The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-06

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xency, and ten extra gallons still IN
one Of the drums which LeNoir had
brought. Seventy gallons altogether.
4 would take him to some coast
town Tar south Of NovoneslU.
mother hop would put him IN
Seattle. Thirty hours after leaving
his hiding in the Lilluars, he would
step out on Mexican soil. safe from
eUtradition and with no tracks left
in the painless sky.
At noon, when the Klosohees be.
gan waking up, he went In and
reused LeNoir.
"You 60 back south with Siam
Klale," he directed, "and hook up
with those eight others. Your drst
move win be to get Miss volkov
away from that party, so she won't
be exposed to any danger. Then
choose your time and place, and fn'
ish this business of. Don't try to
ambush or outwit those two. When
you've got an advantage Of eighteen
to-one odds You ought to use It By
making . head-on attack. It may cost
eight or ten men, but we'll let the
Klosohees do the worrying about
that"
LeNoir nodded. He was not fool
ishly confident, he knew what ter.
rinc fight Ralston and his partner
would put up: but they were only
two men. against three dozen. The
others did not count. Nichols was .
raw tenderfoot. and those two guides
would not be worth anything IN .
showdown fight.
Don't run any risk yourself" the
Russian cautioned him-needlessly.
"You wont have to. Let the Kloso.
hees do It. Now. Just one other point.
Il anything at all goes wrong. I
mean il you don't kill those two at
your first smash. fire q runner to
me at once. l want to know about
It. I'll come down there and help you
out You'll do that, now?"
LeNoir 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-K1ale. trundling along the
water and giving orders. was tho
only repulsive one Of the lot. Half
head taller than any Of the others.
he had the massive build of . grizzly,
the close set eyes Of carcajou. and
an indomitable physical courage
which overawed even the mountain.
men that he ruled. He could be de-
pended upon to put some IRE into
the attack.
) The little dotilla pushed OF and
started east along the shore. When
they had disappeared around Z head,
land, Karakhan pulled the plane ont
of its shelter and set to work on ii
The overhauling job took him sir
} hours. but hs did It thoroughly.
looked up from cleaning his|
IN rifle. "You saw some caribou.
you say!' he asked OF Jocku. Who,
stood in front Of him with gun and
canoe paddle. @Where?"
Jocku pointed down lake e .
birch island. barely visible in the
.. twilight ION dat'n. FRANCOIS and!
me. bout ten mint ago. We saw 'emI
edge out to drink and den tromrl
back into de bush."
The trip seemed safe enough ID
Curt His party did need meat. -
.. Jocku said. A yearling caribou would
come in handy.
q. AL right 80 ahead. yos and
Francois" he consented. sBut don't
stay down there and let dark catch
!. You. Or these K1osohees might shoot
out canoes and cut you on
Il The two guides promised him ana
hurried away. Curt was glad 10 re-
them 50. Ever sincs his party had
broken camp . the Iskitimvah
mouth and come on north. they haA
lived IN . nervous funk. 4 bit OF
hunting would do them good.
Il When he had finished WITH lii
rifle. hs began loading extra mara
sine clips. to b ready Il something
? unexpected burst on him and PAM
before morning. From signs they
. had noticed that day he believed
that siam-Klals's main hand had -.
rived and was camping yer On IT,
northwest shore. LeNoir had nrea
ably got back too. Il 90. the staifia
was al ret for trouble, . whole 81.
! rel Of T. The camp was entirely safa
at present: - long % Sonya vas
with the party LeNoir would hold
) "a. for : hight would expose her q
danger. But - soon % he rot haP
away, LsNoif was going 70 touch
: "a tho avalanche.
fCoSyrigAt. less. Wapio~ D. se.,s..,
81 t
! VS. 1870 :; =, ~ r.. -