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FOR EIGHTY-EIGHT CENTS
the Dallas
News down at Dublin favors a wool
tariff. In support of a is conten -
tlon he suunits this:
Some of our sunshine patriots who
labor with their jawbones tell you
that you can buy a woolen sul’ in
England for >12 that costs $20 here,
and from this you infer that the
sheepman is getting the $8 differ-
ence.
You just bet the sheepman doesn t
get that 18 diference, not for a
minute. But the wool manufac-
turer, by securing* the support of
the sheep man, fixes the tariff so
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His friends will regret and
enemies welcome Mr. Bryans
nouncement that he will not
port the democratic gubernatorial
nominee in Nebraska. While ate
statement makes it perfectly plain
that there is no persona) dlsrguntla-
ment In his decision and that he will
support the other nominees from
Hitchcock down, it is to be de-
plored. that he could not have con
tinned bis support of his party’s
nominee for governor, especially
since will give nfs enemies a club
with which to hammer the beads of
his friends and admirers On the
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BACK TALK.
State Press in the Dallas News is
generally fair to the church. But In
his comments on a paragraph from
the Record and Chronicle speaking
of "Major Seldomcough” and "Col.
Tightwad" and their uselessness to
the community, State Press has this
to say: "But they shine at revival
meetings, where Major Seldomcough
gives four dollars to foreign missions
and cries for joy, and Col. Tigh wad
goes him a dollar better and makes
a speech.” State Press is evidently
not familiar with either revival
meet.ngs or foreign missions, or he
would know that Seldomcough
coughs more rarely there than any-
where -else in rhe world, and that
Tightwad puts an extra elastic band
rotund his wad as soon as he hears
foreign missions mentioned. If the
Parson were called to canvass the
town for any local object of real
value and usefulness, he would call
on the mqn whom he knew to ba
liberal in religious mat ers first. It
is the fashion to jeer at foreign
missions and to extol the generosltv
of the sport and the good fellow, but
the Parson's experience reaches him
that th? jaer and the commendation
are alike undeserved.—The Parson,
in Brownwood Bulletin.
Quanah Observer.
Gus Gober returned from Kansas
City Wednesday night, to which mar
ke.' he had been with twelve ca's
of the Three Stripe cattle. Recently
Mr. Gober bought from T. J. Rich-
ards Of Paducah some two thousani
head of the Three Stripe stuff, tak-
ing all he had, steers, cows, and
calves, the deal approximating $50,-
000. Mr. Gober says that in his opin-
ion fat cattle this season will be
lower, for the reason tnat the cord
cron in the states north of Oklahoma
and adjacent to Kainsag Cjty, Oma-
ha and St. Louis, never was better,
and ' he farmer# are buying feeder
stock as fas aR they can get» it.
and shipping it to their farms where
they will market their corn through
the cattle instead of selling it tn ■
elevator men. That explains why the
farmers in those districts are always
getting wealthy from their corn and
wheat crops. The corn they sell to
their cattle, the cattle they selt o.i
the markets where fancy prices rule,
and the wheat always is just that
much gold whenever they are ready
to sell, tl is this living at home as
these farmers do that roils up the big
other hand, Dahlman. who Mr. Bry-
an says is appealing to the liquor
element, regardless of party lines,
seems himself a bolter in that he
threatens to vqfo the early saloon
closing law, which his party plat-
form demanded, and the county op-
tion law, which, while refusing to
endorse it, the party likewise re-
fused to condemn. It seems to us
It wera better for Mr. Bryan—and
we speak as his sincere friend and
admirer—to have swallowed
dose of Dahlman and support
ticket from head to foot, leaving to
the future to sustain his (Bryan's)
that, while giving the wool grower position and making the fight inside
88c, he, the manufacturer, gets the ■ ln8tea<1 Of otft of the party
remaining $7.12. And that's the
crux to the whole situation. The
manufacturers know that they have-
n’t votes enough to secure protec-
tion alone, or they'd take it all.
But, realizing their minority, they
seek the support of the sheepman
and with his support take the $7.12
and give the sheepman the 88c,
laughing in their sleeves at his be-
ing so “easy."
