The Mena weekly star., 1911-01-26

Soou enough ouuS, considering the way they're armed But about an hour ago I sent Miguel down to tbe shore party to be their guide. He isn't going to say anything much to them, but what he says will he enough. reckon Hes to pretend he's dotty and can't understand what they say to him.
 Plancks eyes widened a little and he did not ask his next question very steadily Where is he going to take them?"
 Cant you guess that? He's going to lead them into Fog lake, of course.
 The thought of 1t made Planck's teeth 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 lifted had never lifted once in all the four years ttcy had lived there On days when the rest of the land was clear the fog hung there. half way ID the side of the hills. so that from the ridges surrounding it it real ly looked like strange yapory sea. They had explored the edges of it. fearsomely. at times. but had never penetrated far enough to learn the secret of it's mystery, if 1t had one.
 And then?" Planck asked.
 Why, they'll send out a relief party from the yacht, Of course. The yachts people know what rations the search ing party took with them, and when they don't come back in two days. they'll probably set out from the yacht with every able-bodied man on board aud try to find the first party and bring it in. As soon as they are we'll out of hearing, we take the yacht. We may not find living soul aboard her; and we certainly can't leave one there But we'll steam up and take our gold aboard all our gold. And then. well-theres where you'll come in"
 But what then, man? My God! what then? Do you suppose we can go steaming into San Francisco. or any other port in the world, with all that gold in our hull and another cap tan's log and papers? We might just as well hang ourselves from our own crowiack yard"
 T hope your wits will improve when you get deck under your feet" Ros COG growled "On land here you're about as much good as a pelican in a foot race. No. your sailing orders won't be San Francisco, nor any oth CT port that has such thing as a revenue officer about But you ought to know the north coast line over there as far cast as Mckenzie bay. You must know some harbor there where we can lie up for the winter and not be bothered"
 Yes" said Planck. q could take the yacht to such place as that There's very good harbor in behind Hirshel island. But what will we do when we get there?''
 After that, it's my affair" said Roscoe. "We1l winter on the yacht Then when the weather begins to loosen up bit, but before the spring thaws, we'll land our gold and oui stores, cache all the gold. except what We can carry over the trail, say. about 300 pounds of it. and we'll leave the yachts seacocks open. so that when the ice goes out. she'll scuttle herself. We shall probably find sledges, and perhaps rony or two, on the yacht, If we do. it will be easy. It's only short hike to one of the tributaries of the Porcupine river Once we reach the Porcupine, it will be easy. for it flows into the Yukon, and that's as good as rail way line. We'll make a raft and float ail the way down to Saint Michaels with no trouble at all. The gold we have with us will be enough to take us down 10 Vancouver, and there we can charter a ship. You take command pf her, and we go north through the straits again that very summer-next summer that will be. of course. We 20 back 70 the harbor where we left the yacht You can figure out the rest for yourself, guess.
 Yes" said Planck "Tt's all very well-only won't there be good many to tIust that sort Of secret io9g
 Roscoe looked at him with a savage iort of grin Gone. you're improving 7ut that hike across the mountains 10 he upper tributaries of the Porcupine s hard trail There aren't likely to ho many of us left by the time we 'et started floating down open water Fhcn we get to the Yukon it won't ac surprising r there isn't anybody aff at all but you and me"
 Parek caught his meaning quickly nor gh. indeed a duller man could eave road 1t ia Roscoe's savage light e'uo ers and inc thought rlsde his ~@'h rhstter He would have felt ed fer terror nerhars. could he savN r~ad ho thought that lay at the so'tem Of Po=coe's mind. The golt Fnn'or wss not much of a sailor. brt fe'f ccptident 'sat on tho broad stretches of the Yukon he could ravi gate T ra~ eiane
 Continued next week.
 
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