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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-02-22, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON N2WS-RECORD SOLVE THIS MYSTERY OF THE SPACIOUS ROMANTIC WEST pis•-/,-c�'S,�""z , e d Principal . Characters: KEITH MARLOW Of the Canadian Mounted Police, recently joined from Britain. COLIN ANSON Marlow's cousin, who had gone out to Canada some 'years earlier than ICeith. CHET FRASER .. , .......', Friend of Keith, he later joins the Mounted Police. 'PAUL MARItABLE An unsavoury character, suspected of trafficking in chugs and drink with the Canadian Indians. ' GRACE ARDEN j Lives with her father in a remote part of the mountains. DUNCAN MacLAINE .. ,Keith Marlow's fellow trooper. SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS KEITFI MARLOW; Ce per'al in thi Canadian Mcunted Police, and CHET WILSON, a recruit, areon the trail of drug and drink traffickers in the Indian reservations in the North of •Canada. Chet has joined the police because. Keith rescued his sister, CELIA, fro,n PAUL MARRABLE, who had made Ilea into a drug addict. ' The Clinton Pews -Record with which is encoparared THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Keith had previcualy made another enemy- of JAKE DRANNER, whom he had arreted for' mutt r; after twelve -day& trail in the snow --his first assignment During that trail he had been rescued "gem dead' in a frozen lake by an. English calf, ed GRACE ARDEN, who appears to be connected with TCcith'e dead cella- .COLIN ANSON, 'murdered two years before in a Canadian game ecaei'va.,_on. Keith is neve his uncle's. heir. On their way ncrih, an aeroplane flies over Keith and Chet and cite evening after a snow•steem lel- y are attacked by Wolves. Trey ;hoot four' and try to make for oce•e . Chet of -1 fees to keep th b-eets cff while Keith go_, ahead with the deg:;. 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'Going East, depart 6.48' a.m. i Going East, depart 8.00 p,m.1 Going West, depart 11:45 a.m. 'Going West, depart 9.30 p.m. London, Huron & Bruce Going North, ar 11.21, lve. 11.47 am. r Going South ar. 2.30, leave 8.08 p.m. m The weight of the stone was s great and its impetus so tremendoa that it smashed right through t ice though this was .something lik feet in thickness. A column water shot up and spray fell all ov Keith and the clogs, instantly turnin into ice. The dogs, terrified, erouche down, and at that instant Chet Wilso was beside the sledge. He snatched up the rifle whit since their tussle with the evolve had always been kept on top of th pack, ripped off its woollen coy and raised it to his shoulder with speed that Keith could not possibl have matched. Hardly scenting t aim Chat pulled trigger and, wit the flat crack of the repeat came scream from the top of the cliff. "Got hint," Chet said, and Keit saw a man sliding down over the rin of the bluff. His body struck th raw sear which the boulder had made shot outwards and dropped to the is below. ' • "By George, you did get him!" Keith said. "That was a wonderful shot, Chet.' "He -showed his head. I couldn't miss. Keith, that fellow was left here to finish us both." "By the people in tate 'plane, you mean? 5 dare say you are right" He shrugged. "Look after the dogs while I inspect the remains." When Keith came back he looked rather white. "Fall's made a mess of hint," h said, "but he's no one I ever saw He's a breed of sorts but not the sort the get up here." "Any papers." Chet asked. "Net a thing, but he had a wallet with a hundred dollars in it," "Blood money," Chet said, "Exactly, and probably another hundred to come when he brought news we were finished. I'm keeping the wallet to show to ltio employer w hen we get him." "It's Marrable," Chet stated with an odd air of certainty. "Don't count on; it," Keith said. "Now we must go back with the body and get Culver to bury it. We mini leave it there for the wolves." "You do that," Chet said. "I'11 go and look foe the breed's camp. There aright be some due." Keith shrugged. "That's hardly likely, but it's worth trying, All ,right, Chet, bat you'll save to go .a long way round" Culver had heardl the shot and met Keith as he returned. He looked at the dead man but shook his head. "Never seed him before, but 'Wilson made a good job of it. Plumb be- tween Ithe eyles. . Aye," he bdded, "PR bury him. Anyways, I'll pet the body in a safe place till the ground thaws. Maybe santeone'll find out who he is. You better coon to my place and wait for Wilson. Likely he'll ba sante time." Keith refused. He was anxious to get on for now he was sure that these dope merchants had got a start on him. So again he said good-bye to Culver and returned to the head of the lake where he stopped at the creek mouth and waited for Chet. Ile had not long to wait and, as Chet ane 'striding amens the snow -clad ce, Keith saw by his face: that he had found something. "A packet of dope," Chet told hint, reathlessly. "Cocaine I think. And I ound an empty flour bag with a Montreal label. . Keith, , I'm getting more and more:'certain that Marrable S our man." "If' he is we have a chance of get- ting him," Keith said as he put a wet finger into the powder and touch- ed , it to his tongue. "C'ocaine all ight," he'ageeed. "And now we list travel, Chet, travel like the wind. We want to catch top with this crowd before they know we're alive." Travel they did and, since luckily there was no more snow, they i.