Triumph of John Kars
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A Thrilling Tale of Love, Adventure, Gold and Indians,
With Its Stirring Episodes Set in Alaskan Wildness.
(Continued I r«m Yesterday.)
"What's ths total” The demand
w,i» sharp arid masterful.
luet under 10.000 ounces since
last reckoning. That's the last
half of last summer s waslitip.
There's nigh a thousand tons of dirt
to clean still. It's the blggset wash
mi ve had, an’ it's growing. When
v ye cleaned out this gang we won't
need to do a thing hut shout. There
ain't nil limit to the old gorge." he
added gleefully. "When we've passed
the bones of John Kars to the camp
lings, why. we can Jest make ttp our
bank roll how we darn plepse."
The man at the stove emptied and
i.iuplished his glass. But there was
a ft owning discontent In his eyes.
• We need to pass those bones along
quick." he demurred. "We haven't
done it yet."
The half breed at the counter
searched the discontented face with
speculative eyes. “You guessin' we
can't?"
1 don’t guess a thing. We ve just
►—got to.*
An* why not?** The half-breed*
eyes were widely questioning. "It
rtont worry me a thing. W’e fixed
Mowbray all right. He was no
blamed sucker. Well hammer ’em
good and proper. An' If that don't
fix ’em. why, X guess there's always
ths starvation racket. That don't
rover fail when It's liarked by winter
north of ’sixty.’ Them curs’ll get
bones all—'*
But the man at the stove wae no
longer paying attention. lie had
turned In his chair, and his eyes
were on the door. His glass was
poised in the act of raising It to his
lips. It remained untouched. “I
thought—" Nor did lie complete
that which he had been about to
bay.
The door wee thrust wide witn a
Jolt. There was the swift clash of a
knife ripping the rotton window be
hind him. Then came an Incredulous
ejaculation, as two guns were held
leveled In the doorway. ' God: Alur
pay McTavlah!*'
The movement of those moments
Were eomewhat electrical. Ever)
thing eeemed to happen at once. A
ehot sung In through the uncovered
window which carried back no
•'spat'* to the man who fired it. But
the eyes which had guided It be
held the half-breed at the counter
✓ sprawl across the account book
which had yielded him so much sat
isfaction. Almost at the Instant of
his fall a lean, agile, dusky figure
leaped into the room through the
aperture which hit knife had freed
pf Its covering.
Kars in the doorway had been no
less swift. His automatic spoke, hut
it spoke no quicker than a similar
weapon In the hands of Murray Mc
Tavish. The bulky body of the trad
er of Fort Mowbray had moved with
the quickness, the agility of light
ning. His glass had dropped with a
crash, and its place In his hand had
lieen taken by a pistol In the twinkle
of an eye. He was on his feet and
had hurled his bullet at tha figure
•in the doorway in the space of time
clasping between John Kar’s star
tied exclamation and the discharge of
Ins weapon, which had been almost
on the instant. He had fired for the
pit of the stomach with the Instinct
of tha gunman. Perhaps It was the
haste, perhaps It was the whisky
had left its effect upon him. His
shot tore its way through Kar’s pca
• Jacked, grazing the soft flesh of his
side below his ribs, ills second and
third shots, as the automatic did Its
work, were even less successful.
There was no fourth shot, for the
weapon dropped from Murray's
nerveless hand as Kara's single shot
tore through his adversary's extend
ed arm and shattered the bones.
The Injured man promptly sought to
recover Ids weapon with the other
hand. But a dusky figure leaped
upon his back from behind, and the
dull gleam of ft long knife flourished
In the lamplight. Then care Kar’s
fierce tones: "Push your hands up,
blast you!"
Peigan Charley’s arm wns crooked
hbout the trader’s neck. There was
•no mercy in his purpose. Murray
understood. One hand went lip. The
Cither made an effort, but remained
helpless at his side. Instantly Kars
stayed the ruthless hand of the sav
age. "Quit It, Charley!” he -cried.
f’T.oose your hold and eee to the
ether.”
The half-breed was badly wound
ed. The Indian searched him and re
lieved him of a pair loaded re
volvers.
Murray was suffering Intensely;
but he gave no sign. He was care
fully searched. Then Kars turned to
the Indian ns a thin haze of smoke
crept in through the Jamb of a door
which communicated with some other
portion or the building. "Get him
outside,” he said. "Pass that rope
►long.”
Tte Indian uncoiled the rawhide
Tope from about hi* cheat and
brought It acroaa. Kara pointed at
the fat figure of Murray. "Get It
about his feet ao he can walk—
that's all.”
The Indian erred generously on
the side of security. When he had
finished Murray could hobble. There
was no chance of hts escape.
The mist of Rmnke was deepen
ing. The smell of burning was in
the air. The prisoner suddenly dis
played alarm. "For God's sake get
out of here.” he cried in a sudden
access of panic. "The place is afire.
The cellars under are full of ex
plosives.”
"That's how I figgered.” Kars's re
joinder was calmly spoken. He
pointed at the half breed.
"See to him, Charley,” lie s»M And
he waited till the Indian had roughly
dragged the wounded man into the
open. Then he turned to the panic
stricken trader. “Now you,” he com
manded and pointed at the doorway.
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Watch For
The
HUMMING
BIRD
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, The night sky was lit with a dull ;
red glow A fierce fire was raging!
on the rising ground beyond the In- ,
dian village. A great concourse of j
dusky figures, men and women and
papooses, were gathered at a safe
distance watching with awe the riot
of that terror which haunted their
lives The whole village was awake.
