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of the dogs out into the brush with a
cruel swipe of his paw. Back they came,
‘bleeding, but never beaten until two of
them were done for. Itex alone was left.
Lie was Ryan's favorite hunter with all
fui lion as tho the light had only Just
commenced. On his back Ole Zeke re-
ceived him nnd holding him with teeth
and torepaws tore the life out of him
with slashing hind feet.
Ryan and his companions rushed into
the canyon, saw the blood smeared lion
disappear around A we and stood
aghast at what he left behind him.
Goodman, bloodstslned and ghastly.
slumped motionless on the ground star-
ing at the sanguine remains of the three
dogs. It,was difilcu to arouse him
First Aid ,For
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enough to learn the details or what he
had seenisince they watched him dis-
appear into the draw. .
"Why didn't you shoot him? Wasn’t
your loaded?" demanded Ryan.
thinking more of his dogs than of Good-
man. " . ,
"I couldn't shoot." admitted the latter.
hen
the dogs come and I was afraid I might
kill one of them and when i see they was
being killed anyway as too busy
dodging guts ‘and pieces of dog to do
anything." ' ‘
Ex-sergeant Holman leaned'upon the
muzzle of his purinlned rifle and spewed
forth quantities of touching army talk.
You
fiurrisdly brushed his eyes. ,Uncle
too dear to hear Goodman's recital. but
seeing much with his keen old eyes,
The.Inner Circle ll3gi3f‘n2si..F'99‘
be I t. '
In vain thru the night Bill Wilkins
had strained his eyes for the signal
h the steamer Haakon was
ship the gold.
unseen or: her captaln‘s heart had failed
h any case dependence was
longer to be placed on er. .
Vvhat other hope remained? None that
Bill Wilkins could see. The eastward
course, while it probably deluded the
pursuers and gave the sloop a little
Billy, '
gleam on its sails and the game would;
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longer lease on freedom. led to no safe-r
ty. Every 1 mile took the fugitives
nearer to a. Russian prisoh. Yet any
course but an eastern one was but to
throw thernseiveslinto the arms of the
pursuers or to pluhgglnevitably to the
bottom the moment e stronger waves
of the Baltic were encountered. ' To Bill
it seemed that they were rats in a. trap.
waiting till the captors came to take
them out. If he had beer-l‘alone. he
would long ago have surrendered. hop-
ing to win pardon by giving up- the
In
2.
But he soon found that it was useless
to talk of terms to his brother. A mere
hint in that direction aroused in the
plalnsman B cold tury before which the
weaker man shrank. - -
"I didn't mean nothing. Tom," he has’-
tened to declare. i
The Westerner's eyes flashed. “I
hope you didn‘t." he roared. "I hope there
ain't no cowards or quitters in our
family. l’ve‘stn.ked on this here play.
to see it t ru. If I
t away with this gold. nobody
Understand that. Bill Wilkins."
“i understand. Tom."
sides, I. ain‘t certain sure we're
done for yet. We've missed the llaakon.
but she ain't the only boat on the sea.
if we can find a. ship-any old shipw
before dawn. we've got a. chance."
w so”
"How so? Great Lord! Ain't you got
no receptions at all. Bill VVilkins? Ain't
we got money enough to buy anything
if we can once get a chance to show it?
You think any captain breathin‘ would
reluse a million dollars in gold to take
us aboard. .-in once aboard. who’
catch us? Russia can't search every
ship going out of the Baltic."
A spark of hope sprang up in Bill's
bosom-but only a par . "1 on't
know where all the ships are." he mut-
tered. "There'd ought to be plenty all
about. This here gulf is usually just
crawling with ships. But there sin‘t
none passing tonight-and the dawn's
breaking." >
Captain Wilson stood on the bridge
of the yacht. peering into the darkness.
All night he had kept watch. unwilling
long
committed to his care, When, with eight
bells in the morning watch, there came
a lightening of the sky, he turned to
the nrst ottloer.
awn's breaking, Jackson," he
think I'll turn in. We've
safe and that‘:
pected.“ -
, slrl
h. I don‘t know. I felt something
brooding, My mother was Scotch-and
had second sight. and i can generally
tell when somethings due to come off.
But I guess I missed it this time. There
comes the aim, and nothings doing."
“Sail Of" The forward lookout had
hallo .
“Where away?"
“Dead ahead, sir."
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, Not to Be Trusted.
TiIE editor in charge of the personal
inquiry column opened his sevcntieth
letter with a. groan,
“I have lost three husbands." a lady
reader had written, confidentially. "and
now have the offer of a fourth. Shall I
accept him?"
The editor
This was the
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.
dipped his pen in the ink.
last straw.
lost three husbands," he
wrote, "1 should say yo are much too
careless to be trusted with a fourth."
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his pacing to remark:
ats all how that lion will fight
twice his weight of dog flesh and yet
is afraid to attack a. man." ‘
’ “I'm tellin you right now." howled
Goodman into Uncle Billy's ear. glad of
a chance to howl out some of his misery.
