The daily Alaskan., 1915-04-26
"How are all the boys up the way2"

he asked
 Hello, WernerH Conley returned and related bits of information con. cernlng those whom he had left in prison.
 Like to stick In on a juicy little layW Werner inquired lowering his voice slightly and glancing about to see that no one was near them.
 "Heard of old man Harris, haven't you?" continued Werner. Hes got more millions than you and me could dream We had after a dozen shots in the arm. Funny old goat he is too, He's got a bug about punching the clock just the same and as prompt as any of his deck hands, which is some prompt. if they work for him for any time. Also he's got another kink about working straight on through July and August. while he lets every body else in his shop take from two weeks to q month of. He sticks it out without even hcsitating till after the first of tue next year, and then when he gets his business started on to another stretch, why, he takes q little thirty day layOf,
 And does he beat it south then? Not hlm-that uln't the old man. He heads up north tO hut hes got planted up in Maine. and that's right where he lives in the dead of winter. He don't have any guide or anybody else along with him. and he don't allow anybody else tO come anywhere close to him if he can help it. He camps there for q month, hunting and taking care of what he kills, Skinning it and putting away the meat and cooking it and all that all by himself as l said. and never seeing another liv- ing thing besides the animals hes hunting. Funny ideas some of these gazlgs have. aint they?"
 "Where do we come m?" utcrpOscd Conley.
 Were going 10 get him at his drum up there and stow him away-put him in hook. you see. and make him pay himself out-althOugh aint counting on sticking him up for anything so much as I'm banking on swinging his wife for, say. five or ten thousand at the least and maybe as much as tweu- ty-fve. Harris head manager k his wife's brother, you sec and think we can hang 'em for twenty-five without starting either one to putting the cops out for us. Leave 1t 10 me to make it plain to 'em that the old man will he bumped off before anybody can get to us"
 "Whats the matter that Harris won't come across himself wit what we want, in case we show it up to him that we're going to croaE him proper if he don't?"
 You don't know Harris" Werner answered. "ln the first place. we couldn't make a blur strong enough for him to think We were not hITdin@. and then even if il had to come to a showdown, why. 1 doubt # he'd really think We meant tO kill him and lose our only shot for the money. That's the kind of giuk he k. You know. hes the StiH that had d son to get in wrong some way and get his name in the pa. perS-beat up d guy and was sent AWAY for q little bit-Hnd do you think the old man would come through with little fal! money that would have sprung tine kid: NiX-not him-and he won't allow the kid around his snare when be comes home"
 Werner shook his head, partly in ad. miratlon.
 That's him. and wouldn't count on a fnIf from him. not just to get himself out. where I'd bet ou z ting thousands from his dame I've had all this framed ever since last summer, and l made special trip up to S.0ut about the old mans grounds aEd the country around there. Que rea.ou Tn first hep to this k because l got a friend of mine named Turner, an old timer that's done five separate bits and is living up there and making good !
 money by getting stuff across the Canadian line. and we happened to meet up with each other last year and go, to talking about this Harris guy. Turner knew about him. living no more than thirty miles away from there. and We got this idea. Turner knows places that We could put Harris lway, and he couldn't be found for a million years
 How many you got in on this Conley inquired. and who aro they"
 "Bcsidps Turner aal me and you well havc Collins and George"
 The following morning the four were uptn the train. Werner and Collins in onr car CouIpy and Gc"r&c in another. They had bought their tickets sepa- ratcly Neither pair saw tue other aft. 7r tue train started
 They arrived at different hours. but
 Htrr met at the spot agreed upon, d