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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-01-23

At the big bend Gordon left the river
boat for his cross country trek. Near
! the roadhouse was an Indian village
where he had expected to get guide
for the journey to Kamatlah. But the
| fishing season had begun, and the men
had all gone down river to take part
In it.
The old Frenchman who kept the
trading-post and roadhouse advised
Gordon not to attempt the tramp alone.
"The trail it oes what you call dam
gerous. Feefty-Mile Swamp ees a mon
ster that swallows men alive, mon
sieur. You wait one week-two week
tree week, and some one will turn
up to take you through" he urged.
"Bpt I can't wait. And have an Of
fetal map of the trail. Why can't 1
follow it without guide" Elliott
wanted to know impatiently.
The post-trader shrugged. "Maybeso,
monsieur-maybe not. Feefty-Mile--it
ees one devil of trail. No checha-
| koes are safe in there without guide.
/, Baptiste, know"
"Selfridge and his party went
through a week ago. I can follow the
tracks they left
"But If IT rains, monsieur, the tracks
will vaneesh, nest ce pas? Lose the
way, and the little singing folk will
swarm in clouds about monsieur while
he stumbles through the swamp"
Elliot hesitated for the better part
Of day, then came to an impulsive
decision. He had reliable map, and
anyhow he had only to follow the
tracks left by the Selfridge party. He
turned his back upon the big river and
plunged into the wilderness.
There came night when he looked
up into the stars of the deep, still sky
and knew that he was hundreds Of
miles from any other human being.
Never in all his life had he been so
much alone. He was not afraid, but
there was something awesome in
world so empty of his kind.
The tracks Of the Selfridge party
grew fainter after night of rain. More
rain fell, and they We're obliterated al
together.
Gordon fished. he killed fresh game
for his needs. Often he came on the
tracks of moose and caribou. Some
times, startled, they leaped into view
quite close enough for a shot, but he
used his rifle only to meet his wants.
The way led through valley and
morass, across hills and mountains. 1t
wandered In a sort of haphazard fash
ion through sun-bathed universe
washed clean Of sordidness and mean
ness.
It was the seventh night out that
Elliot suspected he was off the trail.
Rain sluiced down in torrents and next
day continued to pour from a dun sky.
His own tracks were blotted out and
he searched for the trail in vain. Be-
fore he knew it he was entangled in
Fifty-Mile. His map showed him the
morass stretched for fifty miles to the
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"come, Old Timer. One Plunge and
You'll Make II Yet"

south, but he knew that it had been
charted hurriedly by a surveying party
which had made no extensive explora-
tons. A good deal Of this country was
terra incognita. 1t ran vaguely into a
No Mans Land unknown to the pros
pector.
The going was heavy. Gordon had
to pick his way through the messy
swamp, leading the pack-horse by the
bride. Sometimes he was ankle-deep
In water of greenish slime. Again
he had to drag the animal from the
bog to hummock Of grass which gave
a spongy footing. This would end in
another quagmire Of peat through
which they must pillow with the mud
sucking at their feet. It was hard,
wearing toll. There was nothing to do
but keep moving. The young man
staggered forward till dusk. Utterly
exhausted, he camped for the night on
a hillock Of moss that rose like an
island in the swamp.
Elliot Travelled next day by the COM
pass. He had food for three days
more, but he knew that no living man
had the strength to travel for so long
In such a mOrass. 1t was near mid
day when he lost his horse. The ami
NAL had begged down several times
and Gordon had wasted much time and
spent good deal Of needed energy in
dragging it to firmer footing. This time
the pony refused to answer the whip.
its master unloaded pack and saddle
aa tried coaxing; he tried the Vhir ;
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-01-23

