The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-28
CHAPTER XIII

| 10 OlQ Anne anu his vile, waiting III
Guthrie's quarters
"Ver' black night; hard to follow de
shore. Something happen to M'sieu'
| Guthrie. Mebbe de woman not come
wild heem."
"She come" insisted Old Anne. "She
come wen he ask. She come"
Dat McDonaP. he YER seek man.
She breeng de med-ceene eef she come.
| 1 go an have look at de trail"
Again Etienne stood on the cliff
above the white Elkwan and watched
for the moving spot on the Ice, which
would mark the approaching team.
Disappointed. he was about to return
to the women In the house when his
keen eyes suddenly lit with excite
ment. Far on the white shell of the
river seemed to move black spot.
For space the half-breed studied the
barely distinguishable object. Then
he trotted to the quarters.
"Dey come !'' he cried to the waiting
women. ''Dey turn de beeg ISLAM"
When the huskies that had travelled
forty miles since daylight drew in to
the cliff trail at a slow walk, Guthrie
hurried to the waiting Etienne with
the demand: "You got him here? He's
alive?'
The half-breed nodded then with
wide grin turned to the girl on the
sled. Gallo! You welcome to Elkwan,
| ma'm'selle!" as he assisted her out
| of the robes.
"Tm mighty glad to see you, Eth
enne. How are Marie and the chicks,
and dear Old Amer"
"Oh, YER fine, tanks. You have
hard ride las night?'
Joan and Garth exchanged smiles.
ave surely did," replied Guthrie. "We
camped at the Kapiskau.'
"At de Kapiskau?"
Guthrie's thoughts were of the man
at his quarters and he did not ex-
plain. With Joan and Savanna he hur-
ried across the clearing.
"Well?" he questioned as the army
nurse finished taking the pulse and
temperature Of the man whose rough
breathing filled the room.
Without answering she placed her
ear to the broad chest Of the man
muttering in .delirium. After a space
she turned to the waiting Guthrie with
puzzled eyes.
II don't quite understand. Pulse
almost normal, temperature only 101,
respiration not high, and yet he's de-
veloped pneumonia in one lung. can
easily hear the rales!"
you mean he has beaten the flu"
81 think so; he's so strong. But
pneumonia"
at hits the big men hardest he
said glocmily.
Joan gave the patient hypodermi,.
Of strychnia and left the room to
make some Cruel.
"Craig Galbraith = Laughing Nc
Donald mused Guthrie aloud. you
gave all you had for Canada, and now
Canada hunts you because a woman
without eyes could see only your
scars"
With her well-equipped medicine
kit, and her wide experience with in
army, Joan Quarter gave immediate
battle for the life dependent on her
care. But the problem confronting
Guthrie was more complex. What was
to become Of Galbraith if he lived?
Cameron would waste no time In TAX
valuable cargo, which he would hold
for the disposition of the authorities
at Ottawa But the schooner and car
go belonged to the estates of the dead
men. Mcdonald was officially dead
He, a hunted man, could not claim
heirs? Garth did not know,
Then Cameron had said the police
were coming shortly to the bay In
search of the man who called himself
Mcdonald. Failing to find McDonald's
body, which Garth said he had seen
on the boat, they would naturally
come to Elkwan to talk to the man
who brought the news to Albany. II
Craig lived, he would be weeks in
bed, recovering his strength. Where
could they hide man needing con-
slant care II police dog-team ap-
peared on the ice below the post? Ell
enne could be hustled into bed and
bandaged to corroborate the story told
| to Cameron, but Galbraith-what of
him? Accessory though 1t made him
to the crime Of his friend, the gray
/ eyes Of Guthrie hardened at the
thought of Galbraith, v. c., Galbraith
the trench-raider, whose name was
known the length Of the British front,
being bounded down In his dire ex-
tremity Garth laughed as he pictured
the police attempting to take Laugh
| ing Mcdonald on his schooner In the
fullness of his strength-McDonald
| Ha! Ha! and the bearded mate who
| limped, with Lewis guns and the
snipers' rifles they had slept with for
four years.
And Joan-he had made her an ac-
cessory as well; asked her to nurse
| a man she knew, row, was wanted
for murder How was he to square his
conscience with that? To pay his
debt to Galbraith he not only had
asked her to throw her reputation to
the winds, but to defy the law-Joan
| Quarter, who had stepped into his
| life to become his world.
ITO BE coNTINUED.)