. - mj-VmVtrrs-w ssr?rttrrs!WhwTfir?.-..'1" ii u DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD 1 : ' fc.c.iU- I V $- ,'' -. - ! ft' V ! A c K -5 4 "7 - 11 "P' ... J- CHAPTER XI Continued. 12 "He's some fox," snld Lund. "Miss PepRy, l"u bnttcr superintend tho Uieatrlcnls. It's got to bo done right Itnlney, not to Interrupt you, what do you know nbout enteric fever?' "Nothing." "Well, It's tin Bnmo ns typhoid. There'll be n surgeon nbonrd thnt gun fcoat. You got to bluff him. Sny little an look wise ns un' owl. Don't let film mix In' with yoro patient." "My patient r "Tnmnda I Kt-'s got enteric fever. If there's time he'll give you nil the dope." "Hut I don't see how that" 'Ton will see when you see Tnmada," litind grinned. "How about them logs? Can you fix 'em?" "I think so." "Then hop to It. I'm goln' to wise up the men and arrange n reception com mittee. Don't forglt yoro nnme's Carl. cn, an' mine's Slmms." Rnlney wrote - rapidly In his log, erasing, ellmlnntlng pnges without trace, Imltntlng the sklppor's phrasing. 'Fortunately Slmms hnd made scant lentrles at first and, Inter on, ns the drug held him, none nt nil. Cnrlsen lind kept no record thnt he could find. The girl had gone forward to aid with Tamnda's plan which Lund hnd (evidently accepted. Before he had quite finished he heard the tramp of men on deck nnd the blnst of a steam whistle. He ended his task and went up to see the gun fooar, gray and menacing, Its brasses glistening, men on her decks at their tasks, obllvlou3 of the schponer, nnd officers on her bridge wntchlng the progress of n launch toward the floe. It mndo landing smnrtly, and n 'lieutenant, diminutive but highly "effective In appearance, led six men toward the Knrluk. He wore a sword and revolver; the men carried carbines. Their- disciplined rank and smartness, the waiting launch, the gunboat In the nfllng, were ominous with the sugges tion of power, the will to administer flt. The officer In command carried his chln at an arrogant tilt. Lund hnd rigged a gangwny nnd stood nt the 'hend of It, saluting the lieutenant as the latter snapplly nnswered the greet ing. Rnlncy found the girl and put a hurried question. "What about Tnmada? Whore Is he? "What's tho plan?" She turned to him with eyes thnt danced with excitement. "He's In tho galley, Doctor Cnrlsen. Tint ho Isn't Tnmndn nny more. He's Jim Cuffeo, nigger cook, sick with entorIc fever, not to be disturbed." Ttnlncy stared. It was a clever de--vlce, If Tamnda could enrry It out. and lie bear his own part In the mnsquer--nde. The willingness of Tnmada to Tlsk the disguise was assurance of his fidelity. "Lund should have told me." he said. "I've got to change his nnme on the pnncrs. It won'f take a minute though : he doesn't appear In tho log." The Japanese officer waited no time on deck. For precaution, Ralney mndo Ills nltcrntlnn In the skipper's cabin, leaving tho log thero on the built-in dek. "This Is Lieutenant Ito. Doctor Cnrlsen," said Lund. "You want to see our papers. Lieutenant?" "My orders are to examine tho schooner," said Ito, In English even more perfect thnn Tnninda's. Ills face was officially severo, though his f-lnnt eyes shifted constantly toward the girl. Evidently sho wns an un expected fenturo of the visit. "I'll get tho papers first," said Lund. "Doctor, you an' Peggy entertufn the lieutennnt." Ralney sot out some whisky, which the .Tnpaneso refused, some clgnrs that ho passed over with n motion of his hand. He sat down stiffly and ran through the papors. , "We're pelagic, you know," said T.und. "Wo ain't trespassln' on pur pose. Didn't even know you owned the Island." "It Is on our charts," said Ito crisp ly, as If thnt settled tho right of do minion. "How did you como here nt nil V" - "Wo was brought," said Lund, "dot froze in north o' Wrangell. Gale set lis west as wo come out o' the strait. W'o'ie bound for Corwln. Itotliln' Forceful Evidence. A lawyer was once, at short notice, called upon to defend a horsf- thief. Ho did not know that tho thief had pleaded guilty and made un Impas sioned speech In tho man's defense. Ho belloved ho had made nn