•eached Sundance on the afternoon of the third day. Duncan, who had been, warned by radio that they were on their way, came to meet them, and with him the big wolf dog Koltag, who was overjoyed to see Keith again. Duncan was surprised to see them .so soon. "IT'S MARRABLE" "Ye have no wasted much time, Keith," he remarked. "They do tell Inc ye are a corporal noo." "Your doing mainly, you old sin- ner, grinned Keith. "And here's a new recruit I've brought along. Chet Wilson is his name, and I hope you o will like him as much as I do." Dun- s can shook hands with Chet and look - he ed him over. ko "Well," he said, drily, "if ye can of do ither things as well as ye- can. er mush there'll be no cause of com- plaint. Noo come in and I'll gie ye d a drink. Ye look as if ye needed it." n1 "There's .something I need more; Duncan," said Keith. "That's news. h, Have you heard anything of Harmon and Bishop?" Duncan shook his head. e "I have nae word of them." Keith er looked grave then asked another a' question. "Have you seen a 'plans y I lately?" 0! "Aye, a 'plans landed here about Is' ten days ago, She had three aboard, a' a pilot, a man named Wing and an- t other called Lafitte." 1s "What was Wing like?" s "A big loon with dark hair and • Moustache." a , "Dark;' repeated Keith in a, dis- I e appointed tone. "Then it's not the chap, we are cooking for." "Why not?" Chet demanded. "Hair• dye is cheap and he's had plenty of time to grow hair on his face. What, colour were his eyes, Corporal?" I "Grey, lad. Hard eyes. He was a.' big, strong devil." Chet looked at Keith. I "It was Marrable," he said sharply. "I told you so." t i "And who is this Marrable " Dun - 1 ' can asked as he lett the day into the barracks. Over some excellent Scotch'. e diluted with hot water and sugar' Chet told about Marrable. The only part of the story he omitted was that! ,t coneerning his sister. He spoke, too, of the'ratan left to ambush them and of his fate. "If we could only have u warned you, • so that you could have stopped them," he ended. Duncan •pushi:d away to the, North West, Well fed and rested ancl with, IEoitag act- ing as lead, the dogs travelled fast. Keith bhought of the time; six months ego, when he had first taken' this trail. It was better now, for he not only had a companion on whom he could rely, but also knew the lie of the land. The cold continued, but there was no- wind or fresh snow, so they made, good time and the fourth day out found them in the Kuchian. country, "Thera should ,be a lake a bit ahead of us," Keith explained, "That's where the 'plane will have landed.'' ' - "But ehe'Il hardily be there now," Chet said;: "No saying. It depends on whether Marrable, was able to get the furs he wanted. .1t- wouldn't pay hail to pack out cheap furs in 'a 'plane. He'd be looking for silver.fox and .that sort of .stuff." ' "Then there's a chance we may get Marrable," said Chet eagerly. "A chance, but don't count on i And if we find him we'll have, toe b dashed careful. There are three of them and they'll fight." Chet did n reply but, by the look on his fa - Keith knew that he Was asking f nothing better than a fight. Just before dusk they found the lake. In ''Summer ib must, Keith thought, be a lovely .spot, for the : 'shores wens high and craggy and fine .timber grew on the hills • above it, At present it ,weal a sheet of , ice about two miles long and half a mile wide, while woods and hills were covered deep in powder snow. Chet pulled up and ',his eyes roved over the frozen surface. "The 'plane's not there,"' he said in a deeply disappointed tone. "But it may come back,"' Keith re-, minded him. "Meanwhile look at that." Ile -pointed as he spoke to thin column of'srnolce rising in th still air from the centre of a thi stand 'of spruce on the far side the lake." • "Indian village?" Chet questione "No. This lake is sacred and th wouldn't live on it or even fish in i That will be the potlatch lodge. Chet's eyes brightened. "And they're there now," he sa keenly. "The Indians, I mean?" "Looks like it by the smoke." "Then T take it we go right ove and see what they're up to." Keit shook his head. "Softly,' Chet, It's not as simple that. Even if these Indians are fille up with h,00eli and lope you can- b sure they've set a watch. We mu wait till (leek before we cross th lake. Surprise is everything in case like this." "Then we'd best camp here and make supper," Chet suggested, Keith nodded. "We must find some spot