The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-02-16

the size of walnutS.
"Niver fear. It's me own slugS smell
their way with soft noses an they'll
spread Ike fapjacks against the com
in ont bcyand. An when'Il | have the
pleasure of waitin' on ye: The water
holes Strikin locality
faint bad Jest be there in an
hour, an YOU won't set long on my
comm"
Both men mittened and left the post,
their ears closed to the remunStranceS
| % their comrades. 1t was such little ,
thing, yet with such men little things. .
nour: bed by quick tcmpers and stub |
horn natures. soon bloSSOmed into big |
| things. BESIDES, the art Of burning 10
| bedrock still lay in the womb OF the
| future. and the men of Forty MIG |
| shut in by the long arctic winter, grew
! high stomached with overeatlng ana
enforced idlcness and became as lrrlta-
bic as do the bees IN the fall OF the
wear when the hives are oVerstocked
| with honey.
There was no law in the land. The
mounted police was also thing Of the
!
Tense and melted out the punishment,
inaSmuch as it affected himself Rare
" had combined action been necessary,
and never in all the dreary history OF
the camp had the eighth article OF the
Decalogue been violated.
Big Jim Beldcn called an impromptu
meeting. Scruff Mackenzie was placed
as temporary chairman and messeh-
ger dispatched to solicit Father Kou-
beau's good offices. Their position was
paradoxiCal. and they knew lt. by the
right Of might could they interfere TO
nreyent the duel, yet such action. while
in direct line with their wishes, went
counter to their opinions. Nhlle their
: rough hewn. obsolete ethics recognized
The individual prerOgatiVe or "lplhG
ont blow with blow. they could not
hear 70 think Of two good comrades
such as Beetles and McFane meeting
in deadly battle. DeeminG the man
who would not fight on provocatlon a
bastard when brought to the test 1t
: seemed wrong that he should fight.
But a scurry Of moccasins and LOUD
cries, rounded off with a pistol shot'
interrupted the discussion. Then tne
i storm doors opened and Malemute KID
: entered. a smoking Colts In his hano
;, and q merry light in his eye.
Il got him" He replaced the empty
: shell and added, Your dog, Scruf.
yellow Fang?" Mackenzie asked.
NO: the Top cared one
:, The devil. Nothing the matter WITT
. him"
: Come out and take a look.
! That's all right, after all. Guess
= he's got 'em too. Yellow rang cain'
y back this morning and took a chunt
II ont OF him and came near to making
y widower Of me. Made a rush 10
= Zarinska, but she whisked her skirt
in his face and escaped with the los
Of the same and a good roll IN tn
snow. Then he took TO the "ood
scain. Hope he don't come oach
- Lost any yourselfE
lie lone. the best one Of the pacK-ono'
n kun. Started amuck this morning
but didn't get very far. Ran foul Q
re Sitka Charley's team, and they sea-
v, tored him all over the street And nov
n two Of them are loose and raging mac
De So YOU see he got his work IN. ii
dog census will be small in the sprln
he if we don't do something
TT "And the man census too"
II "How's that? Whose In trouo
to now:"
n "Oh. BEETLES and Lon McFane ha
an argument, and they'll be down .
the water hole in few minutes
settle It,"
The incident was repeated for b
benefit. and Malemute Kid, accustor
cd 70 an obedience which his fello
men never failed to render, took chars
of the affair His quickly formulate
plan was explained, and they pror
ised to follow his lead implicitly.
$50 YOU see," he concluded, I'VE
not actually take away their prlVliel
of fighting. And yet l don't belle
they'll fight when they see the beau
Of the scheme. Lffe's game ana m'
l the gamblers. They'll stake their who
y nile on the one chance in thousan
Take away that one chance and tn
| won't play"
He turned to the man In char
I of the post. "Storekeeper. weigh o
4 three fathoms Of your best half In
n manila"
Il "Weu establish a precedent viii
4 will last the men of Forty Mile to [
Il end of time" he prophesied. Then
II coiled the rope about his arm ana
4 his followers out Of doors, Just In I'll
Il to meet the principals.
u what DANCED rightd he to Eel
81 nv wife mr. Numbered BEETLES
n the soothing overtures Of a friel
II "'Twa'n't called for" he concluded
7 cisiyely. "'Twa'n't called for" he
III iterated again and again. pacing
~ and down and waiting for Lon
Fame.
And Lon McFane-his face was
II and tongue rapid as he faunted
II surrection In the face Of the chur
I'll ."Then, father" he cried, its with
II aisy heart I'll roll In me fanny bla
cts, the broad Of me back on bed
GOALS. Niver shall it be said Lon
Fame took a lie 'twixt the teeth WI
~ ont liver liftin' a hand! An III
4 ask hlessin' The years have b.
~ wild. but it's the heart was III
rioht Mace