Impres sion and tho man would be acquitted. But tho Judgo's summing up disil lusioned him. "Gentlemen," said tho judgo, "you have heard his counsel. Only, remember tlilr the prisoner was thero when the horso was stolen and tho learned counsel was not," contraband. All rcg'lnr. Six hunters, two damaged In tho gnle, though the doc's fixed 'era up. Twelve seamen, one boy, an n nigger cook who's pois oned himself with his own cookln'. Doc's brlngln' him round, too, though he don't deserve It. Want to make yoro Inspection? We're In no hurry to git away until the Ico molts. Take yoro time." Tho little, dnpper officer with his keen, high-cheeked face, and his shoe brush hair, got up and bowed, with a side glnnco nt Peggy Slmms. "It Is not usual for young Indies to bo so far north." His endeavor at galluntry wns obvious. "I niu with my father," said tho girl, looking nt Ralney, enjoying tho. situ ation. ; "Where I go she goes," said I. und. And looked In turn at her with relish In his double suggestion. He, too, wns playing tho game, gambling, be lieving In his luck, reckless, now he had set tho board. They passed through the corridor. Lund opened up the strong room, nnd then tho galley. It wns orderly, and there was a moaning figure In Tn ninda's bunk, a tossing figure with a head bound In n red bandanna above tho black face and neck thnt showed above the blankets. The eyes were closed. Tho black hands, showing lighter pnlms, plucked nt tho cover ings. "Delirious," said Lund. "Serves him right, no's a rotten cook." "Have you all tho medicines you need?" nsked Ito. "I can send our surgeon." "I can manage," returned Rnlney. alias Carlson. "It's entprlc. I've re duced the fever.'' " They passed on through the hunters' quarters. The girl fell behind with Rulney. "A good makeup and a good actor," she Whispered. "I helped him to be sure he covered everything that would sliow. It wns my Idea about the ban danna. Just what a sick negro might wenr, nnd It hid his straight hnlr." The lieutennnt nppeared fairly sat isfied, but requested that Lund go on board his ship. Ho stayed there until sundown, returning in hllnrlous mood. "We've slipped It over on 'cm this time," he snld. "I left 'em aswlm .with sake, an' bubblln' over with polite re grets. But they'll be bnck In threo weeks, they said, If the Ice Is open. An', If the luck holds, we'll bo out of It. 1 don't want them searchln' the ship ng'In'." no slapped Tnmada on tho back as ho came to serve supper after Sandy had laid the table. "A reg'lnr vodevillc skit," he ex claimed. "You're somo actor, Tn mnda I But why didn't you say the Island wns down on their charts? They'vo even got n name for It. lliynma." "It means hot mountnln," sold Tnmada. "The government nnmea many Islands." "You cun bet yore life they do," said Lund. "They're smart, but they overlooked that beach an' they've giv en us three weeks to cash In." Lund himself 'had Imbibed enough of the sake to mako him loose of tongue, added to his elation at the success he had achieved. Tho gun boat was gone on Its pntrol, and he had a free hand. He half fllhul a glass with whisky. "Hero's to luck," ho cried. And spilled a part of the liquor on the floor before ho set the glass to his lips. "Here's to you, Doc," ho added. "An to Peggy 1" ne rolled eyes that wero a trifle bloodshot at tho girl. "Our relations hnvo gone bnck as usual, Mr. Lund," sho said quietly. Lund glnred at her half truculently. "I'm agreeable," ho" said. "As a daughter, I disown you from now on, Miss Peggy. Here's to ye, Jest the same I" CHAPTER XII. My Mate. From tho day following tho arrival and departure of tho Japanese gun boat, they attacked tho little U-shnpod bench thnt lay between two buttresses of the volcano and sloped sharply down to the ben. Twenty-one men, a Ind und n woman, they went nt the despoiling of it with a sort of obses- WAS HANDICAPPED FOR LIFE Circumstances Over Which Ho Had No Control Certainly Had Mado Life Hard for Boy. Tho youngster was sitting on n pllo of bricks nt the edgo of a vacant lot. At tho other end of tho lot was a group of boyi ploying as only a lot of healthy boys