PAOE SIX
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON', TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1934.
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SYNOPS1B: Alter tracking Igor
Karakhan. international crook
mho 1 reitvoneible tor the death ot
her brother and father, into the
Canadian wilderness Sonya Kolkov
faile in her plun to thoot him and
it bound and nagged inetead. Curt
Tennyson, who loves Sonya and
wants to bring Karakhan to tus
tine aa wetl. iust haa landed hie
plane on the lake near Karakhan'e
cabin. Karakhan plan to leave
Sonya to the "merciee" of the In
dlane who have guarded him. Curt
eree Smash Deaplaines lighting a
cigarette.
Chapter 45
DANGEROUS PLAN
pURT stepped back, livid with
anger. "You Irresponsible baby,
if you do a trick like that aagln, I'll
bogtle you baud and toot and gag
you I It you bad to bave a cigarette,
why In bell couldn't you bare hid
your match? I're warned you twice
now; the third time I'm going to try
something stronge,."
He Joined Paul and Tenn-Og
again, and they slipped on down the
shore. A pistol shot from the camp
they crept out on a shelving rock
where they had a good rlew.
A single candle shone In the cabin.
Beyond It at the lean-to's glowed the
red coals of a Are. Everything else
about the place was dark and quiet
Paul motioned at the camp. "No
body's there but Karakhan and his
four men. Sonya hasn't come yet.'
Curt nodded. Yes, thank Ood, be
had got there In time. In spite of
their attempt to get Ralph out they
bad providentially reached the lake
head ot her.
To start trouble before Sonya
came would be gambling witb her
safety. If one of those four men
should break away and take word
to the party bringing her, that party
would not come on and aha would
never reach the lake at all. She
would be left in the power ot Le
Noir and Slam-Klale. He bad to
bold off till sbe came. Tenn-Og said
there were only three men with her
and three more would not stiffen the
fight too much.
Not long after they had crept out
. on the rock, they heard the pack of
honey-colored huskies leave the
camp and tear up along the land-
wash, barking. A little later they
noticed a stir and bustle at the lean.
to's. Figures passed In front of. the
Ore, somebody quieted tbe dogs, the
cabin door opened and an Indian
waa framed for a moment In the
- shaft ot light
"Somebody's come In," Curt told
Paul. "It can't be Sonya and ber
party; she'd have gone Inside the
cabin and we'd have seen ber. Let's
Up closer and And out who it Is.'
Tenn-Og objected. Tbe huskies
would be sure to catch tbe white-
man scent and silr up a commotion
He himself would go. He waa Kloao-
hee; the dogs would pay no alien
tlon to blm.
Curt agreed, and Tenn-Og left.
Aa they watched the campflre and
waited for him. Curt looked south
In thought across those leagues of
dark river and wondered how near
Sonya waa.
FROM the references to Victoria
In ber letter, he knew that she
had used her acquaintance with
Karakhan to play on the Russian's
weak point and that ber letter had
been a daring and superbly man
aged coup to find out exactly where
he was.
Where Baldwin and the whole
Silent Squad bad failed to trace
Karakhan, she bad picked op tbe
man's trail and followed It unerring
ly. Where be himself bad counied
on having to aearcb for weeks or
even months to locste the Cosssck,
she bed schleved It neatly and swift.
ly. with three pagea of paper: and
Karakhan had actually aent his
man to fetch berl
In half an hour Tann-Og reap
peared beside them, aa silently as
he had gone. He bad crept tn be
neath the cabin window and listened
to the report which three runnere
had brought Karakhan:
Tbe main band, on their way
north, had caught up witb Sonya's
party, were bringing ber with them,
and would roach the lake about
dawn.
Tbe news Jolted Curt- He dared
not make a move till Sonya came.
but when she did come the main
band would be there also. To get
her back with him again and to
capture Karakhan he would have
to fight that whole party.
In low toues he and Paul talked
tholr predtcameut over. There would
be at least two duinn ot the men;
81am Klale and I.eNoir would be
leading tbcm, and the presence of
white strangors in ths tery heart of
their country would stir them to a
high pitch. The prospect of a fight
with them, a show-down fight, daunt
BOSTON (UP) There ihould be
doner eo-operntlon between doctors
and dentUU, In the opinion of Dr.
Leroy M. 8. Miner, denn of the Har
vird DentHl School.
"It la poftUlble," My he. "to make
legal division of the body but na
ture know none. No legal barrier
can atop the poiaon from an Infected
tooth apeedlnR to the heart and In
terfering in Ita action; or to the
joint, and atlmulatlng arthrltla: or
to the eye, and afiecttt.g vlalon."
Speclallration ta fine, he m-a. but
It la "rapidly reaching the point In
medicine at which, with the aid of
the law, the varloua ipocUIUta would
have Acquired legal and territorial
right, each in hit own portion ol Uie
anfttomj.
ed both him and Paul; but there waa
no getting out ot It now.
They decided to find some good
ambush above the cabin, where tbey
could aweep the camp with their
rifles. They would hare the advan
tage ot surprise, and that would
help considerably, Paul waa to have
the first two ahota at Slam-Klale
and LoNolr. Witb bis deadly marks
manship he would probably get them
both before tbe fight really began.
It be did, it would be half the battle.
'There's one thing." Curt added,
"that I'm going to guard against
now. Wben the rifle talk starts,
Karakhan Is dead sure to make a
break for the hangar, to get Into bis
plane and get away. I'm going to
swim down to that hangar and put
his plane out ot commission. Then
we'll bave him."
