The Honors
Eiy JMr
PROLOGUE.
Up in the "Big Snows," near
the dome of the earth, lies the
scene of this story of real men
and real women, who have all of
the virtues of their hardening en
vironment and few of the failings
pf their more civilized relatives.
This is a tale for reading when
one is tired of the artificialities
of civilization or at any other
time when a good story is appre
ciated. You will find in it ro
mance and adventure and mystery
mixed in such skillful manner and
in such proportion that no ingre
dient interfereswith another. Yet
all go to make fine reading for
women who like to hear of brave
deeds and sacrifice for love's
sake and for men with even a
drop of the spirit of adventure
in their veins. And one thing
morethe author has livedamong
the people whose lives he de
scribes, and he knows how to tell
a story.
. CHAPTER IV.
Ths Fight at Dawn.
IT waa a new team. It bad come
from the trails to the east and
Jan's heart gave a sudden jump
as he thought of the missionary
who was expected with the overdue
maiL At first he bad a mind to Inter
cept the figure laboring across the
open, but without apparent reason be
changed his course and approached the
ledge.
As he came nearer be observed a sec
ond figure, which rose from behind
Ha Shot Out a Powerful Fiat and Sant
tha Boy Rtsling to the Ground.
the dogs and advanced to meet him.
A dozen paces ahead of the team It
stopped and waited.
"Our dogs are so near exhaustion
that we're afraid to take them any
nearer." said a voice. . "They'd die like
puppies under those packs!"
The voice thrilled Jan. lie advanced
with his buck to the fire, so that be
could see the stranger.
"You come from Churchill?" he
asked.
His words were hardly a question.
They were more of an excuse for him
IV Ulan uiuint uuu , ui ucu a in' ic,
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in that for an instant the clowlnir tiro
flashed In his eyes.
"Yes; we started from the Etawney
just a week ago today."
Jan bad come very near. The strun
f'l !rT:l I L!DJ!
IUU LUIU, UCIV7 U1UI. U4IU I U
like a white cameo almost within I
reach of blm. With a startled cry be j
drew a step back, and Jan's violin
dropped to tbe snow. j
For no longer than a breath there
was silence. Tbe man wormed him- i
self back Into tbe shadows inch by
inch, followed by the white face of the
boy. Then there came shrilly from I
Jan's Hps the mad shrieking of a name, i
and his knife flashed as be leaped at 1
tho other's breast i
Tbe Bt ran per was quicker tbun be ,
With a sudden movement be cleared
himself of the blow, and as Jan's arm ,
went past blm. tbe point of tbe knife
ripping his coat sleeve, be shot out a '
powerful fist and sent the boy reeling
to tbe ground.
Stunned and bleeding, Jan dragged
himself to his knees, lie saw the dogs
turning, heard a low voice urging them
to tbe trail and saw the sledge disap
pear Into the forest He staggered
from bis knees to his feet and stood
swaying In his weakness. Then be
4t, -i
iuiioeu. , new on(j poignant terror.
lie forgot that he was leaving his j Would the dogs beat him out? Slough
knife tn the snow, forgot that back . lnir ,n hl, trn hWd,nI. nt vorv t(Mlt
there about tbe Gre tbere were other
dogs and other men. Qe followed,
sickened by tbe blow, but gaining
strength as be pursued. Ahead of hlin
he could hear the sound, of the tobog
sof the-
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Merrill Co.
gan and the cautious lashing of a whip
over the backs of the tired huskies.
The sounds Oiled him with fierce,
strength. He wiped away the warm
trickle of blood that ran over his cheek
and began to run. slowly at first,
swinging In the easy wolf lope of the
forest runner, with his elbows close to
bis sides.
At that puce be could have followed
for hours, losing when the pack took a
spurt, gaining when they lagged, an in
sistent Nemesis just behind when the
weighted dogs lay down in their traces.
When be beard the cracking of the
whip growing fainter be dropped bis
arms straight to his sides and raD
more swiftly, nls brain reeling with the
madness of his desire to reach the
sledge, to drag from it the man who
had struck him. to choke life from the
face tha; haunted that mental picture
of bis. grinning at him and gloating al
ways from the shadow world. Just be
yond the pale, sweet loveliness of the
woman who lived in it
He did not feel the soft un packed
snow under the beat of his feet He
received the insb ot low hanging nusb
e without experiencing the sensation
of their sting. Only he knew that be
wanted air more and more air -nmi
to get it be ran with open month,
struggling and gnsplng for It and vet
not knowing that Jean de tJravnw
would have failed mm h foot for tbe
! manner tn wnicb ne sought it
lie beard more and more faintly
the run of the sledge Then ne tit-nrd
It no longer. Ills heart swelled in a
final bursting effort and lie plunged
on until at last bis legs crumpi-d
under blm and he pitched face down
ward in the snow, like a thing stung
by sudden death.
