Show 19 resurrection ae SU R RIVER nive R I 1 RV by wilum william byron BY ron waso nymn WS service fee XI continued lint on tho the bunk edge lean list one arm under her her r his other hand smoothing let 1 hair in I 1 quiet tones tone ho he af of at hugo huge project mt her a ong had slowly lowly taken shape hap 0 tei inca now new years and e feeble treble light of the candle nw law his eyes eye narrow end and 1 harden as 11 he sketched jw ji ADS il ambition ng in dreamy comfort she he general outlines of the I 1 ilia bi gad ad ambitious project that Is sketching ile ha intended to weld those olga nea together into a sandl ach and nd powerful power tul company electors lectors lec tors this vanguard hold them till next and nd by that time he could lit lonal money on a radium kalch he knew about with apitsc idl he could bring in ma tod ind tart start active mining on a i the richest silver diver lodes he ie had the power of this ite i bay syndicate behind launch his real k C could then his big program all along gung ang canadian mining fron U through the vast sub territories irrl there were hun him od 1 thousands of prospectors m uke DIU bill forrler hard 4 penniless good hearted they aey were loping the bush freezing fighting the all wil g they did the pioneering the tha mineral discoveries j the be way they had opened flin lin flon cobalt and other 1 and then had lost them ad I 1 helpless men they had keyed upon by wildcat pro ind id unscrupulous companies aught ht them out for a song As j was ras trying to buy out these As i bay prospectors for a edmonton and a few mis dollars echeme of mine partner ne plan along its general alg said would stop all ustice alce this dynamite bay ate would be a refugo refuge to all inen i we could advance the thorn m I 1 wi i their worthwhile worth while claims ey have to take a s choice A had crept into the cabin berry red glow had faded the sides ades of the little sheet ilove 8 whistling through the outside the blizzard was spin to surface snow into sheets ailing ng them dancing down the take wraiths g tood stood up beside tho the bunk tit a bit moro more fire sweet he turned arned toward tho the stove his caught a slight blurry move at the small window to the of the ie door only one pane of ur was vas of glass over the oth th higginson liggin ahson son had tacked squares dibou n skin As craig glanced e little tie glass pane he saw a a face ce pressed against it tha ery lark dark countenance of a man was staring into the cabin at da ind and him face e was gone in an instant b afore re he could recognize th tho a ind and tho the pane was empty 41 yent ent through craig like an lock lie he did not need to e the man in a flash he the ha I 1 they out there those thosa six manito la the le wind torn tom dark ament ent after the face he a gleam of rifle steel d the ie glass pane it was a bleam n the gunt glint of a rifle be aled cl and aimed at him hand d shot out and smashed on tho the candle plunging the into i darkness cla sat up hastily on the albl rhyd you do that deppee ped across to tho the door for the tha wooden bar found it ped d it into place so that the could not rush him 9 cold was clutching his lupe e had him at last trapped conely y cabin miles from any help IP one rifle against six t of that hole in the river shuddered A quick and way vay to dispose of an ene Y out of that s one thought now she lot be exposed to danger or aught in the life and death fight in upon him the is darkness patricia den in startled tones craig YOU i smash that candle and lou i bar that door curried led across to the bunk it sible now to keep h her er bowing ing the truth shia la those aside ie here got us d rather got me red boke te off abruptly at the lor neone one was cautiously trying he heard the iron latch heard card the squeak of the as 13 the person pressed the lie door only to find it aby the heavy beam inside acla heard the noise too I 1 tah her small hand quivering I 1 frightened w whisper she asked they ey trying to do craig d to understand that some but she did not eal t that those men out there led to 10 murder him air lri ir r ho truth nn an that she he would understand and would get out of the th cabin to safety Trees hla his in plain words lupe Is trying to kill me lie he knows know im your dads dadi enemy knows know im fight ing the company but the wort worst is I 1 that he considers consider me a personal persona menace to you lies hei broken entirely out of warrens warrena control for far more than a month hes he been trying to get me this Is 1 his bli first clean chance again he was interrupted and again it was by a noise at the door out but this time the noise was wai a tre tra that jarred the whole cabin and nearly broke the door oil off its hinges craig whirled to the foot of the bunk and grabbed up his rifle lie had to stop atop those metts metis they were breaking down the door they had got a log from wood pile and were using it as an a ram one more shattering lungs lunge like th that ri first one and they would bo be rushing in upon him he leveled his rifle ride aimed breast high at the door and shot three times through the middle boards from the stormy darkness came tho the short inarticulate cry of a man hard hit A silence fell fall ile he heard nothing more of the metis outside he clipped in