The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-04

he said as they pushed their dancin
craft out into the breath of Ire gal,
land I've always done the squar
thing by her. ! s'pose she'll go back I
her people now. though.
The wind hurried them out from
land. while 1t drove the sea water Il
freezing spray over their backs an,
changed their fur garments into seal,
armor as they worked through tn
ice cakes. peering with strained eye
for sign of their friends.
i The sailor with def strokes steeret
them between the grinding bergs
raising his voice In long signals like
the weird cry Of siren.
Twisting back and forth through the
| foes. they held to their quest. now
| floating with the wind, now padding
desperately In a race with some drift
ing mass which dimly lowered above
them and splintered hungrily against
its neighbor close In their wake.
Captain emptied his six shooter till
his numbed fingers grew rigid as the
trigger. and always at his back swell
ed the deep shouts of the sailor. who,
with practiced eye and mighty strokes
forced their way through the closing
lanes between the jaws Of the ice
pack.
At last. beaten and tossed. they rest
ed. disheartened and hopeless. Then.
as they drifted. sound struggled to
them against the wind-a faint cry.
Elusive and seeting as a dream voice
and. still doubling they heard 1t
again.
THANK God. Well save 'em yetw
cried Captain. and they drove the ca
noe boiling toward the sound.
Barton and Sullivan had fought the
cold and wind stoutly hour after hour
till they found their great foe was
breaking up in the heaving waters.
Then the horror of Il had struck the
Kid till he raved and cursed up and
down their little island as 1t dwindled
gradually to a small acre
He had finally yielded to the weight
Of the cold. which crushed resistance
)ut of him. and settled. despairing and
istless. upon the ice. Barton dragged
him to his feet and forced him round
heir rocking prison. begging him to
)race up. to fight it out like a man. till
he other insisted on resting and drop
,ed to his seat again.
The older man struck deliberately at |
he whitening face of his freezing |
who recognized the well
meant insult and refused to be reused
nto activity. Then to their ears had
ONE the faint cries of George. and In
nswer to their screams through the
loom they beheld a long covered skin
anoe and the anxious faces Of their
riends.
Captain rose from his cramped seat,
nd. ripping his cracking garments
'om the boat where they had frozen,
e wriggled out of the hole In the deck
nd grasped the weeping Barton.
Come. come. old boy! It's all right
Dw." he said.
:. II might have known you'd try to
i've us. You're just In time. though.
# the Kids about all in"
Sullivan alphabetically nodded and sat
,wn again.
Hurry up there. This amt no G.
r. encampment. and you amt got
time to spare" said George. who
d dragged the canoe out and with a
dde broke the sheets Of ice which
vered it. 'It'll be too dark to see
ything In half an hour"
The night. FASTENED by the storm,
Is closing rapidly, and they realized
other need of haste. for even as
~ spoke crack had crawled
'ough the Ice foe where they stood
d. widening as it went. left but
aving cake supporting them.
George spoke quietly to Captain.
lille Barton strove to animaIer the
4. You and Barton must take him
lore and hurry him down to the vii
e. He's most gone now"
But you?" questioned the other
Ell have to come back for you as j
n as we put him ashore" -
Never mind me-" roughly interrupt =
George Its too late to get back
e. When you get ashore it'll be
k Besides, Sulivan's freezing. and
III have to rush him through quick.
stay here"
No. no. George" cried the other as
meaning OF 1t bore in upon him.
got you into this thing, and it's my
e to stay here. You must co.
ut the big man had hurried to Sui
n and forced him TO seat in the
die opening of the canoe.
come. come" he cried to the others;
i can't spend all night here. IL
want to save the Kid you've got
lprry You take the front seat