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IGHT I have a wor with you, sir, witi out the cabin ?" Immediately lea' ing my associates, followed the shor muscular, athletic fi ure of the camup do( tor out to the edge c the forest. "What' up, Doc?" I aske expectantly. "I want the 'elp of a man as 'o the nerve to do an ugly job befor daylight," he whispered sententious: "Murder?" I tried to smile. "Alaybap!" he quietly replied, to m amazlkement, "I'hat lets me out, Doc. I'm o for iy bunk." "No it doesn*t" he hissed, folloN Ing my hesitant retreat. "What bring me 'ere late at night in a stormi inore important to the company an its hundred and sixty-two hands I canip, than to you and me. This job 'goli' for-ard tonight, come what ma And you who are handy with a gu und I who have no talent for tal afterward-wels, it's we two for tl perfawimence. 'i diead serious, I ai m-JnI you'll stand b y--i'll ('m ertainl I tbat. Come, the tide's just a-turii We'll havo to be mnovin' with it. lvei Inoient we're nearer a stampede i a panic in camp. Got your gun at eneak to my hut right away. Not !peep to them gents from iBoston, n to any one else. We're going P< bet-, understan', plain brown bear tomorrow." That Alaskan night was of the fot east! A fretful kainook bayed disnu dy on the opposite shore where Hal 'ndians sometimes dwell on the 'tcanioe voyages among the Prince, Wales Islands. The Coplan ,Coppi ,company's smelter cast fitful patter, of alight and shadow upot 'the freezir Ibay. The wild voice of, the hills sio the vea beyond with a hiss and roa January was in angry mood in ti wilderness as I Wicked the snow fro -my boots befote the doctor's cabi udiYL his bound uttered a long, k ~idi vlthin. It seemed but a ir rnent when our pipes were loaded, t "whuskey" on the rude table beside t - nnd the fire roaring in the doctor's I th1k rus'ty stove. T1urniing suddienly and bringing hi list to the level of my face, tihe litt mani unpacked himself brusquely: "A -J correctly informed th; you're leaving camp for the east * ho next boat?" ''That's my intention unless th storm detains mo." W iell, sir," continued the doctor, 'le placed a foot on the hound's thh fleck and recharged his glass, "I hoj miothinig will interfere wvith your lea uin'.: but I can't see the horizon or Mtl mess flown near the Indian qur tor's behintd the mll1. You see, I car nay anything to those timid city dir< tors about it, foarin' of their ind cretoon and a tangle with the heal otiler at the' port o' entry. Tihem n rector's hate mie! Now you've appleal Th ine as a man of tile woodls. You' beeni about some where a mall's a Lto be1 several1 tilnes a man. TI 4---d 1ndian must bo haindi mightilly roulgh tonight. At least can't weepi over him11. 1lie sneaked night before last withlout permlissi( sa~nd it'll ex plode anly mlinte .'" Whenl tile doctor rultmmaged forit black shlroud-liko gowns and carehe: * ly t hrew t hem across the bed, 1 i pected that we were either to lynl somebcodly, commit a corpse to the s or participate in some1 ghoulish ce .anony3 of pagan belief amongstt Elwashi across the bay. Finally 'blurted: "Doc, what are these bia kimionas for? Looks like a hangin1 "it mlight better be a hangini'," retorted, pawving amongst his apot0l -cary stores, from whlich 110 occasi< ally set aside a package. "It's sim pox! That'o whaft it is-ini a cai of1 panicky miiners ready to bolt on fIrst whiff. Smlallpox-fourteenl-di stuage, and1( a l)est house harboring t d--d--( case. Do0 you understan: Thelan with a toss of the head a one of those sudden turns, upon auditor wvhich characterized all Is tense utterances, he growled: "Cci ~alonlg now, we've got to move ti asett out of camp before dawn or, wv youu'll see the company's boat in t hands of mnutinous miners, and creditors dividin' its assets in bat r'uptcy, and me n-gein' to the COOP I violatin' the law." We skulked along tile beacl'1 as I hs possible from tile glare of . t .smelter. Black buzzards, sheltering ~a wood pile, chattered raucously. 