Show men SZ IW by 9 GEORGE MARSH by the penn publishing co service CHAPTER XI continued f 17 halfway across the dusk from A akl ki moved out to ic meet the travelers shonto look upon in the berths bertha of if the schooner nert death in nil all horror honor of plague stricken trien men or to meet ft treachery as guthrie bellied bell bellu ved ed too vile lie for the uses of a fighting inn annn like ike laughing mcdonald cDonald Sl hut but tile the canny anny halfbreed half breed would not be con lucca anil and the knife shifted to ills his capote sash arid and tile the uncased rifle larrel barrel thrusting ft atom ow tits robe were sinister inester witnesses to tits hla distrust of the ho cree tile the barrens 0 of tile island purpled Puril led then hen fused with the dusk stars gilt above the moving teams at list flat in tho the starlight the black masses masse m of the hills flanking sent seal cove loomed head abbad the indian stopped his logs dogs bleet ees bovair dere derc 11 lie ile pointed to be invisible elble shore ordering ur dering the disarmed cree cre to remain with ills his dogs etienne called larth garth for a whispered council of war ma I 1 ide de schooner ees not tar far wo we stop fin n tie up do de husky den you an shot go 0 o one way an I 1 tak dees fetter feller wid do e gun een hees back an we circle V roun oun do de boat all it If elther either sees or hears anything ny thing two long whistles will they ear our r dogs if they yelp no beet ees too far shot trained to silence would be invaluable aval in a fight but the huskies yelping would betray them so go they reve lashed hed to the sleds beef eef f we ve don see noden I 1 male dis seller eller holler to de ship den we wait tell beem he la Is de first een cen de boat ld id de gun een hees bees ribs ile he ver care so meting bad here warned etienne lies hes afraid of the devils suggest d garth uncasing casing un ills his rifle and re retting that his army automatic hung neglected in its ita holster on the tack at lawan this stalk of the st slip had uch lich of the he color of a trench raid mid a in the derk if ottense was right and lie missed the feel of hl his PL tal n ills his belt the drag on the file shoulder trap of a bag of mills hills bombs As they separated etienne gripped arts hand 11 1 ll I meet you at de oat keep behin de ice fee wen I 1 mak eem holler cef dey shoot tile the idea of stalking dead men me was ro ot tesque esque but as garth and I 1 lade ade their way slowly toward the bore bore for the stars were dim the pos billay that Et Nt lennes suspicions were ot tin unfounded founded grew in the mind of suppose the indian had bad seen dead man there might have been fight aboard v while title the rest were ashore after fur true lc cdonald Donald might be lend lead but ie e leader gone breault desperate des prate ck possibly perhaps insane might inight ive ave evolved this scheme to lure luie some sime f the people across tit tee lee or rl the indian was bound for knols au u when they met him that the ruse was as mcdonald put plit aside but strange clings id ad happened before among a snips mcany wintering lit in the ice fee and ant who uld guess what had fallen out on he e ghost when in the faint light of the sars i made out the lee sheathed polet of it ie schooner garth patted his ey excelled cited g stand to shot 1 the al stiffened ant antflink fling the he ind then side by side trian man and cog made their approach hind a pressure preb sure ridge a n hundred ads front from the frozen ln in craft drifted ith snow to in her low ion ralls guthrie copped ed there under the dlin dim lent sinister lay lav the ship was wag it ie sepulcher cher of luck luc luckless less klesa bend or 01 two wo whistles from the direction of ie ship started guthrie swiftly oyer ie e ice behind ills his dog circling ie stein lie he found behind a mound lenne enne and the bli blinking aking cree what IQ a u 11 p heo liehr irme sonn on dat boat beet ees eeg de spirit whispered the pee ave e go up nn nit leesten beesten le esten said enne prodding indian ward banding with rifles leveled on the deckhouse deck house thoy aalt presently to the ears ithe the myn mell came a moaning as a of a in agony to cu culminate latinate in a scendy endo of groans fhe e two men peered questioningly p each others other mires fares at thelt theli tilde aide i alfredale al trembled in a frenzy freny of at It ement like lim him call to thern them muttered brie with a nod at the batile stank cr arce e e he steel nuzzle muzzle of Sa havannes savannes vannes rifle tl the Ip dlana ribs a a chattered dred by terror the culled called allol but t I 1 answer trout athin braae the W 7 silence they wafred wafted again A j moaning drifted from the deck eu pan I 1 goine jr jali thrle and calling shot leaped the rall rail followed by etienne Et lenne A door belil behind nt the tl opened to his and with tile the dog in fiort they their way down to the blackness of the cabin the odor of spilled whisky food tind and the stench of corpses struck them like a blow in tile the face striking a gianch edeline Etl cline lit it tile the stub of a candle lie he took from tits his pocket in its ila flickering light the two gazed in