| Show heart of the north by william byron mowery COPY copyright TIght ly arroa alric lr ic 11 CHAPTER XII 18 1111 sir we came here to put our paddle in stated bluntly 11 W p knew you were thrashing out this tills trouble between alan and the in 11 your col lisel wasn gasn t asked this matter Is to between be teen baler and la to haskell 11 1 dont try to run n buck alan fearful flint tills unexpected acted moie moe of tits three men might kill any tiny cliance chance to trap lias line kell 1 if it I 1 tile superintendent want you here obey alley him and go still hornli refilled he ile sald to I 1 louve I 1 ou re got n name sir for ahing aery buck cop coil and non noncom com in bour dif lalon a square cut and seeing all sides of an tin argument I 1 dont think you 11 kick us out without hearing uee pot got to say this tills Is as ruch our ur fl fight ht as wee had to 0 pi too for the tile inspectors acts heres one of us crippled for life because the inspector hog tied us on that ditrol with some fool or drs after a thing thin like that do we I 1 ave to shut up and take it and not even I 1 e allowed to sit dowall down AlIl lamson bade them I 1 m going to get to the bot torn of this tills when your time comes III heir whit youe got to sly now baker I 1 want you to answer anster some questions whit made you split your detail on that first pa arol hackell ordered me to sir lie ile ordered me to follow both branches branch eq when I 1 objected he lie threatened to bust me and keep me here at the tile post a lie ile I 1 fl askell challenged 1 11 I allowed him to do as he thought best he lie purposely made a failure of that patrol I 1 dont ion t ask you to take my word corporal IN was uns here in the cabin cibin and beird lic ml our talk and biker biler mer lila signed statement admitted to responsibility whit proof have you got baker boler an demanded alan kept silent deliberately allowing his tits to damn him hini probe was leading in the right direct direction lein leading toward that thit de do idly trap to consternation bill hardsock burst out proof II 11 ls blue hazes 1 alan was half sick all the uny ay up the aloiska Alo oska because of them orders he ile felt he was be ing forced to take us men into a terrible danger we all knew it was crazy to split up IN illiamson ilien ced him youre merely mul mal ing nn an assertion corporal iou ion haie liae no proof baker do you admit responsibility tor for that patrol patrow alan shoot his head ao no II 11 1 1 don dont t he stammered halsell smiled he had baker on the run immon reminded biker you signed a statement of response res billay whipple was a witness alan pleaded sir that statement IN when hen we came back yes I 1 signed it but 1 I 1 I had to you had to I 1 1 I les es to get out of the mounted ile t let me buy out unless I 1 d ald id sign 1 why u under heaven did you want to buy out all that fast and furious 1 I wanted to be free alan led on step by cautious step I 1 ME wanted to go after those men baker look here MIl lamson said sternly you lufer infer you want ed to go after those men so badly that you ten were willing filing to buy out cut off your record and sign a lie why then you operate cooperate co with haskell to get them well sir he he cooperate 1 I 1 cant can t believe that he ile tried to help you even afterward after you bought out and were on a private i venture 11 when was that thairl alan queried at en traverse lake I 1 so he was trying to help us u I 1 didn dian t ah have bave that impression at the time sir mr he ile eien shot signals for you to wait walt bill hardsock swore luridly of all the fork tongue lies that a the beat of cm em all I 1 alan alloi allowed ed the lie to go anchal ledged if haskell got by with that one he would be bold and unwary but sir or he led on when I 1 came back from the aloiska patrol he cooperate with nith me then he ile t seem much interested I 1 don t think in getting those bandits not much interested haskell echoed with a great show of asod ashment sir I 1 wanted him to make a patrol to the inconnu river but he was in a temper he ile even listen to my aw suggestion 9 A wild elation surged through alan one more step end haskell was doomed I 1 he ile fought down his elation and ard fidgeted uneasily in his chair hair williamson bore down on him hard baker answer that charge I 1 haskell suggested a patrol to the inconnu in my opinion that was a splendid suggestion it wai was almost the only hope of capturing those criminals you vi listen to him how then can you assert you were forced to buy out I 1 he ile didn dian t it him that made that suggestion alan stammered weakly 1 I think khinki I 1 believe I 1 made that suggestion myself but he let me go that e a lie itell haskell pounced upon him 11 1 I suggested it I 1 begged egged him to make that patrol alan looked at haskell toa you suggested that inconnu patrol it was houi idea ideal 56 lial kell nodded 1 I did 11 filp pie can it lip II 11 ing emiling openly in triumph all hesitation dropped civay from him there as no longer need to dissimulate lie ile turned to lou heard him lou IOU beard what lint tie he sal cald he ile told you he suggested td that incon nu trip lie ile just repta repeated ted it an annl I 1 he lie 8 bild lid whipple was witti Iti iss dont DO 0 let him blin back out put ot of it