It was then, wltb bis scratched and
bleeding face, lying in tbe su-iw. that
reason began to return to him. After
a little while he dragged bfmw.t weak
ly to bis knees, still panting from tbe
mad effort be bad made to overtake
the sledge. From a great distance he
heard faintly tbe noise of shouting, the
whispering echo of half a hundred
voices, and be knew that the sound
came from the revelers at the post
It was proof to him that there bad
been no Interruption to tbe carnival
and that tbe scene at tbe edge of tbe
forest bad been witnessed by none, tie
turned again on the trail.
Where the forest broke into an open,
lighted by the stars, be found blood
in the footprints of the leading dog.
Halfway across the open he saw where
the leader bad swung ont from the
i . . . . . . , . - . .
i trail and the others of the pack
' ... r
bad
; crowded about blm. to be nrged oo
i by the lashings of tbe man's whip.
Other signs of tbe pack's growing ex
haustion followed close.
The man now traveled beside the
-ledge where the trail was rough and
rode wbere It was smooth and bard.
Tbe deep Imprints of bis heeled boots
tn tbe soft snow showed that be ran
for only a short distance at a time
a hundred yards or less and that aft
er each running spell be brought tbe
pack to a walk. Fie was heavy and
! lacked endurance, and this discovery
brought a low cry of exultation to
i Jan's Hps.
ne fell Into a dog trot Mile after
mile dropped behind him. Other miles
were ahead of him. an endless wilder
1 ness of miles, and through them the
pack persisted, keeping always beyond
sound and vision.
I The stars began fading out of tbe
I skies. Jan followed more and more
' slowly. There was hard breathing ef-
fort now in bis running-effort that
I caused him physical pain and discom
fort Ills feet stumbled occasionally
in tbe snow. Ills legs from thlgb to
knee began to ache wltb tbe gnawing
torment that centers tn the marrow
bone, and with this beginning ot the
"runner's cramp" he was filled with a
would they still drag their burden be
yond the rench of bis vengeance? The
fear fastened Itself upon him. urging
him to greater effort and be called
ttpon the nt of bis strength In a spurt
Big Snows
Aifttar If 66Tte
that carried hi in to where the Hilc
spruce gave place to tbln bush and the
bush to the barren and rocky side ot n
huge ridge, up which the trail climbed
strong and well defined. For a few
paces he followed It. then sllpned and
rolled back us the fatal paralysis dead
etied nil power of movement In nts
limbs. He lay where he fell, moan'ng
out his grlnf with wide staring eyes
turned straight ud Into the cold cray
of the starless sky
For a loua time he wns motionless.
Then he Ih-u'iid slowly to crawl up the
trail Shiiim nf the dull paralytic aohe
was gone troin ins limbs, and as he
worked hi hiiiiiil Ih'iiii to warm 'hem
into new strength until hp stood np
nnd sniilHit hum an nnlnini In the w'nd
that was comma over the ridge from
the south.
There wns something In that wind
that 1 1) rilled him It stung his nostrils
to h uuicu -eiiKlnu of the nearness
of something that was human, tie
smelted smoke In it there wns the
pungent odor of green hnlsatn mixed
with a faint perfume of pitch pine.
ami because the odor of pitch prew
stronger as he ascended he knew that
it was a small tire that was making
tbe smoke, with none of the fierce, dry
woods to burn up the smell, it was
a fire hidden among the rocks, a tiny
fire, over which the fleeing missfotier
was cooking his breakfast.
Jan almost moaned aloud In bis glad
uess, and the old mad strength return
ed to bis body. Near tbe summit of
tbe ridge he picked up a club. It was
a short, thick club with tbe heavy end
knotted and twisted.
Cautiously he lifted his face over tbe
rocks and looked out upou a plateau
still deep in snow swept bare by the
winter's winds nnd covered with rocks
and bushes His tace was so white
that at a little distance it might have
been taken for a snow bare. It went
whiter when a few yards away be saw
the tire, the man nnd the dogs.
The man was close to the little blaze.
his broad shoulders bunched over,
steadying a small pot over the flame.
Beyond him were the dogs huddled
about the sledge. Inanimate as death
Jan drew Himself over the rocks
Once he had seen a big footed lyux
creep upou a wide awake fox. and. like
that lynx, tie crept upon the mun Oe
side the lire One ot the tired dogs
moved nnd his pointed nostrils qmv
i-red in i he air .Ian lay flat iu the
snow I'hen the dog's muzzle dropped
tietween tils paws, and I he hoy moved
ou
Inch nv inch tie advanced The ir.cn
's mtilttplleO themselves into h foot,
the foul lengthened into yards, nnd
(III I lie tiian remained hum-tied over
Ills simmertuv put In a M.-ish Jan look
tii nisi lip, una nls -nit) criish-n
down iiimiii I'im ilil'lulier"s tieail I'tl-
mnri itih-l hi iIKh a tog it ml. with
II I,H IT. 'lie IMI VMS Mt tu mroHt.
