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Copyright by Robert Ames Berinet ???
CHAPTER VI?Continued
?12
Even after this, Garth had to bear
the brunt of the heavy work. Much
of the time the othera were forced to
atop off, to get the cramp out of their
knees or rest their arms. And when
they paddled, their unskillful stroke
hept Garth twisting his own stroke
to keep the canoe from being swerved
from side to side like a ship with the
yaws.
Had work been the only consideration,
he would as soon have done it all.
There were, however, reasons for more
speed than he could make alone with
the heavily loaded skin-covered craft
The summer was now far along. The
days were rapidly shortening, the
nights becoming colder and darker.
Delay would mean a seriou# chance
of being caught In early autumn bliz
zards. Even Llllth ltami 11 might not
be able to survive an all-day drive of
sleet. Such a storm would undoubted
ly kill her father and, not Improbably,
Huxby also. Persistent use of the
paddles would continue the toughening
of the three ehechahcos. It would also
quicken the speed of the canoe as they
acquired skill from practice.
He himself kept to his stroke like
the born voyager he was, dipping his
paddle for hour after hour. His steady
pull never varied except when, at long
intervals, he shifted the paddle over
to the other side. He stopped that
clocklike stroke only when landings
had to be made for food or sleep.
On the third day Llllth attempted to
keep stroke with him. She paddled
until so exhausted that she broke down
and wept. After that Hurby quit less
often,, though he never came so near
to overtlring himself.
They had twice camped on muskeg.
The third afternoon brought them to
broken ridges where the stream dashed
through a gorge. So far as could be
seen, the rapids looked easy to shoot
But Garth said it was a portage.
He slung a pack from his tump-llne
and took the canoe on his shoulders.
The total load was a full two hun
dred and fifty pounds. At sight of It,
the others took on all the rest of the
meat and equipment. For miles Garth
led them up and down rocky slopes,
through brush and bogs. Twice they
skirted sheer falls that showed why
he had taken to land.
At last, below the lower fall, he
launched the canoe In the eddy of a
deep pool. The others sank down on
the bank, outspenL He built a fire
and boiled tea for them. They ex
pected to camp overnight. He ordered
them back Into the canoe.
"Can't chance waiting here. May be
too foggy to see tomorrow," he ex
plained. "Sit flat In the bottom, and
keep your paddles Inboard."
They understood when a few strokes
of his paddle brought the canoe to the
foot of the pool. For a long two
miles they crouched low In the bottom
while the frail craft glanced down the
foaming, swirling torrent of white wa
ter. Garth smiled at their cowering
backs. He had often shot worse
rapids, and he had been down these
once before. Skillfully as an Athabas
kan Indian, he drove the canoe clear
of dangerous whirlpools and dodged
past rocks with deft twists of his
paddle.
At the foot of the rapids, he headed
In alongside a bit of gravelly beach
and helped Mr. Ramlll and Llltth
ashore. When he remarked that there
was gold in the gravel. Huxby nearly
upset the canoe In his haste to get out
and look.
"Gold! Why didn't we bring the
i gold pan?"
Garth laughed and streached out on
the dry grass above the gravel. "Gal
lant gentleman, your lady is building
the fire/'
'Don't mind him, Vivian," Lilith
chimed in on rhe banter. "You can
use the cup for panning. I need only
th* pot to boil Alan's tea."
HVby glanced sidelong at Gartn
and hastened to help the girl. Her
father had flattened out beside Garth.
With a yawn, Garth stretched up his
arms and let them fall. The left one
cone down across the millionaire's
body. The back of the hand felt a
lump under the leather coat Huxhy j
had not again gained possession of the 1
pistol,
Nothing would have been easier
than to have pulled out the weapon
and flung it Into the stream. The Ira- j
Pulse to jlo so passed as quickly as It j
flashed into Garth's mind. He was
not the kind of sportsman who shoots
lions from a boma, or tigers from the |
hacks of elephants. There is far j
tnore sport stalking a beast that has
a chance to kill the stalker.