where we can light a fire without being seen,' he told , the other. "There's a thick' stand bf'spruce over to the left. We ought to be all right there." They turned the dogs hi among the spruce and were lucky enough to find a low bluff behind which they could light a fire without risk of being spotted. They unharnessed and fed the dogs, then cooked and ate a good supper. The cold was terrific and every now and then came a sharp crack as a tree, its sap frozen, split n the bitter frost. Once there rose a deep booming sound from the lake The cause Keith did not know, but the sound is only heard when the temperature sinks to 40 deg. below zero. Keith had tto thermometer, but reckoned that at present it might be en degrees lower than that. They had to drinle their tea almost as soon s. it was poured out, for within a couple of -minutes of being taken from he fire it was: beginning to skim with ice. Chet dragged hitn.aside mid .slipped a pair of cuffs on: his wrists. Keith pushed open the door anrd walked in, ' A reek of hot foul air mot and half-ohoked him, It was a mixtuve of snake, alcohol, land the stink of sweating bodies. Keith saw a great fire burning. redly in the centre of the long building,.and around. it scores of figures dancing' and capering to the dull boom of skin - covered drums. He closed the door behind hien and walked ,slowly fop ward. 1,'he din, was deafening. Then men revolving around the fire in the ritual of. the sacred -dance were.shouting Ya!" with throats so hoarse from long• yelling that the sound rasped like saws ripping through dry, weed. Around the sides of the lodge shamans and chiefs thumped. steadily on druens, and others beat together wooden rattles., These were the old rites practised by these Indians for t a thousand years past, but Keith saw in a moment that these jerking,'sway- ing• figures were not merely dance of mad in the 'manner of 'their fore- c, fathers, but crazed with the drink ar and drugs supplied to them by the white dope pedlars. The dancers were .painted in the weirdest fashion, some having their faces made up too - resemble wolves, bears, owls, and other. beasts and birds. The shamans who sat at the drums wore masks' cut out of cedar wood and painted with' strange emblems.' In the roaring confusion Keith's presence was not noticed except by a few near the door, who stared with amazed fury at the lone white man who ' dared to invade their secret shrine. Nothing, but his uniform saved a Keith; from being torn to pieces by e' these savages. He knew it, but the n knowledge only stiffened his deter - of urination. Erect, bareheaded, and with the glow of the firelight reflected on d. the bright buttons of his scarlet coat, the he marched straight iota the centre t. of the lodge and raised his hand. "In the name of the King!" he said in a loud, clear voice. id Silence fell. Every eye was fixed upon Keith. Ile could feel the waves of fear and hate beating uopn him ✓ like something physical. He paused h a moment and went on. "This is against the law—and all s here know it. For this you are liable d to fines and imnprisonnment, The white e man gives you food when you are st hungry, medicine when you are sick, o but he also gives you the law." Again a he paused a moment,- and now the silence was broken only by the spit and crackle of the fire logs. He went on: "Because I know that this madness has been brought upon you by a man of evil heart, you shall go to your homes, and there shall be no .arrests but one, That man goes with me— dead or alive." His voice rang out bard and sharp. "Yethei, come for- ward!" frowne(t, "I had doors aboot them," he said slowly, "but their papers were right enough and the big fellow told a straight story aboot a visit to Manton to look over a copper find for the North Eastern Syndicate. Next day I. had to gang oot to Btue Springs where Butch Rowley was drunk and t raising Cain, and when I got back the 'plane was gone." "You don't even know which way it went,' -said Chet. Keith,cut in. "There's no doubt about that. They've flown up into the Kuchin country, and that's where yeti and I i go to -morrow morning, Chet." "Ye will have a cold trip," Dun- can told them. `"Tis thirty below, 1 noo, and falling." Keith milled. N "We are getting used to it, Duncan'. r Anyhow, we shall have one night in the warmth. That's something to be thankful for.: Now is there anything more you can tell me about this Kuchin business?" "Thsreis talk camas loon," said Duncan cautiously. "The big trouble,- maker rouble- maker is a shaman they ea Yethel. 