The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-28
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once they SAW a black fox whose
expensive FUR VAS already Ions and
dense in prtramtlon Tor winter, and
Dorothy found him even more ga bc
admired here ln his native setting
as De raced across patch ~ old
snow and shimmrrrd IN living
beauty than bs neckpivce IN a
fashionable fur shop In her native
city.
ON the h.gh. windy ridges and
Just below the long. white sweep OF
the main range they flushed up a
small herd ~ caribou. They were
out Of rifle range before ever Pete
got sight of them. FAR across the
gulch. and d was almost Incredible
10 Dorothy how quickly they die
appeared.
''-roo had VIC didn't see them In
time" Pete commented We're 80.
ing 10 need lots Of dry meat Tor the
trip down IN the dory and Tor my
winter supply, And. by George, We
might Set them yet"
Chase them down" the girl
asked
with AN airship. yes That's q
blind canyon they are running up.
and It's an old caribou trick 20 come
swinging hack Mrs. Newhali. II you
want 20 be In AZ the death. youll
have 20 travel quick
Go on. n can't keep up. III
walt Tor YOU"
SO they started al fast pace
down the steep slope % the ridge
with the idea OF crossing into the
valley and meeting tho herd an "
swept back. Almost AZ once Dorothy
saw that she could not keep pace
Pete was travelling down HIN in long.
swift steps.
From where Dorothy stood she
saw that the man was disconnected
The gully was evidently almost an
abrupt precipicc. too steep to de.
scend easily: and II he should lower
himself down without mishap. the
time required 20 climb the opposite
preclplcc would make him too late
TO intercept the returning herd lie
hesiiatcd but an instant, then turned
rapidly up the edge of the gully.
seeking an easier place 10 cross.
lie soon reached hank Of old
snow stretching completely across
apparently q thick crust such as
often cndurcs In these latltudez from
one year 10 another over the cold
deep guiucs lie turned 10 laugh
back al the girl. waved his arms
gayly--a vivid. cheering picture that
the stress Of civilization would not
soon wipe from her memory then
started 70 cross
Her first Impulse was to shout a
warning. Did he not know that
often such snowbanks melt from The
bottom until they were merely ira.
gile crustsg Her instinct vas TO
stop him at no matter what cost OF
her dignity and caste pride. 20 run
after him, crying 70 order him
hack: to stretch her arms TO him.
Her fear was 80 great that Il partook
Of the nature OF actual prcmonition
Yet he knew what he was doing.
This was his home land, and " he
took risks they @.re on his own
head II Was not Tor her to show
such Interest In him. a guide
II was folly. az best The man
knew what he was doing. He was
advancing With some degree u eau,
ton az least--one foot placed gin.
gerry before he stepped surely II he
let his zeal for hunting always
passion with the Anglo Saxon
carry him into danger. u was no
cause for her to lose her cool poise
on which she prided herself, Likely
+ IT was only a silly trick OF the lmagi.
nation
We, the shadow that had crosssd
and darkened her had been that of a
predeationcd event. Her inner warn.
ing had been true: and with shame.
fui falsehood 10 herself she bad dis.
regarded H. She had watched breath.
Iessly. and suddenly she uttered a
strange. small sound that the wind
scattered into the vastness.
The elemental powers had been in
ambush. just as Pete had said: aud
he had fallen into their trap. When
nc was halfway across. the fragile
crust broke beneath his weight. and
he dropped thru as when the trap
Is sprung on the EHllows
CHAPTER XIV
Dorothy Disturbed
lT7o Dorothy were left the hills and
i the sky. the steep crags and the
alder thickets. many.colored by the
down. seemingly about 10 kin her
whims Of the frost. That strange
mood Of utter loniiness that she re.
membcred from many tragic dream
settled upon her. Weighing her
with It's burden upon her heart. aud
with II a sense Of absolute futility
and helpiesness. There was no spe.
cial sense OF terror. because the lone.
illness was itself terror in It's last dc.
gree, and II pervaded all her being
She was all aione. lost az in a dream.
She stood solitary figure In an
uninhabted waste. the empty bar.
rens stretching down TO the barren
see; the hills. gray with dying herb.
age. rolling on and losing themselves
at last behind the curtains OF the