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222 Hedon at all. Impulsively Geoff caught Hedon's shoulder.

"I'm one that fired at you," he said. "Perhaps I hit; probably I'm the one that did. I had a good gun."

"I might have known you'd be hunting," Eric said. "I almost shot a man once. I should have been careful. The Eskimos told me you were near."

"You were coming for us?" Koehler was able to restrain the question no longer.

"Yes."

"You knew we were here?"

"Yes."

"How?" Latham asked that. The doctor checked himself.

"The Kadiack, you know"

"Yes, we know her," Koehler said. "The Canadian exploration ship."

"Yes. She left Nome about the time the Viborg started."

"Then you know about the Viborg?"

"The Kadiack came into Coronation Bay"—Hedon motioned south—"two months ago. She's wintering there. She brought news from