The same correspondent refers to
the price of wool and cotton un-
der the Cleveland-Mills tariff. The
price of wool, he says, then was from
6 to 10c, while cotton was as low
as 3 ‘-2c to 6c. That seems unfor -
tunate argument, for it shows that
the sheep man is not even ga ting
the benefit of his 11c tariff, since
the price of wool is only from 5 to
9c higher now than it was then.
And as for cotton, why, the cotton
grower had no proteo ion then
He has none now. He never will
have any, simply from the fact that
the South has by nature the monop-
oly of the crop. But, only from 5
to 9c, while cotton, unprotected and
hopeless of ever ga ting protection,
has advanced from 7 to 10c a pound.
Ip this gentleman's argument if
it may be so termed, is shown the in-
sidiousness of the arguments now
being advanced to tear the South
away from its old position of a hign
tax on luxuries and a revenue tax
on necessities. By appealing to the
selfishness that is in all of us, tney
would make it appear wondrously
to our own advantage to get some
of the easy money tnat comes with a
protective tariff. They are willing to
give us th© "skimming ” in return
for our assistance in giving (hem
the cream. This correspondent, in
return foe ftie paltry 88c he gets on
every eight pounds of wool seems not
oply willing, but pleased, to see all
the vast majority of the remainder oi
us pay $7.12 into the coffer# of th«
., woolen trust.
Protection is either a good prin.ci •
pie or bad. The democratic party,
it seems to us, has tow long con-
demned its iniquity to take it up
now, just when there's a chance of
getting an honest and downward re-
vision that will make all trus -made
goods absolutely free and that will
yield the greatest good to the great
est number.
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WeeMy entered as second elaas mail
as, under act of Congress. March
J. CHENEY <st CO ,
Sold by druggists,
There is more Catarran In this
section of the country than all other
diseases put. together, and until the
last few years wa8 supposed to be
incurable. For a great mu-j years
doctors pronounced it a local dis-
ease and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly falling to cu-e
vlth local treatment pronounced ft
incurable. Science has proven ca-
larrh to be a constitutional disease
and therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure,
n mufactured by by F. J. Caeney *
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con
sututlonal cure on the market. It
is taken internally in doses from
drops to a teaspoonful. It acts
directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offjr
one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Sent for circulars
and testimonials.
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Toledo, Ohio
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Cake
stipation
A new shipment of
fresh Dolly Vardan choc-
olates and Bon Bons just
received at A 111 s o n’s
Pharmacy, West Side.
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The tournament, which iB o be a
feature of the trades day celebration
here October 7 and 8 will bring
back to many of tne older genera-
tion the times whet) tournament;
or jour s were frequent throughout
the South, a relic of the chlvelry of
an earlier day, when "knighthood
was in flower.” Many of the present
L; generation have never aven heard ot
a tournament, much less seen one
and to them the event will prove al-
most as iw eresting as the reminder
of younger days to the older visi-
tors.
Renews
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pletlng his mission, wherefore be did
his best to swallow bls Indignation.
Boyd hurried to a telegraph office
and despatched two messages to Chi-
cago. one addressed to bls own tailor,
the other to a number on Lake Shore
drive. Over the latter he pondered
long, tearing up severgl drafts which
did not suit him. finally giving one to
the operator with an odd mingling of
timidity and defiance. This done, he
hastened to one of the leading banks,
and two hours later returned to the
hotel, jubilant
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The Harvester, driven by Ed Geers and owned by August Uihlein of Mil-
waukee, recently trotted a mile in 2:02, and racing enthusiasts are wondering
If he will go under the two minute mark before the season is over. No one
but Geers has ever driven him In private or public, and be has never lost but
one race.
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In” the hope that it would die down
with the darkness the boatmen held
on their course, and night closed over
them still peddling silently.
It was nearly noon of the following
day when the watchman at the Uyak
cannery beheld a native canoe creep-
ing alowly up the bay and was aston
isbed to find it manned by three white
met; in the last stages of exhaustion
One of them, in fact, was unconscious
and had to be carried to the bouse
He did marvel, however, that another
of the travelers should begin to cry
weakly when told that the mall boat
bad sailed for Kadiak the previous
evening.
“Too bad you. didn't get tn last
night.” said the caretaker sympatheti-
cally. "She won’t be back now f<fr 11
month or more.”
“How long will she lie tn Kadiak?"
Big George asked.
“The captain told me be was going
to spend Christmas there. Let's se<*-
today Is the 22d. She'll pull out for Ju-
neau on the morning of the 2<Ith; that's
three days."
