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a wide recess. -
boiling!
CHICAGO LEDGER
in fact his tlgure, blended with the
patches upon the rocks, would hardly
have been discernible but for the sun.
the trees.
ticed as peculiar, when they had passed
the outer fringe of trees. was the exist-
ence of a well-deiined trail.
It did not run down to the shore where
they had landed, but apparently at the
point of the island, facing the opening
oi’ the Unit‘. They stopped and looked
at it ‘ V
“rm vuu supposeold Jacques made all Not
’ L e '
rushed toward them, screaming. his lace
convuised with fury.
a Word of the old man's ravings
that" asked 3 “'35 intelligible ll? either. but one thing
"Too Wide'."' was self-evident: Jacques Wanted to
"And too hard. Mr. Askew. This has keep them out of the cave, d was
‘broil stamped out this mmer And threatening violence unless they turned
Y.
Hilary cast his eyes about to ascer-
tain the cause of the old mau‘s rury.
He saw, near the cave's mouth, a large
of granite, and a heavy hammer
lying bcsido .
"Let's see what he's got there." he
said. ' "
Jacques,
rushed at liilary, his arms outstretched.
his fists whirling. lie was quite beside
Pllv;-T. asked Inlary.
uneiiorly else has been on the island
all summer, or at least most or the sum-
mer. b 0 or three or them. It
looks like it '
"if any one had been here hunting:
Jiiiarr hclzan. ' -
"’i'lwro ain't any hunting here, except
hares and rows, and nobody wants their
senile lace, the
s ins in srlnlmer. And anywa un- himself; his contorted,
rlei;zinwth's been too thick till the last mumbling, toothless mouth resembled
frost " some. hideous mask. 'lar) stepped
1!‘ anyone to see 'em
‘ quickly aside out of his path. and, as
Jacques plunged ‘forward, caught him
about the body. holding down ills arms.
Old Jacques was wiry, but his muscles.
hardened tho they were by a Te spent
open, were atrophied with age.
There was strength in those slender,
irDn>like cords that ridged the lean
flesh, but not staying strength. or ta
few moments llilary Could hardly hold
him, but then the old man, exhausted.
ceased to struggle. lie sank to the
ground tnru Hilary's arms and began to
moan like a wounded animal. When illi-
HXGY had reached a little spot be-side
the trail where the trees, opening. dis-
clo u View of the Widening Gull, with .
the iinrih‘ shore winding into um hnzy
tlisizlnl-v-. in the middle of the channel
lit‘tum-n this must and the island, com-
this ('l2I.
Late lurlkod at It and growled: this was
one oi’ his grievances.
“l unless we don't want to star? here."
he 33‘ .
Thr)’ followed the trail thru the for-
t‘St, Hilary surveyed the timber With
a gootl deal of interest. Thorn was a
quantity of spruce and pine, but scat-
tered among fir and clusters of paper-
hnrk birch, which had svrung up many
yesrsihefore after a fire which had
via
1-1
er
muttering, among the rocks, his arms
over his head.
"He's saying something about his
son," said Late. whose quick ears had
caught the word.
Hilary listened, but he could make
nothing the disconnected exclama-
ckis. uttered in the most unintelligible
eatou an irregular course thru the
island. It was evident that no special ‘
advantages were to be obtained by cut- ”::5;a:fe” mm ‘hem “M “'9'” ‘“",“"d
tinil ll-‘re until he mainland tract was '
exha-isle. re concurred in this be "M" "9" l‘’'‘'' Sh"““ 7""
opmmn, into the interior. It reiealed a cavern-
ous depth whose recesses were lost in
it was growing dark lament: the trees. Ewan’ a ‘high arch‘
or many tires on the granite slabs that
paved it almost as regularly as those of
a city sidewalk. Somebody had camped
here for a. long time-possibly Jacques.
tho he must have burned a whole cord
of wood. to judge from the charred rem-
nants that were scattered everywhere.
"Look!" shouted Late. pointing.
A little deeper in the cave. and visible
only becausa they were immediately il-
luminatcd by the setting sun, wero three
beds a pine branches, the ton layer still
green. Bundled up near them were
blankets.
The ground was covered with trag-
mcnts or some sort of ore. and a trail
of chips and dust led out of the mouth
of the cave into another recess among
the rocks. Among the brambles, under
a roughly constructed root’. was a small
i hand machine. consisting in the main or
two steel rollers. White with crushed
tho the sun still hung over the western
birth and juniper now:
yielded to spongy. open ground littered
indivalt-d <the beginnings of the central
ridge Presently they were ascending
oi-or the granite. l’)0V‘4'l(lPt‘vSi'l"t‘-lvll luck or
tlieisinnd. Over the trees the sun ap-
Deared again. the windows of
the Dnrlsh church of St. Boniface.
The trail had disappeared. They were
scramliling up a ey between
Bred: rocks that towered on either s‘
top 0 elevation
Gus Hssures, some widening into small
They had described ls. halt-circle. and
were near the southeastern nnltle of the
isle. n a thin fringe or DlI1('S between
them and the water.
