Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-14
CHAPTER v.
For Herr

MS Jaws IN q deep paying trt
umph. and with savage vel
= Jean cracked his carbon whiI
over his back. He saw the man ahead
Of him lean over the end Of his sledge
as he urged his dogs. but the huskies
went no faster. and then he caught q
glitter of something that flashed for o
moment in the sun.
"Ahr' said Jean softly as bulle.
sang over his head. He fires at Jean
de- Gravoisl" He dropped his whip,
and there was a warm glow Of happI-
ness In his little dark face as be level.
ed his ride over the backs OF his male.
mutes he fires at Jean de Graveis,
and It Is Jean who can hamstring q
caribou at 300 yards on the rum
For an instant. at the crack Of his
rife there was no movement ahead.
then something rolled from the sledge
and lay doubled up In the snow. A
hundred yards beyond It the huskies
stopped In rabble and turned to look
at the approaching strangers.
Beside It Jean stopped. and when he
saw the face that stared up at him.
he clutched his thin hands ip5his long
black hair and cried out in shrill amaze
ment and horror: -
The saints in heaven. e r. The mis-
sioner from Churchillr'
s He turned the man over and found
where his bullet had entered under
one arm and come ont from under the
other. There was no spark OF life left.
The missioner was already dead.
The missioner from Gburcnillf' he
gasped again. g
He looked no at the warm sun, and
kicked the melting snow under bis
moccasined feet
st viii thaw very soon. : be said TO
himself, looking again atthe dead man.
.and then he WIN so into the lake.
He headed his maIemutes back to the
forest. Then be ran out and cut the
traces Of the exhausted hnskies. and
with his whip scattered them In free
dom over the ice. y
go % the woivesr' he shouted IN
Cree. eide yourselves from the post
or Jean de Gravois viii cut out your
tongues and take your skins OF aliver"
When be came back to the top Of the
mountain Jean found Iowaka making
hot coffee. while Jan was bundled up
In furs near che Ore.
cit Is as ! said" she called HE ID
aliver'
Thus It happened that the return Of
Jean de Grayois to the post was even
more dramatic than he had schemed It
to be. for be brought back with him
not only q beautiful wife from Church.
III, but also the half dead Jap Thoreau
from the scene Of battle on the noun
tain. And In the mystery Of II all be
reveled for two days. for Jean de Ora.
vols said not word about the dead
man on the lake beyond the forest. nor
did the huskies come back into their
bondage 70 give hint OF the missing
missionary. !.
From the day after the caribou roast
the fur CATERERS began scattering.
The Eskim6s left the next morning.
On the second day Mukee's people
from the west set OF along the edge
Of the Barrens. Most Of the others left
by ones and twos into the wilderness
to the south and east.
Less than a dozen still put OF their
return to the late spring trapping. and
among these were Jean de Gravois
and his wife. Jean waited until the
third day. Then he went to see Jan.
The boy was bolstered up IN his cot.
with Cummins balancing the little
Melissa on. the edge Of the bed when
he came In.
For a time Jean sat and watched
them In silence. Then he made sign
to Cummins. who Joined him at the
door. - -.
Il am going the Athabasca way to
day." he said. Il wish to talk with
the boy before I go. have word
to say to him which no ears should
hear but his own. WIN 1t be rightT
Talk to him as long as yon like"
said Cummins. "but don't worry him
about the missionary. You'll not get
a word from him." ..-..
JAMS eyes spoke with a devotion
greater than words as Jean de Ora.
vols came and sat close beside him.
He knew that 1t was Jean who had
brought him alive into the post
.Ah. It was wan be-e-a-u-tifui fight"
he said softly. you are a brave boy.
Jan ThoreauT
"You did not see itT asked Jan.
UncoDscionsly the words came from
him IN French Jean caught one OF
his thin hands and laughed joyfuIly.
for the spirit Of him; was French to
the bottom Of bis. soul, ....
II see To No. neither nor Iowaka.
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