Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-11

Of dried meat and fell asleep. Thorpe
initiated his example. Three hours
later the Indian reused his companion,
and the two set out again.
From o'clock until 8 they walked
continually without pause. without
an instant's breathing spell. linen
they rested half an hour, ate a little
yenison and smoked pipe.
An hour after noon they repeated the
rest Thorpe rose with a certain phys
ical reluctance. The Indian seemed as
fresh as when he started. At sunset
they took an hour, then forward again
by the dim intermittent light Of the
moon and stars through the ghOstly.
haunts of forest until Thorpe thought
ne would drop with WEAKNESS and
was mentally incapable of contemplate
ing more than hundred steps in adj
vance.
when get to that square patch OF
light I'll quit he would say to him
self and struggle painfully the requir-
I'D twenty yards.
mo. won't quit here" he would
continue. "I'll make 1t that birch
Then III lie down and die"
And so on. To the actual physical
exhaustion Of Thorpe's muscles was
added that immense mental WEAKNESS
which uncertainty of time and distance
infiicts on man. The journey might
last a week for all he knew. In the
presence of an emergency theCe men
of action had actually not exchanged
dozen words The Indian led; Thorpe
followed
When the halt was called Thorpe
fell into his blanket too weary even to
eat. Next morning sharp. shooting
pains, like the .stabs of swords, ran
through his groin.
"You come" repeated the Indian,
stolid as ever.
| Then the sun was an hour high. The
travellers suddenly ran into a trail
which as suddenly dived into spruce
thicket. On the other side Of It Thorpe
Unexpectedly found himself in an ex-
tensive clearing dotted with the black
ened stumps Of pines. Athwart the dis
lance he could perceive the wide blue
horizon OF Lake Michigan. He had
crossed the upper peninsula on foot.
"Boat come by today" said Injun
Charley, indicating the tall stacks Of I
mill. "Him no stop. You max him stop
take you with him. You get train Mack
inaw City tonight. Dose men. dey on
dat train"
/ Thorpe calculated rapidly. The en-
envy would require even with their
teams day to cover the thirty miles to-
the fishing village Of Munising. whence
| the stage ran each morning to Seney,
! the present terminal Of the South
Shore railroad. He, Thorpe. ON foot and
three hours behind, could never have
/ caught the stage. But from Sensy only
/ one train day was dispatched to COM
meet at Mackinaw City with the Mtchi-
gan Central. and on that one train, due
| to leave this very morning, the up river
man was just about pulling out He
would arrive at Mackinaw City at 4
| o'clock in the afternoon. where he
would be forced to wait until 8 In the
evening. By catching boat at the
mill to which Injun Charley had led
him Thorpe could still make the same
train. Thus the start in the race for
Detroit sland Office would be fair.
"All right" he cried, all his energy
| returning to him. 'Here goes! Well
beat him out YETI
"You come back7" inquired the 1ndi-
an, peerIng with a certain anxiety jnto
his companions eyes.
"Come backg' cried Thorpe. "You bet
your hatr'
II wait" replied the Indian, and was
! gone.
Thorpe saw over the headland to the
east dense trail of black smoke. He
set off on stumbling run toward the
mill.