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

~ ivy Shiobs -iney HOlu W
tight. She young. and she white CIR
ike you. And she no say this to an,
man before"
When Eric and Roy were out o
hearing. each got the first real gIimps'
OF the others soul. They respectes
each other deeply. they could worl
together toward certain ends, ret the,
were as remote as pine and palm
Eric had inherited the idealism OF tn.
North. The basis of his strength
was character. But Roy's guiding
light was logic. He was ruled ant
guided by his brain. never his heart
His superior intellect ran cold NJ an
electric dynamo. He could be kindly
brave where bravery was something
more than a tradition. but he took life
as he found 1t, made the best Of II,
and VI gazed beyond
Which of these two types have CON
fributed most to civilization-the In
tellectual or the emotional. the realist
or the dreamer7 Which Is most I'm
portant In the ultimate destiny OF
mankind7 Which would triumph In
this island adventure re-enactment,
on a small scale. Of mans long war
with savagery and the raw powers Of
nafure7 Only time could tell.
Ericsson. this girl Is our one hope
Roy said IF you'll play your part.
we a be free In two NOM She's
fallen In love with you at fir sight
whatever that means-and as priesteas,
she controls the island. III the young
men of the tribe would go with M,
we could reach civilization. You know
that. as well as l. They could feel
their way In a dozen covered kayaks.
q good many would be lost. but some
would be sure to find the strait
Throw their lives away to a our
own skins7 That's what 1t amounts
to-
What of It? An inbred, hopeless
handful OF savages. Eric. we must
look after ourselves first-and our
women-that's the first law of life
But I'd have to play square with
Ffreheart- She's no common suuaw-
to these people she's a semI-sacred be-
Ing. whose virginity Is closely guarded
and the only way / could induce her
to raise the taboo would be to marry
her In her W church. and take her
with me to the outside world
"Oh. you'd have to pretend ii wns
the real thing. But for you the cere-
mony would be an empty form when
we reached the first settled island.
we could buy her d LOT OF new dresses.
q photograph II she wanted 1t, and
her happy. And really.
she's not a bad looking gill. Shed
make your stay here very pleasant
Eric's blue eye had d cold shine.
You can drop that, Stuart / wouldn't
break trust with Fireheart even IL
we don't leave here for the rest OF
natural lives. II / married her
here In her church. I'd stand BY Ii. but
I'm not going to cross my blood with
Aleuts to save you or anyone else
A cynical CLEAN came into Rows |
cold eyes. IT'S plain that Horton
and will have to take matters into
our " hands We can't rely on you.
too ID gallant And | warn
yon that II methods may be d lot
tougher on your Aleut friends than q
little romance with a squaw.-
They returned to the barbara TO
mo their comrades rolled In blan-
kefs, asleep. SandomaI's game were
Gaming about the island, f~rnternfzIng
with the natives, saving their strength
trials certain to come. Erie and
Roy flung themselves down ON the fur
robes and rested, too
II was mid-afternoon before they
had all wakened, rubbed their eyes.
definitely crossed the border be-
.Ween nfe-like dreams and fantastic
-eality- Nan now demanded that she
snoW the worst. I'm grown IN. and
Bile to stand It, Are we going to
pend a week at this charming winter
.esort7"
Roy hesitated. but Mother Horton
hrust her lean elbows into his ribs
Tell herl" the clear old voice urged
II she'd use her head, she'd figure
t out for herself"
"A week from now. o,r m 1mon Ash
ne should be well unGsr way.s Eric
aid gravely- 'Tn three months she
viii be gone. and the fur
cal herd heading south. A little more
ad luck. ca~relessneas, or overconn-
Ience, and wen be gone. too. moi res
ued. but dead The most va can
ope for this winter II Just to live
D hang on. Then, IL We can keen mn
ur strength and our numbers. to Dlan
ONE way to freedom"
The girl looked ut him straight
AND Il We survive at all, we may be
ere three yearsf IL that it,"
4 should guess that ven either
vin-or definitely lose-within one
I,
She gazed = long time into the hlgs-
10 fire. i suppose we'd nh be lucky /
} have gone down with the ship
You might suppose So don't
ric's tone was deep and rough. Il
God I'm here, still able to fight. /,
10 going to make the best Of II and. !,
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