PXGE SIXTEEN
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BYMOPBlBi Curt rmnjioii ku
oom 10 Hdmonton from a winter
in the eub-Arctio. intmiiino to take
a nev. and qooA too. Inetead. to
Aulp hie former chief in the Koyal
Mounted. 4. A Uarlin. he etarte
en the moil dlfflcuK man hunt ol
hie aareer trailing Iqor Kara
khan, international orook. Van
couver Curt diecovere that Kara
than had known Helen ifathteeon.
and from her he learne that a flyer
named Qunnar had taken Kara
khan on many airplane tripe, and
that 1uei at the time the Rueelan
had dleavpearrd. Qunnar had made
a ewfUclous departure from Van
couver, Chapter Eight
INTO THE NOR.'H
URT went on eagerly:
KJ "Now. wh did Qunnar Ue
about nil clearance ar"l take on
neb a big loadT And why should a
Dxlvats plane, which wasn't sched
ule-bound, renture np on a day wben
the commercial companies canceled
their flights and no planes could
set In? I'll tell you why Jim Qun
nar bad Important business on hand
that day!
"And one other quest'on: Where
did this youngster, who was just an
ordinary barnstormer where did
'ha suddenly at the eighteen thou
'and dollars tor a new planet"
Baldwin and Holden exchanged
fiances of dismay. They had worked
nine months on that case and here
came along a person v. ho bad struck
bot scent almost at once. How
ever much they wanted to see Kara
khan arrested, Tennyson was show
ing them up too badly.
"Don't lump to conclusions," Bald
win argued. "Qunnar might just
have been flying plane-load of
whisky to an Indian camp or smug
gllng something across the border.
A lot of foreigners are taken into
the States by air from here."
"Maybe so. I'm merely saying
that the trip looks suspicious to me.
Holden. did that record give you
any hint of where be did go?"
"Nothing whatever.' The plane
Inst went away Into the tog."
"You're sure there's no clue?"
"Dead sure. Ion can see for your-
fcalf. I made a copy of the clearance
record."
Curt looked at the hastily scrib
bled sheet. Gas and oil were the
first two Items. Then fjllowed a
few trifling purchases cigarettes,
chocolate bars, a box lunch.
"That lunch." be commented,
'ought to have put a person wise
that Qunnar Intended to stay In the
air for several hours. You don't
take a luncb along on a forty-live
minute crow-hop." His linger moved
on down and stopped at a, entry
wblcb read NC-6, 60a "What's this
Item, Holden?"
"Some gadget for 'be plane, 1
suppose."
Curt believed so, too, but the In
finite patience In him 'ook nothing
tor granted. He reached the phone,
got the airport and asked the parta
can what NO-5, 60o meant on a mm.
"That? Oh, that's for a Geology
Service map them strip maps that
ron hang Inside the cabin on roller
and roll up or down s you fly along.
That NC-6 chart covers the section
from Chtlcotln north to thi Grand
Trunk. Is that all you wanted to
know?"
"Quite all," said Curt "Tbanks."
Baldwin whirled angrily on Hol
den. "What a blighted tlmbertop.
you. 'Dead sure nothing whatev
er when the record held a clue
like thatl And you even copied It!"
Bolden's face reddened. Curt In
terposed: "It's all right. Holden. 1
caught that because 1 kno some
thing about planes. Arn, sent- a con
stable down to got one ol those NC-6
charts, won't you?"
WHEN the chart came, be spread
' It os a table for a direful study.
The map covered a strip 76 miles
wide by 400 long, ending at the
Grnd Trunk Railroad In northern
British Columbia. Red dots showed
where pilots could secure gas, and
tars where some sort of mechan
ical service could be expected.
In that thinly settled country
there were only two stars and four
teen dots.
Before leaving, that afternoon, be
wrote night letters and sent them
to all the places that he coul- reach
"by wire.
When he walked Into Mounted
headquarters the next morning, a
pile ol yellow envelopes lay
Baldwin's desk. Baldwin picked up
one lying by Itself and banded It
glumly to him.
"You're an uncanny devil, Tenny
son," he growled. 'It I bad your
luck I'd be Premier.
The tolegram cane "im one of
the starred places, a ilttl town
called Tsllscot, at the Junction of
the Grand Trunk and the Lllluar
River. A thrill ran through Curt as
he read the electrlo words:
Plan you deacrlbed landed here
en altornoon seventeenth Stop Car
ried pilot and paasenaer Stop Left
on morning lRlitnli) 8top Desti
nation unknown.
Countess Carlisle
Hurt In Air Crash
SHANGHAI. China, Nov. 34 (AP)
Couuteaa Carlisle, niece of Sir
Miles Lampeon, British minister to
Chins, was reported seriously !
MORE SATISFACTION
CANT DE BOUGHT,
FOR
I
Within an hour Curt and Smash
were flying north In their ship,
heading for Tellacet.
At the Edmonton hotel Marlln
was surprised to have Smash Des
plalnes breeze In on him one after
noon three days later.
"Hallo, Bwasal Where's Ourtt"
"Orer In no.-tre:n B. C At a little
jerk-water called Tellacet lie sent
yon this letter."
Marlln silt the envelope hastily.
Qood news this soon? Impossible!
even for Tennyson.
The message was In the numeral
code of the Silent Squad. He ail
down at tbe table and began decfr
pberlng It The laconlo sentences
staggered him as he worked them
out.
