The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-17

ruuc out % Huulcr Geo' Tho
laugh would be- on us"
'ncy como dis way" 'Polcon
stoutly maintained
soon blaro was guing: then,
while the leo m the blackcucd tea
bucket was melting. tho drivers 6lic.
ga slab OF bacon into ANAL subca
and FED Il 5parinEly 10 their ami
mails. after which they carefully cx
amined tho doET foot and cleaned
them Of Ice and snow pellets.
The tea was Eulpcd. the hare.
tack swallowed and tho travellers
were under way again almost DO
fore their swcaty bodies had begun
90 chill on they hurried. mile az.
ter mile. sweeping past bends.
eagerly. hopefully scanning every
empty tangent that opened up
ahead Of them They mado fast
time indeed. but the immensely OF
tho desolaJiou thru which they
passed. the tremendous scale upon
which this country had been mold.
cd, made their progress seem slow
ev than an antcrawL
Eventually poloon shouted some
thing and pointed 10 tho tran un.
dorfoot, Rock fnncicd no could dc.
tcct tho l1ing frcsh markings Of
sled runners. but into them no
could not mad much Significance.
II was an encouragement. 20 be
sure. but. nevertheless. no still had
doubts. ma those doubts wcr1 not
dispcllcd until purrt again halted
his team. this time beside the cold
emhsrs Of fire, Fresh chips weFa
scattered under tho hank. charrcd
raguts had embedded themselves in
tho leo and wcro frozen fast. but
'Poleon interpreted tho various
signs without difficulty
Here deg max breaktRz'-'bout
daylight" said he ''Doy so slower
a. US"
But they're going pretty fast.
FOR ali that Wen never set them
this side Of Forty Mile"
You don spec u. DO your Dey
got beeg scars. dem Teller Dey
runnln' 50 ras' dsy can
Forty Mlic. so called because tho
river OF that name enters tho Yu.
kop 90 miles aboyo the boundary.
was a considerable camp prior 20
tho Dawson boom. bur thereafter
it had languiahod. and this winter IL
was all but deserted. So. too. was
Cud8lIy. the rival trading post a
hair mile below u was on the
bars OF this s,Fram that the ealliea,
pioneers had first found gold. Here
at It's mouth, during the famine
days before tho steamboats, came.
they had cached their supplies.
here they had brcwcd their hooseh
IN the fan and held high carnival
20 celebrate their good luck or TO
drown their iIlgortuus,
Rock and hts companion pulled
up the bank and In among thu win.
dowiess cabins during the afternoon.
they had halted their dogs before
The Mounted Police station. only 20
find tho buiidiaK locked and cold.
The few faithful Forty .Afilers who
came out 70 exchange greetings OK
planned that both occupants OF tha
barracks had gone d0wuSivor TO
succor some sick Indians
Rock was Disguised. but hts next
question elected Information fhat
cheered him Yes. a pair OF strzlng
srs had Just rassed thru. ona 0t
them an active. hcavy,Be, fellow.
the other a tan. dark. sinister man
with black eyes and stormy de-
mcanor. They had como fast and
they had tarried only long enough
to feed their dogs and 70 make
some inquiries, Upon learning that
the local police we're on the main
river somewhere below. they had
held n consultation and then had
headed up tho Forty Mile.
up Forty Miller Rock cried. in
surprise. Are you sursg
We seen EN- 20. his inform.
ant declared. "That's what made
US think there was somsthinr
wrong That's why we heen on tho
lookout for you. We figured they
was on the dodge and hard pressed.
but We couldn't do nothing about
IL. You see. it's only about 20
mues 70 tho line up Forty Mile.
Down the Yukon it's 80. They been
gone mos two hours. now"
What do you want en- for?'
another bystander inquired.
Murder" Rock exclaimed, short.
~; then no heaycd HIS sIsd into
motion once more, for 'Poleon had
started his team and was making
Off thru the town. Down into the
bed Of the smaller stream tho pur.
suers made their way and up this
they turned. Again they urged their
dogs into a run. It took some rf
fort to maintain galioping pace.
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