The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-19
lConllnued From Our Ia,t Issue,


ITS showing y little, isn't itg" Nc
said. Just tho North keeping a..
tau up and letting Us know It's here
Where, my young friend. do YOU
think of going"
III doesn't matter"
There's snow and Geld out there.
IT'S voice was deeply sober. death
too--snrc as you're standing here, A
weakling like you can't live In that
out there, None OF your kind can
stand it~,hey'd die like 70 many
sheep, And as q result YOU have "a
bow down and serve the man that
cam"
Ned had no answer. The creates,
fear OF his life was clamplng down
upon him.
That's the law up here-that tho
weak have 10 serve the strong I've
beat the North az It's own game, and
It's serves me, Just as you're going
20 serve me now You're not accept
ing any hospitality from me. Your,
.AnE 10 pay for tho warmth OF this
Two gruhbed out Of these woods
5oun pay for tho food you eat.
You can SO out There " you llke--ll
You prefer 90 die. There's no boat 20
carry You of. There never win Do a
boat 10 carry YOU off"
Ned's breath caught In rasn. "Afy
God you don't mean you1l hold Us
here by force,"
7 mean you're my prisoners hero
Tor the rest % your natural lives
And you can abandon hope lust as
surely as II this island was the real
he'll IL was named for"
Quietly, coldly he told them their
fate these three who had been cast
up by the sea. He didn't mlnee
words. And for all the strangrness
Of tho scene-tha gray light of the
uawn and the snow against the win
dow and the noise Of the Wind with
out--they knew Il was all true. not
merely some Swallowed vista OF an
verie dream.
You might as well know how YOU
ktand. first as last" he began.
when you once get everything thru
your heads. maybe We won't have
any more trouble such as we had
Just nov. You ought 20 he glad that
the scaman-knutsen. YOU called
hims-ls sliding around on the sea
bottom instead OF being here with
YOU; he'd BE- source o. trouble from
beginning 20 end He'd have been
hard TO teach. hard 10 naSter-I saw
that In the beginning and he'd never
give In short Of fight every morn
ing and every night. None OF YOU,
fortunately, are that way. You'll see
- things stack up. and wen all
aiong nieeiy together"
He paused. smiling grimly: then
With an explosive motion, pulled
back the IA Of the stove and threw
In another log. "sit down. why don't
ypn!' he invited Il don't Insist on
my servants standing up always In
my presence You'n have TO sit
down some time. you know"
I-snoFe, wholly despoudent. sank
back In her scat. To show that ne
was s.ill her protector. Ned stood be-
hind her, his hands resting on the
back OF her chair. Boss stole 10 a
little rough seat between them and
The squaw.
"A single great chair was left va
cant. almost In the middle % the CIR
Gle. Doomsdorf glanced once about
the room as II guarding against any
possibility OF surprise attack by HIS
prisoners: then Eat down easily him
self. Excuse me for not making
you known TO my woman he began.
In fact. ] haven't even learned your
names She II. translating from the
vernscuIar. Owi.That. Never Sleeps.
You won't be expected TO cali her
isai. howeycr-altho 1 regret as a
fral thing that the picturesque
100 names so often undergo such
iaceration on tho tongues Of the
whites When I took her from her
village. they gave her TO me as Sin
dy.' You may call her that. II will
do as good as nny-every other
squaw from Tin City to Kctchikan Il
called sindy. II means nothing, as
far as | know.