horror at it the chaps around them on oil vie the table the floor whisky bottles empty hall full lay iny lc it a utter litter of meat arid biscuit tino dishes and scattered food sitting janit jammed ned grotesquely tes quely between boxes la in n corner a rigid hand gripping a glass the call ile die lit III the staring eyes arid and griping gaping mouth of a dertil dead man black ni muttered uttered guthrie Gu thrle DW died drunk 1 hut but that broant groan I 1 where me are the tie rest turning navi nauseated seated from tile the or air arid and the lie loathsome spectacle avle they found a stateroom in two to berths lay iny the dead budles of the bearded mate guthrie had find met on the bench mid and a sailor then a muttered ed groan tind mid it curse led them to the adjoining room loom guthrie stood in III the low door holding tile the candle tits hla hend head in fit a bunk a gigantic figure lay in rk a sleeping bag guthrie bent forward thrusting ills his arm arin with the light into tile the room the heavy breathing of the bulk in the berth pulsed through the small room Mc Donaldl I 1 Etl efine crowded beside tits his chief curious to see the lie man whose fame had swept james jamea bay the face wits turned from the door and guthrie entered the room to stumble over a I 1 ottle bottle which rolled away spilling its ita contents then 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 tits hla jaw dropped As if in the spell of some strange fascination the grimacing face in the candle light held guthries unwavering eyes bewilderment profound shifted slowly to amazement to recognition craig galbraith I 1 he gasped then swiftly turning back the robes exposed at tile the baso base of the corded neck a jagged scar craig galbralth galbraith I 1 Laughl laughing ng me mc Dional donaldl dl godl god I 1 what fron irony I 1 turning to the perplexed etienne Et lenne guthrie rapidly explained es as he felt for the pulse in a huge wrist etienne Et lenne you and I 1 have work ahead I 1 this Is flu or pneumonia ile he needs some nourishment may have starved tor days the bag has saved him film kept kepi him warm with that fever but you nurse heom heem ils dla me alc donall donal ila hat I 1 hat hal demanded the surprised halfbreed half breed nurse him I 1 garth laughed rawly why tills this man took me on his back through hell itself brought me through a barrage with one of Ws arras arms broken and a shot in the chest he was my friend my pat understand saved my eifel we were brothers in france I 1 light the gatley lamp and heat some broth soup quick I 1 aces 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 mcdonald was ile he was waa scot in tile 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 tile the gigantic frame of the ronn man deep in delirium eilenne went to und find the galley and start a 0 fire guthrie found and lit a lamp then poured some alisky in a glass and propping up tip the head of th thi unconscious mun man jot got it down his ehrat A rapid inspection of the boat discovered a fourth corpse the cree known to be with the schooner and another titer man had evidently deger deserted ted the dying the absence of rash on the bodies and faces did away with the possibility of measles or smallpox it WEIS was doubtless influenza conty cont acted froman fram an indian or eskimo for a warning had been received tit nt albany from moose that influenza was again loose on the hay bay finding the cree waiting out iv the lee ice garth sent him for the dog teams leams and leaving tile the efficient etienne watching a kettle of conned canned soup und and it a corfee coffee pot on an oil stove returned tr tf captain craig galbraith allas alias me ale ronald donald hal tin hat I 1 lighting a pipe to combat the odor of spilled whisky garth sat iowa down on a st stool 01 ol to consider his problem anve aiice after tits return home lie had heard heard from the man inn who had find brought him un conscious through that hall of gatt gaa ind and lead and steel and whom he had never seen since tile the day gat gal brulte left the same hospital to rejoin his command in tits hla letter from hall fax craig had refused nn nit to visit pleading business but unknown to art tile the 1 aholt the women of franco were wont to turn admiring eyes lind had come lionie howe wearing the grin of a gargoyle then tike like u rifle shot struck lioma home the realization that the biati wanted in for killing ills cifes lover wits the ninn man in the bull ile iio pictured the agony of him once called handsome galbralth bringing that twisted gri nince linck back to the wife lie find loved the blind raue born of do da and shunie that heated tits ills blond on finding tier her faithless ns its a and us a heros wife for tile tho broad chest of craig galbraith famous in ID the canadian corps for tits trench aralds wore the bronze badge of the elect the victoria cross if tit lie died it 1 tild did not in mutter titter but it if he lived iche if tie lived lie wits a hunted num limn cameron would send it party to seat seail cove coo on oil hearing frem fran guthrie of ills his discovery the phlp und and fur would lie le held for government go eminent notion fiction in the vital of tile hie mall