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i BYNOPSlBl Curt rennvion re-
turns to Rthnontun alter a winter
of wolf huntino in the eub-Arotto.
rendu to take a fob that will pay
him a laroe ealary. Hut he eeee
Xoaalie Uarlln. whom he cxaecte to
marry eome day, and later Ro
oalie'e lather, A. R Uarlln Ourt'i
former ohiet in the Royai Mounted,
JL-K toante Curt to return to hie
old tab lona enouoh to track down
iaor Karakhan. international orook
who tor 9 monthe hae defied the
Xlounted. Finally Curt oivee up hi
rosy proepecte and out of regard
for A-K takee up the trail. At Van
couver he learne from Inspector
Baldwin of Helm Mathieeon. a for
mer friend ot Karakhan,
Chapter Six
DATE FOR CURT
BALDWIN flushed slightly. "Miss
Mathleson and Karakhan vers
together a deal here In town, ana
pa, took trips up the coast"
Curt noticed the flush and the hes
itation. Re wondered what Bald
win's reluctance to talk about her
meant. Was he holding something
tackt
"Is she still here In Vancouver!"
"Tea. Manages a beauty shop
down on Kirk street."
"Do you know her well enough to
get me a date for this evening?"
"Oh, let her alone, Tennyson. I've
oovered that lead. She doesn't know
anything Important That Russian
was too cagey to tell her anything
about himself. He didn't tell any
body." "I'm sot going to grill her. I just
want a talk."
"She won't date with a stranger."
"Try her, won't yout By the way,
better use a fake name Ralston
will do, Curt Ralston. And I'm a flyer
with the Consolidated Minerals."
Baldwin was willing enough to co
operate, for he felt confident that
and honeysuckles, made him think
of the many evenings he had spent
thoro with Rosalie during tb sum
mer vacation or when she was horn
from girls' school; but his thoughts
of her now were not very kindly.
He resented her attitude last
night In Edmonton when he told her
he had turned down the Consoli
dated otter. She had quarreled with
him, then sulked and kept away
from blm, and spoiled the whole eve
ning. She could be kittenish and
companionable when she wanted to,
but her pleasantness did not seem
to go very deep.
He suspected, too, that her en
gagement rested pretty lightly with
her. For all her childish Irresponsi
bility In most ways, she was beady
enough on some points, and one of
them wai the matter of her mar
riage. He believed that their engage
ment was a kind of anchor to wind
ward with her; that besides himself
she was keeping a whole string ot
possible husbands, much as prospec
tors Uked to keep a large number of
claims In the hope that some par.
tlcular one of them might com
through big.
AFTER changing clothes, he
taxied back to Kirk Street for
his strange date with the Mathlesoi
Curt thought she was merely a ellent.
nothing would come of It Picking
up the phone he called a number
and got Miss Mathleson.
"HolenT Arn Baldwin speaking.
How are you? . . . Glad to bear that.
I eay, Helen, are you free this eve
ning? Why I ask, I've a friend here
In town. Curt Ralston, an aviator
with a prospecting company. He's
facing a lonesome evening, and 1
wondered whether you wouldn't
tep out to dinner with him. . . .
Beg pardon? . . . You don't care to?
But I wish you would, girl; he's
rather a close friend ot mine, and I
believe you'd like to know him. . . .
You'll phone me later? Better make
It 'yes' now, Helen. He's entirely a
gentleman, you understand other
wlBe I wouldn't have suggested this.
Please. . . . You will? That's mighty
weet of youl . . ."
He set down the phone. "Suven
o'olock at her shop, Curt If you pick
up anything new from her, I'll turn
In my commission and got a Job as a
trafflo cop."
Curt thanked him, left headquar
ters, sent a box of flowers to the
Mathleson girl, and went out to the
Uarlin home.
CMASH was gone. He had slept a
few hours, the housekeeper
aid; then had done some telephon
ing, changed clothes and left Imme
diately. "Soaking up some more so
ciability," Curt thought
Going out to the vine-clad porch
with bis pipe and the notos he bad
made at headquarters, he began
blocking out his program In rough
outline. The clean swift way ot lo
cating Karakhan waa to trail him,
to pick up hie trail leading away
from Vancouver and follow It
There were other methods of go
ing about the business; he knew of
several which Baldwin and the Si
lent Squad had overlooked; but
they would take months ot grubbing
work.