'le doctor whispered: "Our pir remember. If the buck shows fig1 do your part; I'il do mine. WVe arvoidl a rough-and-tumble as long !t*ssible. Hear that sea racing pm the. Inleti Gad! what a pght "th~en and childremit This bread a bacon, won't' be lteeded, I'm bniiV VV lIHE Y El covmo av P )f = T d y A Poor brown devils--and yet-Stand by a ntow, and If you feet yourself cavin', >r bite that cigar like a mink trap a.. >r work away. Musn't bungle this!" \Ve remained for a moment In the shadow of the silent mill to rehearse 1. the "Job" about to be perpetrated. 1. The Indian's rudely-curtained hut win at dow gleamed faintly red-a bleared Ir eye in the dark void. We knocked. A menacing grunt and a shifting of rmoccasined feet within-nothing more is hospitable, g "The doctor, with food and medi .e clne. Laet me in." We let ourselves r. Into the hut before the Indian had Sarisen fromt the floor. The but reeked with the foul stench npeculiar to the domestic conditions of ,wnomad IndiansH In this. region. O_ We lured the Indian outside. Our lereturn from pestilence to the cold, ssweet air of the Alaskan forest, Intox t-5 aedfe Th0otrbga eaigy 5s"h intyurieoto h on 5 n ie o adyuwudls . ih.Yule ad anyu n It -dnee h elho h hl ' ap9o'egttwmymntst padeof ,hyorfmlyo.e sht. is~ m oved browar hec-anoet-Stand the la bchan f O " feuaw orsic. cauntfor meatr allway. Mu' bunge theiwate esleeps-m obbe silenty. lie turee a1 tShe reo aoThtlnet po'erpcomae , h Inithis rudely-ctaineht inr Sdwuleamedtyo fityredav gbveayou c- ey winay te dlar vout Wtte rknod i ncing rumn and awrhifing the t ocined fhee wihimonthi've oe Sltent me in the lhado orselve m*ilo thcd hto beound the nin hua whrien frm the flrk.Younrsa' SThewhu e'eedo th quie foul wenchd s Iitarto'. tayhn doeich cotion doo rw oahnisitwhile ren.ee h v e lur ndsied the Indian'sutsidle.Ou reur rog peslkencae wa thcoldn ' swetaim the Alask norhsch itoay b.iaede.Thbrtldtwaune Th- e doctor whose mieacihadlad is vhyncd'tou stae otof tesicaon liGo iexo mlsd you ost; lastl (ngt Yous wate and damn youlen-y pnayr'd tanhe te assh of hr whout. caddpe ou'v oet he'~rr whenutes toa npddl yourf o with ufatl so Now, shot.h" v of. is 'lng giveln h~ilsullommyans the rn dotowarind thoe mgho y upongh ttad allsday.to get when toat away; he , the tl~h hiinsrltan ale caught(IC d? flte wtr lznhead fitsdepy. ae a"aft ofdiese anddet, ou'v hatred ind;o tte wean, wihnat tointeer in-t aorl doutfuoufat. I'e ground you ne( day teo ear'n the ht fIre andko at brncirng t'en vetig eckifthe s Ul, t hadr for' rited nth. H'e g ot rerashore.~l to hadvanid yolie p hul its frotr theut Indarks. dyrr firueIahe' Ik- fgid sotly, ayd aing towardlt (Othe' Ir sering190 whil-esIctrhi squat irgtrad eih athde rrint' ' lhe.w ar As lon posie Yestee whe was' he'and trm there le calledi ito layhi We've oe awr d-fie ob; butd n, gotingd to tihe it ageone Sedacaor it, opftedrer da afte tomorrow, or pck ast ser if d'mlinfeected. 'lagm s in sirtle higoinavr tee ns er the Sr etach, t's and ' iyo coe' thion-a oda hundredet o dthin teslf et I'ma llt n'. ir'rr geaboar off.''yo ofo ~4 UIMTOMANYD DOUBTPUI MTS" the states. I say-burn the Indian' hut, sneak to my shack and lay lon Don't explain anything. Those miner woul'ln't stay in cali) a minute, an( the health officer'd hang me for not re portin'. Thanks, old chap, thanks. I was a dirty job for you." I heard no more except the woolie gathering aloft and hitting the distan sea with a roar. The sturdy littli Doc would "finish the job alone!" Firing the hut from the inside, sneaked through the camp toward th( doctor's shack. It so happened (as it always hap pens) that on the day after my grue some job with Dr. Dickson, one of th< visiting eahtern directors had a "tre menjus case of cramps," as the super intendent impressively announced. "Now, where was that