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MEDFORD JISIL TRrBTTCSTI, JIEDFORD, OREGON, ST7XDAT, DECEMBER 3, 1933.
FORBIDDEN VALLEY
K YKOPMH : On the trait Ms
Russian international crook, Inor
Karakhan, Curt Tennyson and Paul
St. Claire have reached Russian
hake In the Canadian Northwest.
The have resousd Bonta Nichols
from a drunken half-breed, but
Bonya and Curt have quarrelled
beoause Curt has approved the
downfall of the Romanoffs. Jit a
potfatcfc on the lake shore Curt
I plays an old Rueeian tune, end
, Bonya sings the words. At least.
Curt ie sure th' it Russian.
Chapter 14
: 60NVA APOLOGIZES
OONYA, mart b t Russian, exiled
O by th revolution and therefor
bitter against It. That was why she
had flared out at him whin ha mild
ly praised the Leninists. Her man
ners Indicated that ah had com
from a well-to-do family, possibly
from the aristocracy.
But what about her brother!
Ralph didn't appear Russian, or an
alien at alL His nam was English
and he seemed to be an ordinary
Canadian eltlien. Ot course he
could have changed bis same, and
it was possible that he had lived In
the Dominion longer than Sonya;
but even so they were Tastly differ
ent people to be brother and sister.
Altogether here was something
odd about the relationship of those
two, something that he could not
quite fathom.
Old John took the trout from the
balsam slab, dlrlded It; and an In
dlan girl handea the portions
around on strips ot blrcbbark, with
an oollcban and piece of bacon to
each portion. As Curt passed out
bis cigarettes and chocolate squares,
he purposely stopped with Nichols,
crouched down, and fell Into talk
with the entomologist
"I understand you're not staying
at Russian Lake much longer.
Ralph."
"No. Mr. HIgglnbotham her baa
hired two guides for ns and we're
leaving tomorrow morning.
"Making a trip into the bush?"
"Tea, up the miliar." '
A young trapper cut In bluntly:
"Nichols, it you try to go Into the
Klosohee ranges. It'll be Just too
bad, tbat'a all! Those Klosobees
ain't any tame treaty Slwash. What
I mean, I'd ruther fight a grliily
b'ar with a pin branch than argy
with them boys. When I first hit
this country four yean ago, ,1
thought this talk about 'em waa
mostly nonsense, but I found out
different!"
you may be a scientist, Nichols,
an after nothing but harmless bugs.
but they won't know you from a
human beln', an' they don't have
any more use tor you than for any
white man. You'll git to the pass
all right, but if you go any further
you'll float back down, so full of
arrers you'll look like a pincushion!
Ain't I right, Johnr
"They don't let whites in," old
John corroborated. "They'll giro a
man ta'r caution, as' if a prospector
happens to stray Inside, they'll take
m out peaoe'bly. I'm list meanln'
to say they shoot squar with per
son at first, an' then It he don't
take warnln' tbey shoot straight,"
The city sportsman winked know
ingly at Sonya. "Scar talk. Miss
Nichols. They've repeated it so
much that they've got to believing
it themselves. You'll And those
Smokies as tame as tabby cats."
Bonya quietly Ignored the sports
man and spoke to the men who knew
what they vera talking about. "I
don't deny there's a danger. Bnt
.we're going to try and get on friend
ly terms with the Klosohees. If they
understand we're altogether peace
ful, they probably won't object And
we do want to work In that coun
try. One week la there would be
worth a year in a country that's
been combed and combed."
CURT took no part In th discus
sion. By linking up Jsmleson's
account ot th wild Lllluar tribe
with Sonya's sketch of their history,
be could see th whole story ot the
- Klosohees pretty clearly. Their hos
tility toward whit people undoubt
edly sprang from the brutal treat
ment they had received from th
'Russians. In so Isolated a tribe,
traditions would hang on tor genera
tions. Now Bonya and Ralph were going
Into that pot ot trouble, with no pro
tection except a pair ot guides who
would desert at the Drat real danger.
For a city girl and man to venture
into territory where experienced
bush-Iopers stayed strictly out wss
sheer suicide, and not a very
pleasant kind ot sulctd at that.
At eleven-thirty th first spatter
ef rain broke up the party. The In
diana faded Into the darknea: the
factor ambled home; the mlasijmer
wrapped hi black robe about him
CONVICT CARGO OFF FOR
FRANCE'S DRY GUILLOTINE
By RICHARD MASSOCK
ST. MARTIN DB RX France, Dee.
MV--Tlie convict ship La Mortimer
erammed ita heavily barbed cages with
Its second cargo of bsnlshed prison
ers In two months snd sailed Friday
for the "dry guillotine" of French
Qui ana.
The human freight, after two weeks
of seaalckneu, will find Itself 4.000
miles from the homeland, with alight
chance ot ever seeing it again. There,
hemmed In by tropical Jungles, in
fested by snakes snd wild animals,
the voys-ers will reloln 87 who shut
fled out of the Island penltentlsry
here September 9 for U Sam des
ttnetjaiij ,
ant left; the j . . .1 stuck
wolf cub In each Jacket pocket and
trotted for his tent
Curt wanted to ask Sonya if he
might walk up to Hlgglnbotbam'a
residence with her, where she and
Ralph were staying : but he waa
afraid ot getting snubbed. While be
wavered, Sonya said good-night to
Mr. Hodklna and turned to htm.
"I've been wanting to apologise to
you, Mr. Ralston." She waa really
sincere about it eo contrite, In tact,
that she would not look him In the
eyes but stared at a button on his
Jacket
"Why, It was a much my fault
a yours," he Insisted, aa they start
ed np toward the factor's house. "I
threw out a big wild statement and
yon caught me np on It But honest
ly" he was thinking of her Javelin-
sharp words "I'd hate to ever get
Into a real quarrel with you."
