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MEDFOTtD UATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNEgipSY, DECEMBER g, 1933.
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SYNOPSIS: At union Lata .
the Canadlin Arlfcuiear, tafcart ;.
is eearching tor Igor Karakhan, itt
ternationat crook Curt Tennyeoii
media and saves from a drunken
hatf-brsed a Russian girl known
as Sonya Nichols. 8he ts deter
mined to press on tnto the land 01
the dangerous Klosohee Indians,
apainat Curt'e advice. Ourt U
chagrined to find that his tto
enemy, the halt-breed In the eaee
to Karakhan's contact man"; hm
obtains a map at the Lllluar terri-
tory from an Ola trapper, however,
and determines to protect Sonya ae
beet he can.
Chapter IT
OUT OF THE FOQ
TWO mornings later, at tier camp
forty miles up river Sonjra
awoke at daybreak, parted tbe tent
flap and looked out, Ralph and the
two guldei were still rolled op In
their sleeping bags.
Through the gray smoke mist ris
ing from the cola waters ot the Lll
luar, pairs ot nesting teal and ducks
lipped overhead, their swltt wings
whistling long alter the birds were
(wallowed up in the mist. Overhead
Id the tall pines little Tlreos and
llamfrcolored rarblera, flitting
through the branehes and darting
jont Into the air, were already busy
wun ine neagnng prooiem.
Stepping down to the water edge.
he propped her ulrror against
tone, bathed her face and hands,
and braided her hair. Back at the
IcampSre, she raked some coals out
lot tbe ashes, got a fire going, and
'cooked bacon, trout, scones and cof
jfee. Ralph and the two guides stlU
showed no signs of waking, so she
'took a small bucket and started up
a mountain torrent to a thicket of
jred raspberries.
i Not long after she reached the
.patch, she happened to glance back
camp auu woe siarueu u see
canoe nosing out of the river fog,
a canoe with two men In 1L They
glided ashore, beached tbe craft and
walked up to her fire, with their
rifles In tbe crook of their arms.
And then she recognized them as
Curt Ralston and hie young partner!
They were a welcome surprise, out
of the fog. For several reasons she
was never 'gladder to see people
than those two. But what were they
doing up the Lllluar? They hadn't
mentioned that they Intended to
come north from Russian Lake.
Through a screen of boughs she
watched them a minute. They did
not wake Ralph or the guides. Curt
pointed at her breakfast keeping
jwarm In the ashes, and looked
around for her, evidently knowing
iane was up. "
She stepped out to the timber edge.
Curt saw her then and came up
along the torrent.
"You're awake early," he greeted
with his likable smile.
He was casual enough, as though
Just meeting some chance acquaint
ance; but Sonya saw tbe man'e
tribute to her In his eyes and noticed
how his glance clung to her face and
hair. She felt sure he had not come
upon her camp by accident but with
aome definite purpose.
"I couldn't sleep with a morning
like this Just outside the tent," she
answered.
"Your breakfast looked so good
that Paul and I almost grabbed It
and broke for tbe woods."
"You will stay and hare breakfast
with us, won't you?"
"It you'll let me give you a band
(With that berry-picking."
; "All right."
! He took up her bucket, and they
rwent back along the torrent to the
patch.
"I didn't know Paul and you were
'Intending to come up this way," she
Iremarked, bending down a tall briar.
, He answered her unspoken ques
tion. "We're prospecting up the
iLllluar."
eONYA did not know whether to
J believe blm or not. Ever since
meeting him she bad been trying to
figure blm out. He eertalnl7 didn't
appear to be a prospector. He was
imllee above the type.
Eicopt for her Itther, she bad nev
er met a man whose quiet efficient
power Impressed her as much as his.
She hated to think that bi was Just
a drifter, leading a caiefree exist,
nee. That was all right tor the
men at Russian Lake, but he had
better stuff to him.
"Paul and 1 are going up as far as
the pass," he volunteered prosently.
And then he came out with the pur
pose of his visit. "If there's no ob
jection on the east side of the fence,
our parties could sort ot be neigh
bors. In this country people usually
throw In together that way."
Ills offer, as fine as It was unex
pected, nearly took Sonya's breath.
She wanted to snap it np Instantly
i before be could change hie mind.
rwo days 01 river travel nan snowea
her bow little she and Ralph knew
about tbe Strong-Woods and bow
worthless those laty gulden were.1
With Curt leading the party she
could feel safe, and It anybody could
get on good terms with the Kloso
hees, he was the man to do It.
"If the Idea doeen't appeal to
you," he said, "please lon't be hesi
tant about saying so. You mustn't
let us break Into any of your plans."
"Oh, but It does appeal to met"
"You like It, thenr
Sonya hesitated. In Curt's tones
and his manner she could see that
he waa Interested In her. On a
lengthy wilderness trip together
where the.v would be thrown Into
constant Intimate association, he
might come to like her a very great
deal. It wouldn't be right to allow
that.
"But youH be traveling so much
faster than we," she objected.
