Show 1 A 11 M it RL 1 1911 I 1 I 1 V M M arx ILA TIN MEN N MAR M 0 hiva ilk W 1 2 I 1 I 1 JL ch iq illde off I 1 I 1 I 1 t f TORY CRY FROM THE S I 1 larth garth guthrie Ou thrle canadian war i veteran ran to live in the open in oa 0 a account of weakened i 0 lungs IB tt is factor of a hutsona hudsons Hud sona sons I 1 day f post rt at klowan lie came back it from the cc inflIct with it permanently scarred face which he realura som cos cost thim him the love of his tl lan anese cae edith F falconer al coner sir 1 charles irle guthrie life hie brother la in a mi llon Ilion alre war arck profiteer with j etienne enne savann lavanne Ba vanne e halfbreed halt breed hi his a firm friend oarth garth meets doctor docto r quarrier geologist and hla h Is fits bis vr joan their schooner chloner cho oner has ha drifted ted ashore quarrier comins k 1 plains he has ha been robbed by a it man a known as aa laughing me I 1 donald laid at ilidan R an indian girl 1 ninda victim whom om oarth garth has befriended Is ayin aff ff joan trained war nurse nurs e s cares es tor for ninda but the girl di dies ea I 1 charles tries guthrie writes reproach ing hit his brother for not corning coming home ne chrles charles wife assures lit him garam ethel ie still mill loves lo jtb him but garth I 1 in hla his heart knows known better three of McDonald Mc Donalda party sparty visit seeking king to buy gun grun shells brorn fro them m garth learns of evil talt talk tile the indiana concerning him i and ninda with Et Eti lennes ennes help p garth wine the friendship of saul medicine man I 1 of the crees and gets crets tits his prom ise to persuade the crees to take their ir furs to elkman instead of to mcdonald garth Is ambushed iby joe Mo koman bindas ed father whom the factor had haa 4 driven ven from elkman Ell twan shot IGar thIm al companion on many ny battlefields in F france rance I 1 saves es him and the indian Is in I 1 taken on a prisoner to elkman I 1 agarth rth ads ends Mo kornan to mei I 1 donald with a message of deice fiance and the war la in on 1 I 1 V CHAPTER capter VI continued 1 9 V X I 1 SO you saw aw joe Mo koman old did you ene the boss of mcdonald broke I 1 I 1 silence lance with on an odd slurring ar i latton atun due to the misshapen lips yes 3 ile iio says hes covered most of imps camps at title end of the island course arse the he blizzard held him film up nd d colue in with their fur istman mas week I 1 1 st of lem cm will he thinks 11 th the e er man wrinkled tits hla busily brows 1 1 I 1 he filled his pipe those these two half Is 3 from Ite villon freres in that 1 ek beyond nig big point have been I 1 r them hard you know I 1 n ern em the same talk tile the hudsons Hud sons handed em cm about our poor stuff heaten arr burst out Bre bremilst milt 1 I 11 e people oft off do de island toute W where bre Is dere camp ou u would would you framed trawled led onald bald you dont seem to realize were anchored here in tills this tee aco I 1 may do you want the french tile lie hudsons Hud sons bay to notify ottawa a gang of pirates are running ck k on the bay we cant tile the you know were here to out the fur catch of Aki miski not ose se the schooner the fur and d trial in the bargain for god a what aults face darkened beliinda bc hand his beard as lie he muttered in feeble est st tits his small eyes shifting from chief to skene shene for support of his i estion he 3 sober skene shook his head 1 11 I 1 I 1 if you manhandled man handled those french 1 1 I 1 pany any men wed be in a nasty s tied up hero here with two years e of fur A snug nest egg tor for each s for the government to confiscate I 1 re e crazy breault I 1 ow aw what W hat did he learn of the ea bouts of tills this treaty chief 1 1 whom guthrie landed with 11 oe ie says he headed for the north of f the island to ind tits his sons lie he t been seen since 10 ell you call bet lies hes out oat to beat fhe he can but how can he keep hunters away from us this tans if the strait Is open the ns na sa say y it seldom closes until jane I 1 I 1 cant agreed skene r wait till then to cross the lee fee a 11 ah bikwan wan r when hen they know well pay for the fur right here within reach they always have a bl blow 0 w sew ew I 1 years and come hero here vp ie it well give ern em a good one an afford to ight ol abc atc mcdonald donald nodded then I 1 it I 1 your hunch on tills this elkman seems to leborne be borne out by his fits buck he ice in only a man guts would anckle inch 10 that strait in a tere bere nent no doubt about his 11 sald skene with finality exhur cloud of sl smoke it oke iles hes due to Is is Z ft fight as he wrote you J just I 1 ant see but ive seen enough n men in the last five years to tile the look of ferij iles hes one 16 e mus scam you my franl bit wen you meet hoorn on do de i bantered breault s 9 heavy brows of skene lifted in k close to contempt which be f nt at tile the speaker breault ive in places that would have turned black hair of yours gray scare tills man was civil and B civil I 1 was after some all shells ells lont ont forget tile the message he sent ile he said if that black frenchman j showed up at ills his again oi 01 a knife stuck into him and setting etting lie he told the truth from gly look of 0 a halfbreed half breed lie he had find alln aln when the strait