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charge�察�straight for the box。 

     Fifteen minutes later�察�Slackwater Charley and Webster Shaw returning�察�

caught   a glimpse   of   a ghostly  pendulum  swinging   back   and   forth   in   the 

dim light。     As they hurriedly drew in closer�察�they made out the man's inert 

body�察�and a live thing that clung to it�察�and shook and worried�察�and gave to 

it the swaying motion。 

     ;Hi�察�ya�    �Chook� �you Spawn of Hell� ─�yelled Webster Shaw。 

     But   Batard   glared   at   him�察  �and   snarled   threateningly�察  �without   loosing 

his jaws。 

     Slackwater Charley got out his revolver�察�but his hand was shaking�察�as 

with a chill�察�and he fumbled。 

     ;Here you take it�察─�he said�察�passing the weapon over。 

     Webster   Shaw   laughed   shortly�察  �drew   a   sight   between   the   gleaming 

eyes�察  �and   pressed   the   trigger。  Batard's   body   twitched   with   the   shock�察�

threshed the ground spasmodically for a moment�察�and went suddenly limp。 

But his teeth still held fast locked。 



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            THE STORY OF JEES' UCK 



     There have been renunciations and renunciations。                But�察�in its essence�察�

renunciation   is   ever   the   same。    And   the   paradox   of   it   is�察  �that   men   and 

women forego the dearest thing in the world for something dearer。                   It was 

never otherwise。        Thus it was when Abel brought of the firstlings of his 

flock and of the fat thereof。        The firstlings and the fat thereof were to him 

the dearest things in the world�察�yet he gave them over that he might be on 

good terms with God。          So it was with Abraham when he prepared to offer 

up   his   son   Isaac   on   a   stone。 Isaac   was   very   dear   to   him�察  �but   God�察  �in 

incomprehensible ways�察�was yet dearer。               It may be that Abraham feared 

the Lord。     But whether that be true or not it has since been determined by 

a few billion people that he loved the Lord and desired to serve him。 

     And   since   it   has   been   determined   that   love   is   service�察  �and   since   to 

renounce is to serve�察�then Jees Uck�察�who was merely a woman of a swart´ 

skinned   breed�察  �loved   with   a   great   love。   She   was   unversed   in   history�察�

having learned to read only the signs of weather and of game�察�so she had 

never heard of Abel nor of Abraham�察�nor�察�having escaped the good sisters 

at   Holy  Cross�察 �had she   been   told   the   story  of   Ruth�察  �the   Moabitess�察  �who 

renounced her very God for the sake of a stranger woman from a strange 

land。    Jees   Uck   had   learned   only   one   way   of   renouncing�察  �and   that   was 

with a club as the dynamic factor�察�in much the same manner as a dog is 

made to renounce a stolen marrow´bone。                 Yet�察�when the time came�察�she 

proved herself capable of rising to the height of the fair´faced royal races 

and of renouncing in right regal fashion。 

     So this is the story of Jees Uck�察�which is also the story of Neil Bonner�察�

and Kitty Bonner�察�and a couple of Neil Bonner's progeny。 Jees Uck was of 

a swart´skinned breed�察�it is true�察�but she was not an Indian�察�nor was she an 

Eskimo�察�nor even an Innuit。           Going backward into mouth tradition�察�there 

appears   the   figure   of   one   Skolkz�察  �a   Toyaat   Indian   of   the   Yukon�察  �who 



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journeyed down in his youth to the Great Delta where dwell the Innuits�察�

and where he   foregathered with   a woman   remembered as   Olillie。                 Now 

the woman Olillie had been bred from an Eskimo mother by an Innuit man。 

And from Skolkz and Olillie came Halie�察�who was one´half Toyaat Indian�察�

one´quarter       Innuit�察  �and    one´quarter     Eskimo。      And      Halie    was    the 

grandmother of Jees Uck。 

     Now Halie�察�in whom three stocks had been bastardized�察�who cherished 

no   prejudice   against   further   admixture�察  �mated   with   a   Russian   fur   trader 

called   Shpack�察  �also   known   in   his   time   as   the   Big   Fat。   Shpack   is   herein 

classed Russian for lack of a more adequate term�察�for Shpack's father�察 �a 

Slavonic      convict    from    the  Lower     Provinces�察    �had   escaped     from    the 

quicksilver mines into Northern Siberia�察�where he knew Zimba�察�who was a 

woman of the Deer People and who became the mother of Shpack�察�who 

became the grandfather of Jees Uck。 

     Now had not Shpack been captured in his boyhood by the Sea People�察�

who fringe the rim of the Arctic Sea with their misery�察�he would not have 

become   the   grandfather   of   Jees   Uck   and   there   would   be   no   story  at   all。 