' and had turned out to witness the
| calamity which had befallen. But
| none dared approach the fire. None
I thought to extend help to its possible
j victims. Fire was a demon they j
| feared.
j There were others watching too.
| But they were still farther off They
' were standing on high ground in the
! shelter of a bluff of trees. That
J which awaited came when tlie fire
! was at its height. It came with a
] roar, tossing the licking flumes into
ja. wild chaos of protest. They were
] swept apart, and a great detonation
| boomed across to expectant ears. A
pillar of smoke and flame shot up
to the heavens. Then a deluge of
smoke partially obscured all vision.
"Good!” Kars's monosyllable was
full of Intense satisfaction.
CHAPTER IX.
The Terror’s End.
Kars stood on the embankment
watching the receding form of the
aged chief. Thunder-Cloud, taking
his departure with his escort. The
old man had talked. He had bab
bled on through his interpreter at
great length. His talk had been a !
rambling declaration of friendship I
for the white man. He had assured ]
Kars that he. Kars, was held in great
personal esteem by tlie* Indians. The
last thing in any Indian mind was
a desire to shed his blood, or the
blood of any of his "braves,” who
fought so magnificently. He as
sured him that lie had eomo to say
that all the Indians, even those who
had been so very fierce, and were
now so no longer, would gladly
smoke the pipe of peace with their
white brothers, nnd bury the hatchet
now and forever.
Nor did he Inform his audience of
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“Just Around
the Corner”
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the events which had led up to this
desire, and of which he believed they
must be Ignorant. He failed to men
tion that their own white leaders
had vanished, literally in smoke, that
all supplies necessary to carry on
the war had been completely rut off
by the destruction by fire of the
magazine in which these things were
stored. On these matters he was
distinctly reticent, and Kars was
satisfied that it should be so. On
his part he had no desire to enlight
en him to the fact that, at that mo
ment. Murray McTavish was lying in
tiie extemporized hospital in the
ramp with a shattered arm, and that
the half-breed. Louise Creal. was
slowly dying with a bullet through
his lungs, tinder the same primitive
shelter.
But the talk did not come to a
close until Kars had elicited from
the old rascal a complete story of
the murder of Allan Mowbray. It
was a long enough story, which be
came a record of perfidy and crime
laid entirely at the doors of Murray
McTavish and Louis Creal. The In
dians had known Allan Mowbray for
many years. They were good,
friends. Allan Mowbray clothed and
fed them In return for furs. Then
came a time when the white man
found yellow dust on the rivver bank.
He liked it. lie told the Indians so.
and showed them how to find it. and
promised them, if they would collect
all they could, and trade it with him,
they would never want for anything,
lie sent the half-breed, Louis Creal,
to see they did the work right, and
fitted him out a store. Louise Creal
was a servant of Allan Mowbray.
He was not a partner. A great pros
perity set in for tlie Indians, and
they were very pleased and very
contented. Then came a time when
the other white man appeared, Mur
ray McTavish. He made great
changes. The Indians had to work
harder, hut they got more trade
They got whisky. They grew more
and more prosperous. The new
white man was always smiling ami
pleasant, and the young men liked
him very much, because he made the
squaws and old men do most of the
work, while they were given rifles
and allowed to practice the arts of
war which had died out In their
tribe for so long.
Tho new white man then told them ,
that they must not let any other In- I
dians come near Bell river. These |
traveling Indians were a great dan- ;
ger. Finding the Bell liver folk
prosperous and happy they would
become envious. They would come
in the night and burn and massacre.
The young men realized the danger,
and they went on the war path. All
who came near were killed. Then
the young men scoured the country
around, und burned the homes of all
Indians they found, and killed their
fighting men. The new* white man
was very pleased. After a very long
time Murray McTavlsh and Louis
Creal held a big council with the
young men. The white man told
them they were in very great dan
ger. Ho said that Allan Mowbray
was no longer to be trusted. He was
a traitor. He assured them that Al
lan Mowbray was going through the
country telling the Indians and white
folk of the yellow dust on the river.
This was betraying the Indians. For
now all people would come along in
such numbers they would sweep the
Bell River Indians away, they would
kill them all, and burn their homes,
and they would kill tho white men,
too, so that they could get all the
dust that belonged to the people of
Bell River. The only way to save
themselves was by killing Allan
Mowbray. The young men were very
angry, and very fierce. And the
white man offered them council and
advice. He showed them how they
could trap Allan Mowbray and kill (
him. And Louis Creal would help
them. This the young men did on
the banks of the river, led by Louis
Creal.
As the old chief vanished in the !
region of the Indian workings, Kars
turned back to his ca/np. For some '
moments ho surveyed the scene with
serious eyes. It wras all over. It I
had been a desperate time while it
had lasted. A desperatcness quite
unrealized until it was over, and
complete victory had been achieved.
The capture of the prisoners, the
burning of Louis Creaks store, had
been carried out without the Indians
obtaining an inkling of that which
was going forward. And unquestion
ably it was due largely to this abso
lute secrecy in the operation that
the present peace offer hud been so
promptly forthcoming.
Kars left the embankment and
passed Kick to the shanty where the
council of peace had been held. Bill
was within. He was seated on his
hunk contemplating the automatic
pistol which Kars had taken from
Murray MoTavish. It was lying
across his knee, and one hand was
gripping its butt. "There'll need to
be A hanging—sure. ' lie said.
(Continued In "Tlie Morning Heed
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