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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.
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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.
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