Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-08

enormous ledge OF pure gold. Roscoe then
Sot con q b the Dary ,ss
DER witnessed by Cayley.
CHAPTER lII.-contInued.
For q long time Roscoe walked
steadily on, until the two had come
far up the glacier Finally. when he
did stop, he whirIed quite around and
stood confronting Planck. squarely in
the middle of a 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 don't
pick you up and drop you down one
OF those cracks there, or why / don't
serve you as served that fellow yes
terday?"
Planck thought he meant to do It,
but. 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 I'll do 1t II want to; you
know that" Roscoe supplemented.
"Yes. know that" The big man
nodded CURLY.
well, I'm not going to now, be-
cause choose not to. Listen. II you
had the chance. could you navigate
that solid mahogany. hand-painted
ship down thereY'
Plahck cleared his throat, as II
something were sitting him. With
crew. yes" he answered.
Gould Schwartz run those nickel
plated engines hen find in her. do you
think?"
"Yes."
well. within two days I'll give you
a 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 could. but want you
with me. We're going to take that
yacht and we're going on alone in her
I'VE of the Whaler. alone. Do you
understand that?"
They're better armed than we"
said Planck reflectively; better fed.
better everything. And man for man.
bar you, they're just as good. and
they're three to one Of us. II 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
couldn't. I've made them myself;
they're working right now. Can you
keep your tongue in your head and
iistenf'
Planck nodded
-'That searching party didn't &c
back 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 dozen fire
arms in the bunch; none Of the sail.
ors 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
Il see." said Planck; "and you thins
we can capture the yacht now while
they're ashore"
Don't try to think. l tell you" Ros
coe growled. "rm doing the thinking
There are probably ten able-bodiet
men left on the yacht. That's no
good enough odds. considering th'
way they're armed. But about al
hour ago / sent Miguel down to th'
shore party to be their guide. HI
isn't going to say anything much b
them, but what he says viii b
enough, reckon. He's to pretend he
dotty and can't understand what the,
say to him."
Planck's eyes widened a little AM
he did not ask his next question ven.
steadily. Where IL he going to TAX
them?"
Cant you guess that? He's goin
TO lead them into Fog lake. Of course.
The thought Of It made Planck'
teeth chatter. Fog lake was. perhaps
the most curious natural phenomena
upon that strange arctic land--a littl
cup-shaped valley, from which the 70
never lifted-had never lifted once |
all the four years they had lived there
On days when the rest of the Ian
was clear. the fog hung there, hal
way up the side of the hills, so ths
from the ridges surrounding it it rea
ly looked like strange vapory sci
They had explored the edges Of !
fearsomely. at times. but had neve
penetrated far enough to learn th
secret Of its mystery. II It had one.
And them" Planck asked.
why. they'll send out relief part
from the yacht. OF course. The yacht
people know what rations the searcl
ing party took with them. and whe
they don't come back in two day
they'll probably set out from Ii
yacht, with every able-bodied man G
board. and try to find the first part
and bring II in. AS soon as they al