The chechahcos had now experi
enced the different phases of canoeing
~~days of paddling through muskeg, a
portage, and the running of rapids.
T'Ut all proved to be no more than a
sample of the difficulties and
hardships thfct followed. In the next
two weeks three more rapids had to
he shot and two very hard portages
tnade. Between times, the canoe was
Paddled Interminably through mean
pflng channels that twisted and
looped and gpJlt off ,n b?n(| lemls.
I*?wn In the Lower country, the pests
black gnats, mosquitoes and sting
?? flies became worse. At the same |
time the flask of grease and pitch
dope began to give out. Most of the
camp9 were on wet ground. For days
the party were drenched by a steady
drizzle, varied only by downpours that
kept Llllth and her father balling the
canoe.
Several times fog on the water com
pelled Garth to put ashore. Without
sight, even his training could not en
able him to follow the right channel.
He was not an Indian. But between
the forced halts, he put In still longer
hours of paddling.
Matters were coming to a pinch.
After the first wetting by the rain,
what remained of the meat spoiled. It
became so flyblown and tainted that
Llllth threw it away before Garth
could prevent the wastage. He de
cided to give them all another lesson.
In the fast that followed, Mr. Ramlll
was the first to fail. Huxby came
next; Llllth last of the three. By the
third day they had given up all pad
dling. On the fourth, they lay slumped
in the bottom of the canoe. Garth
only tightened his belt again and
dipped his paddle in his strong, steady,
seemingly tireless stroke.
Whenever he found himself nearlng
his limit, he headed ashore, boiled tea,
slept, and then put off again. The
fifth day began to draw on the last
reserve of his wiry endurance. To
wards noon he made the boggy shore,
almost outspent. He dragged out the
wolfskin knapsack anchor, with its
load of platinum alloy. The girl and
the two men lay In a stupor of star
vation. He himself was so tired that
he could not have lifted even Lllith I
ashore. '
As he rested on the west sedges he
recalled the place as one of his for
mer camp sites. A spruce-covered
ridge of higher ground here thrust out
Into the muskeg. The first remem
brance brought another. The second
gave him strength to pull his rifle
from the canoe and climb aslant the
ridge end. There was a berry patch
on^the east slope. The fruit would be
better than notiing. He hoped, how
ever, for something more.
Circling to get the wind in his face,
he crept through the spruce thickets
until he could peer out on the open
"Out of the Muskegs; but a Long
Way From Out of This D?d
North!"
ground of the berry patch. Luck was
with him. The old black bear had
gone off and left her cub. He rested
the rifle barrel od a <spruce branch
to get a sure aim.
That was the end of famine! Gorged
upon the fat. tender meat of the bear
cub, even Mr. Itamill rapidly regained
strength. He was still rather weak,
however, when they came to the last
portage.
The approach to solid ground was
across a narrow belt of muskeg. Near
the far side of the swamp, the mil
lionaire failed to Jump squarely upon
a tussock of niggerhead grass. He
slipped and plunged headfirst Into a
pool.
Huxby was following close behind,
alert for e\ery move of his partner.
He sprang to grasp the feet of the
sinking man. A heave dragged him
out, slimeJ and spluttering. Huxby
worked over him. scraping off mud,
until Liliih hastened back to help as
sist her father across the rest of the
quagmire. <>nce on firm ground, the
millionaire Joked about his mishap.
? ? - ?V,?
"Haven c nau ?
rain," he saii ''This one Is higher
class?equal to the mud baths at Hot
Springs. How about my pack J.lllthr
She looked In his foxskln bag.
"Everything there. Dad?with aome
mud added."
Garth had been too far ahead, wlrh
his heavy pnek and canoe, to see or
hear the accident. Mr. Itamill Joked
again about his extra hath when they
took to the canoe at the far side of
the portage. But all the time until
they reached the evening camp and he
started to wash the mu* from the
leather coat, he did not notice that the
pistol was missing.
At the announcement of the loss.