"Am I that bad?" j
"Oh, you're positively formidable! i
To change the subject there's some-:
thing I'd like to say, it you won't bite
my head off."
."I promise. What la It?"
"Well, if you don't mind an un
solicited opinion, I believe you and
your brother ought to think twice
before you start north Into Klo
sohee territory. I don't know any
think about the Klosohees myselt.
but I do know that some ot these
northern Dlnnehs can't be Judged by
the bands closer In to clvlllratlon."
But we've thought twice already.
Mr. Ralston, and we've decided it'
worth the risk.'
She said it ao conclusively that
Curt dropped the subject It ha was
to stop them, he would have to think
up some way more effective than
argument
At the door of the residence tbey
chatted a tew momenta about the
party, and then Sonya bade htm
good night Curt turned away re
luctantly, looking back once for
glimpse of her as she stood outlined
In the shaft of light from the door.
HB told himself when the Karak
ban bunt waa over he waa going
to look her up, And out who shs
really was, and try for a better ac
quaintance. He would be a poor de
tective It he could not trace Ralph
and her.
The rain came on in earnest short
ly after be reached camp. A high
wind lashed the pines, woke up th
lake and tugged at their tent; rain
fell In gusty sheets; flash aftel
blinding flash of lightning banged
Into the timber and rolled bellowing
across the lake.
Sitting on their steeping pokes, hs
and Paul waited for the time when
they could begin their work. Not
long after the storm began. Curl
felt a trickle of water on his bat
brim. He reached for his torch and
looked up. About two feet down
from the rldgellne a seat hole th
else ot a pencil had appeared In tht
canvas. On the opposite wall and
at the aame height was another hole
'Look Paul how'd those gel
there? No stick would blow deal
through both"
A livid white flash lit up the tent
aa plain aa day. An Instant later
klp-plangl their nested sst of alu
minum dishes, lying on a box neai
the flap-front suddenly exploded la
a dozen directions, ss though poa
sessed of some diabolic magic.
In the rolling thunder Curt heard
the halt-muffled bark ot a rifle.
He aprang to his feet "Hell!
Somebody1 ahootlng at our tentt
It'a that 'breed!"
They grabbed eltckers and auto
matics, and leaped outside. Throw
ing themselves down behind the fire
wood, tbey waited for the next spurt
ot rifle Are to atab th darkness.
Watch back in th Umber, PauL
'11 watch down toward the fort He'
in on of those directions. He'a not
out on the lake or around the post
anywhere."
A minute lengthened to three, Ave.
Curt bad never known It to rain so
bard aa Just then, or to lighten so
tremendously. One moment they
were blinded by a dassling glare:
In the next the dark dropped like a
pall.
They lay there for ten minute,
praying for Just one gllmps of a
rill flash. But th sniper did not
shoot again.
"We might aa wall go back in."
Curt auggested Anally. "I ought to'v
taken your advice and left him over
on the Island. We aaved him from a
soaking snd then got It ourselves."
"Sometime we're going to have a
show-down with that sllnker. He'a
going to kill us or we're going to
kill him."
It was exactly Curt'a own thought
(OotirrlaM, lilt. WtWan . Uouew)
Curt an ssul o en a etrano
expedition tomorrow.
(lathered in larg part from
Franc' far-flung colonies of Africa
and the Orient, the eslled convict
Included Hindus, Arab and Chinese.
Black men. brown snd yellow min
gled with Europeans of assorted ss-
uonsiuy convicted of crimes commit
ted on French soil.
A gigolo, eondemned to txplsts the
slaying of a women who hi un
willingly shared hi affections with
another, marched to the ahlp with
hardened criminals who killed unro
msntlcally for money.
Ther were 20 eonrlcts seoard. On
the way they will b Joined by , 400
mor from Algiers.
. Each, conykt, greased. W a tin.
form of coarse gray wool and wooden
shot, carried as sole baggeg a blan
ket in a sailor's kltbag.
Their wrists were chained. Soldiers,
with bayonet fixed and rifle cocked,
marched them through the prison
door and across the grass-grown path
seldom trod, but always one way
known ss "Guiana walk." Police
held back relatives and the curious.
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Boy Scout Court of
Honor Monday Eve.
A Court of Honor for the Boy
Scout of the Medford district of Cra
ter Lake council will be held Monday
evening in the auditorium of the
court house at 8 o'clock. Many awards
la the various merit badge subjects
will be made, and a number of Scouts
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will appear for second claw and first
claw advancement. Don Newbury,
chairman of Court of Honor, will pre
side as Judge, with Larry Schade act
ing as clerk of the court.
With the winter months, sctlvltles
In the -Boy Scout troops sre begin
ning and the boys sre busy with
many projects and merit badge work.
Each troop Is planning Christmas
boxes of food, clothing - and toys to
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be distributed at the holiday time.'
As a part of the yesr's program,
Troop No. 8 of'the Washington achool
Is planning the organisation of a
band.
Troop No. 3 of the Roosevelt school
Is taking week-end hikes to the sur
rounding hills In search ot a suitable
cabin site. They sre steking a place
that will provide good skiing in win
ter and good hiking In summer. The
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Point, Oold Hill and Jacksonville are
also busy with similar projects.
The snnouncement comes from
headquarters that all sppllcatlonrfor
Monday's court of honor must be In
at the office before 8 o'clock. Each
and every scout Is urged to attend
with his parents and friends and the
public la cordially invited.
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left today for Portland, Ore, to In
spect the Bonneville da..,, after hit.
lng viewed and approved work done
thus far on the Port peck dam project
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