Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-05-31

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ened glimpse of it. The dis.
covery that the defendants had
malmute dog was, of course, start.
ling, and a fact of great import.
ance. Maitland, when asked wher,
it came from, claimed to hav,
found it astray, not long after hi
partner shot the caribou on LAX,
Lebarge.
"In the meantime, the Siwash'
body was found in the breaking ic,
Of Lake Lebarge, establishing tn
fact of murder.
"To establish our case agains
.Fhe accused men, it remained t.
be proved hat they actually usee
the dog to trace its camp or origin
and that that camp was the hide
out of an unknown white prospec.
tor with a gold secret. AS wa
proved"
Garnet, after a brief address tt
the jury as to the circumstantia
nature of the evidence, called tn
first, and so far as was known, tn
only witness for the defense.
Pete was Enthusiastically a very
attractive girl; to this crowd o.
hard-living men she was something
more rare and gracious than tn
words convey, Or than may be i'm.
agined by any but men who have
lived in frontier mining camps.
"Had you ever seen the defend.
ants before they arrived in Skag.
way?" Garnet asked.
"No, sir"
"What was Owens relation tt
you?"
II suppose you would call him
my foster father. I was raised a,
his ranch"
did he ever speak to you Of
your real father?"'
"Only once. He spoke then a.
if Dalton were my father. Or any.
way some near kin of mine"
-~-
"What did you do after Owen:
died?"
II went over the pass to fine
Dalton and warn him. l sold a
gold mounted gun and some thing.
I had for grub, and rode down the
lakes looking for him. l didn't
find anyone waiting, and didn''
have much to go on, not ever
knowing what Dalton looked like
When the cold came, | met a raft
ing outfit who camped to cut tim
Der a little way up the Teslin, and
they gave me a job cooking for
them through the winter"
"Why did you leave them?"
Garnet prompted.
cit was only a week or two be-
fore the breakup. I hadn't heard
anything of Dalton, and was
wondering what to do.
"That night I woke up hearin' a
voice close to my bunk, on the
other side of the tent wall. The
voice was shouting to me above
the noise of the storm, but it
sounded dim. The words were
something like, If you're Pete, get
out of the North, and get quick!
You're in danger. I'm in a tough
fix can't take you down river.
For Gods sake, keep clear Of
- The wind shrieked and the
voice died away. l wasn't sure Of
what it said at the last.
"Soon after that, one of Fal-
Ions men happened by the camp
and saw me. l knowed Fallen was
lookin' for me, and felt that this
was what the warning meant.
saddled the mare and started for
the coast.
ut was a heavy, cold. trail. The
going was easier on the level snow
of Lake Lebarge, but Chiquita and
I were both dead tired by then.
and there's more than a day I'm
not clear about. All the time ]
had a feeling of being followed
or Swallowed by someone or some
thing.
"Then-I kind of lost count.
think I was in a river canyon when
the storm broke. There were wild
voices in it like wolves. 1 must
have pulled the mare out of it and
into the open when the storm
struck. Then next time l know
II was in Mr.. Maitland's cabin. The
dog led him to where I'd fallen in
the snow"
ibid you tell Maitland why you
were making for Skagway in tina:
weather?"