Show Men Mein Marooned B By GEORGE MARSH I C b br by Tb The PonD 0 Co CHAPTER Continued XIII-Continued XIII Continued 26 It stripped down to If the police found ut ot Ik wan Garth wua done Cameron might fix It with the company but the authorities would be merciless Then the smug Charles could revel rt In lilt Ills I told you OU sos ont and l then then-he lie had hut lint ant thought of ot label who whose o e Chri Christmas thus letters he had hod not riot answered since he tie found Joan Jonn on the Albany clearing clearing slie ho bho could thank I leaven Ihl for tor her lucky escape Hut the tile the police pollee wont won't find him at ot I lot title rU rasped through Ii hN his teeth anti went to the trade house c to tomake tomake make Ids Mis plans with Did irid you Oil 1111 hove any uny trouble getting film dim up here asked No he Ina holler some but hut he was tens lashed In Rood good Cu Guthrie thrle explained the tho part parI l was ns to play when lh tl the pollee il ed They fhy would want to 10 Interview Inter view hint him find amt must mist fluid him In bed n II sick Ick mm man n he must have the bandages which h 1 this lis Quarrier would prepare lIre lit at once ready to put ut on cm The children would have to tn b bo be couched Lu and kept out oat of ot the Ihl WilY way e JlII e jou nu e cr aces tellI nun lion I II The smiled sallied and opening II jl his shirts shirt drew thuin bock back haring baring n II 1 tT lon long sear scar across s the tile 1 chest At Al Henley house Jt nt ot do de New Year fear dance dince I 1 get ills ells nuance year ago no I 1 Iwas I was Will ver vet vr seek ulan man I know ii 1 doy dey come I be he ver seek onto more I Guthrie laughed outright nt at the 11 gravity of ot his head bend man 1 I Trust you ou to 10 net your Il part rt o I Now It If we Ive could p only keep tt-ep theta them away from my lilY guar tars lint hilt Ive I've got to ft feed l them Imi there Ihre That's where the tho danger lies 1119 lie lieI may any make hake u a tint noise e. e Hell He'll lutye hll to In have hll nil nu opiate to keep him Islet inlet If they I hear henr hIm Its It's all 1111 up with us took tonIc the Ihl pipe tulle from his mouth uluth and leaned toward te his chief i the mho muscles In his hili swart filM face knotted with the Intensity of ot hN hlA feeling Pora Por n n a spare space tho alto two men mell hardly breathed th the narrowed ll of lit the time half half- as os I eyes pye R brood breed bored Into quizzical r pare gave Then m slid said slowly You Vou are good goad to 10 me III nn my may futons m k I fees dose dese lt If If you you say sav tom so Slowly ns as he rend the Ille stark sincerity amber sincer ity of ot the offer In t the lie ot others other face soused sensed that Ids his of the time dusky 1111 hurl bringing sing to the Ilie mil lii r of ot friendship the tho supreme 11 girt ft the hazard of ot his life Guthries Guthrie's eyes s eyt-s softened with the affection witch two i years lors of ot river and coast end troll with n had bud I Ho Ili It reached out n a long arm and took the tho thed d sinewy hand of ot tin the other oilier I wont won't forget my forget-my my friend The swart f fuse face 1 of ot ih the HIP huh hived half III lit with pride nt at the words c. c then taming II awn awny 3 he tie threw over r hI his 1 get le de tin fro from III III h nn an show V Marie how to oak mal good y t Ills His temperatures temperature's risen to Y I can no hear It In the lie other IlIn lung now Joan entered the living room roam from front which Old Anne had bud taken tile the supper dishes u Double heuble pneumonia 1 I mutu mut mut- I Not Nut a n chance draftee niter lifter the tin till I Is there Poor old Craig I Weve We've done 1 we could ennui 1 She raised her hr eyes ejes S 'S to the mun who I touched slouched f head lu In hands elbows on ou I knees Friendship Is a very real thing to you He lie Ill looked up Yes so sn real roul that dint w without ut a thought tit of If the cost to 10 you 1 I brought you jou Into Inlo tads tads- this That Thal was rather a tine compliment to me the Mr 1111 I III that you OU should feel sure of me lUP Ine know that tint I would come cOllie I thought only ally of ot him him ot of what 1 I owed him hint For nil en Interval he tie II was all 1111 silent enI I then continued with n a look leek hut hut brought the tho blood to 10 her face rases You rou I I knew you OU would come when eoute-when when you understood But It ti unfair unfair- wron wrong Why wrong she ht demurred or this man what did It inn matter mat t I ter hr You needed me to help you jou mind and andI mindi I came a 1111 Hut Ive I've dune done worse yore still 1111 If It time the II t I police mice find Ii him here litre you'll he be sub suh jest to the law nn law an II accessory 1 I did not think I was mad umul but hut I want to 10 get you out of this lids before Its It's too tan I lute Ill I'll take hike you to 10 tumor tomor- i n i s Joan stared at of the Ih her surprise at slowly owl shifted in o linger anger The darts dark eyes tS III with n u I hT new Ill to tune the ti who ho watched You mean that You think Id I'd desett de deport port sett hI him him III dying your our friend 11 lie Ile e shrugged Ih hopelessly In t the hl face tare of ot tH her r determination Joule Youre In III a u ut