He had a theory ot bow Karakhan
had made his got-away and he
meant to test It thoroughly before
turning to the slower methods.
The porch, with Its ellmblng rosea
girl. In spite ot what Baldwin had
said he expected to And her a
worldly-wise croature ot the gold
digger type.
She must be a pretty shrewd thing,
to run In Igor Karakhan'a company;
and he would have to handle her
carefully. She might know nothing
worth while, and then she might
give him some priceless little clue.
He walked Into the reception
room of the beauty parlor. Oo a
lounge, a girl sat reading a maga
sine, a dark-haired, dark-eyed girl
In a pretty black-and-white silk
frock. Curt thought she waa merely
some client of the shop.
She laid the magazine aside and
rose up. "Are you you're Mr. Ral
ston, aren't you?" she asked.
"Yea. Is Miss Mathleson ar T"
He bit the question oft short For
he suddenly noticed that thi cor
sage she was wearing waa his, and
as she confronted him under the
hanging light he recognised her as
the girl of the picture on Baldwin's
doak.
"I'm Helen Mathleson," she said.
The surprise nearly floored Curt.
She waa so eiactly the opposite of
all his expectations. Her girlish dig
nity and her shyness toward him, a
stranger, completely blasted his for
mer uncharitable opinion of her.
He thought her as charming and
sweet a girl as ha had met In a long
time.
For a moment he felt that some
body surely had made a mistake
somewhere; It seemed prepoeterous
that a girl Ilka her could ever have
fallen In love with the Cossack
Karakhan.
He took her to dinner at a res
taurant garden, and they had a
short dance afterward. Wanting a
quiet talk, which waa Impossible at
a theater, he suggested a canoe ride.
They taxied to the park, rented a
canoe and drifted out upon the la
goon. ICopyriiiht. Hit. WUHam 8. htewery)
Monday, Curt learns a fast ef
Importance.
UMBER OUTPUT
TO EXCEED 1932
WASHINGTON, NOV. 22.--(AP)
The National Lumber Manufactur
ers' association today predicted a 30
per cent Increase In lumber produc
tion in the United Btatea for 1933
over 1933. The estimate was based
on figures for the first 44 weeks of
the year.
The association's report to the In
dustry said this year's production
would approximately be 13,000,000,
000 feet, of which about 3,000.000,000
feet will be hardwood.
Zn 1933 the hardwood production
as reported by the United States
census bureau was 1,405,596,000 feet
while softwood production was 8,
745,636,000 feet.
All regions this year, the report
said, will show substantial gains
over last year, with Washington, Or
egon and California the leading
states In that order, as they were In
1932.
Y
SALE IS FRIDAY
The members of the local chapter
of the Homo League, which Is the
international women'os organization
ot the Salvation Army are making
plana for their semi-annual sale ot
work and demonstration to be held
on Friday, November 24th.
The sale will start at ten a. u.
and continue throughout the day at
the army's new headquarters at 411
East Main street. Mrs. Violet Rudy,
home league secretary, will be In
charge.
The ladles will offer for aler
among other things, a large num
ber of new quilts of various designs,
which have been made by members
of the league.
At ,8:00 p. m. the work of the
league will be demonstrated and a
special program of music and other,
items of entertainment offered. No
admission will be charged.
REJECT SALEM'S OFFER
FOR WATER SYSTEM
SALEM. Nov. 32. (AP) The City
of Balem'e offer to purchase th lo
cal plant of the Oregon -Washing ton
Water Service company for w 50,000
waa rejected today.
TUB DALLES. Nov. 33. (A) A
brief requesting that navigation locks
at the Bonneville dam be constructed
of sufficient sire to permit passage
of ocean-going ships, will be forward
ed to Washington, D. 0., this week.
Broken windows glased by
Trowbridge Cabinet Works.
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FAMILY LIKENESS
Bv GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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HIS MOTHER.
ANP WDY5 COOSIN JANE SMS
NONSENSE HE FAVORS HIS FA
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trtWK HE IS, SONEtfWG IN
-The zoo
COOSIN JANE RETORTS IHKTSHE
HAS A PICTURE OF HIS FATHER
AS A BABY, AND 1HE LIKENESS
IS ASTONISHING
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MOTHER'S NOSE BUf HER HAIR.
DECIDES ONN MEAXS Of DEFENSE
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BRINGING UP FATHER
By George McManus
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whOT the Guy
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