Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-19
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far up the glacier. Finally, when he
did stop, he whirled quite around anc
stood confronting Planck, squarely II
the middle of a narrow path between
two deep assures in the ice. His eyes
were g~littering m~alevolently.
do you know n reason" he
asked in a 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
mon OF his profession. he stood fast
and eyed his big opponent.
You're strong enough to-" he said.
"And I'll do 1t II l want to; you
know that" Roscoe supplemented.
Yes, / know that" The big man
nodded CURLY.
We'll, I'm not going to now. be-
cause I choose not to. Listen. II you
had the chance. could o navigate
that solid mahogany, hand.painted
ship down there?"
Planck cleared his throat, as If
something were stifing him. With a
crew, yes" he answered.
Gould Schwartz run those nickel
plated engines he'll find In her, do you
Think"
h..Yes."
well, within two days I'll give you
q 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 OF alone in her
I'VE Of the Whaler. alone. Do you
understand that?"
They're better armed than we,"
said Planck refectively; better fed,
better everything. And man for man.
bar you, they're just as good. and
they're three to one Of us. 1t will
want lone pretty good planning"
'You needn't worry about that" an
owered Roscoe. IT didn't expect you
to 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
li0ten?'
Planck nodded.
THAT searching party didn't go
back to the yacht last night. They're
III camped together-about 20 OF them
down in the Little Bear valley.
Thsre aren't above half a dozen Are
arms in the bunch; none OF the sail
orr 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"
II see,' said Planck; and you think
We y capture the yacht now while
they're ashore"
Don't try to think. / tell you" Ros-
90 growled. I'm doing the thinking.
There are probably ten ablebodied
men left on the yacht. That's not
good enough odds. considering the
way they're armed. But about an
bour ago / sent Miguel down to the
shore party to be their guide. He
isn't going to say anything much to
them, but what he says will b.
enough. l reckon. He's to pretend he's
Aotty and can't understand what they
nay to him"
Planck's eyes widened = little and
~ did not ask his next question very
steadily. Where y he going to take
khemf"
Cant you guess that? He's going
20 lead them into Fog lake, Of course"
The thought Of It made Planck's
keeth chatter. Fog lake was, perhaps.
the most curious natural phenomenon
upon that strange arctic land-a little
cup-shaped valley. from which the fog
never hfted-had never lifted once in
III the four years they had lived there.
On days when the rest OF the land
WAS clear, the fog hung there, half
way up the side of the hills, so that
from the ridges surrounding it 1t real
b looked like a strange vapory sea
They had explored the edges of it,
2sarsomely, at times, but had never
penetrated far enough to learn the
0ecret Of its mystery, II It had one.
And then?" Plsnck asked.
Why, they'll send out q relief party
from the yacht, Of course. The yachts
Doopls know what rations the search
Ing party took With them. and wher
shey don't come back In two days
they'll probably set out from ths
yacht, with every able-bodied man OF
board, and try % md the first part,
and bring e In. A soon as they arr