The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26

and broke several times j ne l'lIo"-
ing morning it had fallen aSicep lot
good
I'VE can't hc morc'n 100 miles from
the Yukon" concluded Siopcr, multi
plying his thumb nails 10y the scale q
the map. III" council. III which me
two .ncapablcS had WlilHcd I" 'A.
lent disadvantage, WAS iaNlhS /"
close.
"IIr.'~un Lav post. long sine a@o. ~
use um now" Jacques EaMi%tr'S a.
tlrr had made tie trip f"r the lIir
raplrary IA TIE uli DAYS Incidentally
marIiu. tie trail with 4 couple ~
frozen foes.
"Suffcriu' cracliy"" cried another 81
the marty. 40 NhtcS:"
Nary white" Sl"pcr SentcntIou9IF
affirmed. But its only 900 more up
the Yukon to Dawson. CAN II rough
thousand from here.
Wcatherbec aud Cuthiert Er"aheu III
chorus.
How Iongll that take. BaptiSteE
The half breed figured for moment.
~Workum like b, no man play out,
ten. twenty. forty. fifty days. m ba-
bies come" designating the mcapa-
bles) mo can tell. Mebbe when h
freeze over; mcbbe not then"
The manufacture of snowshoeS ana
moccasins ceased Somebody called
the name Of an absent member. who
came out Of an ancient cabin at the
edge of the campfire and joined them
The cabin was one Of the many myS-
tories which Turk in the vast rcccSseS
of the north Built when and by
whom no man could tell Two graves
in the open. piled high with stones.
perhaps contained the secret Of those
early wanderers. But whose hand had
piled the stones?
The moment had come Jacques
Rontista paused in the fitting of a
harness and pinned the struggling dog
in tbe snow. The cook made mute
nrotes+ for DELAY, threw handful of
bacon into noisy pot of beans, then
came to attention. Sloper rose to his
feet His body was a ludicrous con-
trast to the healthy physiqucs Of the
incapables. Yellow and weak. fleeing
from a South American fever hole, he
had not broken his flight across the
zones and was still able to toll with
men. His weight was probably ninety
pounds with the heavy hunting knife
thrown in, and his grizzled hair told
of a prime which had ceased to be
The fresh young muscles Of either
Weatherbee or Cuthfert were equal t'
ten times the endeavor of his, yet DC
could walk them into the earth in
DAYS Journey And all this day ne
had whipped his stronger comrades
into yenturing a thousand miles of the
stiffest hardship man can conceive. III
was the incarnation of the unrest OF
his race and the old Teutonic stub
bornness. dashed with the quick erasl
and action Of the Yankee. heid Inc
flesh in the bondage Of the spirit
"All those in favor Of going on witt
the dogs as soon as the ice sets say
aye"
"Ayew rang out eight vOices-yoice:
destined to string trail Of oaths alont
many a hundred miles Of pain.
contrary minded?"
Nor For the first time the incapa
bles were united without some com
promise Of personal interests.
"And what are you going to DO abou
it," Weatherbee added belligerently'
Majority rule! Major''y rule! clam
ored the rest Of the party
II know the expedition is liable t
fall through II you doh coiile' 'lope
real hard, we can manage to do with
out you. What do you say, boys!
The sentiment was cheered 10 III
echo.
But | say, you know. 'uthler' ven
tured apprehensively. what ehu
) like me to do"
t Amt you coming with uSE
moo"
, Then do as you please. we won
have nothing TO say -,
/ Kind O. calkilate yuh might setti
it with that canoodlln pardher .
yourn," suggested heavy gong "es'
J erner from the Dakotas, at the san,
, limo Dointing out WeatherDee. he