good-for-notj ing, lying, scheming little Doe? Why drunk abed, of course." So, with this verdict, a collection o exasperated directors visited Dicl son's shack to rout him out. The (100 unlocked, but the dloctor was nowher< ini camp). A meeting of the director w~as called which resolved that it wa dangerous to the camp to continue th< Oml~lloymen~t or a man who was this that and the other bad, incompetent unfaithful thing. So D)oc was dis charged on the spot, the while an in ' itation was pr1eparedl to another lphY sician at Juneau to comue and filll thui exalted position. It was an innate sense of responi sibility which impelled me to sten away on the third night- after Diclh son had gone to sea with his aicl wards. Packing my light kit I bun dIled upl what remainqgd and left I labeled to .follow me in the Mary Ani wheni the visiting directors returned tb Ketchikan. My note to them did no create a favorable impr'ession of mn; attentiveness to their distressed bus! nless. "G entlemen: As I may serve y'ol more by flnding Dr. Dickson than b; r'emalning in camp, I have left som' of my13 (dutile to accompany you 01 your v'oyage to Ketchikan. I an cr'uising dIown the bay to hunt for 1111 and for-bears. While sailing, pleas, look for' my fire and a freshly-blazel spru'1ce On y'ourl port sideC. Kindly blo0t the launch whistle every two ile dlown. I ought to be0 fr'oml six to eigh miles south on tho west coast a Prince of Wales Island." From the dloctor's shack I appr'c priated his rifle, a supplly of ammtuni tion andl such medicines as I though he mlIght need; also I took soml Scotch whlisky, and brandly, Ipies an tobacco, . a cot, tent and beddIng, stove, shlotgu~n and shells, field glasx disinfectants, anid all the provisions 'old~ indu~ce tile cook to hand out. One of tile squaw's babies hlad die Onl the (lay following their rough v'o3 age from the mule. "And the ot he little valrmlint," said Dickson softl3 "will pass in hIs chlecks presenltly. Th~l squaw'll pull through if the buck don' lay dlown tis week, I'm goln' standi by the case a wile longer .1 y'ou say the boss isn't cussin' ef me. Early the next day we heard th siron of the Mary Ann., 'The launc was sailing down the bay. What said1 to the rubicund and pudlgy Do< and1( just what he said to me as h stoodI off twenty yards or so with eye of greater eloquence than Is quais tongue hlad ever known, doesn't ma ter here and now. Suffice it that mlade mly shuort but tangled wvay to th shore alone, stood -under Doe's pin shirt andl near the fat new blaze an waltedi for the Mary Ann. Her pirat c'aptain, seeing me waving a urna birch sigr.stuashion, stopped.'his- 01 gino and drifted as close as he dqenie prudent. In a few moments ie blaune lifeboat had taken me aboard and to a cabin load of sleepy directors. They suddenly perked up with a chorus of questions concerning "the irresponsi ble little scamp." Yes, I had found him in the interior of the island. He had fallen in with some Indians, and, well, to be quite frAnk, he had asked me if the ian agement and directors missed him, and if I would convey to them his apologies for leaving camp without the usual polite exchange of a good bye and so forth. This twaddle exasperated them as I had intended. Their language of and concerning little Dickson shall have to be fumigated before public use can be made of it. My violent and obsequious friend, Captain Furloso, and I were alone in the wheel house where he kept his eyes on the companly's mail bag. As I espied the bag a villainous idea seized upon me. "Have a smoke, Cap'n?" -I offered the bandit this bit of eastern hos. pitality in my most persuasive pianissimo. "Cap'n," I began, leaning over his smelly, little black and tan figure in a confidential, warm-hearted manner, "Cap'n, I wrote Dr. Bumpus of Juneau a letter at the mine which I think I ought not to send him until I have seen some one in Seattle. Just let mo open that bag