He stripped off his clothes, slipped
Into the water, headed out Into the
lake a short distance, and circled In
toward the hangar. He Intended to
disable the plane by removing the
dog from the timer box. Karakhan
would never get a splutter out of the
engine, but tbe ship would not be
Injured In the least. By keeping the
dog he would have a plane himself,
to take Sonya and the othera out.
Maybe two planes, If Karakhan's
plane had gaa enough to divide.
Twenty strokes from the hangar
he suddenly heard low guttural
voices ahead. It stopped him short.
Just In time. In the darkness be
could see the outlines ot the building
but could not locate the men at all
except that they were near tbe plane
shed.
WHAT wore they doing there?
Just a casual meeting and chat?
For ten minutes he treaded water
and listened, thinking thoy would go
away. But they staved where tbey
were. "
Submerging himself, he swam
closer, came up very cautiously, sod
raised his eyes above the surface of
tho water.
He waa near enough thon to see
the men. There were two of them.
They were sitting on the ends of the
catwalk, one on each side of the
hangar entrance.
"Hell!" he swore. "GuardB
watching the plane!" Reluctantly
he backed away and returned to the
shelving rock.
"It doesn't matter," Paul assured
him. "He can't got Ave steps from
the cabin. It be makes a break, so
much the bettor It'll merely save
us the trouble of taking him out of
this country."
They hurried back to the cove,
i ate a bit of food from the emergency
ratlona In the plane, and cleaned
tholr guns caretully. Before leaving,
Curt gave Smash his final orders.
"You're to stay here with the
plane and keep under cover. Now
here's what I want you to do. It
anything happens to us and 1 want
you to wait till you're absolute!;
euro we'ro out of the picture you
hop Into the plane and get as far
from here, as the gas'll take you.
Head for Fort Nelson on the Llard:
It's nearer than Juneau or Russian
Lake.
"When the gas runs out and you
bave to come down, got out the can
vas canoe and try to make Fort
Nelson. If you get to NelBon, borrow
a motor-canoe from Bob Fraser,
streak for the signal corps station
at Providence, and wireless A-K.
Tell htm It waa my request that he
should send a big patrol In here and
try to find Sonya Volkov."
Circling np slope through the
heavy timber, they headed for a
cave which Tenn-Og had mentioned
and which Curt thought might be a
good place tor an ambush.
The Indian's familiarity with the
slops waa amazing. Bight hundred
yards above the ramp he turned and
led them down toward the cabin till
they came out on top of a high
limestone cliff.
Without hesitating, even In the
Intense dark, the Indian took them
down through a dangerous fissure.
At the toot of ths cliff he turned
loft, led them a dozen steps along a
game trail, and stopped at the wide
black mouth of a cave.
Curt started to enter and look
around, but Tenn-Og seized his arm
and Jorked him forcibly back. "Very
Dad place!" he warned, In stumbling
Jargon. "You fall, (all down deep,
no man ever so you any more. I
take you In. Stay behind me. put
band on my shoulder."
About ten steps Inside, the Indian
stopped. With no dangor ot a light
being seen. Curt struck a double
mntch. Just In front ot them yawned
a black chasm, only fifteen feot wide
but apparently bottomless. Across
It stretched two logs, six-Inch pln.es.
From somewhere down In tbe clmui
came the gushing of wator, a g wi
lled underground stream.
(Copyright. William fi. llowery)
Tomorrow, Sonya srrlvtt
hsr dangsrous mission.
New Year's Rreeltnes from Mecttnrrl
j o Onsin will be traveling to t.'is
latter place by an Indirect course
; today through the service .01 ths
' Kogue River Valley ' Amateur Radio
1 club. It wna announced thla after-
noon. From Antloch, Cal., the local
, club tvt-elYeri a measnge to tranter
greetings from Ouam to Tscoma.
I Wash. They did ao and sent a greet
ing back to Antloch to be relayed
to Ouam. extending the happy new
year of the Mrdford chamber of
commerce, from which Vie club Is
operating.
Real estate m insurance. leave It
o Jonea Phone Slid
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rrowbrutg Cabinet Works.
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say In letters to their wives dictated
to a stenographer.
Under a supreme court ruling to
day such letters were declared to be
admissible as evidence In the trial
of a husband on a criminal charge,
Conrad Wolfe of Spokane, Wash.,
was charged with using the malls to
I defraud In the sale of stock In the
cantu Mining company 01 Aiasxa.
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dictated a letter to his life In which
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going to rob every last one of them
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produce her shorthand note book
and read the letter over the objec
tion ot counsel for Wolfe.
ByC. M.PAYNE
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LONDON (UP) The driver of the
"Royal Scot," the British engine
which has Just returned from Its
American tour. Is scandalized at the
manners of the young hopefuls he
met In Canada and the U. 8.
The children displayed a complete
Ignorance of the word "please." de
clared Engineer Ollbertaon on his
return. But he was full of, praise
for their mechanical Intelligence.
His engine was often referred to s
a little sewing machine, said Gilbert-
son. But the scoffers, on closer In
spection of this midget compared with
the giant American "hogs." were full "
of praises for Its mechanical con
struction. Especially admired ws
the smooth perfection of the brakes.
Phone 542. We will haul swsy your
refuse. City Sanitary Service.
Dance at Rogue Elk Saturday night,
January 6th.
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