now 1 I dant I 1 lime to hack back out of any thins thing lin linsdell shell snapped he lie was starling in sudden uneasiness at baker les cs I 1 heard him film JIll lamson aam answered ered 1 ahat I lint about ahou tit it alan rose to ills feet pull ing himself up to his tits full lanky anky I 1 and powerful erful height hel ihl in tonit moment when he lie realized Ila giell u as caught in the deadly trap his tits mind whipped hack back to joycea joyces home on the Alo halouska Al osla to joyes joyces room where here he lie had lain through chourp 1 of if doubt ind pain and ond where here he lie and she had carefully careful iv plotted this tills trap he ile felt a ten der gratitude to joyce jovee this tills strata kern gein was hers here more than I 1 Is her quick brain had been the first to fee see its crushing Im inspector you sn you asked me to lead that inconnu detail IOU ou say you suggested it you sa sal it occurred to you that the bandits would escape hy by that river I 1 say you are a liar I 1 I 1 propone to 1 prove rove youre a liar he ile paused a moment then raided hid his right hand and pointed at the tile wall chart behind desk 0 the inconnu aher ii Is not shown on that map of yours Inci inspector you tried to find out from that in dim dlin little otter where the aher Is Y yu u t know you don dont t know now how could you suggest sending a patrol to a aher when you hai hacht en t the slights slight st knowl edi nt of its ile location step up there to that chart you ond and show us the In inconnu connul 1 haskell askell II sprang to ills tits feet sn snarling arlim at alan I 1 don dont t take or ders from you ile hiis fighting like a trapped wolf off his ills panic ills livid face bet betrayed raed him then consider it an all order from met me 11 Vill illiamson lamson commanded show me where the inconnu 1911 Is IlasI II askell ell did not stir ills irn pre pregnable anable defense had crumbled in lie spot the sea was rushing I 1 in n upon him he ile heard thundering I 1 say answer akers ques tion I 1 how could you suggest a patrol to a river that you know nothing about haskell askell II did not ans an ler er caught trapped he lic had gone too far he md hid overplayed he lie heard larry lounges veaze mocking lauh heard hear bill hard sock chuckling tria tri A to steal thinder and got struck b by y tl ti the room seemed to be swaying angry erect figure became a blur across th tin desk he siw alan da ba kers face in a sort of haze not smiling jt at him not cot mocking but hard pitiless the man hal beaten him had taken away avay the girl he lie loed this man whom he lie hated so fiercely that face ence be had tried to kill lill him out of the haze he heard beard bakers voice liar I 1 smoother otherl 1 something snapped and his last vestige of self control was swept abay an ay A maddened anger shook him him in a fury he suddenly drew back and AM swung and smashed a fist against that hated face as though trying to blot it out the blow unsteadied led baker for a moment he lie stepped back 11 alamson ll aroson tried to interpose bill sprang up and leaped across the tile room to jump between them but haskell askell II had swung again alan hung flung i ip p his left arm to protect himself A grimace of biln jigged antros his face as the blow fell upon his wound he ile dij not step away that time for an in slant stant his eyes mease el distance his ills right arm am went back swung and fill hard list caught haskeil under the tile jaw a single smashing blow thit dal him film an and d sent him reeling against the wall when bill and helped haskell askell II to his chair and he sat sa down groggy and white 0 of f f face ac 1 VIll illiamson lamson bade the two take constable younge and get out baker stay here I 1 want iou here vaguely askell II 11 realized that the superintendent was ordering the men away so that they might not witness the humiliation of an officer lie ile had lost the ma lanche had crashed down upon him baker had come trian through this hour but in those of his crushing defeat chile williamson was trying to get tho the men out of the canin haskell felt the first small breath of a strange relief like a cool wind across his ills face he ile had become involved in lies had been sucked deeper and deeper into a mora moras s of falsehoods and perfidy he was tree free of all that now in thee last weeks there had been times when he looked upon larry younge when he lie thought of bakers great hearted adventure when the leiis came of dave Mac suicide that his conscience had revolted and he had loathed himself lie HO felt as 88 though by making a clean breast of everything to he would be coming out of a dark and place into the sunshine again only the old aching madness toward elizabeth Jing laing would not down but rose to torture him T bbott CHAPTER XIII dy lightning filth T ALAN S 8 cabin late that flint cea evea AT dins was bitting sitting on the tile eilee edge of the cot head lead in hands inde into dejected thoughts lie ile mus in euch such a blue funk pink be he neither heard nor cared what alan and buzzard ere talking plout out an hour ago by accident ho he had discovered that he himself utis a now dow 1111 in charge here at endurance walking pat lost liar kell al 8 cubin cabin in it tile twIll got he tidd lidd caught a fe r t angry