Huxby met Garth's gaze with a stare
of cold hostility. Garth walked up to
him, empty-handed.
-If you've done what I think you
have," he said, "I call you for a show
down."
The engineer's lips tightened in an
ironical smile. He put up his hands.
Not to be fooled by the seeming bluff.
Garth went over Huxby's tattered
clothes, from coat collar to moccasins.
The pistol was nowhere on the engi
neer.
"This Is one time I'm due to apolo
gize," Garth admitted.
"I accept no apology from you,"
Huxby replied.
Lilfth looked from one to the other,
her own lips tightening.
Mr. 'Itajnlll good-humorediy Inter
posed, as he hung the washed leather
coat before the fire: "Postpone your
fight, boys. We're still In the raus
kegs. I'll built a cockpit for you when
we get out."
That won a chuckle from Garth.
Huxby smiled with his lips?not with
his eyes. As Lilith looked from Garth
to him, her eyes narrowed and her lips
tightened.
CHAPTER VII
The Gaffed Wolf.
Mr. Ramill's good-humor over his
fall into the muskeg pool had not been
forced. It was based upon his feeling
oi pnysical well-being.
Instead of having been broken
down by the hard toll and exposure of
the trip and that severe lesson in" the
meaning of famine, he had come
through it all in even better shape
than before the start from the lost
valley. The days of starvation had
completed Nature's raid upon the de
generate fats and poisons of his once
obese body.
There had followed the feasts of
tender bear-cub meat. He was again
putting on weight, but It was hard
muscle. The healthy blood flooded his
brain with a comfortable glow that
was not to be dampened by any
amount of toll or discomforts.
He was paddling as vigorously If
not as skillfully as his daughter, when,
mid-morning of the twenty-fourth day
from the valley, the canoe neared a
wooded point that rose well above the
swamps. Garth called out from the
stern of the canoe:
"If you want a surprise, friends,
shut your eyes while we take ten
strokes."
He knew that Huxby would kee? on
staring ahead. But he guessed right
about Lilith and her father. At the
end of the tenth stroke, the girl flung
up her paddle and uttered a shriek
of joyous amazement:
"The river! The river!"
Close upon the cry came the deep
lunged shout of her father: "By the
Almighty, you've done it, Garth ! We're
our."
Huxby continued to stare fixedly
ahead at the mighty flood of the Mac
kenzie. He was last to speak: "Out
of the muskegs; but a long way from
out of this d?d North !"
"Long by canoe or even by steamer,"
Garth agreed. "Not so far, though,
by air passage. We can make the
emergency supply post by two or three
hours' paddling downstream."
"What of It? That fellow Tobln told
us planes never stop there, unless foul
weather runs them short of gas."
Garth met the suddenly anxious
looks of Lilitb and her father with a
smile.
"All pilots have orders to sight non
stop posts In passing. Tobln has a dis
tress signal. There'll be a plane com
ing south from the Arctic coast within
three days?probably tomorrow. You'll
he lying In the lap of luxury at Ed
monton within a week or ten days."
The millionaire felt at the grease
?and-pitch mat of his month-old beard.
He chuckled. "A bath and a barber!
Hand over that last cigar. Garth
Here's where I celebrate."
He opened the gold-mounted case
bit off the tip of the sole surviving
Havana, and snapped his patent: light
er. It failed to flair. He tossed it
over into the water, and turned to
Garth, with an Impatient command:
"(Jive me a light."
"Only two matches left, sir."
'?1-*nr?ni*h frt licrhf a cl?#r Paoo fHom
over."
Instead of taking out his water
proof match case. Garth took up bis
paddle. 'The rule is. never burn jour
last match until yoo have to. You've
thrown awaj that little flint and steeL
The ^fire-drill la all right In drj weath
er but hard to use In wet"
Huxby dipped his own paddle.
"Come on, Mr. ItamllL By his own ac
count, three houra more will rid us of
him and bis insolence.**
"Walt," said Lllith. She pointed
to the bank where the pleasant green
of young sprucea allowed among the
weathered white trunks of flre-kllled
birch trees. "If we have so much time,
we'll land there and clean up."
