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MKUJj'OKD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEUFIMD, OH EG ON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1933.
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SYNOPSIS: Curt Tennyton re
pulaea the friendly advance of
Sonya, whom he hua befriended in
tin Canadian wilderneae. because
he knowe that the girl i$ planning
to dteert Kit party and to join Igor
Karnkhan, the millionaire oroolc
whom Curt it tracking down. Curt
end hie partner Paul know that at
anon aa Sonya teavee with LeNoir,
Karakhan'a contact man, LeNoir
will aend the remoraelraa Kloaohee
Indian to dettroy them.
Chapter 35
DEPARTURE
CL HT atood up and gave Sonya
bis hand to rise. As his glance
met hers he saw tears In her eyes,
an her lips trembling. "All right.
Curt," she said quietly, with a hu
mility that shamed blra. She
glanced down at the ground, started
to say something more, checked her
self and turned away to ber tent.
He thrust the clips Into bis pocket
and walked up to tbe little stone fort
which he and Paul had rolled to
gether. Paul was carefully Inspect
ing It and plugging chinks so that
no arrows could sift through. They
did not count on bavlng to nse tbe
defense; but their situation was
delicate, LeNoir was a crafty fellow,
and It was wise to guard against the
unforeseen.
At the uppor Up ot the Island
Ralph was sitting at the water edge
occasionally drawing In a fish on tbe
band-line bo was holding. He looked
lonely and disconsolate. Curt won
dered whether Sonya had really told
him tbe truth about ber trip. Ralph
was an unselfish soul, but to bring
tbe girl be loved Into that country
and help her Join another man
seemed a bit too self-effacing even
for blm. Probably she had spun
iiloi some lie.
As he brought Paul an extra rock
he was startled by tbe low quavering
call of an owl six hundred yards out
upon tba lake. He dropped tbe
rock, stood listening. LeNoir? It
touldn't be; tbe red. star was
nearly two hours high. But then
tbe call came again, no nearer but
louder; and he distinctly caught the
Blaetto quality of It.
"Hell I It Is LeNoir, Paul I He's
some early for her."
Paul nodded. "Yes, It's be. Slam
Klala and be must want to get the
a-hole business over wltb tonight!
They crouched down behind the
rocks and waited. Curt's eyes were
ipon tbe tent, where Sonya would
eome out He bad not Imagined thai
tier going would be an oideal, be had
iven thought he would take a sav-
ige pleasure In being free of ber
tor good; but now when she actually
was leaving, It seemed Impossible
to let her go,
. When she stepped outside the tent
md looked around cautiously to see
where Paul and be were, he rose up
overwhelmed by the Impulse to go
lown there and keop her from lent
tag. Paul checked blm, took a part
or tbe burden of decision upon blm
self.
"Don't, partnerl You'd be sorry
Let ber leave. She'll be In no dan
ger. Remember, we are following
her and can sea that she gets safely
out."
Sonya hurried on down the Island
In tbe owl dusk her slender form
grew fainter and fainter till Curt
no longer saw her. A canoe grated
on the pea-gravel as she tugged at
the craft to got It afloat. A dark blur
moved away fiom shore. Curt cov
red bis face with his hands to abut
out the sight of It. When he looked
BP again, the blur was gone.
tones; and that Jocku had acted
queerly when he came to make bis
request. Now be saw through this
whole ruse. Their trips after a cari
bou bad been a scheme to secure
a canoe and get away. Those two
had desorted!
He whirled the canoe around and
started back to camp, swearing at
the evil luck that dogged every step
he took. The treachery of those na
tives was little short of disaster. He
had counted heavily on them to take
Ralph back soutb; and now they had
sneaked away, the pair of cowards,
and Nichols was left on his hands.
If he and Paul were encumbered
with Ralph on their swift shadowy
trip, they would not stand a ghost
ot a chance.
Before he had gone very far he
heard a rifle shot down stream. He
stopped short, listened. A mile
south, down where the river nar
rowed to a bottle neck, a flurry of
shots sounded. The dull thud of the
guns was unmistakable tbe heavy
bear Winchesters of Jocku and
Frangols. Those two guides were
In trouble; they'd run Into an am
bush! One of the Winchesters suddenly
stopped. The other shot four times
more. Then, faintly In the taut si
lence, a long-drawn yell watted up
river, more a scream than any ar
ticulate word. Piercing, vibrant
with terror, It sent shivers through
Curt It was a man'a death cry.
All his anger changed to heartfelt
pity. "Poor devilsl'"he said softly.
"They got It Tbe Klosohee,- aid a .
parly at that narrows, to cut us off
If we tried to break away."
HE whipped on ashore, goaded by
the memnrv nf that firv. Paul
PENDLETON PREPARES
PENDLETON, Ore,, Dec. 28. (AP)
fiale of liquor in Pendleton under to 100.
the Knox state control plan will be
legal January 1, the retult of adop
tion last night by the city council
of a new liquor ordinance.
