Show mear marooned by GE GEORGE MARSH copyright by the th pann co WN U service CHAPTER XI continued 17 illoway across the dusk front from akl itell moved out to meet the trav elers ers shonto look upon in tile the bertha of F the schooner in nil all horror of plague ague stricken men inen or to meet a treachery eachern ea chery as aa guthrie believed too vile le for tile tho uses of a fighting man like lie laughing mcdonald McDonn lil but tile the inny canny halfbreed half breed would not be con vinced and tile the knife shifted to ills his capote sash anti and the uncased rifle I 1 barrel sirril thrusting from hig lil robe were sinister alster witnesses to tits his distrust of the 0 o cree tile the barrens of tile the island PUTIRI purpled ed 1 then ion fused with the dusk stars glit gilt 1 I red above tile the moving teams at I 1 last st in the starlight tile the black masses of the hills flanking seat seal cove loomed 1 I ahead bead the indian stopped his dogs beet ees bovair dere tie ile pointed to the e invisible shore share ordering the disarmed cree to re main iaan with his dogs etienne called 4 garth arth for or a whispered council of war de schooner ees not tar far we stop pill i tie up de husky den you an shot go one way an I 1 tak dees teller feller ald do gun een hees back an we circle roun un de boat all right I 1 tt if either sees or bears anything two long whistles will they hear ear our dogs if they yelp 4 no beet ees too far U shot trained muffed to silence would be ival in a fight but the hus kleiS kleg yelping would betray them ahem so BO they ere lashed to the sleds E beet ef we don see nodin noden I 1 mak dis roller her holler to de ship don deu we wall wait I 1 tell heem he Is de first eon de boat iad id do de gun een hees ribs ile he ver scare anre so metIng bad liere here warned etienne alenne hes afraid of the devils suggest 4 1 garth un casing g his rifle and re etting that his army automatic hung neglected in its holster bolster on the rack at lawan this stalk of the at had uch lich of the iho color of a trench raid a ht in the dark it if was right and he missed the feel of his hi alst n i ills his belt tile the drag on the shoulder trap rap of a bag of mills bombs As they separated etienne gripped arts hand band 1 I meet you at de nt at keep behan de ice wen I 1 mak eem em holler cef dey shoot the idea of stalking dead in men ea was ro ot tesque esque but as garth and shot ade their way slowly toward the hore lore tor for the stars were dim the pos billay that Et Eti lennes ennes suspicions ware were ot t unfounded grew in the mind of athale suppose the indian had seen dead matt man there might have been fight aboard while the rest were ashore after fur true cdonald might be dead hut but with alt e leader gone breault de desperate ek k possibly perhaps insane might in 9 lit ive ave evolved this scheme to lure some f the Kapl skau people across tit th ice fee or f the indian was bound for haats nu lu when they met him that tile the ruse aag was McDo athrie put plit aside but strange tunga ad id happened before among a snips Is mcany wintering in the ice anti and who uld guess what had fallen out on be ie ghost when in the faint light of the stars i made out the ice sheathed pole pola of e schooner garth putted patted tits his excited E g stand to I 1 the al stiffened sniffing stif fling the he nd ind then side by side nitin and cog made their hind a pressure ridge a hundred bundled ads from the frozen ln in conff th snow to tn her low aulls guthrie aped there under tinder the film dim ent sinister lay the ship was wag it e sepulcher of luckless lend ot oi two wo whistles whistle from the direction of S ship started Gut firle swiftly over e ice behind ills his silent dor dog circling e stern stein lie he found behind a mound lenne and tile the blinking cree what im 01 1 I gieir be anne louir on catboat dut dat boat ket ees de spirit whispered the ee we e go up on an le beesten leesten lees esten tn sit sald id lenne enne prodding the indian ard anding with alth rines rifles leveled on the ink sheathed deckhouse deck dech house try nit j presently to the straining ears fethe the men come a us as of a haure in agony to culminate in a alendo endo of groans he e two men jeered pec red questioningly 0 each others faces at their side al trembled in a frenzy of iltem It ement ent muke lake him call to them muttered arac rie with a nod at the parile strick cree ree lie e steel muzzle of savannes havannes Sa vannes rifle nd d the iD dlana elbs I 1 1 a shattered Fred by terror the t called Nequa allot allol but bansner ian from within broe brne the y silence they waited waita d agai again in moaning no g drifted from the decka ka ian m ab wd thrle j and catling calling shot leaped the rall rail followed by etienne Et lenue A door behind the sheathing opened to tits his hand and with tile the dog tn in front they ninda their way down to tile the blackness of the cabin the odor of spilled whisky food and the stench of corpses struck them like a blow in the face striking a match glatch ethloine lit tile the stub of a candle tie he took from hla his pocket in its flickering light the two gazed in horror tit nt the chaos around them on trie table the loor floor bottles empty halt full lay lc it a litter of meat and biscuit