The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-29

| counts because I didn't wiz. It's !rs-
fat, Snowbird. IE's no ones fault. but
maybe. IN this world, nothing il ever
anyoue's fault For IN the twilight Of
those winter woods, tn the shadow Of
dearh itself, perhaps he was catching
| g'immerings OF eternal truths that are
hidden from all but tie Most f~ar-see-
ing eyes.
And this Is the endT She asked
him. She spoke very bravelY.
Mo-" His hand tightened On hers.
No, so long as an ounce OF strength
remains. To fght-never I'd give up
may God give me spirit for 1t till I
die,
And this was nc Idle prayer. ETis
eyes raised to the starry sky As he
spoke.
But, son" Lennox asker! him ratf-
or quietly. what can YOU do2 The
wolves aren't going to wait a great
deal longer. and va can't 20 en-"
There's one thing more-one more
trial TO make Dan answered. II
thought about it at first. but it was too
long a chance 10 try Il there was any
other way. And I suppose you thought
of IL too
Overriding Cranston7'
cot course. And il sounds like a
crazy dream. But listen. both OF you
II we have gor 70 die, up here in the
snow-and it looks like we had-whar
Is the thing you want done west be-
fore we go2'
Lemons hands ellsped, and he
leaned forward on the sled. PAY
Cranston = he said
Yes Dams voice rang. Grams
tons never going to be paid unless We
do it. There VIII De 10 signs Of tn
eendiarism at the house, and nc
proofs. They'll fnd our bodies In the
Snow, and we'll Just be a mystery.
with no n made to pay. The EVIL
dence in my pocket will be taken By
CranstOn, ome time this winter. II |
don't make him pay, he never viii pay.
And that's n reason why I'm going
TO try TO carry out this plan I've got.
The second reason Is thar IT'S the
n hope We have left I take il that
none OF Us are deceived on that point.
And no man can die tamely-if he is
a man-whLle there's a chance. I n1ean
a young man, Like ue-lot one who -
old and tired. 1E sounGs perfectly silly
to talk about finding Cranston's win
ter quarters, and then. with nv bare
hands, e~onlueriag him. taking his food
and his blankets and his snowshoes
and his rifle, to fight away = these
wolves, and bringing EN- back here"
You wouldn't be barehaEded." the
girl reminded him. You could have
the pisroI."
He didn't even seem 70 hear her.
I've been thinking about It. IT'S a
long. leng ehanee-mueh worse than
the chance we had OF getting OUT by
straight walking. T think We could
have made il. Il the wolves had kept
Ell and rhe sEowshoe hadn't broken
Il would have nearly killed gs. but /
believe we could have got our- That's
why I didn't try this other way drst.
A nan with his bars hands hasn't
much Of 4 chance against another with
a rife, and I don't want you co be toe
hopeful. And Of curse, the hardes.
problem is finding his camp,
But I do feel sure of ona thing.
that he is back TO his old trapping Line
on the North Fork-somewhere south
OF her-and bis camp is somewhere
On the river. I think be would have
gone there 50 that he could cut Of any
attempt I might make TO get through
with those letters. Ny plan IS to start
back At an angle that will carry ne
between rhe North Fork and our cid
house. Somewhere In there I'll ind
his tracks. the tracks he made when
he first came over to burn Up the
house. I suppose be vas careful to
mix EN- up after nee he arrived
here. but the first part Of the way he
likely walked straight toward the
house from his camp Somewhere. II I
go that way, I'll cross his rraI-wieh-
In 10 miles at least. Then I'll back
track lin TO his camp
And never come back" the girl
cried
Maybe lot. But at least every
thing that can be done will be dome
Soothing viii be left No regrets. We
will have made the last trial. I'm net
going To waste any time, Snowbtrf-
The DOE we get your fre built the
better"
ITO nE rNN-rYAyrrED