The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-20
continued from Yesterday.

e ssyan needn't worry albou, that,
answered Rosco-s Il didn't except
sssn IL make the plans; ! knew you
8 couldn't. I've made them mNseh'
they're working right now. Can you
keep sour tongue IN year mead ana
iissen :"
! planck nodded.
..That searching party dhnt so
hafh IN tbs. Yacht last night. The5 re
al ran4ped toReEher--about twenty
4 ~ th1rr-down in Little Bear Valley
as,sre aren't above half a dozen rre-
arms in the bunch: none of the sail
4 erS from the yacht have any, ana
b sa,sv,.ya got about two days rationS.
The all there together, except the
emr n1sn We accounted for YESTERDAY
II see" said Planck and you
e sFan< sve can capture the yacht nov"
Nhsae they re ashore.
t-tesn't try 10 think. ! tell you,
Nos sas srowIed. I'm doing the
4 snsnAlnx There are probably ten
Ssae bodied men left on the yacht.
gssaes not good enough oddS con
ssssersnx 9he way they're armed but
#asess1 su hour ago J sent Miguel down
~ the shore party TO be their gHloe'
ne ISN'T going 10 say anything much
~ them. bat what he says WIZ he
4 xrnNkh / reckon He's to psetend
lSN = N@hA% $50 Ne4'f
ahev say 10 him
Planek's eyes widened little astd
1t ne did not ask his next question very
STEADILY. Where is he going 70 take
& Them
acan't you guess that? He's going
10 lead them into Fog Lake, OF
course
The thought Of it made Planck's
teeth chatter. Fog Lake was, per
natural 81
nomenon upon that strange Arcuc
land,---a little cup shaped valley,
from which the fog never lifted-had
never lifted once in all the four years
they had lived there. cn days when
81 the rest Of the land was clear, the
u fog hung there. half way up the side
Of the hills, so that from the ridges
surrounding IL it really looked like
II Z. strange vapory sea They had ex-
u nfored the edges OF Ii, fearsomely, a.
M times. but had never penetrated fal
enough TO learn the secret of its n1ys
terry. II it had one
'.Yeu say Miguel is going to guide
them in there" Planck asked.
Elbows he going to get out himself
Roscoe laughed shortly: ION. he'i
{ likely TO get out. But he's the cheap
est man we've got. and that's why
N Aent him He's half silly now, anC
time. I've seen 1t coming on him
tn. he'll get them in all right
Whether he gets out himself. or not
doesn't matter"
s.Ana them" Plauck asked
why. they'll send out relief par
Is from the yacht, of course, The
yachts people know what rations the
searching party took with them. ant
when they don't come back In i've
rAa with "a h1p. bodied
Ii fimss. they'll probably set out iron
on board and try to find the frs
& party and bring 1t in. AZ soon a
d they are well ut of hearing. We taxi
q the yacht. We may not find liy
ing soul aboard her: and we certain
liz can't leave one there. But Wei
i steam up and take our gold aboard
All our gold. And then, well--theref
where you'll come In"
But what then. man? My God
what them DO YOU suppose We can
70 steaming into San Francisco. o
any other port in the world, with al
that gold in our hull and another cap
tains log and papers, We nigh
Just as well hang ourselves from on
own crowjack yard"
II hope your wits will improN
when you get a deck under your feet.
Roscoe growled. "On land her
you're about as much good as pell
ran In a foot race. Ne, your satin
orders won't he San Francisco, no
Il any other port that has such thin
as revenue officer about. But yo
ought to know the north coast lin
over there as far east as Mckenzi
s# Bay. You must know some harbo
there where we can lie up for tn
n winter and not be bothered.
Yes" said Planck, Il could TAX
M the yacht to such a. place az tina
q There's a very good harbor in benin
Hirshei Island. But what will we d
8 when we get there"
81 after that, It's my affair. sal
Roscoe. Wen winter on the yach
Then when the weather begins I
loosen up a bit. but before the sprin
thaws. We'll land our gold and on
ntores: cache all the gold, exceer
what we can carry over the trail, SAY
about five hundred pounds of IT, an
we'll leave the yachts seacocks opef
Ri ao that when the ice goes out, she
scuttie herself We shall probabl
& find sledges. and perhaps a pony O
81 two, on the yacht If we do. 1t wi
be easy. It's only a short hike I
one OF the tributaries Of the Porcu
pine River once we reach the Por
cupine, IL will be easy. for it flow
into the Yukon, and that's as good a
II a railway line Wen make a raft an