"But?with the pojt so near, ray
dear Lllith!" Huxby protested. "That
fellow Tobin had any amount of soap."
"All the more reason. I'll not hove
evgn a common navvy see me In this
condition. The rags can't b? helped.
But the dirt!?** nut burst her sup
pressed loathing for all the grease and
grime that smirched herself and the
men. "Mud I slime! rancid fat! spoiled
meat! Alan Garth. I Itnow that I hare
to go In dressed like a squaw. But
this?this filth!"
He surged the canoe around shore
ward with a powerful sweep of his
paddle.
"Not necessary. Miss Ramlll. A
scouring with hardwood ashes and
sand will do the work of soap. We
can go In sweet."
They landed where an Ice Jam of
some spring break-up had gouged
through the muskeg mud at the
end of the ridge and left a clear
beach of glacial sand ahd gravel. Up
over the ten-foot cut bank. Garth
started a fire with one of his two re
maining matches.
Eren?,Huxby Joined in gathering
other piles of fallen birch branches
for more fires. While they were burn
ing, Garth beached the canoe and
tilted It so that the sun would dry the
soggy Inside. Huxby stirred the fires,
and Mr. Ramlll broiled the last of the
partly spoiled bear-cub meat, while
Lllith tried out a cupful of the ran
sid fat for a final mess of mosquito
dope. Garth brought the girl pitch
for the mix from the nearby thicket
of young spruces.
No cleaning could be done until the
fires burned out. When Mr. Ramlll
took off the spits of cooked meat, all
squatted down as usual to share the
meal. Garth smiled his fhnnL-s nt he
took the slab of hot meat handed to
him by the millionaire. The smile
hardened.
A sudden change had fallen upon his
three companions. He could easily
guess the cause. They realized that
this was the last meal they were to
share as fellow voyageurs with him.
The moment they stepped from the
canoe onto the wharf at the emer
gency refueling post, their forced com
panionship with him In the lost val
ley and on all the long trip out would
be at an end. Instead of a trio de
pendent upon their opponent for food
and guidance?for life itself?they
would be a trio not only independent
of, but hostile to him and' his In
terests.
That was at least true of the two
men. And even Lilith betrayed In her
look and manner a vivid consciousness
of the impending change of relation
ship. As for Huxby, the cold gloating
In his stare showed how he was antici
pating the robbery and ruin of the
man who had so far outplayed him.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Coronation of New King
or Queen Is Great Event
A great thing 'to see in London la
the crowning of a new king or queen.
It does not happen often, but when It
does It Is an event to remember, says
a writer In the Detroit News.
The actual crowning, or coronation,
takes place In Westminster abbey and
the archbishop of Canterbury is in
charge of the ceremony. The new king
sits in the famous Coronation chair,
which Is covered for the event with
cloth-of gold. He promises that he will
govern by the laws made by the Brit
ish parliament; that he will carry out
a rule of Justice and mercy; and that
he will maintain the Protestant re
ligion.
The Coronation chair dates back to
the time of King Edward I, who ruled
six and a half centuries ago. It is
made of oak, but under the seat is
The Stone of Scone," which was taken
away from Scotland during the reign
of Edward. Before that the stone had
been used during the crowning of
Scottish kings.
There Is a legend that the Stone of
Scone was used as a "pillow" by Ja
cob, the Hebrew patriarch. The leg
end says that the stone was moved
from Palestine to Ireland, and from
there to Scotland before it fell into
the hands of the English. There Is
reason to believe, however, that !t
was obtained from a quarry near
Scone, a town in Scotland.
Underground School*
Unlike Britain, where schools are
built so as to admit as mtrch fresh air
and sunlight as possible, the Lapps
burrow under the earth. Only the
thatch or tiled roofs of their schools
can be seen. The rest is all cellar.
