Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-13

1Stud leo o. ne glacier to q cave
near the shore. whore they had Do.
posted II. There were literally tons
Of It hidden there whom the smoke
from the yasht's tunnel was arst seen
on the hofi1na.
The moment the news OF the ap-
preaching steamer was reported 70
Roscoe, no had entered upon what
seemed to his followers thoroughly
irrational and inexplicable line Of &C.
ton. He haA ordered them, nrst, to
remove all signs OF recent habttat!oa
from the hut to the cave whore their
gold was concealed; then. to covcr tho
cave mouth with a heap of boulders.
to secure II against discovery.
Long before the strongest glass on
Tho ship could have made out their
moving figures. he took the whole
party back to tho hills in hiding. He
had kept them from answering the
halls and the gun-fre from the yacht
by the sheer weight of his authority.
without vouchsatirg word Of eXpla-
nation
The next day they had seen the
searching party cone ashore, and with
their knowledge OF the lay of the
land found 1t perfectly easy to evade
observation. though nothing but the
strong habit OF obedience kept them
from counting 1t.
Then. along in the afternoon. had
happened what seemed to them the
strangest thing of all. They had seen
q solitary straggler from the search
ing party coming along across the
ice. He could not see them. 1t would
have been perfectly easy to evade
him, but Roscoe now ordered them
to go down to him and tell him who
they were, and to offer to escort him
along the trail down the glacier. Aud
at a certain point they we're to lag
behind and let him go on alone. That
was all any Of them knew OF their
leaders, plans. till they saw the flying
dart and the smudge OF crimson on
the snow.
Now, at last, came Planck to the
leader, asking the reason why. But
his mission. as it appeared. had not
prospered.
For long time Roscoe walked
steadily on. until the two had como
far up the glacier. Finally, when he
did stop, he whirled quite around and
stood confronting Planck, squarely in
the middle OF narrow path between
two deep assures in the ice. His eyes
were glittering inadvertently.
do you know any reason" he
asked in thick voice, why I don't
pick you up and drop you down one
OF those cracks there, or why I don't
serve you as I served that fellow yes
terday?"
Planck thought he meant to do II.
but. with the fatalisrn that marks the
men Of his profession, he stood fast
and eyed his big opponent.
You're strong enough to-" he said.
And I'll do 1t II l want to; you
know that" Roscoe supplemented.
Yes. know that" Tho big man
nodded CURLY.
well. I'm not going to now. b.
cause choose not to. Listen. II you
had the chance. could you navigate
that solid mahogany. hand-painted
ship down there!'
Planck cleared his throat. ~ II
something were sitting him. With .
crew. yes" he answered.
Gould Schwartz run those nickel
plated eng1pes he'll dnd in her. do you
think?"
Yes" -------..-
"Well. within two day. Til give you
@ chance to make good Now. I'm
going to tell you my plan. not be-
cause you ASKED me. but because I
want you to know. I'd run the whole
thing alone II I could. but want you
with me. We're going to take that
yacht and we're going OF alone In her
we Of the Whaler. alone. Do you
understand that?'
They're better armed than we"
said Planck rehectively: better fed.
better everything. And man for man.
bar you, they're Just as good. and
they're three to one Of us. 1t will
want some pretty good planning"
You needn't worry about that" an
swered Roscoe. Il didn't expect you
to make the plans: knew you