The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-04-28
"You know they've got one NJ j,


ute or two seemed on the track. The
remembered seem him in 'Frisce
His name is Belcher and he's one O
the men that the Teller from Fresh
called Lakeland hired the room il
Frisco to talk WITH
AT the sound of Lacklands nan,
Ethel was on her feet gasping:
Lakeland! Lackland, Clarence
he is Paul's rival and enemy! l an
determined to see this prisoner calht
Belcher"
when do you intend to call OF
him?"
Tomorrow"
II will go with YOU" said Clarence
Ethel Berry. with her husband, Ell
tered the prison and gazed at the pale
yet fierce face of the prisoner, and
cried:
Il know him. Clarence: know
him! l saw him in Fresno in COZ
sultation with Theodore Lakeland.
They have planned the murder CT
poor Paul"
With a fierce oath the prisoner
leaped at his fair accuser, but TIE
strong young husband seized him by
the throat and hurled him to the op-
posite side of the room.
Two men, worn, tired and hagga1d.
surrounded by mountains of ice and
great sleeping glaciers, had halted in
a valley where few stunted pines
reared their heads above the eternal
snow.
Let MS rest. Crack-lash." said tie
older OF the two travellers. 81 give
in, shipmate. Your winds bettern
mine, for you see my old hulk is git
tin waterlogged o. late years, an
can't make as good Roadway as it
used to, you know"
The travellers We're Paul Miller and
his quondam sailor companion. Glum
Ralston.
Paul Miller gathered some dry
pines and made a fire on the mossy
banks OF a stream which ran close
under the Cliff. The dry wood spark.
led and snapped. and the blaze threw
out ruddy light. The pot boiled and
he put on beans to cook with a little
meat, and soon had an excellent SUD.
per.
"Ah, mate, that is good" said the
eN-sailor, as he tasted the coffee.
We're running rather short of feed,
though, and if we don't come upon a
moose or reindeer soon I'm afraid
Wen suffer"
Never fear, Glum. some kind CT
game will come our way"
Wrapped in his blanket, he sat at
the root of tree still talking to Paul,
who was half asleep. when they We're
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 a
small animal about four and half
feet in height. which in the dim. un.
certain light appeared to be a con-
Meeting link between the OK and
sheep.
Glum Ralston lifted his gun to his
face and fired. There instantly fol-
lowed 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
blow which sent him sprawling on
the ground.
Paul dropped his gun, and snatch
ing a pistol. fired shot into the
thick hide OF the furious beast, Just
behind the shoulder blade. 1t made
one 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 if he
had any broken bones.
"Are you hurt? Are you hurt?"
cried Paul, anxiously.
"N-no, think not 1t was a fall
broadside though, and how the horns
missed ripping me from stem to stern
is mystery"
Paul threw on some fresh sticks of
pine and the fire bazed up, revealing
the beast he had slain lying but few
PAGES away. Its long brown and
black hair gave it the appearance Of
of bear. The old sailor walked up 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 un-
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
over 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.
following faint trail. At last they