"here's one man that he nin’t ever goin’
to get another chance to attack. l‘m
thru. my whole outfit, lock.
stock and barrel and get out of this
country and stay out till that devil
is dead." - -
Ole Zeke. hearing the shouting and
concluding that the hunt was renewed.
gave his wounds a iinal lick. rose stif-
stopped
"It be
fly a limped over the shoulder of
Storm mountain. He headed away from
Iiian's and toward the high : snow-
blanketed hills where he feared nothing
and could kill according to his strength,
ills farewell "Kat-a-ow" hespeaking a
deilance he no longer felt. was caught
by the echoes of the little canyon and
transmitted to the ears of the hunters
a scornful. derlsive laugh.
Page 6)
Captain “‘ilson lifted his glasses and
stared forward across the brightening
Aner a moment,‘ he turned to his
companion. "
"Can you make her out?" ,he asked.
in a curious tone.
"Only a nshing boat. I should Judge.
sir
“Yes. but behind her and abeam.
on’: you see "
"By t Lord‘ One, two, three, four
steamers. all heading for her. What's
it mean?" .
“it means-the something that was
due to happen. Send for Mr. Caruth at
once. Unless I miss my guess that boat
carries Wilkins and his gold!"
e sun came, Wilkins notched the
sloop‘s bowsprit into it. “There's the
sun." e remarked grimly.
Tom stood up, releasing the handle of
the (pump, and peered forward under his
an . '
ult .
Bill had been staring around the hori-
zon. "Yes,-her!" h cried "There she
comes-too late. Look yonder."
Tom looked. and counted just-as the-
yacht's oincer one. "One! Two!
Three! liar if they ain't
right ll right"-grimly.
I'm 9.
us!
"'lVe'll give ‘em a. run for their money."'
But Bill groaned, "Wot‘s the use." he
whined. ‘“it’ll only make things worse.
We ain't got a chance." lie rose, his
nerveiess hand dropped away from the
tiller, and the sloop yawed sharply to
D .
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"You cur!" Tom's voice rang out.
“You-cur! Grab that thing again qui::lt..
or by the gods, you won't live to go t
no Jail!" His revolver emphasized the
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Between the two terrors. Bill deferred
to the nearer. Once more his hand closed
on the tiller. and the sloop. recovering
headway swept onward.
."Straight for the steamer." Tom or-
are
pm laughed harshly. "K h-l at a. lot
of help she'll be to us!" he cried. “You
darned too], don't you see it's the Sea
Spurne?" ‘ .
“What?" Tom spun around. “So much
"And therevcomes 2. steamer." he ex-, 3
ed. ,
he cried. "Si-ie‘il save us .
we lose the gold. That‘s the
kind of soft-headed tool that V
Caruthvis." ' ., . I
The yacht was very near noweso near '
Torn Wilkins could distinctly hear the
the better!"
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the yacht. then thrust his pistols back‘ ,
into his belt. ‘ , V ,
“They won‘t shoot." he declared, ,
“VVe're too valuable to shoot at. And I V
guess you’re right. We can't whip a. -
whole fleet. but we'll spoil their game,
all the same." He aused and glanced
at the yacht. “Run across her hows,"
he ordered, “and neat down alongside." ' . F
tie margin was there, but the sloop
took what there was and swept'acro.<s
just ahead of the yacht‘s sharp prow.
As she scraped aft, screened for a mo-
ment from the sight of the Russians,
Wilkins caught his brother's arms. and
hoisted the slighter man upward towa i I
the yacht's'shrouds. “Grab hold! Quick '
he directed. ‘ g - , .
As Bill scrambled upward. the plains-
down by his weight, the overloaded boat .
careened; a green wave curled in over
her side; and quietly and soberly she 4
went down beneath his feet. . ..:
As he felt her D down. he turned to
the yacht. and raised his at. "Heave
us'a rope. Mr, Caruth." called.
can't swim!"
Caruih did not, hesitate. He had read
the plainsman‘s purpose and had given “.
orders accordingly. In less than a min- ‘
ute Tom Wilkins dripping, but unhurt,
stood on the deck beside his brother Bill,
while aft, in the Iwater churned into -.
foam hy the starting screws of the 3'a(‘hL , ,
while sailliluttered for a moment:
then was gone.
Caruih looked at the spot where ths ‘
h
he
sloop had disappeared: then at the .
plalnsman;,then at the hurrying Rus-
ians. t was a child's trick, Wil-
ins.“ he said severely. "The water
Look!"
Caruth looked again. The ya:-ht was
drawing rapidly away. and the Russians
were no effort to follow her.
Clustered around the spot where
sloop sank. they seemed to be throwing '
out buoys to mark the spot.
And the yacht swept westward.
a
. 1
Six months later. live of the chief par-
‘ ticipants in the contest of the Or):-
the .Caruths to mark ,
their return to New York utter a summer
in the country. and their departure from
the apartment in the Chimneysiacl:
Building for the splendid new house
Caruth had bought for his bride.
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Sea Spume and those connected with the"
quest for the Orkney's gold.
Caruth opened the subject. Said h
‘ letter from Colorado from
p:
0 the
Vfilkinses today.
He certainly ,
has more assurance than anybody I ovu-
knew." ,
"Oh. I don't know." It was Iirlquw
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