"Oh, no; we'll be taking It leisure
ly, scouting for float as we go. To
be frank, I don't believe you and
Ralph are used to water-dogging on
a mountain river. Till you get on to
the hang ot things It mightn't be a
bad Idea to have a couple of experi
enced people along. Also, It those
guides don't prove dependable, you
wouldn't be left In the lurch."
"Your offer Is magnanimous, Curt."
She stumbled Just a little over bis
first name. "I don't know anybody
else who'd have made It But we'd
be a positive nuisance."
"Your company and Ralph's would
be a real pleasure to us both. Talk
It over with him, won't you T"
Still wavering, Sonya looked down
Into the torrent, where a number of
tiny trout were darting about in a pool
like little flashes of sunshine. She
knew that the safe unselfish thing
was to refuse. But then she thought
that If she steered their association .
carefully she could guide It Into a
comradely friendship. And she did
need bis help so badly. With her it
might make all the difference be
tween success and abject failure.
We might we could try it," she
assented Anally. "At least we can
start out together, and If It doesn't
work we can always split up."
As they went on filling the nail
Curt congratulated himself on hav
ing neatly solved a tough problem.
He would be going up tbe Lllluar on
his own business, and at the same
time Paul and ha could look after
Sonya's safety.
And he would have her company
for a week, a week of wilderness
travel with her. At the pass, when
she and Ralph came face to face
with the Klosohee danger and real
ised how serious It waa, they would
undoubtedly turn back to Russian
Lake. That would free him and
Paul, to go on Inside and nail Kara
khan. .
"pHH report to which Karakhan
had Just listened make him un
easy. His cigarette, forgotten,
burned to ashes at his elbow, and
hi fingers, long and sensitive aa a
musician s, topped the rough table
thoughtfully. Looking past LeNoIr.
he stared out the cabin window at
the lake, pondering the 'breed's sto
ry.
The account might be a lie. Le
NoIr might Just be trumping up a
non-existent danger In order to lack
his pay higher. But then the story
might be fact.
With fiftr hard canoe-mllea be
hind him since dawn. LeNoIr leaned
back against the log wall, watchlna
bis chief sharply. This man of the
steel-cold eyee and calm voice one
could never so much as guess at his
thoughts.
One only knew that he was great
ly wanted by tbe Yellowa'rlces. that
he bad burled himself In these moun
tains to shake oft the police and that
ha was planning flight away at the
end ot summer to aome new land.
About his getting drunk, his light
with Curt and hie shooting up their
tent, LeNoIr had wisely eald noth
ing. He knew his chief too well.
Karakhan would not hesitate to
pump a bullet tnto any person who
endangered him by going on sprees.
In his way LeNoIr was altogether
loyal to Karakhan, who had been
very generous to him In the matter
of money. The 'breed nad a code,
such as It was. Ha had bargained to
protect the Cossack, and he waa
giving everything he had to that Job,
for he waa hard-set In his loyalties
aa In his feuds.
(Ocpyrtght. 1111. milium B. Mowers))
Karakhan, tomorrow, asnsas a
earlous dsngtr.
SHARE SAYS ICKES
WAflHIVOTON, Dee. 8. Wf)
Secretary !cke today expreaaed the
opinion that 19 states and the Dis
trict of Columbia had been allotted,
public works funds In eicras of
amounts believed by the administra
tion to be equitable.
He said that, although the ad
ministration would contttnue to con
alder projects from thces states on
their merits, they would have to be
a little more discriminatory until
other states had more nearly reached
their quotas,
The states described aa having ex
ceeded their quotas were Arlsone.
California, Colorado, Delaware. Idaho,
Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Ne
vada New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New Mexico, Ore iron, Utah, Vermont,
Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.
BWX?Sr
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OHIOAOO, Dec. . (UP) King of
North American wheat growers for the
next year Is Frank tssckcon of Elfros,
Bask.
Isackson won his crown today In
competition with 200 exhibitors of
the continent's finest grslns at the
International Livestock exposition. It
was the fourth oonsecutlve year In
which a Canadian grower has won
the eoveted honor.
The winning exhibit, Just a few
handfuU of the hard red spring wheat
of the reward variety, became prob
ably the most valuable grain In North
America because of the Importance
attached to the "wheat king" title
among growers of seed.
The same type of grain was ex
hibited by Herman Trelle of Alberta,
who won th echamplonshlp in the
preceding three years.
IGNORED BY BRITAIN
LONDON, Eng., Dec. .fl)
Great Britain's answer to Irish Free
State President De Valera's question
sa to whst Oreat Britain would do
If a Free State republic were declared
wss a refusal to consider such a
contingency,
J. R. Thomss, dominions secretary,
told a packed house of commons
thst the government treated such a
contlngencsy ss Involving a purely
hypothetical assumption which the
British government declined to entertain.
WOMAN IN BATH DIES
WHEN LIGHT TOUCHED
LADYSMITH. B. C Dec. . (UP)
When she touched a light globe
while standing In her bathtub. Mrs.
H, Blckerton was Instantly electro
cuted at her home here today.
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