The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09
tconanued from wednesday,

It's my wife and my boy, Kid. You
would not ask It.
One day." .
No no! charge u,,o II
Only one day. We can shave u
through on the grub. and might N''oo"
over Il moose.
"No--all right; one day a out mo-
leave me to face 1t alone Just a un shoe.
one pull on the trigger. You u rnab
stand, Think Of it,. Think Of II! Flesn
Of my flesh, and I'll never live 70 sec
him! .. - cav good
Nv and tell her tina, she must think OF
the bow and not walt till In dead; sne
might refuse to go with you II uiun L
Good-by, old man; sood-oy' ,o,o above
the Dun pup, next 10 the slide. ! panned out
forty cents on my shovel there. o,
An Kid" he stopped lower TO catSn
the last faint words, the i., dFang g-r nluI
surrender of his pride: i nj soFf'
you know-Carmen. ho-
leaving the girl crying softly, over hGr r
man, Malemute Kid slipped ihto rtMe
Pnrka and snowshoes. tucked ms nc
under his arm. and crept away INTO . sro
forest. lie was no tyro in the stern
sorrHws of the Eorthland. hut never hau
bn faced so stifr 81 problem us TINS. IN
the abstract. 1t was plain ma tI.',, n
ical roposltion-thrce possible lives as
AGAINST one doomed one. But now ne
$500 ,,se.i,o to6 For five years. shoulder 10
iLn',ider ON tho rivers and trails. IN the
camps and mines. facing dcath ny .e.S
and flood and fam inc. had they kn''' ca
close wns the tie that he had often nr'ii
conscious Of n vague Jealousy OF HuSo'
from the first time she huu coIIe, ~.
| tween. And now IL must pe
"'S Tb U he prayed for Il, mooss.
ono moose all game seemed TO have ae
serted the land. and niEht1ali iounu ~, IN ~
exhausted man hea cfsInF An up
rnnr from tho dogs and shrill cries from
Ruth FASTENED him. ,.o,,. tho
Bursting into the camp ne Sd" ~
girl in the midst or the snaris liz Ioee
had broken the iron rule OF their mast 81
org and were rushing the Gruu. nI
+ inineI The issue with his rifle reversed.
and the hoary game of natural SeleCtIoa 1
was played out with al .ns R,Ne and
OF its rrimeval envtronmcnt: f'He a..t
orr went u2 and down. hit or missed
With monotonous regularity: little oou-
ice flashed, with wild eyes ana nIip
Ming fangs; and man md beast 1ousn'
! for supremacy to the hitteresl CuilS -
ion Then the beaten brutes crcpt 70
The edge Of the freight. licking thetr
wounds. voicinc: their misery 10 the
stars. -, ,.,o,- Ind
! NJ nour remained TO tide them over TWO
hundred miles ot wilderness. KUN re-.
turned 70 her husband. while Malemute
Kid cut up the warm body OF one or mo
Inrs The skull Of which had been crush
cd ny the axe. EHepE por I,ide and orfal,
which we're cast TO his fellows OF tho
moment before. , -r,o
animals were turning on cach o.nnt.
''arm"n. who still clunG TO her sicnoGr
thread Of life, was downed by the pack.
The lash fell among them unhecdeo.
they rringcd and cried under the blows.
/ hut refused TO scatter till the last
wrctchrd hit had disappearcd.-bones'
! hide hair. everything.
Malemute Kid went about his WORK
listening to Mason. who was pack IN
| Tennessee, delivering tangled disconrScs
| ard Wild rxhortntions to his brethren
Of other days.
Taking advantage OF neighborlnE
mines. he worked rapidly. and Ruth
,coichcd him make cache similar to
thsoe. sometimes used by hunters to pre-
! serve their meat from the wolverines
and dogs. One after tho other. he ncnl
Tho tops Of two small pines toward each
! other and nearly to the ground. makinR
| them fast with thongs Of mooschide.
Thrn hc heat the dogs into submission
| and harnessed them to two OF the SECS.
! loading the same with everything nut
| tho fnrS when FnNnlDnfH NdSpIi' l''' "
hc wrapped and dashed tightly ahout
him fastening either end OF the robes
. 10 tho bent rincs. \ single stroke OF his
! huniinr-kuifr would release them ana
send tho body high In the mir.
! Ruth had received her hushnndS ihSt
! wishes md made no struggle. FOOT
! girl. she hnd learned tho lesson OF ohsdi-
| rncr we'll From child. she had bowed
| and srrn ri women how. TO the lords OF
creation. and II did not srrm IN inc m
| turr or things for woman tn exist. Tho
| Kid permitted hrr one outhurst OF grief
! ms sho kissed her hnshand.-h"r own
! pcorlc had no such rustnm.-thcn ird
! her To the foremost sled md helped hcr
: into her snowshncs. Bl!ndly. lnsttnc-
, lively. shr took tho Eer-r"le and whin.
and mus she'd" the dogs out on the trail.
rhcu ne returned to Mason. who had
! fallen into q coma: and long after she
| was out OF sight. crOuched by the flre.
waiting hoping. praying for his COM
| rade TO die. "
! II Is not pleasant to he alone with
! raInfuI THOUGHTS In tho White Silence
/ Tho silence Of gloom Is mnrciful. Shr"lId-
! ing ono as with protection and breathing
y thousand intanKIhle Symnathics; but
tho bright White Silence. clear and cold.
under stcnly skies. Is rltiless.
| An hour passed.-two hours.-hut tho
man would not die. At high noon. the
| sun. without raising its rim above the
+ southern horizon. threw suggestion OF
| fro athwart thn heavens. then quickly
drew Il back. Malcmute Kid reused md