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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUITE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1933.
UNFORBIDDEN VALLEY
at William. Btjnow PlotuWf
srsopsis: Curt Tennyson and
Paul St. Clair, in northwestern
Canada on tA trail 0 Igor Kara
khan, international crook, ioin
foroet with Ralph and Sonya Nich
ols. They are attacked by tht
dangerous Klosohet Indians, res
eue an Indian lelt behind by his
retreating band, and learn that
thert trill not b a return attack
for om days. Curt suddenly de
cides to liy to Vancouver to set
what he oan learn about Bonya's
mysterious mission. Exhausted, he
sleeps while Smash Desplamet,
ttilots the plant south.
Chapter 28
TANGLED THREADS
IN th pier office Curt called the
Marlln borne, talked briefly with
A-K, promised him a report later
that evening, and Bent Smash ont
there.
At Mounted headquarter he
found Holden and Inspector Bald
win In the tatter's private office,
polishing their plans tor a narcotic
raid that night When he knocked
and nent In, Baldwin looked around
and saw him.
"Hello, Curt, old manl" He got
p. abook hands warmly. "Holden
and I have been wondering how you
were making out. But 1 say, Where's
tur friend Karakhan? We fancied
that when you showed up you'd hare
him In tow." He made Curt take his
iwlrel cbalr and shoved blm tbe
cigarettes.
Curt was surprised at bis friend
liness, so different from his resent
ment two weeks ago. Something had
brought about a complete change of
heart.
He took a cigarette and lit It from
Baldwin's match. "Oh, I'm letting
Karakhan run loose a little longer
while I follow up a side lead, Am
If you're not too busy I'd appreciate
ome help.
"Which youll get Holden, take
over this bop raid.
Holden nodded and went out to
the squad "room. Across the desk
Curt sketched his work at Tellacet,
at Russian Lake, and hla trip np
tbe Lllluar.
"Why I came down here to Van
couver, Arn," be explained, "I've
got to get complete data on Ralph
Nichols and Sonya, and I'd like for
you to help me. We won't have
much trouble with Nichols. He's
from Vancouver; I saw tbe labels
on bis clothes and outfit Here's a
roll of 91ms; you'll And two snaps
of him on It the man with tbe cap,
When we place Nichols, we'll go
after his acquaintances and get ev
erything we can."
Baldwin scratched notes on a pad.
Curt went on:
"We may have more trouble with
Sonya. I don't know her last name
or where she's from; but I've got
four snaps of her In that roll, and I
think that when we once place Nich
ols It'll be easy to get a lead on her.
They're close friends and should
have mutual acquaintances,"
"night!" Baldwin agreed. He
pressed a button and a Mounted
constable came In. "Otis, take this
roll of dims and have prints in half
an hour. Don't futile this." He
turned to Curt "While I'm working
on Nichols, you can be reporting to
A-K. My car's outside. Take It"
"Thanks, Arn. I'll go now."
Baldwin walked out to tbe curb
with blm. "Old man," as he gave
Curt the keys, "I read that letter
you wrote A-K from Tellacet"
"He showed It to you?"
"Yes, 1 say. It was damned gener
ous of you to tell blm tbat 1 helped
pick np Karakban's trail. I didn't
have a blighted thing to do with It
except to sit back and feel cocksure
you'd falL I acted small then, and
I've been wanting to say so."
CURT was glad he had put that
. sentence Into bis report A few
generous words, costing nothing,
had wiped out hard feelings and
made Baldwin his old friend again.
"By the way," Baldwin remarked
offhand, "Helen Mathleson has men
tioned you several times. If yon get
ohance, call her np and say hello,
won't youT Ton never told me uh,
what yon thought of her."
"She took me a real surprise, Arn.
I thought she was as likable and
weet a girl aa I'd met In a long
time."
"I'm glad to hear you say that.
Just because she uh, associated
wltb Karakhan, most people think
she's of a sort wltb blm. I don't un
derstand what the women like In the
fellow Out he's certainly got a way
with them. She's pulling out of it"
"I'm glad she's forgetting. You've
teen her since 1 was here!"
"We uh, take an evening drive
now and then. Yes, she's forgetting;
but what I'd like. Curt Is tor her to
have the whole truth about him. She
knows about hit swindle game here
In Vanooever; and excuses it in a
way; but she's never heard a whis
per sbooi Buenos Aires and those
other Incidents. She wouldn't ex
cuse those chapters."
