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r PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY DECEMBER 29, 1933. cnDmnncM vaiihv 111 V L Lr l I V V I1.UI. I HAM Ruftntt fflrMUfthn. SYNOPSIS: Bonya Volkov hat deserted Curt Tennyson and hit , partner, Paul, and it bung taken by Teetle e.votr to torn itor nar akhan in the iatter't wildernest rejuge in uortltwtMtern Canada. Karakhan it the crook Curt trailing, and Eonya it tht girl Curt lovet. Suddenly the Klotohet In dians surround Curt't island camp. ana tut mite party runt jor a rack thelttr, hoping to heat off the at' tack. Ralph Rirhols, who had en tered the wilderness with Honya. -----niert oentna wnen sne tet. 'n ALPH!" Curt yelled at blm. A "What're you dolngT Get In bera wltb us!" "Don't uve any gun!" Ralph called over bla shoulder. "Got to get gun!" "Let It go. They'll cut you off But Ralph courageously went on. Flinging themselves behind the rock shelter, the two of tbe-n turned their rifles toward the canoes to the south. Curt dropped a handful of clips Into Paul's pocket "Aim low, Paul. Bounce your slugs off the water, H can't hope to bit the men, but we can tear boles through those canoes and sink 'em." They emptied their magazines at the six craft. The range was too long for dark shooting, and tbe moon re flection was wrong. The canoes came tralght on and slclmmod Into the hallows. Reloading. Curt and Paul blasted Into them again, frantically trying to knock thers back. One canoe turned broadside and sank, but tbe two occupants leaped out and splashed ashore: and the other Ore canoes drove on In unchecked. Jumping to shelter on tbe Island, the Klosobees began sizzling arraws at tbe rifle flasbes, to cover the land ing of tbe other parties. Ralph came running out of tbe dark with rifle, belt-gun and three cartons of cartridges in his hands. "I got 'em!" be panted. "Couldn' have helped out If I hadn't gone and" His rejoicing ended In an agonized . (asp. Within two steps of tbe barrt cade bs suddenly stumbled and flung up bis crms. Tbe gun and car tons dropped with a clatter. Pitch' lng forward wltb all the momentum of bis dash, he smashed head-on against a rock, rolled over and lay till. Curt vaulted over the barricade, grabbed blm, lifted blm Into tbe belter. "Ralph!" ha cried, kneeling down and shaking bla limp com- ' rade. Ralph did not move. And tbon Curt saw r- hard-driven arrow pro truding from bla back, and a stream of blood trickling from bis mouth. Tbe suddenness of the blow sttuck Curt damn. He shook Ralph'a arm again but got no response. Dead or dying be did not know. Tbe Ave canoes to the west were less tban a hundred yards out,-Paul bad got the range 1 was ricochet lng bis bullets off tbe ripples wltb a withering effect One canoe wabbled orazlly and collapsed. In another a flgure leaped up and toppled over board. ' "Look north!" Paul cried. "Keep those back. I'll handle these." For the Brat time Curt noticed that three canoes were skirling In toward the upper tip. At his first hot a figure rose up in the leading canoe and shouted a commnnd. The rolce sounded to him like Tenn-Og'a. ' "Damn yo-it" the thought flashed through his mind "we patched you up and treated you wblte, wben your buddies ran away and left you; and now you're lead ing men to spear us. I'll get you any way!" He poured a whole clip of vengeful bullets at tbe flgure. The Klosohea -till stood waving bis arms and shouting oruera. Tbe oth er two craft stopped and began mill ing about uncertainly. As Curt napped In another clip, swearing avagely at missing Tenn-Og, all three of tbe canoes veered around and skimmed back out of sight A dead silence fell. It lengthened to Ave minutes. "What do you make of It?" Paul whispered. "I don't know. Maybe they're pull ing themselves Ugether for the rush." Curt bent down beside Nichols again and tried to rouse some sign ot life. Ralph atlll lay motionless, limp and stricken. It was all Curt could do. He straightened up to help Paul watch. "Seen anything of 'em?" "Not a glimpse. I heard a nolsa down near the tents but saw noth ing." Curt sprang over the barricade. secured Ralph's two guns and tba cartridges, came back, waited. When the deadlock did break. It broke suddenly. Down at the lower tip. the canoes wh "i bad reached shore all at once went darting at through tbe shallows escaping. Launched on the run, tbey were out upon the open lake and disappear ing at top speed before Curt and Paul could realize what waa taking place. Tbey stared at each other In amazement "They're gone!" Paul gasped. Curt waa mora skeptical. He sim ply could not believe It "Maybe they're gone. This thing has got the earmarks of a trap, to me." "But we saw them go." A suspicion of the truth struck Curt "How many canoes did you seer , "Six." "That's what I counted. Only five boats reached shore. Wbere'd tbey get that extra canoe?" Tbey left the barricade and hur ried down to the camp alte. Curfs heart sank as he glanced about All their supplies had been destroyed. With Paul at his heels he turned and ran out to where they had aban doned their canoe. It waa not there. It waa the loss ot their canoe that really frightened tbem. Food, sup plies, tents those were not roattera of life or death. But wltb a mile of water all around them and no craft to