The Red Cloud chief., 1902-09-05

NV VI WV 0''IItu ON the track, lnCn
remembered seem him in Frisco.
His name is BelCher and he's one of
the lei that the Teller from Fresno
called Lakeland hired the room in
Frisco to talk with"
At the sound of l.ackland's name
Ethel was on her feet. gasping:
Lakeland! Lakeland! Clarence,
he Is Paul's rival and enemy. | am
determined TO see this prisoner called
Belcher."
When do you intend to call on
him.
Tomorrow"
Il will go with you." said Clarence.
Ethel Berry, with her husband. en-.
tered the prison and gazed at the pale
yet fierce face of the prisoner, and
cried:
i know him, Clarence: | know
MIN. ] saw him in Fresno In con.
sultat!on with Theodore Lakeland.
They have planned the murder of
poor Paul"
with a fierce oath the prisoner
leaped at his fair accuser. but the
strong young husband seized him by
the throat and hurled him to the op.
positc side of the room.
Two men. worm, tired and haggard,
surrounded by mountains of ice and
great sleeping glaciers, had halted in
a valley where a few stunted pines
reared their heads above the eternal
snow.
Let us rest. Crack.lash,' said the
older Of the two travellers. II give
in. s%hipmate. Your winds better'n
mine, for you see my old hulk Is git
tin wa~terlogged o late years, an
can't make as good Roadway as it
used to. you know
The travellers were Paul Miller and
his quondam sailor companion, Glum
Ralston.
Paul Miller gathered some dry
pines and made a fire on the messy
banks of a stream which ran close
under the cliff. The dry wood spark.
led and snapped. and the blaze threw
out a rudy light. The pot boiled and
he put on beans to cook with a little
meat, and 500 had an excellent sup.
per.
"Ah, mate, that is good" said the
ex.sailor. as he tasted the coffee.
We're running rather short of feed,
though. and II we don't come upon a
moose or reindeer soon I'm afraid
we'll suffer"
Never fear, Glum. some kind Of
game will come our way"
Wrapped in his blanket. he sat at
the root of a tree still talking to Paul,
who was half asleep, when they were
startled by a snort. In an instant
both laid their hands on their rifles.
A pair of fiery eyes cleaned at them
and Paul, whose vision was keener
than his older companion. saw q
small animal about four ard a half
feet in height, which in the dim, un.
certain light appeared to be q con-
Meeting link between the OK and
sheep.
Glum Ralston lifted his gun to his
face and fired. There instantly fol-
lowed a believing roar and a rush
of feet. The fire was scattered in
every direction and the old sailor,
who was rising to his feet, was struck
a blow which sent him sprawling on
the ground.
Paul dropped his gun, and snatch
ing a pistol, fired a shot into the
thick hide of the furious beast, Just
behind the shoulder blade. 1t made
II spasmodic leap forward and fell
dead, the bullet having penetrated it's
heart.
The old sailor was staggering to
his feet. shaking himself to see IL he
had any broken bones.
Are you hurt? Are you hurt?"
cried Paul, %anXiously.
"N-nO, | think not. II was a fall
broadside though. and how the horns
missed ripping me from stem to stern
Is a mystery"
Paul threw on some fresh sticks Of
pine and the fire blazed up, revealing
the beast he had slain lying but a few
PAGES away. Its long brown and
black hair gave 1t the appearance Of
Of a bear. The old sailor walked ND to
it and said, philosophically:
Its flesh is good for food, and will
keep us alive a good long time"
Two days after they had killed the
musk-ox they came again upon a dim
trail, and again began to take heart.
The trail led them through an UNI
known pass toward the seashore.
"~Crack-lash, they're goin' seward"
said the eX-sailor. II can smell salt
water already, and | feel better for
it,"
Three days later, as they were
climbing owe a hilltop, they saw two
men several hundred rods in advance
and gave chase.
They were within long rife range
when the two fugitives discovered
them and began to run.
The two men darted into a ravine
and they saw them no more. Glum
Ralston was Of the opinion the men
they chased were two seal hunters,
who had wandered into the woods In
search Of moose or deer.
They continued toward the coast,