“We must catch her," cried Emer
son quickly “If you'll land us in Ka-
diak on time I'll pay you anything you
ask.”
“I'd like to, but 1 can't," the man re-
plied. “You see. I’m here all alon •
except for Johnson. He's the wiiteh
man for the other plant."
Emerson turned his eyes upon 1 he
haggard man who sprawled weakly lis
■ chair. And Fraser, noting the ap
pqal. answered gamely with a forced
smile on Ms lips, though they were
drawn and bloodless:
"Sure! I’ll be ready to leave In tin
morning, pal!”
Tlie old Russian village of Kadiak
lies on the opposite side of the island
from the canneries, a bleak, wind
gwept relic of the country's first occu
pation. and. although peopled largely
by natives and breeds, there is also
a considerable' white population, to
whom Christmas is a season of thanks-
giving and celebration, and it caused
much comment when late on Christ-
mas afternoon an Ice burdened canoe,
bearing three strange white men, land-
ed on the beach beside the dock—or
were they white men. after all? Their
faces were so blackened and split from
the frost they seemed to be raw bleed-
ing masks, and their bands were crack-
ed and stiff beneath tbeir mittens. They
were hollow eyed and gaunt, their
cheeks sunken away as if from a wast-
ing illness, and they could not walk,
but crept across the snow covered
shingle on bands and knees, then,
reaching the street, hobbled painfully,
while tbeir limbs gave way as if paral-
yzed. z
A week later Boyd and George were
watching the lights of Fort Townsend
Mink out in the gloom astern. A quick
change of boats at Juneau had raised
their spirits, enabling them to com-
plete the second stage of their journey
In less than the expected time.
“I suppose a feller has got to dress
pretty swell back there in Chicago.’’
George ventured. “Full dress suits of
clothes, eh?”
“Yes.”
“Did you ever wear one?"
"Certainly."
“Well. I’ll be”— The fisherman
checked himself and gazed at his com-
panion as if he saw him suddenly In
a new light. “Right along?” he ques-
tioned incredulously.
“Why, yes; pretty steadily."
“All day at a time?"
Boyd laughed. “I haven't worn one
In the daytime since 1 left college
They are used only at night”
“A feHer told me a funny thing
once.” went on George. "He said them
rich men back east had women come
around and dean their finger nails and
shine ’em up. is that right?"
“Quite right!"
"Well, I don't suppose—you ever had
’em—shine your finger nails, did yon?"
“Yes.”
The big man opened his month to
speak, then, evidently changing his
mind, observed. "Seems to me I'd bet-
ter stay here on the coast and wait
fur yon."
"No.
quickly,
that money.
filial Uyd> nllc
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ELL. lambkins, 1 am going to tell you a fairy story tonight." said
daddy as Jack and Evelyn climber! to their accustomed place* ou
his lap to bear their bedtime tale
"Oh. goody, goody.”’ they cried, and dsddy began
“Once upon a time in a pretty village in Germany there lived a fairy who
was very, very good and an old witch who was very, very tmd Now. it kept
the good fairy so busy watching the witch and undoing all the term she did
that she was all tired out and badly in need of a vacation "
“What would the witch do. daddy?" asked Jack
“Well, if the children of the village were to have a party she would put
an evil spell on the ice cream and poison it. but the good fairy would wave
her wand and charm all tho evil away, and the children could rat the cream
and not suffer, so, you see. a bad witch could do lots of barm, and it needed
a good fairy aronnd all the time. As I said, however, she needed a vacation
and thought she might go awny for one day at least Her plan was to slip off
when it was dark, so that the other would not know, but the witch found It
out. and she laughed and was soon up to her evil tricks.
’’She turned al) the milk in the village sour, got all the dogs barking so
that the people could not sleep a wink, frightened the horses and the cows and
made lots of trouble like that. Then as she was flying around on her broom-
stick she espied a lake, and she said:
“’Ah. this is where the boys swim i’ll fix them!’ And she ordered all
the frogs in the lake to dig a deep hole under the water so that the children
would be drowned.