A plan similar to that adopted by
Portland waa favored. The city wllJ
act aa an agent for the state In li
censing handlers of liquor until the
state is able to set up its own stores.
The license fees will range from 110
CATTLE PRODUCTION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. (AP)
Secretary Wallace said today ha had
received telegrams from 16 senators.
18 representatives and 13 governors
supporting the plan for production
adjustment in the dairying and beef
cattle Industries.
The plan, suggested to Wallace by
a conference of farm leaders Friday,
calls for an appropriation of 9200,
000,000 at the next session to fi
nance aid for milk producers and
beef cattle farmers.
STAND ON OWN ET
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28. (API
W. I. Myers, governor of the federal
farm credit administration, predicted
today that became of the "compleu
system of farm credit" set up by th
government, agriculture for the first
time will be able to finance Itself.
His prediction was contained In a.
paper read before the convention of
the American Farm Economic associ
ation by P. P. Hill, of Cornell unt
veralty, who Is associated with Myers
In the credit administration's work.
S'MATTER POP-
By C..M. PAYNE
PAUL touched bis arm, moments
afterward.
"We'd bettor he somewhere else
In sn hour from now. This Island
la going to have visitors."
Curt pulled himself together.
"Yea, we'd better go," he said Jerk
ily. "We'll take what we need of
our outfit and get away to one of
these other Islands, and then split
op."
"Francois and Jocku haven't come
hack."
Curt turned toward the carlbon
Island, barely visible In the docp
dusk. It just then occurred to him
that be had not heard the guides
shoot Their silence waa strange;
they had been gone long enough to
make two such trips.
Ha hurried to the lower end.
launched the remaining canoe and
darted down lake. A few rods off
shore he cnlled In a guarded voice:
"Jocku! You and Francois get out
of there. Come alive! We bsvtn'l
any time to wsste."
No answer came back. Ills voice
sent tha- Utile band of caribou tear
Ing through the swamp birch to the
other aide of the Island, but neither
Francois nor Jocku answorcd.
The explanation dawned on him
with a crash. Ho remembered, too
late, that the guides had sat off by
themselves all day, talking In in-
bad beard it too, and knew what It
meant Working swiftly, they made
ready to leave. Thoy left the tents
standing, abandoned most of the
supplies and all the heavier things:
took nothing but guns, blanketa and
food for a few daya.
"Carry this stuff to tbe canoe,"
Curt directed. "I'll go get Ralph."
As he hurried up the Island, he
tried to figure how he might salvage
something out of the wreckage of
his plana. Perhaps they could taka
Ralph several miles up some tribu
tary river where the Klosohees were
not likely to come, and secrete him
In some cave, with food and camp
necessities, to be picked up later
when they bad An. shed wltb Karak-
han. It was possible.
Ralph! Come along wltb me.
We're pitching away from this place
on tbe Jump."
Ralph got up quickly. "Why,
what's the matter?"
I'll tell you later. Let's get Into
the canoe and put distance between
us."
Whoro's Sonya?" Ralph queried.
winding up bla fish line.
"Don t ask questions now. man.
for Lord's sake! And let that line
go. Come on, we're leaving here"
He bit the aontence off. Out upon
the lake to the west a "merganser"
called. Front north and south came
nnawera. Curt stared In the direction
of that first call. For a moment be
aaw nothing. Then bla eyea picked
up Bve blurred mottlea. out at tbe
limit of vision. He peered sharply
at them. Canoes: Five Klosohce
canoes!
He spun around with Ralph and
ran down toward Paul. It only they
could get out upon the lake, they
might make a running battle of II
and lose themselves In a maze ol
reedy Islets half a mile east
At the lower tip of the Island his
partnor'a gun ripped tbe night si
lence with a sharp cr-aa-ck. When
he reached Paul, the latter was
kneeling down and clipping a fresh
magazine Into bla smoking rifle.
"Look I" Paul grabbed his arm
"Six of them! Coming In at us!"
Curt looked where he pointed
Three hundred yards offshore hall
a doien sinister shadows were loom
ing out of the dunk. Paul's volley had
checked Ibelr headlong dash, tbey
had acnttered to make the target
harder; but they were comlns
straight on, aiming for that lowei
tip
"Lot i thoy've got naf" Curl
gaopo-l. Before they could possibly
get their ennoo launched and out ol
thoshnllo-vs. those dancing shadows
woull ha upon them. By a margin
ot mluutM. the precious mlntilei
lost la hunting for Jocku and Fran
cols, ticy had railed to get away.
A Tow stray arrows, already swish
Ing Into th sand around them, em
phaslzed the point
"Let's get back to our rocks," he
ordered. "Nothing to do now bul
shoot It out."
They turned and ran for the shel
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