Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-06-16
THlEEN


ran blind. wild with pain. He tripprA-
clutched, and lost his hold, slid or n
plane of icy lava. smooth as gEtsss.-
struck buttress that sent him on FsAi
a tangent down the face Of the esT6,
bounding from impact with an eur-
thrust elbow Of the rock. whiriing In
to space, into the icy turmoil OF tfG
waves. flooding into the inlet.
Peggy Smms fed down the tEudn
with steel drill in either haH0
straight across the beach towarRl
Lund. The Finn turned on her wrtkI
a snarl and side swipe Of his Knife.
but she leaped aside dodged the oh
er slow-foot. and thrust drift AZ
Lund. who grasped II with a cry II
| exultation, swinging 1t over his henG
as II II had been II bamboo. Hansen
had shaken Off his men, and came
ieapIng In for the second drill.
The knife fell tlnkling on the frc1en
rock as Iund smashed the wrist OF she
Finn. The girls gun made the second
would-be stabher throw up his hHutfR.-
while Hansen snatched his weapan..
flung II over the farther cliff, and
knocked the seaman to the groNEd
before he Joined Lund, charging I'm
rest who fled before the sight Of tnezB.
and the threat Of the bars Of steeR-
Lund laughed loud, and stopps&'
striking, using the drill az q goa4.
driving them into q huddled horca.-
like leaderless sheep. knee-deeD,
thigh-deep. into the water, where tIfex
stopped and begged for mcr
Hansen turned to put q finiS p.
separate struggles.
II ended as swiftly as II li7
One hunter could barely stnln
kicked knee, Rainey's ba,
strained and stiffeninE, Lund had leaA
handful Of his beard. and HanseMNe
cheek was laid open.
On the other side the casualkt0a'
were more severe. Deming w@s
drowned his body flung up By Uss
tide, rolling in the swash. Beals' vue
coughing blood, though net daneBr-
ously wounded. The Finn was erYtMg:
, over his broken wrist, all the light s&n
Of him.
Lund took swift inventory. ffnksE
them up as they came umorousfy a'at
P Of the water or struggled against uRse'
4 cliff at his order. Tamada had; cuzznR
. down from the fires. Peggy had, vasd
G Of his share, and Sandy's tipHty
= shout Lund nodded at him I'M a
q friendly manner.
1 "You're white man, TamadE, he
g said. '"You, too, Sandy. I'll not oaz-
:. get 1t. Raincy, round up these dGrR.-
p licts an help Tamada fix 'em up. K0
> settle with 'en later. Hansen, put cfnn
h rest of 'em to work, an keep Teuu
g to 1t! TO you hear1 They got a. %
10 the work Of the whole bunch"
d Lund turned to the two hunssrA'
n who had stood apart.
f. "Wal. YOU yellow-bellied neutrahsc
II he said, his voice cold and his ey~a
hard. "Thought / might lose, unA
m hoped so, didn't you? pick up th2a
i, skunk Beale an tote him ahonr0
IL Then come back an 20 to wu<k
n. You'll cit yOre shares, but yOu1l NJ
git what's comm to those who seed
,l by. Now git out OF my sight. tSe
u, can bury That when you come back
pr He nodded ut the sOddcH corpse Si
a. Deming flung up. on the grit. ~f0z
NJ can take yore pay as grave disIseSs
"a an, of whot Won owe him at poSEcr
n. atm, coin' tn collect this, trio"
re RnIney. lame and sore, helped To
IT, nd, no,ch mn the wounded. turrltns
-, ,,o huntors, ru,rtcrs into n sick trg
,,s,ua th. ,ohI, for oprrntion. B,StI,
,o vo. rho worst off but Tnmadn fert,
i, nnuncrd him no, yItaIly d"",. -
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in nS.>tr'i W''n Nah't NiI
nj twrL on the table. S'r'rh''
no waist. white he ruhbcd him Nt'.
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snapped into p'ac" with "lIck-
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