Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-04-21

a and his two companions, AFTER the eX-
iarar had revealed the location of an
prIrm0Is ledge of pure gold. Roscoe then
,sol command of the party. 1t develops
s9+ the ruffian had committed the muir
der Witnessed by Cayley
CHAPTER IIl.-Continued.
For a long time Roscoe walked
staadily on. until the two had come
8 far I'D the glacier. Finally, when he
3 AID stop, he whirled quite around and
stood confronting Planck. sQuarely in
u tbo middle of a narrow path between
two deep assures in the ice. His eyes
we're glittering malevolently.
DO you know any reason" he
asked in a thick voice, why I don't
pick you up and drop you down one
Of those cracks there, or why | don't
serve you as 1 served that fellow yes
erday?"
2lanck thought he meant to do it,
bur with the fatalism that marks the
men of his profession, he stood fast
and eyed his big opponent.
You're strong enough to-" he said.
and III do it if l want to; you
know that Roscoe supplemented
Yes, l know that" The big man
nodded CURLY.
Well, I'm not going to now, be-
caIsc I choose not to. Listen. If you
had the chance, could you navigate
that solid mahogany, hand-painted
:hip down there"
Planck cleared his throat, as If
something were sitting him. with
crew, yes" he answered.
Gould Schwartz run those nickel
D.arad engines he'll find in her, do you
thnk?"
Yes"
Well, within two days I'll give you
chance to make good. Now, I'm
going to tell you my plan, not be-
cause you asked me, but because
want you to know. I'd run the whole
thing alone if l could, but / want you
with NE. We're going to take that
Yacht and we're going off alone in her
we of the Whaler, alone Do you
understand that?"
They're better armed than We
said Planck refectiyely; better fed,
better everything. And man for man,
bar you, they're just as good, and
they're three to one of us. It will
want some pretty good planning"
You needn't worry about that" an
STcred Roscoe. 81 didn't expect you
10 make the plans; I knew you
couldn't I've made them myself;
they're working right now Can you
keep your tongue in your head and
listcu?"
2.aGCk nodded
That searching party didn't go
BAL, TO the yacht last night They're
all camped tOgether-abOut 20 of them
down in the Little Bear valley.
There aren't above half a dozen fire.
arms in the bunch; none of the sail
oEs from the yacht have any, and
they've got about two days rations.
They're all there together, except the
one man we accounted for yesterday"
y see, said Planck; land you think
We can capture the yacht row while
they're ashore"
Don't try to think, l tell you," Ros-
coe growled. I'm doing the thinking.
There are probably ten able codied
men left on the yacht That's not
goo3 enough odds, conside@irg tbs
way they're armed But ABOUT an
hour ago I sent Miguel down 70 the
shore party to be their guide, He
.Sn going to say anything much 10
them, but what he says Will be
enough, l reckon. He's to pretsnd he's
do,tE and can't understand what they
say to him"
Flanck's eyes widened a little and
ne aid not ask his next question very
steadily. Where is he going to take
,bem?"
Can't you guess that? He's going
10 cad them into Fog lake, of course"
he thought of it made Planck's
'eeln chatter. Fog lake was, perhaps,
NE most curious natural phenomenon
upon that strange arctic land-a little
vdp-shaped valley, from which the fog
ueSeT lifted-had never lifted once in
q" The four years they had lived there.
VI days when the rest of the land
vas clear the fog hung there, half
way up the side of the hills, so that
rom the ridges surrounding it it real
~ looked like strange vapory sea-
,aey had explored the edges of it,
lSafSomely, at times, but had never
pSoerated far enough to learn the
secret Of its mystery, if it had one.
aud them" Planck asked.
Why. they'll send out relief party
I'om the yacht. of course. The yachts
gSople know what rations the search
ing party took with them, and when
,Ley don't come back in two days,
lucy Il probably set out from the
;~ent, with every able-bodied man on
yard and try to find the first party
>1o bring it in. AS soon as they are