1)'m thinking ye have a man sized job, Keith. Maybe I'd best come wi ye" "Your job is here, .Duncan," Keith told him. "Chet and I will handle this Yethel fellow." "YETHEL, COME FORWARD" Daylight disappeared, but the sky was Clear and the stars shone with frosty radiance. Keith got up. "Come on, Chet — and !miry. There's an aurora starting, and we must reach the lodge before it gets ao bright" A faint pinkish radiance which esembled the reflection of a distant fire was beginning to show in the northern sky, and as the two swung stiyiftly across the level ice of the ake the glow .increased. They eliinb- d the far batik .and saw among the trees a long, low building'of heavy ogs. Through the windows, which vete made of animal parchments, n eddish lighst glowed, and from with- in came a thump of drums, a roar of voices, and the constant ahnffle of feet stamping. on the clay floor, "Sounds like there was plenty of hooch inside," Cliet remarked. Keith stopped behind a: clump of trees anis •peeled off his parka, revealing his' scarlet jacket .underneath. Chet, feel- ing suddenly sobered, (lid the sante. "I'm going in 'alone." he started, "You stay outside, Chet, and await developments. If there's trouble use your own judgment. You know your way back." "Very good!" Chet answered, curt- ly, but his heart was `beating un- comfortably, for• be had suddenly realized that Keith was going into extreme . danger. Keith straightened .his belt, saw that his pistol was loose in its holster and went quietly forward. The frost bit through his tunic, but .he hardly felt it. His whole mind was on the task before hint. As he had expected, a man was on guard at the' door of the lodge. He never saw Keith until Keith was with in a'nti's length, then it was too late. Keith's fist shot out and caught the Indian on the point of the jaw. He was down and out without a sound. le CHAPTER XV FI'PTY BELOW Duncan was right about the weath- er. Next morning the, spirit ther- mometer masked 38 degrees- below— that is 70 degrees of frost. neap was no wind but the still air was full of tiny .spicules of ice which glinted in the sunlight. The days were Lengthening but, as so often happens in .the North, the ` late cold was strengthening. "The last snap before the break up," Keith told his partner as they THUM, FEB. 22; 1940 A LIGHT ON HURON'S ' SHORE . •A. H. The Chairman of the Public Dental Health Committee of this voluntary- Association oluntaryAssociation visited Clinton, Ontario. There Was feund an excellent school .dental service in operation with 'a definiteyearly survey under the cap- able guidance of Dr. II. A. McIirtyte and Dr, D. C. Geddes.. This service has been in operation some four years, about two hundred -children be- ing caved for. The success of this work'is largely due to the keen int- terest taken in, it by The Lions Club and The Legion' of Clinton. The Clubs ask the parents, who can afford to pay, to assume their responsibility, but where parents are unable to do this the Club pays part of the cost MCINTYRE and where necessary the full cost, The number of children with decayed teeth has been reduced in four years from 87% to 33%. The Service Clubs are so delighted with the results that they decided to carry the inspection into the county schools covering a radius of twelve miles --85 schools. They found the dental health, con- ditionc in thk'connty to be better now than they were in town in 1986. The teachers in the schools must receive due credit for the very im- portant part they play he this pro- gramme and in encouraging the children to brush their teeth as part of the general health teaching. No one moved, The silence was as complete as before, and Keith, had 'never y, t set eyes on the shaman who might be any of those masked figures against the wall (CONTINUED NEXT ISSUE) NOTED PARLIAMENTARIANS WILL NOT CONTEST SEATS At least three outstanding members of the Dominion, parliament do not intend to seek re-election on March 26. Hon. Charles Dunning, former minister of finance, has stated that he does not intend to contest his rid- ing in Prince Edward Island again. Hon. W. R. Motherwell, the veteran western agricultural leader, who was for some time minister of agriculture, is dropping out in Melfort, Sask. J. S. Woodsworth, leader of the C.C,F., will seek re-election but may retire as leader of his group. He will likely be succeeded by J. W. Coldwell. Mrs, Geo. Black, the first Conservative woman of parliament, will not run again in the Yukon, but her husband, a former Speaker, is expected to con- test the seat which Mrs. Black won when her husband took i11. LOSES HOME WHILE AIDING OTHERS To Have his hams in ,Dungannon burn to the ground while he was play- ing• the part of the Good Samaritan was the experience last Thursday of Otto Papp, Dungannon motor mech- anic. Mr. Popp received a call from H. Eedy of Dungannon, who WAS on his way to attend his mother's funeral in Milverton when his car was in a collision with a car driven by a Lon- don commercial traveler. Mr. Eedy called Mr. Popp, from three miles east of Auburn, to bring hint another automobile, and while the motor mechanic was enroute the home of Lorne McKenzie, with whom Mr. and Mrs. Popp and their four children reside, burned to the ground. / ncra &dace° JUST LIKE ORDER YOUR �J Ci -I x NOW!. 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