limn in delirium entered with soup which galbraith fi lechan tell I 1 IY swallowed Is tin cree bick back with tile logs dogs or old did tie lie leave us 0 no o he come bate buck I 1 tole beoni I 1 would fullow follow beem liffin nn fill cut bees if lie run awny said savanne dryly Kt lenne we cant stay here well pick up tills flu or something worse the thip Is a morgue and I 1 wont leave the ninn who leave me for a space guthrie pulsed n V lets letb go slow herel herat furiously at hla his pipe suddenly he slapped his knee ive got it itt I 1 listen I 1 ills heart la in strong and the fever as near as I 1 can tell is not as bria bad as it might be its fifty miles ralles to elkman with tile the crees dogs you can make tt it by daylight well wrapped up and hound bound so BO he cant roll out or hurt himself hell malce it it cold and cold air Is better than this stinking ship etienne listened an am if he thought guthrie hild had suddenly gone mud mad but you were you go lie he broke in guthrie smiled im going to take taice our dogs to albany to Al bancer yes yosl I 1 its my duty to report tills to cameran tit nt once de da uree cree can go no need his help ill apty pty him 1110 well allut hut ettenne sensed that some thing lay behind it till all we tak dis mun man to elkman an de police come den wilt wat etienne uso aso had guessed at albany smiled guthrie Gu thrle ill tell cameron that you shot yourself accidentally ci biec wound arid and I 1 am going to bring aless quarrier up the coast tomorrow ow to nurse you site she knows till all about wounds and I 1 think shell corno amed guthrie quietly by garl tile halfbreed half breed stared at a his chief in unqualified admiration its tits his only chance for life here he would dlo die the place Is infested with gernis genus ought to be bi brnca ned you understand you sturt as eoon as you can im on my wily way now ill be in elkoun tonj tomorrow orrow if shell come with tier her medicine kit and I 1 think she will for sties a sold soldier ler god bless herl berl after forcing more soup town down the throat threat it if the sick man lie he was given a stiff drink of whisky bundled in fur bound with strips of blanket and with grent difficulty carried to the sled i fortunately for guthries Guth rles plan the he delirium lind had not taken a violent form for the enor enormous strength of ual tit brattli would have baffled battled them with a grip of the hand guthrie bade his staunch head tuan man goodby good by and whittling to shot started with his tired team for or albany Alire already Atly nat day the dogs lind done sixty allty miles nem the for forty lillea before f ahm over ever t the roul rough ji sen aea ice even with the light aca sled would if pushed bring thern them into albany five sore footed stiff legged cripples so it was not until the sky grayed with tho the dawn that drove up to the tra debouse at fort albany and feeding hla his tired team put them in in an empty shach where they might steel sleep through the morning undisturbed by tit the h hectorina hectoring hec of tile tho post dop dogs later walking in on tile Carne camerons rons nt their bre brenk fust lie tot told of tile tho stalking of 0 the schooner of tho the dead well the wildest tale I 1 have heard in forty years on this const coast ejaculated the factor while tits his wife arid drell sat with awed faces not a soul alive on oil the ship sot not it soul alive repeated garth flu nud arid probably the whisky flioy tile carried help hell tiny kiy tile schooner er reeled with jt it poor ioor devils they must have stayed staged drunk to ease their 1111 sery and the lie fur far two years trade did you see it no but eilenne Et lenne said there was a lot of it on board then somehow chow lit in cusing tits rifle lie ho shot himself shot himself hint self yes yea lit li the till hip why im lacre took the bit lit in ida hia teeth its is lita ills gray eyes squarely met Canie rons tin im going to ask allas to come to elkman with tier her medicine kit she knows wounds im afraid of blood poisoning hut but you put ailin on the sled and bring him hero here she can call anke care of him better at at al bany find and then hen guthrie shook tits hend head ile he come cameron lie he thinks ties hes going to vie die and wanted to be with his wife and children olt but how can you ask that girl to go to elkman sties alio needed here swanell raise fl a devil of a row has nl at ready over your seeing her in the narrowing eyes of guthorle lurked a glint which cameron nihed ile ho had seen it before in the look of men indomitable desperate it startled him film made him wonder about the affair between joan rier and the factor of elkman of course we dont want anything to happen to etienne lie he temporized but why you bring him hero here la is beyond we me ive clarendy told you why cameron 11 the gray eyes of the speaker were block black as they bored coldly into those of the kindly scotsman ill III at case mrs cameron Cit meron went to the kitchen to digest the startling announcement yes I 1 know thoy they always want their family around when seared reared well if shell go its tier her business bustness bus 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