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Papo Six
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Friday.' September ,. 1U25.:
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1W; STOKY TIll'S TAIt
I'lerce I'hlllipsj at Sheep tVini
1n the Yukon r.ountry, where he
Juid Krone ;o jin itut mad rush or
To-
nwh (owiird the phitfortn, hut
hen was Joined hy the lender of
tin; pojiHt, who it rjiinlilMl through
tlic tn-Hn und ranged himself in
nilni-iH in ino.it of gold, hns heen oiijiowltion to th- nudieiu'e. Tli
.wrongly accuse! of stealing iro
vimoii.s. At u mob meeting ut nun
em he in brought to tiial nloiig
with Jim mid Jom TWeCiwkey,
JleCoHkey brothers shirt tin' Rtiflt
to ill in nml deapjio nil Unit hi.s
friends, 'l'oleon ltoret and ('oilm
en. Coudtoau. ciin do the mob is
Lent on h.uiglng him. .
. tn a fight with Jim MeCnskey.
who has insulted tho Countess
with whom Phillips ti;t.s hiiuriib-u
u fond attiudniii'iil, It in discovered
that the .MrCa.slte.vH are the guilty
OlieH. At the pilch of excitement
Jim MeCaskey earn pet and sunns
one in the inch shoots him dead
CIIAPTRn-V. (Continued)
At the first stroke of the uVh
fendlug whip a howl went up a
merciless howl, a howl of fierce
exnltutlon. Joe Mefciskey rocked
forward upon the ImllH of Mm
feet; his triune wan racked by a
spuHiu of it troiiy ; tie si rained at
lila thong until his rdioulder mus
cles swelled. The HeMi or hts
buck knotted and writhed; tlvld
filrenks leaped out upon It, ilirn
turned ctiuuson and heumi to
trickle Mood.
"One!" roared the mob.
The wlelder of the wjurgn ftwung
It In wettpon ugnln; again the lea
ther strips wrapped around the
victim's ribs and laid open their
defenseless roverlng.
Two!"
MeOtskey hinged forward, then
trained backward; the ti'nt-inime
erenkrd as he pulled nt It. Jll.i
head wuh drawn far hack between
his ah on hi era his Lice was ronvul
ed, and his gums were; bared In
(i Hkywurd grin. If lie tillered utiy
flound It wa:( lit the uproar.
"Throe!1
It wax a frightful punishment.
The maii'H rirnh was being strip
ped front hla bone .
"l'our!" t
J "Klvo!" ;
1 Tho count went on monotonous
lv. for the fellow with the whip
swung slowly, putting hl whole
Dtrength behind every blow. When
it hnd rllmhPtl to flitht tho prls
orner's body was dripping hlood,
his trousers-band was sodden with
It. When it had reached ten he
Jiuiiff mispendeU by ht wrists and
only a fierce Involuntary muscular
reaction amiwced tho caress of
the nine htNhc.
Korty stripes had been vot
Inn penalty, but 'Holeou loret
Vaulted to the platform, seised the
Upraised whip.ain1' tftre It from
the executioner' hum!, lie lurned
Upon the crowd a countenance
White with fury ami disgust.
' "HiiouKli!" he .shouted. !! Clnr!
Toil keel him next! If you litUM
W'tp somebody, w'lp me; dish, feb
ler Is mo.H' dead." He strode to the
post and with u slash of his hunt-lng-knlr(.
cut MeCaskey down.
This action was greeted with a
tingry yell of protest; theru wiw n
old man. vs likewise satiated with
this torture; hi luce was wet with
sweat; henealh iiis drooping gray
The i mustache his teeth were set.
"Hack up you hyena!" he cried,
.shrilly. "The show Is over. The
man took ills iiK-dielne and he look
it like a man . lie's hud enough."
"Olmme the whip. I'll finish
the joh," some one Minuted.
The former speaker bent for
ward nbristlc with defiance.
"You try it!" he spat out. "You
touch that whip, and by tktd. I'll
kill you!" lie lent point to this
threat by drawing- and corking his
;iix-ehooler. "If you men nin t had
enough blood for one day. I'll let
a lift l- moro for you."
ended )n u torrent of
'climb abcird!" he shrilled
"VVho'a trot the riiIs to try?"
I loret spoke to him Miorlly,
"Dese men iiln't rtoln' msik' no
t rouble, m'sleu,." With t hat he
turned his back and, heedless ,of
Die clamor, bean to minlKler to
flte bleeding man. He had pro
vided with a bottle of lotion, doub
tless Homo uutlseptle snatched
from tht! canviis di-uir-store. dowii
the street, and with this he wet a.
handkerchief; Hun he washed
.McCaskey's lacer.tted back. A
uu'tnber of (he committee joined
him in his work of mercy; soon
others came to their aaslHtance.
and gradually the crowd began
breaking up. Sihiii' one handed
Hie sufferer a drink" of whiskey,
I which revived him considerably.
and by the time he v:is ready o
receive ills upper garments he wis
to some extent master of himself,
Joo .MeCaskey accepted these at
tentions without a won of thanks
without a sign of tfralllnde.
appeured to be numbed, paralyzed,
hy tho nervous shock he hail un
dergone, and yet he was not pan
lyzed, for his eyes were intensely
ulive. They were wiht, baleful; hLs
roving glance wits like poison to
lh men it fell upon.
'"'on'ro tlue to leave camp," lie
was told, "and you're going to
take the first boat from Dyea. Is
theru anything you want to say.
anything you want to do?"
"I want something to eat,"
Joe answered, hoarst ly. "I'm hun
gry." These were the first wonts
he had uttered; they met with as
tonishment; nevertheless lie was
led to the nearest restaurant. 8ur-
Iseiid me along."