can. "What's tho matter, sonny?" a pass erby asked tho lad who was sitting slon, led, lather than driven) by Lund, who worked nmotig the rest of them like n Hercules. The men's fancy estimate of a, mil lion dollars began speedily to seem smnll ns tho Work progressed, system atically stripping tho rocky floor of all Its shingle, foot by foot, nnd cubic yard by cubic yard, cradling It In crudo rockers, flumlng It, vaporizing the amalgam of gold nnd mercury, and adding pound nftcr pound of vlrglu gold to tho sacks In. the schoon er's strong room. They worked nt first in alternating shifts of four hours, by day mid night, under the sun, tho moon, tho, stars nnd tho flaming aurora. Tho crust was drifted hero ami thero where it hnd frozen Into conglomerate, nnd explod ed by dynnmlte, carefully placed so as not to dlslodgo the masses of Ice that overhung tho Bchooncr. Fires to thaw out the ground wero unnvnllnble for sheer lack of fuel ; there was no driftwood between these forcstless shores. Whnt fuel could bo spared was conserved for use under tho boil ers that melted Ico to provide water for the cradles and flumes, nnd help to cook tho meals that Tamada pre pared out-of-doors for the workers. Buckets of coffee, stews, nnd thick soups of pens and lentils, masses of beans with plenty of fnt pork, these were whnt they craved after hours of tremendous endeavor. Desplto tho cold, they sweated profusely at their tasks stripping off over-garments as they picked and shoveled or crow barred out tho rich gravel. Through nil of It" Lund was supremo ns working superintendent. Thero wns no job that ho could not, did not, handle better than any two of them, and though Ralney could see a shrinkage, or u compression, of his bulk, ns day by dtry he called upon It for heroic service, ho never seemed to tire. "Got to keep 'em nt It," he would say In .the cabin. "No time to lose, an tho odds all against us, In n way. Barring Luck. Thnt's what wo got to count on, but we don't wnnt them thlnkln' thnt. If the weather don't break an break Jest right as soon ns we've cleaned up, we're stung. Though I'll blast a way out of this shore Ice, If It comes to tho worst. I saved out some dynamite on purpose." With Lund handling all of the men as a unit, It was not long before the shovels began to scrape on tile bare rock that underlny the gravel at tido edge, nnd work swiftly back to tho end of tho U. Tho outdoors "Delirious," said Lund. "Serves Him Right. He's a Rotten Cook." kitchen had been established on top of the promontory between tho schooner and the bench, a prlmltlvo arrange ment of big pots slung from tripods over fires kindled on n flat area that was partly sheltered from tho sea and tho prevailing winds by outcrops of weathered Inva. At dawn the men trooped from the schooner to bo fed and warmed, and then they flung themselves nt their task. The more they got out tho moro there wns In It for them. But Lund was their overlord, their better, und they knew It Only Doming worked with one hand tho handle of the force bellows, or fed tho fires, and sneered. On tho fifteenth day, with tho work better than half done, with more thnn a ton of actunl gold In colors, that ranged from flour dust to nuggets, In the strong-room, the weather began to change. It-misted contlnunlly, and Lund, rejoicing, prophesied tho break ing up of the cold snap. By tho eighteenth day a regular Chinook was blowing, melting the sharper outlines of tho Icy crags nnd pinnacles, and providing streams of moisture thnt, In the. nights now grad ually growing longer, glazed every yard of rock with peril. - nil alone. "Why don't you play with tho rest of tho bovs?" "Thoy don't want mo to ploy with cm," ho replied bitterly. "Aro you sure of that?" ho was asked. Ho nodded his head despairingly. "What's tho trouble that tho other boys don't want to play with you?" tho stranger persisted. "They found out tumpthln bout Tho men worked In a muck with their rubber sen-boots worn out-by constant chafing, sweaters torn, tho blades of their shovels reduced by tho work demanded of them, the drills, shortened by steady sharpening, gono