‘THE OMINECA HERALD, ween as 18, 1928

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Men Marooned 7

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halt through sheet exeess of ‘emotion.

Cant we contiine the good ‘friends
we are, Mr, Exile? We aeed friendship
—understanding up here on this lonley
coast. Cant we—Like two. good: comrad |-
es—hold ta what wg have?” . '

Dazed. helpless in the face of her
obsession—her evident conviction’ that
her brother had been the cause of, bis
ultimtse break ‘with Ethel Foleoner
Gurthie walked on in silence.

“Cant we hold to our friendship?”
she repeated, facing him, and slipping
off her mitten, extended her hand.

He took it, At the raw pain in his
vresJonn Quarriers lips opened in an
involentary catch of the breath. Her

eyes Joun Quarricr’s lips opencil | in’ a
startled by what she say. :

“You know yait always will havo
my friendship,” he said thickly. ° I'm
comming down the cnast in February
—to see my—friend, Mas i?”

“Your friend will he very glad to see

f
dyou.” . .
“At- the door of ‘the mission: she met
his reluctant good-bye with a smile so

_ personol—so like a caress ‘that the

hand he.gave her. shook like 2 leat in
the wind.. a

“My freind” he “repented under his
breath ‘as he followed. Shot. back to.

Btiene and the waiting dog team.
cDHOA £tI—pusly ATX,

Hour: by: hour.over the ‘coast ‘ice the
light sled reeled off. the miles.’ so good
was the going, so:keen the five’ great
huskies for the trail, ‘that the-men left
their. robes. only to stretch their legs.
The forty miles to the, Big Willow riv-~
er slid past by early afternoon, and the
hungry men turned. into. the. river
mouth to ‘build a fire from drift wood
arid to boil their kettle. oo

Twenty: miles directly across the
strait, the gray- ‘Akimisld ‘hills parted
to-form Seal Cove. .
| *[E' give a good deal to know how
they,took the news over ‘there of ‘the

loss of the Northern fur, Btienne,"vaid
Guthrie, busy with his plate of beans

and bacon, “Hello! There’s a team
coming In orer the fee, Wonder who

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For a time Etienne. studied the black
bat}.
when the kettle and the fry-pan had

‘seemingly: at | the memory of the ship

‘steal it!”

it now?

‘| They must not all be dend. I'm going. ”

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object through: the binoculars,

been stowed away and the sled cover
relashed, two rifles in their skin cases
rode by the sides of the passengers. . _
A mile from the noon camp at the
river the’ sled, evidently headed for the

‘*\ hunter from the Kapiskau. We
weel now hear hoy dey swear on’ de
schooner dis Christmas.”

- The dog tenm slowed to a: walk ‘and
shortly were within speaking. distance.
“Iequay !” enlled Savanna. “We're,
you go?”

Leaving | ‘his panting dogs. who stra-
ightway lay down on the. ice, the stran-
ge hurried to the sled ‘from Elkwan. As
he approached, it was evident to the
two men that the Cree was laboring
under strong excitement.
heavily loaded and his hard breathing
indicated that: he had‘ run munch cross-
ing the strait. Staggering up he gasp-
ed: “De. boat ovair ' dere—All gone!
MeDonald Ha! Ha! dead—all ‘dead.”

“What?" cried Garth, “the schoouer”
erew dead?”

“¥You.come from dere—you see dem?
demanded ‘the astute Etienne,
ewy hand shot out, grijplng the Cree’s
shotller, shook him violently. ,
“You see dem? How many,” repeat-.
‘ed ‘the half- breed, ‘searching. the Indian
face In an altemnt to probe the truth
out of him, — .
“I see one dead man. No answer
when I yell,” insisted the ‘other, and

of the dead, his small eyes filled with
dretad.

“What happened? Was this man
shot?” demanded Garth,
glances with Savanna.

“He die of sickness.. I look an’ run,

|1t was ver’ bad down dere.cen dat boat 7

snid the Indian With-a shudder -
“Were the, dogs there?”
*T gee no dog!” :
“Were you ‘from?" gnarled Savanna |
thrusting a face fierce with suspicion,
into the Cree’s.
“From de Kapiskeu.
boat to trade some fur.”
“You get dat flour from de boat—
hazzard Etienne, guessing
fit the bulky on the Indian’s sled.
The Cree noddell. “They not “need,

2 .

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“The swart face of the head man ‘at
Elkwan hardened into creased leather
as he turned to Garth and whispered,
“T don’ lak dis ting.’ He sees one man
Mobbe de. oders ambush | Ts, What we
do. ” mo,
Hepp going aver to find ont. It's my
duty. Roucher- will, wait for. days

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