a minute and I'll with. draw it before I forget it in the rush at Ketchikan." "Cert," piped the captain, like the good, brave soul that he is, "here's the key." Then looking around fierce ly at nothing, he half whispered: "Ju't turn ,the key in the wheel. house door. Them gents from Massy. chewsitt might butt in afore 'you' ione it." So, having "done it" in a jiffy, I felt assured that the temporary custody of Dr. Bumpus' letter gave me control of the situation created by my all-too precipitate friends, the directors. Just before we sailed from Ketchi kan I enclosed the Bumpus letter in one of my own and addressed it back to the company's manager at the mine. These letters, therefore, went to the mine on the Mary Ann's return trip and were in the manager's hands on the fourth day following our depar ture from Ketchikan for Vancouver. This is what I wrote the manager. a man preposterously jealous of his ofilal prerogative: "I beg to enclose the letter you ad ,dressed to Dr. Bumpus. pursuant to the ,direction of your board while I was In . camp. In a fortnight Dd. Dickson will return and explain the important service 'he has been rendering your company. -"Inasmuch as my counsel and advice concerning your company has been the object of my examination of its proper ties andl affairs, I suggc.t that nothing be said to apprise Dr. Dickson of the I action of your board, nor of its injustice .to him. I shouldi regard the doctor's resignation from your statff, at this time, as a serious calamity. "Meantime, I am explaining the doc tor's absence to the directors while they are on their wvay to Vancouver." "Great little runt, that cahip doctor at the mine," I soliloquized, as wve finally debarked from the steamer and settled into a Pullman bound for Se aittle. "What's that?" came a screeching andl derisive chorus. "lHe's a little beast, anid if-" "Now, see here, gentlemen, I've de termined to raise you to the lofty level of that little cut, between hero and Seattle, or wreck this train in the at temnpt." So I told~ them of the heroism of this runt of the wilderness, and heard their snivols and saw their tears, their hedging and squirming and justifying and all that men do whose condiuct should bring regret and remorse. A month thereafter I received this assuring report: "Keotchikan, SS. Alaskra. S"Dear Mr. fobs: "I'm well againfi btu badly pocked. CGot away from the Cape as soon as I dared, and came here. The squaw pulled throuigh, b)ut her kiddies died. I envy themi The buck was almost decent while I was down. Still. I've a mind to lick him aplenty when I get strong again. r "Two of the boys wvent to the mine, sneakced my things aboard the Mary Ann, and left my written respects for that manager. I shall have him also to beat t up when he comes my way. There's a y rumor here that he has been discharged. "I've heard something of what you did for me with them entomological gents from the 10ast. Much obliged. I'm going Sto hammer the binacle off the one with the blue whiskers whien ho comes to Alaska fagain. Keep- this quiet, so I'll have him to look forward to. *"Much obliged for tihe port wino and a other good things from New York. I'm going on t ho staff of the Neille Mine next s month. A..big bunach of the boys~at the t Copian Mine -want to go with me, but I -won't do that' sort of tihing. "Yours in Todoform, "Doe." SIEleven days later I received the I following telegram from the jubilant e D~icksotil l"Met and mangled the manager to i- day. -He's' in hospital. I'm in jaIL, d All, the ,boys satisfied. b "DC. DRAWING HIM ON. Edjth-Vhat would you do if I at tempted to run away and leave you here in thb parlor alone? Ernest-Why, I--er-would try to eatch and hold you. Edith-Well, get ready then, I'm going to attempt it. GOOD WORK WELL SUPPORTED People Are Liberal In Their Contribu tions to Young Men's Christian Associations. 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