Plentywood herald., 1933-12-07

skins, trap birds, but she heap prett.
and maybe White Chief want her
The girls tone harshened. .F1rehearf
she love hard-like north wind. Blu
she no-love like boorga, like big gale
but the white girl Is your friend
You would not try to make trouble
for her"
Il walt, | see. II you catch love fol
her. she no my friend. Ii I no get you
no girl get you. Maybe / kill her
Maybe | have hunters kill you. too
am Fireheart. prlestess of Lost Peo
ple."
The Aleut girl grunted and trudged
away. Eric fingered In the chill dark,
sick OF heart. bafrled. the pfl0t-star be
followed fading on his sight Yet all
was not lost. His last cartridge had
not been spent In vain. Early In the
morning Cargo came to Erc's hut su-
Ing for peace. ME and Sandy made
a mistake yesterday. and we 'umbly
ask you to let bygones be bygones. "
the little cockney said. .We amt go
Ing to make you no more trouble, sir.
We sees you old the upper and. and
though we don't much like 1t, we ave
made up our minds to stand It.
Eric did not smile. even q grim hint
OF smile when he remembered the
empty revolver In bis pocket. -That's
good sense. Otherwise there'1l be more
lives thrown away. You and Sando-
mar will be treated just like the 9th
ers.r
Aye, aye, sirl Now, sir. I'd like to
make 'umble plea Garge's tone
grew confidential '.It may seem queer,
coming from me, but I'm making IT
for Sandy's sake, to keep Inn out OF
trouble"
Eric could not imagine what was
coming. Go ahead"
.Can't the two young ladies .urry
up and settle down with the men of
their choice? They both az their pref
erence. no doubt, and 1T wouldn't be
no 'ardshIp. You see. sir, as long as
they're running around free. Sandy
won't PIT EN- out of is mind. and
make fsself comfortable with one of
the squaws Els like bull seal, e Ia
and sometime I'm afeared he'll lose lis
cad and get 'isself shot. / don't want
nothin' to 'appen to Sandy
There was sober truth. here. Eric
promised to give the matter his aften-
ton. "But 1t probably can't be done
1T once. and In the meantime you'd
better keep your eye on Sand0mar,r
he warned. 4He's made too much
-rouble already. II he 30 much as
.ouches either OF the girls. he's going
% Join SWede very quickly
This warning echoed solemnly In
iarge's mind during a brief, grim
ceremony following the morning meal.
Native and allen gathered on the
,each, forming haif-circIe about d
IT'LL figure wrapped In sea-lion skin;
eric stood before them and graveIy
cad chapter from Mother Horizons
sihle.
After the brief service. Eric called
lis friends to Horizons barabara for
Not once did he hint that
lis weapon WAS empty--he managed
o give the impression that he had 80
ldified his position--but he urged the
Utmost caution In all dealings with
he Aleuts, and repeated part of his
ak with Garge.
There's not the slightest doubt that |
ven lawless men like Sandomar take
ass Interest In q woman with mate"
sric said. As Cargo put 1t. there are
ot enough wives to 90 round, and |
n eligible girl Ia constant source
t trouble. As far az | know, Nan In
ot engaged to any one, but Marie
nd Wilcox seem to have hit 1t or.
nd II she'll marry him, here on the
'land, 1t will be better for every one-~
The two lovers agreed to tie tha
not.
As the sun set In the dreary west
IN sea. the bridal procession started
,r the chapel Fireheart led, her dark
Ice transfgured. almost beautiful,
18th some half-heathen exaItation, the
aiming pride OF what she deemed her
wine ordination. Marie followed In
lip's clothes; In attendance came
an, wearing the blue dinner dress
oarded from the wreck, her dusky
Tin glowing, her pointed eyes allght.
ehind these trailed the remainder OF
le island populace: hunters. squaws
nd children. Eric and his friends,
andomar and his wolves. q strange
arade.
In the dusky chapel. beside the tar
shed gold candlestick and the single
lver ikon. Marie and Wilcox knelt
lreheart began to chant In some alien
ngue OF which neither she nor any
le here understood the least word.
oy guessed at once that she was re-
ting the Russian wedding ceremony,
passed down by word OF mouth
ON a bearded zeaIot OF viadlvostok,
here nearly two hundred
INJURIES before. But that 1t was magic
first water the priestess herself
,ver questioned.
Finally she Joined their hands,
aged for them with a zeal that
Irled Eric's heart into his throat,