~"WhaI are yutl going to do with
meY demanded Holt.
Il reckon you need church to fall
on you before you can take hint.
Didn't / mention Wild Goose creek
three or four times?" jeered his captor.
Holt made no further protest. He
was furious, but at present quite help
less. However it went against the
grain, he might as well give in until re-
bellion would do some good. 5
Ten minutes later the party was
moving silently along the trail that
led to the hills. The pack horse went
first in charge of George Holway. The
prisoner walked next, his hands tied
behind him. Big Bill followed, and
the man he had called bud brought up
the rear.
Macy had released the hands of his
prisoner so that he might have a
chance to fight the mosquitoes, but he
kept wary eye upon him and never
let him move more than a few feet
from him. The trail grew sleeper as 1t
neared the head of the canyon till at
last 1t climbed the left wall and
emerged from the gulch to an uneven
mesa.
The leader Of the party looked at
his watch. "Past midnight. Wen
camp here, George, and see if we can't
get rid Of the 'skeeters."
They built smudge fires of green
wood and on the lee side Of these an
other one Of dry sticks. bud made
coffee upon this and cooked bacon.
While George chopped wood for the
fires and bOughs of small frs for bed
ding, Big Bill sat with rifle across
his knees just back of the prisoner.
"Gid's shifty old cuss, and amt
taking any chances" he explained
aloud to bud.
Holt was beginning to take the out.
rage philOSOphically. He slept peace
fully while they took turns watching
him. Just now there would be no
chance to escape, but in n few days
they would become careless. The
habit of feeling that they had him Sc
curely would grow upon them. Then,
reasoned Holt, his opportunity would
come. One of the guards would take
chance. 1t was not reasonable to
suppose that in the next week or two
he would not catch them mapping once
for short ten seconds.
There was, of course, just the pos
sih.l,ty that they intended to murder
him, but Holt could not associate Self
ridge with anything so lawless. The
man was too soft Of fiber to carry
through such a program, and as yet
there was need Of nothing so drastic.
No, this kidnapping expedition would
not run to murder. he would be set
free In few weeks, and If he told the
true story Of where he had been his
foes would spread the report that he
was insane in his hatred of Macdonald
and imagined all sorts Of prosecutions.
They followed Wild Goose creek all
next day, getting always closer to its
headwaters near the divide. On the
third day they crossed to the other
side Of the ridge and descended into
a little mountain park.
The country was so much primeval
wilderness that big bull moose
stalked almost upon their camp before
discovering the presence of strange
biped. Big Bill snatched up rifle and
took a shot which sent the intruder
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
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Come, Old-Timer. One plunge, and
you'll make it yet" he urged
Tie pack-hOrSo turned upon him
dumb eyes of reproach, struggled to
free its limbs from The mud. and sank
down helpIessly. 1t had Travelled its
last yard on the long Alaska trails.
After the sound of the shot had died
away, Gordon struggled with the pack
to the nearest hummOck. He cut holes
in gunny-sack. to fit his shoulders
and packed into it his blankets, Il
saucepan, the beans, the coffee, and
the diminished handful of -four. Into
it went, too, the three slices of bacon
that were left.
He hoisted the pack TO his back and
slipped his arms through the Sits he
had made. Painfully he labored for
ward over the Quivering peat. Some
times he stumbled and went down into
the oozlng mud, minded to stay there
and be done with the struggle. But
the urge Of life drove him to his feet
again. 1t carried him for weary miles
after he despaired Of ever covering
another hundred yards.
I With old, half-forgotten signals from
the football field he spurred his will.
Perhaps his mind was already begin
ming to wander, though through 1t all
he held steadily to the direction that
alone could save him.
When at last he went down to stay 1t
was in an exhaustion so complete that
not even his indomitable will could
lash him to his feet again. For an
hour he lay in stupor, never stirring
even to fight the swarm Of mosquitoes
that buzzed about him.
Toward evening he sat up and undid
the pack from his back. The matches,
in a tin box wrapped carefully with
oilskin, were still perfectly dry. Soon
he had fire going and coffee boiling
in the frying-pan. From the tin cup he
carried strung on his belt he drank
the coffee. It went through him like
strong liquor. He warmed some beans
and fried himself slice of bacon,
sopping up the grease with cold bis
cult left over from the day before.
Again he slept for few hours. He
had wound his watch mechanically and
It showed him four o'clock when he
took up the trail once more In Seattle
and San Francisco people were still
asleep and darkness was heavy over
the land. Here it had been day for
long time, ever since the summer sun,
hidden for while behind the low, dis
tant hills, had come blazing forth again
in a saddle between two peaks.
Gordon had reduced his pack by dis
carding q blanket, the frying-pan, and
all the clothing he was not wearing.
His rifle lay behind him in the swamp.
He had cut to minimum OF safety
what he was carrying, according to his
judgment. But before long his last
blanket was flung aside. He could not
afford to carry an extra pound, for he
knew he was running race, the stakes
Of which were life and death.
Afternoon found him still staggering
forward. The swamps were now be-
hind him. He had won through at last
by the narrowest margin possible. The
ground was rising sharply toward the
mountains. Across the range some
where lay Kamatlah. But he was all
In. With his food almost gone, a wa
ter supply uncertain, reserve strength
exhausted, the chances of getting over
the divide to safety were practically
none.
He had come, so far as he could see,
to the end Of the passage.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-01-23

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Of Holt was that group of big capt.
talists might be coming to look over
their investment. But he rejected this
surmise. There would be no need to
try any deception upon them.
Mail from Seattle rea ched camp once
month. Holt sat down before his
stove to read one Of the newspapers he
had brought from the office. It wa
the Fl. On the fifth page was a
little story t.I0G gave him his clue.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-01-23

Elliot TO INVESTIGATE
MACDONALD COAL CLAIMS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-01-23

Come, OldTimer. One plunge, and
you'll make it yet" he urged.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-01-23