llko tho spare flesh of the laborers, who, nt last, began to show Blgns of quicker nnd quicker exhaustion with occasional muttcrliigs of discontent, while Lund, Intent upon denning olt the rock ns a dentist cleans a crumbling tooth, coaxed and cursed, blamed and praised and bullied, and did tho actual work of three of them. Dead with fatigue, filled with food, drowsy from tho liberal grog allow ance at tho end of tho day, tho men slept In n torpor every night and showed less Inclination to respond, though tho end of their labors was al most In sight. "Whnt's tho use, wo got enough," wiiSj tho 'comment beginning to bo heard moro nnd moro frequently. "Lund, he's got more'n ho can spend In a lifetime 1" Rnlney could not trace these mut tcrliigs to Demlng's Instlgntlon. but ho suspected tho hunter. Thero wns no poker; nil hands wero too tired for play. As for Peggy Slmms, alio did not loso the polish of her culture, she wns al ways feminine, oven dainty nt times, despite her work, thnt could not help but be conrso to n certain extent. Sho wns full of vigor, sho showed unex pected strength, sho was n source of encouragement to tho men us sho waited on them. And also a sourco of undisguised admiration, all of which she shed us a duck sheds water. Ralney gnlned nn Increasing respect In her prowess, and a swift conversion to the equality of the sexes. Thero were times when ho doubted his own equality. Had sho met him on his own ground, In his own realm of What he considered vaguely ns culture, he would hnve known n mastery' that he now Incked. As It. wns, sho averaged higher, ami she had an attraction of sex that was compelling. Hero wns a girl who Would demand certain standards In the man with Whom she would mate, not merely Uc company through life. There wero times when Rnlncy felt Irresistibly the charm of her as n woman, longed for her In tho powerful sex reactions thnt Inevltnbly follow hard labor. Tlu-ro were times when ho felt thnt she d!d not consider that he measured up to her gunges, nnd he would strive to chnngo the ntmospherc, to dominate the situation In which Lund was tho greater fltfuro of tho two men. Lund wns centered on one achieve ment, tho gold harvest. Ho ordered tho girl with the rest ; there wove even times when he reprimanded her, while Ralney burned with tho resentment she apparently did not share. A little neforo dawn on the eight eenth dny of tho work up tho bench, Lund was out upon tho floe ex amining tho condition of tho Ice. Ho hnd declared Hint two days moro of hard endeavor would complete their labors. What dirt remained nt tho end of thnt time they would transship. Rnlney had Joined the girl nnd Tnmadn at tho cook fires. The sky was bright with the aurora borealls that would pule beforo tho sun. The men were not yet out of their bunks. They wero bono and muscle tired, nnd Rnlney doubted whether Lund, gaunt nnd lean himself, could get two days of top work out of them. Nenr tho fires for tho cook, lug, the melting of water and the forge, that wero kept glowing nil night, the tools wero stacked to help preserve their temper. Tho aurora quivered In varying In. candescence ns Ralney watched Lund prodding at tho floo Ico with a steel bar. The girl was busy with the coffee, and Tumntln wns compounding two pots of stew and bubbling pens pudding for tho breakfast, food for heat and muscle making. Sandy appeared on deck nnd enme swiftly over tho sldo of the vessel nnd up tho worn trail to the fires. He showed excitement, Rnlney fancied, sure of It ii3 tho lad got within speak ing distance. "Where is Mr. Lund?" ho panted. Ralney pointed to Lund, now ex amining a crack that hnd opened up In the floo, n possible lino of exit for tho Knrluk, later on. The men wore beginning to show on tho schooner. They, too, ho noted somewhiit Idly, noted differently this morning. Usually they wero sluggish until they had eaten, sleepy and Indifferent until tho coffee stimulated them, and Lund took up this stimulus nnd fanned It to u flnino of work. This morning they walked differently, abnormally active. "They're drunk, an' thoy'ro goln on strike," said Snndy. "You 'know tho big demijohn In the Inzerctto?" Rnlney nodded. It wns n two hnndled affair holding Hvo gnllons, n reserve supply of strong rum from which Lund dispensed tho grog nllow iinccs nnd stimulations for extra work townrd the end of the shift, the night cups nnd occasional rewards. (TO UK CONTINUED.)) -tM ' That'?