Thus decorated, . Jin met his
crowding in dignity. Kxtending
from the steps of the restuurant
far down the street twin rows of
men hail formed, and this gaunlb'i
Joe ,Mc('akey was forced to run.
He bore his ordeal ns lie had bor
ne the other. .Men jeered at him,
they flung handfuls of wet moss
at him, they spat upon him, some
even struck! him. bound us he wns.
Ktckeiied at the sight, I'lerce
Phillips witnessed the final chap
ten of this tragedy into which the
winds of chance had blown him.
For one Instant only did his eyes
meet those of his former tentmate,
l.ut during that brief glance the
latter made plain his undying hat
red, .McCaskey's gaze Intensified,
his upper lip drew back In a grim
ace similar to that which he had
Ills words I lifted to the, sky when ugony ran
profanity, through his veins .like fire; he
seemed to concentrate- the last
ounce of his soul's energy In the
sending of some wordless message.
Hellish fury, u threat too baneful,
too ominous , for expression, dwelt
In that stare; then a splatter of
mlre .si ruck him in the face nnd
bh"te, it OUt.
.When the laM Jeer hnd died ' n
way, when the figure of Joe .Me
Caskey h:id ' disappeared into tho
twilight, Philips drew a deep
breath.
What a day this him been, what a
tumult he hud lived through, what
an experience, he had undergone!
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I its rui,m" " "V a suein. curious group.
in- ei uwueii over i ne ooarti coun
ter and wolfed a ravenous meal.
When he had ftnlsh'd he rose,
turned ,'ind stared itiestioningty
at the circle of hostile faces; It Is
eyes Mill glittering with that basi
lisk glare of hatred and defiance.
Tluye was something huge, dis
concerting, about the man. Not
once had he appealed for mercy
not once had lie complained, not
once had he asked about his bro
ther; he showed neither curloMiy
nop 'concern over Jim's fate, and
now he betrayed the utmost in
difference to his own. He in. -rely
shlfttd that venomous stare from
one face to another a.s If indelibly
to photograph each and every one
f them upon his mind.
Mult he citizens of Sheep Camp
were not done with him yet. His
hands were HKitin bound, this time
behind him; a bl-mket roll was
rop' d upon his shouhlcrs.upou hts
breast hung a staring, placard
which read:
"I am a thief! sit on me and
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I for over
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YEARS,
This was un adventure! U- hud
lived, he iind mudo an ' enemy.
Life hud come his way end .he
consciousness of that fae. caused
him to tannic. This would be
Isomclhfng to talk about; what
(would the folks buck home buv to
this? And Die Countess t hut
I wonderful" woman of lee and fire!
I That super-woimin who could
sway- the mlndy of men, whose wit
was titiiclter than light, .Welt, she
(had saved him. saved hi good
mime, if not his neck, and his life
win hers. Who was she? Whst
mission grought her here? What
hurry crowded on her heels? What
idle chance had flung them into
euch other's arms? Or wus it idle
chance? Wuh there such a thing
as chance, after all? Were not
men's random fortunes all laid out
in conformity with some, intricate
design? Dust hw was, dust blown
upon the bnnth of the North, us
were these other human atoms
which hud been borne i hither
front the 'furthest quurters of the
earth; but when thut dust hud
settled would It not ur range itself
Into patterns mupped out ut the
hour of birth or long before?
Somehow he believed ' that such
would be the case.
As for the Countess, his way was
hers, her way wus his; lie could
not bttir to think of losing her.
She was big, she wilm great, she
drew him by the spell of Borne
strange magic. .
The peppery old man who. with
Doret's help, had defied t he mln-1
era' meeting upprouched him to
iiuiulref . '
"Hiiy why didn't old Tom come
back with you from J.lndertnun?"
"Old Tom?"
"Sure! Old Tom Linton. We're
pardners. I'm Jerry Quirk.
"He was tired out."
"Tired!" Mr. Uulrk snorted de
risively. "What tired him? He
can't tote enough grub to sat Isfy
hi own hunger. Me, J in douhled-lrippln--relviyin
our stuff to the
Summit und break in' my back at
it. 1 run make him understand
we'd ouKht to keep the outfit to
gether; he's got It scattered like
u miul woman's Imlr. Hut old Tom
In the sere und yellow leuf: he's
onery, ijku ull old men. 1 try to
humor him. but there's a limit."
The s pci Iter looked Pierce over
shrewdly. VYoy said you was paek
dinV for wages. Well, old Tom ain't
any help to me. You look strong.
.Mehbe I could hire yon."
Phillips shook his head. I don't
want work Just now." said he.
"I'm going to Dyea in the morn
ing" Jim McCuskey wtut burled where
he had fallen, and there beside
the trail, so th-jl all who putped
might rVad and ponder, the men
of Hheep Camp raised a board with
this inscription:
"Here lleg the body of a thief."
(To Be Continued)
TiMiir.rt Sam-; apimcoyhd.
THJ: DAIXRS. Ore Kinal ap
proval of the timber sac contract
Reliable Merchandise Sincel855
entered Into hy tho I'ntted States
forestry ervic and John U.
Heimlich, local capitalist ; and
owner of the Great Southern rail
road, was announced yesterday.
llvlmrich recently was granted
an extension of time in which to
make a showing as to his finan
cial ability to handle the sale
which Involves approximately 253
udo.ouo f,et of pine timber south
of Friend. This showing was
made And contruct for the sale
was finally approved ut Washing
ton, -according to word received
here, j
Second Fall Opening
. MONDAY, OCTOBER 5
Readjustment of classes will accommodate all new
students on above date. . -
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Phone 131. W. P. Kinion, President.
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