The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-12-20
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gsncy. and ten extra gallons still In
one OF the drums which LeNoir had
brought. Seventy gallons altogether.
it would take him to some coast
town far south Of Noyonesky.
mother hop would put him In
Seattle. Thirty hours after leaving
his hiding in the LilIuars. he would
step out on Mexican soil. safe from
extradition and with no tracks left
in the painless sky.
At noon. when the Klosohees be-
gan waking up. he went In aud
reused LeNoiY.
you 50 back south with Siam
Klale.n he directed. "and hook up
with those eight others. Your FIRST
move win be to get Miss volkov
away from that party. 50 she won't
be exposed 10 any danger. Then
choose your time and place. and IN
ish this business or. Don't try to
ambush or outwit those two. When
you've got an advantage Of eighteen.
to-one odds you ought to use II by
making q head-on attack. It may cost
eight or ten men. but we'll let the
KlosOhees do the worrying abont
that"
LeNoir nodded. He was not fool
ishly confident. he knew what a ter
rife fight Ralston and his partner
would put up; but they were only
two men. against three dozen. The
others did not count. Nichols was a
raw tenderfoot, and those two guides
would NOT be worth anything in a
showdown fight.
Don't run any risk yourself" the
Russian cautioned him-needlessly.
"You won't have to. Let the Kloso.
hees do it. Now. Just one other point.
II anything at all goes wrong. !
mean II you don't kill those two at
your first smash. fire a runner to
me at once. want to know about
It I'll come down there and help yon
out. You'll do that. now?'s
LeNoif thought it odd that his
chief. who always before had kept
strictly away from danger, should
want to get into this fight personal.
~. But he promised to send the word.
They walked outside to the Kloso-
hee camp where the men were get
ting ready to shove away. A silent
tight-lipped band. they were going
about their little war with no cere-
mony or fol-de-rol. Even Kara
khan. who was heartily tired, of
them. they were an admirable body
of men.
Siam-Klale. trundling along the
water and giving orders, was the
only fepulsive one Of the lot. Half
q head taller than any OF the others.
he had the massive build of a grizzly.
the close set eyes OF q carcajou. and
an indomitable physical courage
which oSerawed even the mountain
men that he ruled. He could be de-
pended upon to put scIne IRE into
the attack.
The little hotilla pushed on and
started east along the shore. When
they had disappeared around a head.
land. Karakhan pulled the plane out
of It's shelter and set to work on It.
The overhauling Job took him six
hours. but he did II thoroughly.
HURT looked up from cleaning his
~ rife, "You saw some caribou.
ron sayfv he asked OF Jocku. who
stood IN front or him with gun and
canoe paddle. "Where?"
Jocku pointed down lake at .
birch island. barely visible in the
twilight. "on dat'n. Francois and
me. bout ten mint ago. We saw 'em
edge out to drink and den tromp
back into Do bush.s
The trip seemed safe enough 10
Curt. His party did need meat. as
Jocku said. A yearllng caribou would
come in handy.
*All right 60 ahead. you ana
Francois.s he consented. .But don't
stay down there and let DARK catch
Jon. or these KiosoAees might shoot
out canoes and cut you Of.
The two guides promised him and
hurried away. Curt was glad 70 Gee
them 50. Ever since his party had
broken camp at the Iskitimwah
mouth and come on north. they bad
lived In nervous funk. A BIT Of
hunting would do them good.
When he had finished with his
riiie. he began loading extra maya.
zine clips. 60 be ready II something
unexpected burst on him and Paul
before morning. From signs they
had noticed that day he believed
that Slam.Klaie's main band had ar.
rived and was camping ever on the
northwest shore. LeNolr had prob.
ably got back too. n 90. the stage
was al set Tor trouble. = whole bar.
rel Of It The camp was entirely safe
1t present: a. long a scnya was
with the party LeNOir would hold
on. for . light would expose her to
danger. But e. soon - he GOT her
away. LeNcir was going 20 touch
on the avalanche.
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