The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-01-19

bees face. but he swung his wcapon
and leaped forward. The ax bit deep
ly at the base Of the spine, and Percy;
Cuthfert felt all consciousness Of his
lower limbs leave him. Then the clerk
fell heavily upon him, clutching him
by the throat with feeble fingers. Tho
sharp bite OF the AK had caused Cuth-
fcrt to drop the pistol, and as his
lungs painted for release he fumbled
aimlessly for 1t among the blankets.
Then he remembered. He slid a hand
up the clerks belt to the sheath knife,
and they drew very close to each other
in that last clinch.
Percy Cuthfert felt his strength leave
him. The lower portion OF his body
Weatherbee crushed him-crushed him
and pinned him there like bear under
u trap The cabin became filed with
a familiar odor, and he knew the bread
TO be burning. Yet what did 1t mat
ter? He would never need it. And
there were all of six cupfuls of sugar
In the cache. IL he had foreseen this
he would not have been so saving tho
last several days. Would the wind
vanc ever move? 1t might even be
veering now. Why not? Had he not
seen the sun today2 He would go and
see. No; 1t was impossible to move.
lie had not thought the clerk so heavy
q man.
How quickly the cabin cooled! Tho
fro M Tho nhlI uyaS
ing in. 1t must be below zero al.
ready, and the ice creeping up the In
side OF the door. He could not see IL,
but his past experience enabled him
to gauge its progress by the cabins
temperature. The lower hinge must
be white ere now. Would the tale OF
this ever reach the world? How
would his friends take =: They would
read II over their coffee, most likely.
and talk ii over at the clubs. He could
see them very clearly, Poor old Cuth-
fert!' they murmured. mot such
bad sort OF chap, after ALL" lie
! smiled at their eulogies and passed or
| In search OF Turkish bath. IL was
the same old crowd upon the streets.
| Strange they did not notice his moose
hide moccaslns and tattered German
socks. He would take cab. And
after the bath a Shave would not be
| bad. No; he would eat first. Steak and
potatoes and green things how fresh
| It all was! And what was that7
| Squares OF honey. streaming liquid am
Der. But why did they bring so much7
Ha, ha! He could never eat II all.
Shine? Why, certainly. He put hls
foot ON the box. The bootblack looked
curiously UP at him. and he remem-
bered his moose hide moccasins and
went away hastily
| Hank! The wind vane must be sure
ly spinning. No; u mere singing in his
ears; that was ala mere singing.
The ice must have passed the latch by
now. More likely the upper hinge was
covered. Between the moss chinked
roof poles little points OF frost began
| TO appear. How slowly they grewl
! No. not so slowly. There was new
one. and there another-two-three-
| four-they were coming too fast to
count. There were two growing to-
gethcr, and there-a third had Joined
them. Why. there were no more spotsl
They had run together and formed a
sheet.
Well. he would have company. IL
Gabriel ever broke the silence OF the
north they would stand together. hand
in hand. before the great white throne.
And God would judge them, God would
judge them!
Then Percy Cuthfert closed his eyes
and dropped Off to sleep.