freezes ont you KU 90 and find out jt ault laughed derisively 1 I onlee 01 ba d I 1 V s cidred mcdonald let l this 1 I I 1 in ll 11 ur I 1 thick mick head you sou by GEORGE MARSH copyright by the th peon publishing co 0 service keep away from the squaws squads tills win ter here were after fur not women t angered breault sneered viciously you don have to worry bout de women in scarlet patches blood smeared the malmed maimed face of the man on the box the deep blue of ilia his eyes blackened then flamed slowly lie he straightened ills hla long body until tits hta russet head touched tile the dock deck above A huge fist trembled in the bearded faco face of the man whose small eyes shifted in secret fear you drop another word like flint to me you slacker and ill hammer you into jelly stiff in tits sent goat skene stoically purred at ills his pipe watching through the corners of half closed eyes the groping right hand of the the master of tile the almost swallowed hard clicked choked ills ilia eyes wavered then fell before the naming flaming mask grotesque terrible in its fury of the man who bent toward him the moving hand of breault stopped ilina slowly Mc Ni Donnld cDonald regained tits his sent the sweat standing ding in beads on his wide bronzed forehead fore hond Ref liling ills his pipe he lighted it and ignoring the rebuked breault turned to skene where were wera we oil oh yest yes I 1 now when does joe start for the other ena of the island im curious to learn what that old Is up to lenons now that ties got a dog team tie he intends to start the voices of men on deck evidently hailing some one on tile the ice cut off skene mcdonald called the fuss about on deck dog team on tile the ice fee came the reply the three men got into eskimo parkas and went on n deck halfway from the shore a dog tem team was tank ing its way over the lumpy ice of the cove who la is it recognize him asked skene of tile the east coast cree interpreter who was wintering on the ghost its not JOL jet the indian shook hla his head presently the hooded driver of the approaching huskies called culle tf and shortly reached the rail of the schooner watched by the curious knot of men on deck making his dogs fast the stranger clambered aboard and with a gra grave ve fequay Ke quay shook the hand of each of the group then spoke poke in cree to the interpreter who Is he asked alado mcdonald bald iles hes got a cut to his jib different from most of these crees shrewd looking old party ile he says hes houct treaty chlof chief of the elkman crees replied the interpreter ter preter lie he cum to mak talk with mcdonald hal ila I 1 hal ila skene ard exchanged sur sup looks tills this said the latter in an undertone why its the bird guthrie put ashore with joe to work against us heres our chance to put one over on mr hudsons Hud sons bay chuckled skene ile he must have a pro proposition posit ion to make or he would have kept away from us lies hes got nerve ill say joe told me hed shoot him if he met him on the island shortly the old indian the fur hood of his caribou capote pushed back from a shock of raven hair sat ant in the warm cabin with mcdonald and skene tits his story told through the interpreter for he said tie he spoke no Eu english glish way was brief yes as they had been told ho he was treaty chief of the elkman crees and had been sent by guthrie to attempt to hold the trade until tile the strait closed but the hudsons Hud sons bay company bad a cold heart it always had given the hunters huntera little for their fur and now wh when en others bitne to trade and threatened to take the fur fron from the alie old company its heart wa was s still cold am it offered less than tile the new traders lie he douel a chief had been promise tf reward it if tie saved part of the trade and brought it to elk k wan but what reward it was tile the pay of a squaw ills two sons gots at rendy ready had throe three black fox fos pelts and eight silvers worth double what the factor at elkman had promised for his file winters work now lie he lind great influence with tho the cree hunters was a shaman and of them would wait until the strait closed and go to ellenn what would mcdonald ila hal I 1 flat offer for tile the services of douel chief of the klawan elkman crees to bring the northern hunters to the schooner at christmas well I 1 ill say lies a cool one laughed mcdonald ile ho comes colnes right inside our wire to our trenches trench c 8 wants to bargain tile the hudsons Hud sons nay bay probably offered hint much but hes trying to sell us what well set get 11 his fits price demanded skene the interpreter talked rapidly with then replied with will a grin ile he say he wan tree taree ride free goose gun and trade good for or ten prime black fox hoes own fur ho he trade also al fil so so ten tea black fox two thousand dot dollars in trade goods Non nonsense 1 mcdonald scowled fiercely into tile bony face of the olif olf shaman with its lentil leath er like skin mapped with lines the beady eyes of houct unwavering gave look for look for a 0 space the cold blue eyes probed the black inscrutability of the crees stare slowly the caliber of saul rose in appraisal of the white man hero was an indian of parts nerve brains power As a medicine mun man of use if his service were needed but his