The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

stick raked the living Goals together.
Laying on two or three smaller sticks
he blew them into a blaze ami lighted
the lamp.
After a short rest he was prepared
to travel. but he remembered the wal.
rus hide, with its mysterious hero.
glyphics. and determined to AXE It
with him. He was unable to make
out anything from the hide, and roll.
ing IL up thrust II in one of his capa
cious pockets, and taking some of the
provisions left in the cavern, went out
and bueklcd ON his snow shoes to
leave the place forever. He trampcd
Until night and Their spreading a
blanket or the snow slept soundly. a
IN fell during the night, and when
he awokc he shook of the white gown
OF nature and ate some OF the roasted
moose meat he had brought with him.
For over a week he wandered about
in the wilderness. subsisting on fish
he caught In the river and a deer
which he shot. but not seeing a hu.
man being. Paul had no compass to
steer his course. and was often lost
among the mountains.
One day he came upon a fresh trail
In the snow as II u party with Indian
porters, dogs and sledgcs had made
their way over the snow toward Forty
Mile Camp.
He sat down at the side OF the path
to rest and think. A slight %crunchins
of snow but a short distance from him
caused him to look up, and he saw a
man coming on snow shoes. a rifle on
his shoulder. A single glance at
those familiar features. and he cried:
'Glum-Glum Ralston!"
The solitary traveller paused, started
back In surprise, clutching his gun for
an instant as il he would use 1t; then
dropping IL on the snow, gave ven to
a whoop that would have done credit
ward had Paul about the neck. cry.
ing:
"Crack.lash alive, by tn trident q
Neptune"
Where have you BEEN" asked
Paul.
"Cruisin' about lookin' for YOU" he
answered. Where you BEEN"
Paul told the story of his adven.
lures, concluding with his escape
from the cave.
Il have found the mystery about
me thickening all the time. and this
walrus hide covered with strange pic.
lures and hieroglyphics is the chief
of all mysteries"
Glum Ralston took the walrus hide,
unrolled 1t. and gazing at 1t with
wildly dilating eyes which indicated
his strange interest, demanded:
Where did you get it,"
From the hermit"
"Th' hermit-the hermit-the man
that owns this hide-the man who
saved you. is my old c%aptain!" cried
the excited prospector with a shout
Where is he? where Is he! It's my
old captain-Ill go home to Kate yet
Where Is he? where Is he? where Is
he?" he shouted almost fiercely. while
Paul was too much dumbfounded tC
utter a word.
BE calm. Glum, and explain wha'
you meant" cried Paul.
Holding up the piece of walrus
hide, Glum said:
I've seen this before"
'Where?"
"On board the Eleanor"
"Who had it there?'
"The red-skin as had the stran' o
gold nuggets about his neck"
Paul's interest in the walrus hid,
increased. The old man continued y
a gleeful tone:
"Oh, he lives. he lives! I will fine
him. tell him I've been true to hin
all these years and take i'm home"
Suddenly he became more com
posed, and. turning his eyes on Paul
asked: Where is he?"
u don't know"
What! you have seen him and lie
him escape?'
Il could not help myself: they cam
and dragged him away"