“But just then the good fairy came flying back, for she felt sure some mis-
chief was on foot, and It wasn’t long before she found out just what was going
on. It made her very, very angry. She did not let the witch see her. but
called all the spiders together and told' them to spin a monstrous web all
around the lake and to make it very strong, for she wanted It to catcb tbo
wicked old woman when she came up from the water and started to fly home
The spiders spun and spun and made the biggest web anybody ever saw. and
when the witch came out of the deep hole she flew right Into the web and
was gobbled up by the spiders.
"Tlien the good fairy made the frogs fill up the dangerous hole, and after
that was done she went for a long vacation and had a grand time. She got
so fat from drinking milk, however, that her wings would not carry her any
more, but the villagers, who knew all she had done for them, built her a fine
home, aud she lived there happily ever afterward."
I haven't much money, but
great, and"—
"How far along did’ you
your negotiations about this
pro|>osition?" Boyd asked curiously.
"Just far enough so I’m all on edge
for It. I’ll make up a little pool
among the boys at the otiice and have
the money down hero before you leave
tonight."
"1 am sorry, but Mr Frobisher aud
I will have to talk it over first," said
Emerson grimly. "I think we will
keep that 'hydraulic proposition' in tin
family, so to speak."
“Then you won't let me in?"
“Not just at present.”
I should like to take a
chance with somebody who Is real].'
successful nt mining. When a felti.v
drones along on a salary month arte,
month it makes him envious to > -
you Klondikers hit town with satclic.~
full of coin. I’erbaps you will give in
a chance Inter on?”
“Perhaps." acceded Boyd, but wti •
the young mint had gone he strod*-
quickly over to Fraser.
•*Lo<>k here. Mr. ’Frobisher.’" tn*
said In a low tone, “what do yon
meat) by mixing me up In your pett)
larceny frauds?"
I’raser grinned
nioiutker. ain't it?
money,
bisher.' "
“1 spiked yonr miserable
schetue. and if you try anything
like that I’ll have to cut you out alto-
gether."
“Prtaw!” said the adventurer mild
ly. "L.d you say that hydraulic mine
was no good? Too bnd! That re-
porter agreed to take some stock right
a way.”
^>tow. see here, Fraser, i want yon
to leave me out of your machinations
absolutely. You’ve been very decent
to me In many ways, but If I hear of
anything more like thia I shnll hand
you over to the police."
"Don’t be a sucker all your life,” ad-
monished the rogue “You stick to me
•nd I’ll make you s lot of money I
like yon"- •
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indeed!” the other answered
"I will need you in raising
You know the practical
side of the fishing business, and I
don’t.”
Finally the steamer docked, and tbo
three men put up at a hotel.
“You better train me up to wearing
a dress suit before wo get east,”
George warned, “or I’ll make your
swell friends sore and spoil the deal
I could wear It on the cars and get
easy In it.”
"My dear fellow. It takes more than
n week to ‘get easy’ In a dress suit"
Boyd smiled, amused at his earnest-
ness. for the big fellow was merely
a boy out on a wonderful vacation.
“Wfll, If there Is a down east mani-
cure woman in Seattle show her to me,
anil I’ll practice on her,” he insisted.
“She can halter break me at least"
It was the labor of several hours tc
fit Big George's bulky frame, nnd when
the two returned to the hotel Emer
son found the representative of an aft
ernoon newspaper anxiously ^waiting
him at the desk.
“Mr. Athens sent me down to get a
story."
“Athens—Billy Athens!”
“Yes. He is the editor
you two were college mates. He want
ed to know If you are the Boyd Emer
son of the Michigan football team."
“Well, well,” Boyd mused. “Bfllv
Athens was a good tackle.”
"He thought you might have some
thing Interesting to tell about Alaska
Your partner has been telling me al'
about yon and your trip uud youi
great success."
“My partuer?"
“Yea. Mr. Frobisher volunteered ar
interview in your name."
’’Frobisher!" liafd Emerson.
“Sure. That’s him over yonder." Th<
rej>ortor Indicated “Fingerless" Fraser,
who. haring watched the Interview
from a distance, now solemnly closed
one eye and stuck bis tongue Into hi*
cheek.
“Oh. ygs. yes — Frobisher!" Boyd
stammered. “Certainly!”
“He la a character. Isn’t he? He told
me how yon reacued that girl when
•be broke through the ice at Kalrik."
"He dldY’
“Quite a romance, isn't It? It's a good
newspaper mory, und I'll play it up He
in going to let me in ookth
proposition of yours too
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“No, no, no!
