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CHAPTER XVII THE GAP IN THE RIDGE
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The scanty1 supper was finished before the three men held a council.
"We'll have another search in the morning, but you can take it for granted that there's no cache here," Carnally said grimly.
"Could Mappin have made a mistake about the place?" Graham suggested.
"No, sir! That's a sure thing. But wait a minute. I think I see!" Carnally lighted his pipe before he resumed: "Now, you want to remember that we're up against a clever man. He didn't mean us to find the food but he'd see that there was a chance of our getting through without it and try to fix things so Allinson wouldn't have much ground for making trouble. So he sent the supplies up."
"Then where are they?" Andrew broke in.
"Let me finish. I guess there was nobody else about when you told him where to make the cache?"
Andrew nodded, and Carnally went on:
"You said the east Whitefish, and he sent the truck to the west fork. It's a point where one might go wrong, and he'll claim that he misunderstood you and you didn't make your instructions clear."
"I believe you're right!" Andrew had a savage2 glitter in his eyes. "But the brute's cold-blooded cunning is devilish! He meant to starve us to death because I threatened his contract!"
[Pg 176]"That's not all. Mappin's dirt mean, but I guess he has a stronger count against you."
"Ah!" said Andrew sharply, as a light dawned on him. "I wonder whether you have hit the mark?"
In spite of the peril3 to which he was exposed he felt a thrill of satisfaction. It looked as if Mappin, whom he suspected of seeking Geraldine's favor, had some ground for believing him a successful rival. Perhaps the girl had inadvertently betrayed a preference for him. Mappin would not be driven into a risky4 course by impulse; he must have believed his jealousy5 well-founded. This was comforting; but Andrew had now to consider how he and his comrades were to escape from their difficulties.
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