American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-06-08

the states. l say-burn the Indians
Don't explain anything. Those miners
wouldn't stay In camp a minute, and
the health officer'd hang me for not re-
portin'. Thanks. old chap. thanks. 1t
was a dirty job for you"
! heard no more except the woolies
gathering aloft and hitting the distant
sea with a oar The sturdy little
Doc would finish the Job alone!"
Firing the hut from the inside. I
sneaked through the camp toward the
doctors shack.
1t SO happened (as II always hap
pens) that on the day after my grue-
some job with DR.. Dickson, n of the
visiting eastern directors had a tire
MENUS case of cramps" as the super
intendent impressively announced.
Now. where was that good-for-noth-
ing. lying, scheming little Doc? Why,
drunk abed. OF course"
So, with this verdict, a collection of
exasperated directors visited Dick
sons shack to rou him out. The door
unlocked. but the doctor was nowhere
in camp. A meeting of the directors
a called which resolved that 1t vas
dangerous to the camp to continue the
employment OF a man who was this,
that and the other bad, incompetent,
unfaithful thing. So Doc was dis
charged on the spot, the while an In
yitation was prepared to another ply
sician at juneau to come and fill the
exalted position.
It was an innate sense OF respon-
sibility which impelled me to steal
away on the third night after Dick
son had gone to sea with his sick
wards. Packing my light kit I bun
died up what remained and left it
labeled to follow me in the Mary Ann
when the visiting directors returned to
Ketchikan. My note to them did not
create a favorable impression Of my
attentiveness to their distressed bust
ness.
Gentlemen: AS l may serve you
more by finding DR.. Dickson than by
remaining In camp. l have left some
of my DUNE to accompany you on
your voyage to Ketchikan. I am
cruising down the bay to hunt for him
and for-bears. While sailing. please
look for my fire and a freshly blazed
spruce on your port side. Kindly blow
the launch whistle every two miles
l ought to be from six to eight
miles south on the west coast Of
Of Wales Island"
From the doctors shack I appro- |
his rifle. a supply Of ammuni- |
ton and such medicines as I thought |
he might need; also I took some
Scotch whisky. and brandy. pies and
tobacco, a cot, tent and bedding. a
stove. shotgun and shells, field glass,
.disinfectants. and all the provisions
could induce the cook to hand out.
One of the sQuaw's babies had died
IN the day following their rough voy-
age from the mine. And the other
title varmint." said Dickson softly.
will pass in his checks presently. The
,quawW pull through II the buck don't
ay down this week. I'm goin' to
stand by the case a while longer II
gu say the boss isn't cussin' OF me-"
Early the next day We heard the
of the Mary Ann. The launch
vas sailing down the bay. What
aid to the rubicund and pudgy Doc,
md just what he said to me as he
TODD OF twenty yards o. SO with eyes
1 greater ~eloquence tkAn his quaint
had yer know0. doesn't mat
er here and now. Sufice II that
made my short but tsngled way to the
hore alone. stood under Docs pink
hirt and near the fat new blaze and
raited for the Mary Ann. Her pirate
seeing me waving . small
irch signalfashion, stopped his en-.
Inc and dnfted a. close a. hi deemed
rudent In . few moments the launch