The evening world., 1914-02-23

murder written plain In every line Of
hss face. He had looked n 1900.
rather than q man, that dav. Thc
sated blood lust In his eyes MADE
them positively terrifying, no that fhs
others shrank away from him. He
.ad seemed not to notice u, at least
NOT 10 take ofrense at It. He WAS in
nnar'ous spirits for the first time
since they had known him., scomsd
really to try to be good com panion.
Capt. Planck abdicated his leader.
snip that day. Hs was PERFECTLY
conscious OF the fact. lie had known
tnat 70 rotain tho leadership no must
saks that murderer out and execute
htm. He knew that II no did not do
THIS. the murderer. not he. would
nsrssiter ss command the party. and
promptest obedience OF any, no would
Follow the luckless trio whom they
were never to SEQ again.
from that day to this there had
Doen no more murders. Roscoe had
ruled them with q decision and a true.
ulcncc which put anything like In.
subordination out OF the question, He
nad been obeyed better than Capt.
Planck over had been. He had worked
them nercely ali those four yesrs.
cutting. everlasttngiy, at that won
derfui. exhaustiess golden ledge, beat.
ing the friable ore out Of 70 wtth
heavy mauls. then. laboriously. con-
veying tho great rude slabs OF pure
metal ON rough sledgcs, Over the
perpetuai Ice Of the glacier, TO a cave
near the shore. whore thcy had de-
posited II. There were literally tons
OF u hidden there when the smoke
rom the yachts funnel was arst seen
on the hori1on.
Tho moment the news OF the an.
proaching steamer was reported 10
roscoe no had entered upon what
seemed TO bis followers Q thoruughly
irrational and ipexplicabIo line OF
action. Ho had ordered them frst 20
remove all signs Of recent habitation
from the hut to tho cave where their
eoId was concealsd. then 20 cover
ooulders TO secure Il against dis
covery.
Long before the strongest giass on
the ship could have made out their
moving figures he took the whole
party back to the hills In hiding.
He had kept them from answerinR
tho halls and the gun-flre from. tt;s
yacht by the sheer weight of hiC au.
thority. without vouchsafng . word
OF explanation.
The nsxt day they had seen the
searching party come ashore. and
with their knowledge OF the lay OF
the land found u psrfsctly easy TO
svade observation, though nothing
but the strong habit Of oEediancS
kept thsm from courtins Il, -.
Thsn. along In the afternoon. had
happened what seemed 70 them the
strangest thing Of all. They hsd
sesn . solitary stsaggier from the
searching party coming alone across
the tco. He could not go them. IL
/ would have been perfectly easy 20
. evade him. but Roscoe BOW ordered
them to 90 down 70 him and tall
him who they were and 20 offer 70
escort him along the trail down the
glacier. And at . certain point they
were to lag behind and let him 70
on alone. That was all any OF them
knew OF their leaders plans TN
smudge OF crimson on the snow.
Now. at last came Planck TO the
leader. asking the reason why Hut
his mission. ~ II appeared, had not
prospered.
For q long time Roscoe walked
steadily on. until the two had come
far up the glacier. Finally, when ~
did stop. he whlrled quite around au3
stood confronting Pianck. squarsly -
sno mIoo'e OF marrow pain betweea
M swo aesp nssures IN the Ice. His syes
var smsto!in9 ma'svolently
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