The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-05

/ WOULD nave Deen strange II not I'M
meaning to the dead girl.
''I am the resurrection and the
! life. He that beneveth in Me though
| he were dead yet shall he live. . ="
For the comfort of the man, who
stood by knife in hand. he recited
| every word that hescould remember,
and when he reached the words, I'VE
therefore commit her body to the
| grave" the keen knife severed the
mocse-hide thong, and the trees, re
leased. bent back, carrying the girls
| body to its windy sepulchre, amid
Il shower Of snow that scattered from
the neighboring trees. Stane pro-
nnunced the benediction. waited a
| few moments, then again he put a
| hand on the others shoulder
Bernard. we have done what we
can for the dead; now we must think
of the living"
"Oui. m'sieur'
You must eat I have prepared
meal. And when you have eaten
and the dogs are ready we must start
on the trail of Miss Yardely."
I'VE weel go to zee encampment.
We weel MAX Chief George tell zee
| truth
An hour afterwards they started.
following the trail up the lake left
by the fugitives. a broadly marked
| trail. which revealed that a sledge
/ had been used. for there were the
marks OF the runners both coming
and going AS they started, the trap
per pointed this out.
In silence they Travelled up the lake,
and after a time reached the place
where the moose-hide tepees lifted
| their shadowy forms against the back
ground Of snow and trees. The camp
was dark and silent as a place OF
the dead.
do you stay here with zee dogs,
m'sieu, whilst I go drag out Chief
| George. Have zee rife ready; an
/ eef dere is trouble. be prompt at zee
shootin' Vous comprenez?'
Stane stood with the rife ready,
watching Benard's progress across
/ the snow. He saw him reach the
chiefs tepee. and throw open the
moose-hide flap then disappear in
side. He waited for what seemed an
! intolerable time. and once heard
rustic from the nearest tepee, and
OWNED that in spite of the stiffness
of the camp. quick eyes were watch
ing the doings of his companion and
himself Then he caught a coughing
grunt. and out of the tepee which
the trapper had entered emerged two
forms. the first bent and shambing.
the other that of Jean Bernard. They
picked their way, walking close to-
gether, between the moosehide tents,
and as they drew near the sledges.
Stane saw that the stumbling form
was that of Chief George, and that
he walked with the muzzle of the
trapper's pistol in the small of his
back.
They marched up the lake 500 yards
or more. the camp behind them main
tanning the silence of the dead, then
Bernard halted.
Now" he said, we weeI talk
Pointing his plstel at the Indian and
speaking in the patois Of the tribe, he
addressed him:
What means the attack upon my
cabin?"
IT know nothing" mumbled the In
dian, shaking with fear and cold. ut
was Chigmok-my sisters son-who
led the young men away"
so But thou hast seen the rifles
and the burning water. the blanke-s
the tea and the molasses which are
the price to be paid. I know that
thou hast seen them" At the words
the Chief started a little, then he
made a mumbling admission:
Yes, 1 have seen them. They are
a great price"
But, who pays?"
II know not A white man, that is
all I know. The rest IS known to
Chig1nok alone"
WHITTIER has the white maiden
been carried?"
Chief George waved his hand to the
East Through the woods to the
! lake Of Little Moose. there to meet the
man who pays the price"
Bernard looked at Stane. Deere ees
nothing more dat he can tell. I am
sure of dat. an we waste time"
''Yesl Let him 60"
The trapper nodded and then ad-
| dressed the Indian once more. Thou
wilt go back to thy lodge now. but
I
/ that hath been done the price will
have to be paid"
Chief George waited for no second
/ bidding, but began to shamble of
/ across the snow toward his encamp-
ment The two men watched him go.
in silence for a little time, and then
Stane spoke:
This lake of the Little Moose,
where is it?''
About sixteen miles to zee East.
/ It ees known to me. A leetle lax
desolate as hell, in zee midst of hills.
We weel go there an find dis white
man an Mees Yardely."
Under the light of the stars. and
/ helped by the occasional flashing light
of the aurora. they travelled up the
| lake for some distance, then leaving
It's surface they turned abruptly east
ward, following an unbroken trail
through a country which began rapid
/ ly to alter in character. The great
woods thinned out and the way they
| followed took an upward swing, whilst
/ q steady wind with the knife-edge- cold
of the North began to blow IN their
faces
The trail was not an easy one, and
the dogs whined as they bent to the
collars. but Jean Bernard, with frame
Of iron and with muscles like steel
/ springs marched steadily on, for what
t. Stane seemed hours, then in the
shelter of a cliff crowned with trees
he called a halt.