tins tine dishes and scattered food sitting jani jammed nied grotesquely tes quely between boxes in B n corner a rigid hund build gripping a glass ginas the enn die lit the staring eyes and gaping mouth of a dena dead man black Breaul till muttered uttered til C lu thrle died drunk I 1 nut but that groan grouns I 1 where are the lie rest reit turn turning frig nauseated from the air and the spec spectacle they found a stateroom in two berths lay the dead bodies of tile the bearded t unite nate guthrie find inet on tile the bench beach mid a sailor then a muttered groan wid mid it curse led them to the adjoining room Gli Giitl thrle irle stood lit in tile the lov door holding the candle above fit ills hend in a bunk built a gigantic figuro lay tri in a sleeping bag guthrie bent forward thrusting his arm with the light into the room the heavy breathing of tile the bulk in the berth pulsed through the small room Al mcdonald cDonald I 1 edeline Ed etine crowded beside tits his chief curious to see the man whose fame had swept james bay the face was turned from the floor door and guthrie entered the room to stumble over a bottle which rolled away spilling its ita contents then lie he held a light over tile the mutilated face As the candle lit the russet hair and unseeing eyes flaming with fever above the shattered face with its red beard garth guthrie stared motionless slowly hla his jaw dropped As it if in the spell of some strange fascination tile the grimacing face in the candle candie light held guthries unwavering eyes bewilderment wilderment Ve profound shifted slowly to amazement to recognition chalk galbralth 1 he gasped then swiftly turning bade back the robes exposed at the base of tile the corded neck a jagged sear acar craig galbralth galbraith I 1 Laughl laughing ng mcdonald I 1 god I 1 what irony V I 1 turning to the perplexed etienne Et lenne guthrie rapidly explained as ho he felt for the pulse in a huge wrist etienne Et lenne you and I 1 have work ahead I 1 this Is flu au or pneumonia he eie needs some nourishment may have starved tor for days the bag has saved him kept kepi him warm with that fever rut but you nurse heem dis I 1 mcdonal ila hat I 1 hal demanded tile the surprised halfbreed half breed nurse him I 1 garth laughed rawly why this man tools tool me on his back through her hell itself brought abrought roe me through a barrage with one of his arras arms broken and nd a shot in the chest ile he was my friend my pal understand saved my eifel we were brot brothers bers in francel france light the galley lamp ining and heat some broth soup quick I 1 hiees name not mcdonal asked the bewildered etienne Et lenne dazed by the swift reversal of the situation nol no I 1 I 1 never suspected never dreamed who ble mcdonald Donald was ile he was shot ta in the face while I 1 was in the hospital I 1 know how bad it was never saw him again with a quick glance of admiration at the gigantic frame of the man deep in delirium etienne went to ind find the gallerand galley galle yand and start a alre guthrie guthorle found and lit a tamp am then poured some whisky in a gaes and propping up the head of th unconscious man got it down his ahral A rapid inspection of the boat discovered a fourth corpse the cree known to be with the schooner and another mail had evidently deserted the dying the absence of rush rash on the bodies and faces did away with the possibility of measles or smallpox it was doubtless influenza coati contracted acted from nn an indian or eskimo for a warning had been received nt at albany from moose that influenza was again loose on tile the hay bily finding the Cree waiting out an the ice fee garth sent him for tile the dog teams and leaving the efficient etienne watching watch tig a 6 kettle of conned canned soup and a coffee put pot on an oil stove returned tr tf 1 captain craig galbralth galbraith alias me alc ironald lift hal i ain hal I 1 lighting a pipe to coniti combat at the odor of spilled whisky oarth garth sat town down oil a stool to consider lus his problem anve after tits ills return leome lie he had heard from tile the imin who had brought him through that hall of gas gaa tind lend lead and steel and whom lie he find never seen since the day gal brulah left the same hospital to rejoin his command in his letter train from hall fax crate craig had refused nit in to visit montreal pleading business but unknown to garth the plant giant at aboin the women of france were wont want to 0 o turn admiring eyes ila had come home wearing the grin of a gargoyle then like a rifle shot struck homo home tile realization that tile mail wanted in halifax fax for killing tits ills cifes lover wits the man in the built ile ho pic life aured the agony of him film once called handsome galbraith bringing that twisted grimace luck back to the wife tie he tind oved loed the blind rime rage born borit tit of despair and shame unit that heated tits his blood on nn finding tier her ns as a and us its a herus heros wife for the arpad chest of galbralth ralth fil in the lie canadian corps for ills trench raids wore the bronze badge of tile the elut elect the cross it if lie he died led it did not matter ini itter but if tie lit lived if ile he lived tie lie wits HS ll 11 hunted inan cameron would send alid a party part to seal heul