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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-04-18, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD SOLVE THIS MYSTERY OF THE SPACFOUS ROMANTIC WEST 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 Keith. CHET FRASER Friend of Keith, he later joins the Mounted Police. 'PAUL MARRABLE , , .... , , ,An unsavoury character, suspected of trafficking in drugs and .drink with the Canadian Indians. 'GRACE ARDEN Lives with her father in a remote part of the mountains. ,DUNCAN MacLAINE Keith Marlow's fellow trooper. • GHAPTLR XXX •"I CAN'T TELL HIS NAME" Keith had heard a good deal about the Valley but, when they reached it late en the third afternoon after their adventure with Marrable's men, he was amazed. As they passed the V shaped gap through which Lost River poured, he saw a vast stretch 'of rich grassland dotted with, clumps of trees.' 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Going North,!ar 11.21, lve. 11.47 amt. going South or. 2.50, leave 8.08 p.m,` were topped with snow. Through :the trees in the distance Keith saw a large lake from which Lost River emerged. The valley looked like an English park, and the resemblance was increased by the herds of wild creatures grazing here and there Keith saw huge, ungainly moose, mapti, woodland caribou and black - tailed deer. There were hundreds in sight and the marvellous part of it was that they were as tame as cows in a field. Arden and Grace paddled on up the river into the Iake and Keith fel- lowed. The lake was large and the crystal waters rippled under a light breeze. Arden turned to the right and Keith saw in the distance a land- ing place built of rough logs, Behind it thick forest climbed a steep slope. Keith's canoe reached the landing close behind Arden's and he stepped out. Grace turned to him. "Did I exaggerate?" she asked. Her eyes were shining as she waved her arm, pointing to the wonderful view, "The half was net told me," Keith said. And you haven't seen half or even a quarter of ib," Grace declared. "There are big -horn in the hills and mountain goats, there are beavers and bears, all sorts of fur -bearing creatures, "There'll be time for a lecture on natural history later en," asid Arden drily. "At present we'd better get busy against the arrival of these raiders." "Very good, sir," said Keith as he began to unload the canoe. "Where do we take this stuff?" "To the house," Arden told him, "It's up among the trees." "Well hidden,' Said Keith approv- ingly as he shouldered a heavy pack and followed Grace up a steep path. A hundred yards up they reached a broad ledge on which stood a well- built cabin. Close to it was a store house built of heavy logs. He dumped his pack in there and went back for another load. It took the three sound men and Gil half an hour to get their goods under cover, then they lifted the two canoes out of the water and cached them among thick bushes some dis- tence from the lake edge. When at last the work was done and Keith entered the cabin a fire was blazing an an open hearth and from the kitchen beyond came a savoury smell of cooking, In. the kitchen Grace, with her sleeves roll- ed up was preparing supper ever a small stove, • "Anything I can do to help?" Keith asked as he stood in the door- way. "Yes. Sit down, light your pipe, and tell me what you think of it all." "It's just about. perfect," Keith declared with enthusiasm. "I could not believe that such a place existed in this wilderness. I can't imagine bow your Tamer ever found it, By - the -by, has the gentleman got a name?" Grace looked round and her face was suddenly grave. "He has but I have given my word not to mention it. I can't telleven you, Keith" The `even you' pleased Keith mightily. He had adored Grace from the first moment he had seen her, but it was only now he had begun to realize that she might be begin- ning to like him. Yet he felt in- stinctively that Grace was not a girl who could be rushed. She would never let herself care for a man of whose character she was not defl- told of 'the threat from Marrable's gang." "I don't think you had better see him. Yet he must be told. I -will go over in the morning and tell him." Again that foolish twinge, but Keith was staunch. "Very well, Grace. You go in the Morning and, while you are away I will have a look at these caves. You could not defend this house against the number of men Marrable is likely to send." A shadow crossed Grace's face. "I suppose not. But oh, Keith, suppose they burn it?" Before Keith could answer, Arden's voice came from the living -room: "What about supper, Grace? I'm getting infernally hungry." "Ready in a minute, dad." Grace answered as she lifted her saucepan off the fire, "We'll finish our talk later, Keith," she said in a lower tone. That night Keith enjoyed the cont - forts of a well served meal and a real bed and was up early next morn- ing to find that Grace had provided hint with a clean shirt and socks. All his own kit had been lost with the canoe. Itmnediately after break- fast Grace and he went down. to the landing. I -Ie launched the smaller canoe for her and saw her paddle iaway towards the head of the lake, then returned to the house to meet !Arden. and go with hint to the cave. 