The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-19
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"You done frs rate" the woods.
man told him, ~ I como alone
I catch 'cm 10 mile below. but
M tam. morc los. dom max no
differ
n believe you would have GOT
EN-" the officer Acknowledged 81
ter timo hc persisted They %
put up "A lattlr. p1ut. NuuN need
20 be yavfuL"
'PpleOn Was squaItcd Indian fash
ION over the hlazc, he was staring
itxed,y into the flames, and an ab-
original rvuccnco had settled upon
hln, After long umo no an.
sWercd; 'Mebbo so keel dc
heeg Teller dunno, SO long ono
j. Ter l max him clear dat boy
phillips"
Decent Of YOU 20 take chance
ike that Tor Pierce" Rock rcSum'
cd ITS different with me: ! have
10 do il. Just the same. wouldn't
care 20 follow those fellows over
the boundary, / don't think you'd
better try a."
In spite OF his suffering. the lieu.
tenant fcll into doEc. whether he
slept 10 minutes or an hour he
never knew. hut he awokc, groan.
ins, 20 find tho big woodsman still
bulkcd over the campfire, stan
Emoking, SIN slipping tea Rock ate
and drank some more again he
slept, For a second time his pain
reused him, and once more he mar
velcd 10 discover 'Polcon occupied
rs before. II seemed to him that
the fellow would never satisfy him.
self Eventually. however. the lat,
ter rose ard made preparations 10
leave.
The Northern lights had nlckered
out now: the empty sky was
sprinkled with million stars which
slittered like scintillatins frost Jew.
els frozen into the dome OF heaven.
there wero no sounds whatever 10
break tho dcathlike silence OF the
ought. for the Arctic wastes are all
hut llfeleSs. There were no bird
tails, no sounds OF insects. not even
tbe whisper OF running water Tor
the river was locked deep beneath
ats icy armor.
you got 'noush wood TO las
long. tam" Poleon declared. II ]
don come hack. dem Forty Mile
. police Is sure 10 pick you up"
4 can so In alone n have TO-"
the injured man declared, "Au
revoir and good luck
'Pogeon made no attempt TO hur-
~ his tired team: FOR several miles
ne plodded along behind them, guild
) ing them TO right or left b. q low.
spoken word Years before, he had
rocked on the bars OF this stream;
therefore It's landmarks were famil-
tsr TO him. and in spite OF the dark
. ness he readily Identified them. In
time he made out tho monuments
marking the international boundary,
and a short distance beyond that
point he unhltched his dogs, then
nook a carbine from his sled and
. slipped II full OF shells. Next he
. removed his lash rope. cooled It. and
. placed 1t in his pocket, after which
. he resumed his journey alone.
Occasionally no dimiy elimpsed
. deserted cabins. hahitatlons built
by the the sold.diggers OF other
. days. Carefully he followed the all
but indistinguishabls sled tracks
ahead OF him untIl they sweryed
abruptly toward the bank. Here he
. paused. pulled a mittcu, and, moist
. ening a finger. held Il UP TO test
{ tho wind. What movement there
was 10 the air seemed to satisfy
him. for step By step, he mounted
!. the steep slope until his head finally
: rose over its crest. Against the
; skyline he now made out a small
? clearing: strainlng his eyes, he
: could see the black square OF a
cabin wall. No light shone from
Il, therefore he argued that his
men had supped and were asleep.
= He had assumed that they would
: not, could not, go far beyond the
. boundary: he had purposely allowed
them sufficient time IN which to
overcome the first agony OF fatigue
and to fan asleep. He wondered ap-
prehensiyely where they had put
their dogs, and II BY any evil
: chance the McCaskey team included
an outside" dog OF the watchful.
barking variety
Gingerly he stepped out, and
found that the snow underfoot gave
off only the faintcst whisper Like
. a shadow he stole closer to the
hut, keeping the imperceptible night
breeze In his face.
So noiseless was his approach
that the tired dogs. snugiy curled
. each in its own deep bed OF snow,
did not hear him-your maiamutea
that are broken to harness are bad
..syatchdogs at best. Not until he
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