price was ridiculous lits his help not necessary they had bad joe Moko maii it was enough suppose by chance ce tile the strait should close tills this year throw threw opt skene it never has so early mcdonald thought a space then turned to the interpreter offer him tile guns and the value of five black fox the face of old darkened as tile the interpreter communicated the olter offer lie iio shook his head in anger well our limit said me donald rising tell him we dont need him but well pay him a good price for tits his fur if hell bring it in at once silent in tits his disappointment SOUCI went on deck followed by tho the others freeing hla his impatient dogs the old chief turned to the men watching from the rail and said quietly in english bo jol tomorrow I 1 tak de fox to elkman coln to fly or swim laughed I 1 skene joined loudly by the group on deck the lean face of tile the dog driver framed in its fur hood was wooden ln its placidity as he coolly said ide de strait freeze hard two sleeps backi and cracking his long whip he leaped on the tall of lits toboggan and was off what I 1 the strait Is c closed losett los edt gasped mcdonald seizing skene by the shoulder frozen solid lie he said I 1 hallo there loucil 1 cried the excited trader to the fast traveling fog dog team you get after him film and bring him back tell him well give him his pr price ace strait frozen 1 11 II 1 skene I 1 now weve got to tight for or that furl skene was over the rail with the shrieking interpreter and running toward the sled which find come to a stop slowly the old man turned his dogs toward the schooner tile the clever beggar I 1 exclaimed mcdonald la in admiration fayed Ll us ua like a salmon waited to spring erring his trump card and got his file own price without w a haggle t know he was wn shrewd hervyl nervy I 1 speaks english toot tool the old iles tile the chap wo we n need eed now our little job to t to stop a stampede across that tant ice fee for tile the christmas feast that guthrie has promised the ilia croce nt at elkman 11 skene swung over the rail rah and nn an bounced to hla fits chief houct baya hell start north at and agrees to hold tits his relations and most of the rest on t the t terms 0 r rl 1 3 he offered ile ho wants to hind the bar bargain gilill with you jou person all ally y good goedl I 1 and mcdonald Mc Donnld vaulted oer the schooners ers ners rail follow od by D and breault ll the strait was closed two to sleeps back where Mi cri lie he deni anred of the lall ln indgin ll bovair de shoal nt at heeg point you saw it 1 I 1 cross to do de elkman Hl kwan what youve crossed the lee ice to tile the post the indian nodded tits stone liard features tin an enigma to the men who ho sought to read thein what did you learn dis guthorle know do ice fee act ant and till all to do cree cuni cum to elkann lie say lie geve me noting to work for liepis saul grinned into the alio gaping auces surrounding him onlee still sau douel get you ull all dat fox from do de norca now mcdonald thrust out a red less hand its a bargain I 1 you bring that trade here and you sou get three rifles three shotguns and the value of ten prime black fox in trade dropping tits his rabbit shin mitten on its neck thong took the alie extended hand of the trader kleam ap cowlyn it ees good lie he said solemn ly thrusting his hand band into the hang ing mitten lie cracked tile the whip of plaited caribou thongs over oer his lead dogs ears adf again started tor for the shore leaving behind him on tile the toe ice tin on arguing group of and ex cited wen men CHAPTER VII the morning subsequent n to the e nights of withering frost which alch clinched the grip of the ice on the west coast garth and etienne snuffled in blanket capotes and fur rolas drove their five dog team hitched to a runner sled for ice work out of the closed delta of ilia ulkowan and down the coast inland the wide ni marshea reached the ripples of drift like a white sen sea to the out guards of the tha space or lay parti colored patches of dead gross grass brushed of snow allow splashing the white levels with ochre achre and dun splitting the frozen shell of the strait broken by pressure ridges and heaps of shattered ice fee a streak of black to the east marked the still open channel beyond the hidden sun breaking irom from the bay rimmed the barrens of with fire but it was vaa to the south where the great point of the island pushed its bulk into the strait that garth hoped to ind fand that the abnormal december cold had built a bridge of tee ice to akl aki miski over her the die easy going of wind hammered snow and shore shoie ice fee the dogs romped past tile the frozen beaches bea clies at a sandspit strewn strewn with boulders garth stopped with a hand from etienne Bt lenne he reached the top of a large rock and taking his binoculars from their case studied the miles of ice sheathed shoals which followed the thrust of big point toward the mainland As he looked his lips moved in a muttered note of surprise could it be that luck harf come to elkman to garth guthrie Gu thrle in the shape of a road of tee ice from before christmas corrie coine up here quick I 1 he called to the rann man at the sled the halt half breed scrambled to the top of the boulder 1 I cant make out open batet over there said garth |