There was no use of trying to secure
additional clothing from the supply in shoulders,
the sled, so they abandoned their out-
fit and allowed themselves to be driven
ahead of the atorm trusting to the
native’s sense of direction aud keeping
close together. The dogs were already
well drifted over and refused to atlr.
Once they bad gone a stone’s throw-
able t<>
mil;.
“But it's only fifty miles across.”
“Fifty miles of that kind of water
in an open canoe may be just as bad
as 500-unless you're lucky.
The rotund man shrugged bis fat
"She's gut to call at I yak
bay going eaat”
Emerson looked up quickly,
is Uyak bay?”
“Over on Kadiak island.”
“When Is the boat due at. Uyak.
Emerson asked.
“Most any time inside of a week
“How far is that from here?”
“It ain't so far—only about fifty
Then, catching the light that
an hour before the laggard dawn came
he died.
The day was well spent when they
struggled into Katmai and plodded up
to a half rotted log store. A globnla:
to observe: "But you can t
It’s across the stralta—Shel
ikof straits.”
"What of that!
CHAPTER V.
LL three knew the desperate
chance they were taking, nnd
they spoke little ns they
made tbeir way out into the
Their craft was strange to
and the positions they
to occupy soon
bluff
abruptly. Without waiting to invest!
gate whether the slope terminated it still gruffly,
a drift or a precipace, they flung them
selves over.
THKY CUttni) NOT WALK, BUT CttllT
cramped muscles. The bidarka is a
frail, narrow framework over which is
stretched walrus akin, and It is so
were
brought on
"We can hire a small boat of some
son, can't we. and get the natives to
put us across?
of boats here.”
"Nothing but skin boats, kyaks aud
bidarkas. you know Anyhow, you
couldn't cross al this time of year—
It’s too stormy. These straits is the
worst piece of water on
No; you'll have to wait "
Emerson stared hopelessly
fire.
The disheartened man started at this
juncture as if a sudden thought Im-
pelled him and followed Balt out into
the cold. He turned down the bank to
the creek, however, and made a care-
ful examination of all the canoes that
went with the village. Fifteen min-
utes later he had searched out the dis-
gruntled fisherman and cried elcilc<i-
iy;
"I've got it!
yet!”
“How?” growled the big man sourly
“There's a large open skin boat, an
oomlak. down on the beach We’ll hire
when all at once they came to anothei a crew of Indians to put us across to
where the ground fell away Uyak.”
“Can’t be done,” said Big George,
"It's the wrong season.
You know the Shelikof straits is a bad
Down they floundered place even for steamships at this time
the two half sensible men tangled to of year. They’re like that pass up
gether as if In a race for total oblivion yonder, only worse."
only to plunge through a thicket o)
willow tops that whipped and stun)
them. On they went, now vastly heart
ened, over another ridge, down an as 500—unless you’re lucky. And I
other declivity, and then into a grov* ain't noticed anything so darned lucky
of spruce timber, where the air sud about us.”
denly stilled, nnd only the treetops tolf “It's our" only
of the rushing wind above.
It was well nigh an hour before Ball
“What!”
enlng.
"No; she won't call here till next straits,
month, and then If it’s storming she'll them,
go on to the westward nnd land on her
way back.’
"How long will that be?"
“Maybe seven or eight weeks.”
In his weakened condition the young
man groped for the counter to support
S<> the storm's delay at the
piss had undone him!
Fate, In the guise of winter, had un-
furled those floating snow banners
from the mountain peaks to thwart
him once more!
Out of consideration for bls compau-
ions Emerkon did not acquaint them
with the evil tidings until the next
morning; moreover, he was swallowed
up in black despair and had no heart
left in him for any further exertion
He had allowed the Russian to show
him to a bed. upon which he flung him
self, half dressed, while the others fol
lowed suit.
Emerson fell into a deep aQ«»e)». am!
it was late In the day when be awoke,
every muscle aching, every Joint stif.
every step attended with pain. 11
found his companions up nnd already
breakfasted. Big George none the worse
for his ordenl, while Fraser, bandaged
and smarting, was bis old shrewd self '
“Have you heard about the mall .
«♦*
George blankly.
“1 mean that that storm delayed
just long enough to ruin us.”
“Why—er—let's wait till the
trip." offered the fisherman.
