Alaska Ghost Glacier Mystery by Andy Adams

Author:Andy Adams [Adams, Andy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781258064730
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Published: 1960-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

way down the shaft, he could see the chair holding the scientist being dashed from wall to wall. The unconscious man had slumped in the chair and was in danger of slipping out of the seat entirely.

With a quick vault, Biff leaped for the swaying rope. He was still wearing his deerskin gloves, and they protected his hands against rope burn as he slid swiftly down the swaying strand.

The cries of Gizmo had settled to a steady moan now, but he was jerking the rope in monotonous frenzy and Biff felt as though he were hanging on to the end of a whip.

The friction of his slide began to burn Biff’s hands, and he could smell the scorched leather of his gloves. He looked below and knew he must not slow down. Blair had almost slipped from the chair careening wildly below him.

Then Biff felt his feet touch the halter holding the chair. With a quick dip of the knees, he curled his legs around the halter, reached down and grabbed the flopping left arm of the unconscious Bill Blair.

It was agony trying to steady the sack-like form of the injured man against the wild swaying of the rope. He could hear the winch hauling them toward the surface, and prayed that his strength and the rope would hold. He had only one leg free to fend off the wall, as the chair swung wildly from one side to the other. His right leg and arm were wrapped around the chair halter. He was using his left arm to hold Bill Blair in the chair.

And then it was done. They were at the top, and

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strong arms reached out to help. Bill Blair was lifted ,from the chair, and Biff leaned puffing against the power winch.

“That was a courageous thing to do,” said Corbin Davis.

“I’ve had a little practice with rope climbing lately,” panted Biff, looking at Tish.

The cries of the terrified Gizmo had fallen away to a dull moan. The Indian had fallen to his haunches and only stared into the darkness.

“The other Indians say he’s seen the Glacier Ghost,” said Tish.

“Well, ghost or no ghost, he’s got to come out of there,” snapped the mine superintendent.

“I speak his language,” Tish said. “I’ll go down and get him to climb in this chair.”

They put the chair in place and lowered the Eskimo boy into the shaft. When Tish reached bottom, he spoke soothingly to the terrified Gizmo. On shaking legs, the big man heaved himself into the chair. Tish tightened the belt about him, then curled himself around the chair halter and gave the signal to haul away.

All the way up, they could hear the Indian repeating some strange guttural phrase. And when he was finally hauled over the side, his eyes were staring and his limbs were rigid.

The mine doctor looked closely at Gizmo.

“Shock,” he announced. “Or to be more accurate, he’s scared stiff.”

The other Indians were standing in a little group,

looking at Gizmo. To see

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