OaarA-Kl
Baldwin and I picked up Kara
khan' trail at Vancouver. A nyar
called Gunnar brought blm north
to thl place. Karakhan then sent
Gunnar out by train and went on
north by hlmaelf In tbe plan. I
auppoae ho waa too cautloua to lt
anybody know his exact destina
tion. I nare reaaon' to believe that bs
hiding somewhsr In th Lllluar
Mountain. A nunorea muse uurm
of hre la a poat called Ruaalan
Lake, the Juraping-oR place for th
Lllluara. 1 Intend to go ther and
try to trac him fartfcer. Sine a
plana In that country would arous
suspicion. Smash will atand by her
at Tellacet with the plane, to be on
hand If needed ; and the reat of th
work will b done by canoe.
By th war, don't mention Kara
khan to Smash. H knows I'm
hunting a man, but It Isn't wis to
trust him with any particulars.
After h hand you thla, h Is
flying over to Athabasca to get
Paul St Clair and fetch him here.
need help on thla, and Paul Is th
only person on earth whom I can
trust absolutely. If this turn out
to be a wilderness hunt, Paul will
be worth ten ordinary men.
So far at least it was a woman.
Curt.
A THOUSAND yards oft the north
shore of Russian Lake, Curt
and Paul stopped paddling . few
minutes and gated ahead at the
trading post, looking tbe place over
before they landed.
Tbe post lay at the mouth of the
Lllluar River, a big mountain
stream' which had Its origin 800
miles north, near the Yukon head
waters. As far offshore as they were.
Its tumultuous current tugged
strongly against the elder of their
canoe. Small and unimportant, the
trading station consisted of a gaunt
frame mission, a whitewashed
Mounted Police cabin and red
roofed Hudson's Bay store repre
senting man's three anile '. Institu
tions of religion, law, commerce.
Five trapper and prospector tents
were strung out down the land
wash; several shacks stood back at
the wood's edge, and the leather
tepees of a doten Indian families
reached up along the river bank be
yond the mission.
Curt turned bis eyes from the
trading post to the blue-hazy dis
tance up the Lllluar valley. "Lord,
what a country, Paul I" he mused.
The wild spirit of It awed him.
Range after mighty range marched
north out of sight, all of them top
ped with glaciers and iuge enow
flelds, their slopes cut by moraines
and avalanche paths and mile-deep
canyons. It was a primordial coun
try, aa lonely and appalling as any
thing he had seen In tbe sub-Arotlc,
Tbe sun bad already abutted down
behind the northwest ranges. In tbe
evening hush the lake waa as still
as a mirror, but far-away west a
mass of black thunderbeads prom
ised a rainstorm before many hours.
A small group of people, gathered
In front of tbe Bay store, were look
ing at the canoe and poln.iLg! and
several men bad strolled out npon
tbe little pier to meet It. Tbe post
was so wilderness-burled that two
strangers In a boat caused a big stir.
Paul gave tbe canoe stroke to
keep It headed straight. "1 wonder
whether Main'selle Luck in Dame
Malbeur Is waiting for u yonder,
partner?" He spoke In French, as ha
always did with Curt.
That's what I'm wonderinr. Paul.
We're walking Into a big blank
question here. We haven't a ghost
of an Idea where Karakhan Is hid
ing. He may be close to this place
or two weeks' foot-slogging back In
that Godforsaken Strong-Woods.
See those people there? Well, any
of them may be a spy of his. He's
almost got to have a onn'.ao. man.
We'll have to watch every step we
take."
Paul nodded, scrutinising the
post with his sharp eyes. A slender
young metis of twenty-three, he
belonged to the old and fine olan of
Athabascan St Claires, descendant
of the proud "Timber Cree" and the
old French explorer fighter, lover
and far-wanderer. Bom to the
Strong-Woods, he was aa bush-wise
aa a pine marten or a t Tiber wolf.
Between him and Curt a deep silent
partnership had grown ip during
their year of foot-loose wandering.
fCoeyrisat, 1MI. William . Id oxen)
Tomorrow, Curt and Paul find a
girl In danger.
Jured In an alrplsne crash on Chu-
aan Island, northeast of Nlngpo, to
day. No on was killed.
Lincoln Reynolds, Viols, Cel., the
American vice consul to Poochow,
wals said In advice reaching here
to here been slightly Injured.
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building repairs and grounds Im
provements thet can be done with
hand labor are urged to take advan
tage of the federal financing plan
embraced In the civil works pro
gram, by C. A. Howard, state super
intendent of public Instruction, who
Instructs the boards to submit their
proposals Immediately in writing to
Vielr county relief committees.
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mended by Howard are interior and
exterior painting and calclmlnlng, gen.
eral building and roof repair, fence
and equipment repairs and Improve
ment of grounds.
Eads Fuel Oil Delivery has long
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SPOT IS MARKED
GRANTS PASS, Nov. 34. :(SpD
In honor of B. M. Baucom, state
Tribune -A. B. C. Circulation-
patrolman, killed ,uly 1 In line JZ?Z
duty, a marble marker has ln,eul0OT wlu provided by the state
erected seven miles north of town police department.-
at the snot where he was killed, J.
O. Bromley, maintenance engineer
for the highway department, said
Thursday, The marker was erected
by the highway department.
The marker Is a large marble
block, 8 feet long, 3 feet wide and
4 feet hleh. and was secured at
Baucom, whose home was in iea
ford, was shot by John Alvln Bar.
rler and Harry -A. Bowles when he
had stopped them on suspicion of
driving a stolen car.
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