"I am .Ian iiivnii" ne ,hri"kwi
"I hiii Ian I (eireim .inn I hurenu
'nill- to keel on" He HropiWl lil
club nun was niton tile iiihiis dins',
his Sletidei tllllfr tlgriteuiiii; like steei
wire nt'oiit the thn-K in runt ot til- en
ciny "I keei von siow Kiow" n cried
as the iinssionei itrnggled weHklV
The treat (hick oody 0av-0 under
Mm. and ne put all Ms strength into
There Waa Death In Each of tha Two
Grips.
bis bands. Something struck him In
tbe face. Something struck him again
and again, but he fult neither the pain
nor tbe force of it and bis voice sob
bed out his triumph as be choked. The
man's hands reached up and tore at
bis balr, but Jan saw only the mls
sloner's mottled faco growing more
mottled and his eyes staring in greater
agony up into bis own.
"I am Jan Tboreau," be panted agnln
and again. "1 am Jan Tboreau, an' 1
keel you keel youf
Tbe blood poured from bis face. Ic
blinded blm until he could no longer
Bee the one from which he was chok
ing life.. He. bent dojrn his bead to es-
cape tne blows. The mau s uoay
beaved more and more: It turned until
he was half under it but still he bung
to the thick throat as the weasel hangs
Id tenacious death to the jugular of Its
prey.
The mlssloner's weight was npon
him In crushing force now. His huge
hands struck and tore at tbe boy's bead
and tace. and then they bad fastened
themselves at his neck. Jan was con
scious ot a terrible effort to take In
breath, but be was not conscious of
pain. The clutch did not frighten him.
It did not make Dim loosen his grip,
nis fiugers dug deeper. He strove to
cry out still his words of triumph, but
be could make no sound, except a gasp
ing like that which came from between
the piping laws of the ninn whose life
bis body and soul were fighting to
smother.
There was death In each of the two
grips, but the man's was stronger, and
his neck was larger and tougher, so
that after a lime he staggered to his
knees and then to his teet while Jan
lay upon his hack. hl9 face and hair
red with blood, his eyes wide open and
with a lifeless glare in them. The nils
sloner looked down upon his victim in
horror. As the life that had nearly
ebbed out ot blm poured back Into his
body he staggered among the dogs.
fastened them to the sledge and urged
them down the mountain into the plain.
Tbere was soon no sound ot tbe sledge.
Ilalf a mile down the ridge, where it
sloped up gradually frpm tbe forests
anil swunips ol (he plain, a team ot
powerful maiemutea were running at
the bead ot a toboggan. On the sledge
was a young half Cree woman. Now
beside the sledge, now at tbe head of
the dogs, cracking his whip and shout
ing joyously, ran .lean de Orovols
He was hringing back wltb him a
splendid voting woman with big lus
trous eyes and balr that shone wltb
tbe gloss of a raven's wing In the sun.
She laughed at blm proudly as be
danced and leaped beside her, reply
ing softly In Cree. which is tbe most
beautiful language In the world, to
everything that be said.
Jean leaped and ran, cracked bis
caribou whip and shouted and sang
until be was panting and red In tbe
face. Just as lowaka had called upon
him to stop and get a second wind the
malemutes dropped back upon their
haunches where Jan Thorean lay,
twisted and bleeding, In tbe snow.
"What Is thlsT cried Jean.
He caught Jan's limp headland
shoulders up tn his arms and called
shrilly to lowaka. who was disentan
gling herself from the thick furs In
which he bad wrapped her.
"It Is the fiddler I told you about
wbo lives with Williams at I'ost Lac
Rain" he shouted eicltedlj in Cree.
"He has been murdered. He hos
been choked to death and torn to
pieces In the face as If by an animal."
Jean's eyes roved about as lowaka
Ineeled beside him. "What a tight!"
tie gasped. "See the footprints a big ,
man and a small boy. and the mur
derer has gone on a sledge!"
"He is warm." said lowaka. "It
may he tmt he is not dend."
Jean de (jravnls sprang to bis feet
kls little black eyes flashing wltb a
dangerous tire. In a single leap he
was at the side of the sledge throw
lug off the furs and bundles aud all
other objects xcept his rifle.
"He Is dead, lowaka. Look at the
ipurpie nnd tilnok In nls tace It Is
Jean de Oravols who will catch the
murderer, nnd von will stay here and
make yourself s camp, lll-o-o-o-o!"
he shouted to th mV?mutes.
