Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-08-01
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Of cigars, heavy coat, camp Btod
and the range finder and tripod, I left
tho house, guided BY the second game
keeper: and. after twenty minuteS
walk along = rough trail, We turned
into the burned area. wound our way
among s:umps dimly seen BY the light
Of the moon behind clouds. and then
I sat down behind the instruments
while the man returned to the house
AS his footsteps died away down
the trail, 1t seemed 40 IL the very:
stiffness and loneliness rose up and
smote mo with crushing force. WA
alone on this desolate mountainside.
with q mysterious terror lurking In
the rocks above me.
Gradually the tension grew till my
senses were so alert that the honkins
Of some belated triangle Of geese
bound southwark above the cloud field.
and not yet settled for the night, came
plainly to my ears. When I struck q:
match in the shelter Of my coat to-
light cigar, the little explosion
seemed So loud and so out of place
that I started involuntarily. It took
certain amount Of logic for me to
remain at my post, but gradually the
tension relaxed, and I became pos.
sessed Of the patient apathy that keeps
the hunters Of big game beside pools.
sprang to my feet, tingling in
every nerve. The sound could not
have proceeding from a locality far.
Their than four hundred yards higher
up. Again came the ringing call, Diff
ferent this time, and a trifle nearer,
and it was followed by a high, thin
voice calling out military commands;
only these sounds were SO faint I
could not be sure. It may have been
echoes combined with a gust that
blew just then, all framed into sig.
nificant form by my quivering imagi-
nation.
waited with my hand on my Luger
and my teeth set in my cigar. One,
three minutes, five minutes, and then
far and faint, almost lost among tho
rocks, came another strain from the
bugle. After that nothing more till
daylight.
When ] got back to the house I
found Rand and Tom Railway gone.
Rand had asked Hills to allow the
Indian to select moccasins and habit
from his gun-room, and then the In
dian. armed only with long knife
had taken to the woods after a few
hours sleep. He had not been gone
ten minutes before came in. Rand
had left ON the midnight train, leav-
ing no word as to where he was going.
I slept long and deeply, and was
only wakened in mid-afternoon by
Michaeis, who came to tell me that
Blyndvelt was partly conscious, and
was trying tc talk. ! hurried to him
as soon as I could dress. He was sit
ting up in bed, his white face, red
beard and the mass Of white bandages
making a shocking picture. With wild
gesticulations he tried to talk, but all
I could make out was HE was sneak
ing behind the old man." Eyes, yes.
I'll get him. Look out, senator;
look QUIT" These phrases repeated
over and over.
About dark he lapsed into coma:
and, after good dinner, went out to
my station again without having men,
toned the expefience 1T the aiGht
before. There had been no message
from Rand.
! A strong north wind was blowing,
and I built myself wind-break Of
: some brush tops piled up against q
burned stump. II there were any un-
usual sounds they were carried away
by the blast. It was about eleven
o'clock that my eye caught quick
CLEAN On a scutherly spur Of Brow
ers, and then good showing of that
small white light. swung the range
finder over, but it was gone before
had sight. Shortly after midnight,
however, it showed again for fully
three seconds, and then I got my
sight, frightened the screws, and set
out for the house.
Rand had arrived and was in his
room asleep. Pursuant to his instruc.
lions, Weakened him, and told him
what had occurred.
AAos 10 vSAy 6OOus BalQ nc, anu
turned over and went to sleep again.
It was nine o'clock the next day
when my breakfast was brought mp
with a note from Rand. He had left
the house half an hour before. Tho
message read:
"There has been no sign or mes.
sage from Tom Railway. It may 30
that he has met his match for once.
I have been out to the range-fndeS
and fixed the spot on the mountains.
side. The rocks are so nearly bare
that good pair Of field-glasses should.
pick up any movement on this side In
today's bright sunlight. Get = pair
from Hills or some Of the neighbors
ard take your station on the burned
plateau again. "a r. S.
Just as was ready to 60 out Sena-
tor Hills called me into his library.
carefully closed the door, and said
"Mr. Duncan. have been reluctant
% say 50, but numerous friends Of
mine have told me that owing to my