"Ton know as much aa I do; why
ioB't yon tell her?"
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"Well, yon see, It'd be deuced
awkward for me to do It She knows
I'm a professional bloodhound, and
besides sbe might think that the
uh, personal element was coloring
what I said."
Curt suddenly realised that Bald
win' Interest In Helen Mathleson
out a lot deeper than a professional
Interest 3trange an officer of the
Mounted, and the girl whom the
Cossack Karakban bad thrown
aside. Luck dealt queer cards
sometimes.
"I'll do what I can, Arn," he prom
ised. .
"Will youT Old man, 111 depend on
you for thatl I know she'd listen to
you. On this other matter, I'll bo
phoning yon before midnight"
Curt left On his drive ont to the
Marlln home he prayed that Rosalie
would be gone for the week-end, aa
she usually was. He had no definite
thought of ever marrying Sonya
Nichols; the whole situation be
tween Sonya and himself waa so un
certain and unpredictable that he
oould not look ahead with any as
surance whatever.
But his Intimacy with Sonya bad
revealed to blm a new strange vista,
unguessed at In all his previous life.
He had known Rosalie for eight
years without their association
quickening Into life or deepening be
yond a casual comradeship; he had
known Sonya less than two weeks,
but It seemed to him that destiny
Itself had led bin. to take np tbe
Karakban hunt merely that he
might meet and know ber.
AT tbe Marlln home A-K answered
his rlna. Smash bad cone to
bed, A-K Informed, aa he took Curt
out on tbe porch. Rosalie too was
gone on a week's yachting trip to
Seattle.
Sorry," Curt mumbled, when ho
heard that
A-K brought a pitcher of Iced
drink, drew two chairs beside the
magazine stand, and listened olosely
to the detailed report The account
left him uneasy. The big part of
the hunt, and the worst part still
lay ahead, and several featurea of
It looked ominous. Two men
against three dozen for Curt to go
back Into those mountains and con
tinue the hunt was like a tryst wltb
death.
And this girl Sonya who was
she, what was she doing In there,
and wby nnder heaven had Curt
handicapped himself with ber In a
situation where he needed above
everything else to be absolutely
freer Curt must be Interested In
ber, to put It mildly.
Curt d'you suppose this girl can
be an agent of European police?
Enough of them want Karakhan
badly. Maybe they sent a womsn to
take him."
Curt shook his head emphatically.
It can't be, A-K. I know that posi
tively; she couldn't have fooled me
there."
"What do you believe she la
then?"
I haven't the faintest Idea. Ex
cept," he added, "she's a most ex
traordinary person. I wish yon
knew her. A-K."
Marlln glanced at htm. "Wby?" he
asked, bla suspicion almost a cer
tainty. As he listened to Curt's halting at
tempt to describe her. Marlln felt
that Instead of liking this Russian
girl he would dislike her Intensely.
He disliked her even then, without
eve: having seen her, for he saw
that she bad crowded Rosalie en
tirely out of Curt's thoughts. He
looked away, to keep Curt from
seeing his shock ant pain.
It seemed Incredible that Curt,
who had always been so rational In
aucb matters, should fall In love
with a girl of whom he knew noth
ing and whom he had met less than
a fortnight ago.
Her alien origin, her secrecy, her
going off on a long trip with a man
who was no relation at all, strongly
suggested that she waa aome sort
of advuntnress. No doubt she was
a brilliant girl ehe appeared to be
a match for Curt at Curt's own
game: and no doubt she had charm
ing qualities or sbe could not have
swept him off hla feet as she had
done.
But nevertheless she was an ad
venturess, and Cnrt had an awaken
ing ahead.
He kept hla conviction to himself.
It was not a matter In which one
man could counsel another. Curt
had to choose and travel his own
path. Perhaps, Ood willing, that
path would bring him back to Ro
salia yet
At eleven the phone rang. Bald
win waa calling from a down-town
hotel.
'Curt? Arn speaking. Some news
tor you.
(Copyrioht, Jill, wmtom M. Moxctry)
A-K gives Curt a surprise, to
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la well known to Southern Oregon
turkey raleera. Is In Med ford again to
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several years and their average re- .
turns have been very hih, accord-
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