The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-07

them. as there was no time either t,
| transport them to the Aurora or To de
stroy them, With these stores and will
the shelter afforded by the hut and tho
niue chump OF surrounding out-build
| lnSs. IL was probable that some Nom.
bers oil the Aurora's party at least
would survive the winter. II relief
snip should arrive the next summer OF
even The summer thereafter il would
| proDahly find someone on this desola te
shore who could tell the story OF tho
| dISappearance OF the Aurora and form
a more or less definite surmlsc as TO
mo cause of H. That rosewood box had
captain Ficldine's journal In ia jour
| nal that had been written up To the
very morning when Roscoe had muir
dered him. Its discovery would 10 a
long way toward bridging the gap which
Roscoe meant to leave in their depart
Ing trail In short. II that rosewood
DON were left behind. Roscoe would al
ways feel that he was in more or less
danger Of detection. And he didn't mean
10 have a thing like that hanging over
him
Consequently. when he discovered that
inc box was not on board, and that his
particular lnjunctionS concerning IL had
Dccn either neglected or disobcyed he
came raging up on deck again. most
formidable figure, which caused his COM
panions. hardened rufTians though they
were, to cover and shrink away from
him.
In torrent Of furious bIasphcmv he
demanded TO know why that box had
NOT been brought aboard; and the con-
ceh,rated lees OF his rage he emptred
al last upon the two men whom he had
ordered 10 do II.
Now" he concluded when the tor
rent had spent Itself. you go ashore.
you TWO. Yes, you. Carson,-I mean
you'Hand you, Rosel go ashore now and
get It,"
Then. after a momentary silence he
RACED out the command agarn, amid .
fonl flood OF abuse.
and the big Swede. in evident terror
answered him Il won't get it Roscoe
What In hell do YOU mean?" the leader
stormed, But his voice. ovcn rs he
thorty.
Carlson huddled back into place among
from their meaning mods and inarticulate
Srow!s OF assent II was evident they
knew what he meant and why he would
not go, that they assented in his re-
lacking In that intuitlvc feeling for the
temper OF his followers-the feeling
which distinguishes only those leaders
VINO govern otherwise than by terror, |
ne would have perceived that a strange
spirit OF unrest was distracting the whole |
party.
He saw il now, at all events. and when
ne repeated the question, What In hell !
hat meant he wanted 10 be Informed
on tel him. said Carlson nodding |
o MS companion Rose. Evidently 1T was
Rose who had told the story TO the other |
members Of the party. He was squatly I
,uilt man with a stubborn law, and ,
,lanck. in the days of his command had !
LIways dis!lked him as that most unde-
lrabl" pest that can be found In
orccastle-a sea lawyer
What did you leave the box in the
tut for?' he demanded. "He might not
= 20 yly = i,,.I
ave"
Come back!' echoed Roscoe, with
rowl.
That's what l said. We went to the
ide. and there he sat. just like he used
ana ne had the box open"
He Who do you mcan?' There was
o trace OF turbulence I'm Roscoe's voice
ow. He spoke as though his throat were
1T was Captain Fielding: him to the
fe And yet: IL was different from the
'ay he used 10 be. We couldn't see ii
cry we'll. Its face was sideways and
he light was behind it. and II looked
mailer and thinnerr-more--more like a
in his vocabulary he would
ave used 1t. In default of it. he gave
y trying TO express just what he meant)
nyway. there he sat with the box open
cside him and that red book OF his open
n his knees. Go back for 1t? Well.
uess not"
There was a momentary silence after
e had finished, and Roscoe could feel. I
half minute or so. the chill OF their
srror enveloped him. To throw II off.
c clustered. stormed at and abused them
" pack of liars. But In the end he :
orang down into one OF the boats, and !
lid he would fetch the box himself !
'hether he believed their story or not /
was the only thing for him 10 do.
As he pulled shoreward he tried hard {
convince himself that ne did not be- ]
eve ii: that Rose and Carlson had prob 4,
ply forgotten all about the box. and had l
umped up the story TO avoid the neces-
ty OF going back for IT. /
He must believe the story was lie.
here was no rational explanation of the a
Ing the two sailors pretended they had c
zen. after having defed their ingenuity v
+ four years! And a figure like Cap I
in Fielding. yet strangely smaller, like Y
woman-there was n touch OF unde- c
IT seem like lie that Rose and Carlson c
ould be capable OF making up. Its very t.
eirdness gave II a horrible resemblance n
the truth. He remembered what Mi
el-poor. half crazy Miguel-used to $
y about IT. Miguel in all probability t,
as dead now, Could Miguel, dead. have W
ything to do-.by way Of vengeance
n had seen. or had believed they saw? u
With an oath, he cast the idea away h
2m him They had lied. that. was all
We them hogsed. both of them That n
,uld teach them, and the others. too 81
rhaps, that he was not to be trifed b
tn. a
lie bcached his boat. scrambled ashore II
d set out walking doggedly along In ii
e direction Of the hut. The fog was ec
II all but impenetrable even 10 his hi
ac,iced vision. but he knew the shore TT
e the palm of his hand, and he trudecd e
without pause. until he was within II
PAGES, perhaps. of his destination. T
But there he faltered and stopped. II
rned about. under an Irresistible I'm tc
lse OF fear, and would have fled had te
{ sheer necessity compelled him to stop
ain There was light. diffused yell n
y glow. faint but unmistakable. shin 2
out Of the windows OF the hut. hi
He knew he could not so back 10 the a
rora without that box: IL was neces- OF
" both TO his future safety and his sa
ssent command of the situation. His III
c hold upon those sullcn followers OF &C
depended upon his being impervious ell
Ike TO terror and 10 defeat If he th
re 10 go back now without accomplish m
his purpose, II would only be n ques- to
n OF days before they murdered him. w
ey all hated him. enough for that, he ne
ew in
Yet. even under that necessity, II was
zee or four minutes before, at the COM M
nd of his burly will he began creep or
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