The reOpening of the controversy as
to the Macdonald claims, which had
been Clear-listed for patent by Harold
3. Winton, the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, takes on another
phase with the appointment of Gordon
Elliot as special field agent to examine
the validity of the holdings. The new
field agent won reputation by his
work in unearthing the Oklahoma
Gold Brick land frauds.
Elliot leaves Seattle in the Queen
City Thursday for the North, where
he will make a thorough investigation
of the whole situation with view to
clearing up the matter definitely. II
his report is favorable to the claimants
the patents will be granted without
f,r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-07

that it was no use relying upon
chance or upon any act of thought
lessness on the part of Gervaise. who
never let the key out of her posses
sion. and who. besides. never took
away the key without first mixing up
the permutations of-the lock. He
must, therefore, act for himself.
One thing fastened matters. which
was the violent campaign conducted
against the Imberts by section of
the press. They were accused Of
swindling. Arsene Lupin followed
the evolutions of the drama and the
consequent excitement in the house
hold, and he understood that if he
waited much longer he would lose all.
On FIVE days in succession, instead
of leaving at six O'Clock, as was his
habit, he locked himself into his
room. He was supposed to have gone
out. Stretched at full length on the
floor he watched Ludovic's Office.
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Madame Iinbert'S Safe

But what about the opposition1 p
asked Lupin. greatly astonished.
"Oh. it does not affect all the Sc
curities."
Sh- flung open the door of the
safe. The shelves were heaped up
with portfolios fastened with straps.
She took out one of them. But her
husband protested:
mo. no, Gervaise. it would be mad
ness to sell foreign stock! 1t is 60
ing up. Now, the Re-.tes are as high
as they are likely to go. What do
you think, my dear fellow?"
The dear fellow had no opinion
on the subject; however, he advised
the sacrifice of the Reptes. There
upon she caught hold of another file
of papers, and from this file took a
document at random. 1t was bond
in the Three-per-Cents. Ludovic
put it in his pocket. In the after
noon, accompanied by his secretary,
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On the sixth day, as the favorable
circumstance for which he was wait
ing had not occurred, he went away
in the middle of the night by the
little door in the courtyard, of which
he had :. key.
But on the seventh day he learned
that the Imberts. by way of replying
to the ma]evolent insinuations of their
enemies. had offered to open the safe.
ITS tonight or never" thought
Lupin.
And, in fact. after dinner Ludovic
went to his Office accompanied by
Gervai.e. They began to turn over
the pages Of the books in the safe.
An hour passed. another hour. He
heard the servants going up to bed.
Now there was no one left on the
first floor. Midnight struck. The Inn
berts went on with their work.
He opened his window. 1t looked
out upon the courtyard. and the
space. OF this mooniess. starless
night. was dark. He took from his
cupboard knotfed rope. fastened it
to the railing OF the balcony. stepped
over. and let himself down gently,
with tn. help of rainspout. to the
window beneath his own. 1t was the
window OF the office. and the thick
curtains yelled the interior from his
eyes. He stood for moment motion
less. stretching his ears. on the bal
cony.
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leader of the bar, for he was never
invited to the famous fashionable re-
captions.
He did not complain, for he much
preferred to keep to his modest lit
tie place in the shade Nor did he
waste time. From the first he paid
certain number of clandestine
visits to Ludovic's office and pre-
scented his duty to the safe, which re-
MANNED none the less Theoretically
sealed. The safe was a huge mass
of cast-iron and steel. presenting a
surly and stubborn appearance, and
neither file nor crowbar could pre-
vail against it.
J Arsene Lupin was not an obstinate
man.
Where force fails. craft sue
ceeds," he said. "The great thing
is to keep ones eyes and ears open"
He took the necessary measure
ments, and. after much careful and
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he took the bond to a broker to sell
and received 10000 francs for it.
In spite of what Gervaise had said,
Arsene Lupin did not feel at home.
On the contrary. his position in the
Hotel Imbert filed him with sur
prise. He often observed that the
servants did not know his name.
They spoke of him as monsieur"
Ludovic always referred to him as
such.
Tell monsieur-Has monsieur
come"
Why this enigmatical designation?
Moreover, after the first enthu-
siasm. the Imberta hardly spoke to
him. and. while treating hiH with the
consideration due to benefactor.
took no further notice of him at ALI
They appeared to look upon him as
an eccentric who did not wish to be
intruded on. and they respected his
isolation as though, this isolation had
been a rule laid down by himself. a
within of his own. Once, as he was
passing through the hall. he heard
Cervaise remark to two gentlemen:
Hes SO shyr
"AIl right" he thought. were
shy"
And he ceased to worry his head
about the oddities Of these people,
and pursued the execution OF his
plan. He had acquired the certainty
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difficult boring, inserted through the
floor of his room piece of lead pipe,
which came out in the office ceiling.
between two projections in the cor
nice. Through this pipe. which
served as both speaking tube and
a spyglass, he hoped to hear and see.
Thenceforward he spent his days
lying flat on the floor of his room.
And, as a matter of fact, he often
saw the Imberts in close conference
befor- the safe, turning up books and
handling bundles of papers. When
they twisted in succession the four
knobs that worked the lock, he tried.
in order to learn the figure, to catch
the number of notches that were
passed. He watched their move
ments, listened to their words. What
did they do with the keye Did they
hide it somewhere
One day he ran hurriedly down
stairs. having seen them leave the
room without locking the safe. He
boldly entered the office. They had
returned.
"Oh. beg your pardon. l came
to the wrong door"
But Gervaise ran up to him and
drew him into the room
Come in. NJ. Lupin." she said.
you're at home here. Come and
advise us. Which do you think we
ought to sell out9 Foreigners or
Rentes7"