San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-15

| and follow your line of traps-bait.
ing, skinning and fleshing. drying the
skins when you get to the cabins
You'll know what it really is to be
cold, then; you'll know what work
means, too. With you three / ex.
| pect to triple my usual seasons
catch, building w three times as fast
the fortune 1 need.
"All my life I've looked forward
to cahnce TO give society the same
kind of treatment it gave me--and
when that fortune is large enough to
work with there will be a new dynasty
arise in Russia.
when / said TO abandon hope /
meant it. You have no boat, and I'll
give yo no chance to make one. The
distance is too great across the ice
ever to make it through; besides,
you won't be given chance to try.
Even if your Loting fathers should
send out search party, they will
overlook this little islan1. 1t was
just a freak of the currents that you
landed here-I don't see yet why you
weren't blown to Tar Island. imme-
diately east of here. When they find
you aren there, and pick up any other
lifeboats from your ship that in all
probability landed there, they'll be glad
enough to turn around and 10 back.
Especially II they see your lifeboat
floating bottom upward in the wa
ter :"
He paused, scanning their pale,
drawn faces. He turned TO Ned first,
but the latter was too immersed in
his own despair ever TO return his
stare. Lenore didn't raise her golden
head to meet his eyes. But before his
gaze ever got to Ter, Bess was on her
feet.
"Don't be too sure of YOURSELF" she
cautioned quickly. He looked with
sudden amazement into her kindling
eyes. "Mcn like you have gone in
the face of society before. You're not
so far IN here that the arm of the
law can't reach you"
The blond man smiled into her
earnest face. $50 on, my DEAR" he
urged.
Its got you once, and it'll get
you again. And I warn you that if
you put ore indignity on us, do one
thing you've said-you'll pay for it
in the end-just as you'll pay for
that fiendish crime that you com
mitted today.
AS her eyes met his. straight and
unfaltering, the expression of con
temptuous amaZement died in his
face. Presently his interest seemed
TO quicken. 1t was as if he had seen
her for the first time. searching eyes
resting first on hers. then on her
lips, dropping down over her athletic
form, and again into her eye. He
seemed lost in sinister speculations.
Doomsdorf had seemingly achieved
his purpose and his prisoners
lay crushed in his hands
A fear infinitely worse than
that of toll or hardship had evidently
killed the fighting spirit in Bess Len
ore had been broken by Doomsdorf's
first words. And now, all the struc-
ture of Ned's life had seemingly top
pied about him.
For in this moment of unspeakable
remorse, he found he could blame no
one but himself for the disaster
Every year men traverSed these desc
late waters to buy furs from the
Indians: he had been in a staunch
boat. and with a little care. a little
foresight. the journey could have
been made in perfect safety. 1t was
a mans venture, surely; but he
could have carried through if he haG
met it like u man instead Of a weak
ling.
In spite of his own despair, his
own bitter hopelessness. he must do
what he could to keep hope alive IN
Lenore and Bess. 1t was the only
chance he had to pay, even in the
most pitiful, slight degree for what
he had done to them. He must al
ways try to make their lot easier. doing
their work when he could. maintain
ing an attitude of cheer. living the lie
of hope when hope seemed dead in his
breast.
And that is why. when Doomsdorf
looked at him again. he found him iii
some way Strengthened. his eyes