Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-11-02

soap with fat and ashes" Mother Hor
ION explained. And by crackie. fft,
years OF luxury hasn't made me forge
how :"
mere were two Identical safet,
fazors. two packages of blades. ant
d stropping device. Sharing these
eaen OF the four men could make some
soft OF a decent toilet, a considerable
iAetor In their morale. There were
three brushes, plenty of combs, and
scissors: a pound of tobacco twhen II
was gone the pipe-smokers could use
1e little willow bark : and again
another Horizons contribution, some
needles and thread, q carton Of ciga-
rettes, and a Bible.
lhere was simple jewefry-the best
mad been left behind In a ~bank-vault
articles of apparel; and for toilet use
peculiarly feminine, towels; d carton
De matches. this was Roy's fnspira-
uons a wicked-looking hunting knife
that Wilcox had bought In Seattle /:
hoya chronological notes: some mems
sleeping and under garments; and ap-
proximately a thousand dollars In cur
rency.
The division of the spoil passed
gaiiy what might have been a dark
hour Now they could understand the
JOY OF an Eskimo squaw at the gift
OF a yard of cloth, OF a butcher knife.
Roy called Horton aside to advise
an immediate truce with Sandomar's
gang 1t would be hard to ignore
and forget the shame In the dawn but
policy demanded no less Combined,
they made a formidable party Of thir-
teen men, They could dominate the
tiHfid Aieuts, possibly force them to
break their Taboo Moreover. II the
whites must make the Journey alone,
granted an almost impossible feat. the
bloodsfained hands would be needed
TO work the boat.
And 1t soon may be a question Of
lie and DEATH Roy said. 1.-The food
supplies on this island are decidedly
limited Eric thinks hard work and
more efficient methods will feed the
whole population. but l doubt 1t. We
have no rifles. and we can't do much
more with native gear than thew
themseIves-H
You think we may have to ration
the nativesy' Horton asked.
Possibly. for a few months. And
we can't do 1t without Sandomar's
support / admit It's a bit raw-to
come to their island and then half
starve them-but the fttest must sur
vive- After all. they're Just d hand
full of inbred savages, of not the
slightest value to the world"
But could Sandomar's human wolves
be CONTROLLED 1t looked reasonable
to Roy Their pack probably lacked
cohesion: three OF them had no hand
In the Killings and would want peace.
Az for women. they could have their
pick OF the squaws-this would keep
them satisfed-and Sandomar himself
could takc Ffreheart. now that Erie
had rejected here
The grfm-faced crew still hung back
when Erfc's crowd sought the comfort
OF the beach-ire- Only when the
seaEmeaf was boiled. the birds sizzling.
md the root-bread baked on the rocks. |
did they push sullenly near. Horton
spoke to them casually and made
room In the circle, but only "Garge,1
The little cockney, showed any socIa-
bflity.
Nan would never forget this picture |
the low red fire In the fading hight,
! fretful e under blowing gray
clouds. and the island populace gath |
red here In the truce OF the bread |
meat 1t was hard to know
whether she WIS sleeping In her own
.anopied bed In = E~littering city and
his was no nor than q dream In the
hight. or whether she had died and
born again on this hopeless Isle.
md the distant lights. beauty. and
Warmth were no more than 1 vision
o = white sqnaw's soul.
LET'S come to an understanding
II Of u from the intrepid Horton
'egan with every show OF confidence
We're In q bad p~redicament. TO saw
he least. but 1t won't last long. and
think we should cooperate Just as
nough we were still or the ship. And
I'll pay all the bills In the end,
hink | may AZ well remain In CHARGE
He glanced toward Sandomar. but
deaf mans eyes were on the
linking fingers OF his cockney inter
reter, and be did not glance up. The
OF the pack stood silent In odd
red postures.
You must all stand and work to-
ether, and I'll lead you the best /
Horton went on. NOW for to-
ikht Myself. my daughter and her
aid, and Mrs. Horton will occupv
ne room Of u two-room turf-house
Roy. Eric. Wilcox. and DeValera the
[hef room The Aleut couple who
the house have kindly agreed to
'oEe In with their neighbour You
fellows seem to like one an
hers company, . suppose you take
e large kashga Injecting housed at
e end Of the village row. Chechaquo
- me that he car furnish ron with
benty Of eYfrn rohaSr