three fresh cartridges 1 I guess let that door alone he commented grimly to patricia 1 I hope it was lupo lupe that I 1 winged but be ba too much luck the silence lengthened three minutes five ten it was an oal quiet craigs nerves were jumpy from the sinister quietness patricia youve got to get out of this place clacel I 1 planning something I 1 dont know what be but trust lupe to make a good job of it you might be killed ill palaver lupe ill tell him youre coming out PI 1 I wont got gol patricia refused point blank the minute id go out start shooting through r 10 4 21 ti ais r aw they trying to do craig the window and door riddle this cabin and kill you As long as im here they wont do that youve got a ticket to walk out of this alive and safe and youre going to take he insisted that get your clothes on fast ill talk to lupe lo 10 he added to stop her from sobbing so heartbrokenly ill stand a good chance to escape theres half a box of dynamite under that wall bench ill figure out a way to use the stuff but Tre Trees hla hurry I 1 every minute you waste cuts down my chance he stepped up near the door Lu lupel he called there was no answer from outside i ut he called again louder but got no reply v over at the northwest corner comer of the cabin he heard a peculiar thudding noise it sounded as though someone had thrown an armful of chunks against the logs the noise puzzled him but just then he paid little attention to it thinking that the might not have heard him he called a third time from the window flattening himself against the wall so that he could not be shot lupel im sending miss patricia out ayou hear lupel answer me maill the answer he got was a stony silence As he stood there he caught the smell of wood smoke in the cabin just a first faint whiff fresh burn bum ing wood birch and dry pine craig PatrI patricia cla spoke from the darkness outside the cab in here at this corner throwing something against the logs I 1 cata cai hear them craig hurried over put his ear to the wall and listened intently he heard m muffled voices outside then the unmistakable crackle of fire through a chink near the floor the smoke was sitting sifting in so strongly that it stung his eyes aneres Wn cres eres that smoke coming Tn nr patricia whispered its ita getting stronger at ronger I 1 smelled it A couple compla of minutes ago trying to bum us ua outto out craig had to tell her all right well go out but the surprise will be on to he groped to the tha wall bench lifted three of the tha dynamite sticks from rom their sawdust packing felt on the shelf above tor for the box of mercury caps and the small reel of no 3 fuse the mercury caps capi were old cor car boded but evidently they were a blu live for or ed had got cot his hl hand mangled by one of them working swiftly he pressed the caps capi solidly into the ends end of the three ticks sticks then he cut three fuses kiei from the reel re elone one six inches long one ten one eighteen and at af fixed them to the caps cap with the earthquake sticks alck to in one hand and his knife in the other he went to the window and slashed out one of the squares square of caribou skin kin so 0 o that thai he could throw through the opening Tre eshia it here she whispered back take my rifle ita it a lying on the table and go over beside the door where I 1 can grab you and we can get gone weve got to time our getaway get away to the tha split ccone second if were too blow well be shot down and if were too fast well be blown to pieces ho knelt on the floor struck a match touched it to the six inch fuse waited till the tiny spluttering splutter ing started then held the match to the ton ten and eighteen inch lengths length when all three fuses were spitting out their little firecracker sparks he stood up drew draw back his bis arm the stick with the six inch fuse went flying through the window through the opening he had slashed and hit in a drift twenty feet from the door the next flung harder landed farther down the path the third flung as hard as he could throw went whirring halfway to the river bank ile he sprang over to the door lifted the heavy wood bartrom bar from its notch and waited one hand on patriciaa Patri cias arm the other clutching his rifle he had only a few seconds to wait came a jarring thunderclap boom b o o m that stunned and deafened patricia and him the ile whole cabin rocked the blast smashed out all the panes of the window and sent the splintered ered casing flying across the room it toro tore the door out of craigs grasp wrenched it off its hinges crashed it against the table nearly smothered by the tremendous cloud of snow and spume kicked up by the e explosion craig groped through the doorway clasping patriciaa Patri cias arm and stumbled blindly ahead the spume was so thick that he gasped for breath debris was falling all round and upon them lumps of hard snow pine twigs tatters of birch paper in the black welter lie he banged his head against a sapling turned aside from it and ran into a rick of wood twenty steps ahead of them the second dynamite stick went off the blast of air and smothering snow knocked them bodily off their feet it was like getting hit by a flying snowbank after a bewildered second craig got up fumbled tor for his rifle found it patricia managed to get to her knees but the eap