The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-31
lsobel,s pIaappearanee.


might hy. five hundred By snowshoes
and dog -sledgs mp the Pelican Lake
waterway. straight north along the
edge OF the Gaikie Barrens, and from
Woolaston westward, Philip hurried
not toward the hiding place OF VIII
liam DeBar. but toward Lac Balm.
A sledge and six dogs with a half
breed driver took him from Les Pas
as far as the Churchill; with TWO
Crees. on snow-shoes, he struck into
the Reindeer country, and two weeks
later bought a sledge and three dogs
al an Indian camp on the Watertound,
On the second day, In the barrens 10
the west one of the dogs slit his toot
on piece OF ice: on the third day
the two remaining dogs went lame
and Philip and his guide struck camp
az the headwater of the Gray Beaver
sixty miles from Lac Balm. IL was
impossible for the dogs 10 move the
following day, so Philip left his In
dian 10 bring them in later and struck
cut alone
That day he travelled nearly thirty
miles. over country broken by tim
bered ridges. and toward evening
came TO the beginning OF the open
country that lay betweec him and the
forests about Lac Balm IL had been
hard days travel, but he did not feel
exhausted. The full moon was rising
al 9 o'clock. and Philip rested for two
hours. cooking and eating his supper
and then resumed his journey. deter
mined 10 make sufficient progress be-
fore camping TO enable him TO reach
lthp-paSI lay the following noon. /;
was midnight when he put up his light
tent. built a fire, and went TO sleep
: He was up again at dawn At
! O'Clock he came into the clearing
about Lac Balm. AS he hurried 70
| Breeds quarters he wondered ii Col
cnel Becker or lsobel had seen him
from their window. He had noticed
that the curtain was up and that a
thin spiral of smoke was rising from
the clay chimney that descended to
the fireplace in their room.
He found Breed, the factor porting
over one OF the ledgers which he and
Colonel Becker had examined, He
started 10 his feet when he saw Philip
Where in the name OF blaZes have
YOU BEEN" were his first words as
he held out a hand. I've been hunt
ing the country over for you and had
about come TO the conclusion that you
and Bucky Nome were dead.
Hunting for me, said Philip
What for?''
Breed shrugged his shoulders.
| The colonel an Miss Isobel,' he
/ said They wanted 10 see you so bad
| that had men ont for three day.
after you'd gone looking for YOU
Couldn't even find your trail In
/ curious 10 know what was up.
Philip laughed He felt a tinglinl
/ Joy running through every vein in his
tody. 1t was difficult FOR him 10 re
press the trembling eagerness in hh
voice. as he said. We'll, I'm here.
! wonder ii they want 10 see mellow.
suppose they do, replied Breed
I slowly lighting his pipe But YOU'VE
hung of too long. They're gone
Gomez Philip stared at the fac
tor
Gomez he demanded again.
! Left this morning -for Churchill,
lafirmed Breed Two sledges. two In
dians, the colonel and Miss lsobel
For a few moments Philip stood il
silence, staring straight out through
the one window OF the room with hi
back 70 the factor.
Did they leave any word for me?
he asked.
No"
Then must follow them" II
spoke the words more TO himself thar
to Breed The factor regarded him II
Iundsguised establishment and Philip
turning toward him, FASTENED to add
Il can't tell you why, Breed--but it
necessary that | overtake them a
soon as possible don't want to los
a day-not an hour Can you lend IN,
team and a driver"
rive got scrub team" said Breed
but there isn't another man that
can spare from the post. There's Le
Croix ten miles TO the west. II yo
can wait until tomorrow"
IL must follow this afternoon
now" interrupted Philip. They vii
have left a clean trail behind and
can overtake them some time tomoI
row. VIII you have the team mad
ready for me--a light sledge, If 20
have got IT,"
BY three O'Clock he was on the trai
again. Breed had spoken truthful
when he said that his dogs wer
scrubs There were four of them, tw
mougrels. one blind huskie. and
mameute that ran lame And beside
this handicap. Philip found that hi
own endurance was fast reaching tn
ebbing point He had travelled sixt
miles In a day and half. and hi