cove on hearing from guthrie of tits discovery discover the ship till and fur would be held for government action in tile the meantime what of the ninn man in delirium entered with soup which galbralth mechanically swallowed Is the cree back with the llie dogs or did lie he leave us no tie he come cattle buck back I 1 tole tola heem I 1 would follow heem nn nit cut hoes it if lie he run away stiff sald savanne Si ntine dryly It lonne we cant stay liete hue well pick up this ifyu ui or something worse the thip ship Is n morgue and I 1 wont lee the man who leave me for a space guthorle puffed 1 lets left go co slow herel furiously at hla his pipe suddenly he slopped slaPPed his knee ive got lit it I 1 listen 1 ills heart Is 18 strong and the fever us as near as I 1 can tell to Is not as bad as it might be its fifty miles to elkman with the crees dogs dogg you can make it by daylight well wrapped up and hound so BO he cant roll out or hurt himself hell make it it cold and cold air Is better than this stinking ship etienne d na if he thought guthrie had suddenly gone mad but you were you go he broke in guthorle smiled im going to take our dogs to albany to Al Alba baneer neeT yes I 1 its ita my duty to report this to camerom at once de uree cree can go no need his help ill ity well hut but ettenne lt lenne sensed that some thing lay behind it all we tak dis man to an de police come den wilt wat etienne oso aiso had guessed at Albi albany ony smiled guthrie Gu thrle ill tell cameron that you AOU shot yourself nc cl ci dentally bad wound and I 1 am go ing to bring miss quarrier up the coast tomorrow to nurse you she knows all about wounds and I 1 shell come added guthorle quietly by garl tile the halfbreed half breed stared at his chief in unqualified its tits his only chance for life here he would die the place Is infested with germs ought to be bi fir ned rued you understand you lou stert its as eoon coon as you can im on nii my way now ill be in n elkman torti tomorrow orrow night if shell come with tier her medicine lit lilt and I 1 think she ile will for sties a soldier god bless hert herl after forcing more soup down the throat ft the sick mun lie he wits given a stiff drink of whisky bundled lit in fur bound with strips of blanket and with great difficulty carried to the sled FortUn fortunately for guthries plan the de dc had not taken a violent form for tile the enormous strength of galbralth at would have them with a grip of the hand guthrie bade his staunch lead head man goodby good by and whittling to shot started with his 1 tired tenni team for Al albany liany already that day the dogs lind had done sixty nilles neld the forty miles before them over tits rough se sea alce ice even with th the light aled would if pushed bring them thel into albany five sore bore footed still legged cripples so it was not until the sky ky grayed with tile the dawn that guthria drove up to the trad eliouse at fort Al albenny liany and reeding feeding his fired bentli put them in fit nu nil empty shack where they might steel through tile the morning undisturbed by the h storing of the post dogs later walking in fit on oil the Canie rons nt at their breakfast tie lie told of at tho stalking of the schooner of the dead well tile the wildest tole I 1 have heard in forty years on this coast ejaculated the factor while ills wife ond children sat with awed faces not n soul alive on the still ship not it soul alave repented repeated flu and probably the whisky they L carried help tiny the schooner reeked with it poor ioor devils they nine have stayed stilted drunk to easy calv their itil misery sery and the fur two years trade tin do did you see it no hut but said there was a lot of it on oil board then somehow lit in casing tits rifle lie shot himself shot himself self yes in fit the why vin im here guthrie took the lit lilt in ills teeth as tits gray arny eyes squarely met camerons im going to ask bliss alias quarrier to come to elkman with tier her medicine kit site she knows wounds im afraid of blood poisoning hut but you put I 1 him on tile sled and bring him hero here site she can call take caro care of him better nt at albany und and then guthrie shook ills his head lie ile come cameron Cui neron ile ho thinks ties hea going to vie ule aud and wanted to be with his wife and children oil but how can you ask aak that girl to go to elkman 7 shea needed here swanell raise anevil a devil of a row has already over your seeing her in the narrowing eyes of guthrie lurked a glint which cameron recognized ile he had seen it before in the look of men indomitable desperate it startled him film made hint him wonder about the affair between joan aler and the factor of El elligan of course wo we dont want anything to happen to etienne Etlen nc he temporized but why you bring him film hero deiv la Is beyond me ive fil already ready told you why cameron cameran the gray eyes of the speaker were block binck its as they bored coldly into those of the kindly scotsman ill III at ease mrs cameron went to the kitchen to digest the startling announcement yes I 1 know they always want their family aroland when seared scared well if shell go its her busl business hoss raise a rumpus though and I 1 liate bate to have her hurt guthrie was on his feet scowling down clown at the |