Suddenly Late gripped Hilary's arm
and pointed. Thru the scrub they could
roe .
“Looks like a hand flour-mill," said
Late. ht be
gold. Alluvial’:
washed in
has to be not vi
A pick next caught their eyes. Some-
Rilfrlure in the clicr, a deep
clelt that opened toward the page into
tainly no gold in the Laurentian granite.
Suxiclenly Late uttered an-exclamation
and. stooping down. picked up a matted
iibrous. wool-like in
Jacques saw them (at the same time
and stood motionless. The impression
o convc ed was that of endeavoring to
conceal his presence by immobility: and l““‘‘"“
I
He pulled out yet another bandtul, an
' - ‘ -V and memes wool. yet or a
‘ stony consistency-spun stone. ii.’ such
0 S a thing were possible.
. . "Rock liux!" he exclaimed. "I seen it
6 Ti if l . . BI . A -
.. F - - xiii?‘1.32‘1?..‘;”ri.Z’$ii?E'Lii.-5wifi.
By V lilies 913 it!" 0
-T-l “Asbestos!" cried Hilary. -
' f M g d T], ( A “A regular asbestos quarry!" said
H" T"‘l" . ‘h" . ‘ """" C.“ Late. "There's thousands or dollars‘
Use “hthout Discomfort or worm in he“. Look at H... -
Lou of hue. ‘ , ‘ 7 ‘
lLAi'‘.Y could see now that the
we have a method tor the control or Asth-
mal and we want you to coarse libero ran thru the side of the
cliff lnvevcry direc . y were so
blended With the mottled stone that he
had not even noticed them.
i."‘That accounts [or everythinig." he
sa d.
“Yns,‘nlr, Askew. I guess Erousseau
wasn't paying all those hands at Ste.
Marie and pretending work is
limits Just to Jump our timber rights.
:.:‘..'.‘“;::'..':;:;i;'::;. 2‘ .if”.f.?.??'... nu: x man know win: 1 new were
my. all wheezing. and all those lrrllbio [>nr- vissn’t no gold round here."
Olylluu. "So that's why he wants to get me
‘Tut. Iron oger Ls too imr‘biol;>tlnixt tn. nz-izlclr; 3 am of mo ways. .
1 ng r d . 'i-its now an en 1': Inc me o , . ,
H 0,," ”'F“d no men,” s,,,,.,,, ,,,, ,,,u,,M "Fhata ‘ the vlhols same, air. He
elnw. o I! Today-you cum do no my knew youd hit upon this mine sooner
or later, the he'd iert the island on the
map or tholxcigniory. Lord. what a tool
I was not to have known!" s
than that, Late.
. , FREE TRIAL COIJPKJH
FRONTIER ASTHMA co.. llnnm
Nllllrn una Hudson st... Iluflnln. N. Y.
Stud free trill or your method to: ,
light '
be thinking or the island.
mine l)9l0llKN‘l0 ilouny. ‘No
wants the. aeignoryf
“It's as good as it Dl2l)’." said Lafc.
"It gives us the trump card." said
Hilary. “It means that he'll lose his
hold over him, and-well, Late I feel
too happy ' more about it ' ,
8
"And now
guess we'd best he starting (or the
cat."
5-M
It had grown suddenly twilight: the
sun had gone down behind the mr)lin<
talns. They turned to retrace their
steps. Suddcnly Late grasped Hilary
and dragged him aside. An instant later
something crashed to the earth at is
It was the head of the Dick.
Hilary stared about him in bewilder-
ment, he hcllrd a crushing. as of Rome
animal, among the bushes. lie discerned
old Jacques Brousseau, '
like a great h.-ire.
in a moment, and the rustling suddenly
ceased.
e swore.
sir," he
up and
An
"lie tried to murder you,
exclaimed. "Must l'iaVe stole
got that pick under our noses
saw nothing till he was right
behind you." .
the old man arrested." Slllll
‘Til have
Hilary “I guess his brain's turned by
the solitude."
"Solitude nothing," answered Late
scornfuily. "That was plain murder in
his heart, hir. Askew. lie’: watchma
here for son. That's what's the
matter with in “
hey retraccd their steps along the
trail. It was ii nervous experience. with
the thought that old. Jacques might be
lurking in the bushes nearby. How.
ever, by the time they reached the little
open space thcy sntlsiied themselves that
e was not following them.
““'e've passed‘ our landing-place,"
said Hilary.
Looking out across the gray water:
he perceived, close at hand, nd a
parently beached on the shore, the white
sail of a sloop. it seemed to be ihe
vessel which they had seen earlier that
afternoon, tacking toward the south
shore, ,
The memlookcd at each other, and the
same Ullspnlitrl question was in the eycs
of each. Then Late grabbed Hilary by
the shoulders:
ere!" hi! said.
"TVs ain't going
ing anyway." he plead
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