-'Human Nature. .Tud Tunklns says nobody does any thing so well Hint somebody doesn't think ho could do It better If ho was to tune the trouble to try. me," tho Ind nnswered, trying htird to keep- bnck tlio tears. "Was It something hnd?" "They think so. But hut I can't help it!" tho boy defended hlmaolf. "Como on, tell mc nil nbout It," li wo8 urged. "Mnybo I can help you.1 "Naw, you can't help mo nono." ' "Well, tell mo about II, unyway.l Tlio boy hesitated for a moment, bit decided to confldo. "Well, mister, theso fellows say. I'm a sissy 'cnuso I'm," and ho gulped hard, 'Tin twins with a girl!" MARKET REVIEW Compilod by the Nebraska Stato Bureau. GRAIN REACHES HIGH POINT Lambs Decline 75c to $1. Hogs Ad vance 75c; Beef Steers Gain 2540c; Cows and Heifers, 4050cJ Veals, 75$1. LIVESTOCK. Cattle: Receipts of cattle nt Om nha Insi week wero Included several loads of well-finished beeves but 'Jie bulk of tho supply consisted of steers In varying degrees of finish. Trices advanced tho first of tho week, but part of the gains were lost later. For tho week, beef steers gained 25SH0c: cows nnd heifers, BOe; veals, 7rc to $1, nnd stackers 'nnd feeders, 25(0)500. On Tuesday, beef steers reached $8,50, top for tho week and for tho year to date. On Thursday, beeves, carrying wight old up to ?8.15 and a few choice year lings renched $5), tho bulk of the beef steer supply moving nt $7!?8. Beef cnvn reached $0.50, tho huik selling nt (500. Light stockers nnd good steers on tho nenr-beef order wero In demand up to $7.50005. Stocker cows, ?i.25 4.75 and stock calves, ?07.50. Hoos: Receipts of hogs nt seven market wore lighter thnn tlio previous week or the corresponding week n year ago. At Omnha the supply was llherat and trading ncllve nt ndvnnclng prices. Fort the week, gains of approxlmntely 75c were mndo on all classes. Light weights sold Thursdny up to $10,00 and medium weight butchers nt $10.75 10.85. Heavier weights moved nt $10.00010.75. The hulk of good hogs ranged from 10 00(Q10.SO. Sheep: The trend of sheep was lower and trade showed unewncss. Tor the week, lambs wero 75c to $1 lower. Kwes nnd feeding Inmbs were down 25c. The hulk of fed lnmhg sold Thursday nl. $1-1 .50 14 .75. Ewe top, $8.G0. ORAIN. The vlslhlo supply wns 41.278 000 bushels, a decrease of 814,000 bushels for tho week. The market wns firm with whent selling nt new high points. Reports of heavy snow storm bene-' fitting crops In Knnsas and Oklnhomn was a factor in n slight wenkness on March 1st. For tho week, Chlengo May wheat advanced 2c ; Kansas City, Sc. Corn: The vlslbllp supply of corn was 40.807.000 bushels, nn Increase of n.07!l,0Q0 bushels for the week. Cash market, wns strong nnd prices nd vaneed. For tho weok, Chicago May corn wns up 2iic. Farmers In Cen tral Iowa wero receiving 48V-lQ14c. POTATOES. Cnrlot movement wns lighter. Prices In consuming centers advanced slightly tho middle of tho week. In somo producing-sections they wero up 5 tolOe. MInnesotn Round Whites, $1.0031.70, t. o, b. Shipping points Western Ne braska, Irrenated District: Markot wenk. Carlots 1. o. b. sacked No. 1 Whlto vnrlctles, $i.iq1.15. POULTRY. Receipts of eggs wero heavy and prices declined 2c to He on easterm mnrkets. Callfofnln whlto extra firsts' wero offered In N, Y. City nt 41c. Locnl' prices to farmers, 20c n dozen. Poultry movement continued henvy, for tho season nnd markets remnlned firm. Local prices to farmers, Springs, 20c;'ncns, (light) 18c, (heavy) 20c; Stags, 17c; Old roosters, 12c, DAIRY. Eastern butter inarketa wero firm with prices showing advances nverag-1 Ing about 2c over n week ago. Tho demand tho latter part of tho week was active. Butter scoring 02 sold In Chicago Thursday nt 87'. Local prices for country butter, 33c. 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