Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-03-09

knew that seyenty-iise OF the tribe had
starved 10 death.
ME buy IN grub" Carluk said as
he got the pouch open and drew out n
large chunk OF heavy metal. Others
were following his example. and on
every side appeared similar chunks.
Shorty stared.
Great jiminyl" ne cried. Copper,
Raw. red copperi An they think it's
goldr
And the poor devils banked every
thing on It." Smoke muttered. Look
ut IL. The chunk there weighs forty
pounds They've got hundreds OF
pounds of it, and they've carried IL
when they didn't have strength enough
to drag themselves. Look here. Shorty
We've got 10 feed them"
Huh! Sounds easy. But how about
statistics? You an me has months
grub, which Is six meals times thirty
which Is $50 meals. Here's 200 In
dams. with real. full grown appetites.
How can we give IN one meal evenY'
There's the dog grub" Smoke an
swered. "A couple OF hundred pounds
OF dried salmon ought 10 help out
We've got To do IL. They've pinned
their faith on the white man. you
know"
Sure. an we can't throw IN down =
Shorty agreed An we got two mast
jobs cut ont for us. each Just about
twicet rs nasty as the other One Of
us has got to make run OF IL 10 Nuc-
luc an raise relief The other has TO
stay here an run the hospital an most
likely be eaten Don't let IL slip your
noodle that we've been six days gettin'
here. an. traveiin' light an all played
ont. II can't be- made hack in loss n
three days"
miles OF the way they had come. VI
sioning the miles in terms ~ time
measured by his capacity for eAertion
Il can get there tomorrow night" he
announced
AN right, Short, aequicSccd cheer
fully An. III stay an be eaten
But I'm going TO take one tish each
Tor the dogs. smoke explained. ami
one meal for myself.
An you'li sure need IL " YOU make
Mucluc tomorrow night
Smoke. through the mql.aiu at car
lux. stated the prO9ram Make tires
long fires. plenty fires" M, concluded
Plenty Boston man STOP Muciuc. i;oS
ton man much good Boston man plcn
~ grub. Five sleeps I come back
plenty grub. This man ms name
Shorty. very good friend OF mine. lie
stop here. He big boss-savvyF
Carluk nodded and interpreted
"All grub stop here. shorty. ne give
IN grub. He boss savvy.''
Carluk interpreted. and mods and gut
turaI cries of agreement proceeded
from the men
Smoke remained and managed until
under way Those who were able
crawled or staggered in the collecting
of tirewood Long Indian fires were
built that accommodated all Shorty.
aided by dozen assistants. with a
short club handy for the rapping of
hungry knuckles. plunged into the
cooking
First. tiny piece OF bacon was dis
tributed all around and. next. a spoon
full OF sugar 10 cloy the edge or their
razor appetites. Soon on u circle OF
fires drawn about Shorty many pots
of beans were boiling. and he, with
wrathful eye for what he called the
renigers, was frying and apportionIne
the thinnest OF flapjacks.
Me for the big cookin'." was MS
farewell TO Smoke You just keep
a-hikin'. Trot all the way there an
run all the way back. It'll take you
today an tomorrow TO get there. and
you can't be back inside three days
more. Tomorrow they'll eat the last
OF the doghsh. an then there'l be
nary a scrap for three days. You
gotta keep a-comin' Smoke: you gotta
keep a-comin'"