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PAGE EIGHT irEDFORD HAIL TRIBUNE, MEDF0RD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1933. MM cnDPinnrM vaiicv ill VIIUI ULLIV VI ILLL I ihnu RlfMilDhtL SYNOPSIS: Curt Tennyson has clipped awav from his camp in ths Canadian wild, hurt and a Uttl Bewildered, tie and hit partner, Paul St. Clair, have picked up flon ya Volkov, taved her from certain death at the hand of the Klosohee Indian, and Curt ha fallen in lav with her. Now he find eh ha sent a letter deolartng her lov to Igor Karakhan, millionaire orook whom Curt i trying to bring to justice. Unable to fare Sonya' treachery. Paul too paddles away from camp. Chapter CURT DECIDES nAUL wondered If Curt would throw up this Karakhan caae altogether. What a atow Sonya had made of ltl Except for her, they would already bare closed In on the man. Not only had they wasted precious days, hut their best hope bad (one glimmering, the hope of shadowing LeNolr, for without a doubt he suspected them now and would never let them follow blm to his chief. Occasionally he glanced down toward the Iskltlmwah mouth, but aw nothing of his partner. A little before noon be could stand It no longer. Dropping down lake, he landed and walked back Into the pines. Curt was sitting against a boulder, tracing meaningless patterns on the wolf-foot with a stick. He was iplunged Into deep thought, motion leas, a dead pipe In bis teeth. His llace was gray and haggard, his eyes had a hard light In them; and when jho looked up and smiled, It was a bitterly cynical smile. But In splto of those ravages and of the many times, wben Paul had 'aeon the steely aolt-control that lay jdeep-down In Curt, be was surprised that his partner could have taken 'o terrible a blow and then, within the apace of a few hours, could have (shaken It oft and got himself In hand. He no longer seemed confused and bewildered, as last night at the entry rocks. Curt pointed with the stick. "See that pair of black lilies there, nod' , wing their heads together? The mailer one Is Sonya Volkov, and the other la her Cossack. I'm going to pull Karakhan'a head off In a mln lute. I'll do It as an agent of the law, tnd not out of any Jealousy over her. iord, nol I couldn't be jealous of 'anything that he owns. I'll take the blossom over and give It to her, and then, after we nail him, I'll toll her rwhat I meant by It." 'Nall hlra'T You're still going bead with this hunt?' "Why not? We started It, we'll go through with It, And from now on there'll be no more pussyfooting or generosity to strangers. 1 want to get through with this mess and get back down north to our Three Rivers country. I've been thinking of the Nahannl Mountains. Pros pecting In the Nahannls will be a good way for a fellow to forget." He got up, put on his Jacket, and plucked the taller of the two black lilies. Over the other one he hesi tated a moment A shudder went through him as he took hold of It. But then with a savage gesture he larked it up by the roots and flung It away, and brushed bis hands. "How're you going to find him?" Paul queried. "LoNotr Is suspicious of us. He won't ever let us shadow him now." "We won't try to shadow LeNolr. We've got an eastor way of finding Karakhan. Sonya Volknv has been hard luck for us so far, but we're go ing to turn her Into good luck. We'll use her. It's only fair; she used us." "Use her1?" "Well, she's going to him, Isn't he? What's to prevent you and me from following hor? She'll be a doien times easier to shadow than that bush-sllnker. We'll use her as our bait. She's a pretty bait When, he goes to Join him, we'll go along; and when she gets there, we'll be 'there tool" j A ITER a day and night of hard traveling, LeNolr stood In Ka Takban's cabin once again. "DIs Is your," he said, and with no other ex planation be handed over Sonya'a letter. ; "Mine?" Karakhan echoed, struck all In a heap, "It's for me. you say?" His face turned ashy. "Who knows I'm here? Who In hell pumped that out of you ?" LeNolr trembled. "Head heem." be urged. "You