The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-11-14

you. an she's to be won. I.you wanI
her. why don't you stand up an try
TO git her stead of sittin' around like
a sick cat whenever I happen 10 adj
mire her looks?
aFve seen you. 1 amt blind emmy
longer. you know. She's a woman an
I'm a man. ! thought you was one.
But you amt. Yore idea Of maxim
love is TO send the gal box Of candy
an walk pussy-footed an write poems
TO her. You want TO write life an j
want 70 live it. So does a gal like
that. She's more my breed than yOres.
If she has got eddication. An she's
flesh and blood. Same as am. Yo're
half sawdust Yo're stuffed"
He went on deck laughing, leaving
Rainey raging but helpless. Lund APP
peared TO think the situation obvious
Two men. and woman who was at
tractive In many ways. The only
woman while they were aboard the
schooner, therefore the more to be de-
sired admired by men cut off from
the rest Of the world.
Lund sooner or later, meant to take
her, willing or unwilling. He ha6
said so, none too covertly, that very
evening. And, if Rainey meant &c
stand between her and Lund as a pro-
tector. Lund would accept him In that
character only as the girls lover and
his rival
| For the time being, the safety OF
| the KarIuk and the successful carry
ing out of the purpose of the trip took
| all of Lund's attention and energy
| Twice he had been thwarted by the
weather from cleaning his golden har-
vest. and ii began to look as If the
third attempt might be no more for
! tunate.
''The Karluks Stout he said once
@but she amt built for the Arctic. II
we git nipped badly she'll go like an
eggshell.
"And then what?' Rainey asked.
"GIt the gold That's what we
come for. If we have to make sleds
! an use the hunters for dOrg-team.'
He laughed indomitably well make
a man of you yit, Rainey, afore Wa
git back"
Lund was snatching sleep in scraps
seeking always to feel way toward
the position of the island through thu
Ice that continually bafied progress
/ Against all opposition he forced hi
way until, just after sunset one night
as the dusk swept down, he gave {
shout and pointed to fitful flare ovel
the port bow. Rainey thought it th'
aurora but Lund laughed at him.
"It's the crater atop the island" h,
said. "Nothin' dangerous. Reg'la
lighthouse. Now, boys" he went on
his deep voice ringing with exhilara
ton. there's gold in sight! Whist,
for a change of weather, every moth
er's son of your
sThe deck was soon crowded. Oh
the previous trip the schooner had ap
preached the island from a differen
angle. but the men We're swift T.
acknowledge the glow of the vOlcan
as the expected landfall Lund re
manned on deck, and it was late be
fore any of the crew turned in
Rainey. during his watch, saw tn
mountain fire-pulse, glowing and wink
ing like the eye of Cyclops, it
CLEAN reflected in the eyes of tn
watchers who were about to invad
the island and rob it of its golde
sands.
The change of weather came abou
three In the morning, though not a
Lund had hoped. A sudden wind ma
terialized from the north, stiffenin
the canvas with its ice-laden breath
glazing the schooner wherever mois
ture dripped, bringing up an angr
scud of clouds that fought with tn
moon. The sea appeared to hav
thickened The Karluk went sluggish
", as If she was sailing in a sea o
treacle.