The Lamar register., 1922-01-18


Rainey and three other men stand with
Lund and after a fght in which one of
with Lund's party. After the contest
Lund roughly declares his love for
nss psssy interfefes s asking fn Peggy 70 ma4ry
him. and ofrerlng to nght Lund II neces-
sary. Forced to choose between the two
willingly to the arms of Lund. ahsr
mate.' she proudly declares.
CHAPTER XIII-with the treasure
safely on board. the party leaves the
island. The Karluk is pursued by the
capture. and Lund and Peggy joyousiy
saii on their way to Nome and the near
est preacher"
The lads wits, sharpened by his
forecastle experience, surmised what
Deming and Beale were after as they
gained the promontory fiat and ran
toward the fires.
'Heyl" he shrllled. Look out |;
they're after the toolsi"
Deming's hand was stretched toward
shovel, its worn steel scoop sharp
as u chisel. Beale was few feet be-
hind him. They were going to toss
the shovels and drills down to the
seamen.
Tamada turned. His face did not
change, but his eyes cleaned as he
thrust dipper in the steaming rem
nants of the pea soup and flung the
thick blistering mass fair In Deming's
face. At the same moment the girls
pistol cracked with stab of red
flame. Beale dropped. shot in the
neck. close to the collarbone, twist
ing like a scotched snake. rolling down
the trail to the beach again.
Deming. bowling like scorched
devil, clawed with one hand at the
sticky mass that masked him as he
ran blind, wild with pain. He tripped,
clutched. and lost his hold. slid on a
plane of Icy lava, smooth as glass.
struck buttress that sent him of at
a tangent down the face of the cliff.
bounding from impact with IN out
thrust elbow of the rock. whirling in
to space, into the ley turmoil OF the
waves. flooding into the inlet.
Peggy Simms fled down the trail
with a steel drill In either hand.
straight across the beach toward
Lund. The Finn turned on her with
a snnrl and side swipe OF his knife,
but she leaped aside. lodged the 9TH
er slow-foot, and thrust a drill at
Lund, who grasped II with n cry of
exultation, swinging II over his head
as II II had been bamboo. Hansen
had shaken of his men. and came
leaplng in for the second drill.
The knife fell tinkling on the frozen
/, rock as Lund smashed the wrist of the
Finn. The girls gun made the second
would-be stabber throw up his hands.
while Hansen snatched his weapon.
flung II over the farther cliff. and
knocked the seaman to the ground
before he Joined Lund. charging the
rest, who fled before the sight of them
and the threat of the bars OF steel.
Lund laughed loud. and stopped
striking, using the drill as n goad.
driving them into huddled horde.
like leaderless sheep. knee-deep.
thigh-deep. into the water. where they
stopped and begged for mercy while
Hansen turned to put a finish to the
separate struggles.
1t ended as swiftly as 1t had begun.
one hunter could barely stand for his
kicked knee. Ralney's back was
strained and stiffening, Lund had lost
a handful of his beard. and Hansen's
cheek was laid open.
On the other side the casualties
were more severe. Deming was
drowned, his body flung up by the
tide, rolling in the swash. Beale was
coughing blood, though not danger
ously wounded. The Finn was crying
over his BROKE N wrist, all the fight out
of him.
Lund took swift inventory, lining
them up as they came timorously out
of the water or struggled against the
cliff at his order. Tamada had come
down from the fires. Peggy had told
of his share, and Sandy's timely
shout. Lund nodded at him In
friendly manner.
-'Youre a white man, Tamada," he
said. You, too, Sandy. I'll not for
get it. Rainey, round up these dere-
licts an help Tamada fix 'em up. I'll
settle with 'em later. Hansen, put the
rest of 'em to work, an keep 'em
to it! Do you hear? They got to do
the work of the whole bunch"
TnuH fnrna1 m tho tyyn bnptara