get away In, they were help less prisoners on that bare strip ol sand and bqulders. GULLY SECRETARY EUGENE CHAMBER BUOENE. Dec'. SO. fl) H. E. Cully, former secretary of the Roseburg chamber of commerce and recently tm to coining to Oregon 10 years associated with the United States Na- H. Mr. Cully was associated with tlonal Bank of Portland, was today Industrial associations In Hamilton, appointed secretary-manager of the Ohio, and Port Wayne. Indiana. Eugene chamber of commerce. He succeeds E. o. Harlan, who resigned to administer the new state milk utility. Mr. Cully will assume his new duties here Tuesday, Stanley T. Stevenson, president, announced. Students at the University of Mis souri come from 110 of Missouri's 114 counties, and from 41 states. bardlnes run from 4.000 to 8.000 ton, a Monterey, Cel., packer has as certalned. BYRD'S FLAGSHIP . ABOARD ADMIRAL BYRD'S FLAG SHIP OFP ANTARCTICA, Dec. 39.--(P) (Via MaoKay Radio.) The flagship of the Byrd Antarctic expedition this afternoon crept at reduced speed through Iceberg-strewn seas. High winds which had buffeted her lor 38 houra subsided. Until :30 a. m. today the vessel was still beaded Into a northwest gale, In order to give the big sea plane cradled aft the benefit of the lee of the midships deckhouse. SOLDIERS MEMORIAL BURNS IN MINNESOTA HIBBINO, Minn., Dec. 29. (AP) Plre today destroyed the soldiers memorial building here valued at S500.000, despite efforts of firemen and 360 citizens who fought the blaze In a 33-desree below tempera ture. The building was used as a community hall and sports building. pHElR sudden flight astonished blm; he had hit nobody, done ro damage that be could see. He laid It to cowardice, and whirled to help Paul again. Of tbe Sve canoes to the west, Paul bad collapr -d one, knocked a man out of a second and sent It driftlug helplessly, and had sunk a third In the shallows. Tog- ther ha and Curt ran a burst at the other two. Tbey sank both ot them In the space ot Sve seconds, but the men jumped out Into the water, sprang ashore and joined their confederates. Grabbing their automatics, Curt and Paul tensed themaelvoa for tbe hand-to-hand fight "Keep down!" Curt snapped, as Paul rose up to see better. "Don't expose yourself. We'vo got a chance to win this." The arrows dwindled and stopped. N FRONT of the tents Paul bunted around and found one ot tbe pine knots wblcb tbey bad used for start ing flres quickly. Over in tbe barri cade Curt lit It wltb a double match, wedged the taper between two rocks, and bent over Ralph'a crumpled form. ' Curt's hand shook and bis eyes grew misty as be worked wltb bla trlcken friend. He decided to cut off the ihaft ot the arrow and let tbe rest remain, tor he could never ex tract the dart without starting an Internal bleeding that would speed ily be fatal, Wben be had done that be brought water and bathed Ralpb's face and loosened bis clothea to make blm mora comfort- ble. That waa all tbey could do for Mm. Tbe remainder of tbe short night passed quietly. Several times Curt beard signal calls drifting across the lake, but he did not even bother to keep a lookout tor he know they would not be molested. The Kloso bees would sit around on those neighboring Islands and wait and wait till -itarvatlon and exposure bad done the work tor them. His thoughts ot Sonya were bitter thoughts, not so much because of tba suffering she had brought him as what aho had done to Ralph. With no tbought of self he had accompa nied her on her trip, helping ber all he could; and then, without scruple or hesitation, she had abandoned blm wben It suited ber convenience. To sit there In terrible helpless ness and watch bla lite ebb away when be might have a chance to live waa the most maddening experience that Curt bad ever undergone. At a creek moutb on the mainland shore a wisp ot amoka stood up above the trees from the central camp. Canoes came and went freely across tba water. Once, when one of them came dancing past six hun dred yards away, Paul seized bis rifle In a fury, screwed up the sight on the long-range Savage, sank the craft with his ricocheting bullets, and aent Its three occupants swim ming for the nearest Island. After that the canoes kept a respectful distance. The noonday aun waa a torture. II beat down on tbe rocks and sand like the glare Iron, a furnace door. There was not a square Inch ol shade on the Island, not a breath ol air stirring. Their only rellot was tc Immerse themselves repeatedly In the shallows and sprinkle water around the shelter where Ralph lay. 'Copyright. 1)1). trmiem B. Uomry) Curt decides, Tuesday, to relieve the situation by desperate measures. PLANE PASSENGER DIES OF SMASHUP INJURIES WALLACE. Idaho, Dec. 29 (ZD Hurt In sn airplane crash, 3. t. Mur phy of Kellogg, riled In a hospital here late last night. Murphy was a passenger in a ship piloted by Russell E. Owen of Spo kane, who also was Injured when the plane sideslipped and fell 300 feet near the landing field at Osbum, Idaho. Since Its erection In 1030, 300.000 persons have vlalted the Pioneer Worn an statue at Ponca City, Okla. A J S ' - iiL ' I 1 jfxr CZj (&. eBNS 5 WORTH I I H III flsTI I 1 .la trj A , S'M ATTER POP By C. M. PAYNE SUBURBAN HEIGHTS By gluyas wtluams I . 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