t 1 false fuhse i o position I hind no right right right- Stop she sill commanded raising her hand In finality Now If It they hey come COllie what will you do For Ioro a to fp spa Ia p he could not answer swept S by byo a o II e of pride prillI In In the Ibe t staunchness of ot the Ihl girl of ot whom lie III IIIi i tied had asked so gO murk much I Ive I e got tnt to to feed I them h II here Can you rou keep him Olin under un umi opiate Yes es h lies ss II under one now If It he hI rows row delirious ns liS some do hell he'll In try lr try to pet Itt up Well We'll to keep him hint lashed to 10 time bed Ill get mem over o to the trade trade- house wise as sown soon as they eat oat They may any not stay SIllY I more mure hon bun a 0 night but hut when they fall toll to find his body at the I schooner they'll want wont to see sec rue we I r 1 gave I his Ills bandages and ond ondI I showed Marie Moria how to adjust them What a wonderful coconspirator you are Healer of ot Wounds I How flow am om amI omI I ever to repay you yowl jour He lie sat lot from habit with the unmarred left lett side sid of ot othis his huts face toce quartering on the girL girt Suddenly Suddenly Sud Sod denly she straightened startling him with the tho tenseness of ot her took look Why do you sit lilt that way she demanded de de- mended mondell angrily What what hat what do you ou mean he be asked confused by her tone You treat me as If It I were were were-oh oh like the one oue he came come back to She point point- pointed ed 1 toward the tho adjacent nr sickroom Vaguely her meaning mooning dawned on him Scars Scars- Sears to her were her were on an ac nc color e. Those straight eyes of ot hers never no turned In horror from a wound Forgive lve me he be said and ond his eyes clouded with mist I r knew v the day dayI I met you you that that you ou saw sow beyond the beyond the seers sen rs For an nn Instant her tier face toe was Vos radiant with a n look ionic that stirred the Inon with the mad and desire tn hl go f to 10 her take her take herin hrIn her hr herIn in In hi his wring aroma-wring wring from this woman win v doubted him his lillO-his his love Inn the admission admission ad nil mission that she too cared nut hit no not nut here his Ills ward nail guest helpless to 10 n him Ills chivalry checked his e. e She fhe Knew Inow he loved lo her Iler she ho should have hu fair Gilr the pia play at nt Jolk Muttered Iu words from the sick Irk man Ld L 0 n raw w Il tu rn iii ins I ILie 1 me lie C ui nn-ui frame femme handed banded by Iy strips trip of ot cloth to tn online aniline him In hl hits his delirium rendered the IIII hell bell he ho lay Iny on Insignificant Ills His heavy y ru russet sll hair smoothed by hy the tho nurse front from his wide willo forehead framed tramell t I he he sleep deep blue ey e. e which stared un un- unseeing seeing at lit the ceiling colling of ot the room Be III Below low how leered the torn mouth ghastly In It UN Its nn We lie wore were happy happy before before they hoard heard him mutter I know I know I know know know- It was herd hard But hut couldn't you bear henr It fur for for the sake of the of-the the old days Handsome lt It It was was once once Then tint lien I that shell she'll 1 GenI Good Good-by I t Y Handsome e 1 I nut But you I you I loved loved ed Your I God the tho look louk In them them- liens when you Oil rule I IThe The rhe eyes ees of nt Joan Joun end GuthrIe Guth Guth- ale rIe met Two Toe tears I Ignored slowly wet her cheeks The face focI o ot the man was twisted with pity What hell he must have ho lived lI through 1 P And she she why why are such creatures put Into the tilt world said sold the girl huskily When his hits need of ot her was vUR greatest she greatest she unmasked her little soul seal Involuntarily Garth started low unerringly she had timid t characterized Had she J guessed he wondered I can on guess what followed Garth r I 1 k know V Hl him Heart broken he he often poke of ot her teethe he he went wt-nt to drink to In forgot forget Then It happened Rut nut after all nil are lire they sure suro hes he's the man runn The el p puts pelts ts 1 Il- Il I I ld question the his being here In the north While Joan JOlin caught a n few fow hours' hours sleep loop In III the Ibe room column of ot Guthrie which ho ht hud had given her her the factor sat sot beside be hI beside side the unconscious mono whose whoso tortured tor lungs I labored horl for tor breath Before she he lay Iny down the girl stood quizzically before the photographs which still stood In Ili their places on his Ids dresser Youre very lovely 10 she murmured Its as nut not strange that he cant can't forget torget you jou lie He still remembers or you'd oUd not nol be he hoie still here still remembers although he hI wants wallis me to think he lies has forgotten CHAPTER XIV In III early lIrly afternoon I swung hack hok the trade house door with a crush crash Dog team Dog on d dp de riviere I All 11 rl right ht replied Tell Miss on en your gout our way Now ow you OU get Into those these and Into bed and dont don't have hn the children around If It they come ollie to talk tak to yo you your yourI II I nm nor er ver seek man laughed the half breed half bleed unit and went out So Su the police pause had luul come He lie hadn't them for fur