onderstand. don." His eyes wont to the table behind Karakhan where lay hie chief's heavy automatic. He backed up a atep, and bis flugors closed over an lron-tlpped ski staff leaning against the wall. If this girl waa no friend of his chiefs but an enemy who was playing some Infinitely clever game, Karakhan might shoot blm In his tracks. Karakhan ripped the envelope and held the letter to the window where the gray dawn-light was filtering through. In bewilderment he scanned the first few lines, then whipped over to the last page and glanced at the signature to see who bis correspondent was. "Sonya Volkovl" "Den you know her? She no He to ' me?" The question went past the Rus sian unheard be had turned back to the first page and was reading the letter with an lntentness that shut out everything except the words be fore blm. Even yet LeNolr could not tell whether his chief would burst out at blm In a fury or would Oil his pocket with money, as the girl had said be wonld. He watched anxiously. , But then, little by little, he saw bow bis chief was taking It Karak han'a anger and astonishment passed swiftly and changed to dis belief, as though he simply could not credit bis good fortune; and then came a leaping exultation which his habitual cold mask could not quite hide. "Where Is she, LeNolr?" The pages quivered In his unsteady hands. "Why the devil didn't yon bring her along with you, man?" LeNolr drew a breath of Immense relief and his Jumpy nerves smoothed themselves out The girl had spoken the truth I "She down der at dat camp wit' de u'ders," he explained. Thinking this a good chance to impress Karakhan with - his caution, he added: "How I know wedder she talklt straight or not? I don't know she aw-rlght, ontll you say. Me, I don' tell nobody were you hide, and I don' breeng no strangers here." "But you should No, I suppose you did do right, since you didn't know the uh, circumstances. Sit down. I'll get some coffee for, us." AS LeNolr eased onto the wall a bench his glance strayed out the window to the landwash where, half a dozen lean honey-colored huskies were nosing along the water edge tor dead fish. A pistol shot east of the hangar fourteen birch' bark canoes lay side by side on the sand like basking seals; and In tht timber Just behind them smoke was rising from three big campflres. The party was the Black Grlizly and hie men, on their way south. They bad come a hundred miles without stopping even tor food, and another hundred lay ahead of them. The sight of them comforted LeNolr a lot, after his two dismal failures to wipe out Ralston's party. He certainly could use thirty more men on the Job, One awoop and smash, and the business would be done. The Russian came out of the boarded-o(t kitchen with a pot of coffee. He poured two tins and laced them with brandy. LeNolr drained bis cup at a gulp. Slowly sipping his, Karakhan listened while LeNolr told him of the happenings down river. - About the two suspicious strang ers who were drawing closer and closer to his hiding, the Russian asked no questions just then. He was unable to focus his thoughts on that pair the sentences of Sonya Volkov'a letter were galloping too madly through his mind, and his emotions were too much In a turmoil over her. She waa near htm, within a hundred mllesl In five or six daya more she would be there with hlml LoNoIr suggested carefully, "She tell me dat you be veree 'bilge' for me breeng you dis letter and you pay me somet'lng, mebbe." He thought It good policy to mention the money matter while his chief waa still In the first flush of elation and more likely to be generous. "W'en I go on dat waelow Islan' I take beeg chance on walk Into trap; and den I make his long treep fas'ern hell." Karakhan took out a billfold, se lected a yellow note and passed It over. LeNolr blinked bis eyes as hs saw the denomination two O's trail ing a 6. His eblet had always paid him very handsomely, but half a thousand dollars, tor one trip the girl's letter must have hit Karakhan hard I "There'll be others like that" his chief assured, "when