But   he    WAS     captured    by   the  Sea   People�察  �from   whom   he     escaped    to 

Kamchatka�察�and thence�察�on a Norwegian whale´ship�察�to the Baltic。                       Not 

long after that he turned up in St。 Petersburg�察�and the years were not many 

till he went drifting east over the same weary road his father had measured 

with blood and groans a half´ century before。             But Shpack was a free man�察�

in the employ of the great Russian Fur Company。                 And in that employ he 

fared   farther   and   farther   east�察  �until   he   crossed   Bering   Sea   into   Russian 

America�察�and at Pastolik�察�which is hard by the Great Delta of the Yukon�察�

became   the   husband   of   Halie�察  �who   was   the   grandmother   of   Jees   Uck。 

Out of this union came the woman´child�察�Tukesan。 

     Shpack�察�under the orders of the Company�察�made a canoe voyage of a 

few hundred miles up the Yukon to the post of Nulato。                 With him he took 

Halie and the babe Tukesan。            This was in 1850�察�and in 1850 it was that 

the river Indians fell upon Nulato and wiped it from the face of the earth。 

And     that  was    the  end   of   Shpack    and   Halie。    On    that   terrible  night 

Tukesan disappeared。          To this day the Toyaats aver they had no hand in 



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the trouble�察�but�察�be that as it may�察�the fact remains that the babe Tukesan 

grew up among them。 

     Tukesan was married successively to two Toyaat brothers�察�to both of 

whom she was barren。           Because of this�察�other women shook their heads�察�

and   no   third   Toyaat   man   could   be   found   to   dare   matrimony   with   the 

childless   widow。      But   at   this   time�察  �many   hundred   miles   above�察  �at   Fort 

Yukon�察     �was   a  man�察   �Spike    O'Brien。    Fort    Yukon     was    a  Hudson     Bay 

Company   post�察  �and   Spike   O'Brien   one   of   the   Company's   servants。         He 

was a good servant�察�but he achieved an opinion that the service was bad�察�

and in the course of time vindicated that opinion by deserting。                    It was a 

year's   journey�察  �by  the   chain   of   posts�察 �back   to York   Factory  on   Hudson's 

Bay。     Further�察  �being   Company   posts�察  �he   knew   he   could   not   evade   the 

Company's clutches。 Nothing retained but to go down the Yukon。                       It was 

true no white man had ever gone down the Yukon�察�and no white man knew 

whether the Yukon emptied into the Arctic Ocean or Bering Sea�察�but Spike 

O'Brien   was   a   Celt�察  �and   the   promise   of   danger   was   a   lure   he   had   ever 

followed。 

     A few weeks later�察�somewhat battered�察�rather famished�察�and about dead 

with river´fever�察�he drove the nose of his canoe into the earth bank by the 

village    of  the   Toyaats    and   promptly     fainted    away。    While    getting   his 

strength   back�察  �in   the   weeks   that   followed�察  �he   looked   upon   Tukesan   and 

found her good。         Like the father of Shpack�察�who lived to a ripe old age 

among the Siberian Deer People�察�Spike O'Brien might have left his aged 

bones with the Toyaats。         But romance gripped his heart´strings and would 

not let him stay。      As he had journeyed from York Factory to Fort Yukon�察�

so�察�first among men�察�might he journey from Fort Yukon to the sea and win 

the honour of being the first man to make the North´West Passage by land。 

So he departed down   the river�察�won the   honour�察�and was unannaled  and 

unsung。      In after years he ran a sailors' boarding´house in San Francisco�察�

where he became esteemed a most remarkable liar by virtue of the gospel 

truths he told。      But a child was born to Tukesan�察�who had been childless。 

And   this   child   was   Jees   Uck。   Her   lineage   has 
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