The Ordway new era., 1909-12-31

,ho bNhiihcr OF light was
'"eIe IN That strange chamber
IL was The Bull" whom Eddy dis.
covered repeating. Something an In.
,ui''oh. told him that the fellow was
oo'ns this, and when he found him
out ne attended to him promptly
Who IL thIs?" demanded EJ,y =,
the man whom he took for "The BUR"
neid out hand for his ratIons The
bull mumbled the name OF the sick
fole, who Eddy knew was living on
the ground BY the well unable to move
across the cave.
You're liar!" shouted Eddy "Yor
are The Bull" He tried to catch
the man by his arm. but he puIled
away. Eddy. however, reached for
him and caught him by the shoulder
Then. In the dark, his hst struck out
ana the other men could hear IL land
on THE Bulls" Jaw. There would
nave been more OF conflict Eddy cx.
pected it-but somebody pulled The
Bull away. and for the time being
peace again reigned
The third day came. They knew Il
was the third day because Waite had
watch, from which he removed the
crystal. picking out the time By feel.
Ing the hands with his rough fingers.
Some OF the men took no thought Of
the flight OF the hours, however. and
spent their time crying for tho loved
ones up on the earth, whom they had
given up all hope OF seeing again.
They were Eett.Es lIghthead"d. the
poor fellows. all Of them. and It was n
huge task for Eddy. himself sick now
to keep their spirits up
Waite and Antonlcse were the only
two who gave him any real assistance
Waite. by his sturdy good nature. "Iol-
lied" the other men. and AntouIcse
rendered splendid service in caring
for the men who were the sICkcst He
argued with the well men that they
must give up some OF their share Of
the water to these sick unfortuuates.
and though they did not all accept the
suggestion gracefully he let them un.
derstand that he would stand no fool.
ing on their part. and backed Il up
with n long knife which they knew
that he carried
On the third day. however. An
toniese made discovery. II was that
THE Bull" was stealing water from
old Walowczak He caught him at It
himself. and his first impulse was TO
thrust that long knife between the
ribs OF the thief. but he resisted that
impulse and crept across the cave 10
Eddy. to whom he told OF his discov-
cry. Eddy said:
I'VE must make sure. We must
watch. Say nothing. but keep ms near
Wolawczak as you can and II The
Bull goes near him grab him and
hOller for me"
Conflict in the Dark.
i little while later 1t happened An
toniese let out yell, and Eddy, call
ing Waite TO follow him, leaped 10 his
assistance. He had The Bull and
they were engaged In deadly siruE'
gle. The other men were screaming
and shrieking to know what the mat
ter was. In their unnatural coudiioh
of mind this conflict drove them tniriy
crazy, and they turned on each o'h"r
and fought savagely for no reason hht
that each man took the other for an
enemy. When Eddy dragged himself
through the struggling masses theS
caught mt him and pulled him 10 Tue
ground. He had to fight back. ana
felled with his fist half dozen poor
fellows who would have kept MN
from getting to THE Bull.
In fact. when he reached the spot
from which Antoniesc had cAiie" "''''
the fight for the moment was over.
The Italian and Waite both IaE
sprawling on the ground hearF
knocked out by the big Pole hea'S
fists. Eddy demanded to know "here
THE Bull" was.
"I'm here. curse you" came the an
swer from corner OF the cave
through the darkness. I'm mere anu
I'm armed. and II you or anyone COMES
near me I'll kill him. Boys. he went
on calling two of his countrymeh py
name there's going to be chahee
bere now We're going to XIII th'S
Eddy and his crew and run thihgs our
way Come over here. any OF you tn"'
stand by me-" There were shuhihs
sounds in the inky blackness OF the
Mace, and Eddy heard some OF the
men going over to the Pole.
Boys" he called out. Il don't know now
how many of you have deserted me.
but you're wrong. And you cant se.
away with it. I'm trying to manage
things so that well all have a la,
chance. That's the only way II you
think you can do better put II 10
vote of us all, and If the rest OIL 'ne
crowd likes your method pe''el :, ,n"' .n
mine I'll step down. HOW ABOUT ,s'
Eddy's heart leaped with encoufase
ment as he felt the contact OF o'he'