Sunlight does not matter, because for
at least six months of the y^ar It Is
perpetually dark, while for only three
months does the sun shine continu
ously. Fresh air In the form of cut
ting blasts Is most unwelcome, and In
winter, spring, and autumn everything
la done to keep It out The atmo
sphere In Lapp schools, with every
crevice blocked and heating apparatus
full on. Is more than English lungs
could bear, but the people there are
used to It
Seneca Root
Seneca root or seneca snakeroot Is
a plant of the milkwort family known
to botanists as Polygula senega and
found growing mostly In rocky woods
and on eroding hillsides. It Is a smooth
perennial plant with a short rootstock
as thick as a lead pencil and rather
thick roots The roots and rootstocka
have medicinal value.
Glamour, Romance in Evening Dress
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
IF THE revival of the luxurious, the
J- more elegant, the romantic, the dra
matic, the glani'^rous In fashion Indi
cates a turning of tfle tide as they say
It does, from a season of defttfesslon to
an era of prosperity and good times,
then Indeed have we cause to rejoice
for the present signs In the matter of 1
opulent dress are most propitious.
The new fashions, especially formal
modes, are not only glamorous and 1
elegant beyond anything known for 1
years but they add to their fascination
In that they seem to have recaptured
the glories, the poetry, the vision and '
the Imagination, the art, as expressed
In lovely apparel created throughout
the ages.
At a recent style showing given by J
the Chicago wholesale market council
the gowns for formal wear, three of
which are herewith Illustrated, con- '
firmed the feeling that we are entering
a fashion era wherein a new spirit (
of elegance pervades.
Eloquent of classic beauty and
statuesque dignity which carries the
grace of sculptural lines are the new '
evening gowns of Grecian Inspiration. ?
Extreme Interpretations of modes a la
' Orecque are seen In the draped themes
of Vlnnet and other Paris designers.
Long flowing scarfs, huge wing sleeves,
draped side pleatlngs are all shown In
the new soft quality-kind silk crepes
and velvets. Other gowns show skirts
! pleated all around of floating billowy
masses of chlflon, or slim dresses with
draperies (often pleated) In long cas
cades from the shoulder, to form a
short train at the side or back.
Sumptuous fabrics, for which the
present season Is noted, bespeak the
rich beauty of Italian Influence, espe
cially the magnificent velvets In warm
deep purples and reds and greens, such
as hare lived through the centuries In
old master paintings and frescoes.
The versatility of the present mode
would make It appear as If Oriental
princesses had come to life, In the
new harem drapes and metal cloth tur
bans and sari scarfs and head cov
erings. Persian colorings and pattern
Ings, Chinese embroideries carry the
spirit of the Far East into the Imme
diate fashion program. Then there
Is the Russian Influence which has an
all-Important influence on current style
trends, as manifest In the smart high
cossack turbans and fur bordered
tunic blouses and coats and suits.
Of course we must not neglect to
make mention of the picturesque robe
de style gowns which have and are
bringing so much of romance Into the
modern fashion picture. In these you
may be as boulTant and rococco as
were lovely ladles In the king's court
In olden days of pomp and glory when
George the Fourth was king.
Speaking of the bouffant we are
minded to call your attention to the
charming dress centered In the Illustra
tion. It demonstrated at first glance i
to the audience gathered at the style
revue held In Chicago, the fact of high ]
quality emphasized In a superb taf
feta glinting with metalized highlights.
To the right. In the picture, Is a very !
lovely evening ensemble fashioned of i
one of the new rapturous, scintillating
silver lame weaves such as are so smart
ly In vogue this season. Its styling ac
cents a to be-envled slenderized figure.
Front skirt fullness, high-front, halter- j
neck bodice, extreme low-back decol
letage. Jeweled belt buckle are all
hlghspots of p.ote. To the left, a gown
of pearl dot satin bespeaks Grecian
Inspiration via heavy golden cords and
tassels.
C Weittro Nowtpapor Union.