you bring her here to me. Several others. You'd better get some sleep now. Slam-Klale'e outfit got In Just a little while ago and they won't he ready to start on till nearly noon." (Copyright. William B. Uowtry) Ksrskhsn, tomorrow, mlhM soma significant preparstlons, SALEM, Dec. 33. (AP) Marlon county's civil works program for un employed women will begin Monday, Q. C. Kilos, local OWA administrator announced last night. Projects already approved will em ploy 20 women at repairing books and cataloguing and Indexing work at libraries In the county. Several other projects are under consideration. Today will be payday for 1400 men employed on clvll works projecte In the county. They will receive ap proximately II 1.000, Nile said. Commenting on reports that a few of the relief workers were not shar ing their checks with their famll.es, Administrator Nlles aald some of the men may face suits for non-support. Be correct. corseted in an Artist Model by Bthelwyn B. Hoffmann SILVER PROGRAM WASHINOTON, Dec. 23. (AP) Senator Bora,h (R., Idaho) today ap proved President Roosevelt's silver coinage plan but said It was a "mere Incident to that of broadening the metallle base of our money system." "I hope," Borah aald In a formal statement, "we are to regard this as only a step toward the goal the restoration of silver to lte ancient place alongalde of gold. 'I approve the action of the presi dent for the purposes for which I assume such action was taken," Bo rah aald, adding: "But of course such sctlon does not, and I assume was not. Intended to deal with trte real question of the remonetlratlon of silver. It Is st most the first step." For FUEL OIL delivery. 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(AP) rsrm leaders meeting today with secretary Wallare, considered sukina eongieM for a t3OO.0OO.0DO fund to flnnnce production control for the dstry aid beef cattle Industries. Wsllsce telegrsphed members of ths senste and house agricultural committee, aorernors of leading, dairy snd beef cattle producing states snd other members connrfea for thrir opinion of the proposal. He decle.vU an acute dairy and beef price sltus atlon requires immediate action snd asld the fnrm Irsders proposed the IM0KK),ouq Iuu4 to auppiameut ! celpte from proceselnit taxes to fi nance the production sdjuitment plan. This proposal would require emend ing the farm set to make beef a basic commodity. As In the esse of cotton, wheat, corn, hogs snd tobscco, Wsllsce Hid. the dslry and beef plan would ciU for benefit payments to farmers In teturn for their cooperation in re ducing production to eliminate sur pluses which have been burdening the market and causing chaotic condl tlons. Phone 843 we wtll haul away Torn refuse, city Sanitary Semes. Heating costs can be reduced. Poi complete heating serrlce csll An Schmldll, 418-ieiia. H arrant rsll. School PIU. No. 99. Notice la hereby given thst theie sre fund on hand for the redemp'.on of warrant No, 45 to 0f inclusive. Intret ceaaes on the 33rd day of December. 19:13. Warrants psvahli st the Medford National Bank. Menfoid. Ore. Mil HAZEL OANPIICI.D, Clerk, School DM, Ho, oj. SONNY. YOU MUSVVE BEEN PRETTY HARD UP FOR A JOB To TAKE ONE HERE PLENTY OF SPUNVt .THaifiH. HAVEN'T YOU? I LIKE THAT OlAALITY IN BEAST, BOY OR MAN--AN' fLLTELL I I YOU RM3HT NOVO THAT ASA MOORE I WILL KINDm K&e3 HIS r t WEATHER EYE OfS I f YOU YOU M , AND MB n ARE GOING I TO GET ALONG) .TOSETHERT WBMOORET THE NEBBS Paid In Full By SOL HESS MERES SOUtt KECeiPT PO THE MOTEL SILL AMD, GREGORV, BREAK OPEtO THAT GRIP AMD SET THOSE BOMDS AMD WELL TAKE .500 BUCKS OUT OP HIS POCKET IP HE'S GOT THAT MUCH LEPT Nes.vooTHouMr vou'o sfvou caut Z' meres sous keceipt po " PLAYIMG HIDEWJDSO ) f GET AUJAV UJITW SOMtTWIkJG JREST ME -yvje MOTEL BILL AMD, GREGORvA SEEK -fflME OUT WSE j A TmOOSWtVO ADMIRE YOO IF SOU JSgJ BREAK OPEM THAT GRIP AMD V LIABLE TO Sil maEM5TEhO hOT2?MVV THOSE BOMDS AMD WELL , V xm, i07Cri -X should BePuTtuHERd is kiokjE of 0,ucw In-rYTTyJ yfasj? . II Sl. 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