Emerson shook his head,
not be back here for eight weeks
We're done for.”
Balt was like a big boy in distress
Ills face wrinkled as If be were about
to burst into loud lamentations. -Then
a thought seized him
“Where in blazes is this steamer?"
be cried.
“Out to the westward somewhere.”
“Well, she's s mall bout, ain't abo?
Then why don’t aba atop here coming
MW*7—AM*sf ma"— ----- jj® them to fgdouble lhair axartloaa
next
I
“She may I
in and administered to their most cr>
Ing needs.
As soon as Emerson was
talk be inquired concerning the
boat.
“She called here three days
bound west.” said the trader.
“That’s all right She’ll be back 1 1
about a week, eh?"
"She won't stop coming back.”
Emerson felt himself sick
about us.”
“It’s
game?"
“Come on,” cried Big George; “let's
and Emerson succeeded in starting » find Betellin!”
fire, for it was desperate work gropint
for dry branches, and they themselves nlal.
were on the verge of collapse beforr “In summer, yes, but now—you can't
blaze finally showed the do it It has been tried too often. The
two more unfortunate ones huddled to straits is always rough, and the
gether. weather is too cold to sit all day in
Cherry had given Emerson a flask an oomlak; you'd freeze.”
of liquor before starting, and this be
now divided between Fraser and the “No, no, no! If it comes on to storm
guide, having wisely refused It tc you'll go to sea The tides are strong;
them until shelter was secured. Then you can't see your course and”—
he melted snow in Bait's tin cup and “We'D use a compass. Now, you get
poured pints of hot water Into the pah me enough men to handle that oomlak;
until the adventurer began to rally, that’s a gn< <| fellow. 1'11 attend to the
but the Aleut was too far gone, and rest"
"Bui they won't go,” declared the
little fat man. “They know what It
means Why”—
“Call them In
And accordingly the storekeeper went
quarter breed Russian trader took ther.-, in search of the village chief, shaking
his head and muttering at the mad-
ness of these people.
But It all proved useless. The na-
tives would not risk It Desperate, the
throe men fitted up a boat themselves
and resolved to make the attempt
"Have you heard about
boat?" asked Emerson
"No” / .
miaaed her.”
-2yhat. .d'/?“ “e"n?” dpman<1.,■<, ,V” fMhloned that The"7rew"aita/’<»e be-
1 bind the other, in circular openings
with legs straight out lu front.
| Gradually. Imperceptibly, the inoun-
I tain shores behind them shrank down
upon the gray horizon It seemed that
for once the weather waa going to be
kind to them, and their spirits rose in
consequence. Tlwy ate frequently,
food being the great fuel of the north,
and midday found them well out upon
the heaving bosom of the atralta with
the Kadiak shores plainly visible
Then, as if tired of toying with them,
the wind rose Had it aprung from
the north it would have waited them
on their wgy, but It drew In from the
Pacific, straight Into their teeth, fore
from the sled there was no turning '
back, and, although the wind was be- :
hind them, progress was difficult, for ' miles.”
they came upon chasms which they i flamed into the miner’s eyes,' Fetelliu
had to avoid; they crossed slippery 1 hastened
slopes where the storm had bared the | get there,
hard crust and which their feet re-
fused to grip, in such places they
had to creep ou hands and knees, call- boat and”—
Ing to one another for guidance. They i "I ain't got any sailboat 1 lost my
were numbed, blinded, choked by the sloop last year hunting sea otter.”
rage of the blizzard; (heir faces grew
stiff and their lungs froze. At times
they fell and were skidded along
ahead of the blasts. Tills forced them
to crawl back again, for they dared
not lose tbeir course.
Much has been written concerning
the red man's physical powers of en-
durance. but as a rule no Indian is
the equal of his white brother, due as
much perhaps to lack of mental force
as to generations of insufficient cloth-
ing and inanition, so it was not sur-
prising that as the long afternoon
dragged to a close the Aleut guide be-
gan to weaken.
Darkness found them staggering on,
supporting him wherever possible. At
length he became unable to guide them
farther, and Balt, who had once made
the trip, took his place, while the oth-
ers dragged the poor creature along nt
the cost of tbeir precious strength.
They had long since lost all track of
time and place, trusting blindly to a
downward course. The hurrica
still harried them with unabated fury
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