Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-05-26

the ice in every hue Of red and orange,
that tipped the frozen coast with
bursts NJ ruby flame that flared like
bencons and gildcd the crests of the
long swellS. tinglng all their world with
a Wild unnatural glory.
lund, stridlng the deck, his red
beard iced with his breath. suddenly
stopped and stared into the east.
There, in the very eye Of the dawn,
was a trail Of smoke. like plume
against the flaming. three-quarters cir
Gle Of the rising sun
Lunds face. on which the bruises
were fast fading. changed purple
black with rage. He whirled upon
Sandy. gaping near. and ordered him
to fetch his binoculars. Through them
he stared long at the smoke. Then
he turned TO the girl and Rnney.
"Come down inter the cabin" he
said Wen need nll our wits. That's
patrol boat. japanese. for n million!
Nohr other this far west An It's
ID funny 1t should come up right at
this minnlt. We've made the trip
on schedule time. an here they show.
But Wen let that slide We've got to
think fast. They'll board us. They'll
overhaul us loolsin' for seal pelts. At
least hope so.
|. We've got none. Our hun-ers an
our rifles an shotguns'll prove our
claim to be pelagic sealers. We got
to trust they believe us. II there Is
hide aboard or a club, or a sign Of
dead seal on the beaches they'll nail
, us. They may ennyway, just on suspi-
; cion.
, ITS lucky we didn't start mussin'
: up that beach. But they'll 60 over
everything. l know 'em. They claim
, to own the seas hereabouts, an they're
: cockier than ever, since the war.
? Rainey, you got to git busy on the log
II yore father didn't keep 1t up, Miss
:. Peggy, so much the better. II he has
: you got to fake It someways, Rainey
I'm Simms, get me. until we're clear
Of 'em. An you, Rainey, are Doc
: Carlson. Nothin' must show in the loa
8 about emmy deaths"
"But whyf asked the girl. why
d do we have to masquerade II w
b haven't touched the seslsf"
8 Lund barked at her:
"I gave you credit for sharper wits,
5 he said. "We've got to have every
thing so reglar they can't find an ex
= cuse for haulin' us in an settln' fir'
to the schooner. They'd do it in 1
jiAfy. We got to show 'em our clear
= ance papers, an we've got TO tally vi
y all down the line. Rainey amt on th'
e ships books--Carlsen Is. Lund ain
!. hut Simms is. I'm Simms. An you
n he stopped to grin at her-"you'r'
Z my daughter. I'll dissolve the rels
tionship after while, I'll promise yov
II that. An I'll drill the men. The
Y know what's ahead Of 'em If the Jap
e. git suspicious.
X THAT amt the worst Of it The
= NAV know what we're after. II the
do. we're goners. Ever occur to 70,
u Rainey. that Tamada, who Is a dee
IS one, may have tipped Off the who'
III thing to his consul while the schoOnt
r was at San Francisco? He was alOn
II the last trip. He'd know the approx
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g of the consul. lie had always sense
., delIhS in Tamada'S reserve. II locke
W plausible Lud rose.
u "In nx Tannda." he said. But Il
=, girl stopped him.
;, "lou don't know that's true. TT
49, NADIA has been Wond"rful-to M
- What d" you intend I" do with him
"rlI make up my mind between hcl
w., and the galley" said Lund griml
w. "ThlS is IN! rhird time Of tackling tn
-; island. an n" Jap is goin' 10 stand b