exp explosion lo 10 had dazed her and she clutched craigs arm to keep from falling behind them the third dynamite stick exploded uselessly for they had no need of its protection near the bank of resurrection craig halted in a clump of squatty balsams glancing back he saw names flames leaping up the sides and over tho tha roof of HIggin sons cabin wed better wait here a while he said till things quiet down those fellows are scouring this whole drogue tor for us and we might run into them were safe enough now well angle away from resurrection ur and make a big swing in to the bay and this storell storm ll blot our tracks shut it while he was whispering courage to patricia craig made out five of the up near higgin sons fuel pile by the light of the fiercely burning cabin he be saw them dimly saw them clustered there in a little knot saw one of them lupe it looked to him kneel kneeling in 9 down beside some dark object on the snow the storm and the whipping balsam branches kept him from seeing them clearly ur seeing what they were doing craig please patricia begged lets go away lets leave this ghastly place while up yonder no wait craig saida suspicion had struck him as he peered uncertainly at that dark prone object and he felt that he had to know the truth before leaving there in a few minutes the five achl waugh imis fetched two poles from the wood pile and made a crude bier of thern them and a blanket and lifted the dark object upon it it then with slow funereal tread they came down the path toward the river bank and craig knew that their destination was that hole in the river ice the hole through which they had intended to shove him that night to ob oblivion UvIon craig C r a I 1 g patricia whispered gasping you you killed one of them yes craig whispered back us the little neared them 1 I think its tt young battu I 1 hit and killed him when they were trying to break down the door im torry sorry young battu came tho the nearest of that pack to being human I 1 hate to think that he got killed in a fight that was wai all lupes doing warrena Warren War renU ll tag a murder charge 0 onto nto you now 1 not dont worry about that warren knows know his law lawton too well to try that the no would have to explain what they were do ing here her at place and why they burned this thin cabin and have a hard time concocting concoct ing any story that boomerang on ca them lupo lupe will report ly that battu got drowned or accidentally killed they dont dare say ay anything else haa the procession proc eulon filed past them ave shadowy and silent alent figures agures car ryang rains the bier and at the head of them went lupo lupe holding a candle lantern xu the den was wai all in an uproar that saturday evening with eighty odd prospectors prospector staging a riotous celebration over tho the kessler hill bill discovery the news about the gold lode had leaked out that afternoon and created a furore and at the supper aupper hour when craig officially announced that the claims were wera safely recorded at the land office a first class pandemonium had bad broken loose whenever anybody come came in at the entranceway entrance way the men would peer through the smoke haze to see sea whether tile the newcomer was phil kessler kessler was wai not there and had not been there since they were waiting for him to show how up waiting like eighty cats at a mouse hole he the lucky ono one among them was slated to get a prodigious reception when he did come in their exuberant high spirits they intended to ride him on a thin rail ra toss him in a blanket put him through the ice test and the blind mans hanging and then make him the guest of honor at the midnight meal which patricia had planned in the doorway of her patricia stood watching the scene with craig though this was the victory for which sho she had fought and sacrificed since the poppies were blooming last fall she felt anything but happy herself six hours ago a mall mail plane had arrived from resolution bringing the injunction and before the legal day was over corporal northup would have to serve the writ on craig and her she tried to believe that this gold lode would eventually deliver them from the bondage of that injunction but the months ahead until that time should come stretched bleak and empty and unbearable and she had written just that day to her bar mother end frances trying to explain all that had happened to her on this fateful arctic trip and telling them that she was vas not to come home again or bo be one with them again across the big room corporal dennis northup appeared at the en trance way looked around at the jubilant men finally saw her and craig and started over toward them steady Trees hla ll 11 craig comforted take this like ilka a good lit tle tie soldier like youve taken all these other hard knocks this Is warrens inning but some day well have ours hello northup greeted them shamefaced and apologetic come in dennis craig said evenly northup took a document from his pocket its a pretty raw deal you two are getting I 1 hate like poison to serve this and enforce it but my personal likes and dislikes dont matter he unfolded the paper glanced at patricia and craig then began reading hurriedly TO craig tarlton and to patricia may wellington and 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