the camp was ber dat pine drogue were we cut Pretty in Sheer Wool. located in a deep woods. dem claim stake? Well, dis camp is e The in the center is, He reasoned also that there must in dat. Dese two shack, deyre like the slip, heavy on style. The be a second shack close by, where were Lovetts men stayed wen he defined waist is effectively young the other Chiwaughimis slept and sen dat party op here in Apreel to as is the skirt and little flowing where the cooking was done, for his do the assessment work on de Kess- round collar. It is just the frock food was brought in to him already ler gold lode. to give one lots of "Weve got to get out of this shack for the second semester, or to prepared. During the sled journey he had and away from here, Craig said. break the ice whenever one is clung to the hope that Poleon might "One of those other Chiwaughimis anxious about ones apearance. be trailing the Chiwaughimis, with may step in at any moment, to It can be the height of chic in sheer a rescue party. But that hope had see that everythings all right. wool very pretty in flat crepe. died in him now. Too much time He tried to move, but he could Modern Home Dress. had elapsed. If any party had fo- not even rise to his elbow. He was When its home youre thinking in closed it would have last llowed, helpless as a baby. His arms and of you naturally turn to a frock night and attacked legs were stiff as posts, and his like the third member of the trio Escape by his own hand, by any whole body was numb. Poleon gentled Easy, easy, physical means, was flatly impossible. His wrists were bound with him. Ill have to give you wan the green rawhide thongs till he good rub and pummeling fore you could not move a finger; he was can stan op. Sam, you step outside and get dat Chiwaughimis gun. We seCurely roped to the bunk; and ways, close enough to touch him, need dat rifle bad. sat an alert Chiwaughimi guard While he worked with Craig, Powith a rifle on his lap. leon told how Sam and he had got In his helplessness he had turned there. After discovering the abducRespect Due Precedent to Teeste Chiwaughimi that aftertion, they had waited till daybreak, Respect for precedent has a noon and reminded the then circled the Bay and picked solid basis. Dont be contemptuof the life debt between them; but up the telltale tracks of a sled and ous of but study its Teeste had stonily refused to help five men. In the whipping wind the claims toprecedent, authority. had him. The breeds gratitude trail was dim when they first found Gossip thrives less among men distinctly waned. Full of health and it, and before they had followed particularly because it means a to chose forget more than ten miles it was blotted strength again, he black eye if not worse. the night when he had lain at the out altogether. But the ChiwaughiIt is nonsense to that no point of death mis had plainly been heading for the one is interested in thesay of troubles Out in the woods, 400 yards away, Wolf Lairs; and Poleon, rememberothers. Were not all inhuman. the owl kept up its weird hooting ing about Lovetts party in April Men have had but one burst of Whoo - cooooks and the shacks they had built for in clothing in the extravagance Who whoo - cooooks for their temporary stay, shrewdly 30 years. It was when they last The bird was staying in one guessed that the Chiwaughimis were paid $8 for a silk shirt. spot an unusual while, Craig taking Craig to those shacks in that Human conscience began to thought. He had seldom known a isolated country. function thousands of years ago. than more twice horned owl to hoot Afraid of a Chiwaughimi ambush is a lot of it in the Bible. The call along the back trail, he and Sam There from the same place. It is hard to conceal contempt. brought him a poignant memory of had made a wide swing north and Something besides words gives you a summer twilight at the Bay when had come in toward Kessler hill away. Poleon hid himself in from the northwest. They had covsome brush and sounded the ered more than 80 wilderness miles, and had all and both of them were half o the prospectors craning their necks for in their haste at the LIKE around at the trees. Bay they had forgotten to bring gogTen minThe hooting stoppedgles. utes later it started up again, from (TO BE COTlKUED) a different direction, nearer and more distinct. Craig thought that Naming Portland, Oregon he detected a false quaver in the The name of Portland, Oregon, last two notes. Listening closely, was decided by flipping a coin. Alhe compared the call with several though a cabin or two had been others here and there in the woods. previously built on the site, the This call was not exactly like those founding of the city dates from 1843, when William Overton and Amos L. others. A little thrill went through his Lovejoy, ascending the Willamette numbed body. Maybe it was Poleon fiver in a canoe on their way from out yonder in that darkdrogue, sig- Ft. Vancouver on the Columbia to naling him, saying. ",eeP your Pregon City, selected the site as an ideal location for a town. Soon aftcheen op, Craig; Im wit you." er they acquired the tract, Overton He drove the thought away, because it was torment. Though he so,d his interest to Francis VV. was in extremity of body and mind, Pettygrove (or Pettigrove). In 1844 the land was surveyed, the bounhe refused to clutch at straws. Some time later he had dozed off daries determined and the first log without knowing it he stir.ed out of house built, and the following year a feverish sleep. He was clammy a Portion of the tract was laid off with sweat, his throat felt parched, into streets, blocks and lots. When his broken nose pained him intothe problem of naming the city can-lerably. up Pettygrove, a native of Bring me water, be asked the New Brunswick, who had lived in vigilant Cesar, in French. "To Ma,re. wanted to call it Portland, drink, and for a cool cloth on my while Lovejoy, who was a native of face. Boston. Massachusetts, favored Go to sleep, Cesar growled. "It They to decide the finally agreed Is night. Sleep. Que:t:on by tossing a coin heads, Craig lashed out savagely; Portland, and tails, Boston. Heads but That feels