days but they must lime have touched Albany from Mouse Moose time the day he left They certainly hadn't lingered mm at lit t the schooner with Cum Cum- erous men at nt fulling failing to In find the he I body of ut 1 McDonald on II III till they probably wanted to In talk hulk first to In the men who Ii luid ad rod the tragedy then re return return turn to tn Seal owe cove fury would puss pass at lit least one at ut I to 10 talk It over O There was no on l' l to In hawing having them eat at III athis atlis his lis quarters lay Iny the danger I lie Ile II would rush them through supper mill and to to tu the trade house whore where they would sleep n ns CS of ut nurse course Joan Jonn hind had hi his liU spare bed bod I II en ac nc accident they would hove hll heard of ot from Cameron and Etienne and Merle Marie wore were more than equal to entertaining them with the picture of ot u II man suffering from u painful wound The rub would route come at ot meal time Would the opiate keep McDonald 1 quiet quiet mind and his breathing breath ing would log would they hour It If It only he hl euid 1 lave hu been ranted for tor a da day but where whre The trude trade house house factors factor's quarters and und were the tile sole heated buildings at nt the time post Going to his quarters he culled called Joan Jonn and ond Old Anne Anne you yea cant can't speak dont don't answer r any questions Understand Under stand The broad brond face ture of ot the rook cook stretched In p o smile ensile as ns she winked Nama slut she answered In Cree Good And when you OU hear us come In III for supper upper nuke as BS much noise as ns you yea can In the tile kitchen kitchen- nil III you OU wish Ish rattle the puns pans Wh When Q you yau au welt wait on us talk to me In to Cree- Cree all tl the time See Beet They may tuny hear bear him breathe nh I 1 replied the Cree How flow 1 la he be now howl asked Joan Jono Her ller eyes reflected her ber anxiety Worse Worse much Vor e much worse fever fever- pulse running away lies lie's been straining terribly at ot his bonds Lucky you ou and made them strong You gave him the opiate of ot course 2 Yes hes he's feeling It now By fly supper supper sup per time hell he'll b be quiet quiet but but his bis breathing what worries me Guthrie went to the tile sick room where tho lie giant bound to his bed by thick bandages of ot cloth lay IllY moaning mooning In a n halt half stupor Old Craig To finish like this I I Sorrowfully Sor the time man mon who was os Imperiling his future that his friend might have his hie chance chano wont went out to meet the tho approaching ap dog team With Shot beside him curious of ot the strange dogs dog Garth watched the lie visitors climb the cliff trail behind their team of ot scrubs Good day dllY dayl I called colled the older of ot the two men stepping forward with extended extended ex tended hand hondo This Is Mr The fhe to hi his companion a It young heavily built man who shook hand bend Ive o boon been expecting you you said ROItI You can cun turn your our dogs Into that empty shack shuck lifter after youve you've fed them They'll he le safe there therl My ly only assistant ns as you know Is laid up tap The dogs fed and safeguarded from II the till big I U nf of v. v It the Tin p oat Guthri u. u e U v. v p u. u u led lul his s guests t to the warm stove e e ethe of ot the trade You come straight from Seal ool cove ove he asked cur carelessly lessl They Thy j- j Y sec f a r y Dog Team on the Riviere were lIre expecting you ou when I 1 left lett Moose loose with Miss At the mention of ot Joans Joan's name nome the heavy hen face fare of ot lighted with Interest Yes replied Barrel lighting n his pipe We WC went over o to the Island with Camerons Cameron's people w who ho are guard Ing IlIg the fur tur Hut of ot course ourse we wanted wanted to to you yeu ou and your man before we the got down to work Got Cot down to work What do you mean nn cold eyes studied I the ho face tao of ot the Inspector A decent face he thought honest human Why we found only three bodies Cameron says you found four tour Including ing McDonalds McDonalds McDonald's s 's wasn't there McDonalds body not there Impossible Impossible Im Im- Im possible I INo I INo No we made no mistake The Indians Indians In In- must have ho spirited It away They Thy tell me ins theres there's a fortune In fur tur furon furon turon on that schooner too but theres there's no sign of at Its lis being plundered The watchful had bad his huts openIng open open- Ing lag mid amid lost no time late In l de developing It Why we left McDonald 1 dead In his berth from trum Ihl I suppose Breault wits In the cabin cubin and the other two In berths The Interpreter and a n sailor they claim dalm were on the boat bOllt must have ho made for tor the nearest norest cump Did Dill you OU search the Ice Ire The Indians might lave have ha burled hurled him lIe He had hall t sonic some Indians halloos picking up fur tur for tur him hum on the till Island They may have hll found him and glen given him n a del decent nt grave In the Ice That's tru true tint hut why should they hue leave In the tho rest on mu the bunt boat lie He 1 he was time the big irvin the moan the chief II lie III hind had a 0 great hold on them That might explain It Guthrie suggested WIll Well |