The team twisted sinuously and
swiftly tn tbe trail as be sped over the
edge of tne mountain. Upon the plain
below be knelt upon tbe tobnccn!i. wth
his rifle in front of him. and ot hla low.
hissing commands, which reached n
farther than the dogs' ears, the team
stretched their long bodies In pursuit
of tbe mlssloner and his huskies.
Jean knew that whoever was ahead
of blm was not far - away, and bo
laughed and bunched his shoulders
when be saw that his magnificent
malemutes were making three times
the speed of the huskies. It was a
short chase. It led across the narrow
plain and into a dense tangle of swamp,
wbere tbe buskles bad picked their
way in aimless wandering until they
came out tn thick bnlsam and Bank
slun pine. Ilalf a mile farther on, and
tbe trail broke Into an open wblcb
led down to tbe smooth surfnee of a
lake, and two-thirds across the lake
was the tleeitig mlssloner.
(To He" Continued.)
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
Known All Men by These Pres
ents, that we, Jno. A. Chopieska,
Sam Ci. Smith. D. O. Dwyer, 11. M.
Soennichseii and John T. Lam.
bert, so associated ourselves to
gether for the purpose of form
ing and becoming a corporation
in the State of .Nebraska, for the
transaction of the business here
inafter described.
1. The name of the corpora
tion shall be the Chopie Gasoline
Kngine Company (Limited). The
principal place of transacting its
business shall be in the city of
IMattsniouth, County of Cass, and
Slate of Nebraska.
The nature of the business
to be transacted by said corpora
tion shall be the manufacture and
sale of gasoline engines, other
engines, and machinery and the
erection and maintenance of such
t.'ii- i
uuidiugs ami siruciures as may
be deemed necessary, and to pur
chase real estate for a site there
fore, and to procure any and all
necessary property, both real and
personal, incidental to or re
quired in the manufacture of
gasoline engines.
3. The authorized capital
stock of said corporation shall
be Two Hundred Thousand Dol
lars, divided into shares of ten
dollars each, to bo subscribed and
paid for as required by tho Hoard
of Directors. One-half of said
stock shall be preferred, and
which preferred slock shall draw
seven per cent, to be paid out of
the net earnings of the company,
per annum. The other half shall
be common stock, on which
dividends shall be paid as the
Hoard of Directors might de
termine. Only the owners of the
common stock shall bo entitled to
participate in tho further profits,
election of officers and manage
ment of the Company. All of sai4
stock shall be non-asse9sable.
4. The existence of this
corporation shall commence on
the 5th day of October, 1912, and
continue during the period or
twenty-five years.
5. The business of said cor
poration shall be conducted by a
Hoard of Directors not to exceed
five in number, to be elected by
the stockholders of the common
slock. The first election of
directors shall take place at
Plaltsiuouth, Nebraska, on tho
day of October, 1912, and
thereafter such election to take
place at such time and beacon
ducted in such manner as shall
be prescribed by the by-laws of
said corporation.
(5. The officers of said cor
poration shall be president, vice
president, secrelary, treasurer,
and a general manager, who shall
ie chosen by the Hoard of Direct
ors, ami snail noiii ineir omco
for the period of one year nnd
uiilil their successors shall bo
lected and qualified.
7. The highest amount of in
debtedness to which said corpora-
lion shall at any time subject it
self shall not be more than two-
I birds of its issued and paid up
capital stock.
8. The lyanner of holding tho
meeting of stockholders for the
election of officers, and the
method of conducting the busi
ness of the corporation, shall be
as provided in the by-laws
adopted by the Hoard of Directors.
In Witness Whereof, "we have
hereunto set our hands this 5th
day of October, 1912.
Jno. A. Chopieska.
Sam G. Smith.
II. M. Soennichsen.
I). (). Dwyer.
John T. Lambert.
In presence of
Hessie Shea.
STATF. OF NFHHASKA,
Cass County, ss.
On this 2nd day of October,
1912, before 4110, Hessie Shea, a
notary public, in and for said
county, personally appeared the
above named Jno. A. Chopieska,
Sam G. Smith, D. 0. Dwyer, II. M.
Soennichsen and John T. Lam
bert, w ho are personally known to
me to be the identical persons
whose names are affixed to the
above articles as parties thereto,
and they severally acknowledged
their instrument to be their
voluntary act and deed.
Witness my hand and notarial
seal at Plaltsmouth, Nebraska,
this nth day of October, 1912.
(Seal) Hessie, Shea,
Notary Public.
My commission expires June
3rd, 'lOt 3.
State of Nebraska,
Secretary's Office.
Received and filed for record
October 7, 1912, and recorded in
Hook 20, Miscellaneous Incor
porations, at page 528.
Addison Wait,
Secretary of State.
Hy Geo. W. Marsh, Deputy.
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