belter Eeast, you! When your brother lay won. and passion of her charges made them turn deaf ears to what she said. Their belief in Craig had been shattered. Their god had fallen. Warren shook his head sorrowDont blame her, men, he fully. repeated. She has really meant to be your honest friend, all along. Dont let Craig down! Patricia Dont let those pleaded with them. kill him!" The stony disbelief of the crowd maddened her. She was flinging herself, battering herself, against a rock wall. Help me save Craig. Hes helped you, saved you; and now, in his need, you you . . . Oh God, you're letand hell be ting him down killed "Miss Pat," the huge redhead spoke up, we aint blaming you for a thing. Youve been awful durned good to us Its Tarlton thats the guilty devil. He sold out and skipped. "Youre a liar! Patricia flashed back. But in the next breath she was pleading: Dont let Craig be murdered. You can make Warren Lovett tell where Craig is, and we can send out a rescue party Someone laughed derisively. The rest took up the laugh. They jeered at the notion of helping or res- - and set her on her feet and steadied her. Patricia turned and glanced back at her community house, her child, the symbol of all her work and sacrifice and hope. It was already gutted, doomed. The flames had eaten through the roof, and were leaping above the surrounding pines; the whole inside was a mass of fire; the rafters and walls were tumbling to black ruin. aw-rig- ht n, ar half-bree- d ot bull-min- k. dart-fitte- d d hastily. raw-hid- he bawled out, to the others. These is Tarltons papers to that lake! Lovetts telling us the truth. Tarlton did sell to the company, like Lovett says. Did Talton tell you, Warren that he sold the lake to asked, My God! me? two-picc- No one answered. The men looked d, at one another, blank of face. They were around open-mouthe- stunned. Tarlton had sold to the company and had told them nothing about the deal! It was unbelievable of Tarlton. But they had to believe it. There were the incriminating papers, the proof positive. Dyou know how much I paid him for that lake? Warren queried. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars! A quarter of a million! The money was placed on deposit for him at a Winnipeg bank. A illion is a big pile, isnt it? d A fortune. A fellow might be excused, I guess, for wanting to hang onto it himself. Now, Im not denying that Tarlton has done you men some good turns and that hes had some big schemes in his head about welding you all together into a prospectors syndicate or something of that sort. But when it comes to handing across a quarter of a million of his own money, his fancy ideas couldnt quite stand the strain. Let me ask you something else Where is he now? siAgain that blank lence. Warren answered his Well, own question, I suppose Ill have to tell you where he is. Three evenings ago he came over to my cabin and we signed these papers. Fifteen minutes later he dropped out of sight. No one, not even Miss Patricia, has heard of him since. He skipped! Exactly as Kessler did. That quarter-millio- n went to his head. He took his money and skipped and left you men here holding the bag. a girls Across the entrance-wa- y voice rang out: Liar! Kidnaper! Doublecrosser! You kidnaped Craig. Youre holding him prisoner. You framed him and now youre framing these men! The prospectors whirled around and stared at the girl who was screaming the lie at Warren Lovett. As Patricia left the entrance-wa- y and came flying across the room, like an embodiment of passionate fury, Warren called sharply: Men! Pay no attention to her wild charges. Tarlton has taken her in too, even worse than he took you. She actually still believes in the fellow! You mustnt blame her for anything she says or does. Poor girl, shes beside herself. Patricia cut her way through the crowd, leaped upon a chair near where Warren stood, and faced the men, her eyes flashing fire. Lies! Lies! Lies! Every word hes told you is a damnable lie! I tell you he kidnaped Craig. Those Chiwaughimis have got Craig somewhere. Theyll kill Craig if you don't do something about it. Get that man there she leveled her arm ct Warren and make him tell where Craig is. N 'me moved. The men merely stared at her. The very wildness quarter-m- nice-size- open-mouth- . Where Is He Now? cuing a man who had sold them out and skipped with a quarter-milliodollars. Patricia suddenly hated all of them, with a flaming hatred. She d words forgot Craigs to her last winter, Dont blame the poor devils, Treeshia; theyre not to blame if they give in. They were suddenly not her friends but and enemies. she Then get out of here! Get out of this stormed at them. house! Its my house. Get your packs and move out. Get back to your lousy tents and the mud and wet and cold that I lifted you out n large-visione- of! They paid no attention to her. A dozen or more were crowding around Warren, trying to talk sellout terms with him. Another dozen were making for the main door, to be the first across the river and in the line to sell. One man did growl sullenly: Til live here as long as I blasted please! Tryn make me move out. Patricia jumped down from the chair, blind with rage. They thought she was helpless, did they? Thought theyd stay there in her house, after theyd let her down and refused to save Craigs life? Shed show them! Shed get them out of there! Of what use, anyway, was this house now? In a few days it w'ould be empty, tenantless a mockery of her and Craigs unselfish battle. Her knees wobbled as she ran over to a corner of the Den and grabbed an ax and ran back to the drum of kerosene. She smashed at the drum furied vengeful blows. The liquid gushed out upon the pine-slab flooring. a Hey! man yelled. Shes crazy! Shes going to set this place on fire! Before they could stop her, Patricia whirled to the nearest table, seized a lamp, flung it at the pool of kerosene. There was a puff of blackish smoke, a scorching sheet of flame. The barrel caught and exploded, flinging its blazing contents all over the wall and floor, and wrapping the whole north end of the building in flames . . . 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