The Washington herald., 1913-07-06

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his second that he was ON Q cot In q cabin, and
that II was warm and comfortable. Before he
could investigate further cup Of something hot
was held to his lips
"a bloomn' nice messmate you are" said
the voice while he drank. "Going to choke me
to death for digging you out Of that snowbank.
eh9 There-now you'll begin to get your bear
He helped Billy to sit up. Billy observed
that he had shaggy hair and a blonde beard and
that there was good look In his eyes, There
was something about him that made him think
Of home II Is quality which sticks to an Eng
lishman, no matter what quarter Of the globe
you find him In. And Billy knew the blonde
bearded young fellow was an Englishman. He
stretched out q hand, and the other gripped 1t
hard.
NJ didn't think there was anyone within q
hundred miles of me-" he exclaimed. "You heard
the shots?"
"A mile away" said the Englishman. "I
was digging out load of meat, an went
to hand you my card My names Rawdon-
Percival Gladstone Rawdon II you don't want to
call me Percy"
@And mine is Moon--Billy Moon" said Billy,
slipping his feet TO the floor. t
THERE came q sudden snarling and wrangling
of dogs outside and Ilawdon sprang to the
"These bloody dogs are at the meat again.
Make yourself at home, old manV'
Meatl Billy shifted II in the air. Over q
sheet iron stove In the corner q pot of II was
boiling He saw huge chunk OF II on table,
and steadying himself with hand against the
wall he went to look at II. II unlike
any other meat he had ever seem The chunk
must have weighed close to hundred pounds,
and there not q bone in II He went to
the door, opened II, and looked out. Eight or
ten sledge dogs were ieashed close to the cabin,
and Rawdon was dragging q laden sledge out
of their reach. It was meat on the sledge. As
he stared Rawdon seized an ax and chopped OF
big chunks Of the frozen flesh and tossed them
to the dogs.
.I've got cache" he explained, when he
re-entered the cabin. "You'll be interested in II,
II you're civilized. m show 1t to you when
eve got my legs already" said Billy in .
voice which he forced to appear natural. I'D
like to see IT,"
Rawdon was stirring the mess in the pot.
.After breakfast" he agreed "1t's about
Twice Billy went to the chunk of meat
with his knife and chewed It. II had dry and
hfeless taste. He turned to Rawdon
.see here" he demanded. what Is it?"
.T1l show you-after breakfast" repeated
Rawdon. You wouldn't believe me anyway
not, until you saw for yourself. Move up. old
man. The stew's DONE"
Half an hour later the two men left the
cabin. Rawdon led the way over hard beaten
trail to the face of ridge two three hum
dred yards from the shack. At this point the
ridge rose in PERCEPTIONS WALL Rawdon pointed
II was prospecting there, and one OF my
shots brought down four five hundred tons OF
the mountain. 1t uncovered that"
QILLY advanced slowly in the direction pointed
out by his finger. II looked like huge dun
colored rock at first. When at last he stood
beside Il he breathed two words under his breath.
e0ood God r.
Rawdon speaking quietly.
@Those fellows must have lived up here fifty
or Q hundred thousand years ago." he said, "when
these were tropical regions. The change was sud-
den. They died in night, or day, and some
Of them have lasted until today. You see, II
never thawed where he was-deep under the
mountain. He's been in an ice-box all these
centuries, and his flesh IL almost good now
: as Il was when he died. I've other
mastodon up Fort Wrgley, where they fed
the dogs on him all winter but he wasn't as big