AT FOOTBALL GAME
Br CHERIE NICHOLAS
For the football game, achool, shop
ping or any daytime wear the abore
outfit I* always correct. The coat la
French lapln over a Scotch plaid dress
In brown and red. The accessories are
In Brown to match the coatewhlch may
be worn with a snit on cold days. The
swagger coat with Its youthful lines
Is one of the tailored woman's high
lights this season. Its smart simplicity
of line distinguishes her wherever she
goes, with no fusslness, but pleasing
| femininity.
FABRIC KNOWLEDGE
AIDS WISE BUYING
Fabric knowledge Is part of your
fashion education. The smart woman
knows that. It Isn't the Initial cost
of a dress. It's the upkeep that counts.
When you are confident that your taf
feta will stay crisp; that your satins
will hold their luster: that your chif
fons will retain their loveliness and
never get sleazy or sloppy; when you
know that your sheers will hold their
shape and that your crepes won't ulti
mately sag under an avalanche of bead
ing or braid, that your clokys will stay
In, and that your drapes will not sag?
then, and only then, are you well
dressed.
Women are rapidly learning to find
out all these things before they buy a
dress. They are learning to buy pre
dictable merchandise.
U. S. Designers Following
Glittering Fabric Trend
The French started It, but American
designers were quick to follow the new
trend of glittering fabrics for after
noon and evening year. A survey just
made of American textiles discloses
that every Important manufacturer In
New York has designed and presented
materials to achieve unusual brilliant
effects. Cabled reports on the first
fall openings of the Farts dressmakers
still further Indicate the advent of
sparkling fabrics.
Tailor-Made Influence la
Shown in Evening Gowns
Paradoxical as It may appear, the
tailor-made Influence has extended to
dinner gowns this year. Worth
launches wool-back silk velvet In din
ner tallleurs with wrap-around skirts
and bloused bodices, and Patou and ^
Schlaparelli also favor evening tall
leurs In silk velvet
"QUOTES"
COMMENTS ON
CURRENT TOPICS By
NATIONAL CHARACTERS
Opinions expressed in the paragraphi
>e!uu are not necessarily concurred it
"ty the editor of this neurspaper.
AMERICAN TRADITIONS SOUNt
Br DR. HAM KOHN
THE philosophy of Fascism glori
fies the nation, to which the In
dividual Is expected to sacrifice him
self; therefore the gesture by llus
tdftnl, to Impress the Italian people
with the great traditions and ths
splendor of their country's conquests.
I believe that the courage which Is
asked of youth In a democracy, the
courage to think things out for them
selves rather than to depend blindly
on their leaders, Is a far greater
courage than Is asked of young pe?
pie going Into a war.
It was the traditions of Germany,
of Russia and of Italy?the tradition
of obedience to a kaiser, a czar, a
king, which made It possible to set
up Fascism, Communlsim, Nazism.
The traditions of the American
people, on the other hand, the prin
ciples of liberty, justice and equality
for all of whlcli your ancestors
fought In 1770, would prevent such a
happening In America, l'outh, thick
for yourselves, even though Ameri
can ideals have never been complete
ly realized.
FAITH IN THE LEAGUE
Br GEN. JAN SHITS
THE league is not moribund or
on Its last legs, but only finding
Its feet, only beginning Its career.
Henceforth more and more it will
stand forth as the determined foe of
Imperialism, of that spirit of aggres
sive expansion and annexation that
characterized the old pre-war order
and which was fondly thought to
have been killed In the World war
but Is again showing its horrid head
in world affairs.
No, the message of Armistice day
Isn't forgotteif. Long live the League
of Nations!
GREAT BRITAIN'S NAVY
Br DAVID I.I.OTD GEORGE
I HAVE gone through the figures of
h the Admiralty and make this state
ment: In effective fighting force of
battleships, battle cruisers and
cruisers we have a more powerful
fleet even than the United States and
far more than any other nation. In
addition, our guns are far bigger
than those of any Continental power.
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California's flair for the "biggest
ever" is expressed In a hybrid wal
nut tree that produces good trunk
Hood 21.17 times faster than the
most rapidly growing of Its two par
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