The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-01

earning mad dogs. but nothing like that.
The half breed wife 81 Granger vas a
beautiful young woman with noble quail
ties When Squirting and Granger Law
hIdin' from Pilgrim ON Husk les island
1.-THE plaCs where the dogs were kept
sh" swan ont To the island at night sup
porting a bundle on her head A. she
came near enough to be recognized Gran
ger whispered Ca Squirting. Its Peggy =
AMI stepped into the river 10 help hsT
out lie caught her ia his arms and tax e
ing her bundle from her drew her safe
To land. She vas max ed and shiv erred
IN III" cold night air a slender statue Of
bronza Her hair hung dripping about
her shoulders and her eyes were bright
with excitement. Granger thought a. he
gard on her that he had never recog-
nilcd how beautiful she was. Freed from
her conventional European garments
there Was a grace Of rebellion abou; her
which brought her into harmony with
the forest environment. which was also
un'unilncd- The bundle contained a re-
volv"r and food for three days
When Granger and Squirting went UP the
Forbidden River after the hidden gold
the timber wolf with the soul of the Man
with the Dead Soul was still there. IL
seized Squirting by the arm and WAS DRAG
ginR him uf into the forest. but when
Granger appeared and beat the horrible
creature about the head with his rife
butt Il bounded Of in the dusk between
the tree trunks
There s no question but that Squirting
deserved the fate that overlook him when
he was running "a with Changers share
Of the hidden gold. He was a thoroughly
treacheruus and evil man. He was quite
as bad az the timber wolf Granger saw
in miTas tragedy that was enacting
itself fifteen miles away. lie saw Squirting
trying " light a fire. There had been
blizzard and Squirting was in a shocking
state. lndesd. his face had the appear
ancs Of being covered with n mask Of
waxen leprosy; II was frozen solid. a. were
his feet and hAnis- second figure
appeared IL carr ,ed in its hand an axe.
IL crept up stet.ithily behind Squirting.
Squirting turned his head. Probably an
expression was observable in his eyes.
Granger thought that he saw that eN-
precision the coTnered soul sesticulaiing.
shr,eking for mercy from tho living eyes
ia the half dead face. When the murderer
raised his axe he saw the souls. pitiful
cuwarCiice and hos it shrank. The axe
came crashing down. There was no need
IN strike twice: he fell amply backward.
brow ing his arms nut wide. We heai-
tate TO tell an authors secrets, hut the
person with the axe was Peggy. dressed
In her husbands clothes.
Al Murder Point ON Christmas Eve
when Peggy returned bearing her new
born child. T. was seen by Granger and
nv some Others keen o. perceive such
things that sh. Was attended by the dead
Spurling's shadow II stood constantly
behind her moving about a. often as she
turned Sergeant Shattuck 81 the North
" est Mounted Police nay. first the dis
tant cry ~ a timber wu.f was heard and
the Man with the Dead Soul stepped ~
the door and answered - Then Ser
gesnt ShattIck appeared ard aid !
arrest von. John Granger. on the charg"
Of hcinR concerned in the death Of Cor
pnrpl Eric StrangcwRyS and II che HUI
murder NJ one bruce squirting, your ac-
cnmpIica in theIsttsr he must have meant
fnrrnerl crime. whom Won. we'll knowing
thu, he wss a fugitive from justice. a.
sisted IN escape from the aforementioned
Eric Srsnge~ays This ws% mon
II rou-lv unjust, nevertheless Granger
was ,,ken az ay TO he hanged The story
d~ ella partic.Ila-iy and 9TH thoroughly
a is,urhing iIlI-trFtio upon th" idea that
solitude eTects the mind strangely