sentences from rom lillan if it I 1 the entire say 99 line ins kell go out of the mounted Ilowit ed fushir min iu nu came in loure suspended Ilard sock will be given command here till I 1 see what lint ila ker is going to do I 1 lou ell dont ion I 1 de sere a hance to walk malk straight but III ga glie e iou you one rather than kick up a row oer you pieree TI eres a rook detachment down doin on the herder border that flint s about 3 lour our fit im going to transfer tron you there and III try not to laugh when I 1 see men saluting you to be in command of the detach ment ins as mm amill solace to bill it mcana more inore work more res without jud luing aunt an annl I 1 lealer leadership shIp to lean on in the shaft of light st str ming from the cabin door a irl s figure appeared appen red 1111 straightened up suddenly elizabeth always a bit afraid of the supercilious girl bill had no desire to linger unger and find out lier her trouble nudging huzzard buzzard ho lie vb she ft bonts ant to talk with alan wed better pt out As elizabell ElIza betl came across to t 0 the library nook li in the tile full candle glow alan saw bhe u ms uis angry and instantly guessed the cause carse of it V d in silence they looked at one another she had heard she was going to ling fling reproaches at him per ciapa lis ps throw an ultimatum into his face 11 ith no word about his ion pa trot or thi tha wounds he lie had brought away from it elizabeth demanded Is it true what ie lie heid he id about that reward money loure not going to accept any of it alan was shocked that in her first breath she should ik of money he lie said rather tersely 1 chats I lint s not altogether true im taking enough to buy the lan ian trading post for larrr end and I 1 haie liae to pay for or those things lub zard and I 1 stole in I 1 ortin but I 1 am to not keching any of it ether other wise are you crazy to throw anav more than you ye ve made in all the years you youre ie been stationed here in this backwoods hy did you go on that patrol and waste all these weeks u I 1 I 1 good I 1 lord ord have you been think ing I 1 did it for the money Is money the only thing in the lie world you ever think abacut he lie tried to curb his anger and a quealy qu etly eilzabeth ril zabeth jour brother curt nent ent on a patrol he be gave his ills very life because because I 1 iou ou kiy not understand adir chy but god knows inous it maint for money then you intend to throw anay ala ay ten thousand dollars if you wast to put it like tint thit yes I 1 could rit associate with my se f if I 1 d accept one red cent of it it in silence they looked at one an other elizabeth angry and accas arg alln firse I 1 a moment realizing she had run r n up against granite in ili alan biker eller on t als Is question she turned to an other there s else I 1 want an it n understanding understand ng about mrs drummond toll me tile you intend to take care of jim montgomery s girl what makes you feel boure responsible 11 hy fly on earth just because you were with that child chills s father alan sharply interrupted her eilzabeth ril zabeth let me point out tome thing to you it mily be cruel and ungenerous of me but its got to be said men curt was vas taken it fell to me to look out for you you were vere a grown woman you had chances of employment you had other advantages hut but I 1 assumed responsibility please now im not throwing it up to you I 1 did it freely and nod voul dve done more if I 1 id d been able now ov jimmy was as killed I 1 just nn an of Ms his I 1 was the nearest person in the world to him lie came from rom england Fil gland he lie had no that little tot of his balz i beth its hut but f four our y years 0 or 3 0 old 1 d 1 its t 8 helpless here herein in the north ito it i dependent in a terrible sense alth more harshness than he had eer eier sliman her he lie said sharp ly 1 I in coing going to look out for jim mys child settled it you dont like 14 it yiu dont hac hae to you know hl i coldness frightened her it destroyed all her former assurance as urance that she dominated him she sensed he wanted to end ther en uail ga gement und would do it here sra now if it ilie she gue aate him film 1131 cause A whisper warned orned hers her 1 oi ou may be right about that reward money and jimmys little tot I 1 dian t eee see your viewpoint clevi point when I 1 first came in ili here I 1 wont ion I 1 try to persuade ou to do iome something thing ou fed Is 1 wrung wrong at chIng him intently she he saw tie he inal surl and deeply disappointed at her jl fielding eldIng to him he ile anad canted to break with her herl lie ile wonted her to odense mini A lit little ile fearfully she he broached the main purpose of her coming here 1 I heard oure going bick nto into the mounted 11 1110 lio told foil thair 1 I just heard gere I people fat tall 1 to 80 alicy they vere ft ere a bit hasty then youre you re not going bick ile her indirectly 11 alamson ordered to stop my buying out papers it hea 0 or r clie re enlist me as a co con n stalle stal ie an aej promote roe me to sergeant agian he ile sat aid lied tied write rite to colonel steele and eaid in and ask 1141 steele to release me it if id 11 aree agree to come hick into sen ice L in ili lier her feirt Ll Izabeth was nas fl 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