Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-03
SYNOPSIS OF
PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.


out door life, ensts at Regina in the Cana
dian Northwest Mounted Police. In his
cabin station far np in the north he =. grts
post at 7 &c Rair. TO Join Bucky Nome, a
fellow ro''cc officer
CHAPTER lI-1Un Steele's arrival at Lac
Balm the companys factor there, Breed' or,
ders him to 20 on to Fort Churchill, ON the
Hudsons Bay, to meet and assist Col
Becker, high official in the company's ser
vice who is on his way to visit the Lee
finds the colonel and with him unexpectedly,
Isohcl Becker. The fondrcss between them
convinces Steele they arc husband and wife.
CHAPTER lI-trriving at Lac Balm,
though in reality a desperate, has capti-
yating way with women. He makes love to
Mrs. Becker after sunper at Breeds. much
to the indignation oi Steele who knows him
their cabin at the post Steele angers Nome
by charging him with murder, and with
having designs on Mrs Becker. Steele or.
1ers Nome 10 quit the service and the
country to become what he knows he will
be, an outlaw Nome leaves. with threats
Of ultimate vengeance Then, later, Steele
shoulders his pack and he, too, quits Lac
Balm.
CHAPTER IV.-Steele visits the cabin oi
Iacque pierrot, half breed, with the idea OF
getting him a companion on his patrol in.
stead OF Nome. There he is shown slken
scarf given by Mrs. Becker at Churchill to
Of hyacinth cljnging TO it rcvives all h:s al.
lection for Mrs. Becker
CHAPTER N-lnspector MacGregor sum
mons Steele to Prince Albert and sends him
on dangerous mission to WekusSo TO bring
back man named Thorpe, who had at.
tempted to murder Chief Constructor Hodges.
CHAPTER Nl-Steee is kidnapped at
Wekusko, through the decoy OF a beautiful
woman, bucked and gagged and nailed up
tight in box, which is carried to the wo.
mans cabin. This woman is the wife oi
Thorpe.
CHAPTER VII-While imprisoned in the
box in the Thorpe home, Hodges visits the
place and makes fruitess overtures to Mrs.
Thorpe. which Steele overhears. Mrs.
Thorpe bitterly berates Hodges for running
ner husband and pursuing her, and in her
hate she kills him when he assaults her.
Mrs. Thorpe then releases Steele, who now
knows the entire story OF the wicked CON
spiracy against Thorpe. He in turn re-
leases Thorpe from prison and sends him
and his wife to Chicago, giving them a
check for $1,000 with which to begin life
over again.
Another dead one up there, eh?"
persisted the same voice.
mo. Maps N things FIR Hodges,
up at the camp. Devil of hurry,
amt he, to order us up at night?
Tell - to hustle out with the bot
tie, will you?"
The speaker sent the lash of his
whip swapping through the air in
place of supplying a name.
Maps and things-for Hodges
Wekusko!" gasped Philip inwardly
He listened for further information
None came, and soon the man called
Fingy jumped from the box, cracked
his whip with wheeling command
to the dogs, and the sledge moved on
And so his captors were taking
him to Wekusko ?-and more than
that. to Hodges, chief of construction.
whose life had been attempted by
the prisoner whom Inspector Mac
Gregor had ordered him to bring
down! Had Fingy spoken the truth
And. If so, was this another part o.
the mvstorious pot foreseen by th"
INSPECTOR?
During the next half hour in which
the sledge travelled steadily over the
Philip asked himself these and a
score of other questions equally per-
picking. He was certain that the
beautiful young woman whom he had
followed had purposely lured him in
to the ambush. He considered him
self her prisoner. Then why should
he be consigned. like a parcel Of
freight, to Hodges. her husbands &C
cuser. and the man who demanded
the full penalty of the law for his
the questions that eaped into his
mind the more mystifed he became
He strove to unburden his mind fol
a time, and turned his head so tha
he could peer through the hole in the
side of the box. The moon had risen
and now and then he caught flashes
of the white snow in the opens, bu
more frequently only the blacl
shadows of the forest through which
thev were passing. They had no
left lie Pas more than two hours be
hind when the sledge stopped agail
and Philip saw few scattered light
short distance away.
Must be Wekusko." he thought
"Hello, what's that?"
A voice came sharply from the op
posite side of the box.
''Is that you. Fingy?" 1t demanded
What the devil have you got there?
"Your maps and things, sir" re
piled Fingy hoarsely. Couldn't com
up tomorrow, so thought we'd do
tonight"
Philip heard the closing OF dool
and footsteps crunched in the snoN
close to his ears.
Love o. Cod" came the voic
again. Whats this you've brough
them up in. Fingy?"
"Cofiin box, sir. Only thing tn
maps d fit into. and it's been layiI
around useless since MacVee keI
down in it. Mebby you can find us
for 1t. later" he chuckled grewsom
ly. "Hoho-ho' mebbe you cam"
A moment later the box was lifte
and Philip knew that he was bein
carried up step and through doc