The Detroit times., 1912-08-12

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For a moment Philip could not
speak He caught the others hand
excitedly.
"You-you found where they were
going?" ne asked. when McGill did
not continue.
Yes. We ate dinner together. and
the colonel said they we're bound for
Nelson House. and that they would
probably 20 from there to Winnipeg.
didn't ask which way they would
CO."
From Nelson House It would be
| by the Saskatchewan and lie Pas
trail" cried Philip. He was looking
straight over the little doctors head.
IF II wasn't for this damnable DeBar
whom | ought to go after again"
Drop DeBar." interrupted McGill
quietly Hes got too big start OF
you anyway--so what's the use?
Drop i'm. dropped a whole lot Of
things when came up here"
But the law"
Damn the law" exploded the doc
tor with unexpected vehemence.
Sometimes think the world would
be just as happy without IL.
standing.
You're a professor in a college"
chuckled Philip, his voice trembling
with hope and eagerness You
ought 10 know more than | do. What
would you do II you were in my
placer"
I'D hustle for pair of wings and
fly.' replied the little professor
t.x. q IL
my wife-and / hadn't got her yet
wouldn't let up until I'd chased her
from one end OF the earth TO the other
What's a little matter of duty COM
pared TO that girl hustling toward
Winnipeg? Next TO my own little girl
at home, she's the prettiest thing
ever laid my eyes on"
Phil laughed aloud.
Thanks, McGill. BY Heaven, I'll
go. When do you start?"
The dogs are ready, and so is
Mrs. William Falkner,..'
Philip turned about quickly.
I'll go over and say good-by TO
the detachment. and get my pack he
said over his shoulder. ''Ill be back
inside of half an hour"
~ was SlOW Trip uON ohO"
was beginning to soften in the
warmth of the first spring suns by
the time they arrived at Lac la
Crosse. Two days before they reach
ed the post at Montreal Lake, Philip
began TO feel the first discomfort or
a strange sickness, of which he said
nothing. But the sharp eyes OF the
doctor detected that something was
Montreal house he recognized the
fever that had begun to burn in Pills
body.
You've set too fast pace" he
told him. ITS that-and the blow
Sou got when DeBar threw you
against the rock. You'll have TO lay
up for spell"
In spite of his protestations, the
doctor compelled him TO go TO bed
when they arrived at the post He
grew rapidly worse, and for five
weeks the doctor and Falkners wife
nursed him through the fever. When
they left for the South, late In May.
ne was still too weak TO travel, and
il was a month later before he pre-
scented himself. pale and haggaTd. be-
fore Inspector MacGregor at Prince
Albert Again disappointment was
awaiting him. There had been delay
in purchasing his discharge, and he
found that he would have 10 wait UNI
iii August. MacGregor gave HIM a
three weeks furlough, and his first
move was to go up to Etomami and
lie Pas. Colonel Becker and lsobei
had been at those places six weeks
before. He could find no trace OF
their having stopped at Prince Al
bert. He ran down to Winnipeg and
spent several days In making in
quiries which proved the hopeless
ness of any longer expecting 10 find
Isobel In Canada. He assured himself
that by this time they were probably
in London and he made his plans ac-
cordingly. His discharge would come
to him by the tenth OF August, and
he would Immediately set off for Eng
land
Upon his return to Prince Albert
he was detailed to big prairie
stretch of country where there was
little to do but wait. On the frat day
OF August he was at Hymers when
the Limited plunged down the en-
bankment into Blind Indian river.
The first word of II came over the
wire from Bleak House station lit
&c before midnight while he and the
agent we're playing cribbage. Pink
checked little Gum, agent, operator,
and one-third OF the total population
of Hymer, lifted a peg TO make a
count when his hand stopped In mid
air, and with a gasping break in his
voice ne sprang TO his feet.
The instrument on the little table
near the window was clicking fran
tlcally II was Biliinger, az Bleak
House, crying out for headquarters,
clear lines, the right-of-way The !
Transcontinental engine, tender, !
baggage car, two coaches AID a
sleeper, had gone to the devil. Those. |
in his excitement, were his first
words. From fifty to a hundred were
dead. Gum almost swore BilIluger's
next words to the line II was not an
accident. Human hands had torn up
three sections of rail. The same hu.
man hands had rolled two-ton
boulder in the right-of-way. He did
not know whether the express car
or what little remained OF it-had
been robbed or not.
From midnight until two O'Clock
the lines were hot A wrecking
train was on It's way from the east,
another from division headquarters
TO the west Ceaselessly headquar-
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