'Arden turned him over to Gil. i "Gil knows the' place better than I I," he said. "I have plenty to do here." Keith did not mind. He much pre- forred Gil as a guide. He never could quite hit it off with Arden, who iseemed to consider that he, Keith, • was responsible for all the trouble 1 with Marrable. Gil led tate way up the slope tlu•ough heavy timber. Half a mile from the lake they carne upon a high limestone cliff broken and seamed by centuries of rain and frost. Without hesitating Gil led the way into a dark fissure. Once inside, he lit a small candle lantern. "Be vair careful, Corporal," he warned. "This is bad place." He did not exaggerate for the way led along a ledge with a black abyss on their left. They passed this and came to a slope. Again Gil stopped and pointed to a chasm about twelve feet wide which stretched from one wall of the passage to the other. Across it was a flimsy bridge made of a couple of pine logs, From the depths came up the faint gurgle of a hidden stream. Gil raised the light, and, beyond this great crack, Keith saw a large, irregularly shaped cavo which seemed airy and dry. "No need you to 'cross," •said Gil. "You think this good place?" "A first class place," Keitlt agreed. "Plenty of cover and, once the bridge is raised, no enemy can enter. But what about water?" "There is another cave beyond: Plenty water there." Keith nodded. "Then the sooner we get some grub the better. We'll tackle the job at once." "That right,' said Gil briefly and back they went again, They were half way to the cabin when anoni- mous humming sound pulled them up short. 1 "A. pian!" said Keith sharply and, as he spoke the machine came into sight, flying high over the lake. "I think It im Wing,", said Gil. Keith's face went,white. "And Gracie is ,on the lake," he said, as he started to run.. nitely sure. So he merely smiled �~— and said: "It isn't 'his name that matters, Grace. What I want to know is whether he is a fighting man," Grace was stirring something in a saucepan but her mind was not on her work. Keith could see by her expression that she was thinking deeply. At last she spoke. "He hates fighting. I'm sure of that. But if it cavae to a pinch I believe he would fight Ince e tiger.' I'm sure he would if it was a ques- tfon of saving his valley. He is a very fine man, Keith." PURSUE'? BY 'PLANE Keith felt a tiny twinge of jeal- ousy but crushed it as rapidly as possible and went on. "Can I see hili? He ought to. be CHAPTER XXXI THE PILOT INSPECTS Down the ravine, through the trees Keith raced at a speed which, left Gil far behind. At last he was in the open and able to see the lake. There was no sign of Grace's canoe, so it seemed that she must have reached her destination. Keith breathed a prayer of gratitude and looked up at the 'plane. Lt was a large cabin monoplane and was fly- ing at about 8,000 feet. At present it was: over the lake, but, as Keith watched, it circled and turned in his direction. The pilot must have spot- ted the house and wanted a closer view. Keith, slipped under cover of a tree and waited, ' The 'plane came down THURS., APRIL 18, 1940 to about 1,000 feet and passed over the cabin. The air was so clear that Keith was able to see a man's head and shoulders as he looked out of the cabin window. He bitterly regret- ted that he had nothis rifle with. him. For a moment or tilts Keith thought that the pilot meant to colic low enough to machine-gun the, cabin. In- stead, he headed the 'plane up again and turned her towards 'the head of the lake. The deer and other .animals grazing by the lake side were terrif- ied., Clearly they had never before seen or heard a 'plane. They stam- peded wildly. Gil came up alongside Keith. "They go to look at the other: house" ba said. "But they not see him very easy. The trees, they hide him." "That's a blessing," said Keith. "And I suppose Miss Arden is in- doors by this time." "She safe from 'plane, I think," Gil agreed, "but not if they came down on the water." Keith groaned. His eyes were fixed on the 'plane. To web -he. knew what might happen. if it came down, for there would be at least three men in it, and Grace had told him that this Tamer had no one with him but a Chinese cook. But the 'plane did not come down, It kept the same height, flew over the spot ,where the Tamers' house was hidden among its trees, then swung away to the right. Now Keith saw that it was Iosing height. The pilot seemed to be malting for the high hills which guarded the head of the valley, and presently it disap- peared amid the gorges. Keith frowned. "I wish I ]mew what those devils were after," he muttered. Gil shook his head, but said nothing. Keith roused. "The first thing to do is to get Miss Arden back, Gil. P11 take the! other canoe and go after her." "I think you not be in a hurry. corporal. You not know yet whether they come back. Mademoiselle, she safe, I think, for a while. Now we go see Monsieur Arden" "It won't be much fun seeing him," said Keith, and he was right. Arden had spotted the 'plane, made up his mind it belonged to Marrable, and was lam a sweet state of mind, To do him justice, he was almost as anxious about Graze as was Keith, and welcomed; Keith's suggestion that he should cross the lake and fetch her back, "Meantime," Keith said, "you and Jim load better get all the stuff you can into that cave. I'm fairlysure that the 'plane will be back tomor- row, and that we shall have to hole up. You'll be perfectly safe there if you have .sufficient food, and you can 'remain there until Jim and I fetch help. Then I hope we can scup- per • the whole gang, and after that there'll be no one to trouble you." "You are a, trifle optimistic, Mr. Marlow," said Arden. "The odds against you ever reaching Sundance seen to me . very long." "Don't; worry,'' Keith said curtly, "We'll do it.' Just then Gil who had been out- side cause in. "The 'plane, she go back. I •see her over the mountains." "That's good, Keith said. "Then I'll get en." RECOGNITION .He got on and did not waste time about it either. Unfortunately for hima strong breeze was now blowing down: the lake and the :passage took nearly an hour. His arms were ach- ing when at last he saw the landing, and Grace's canoe pulled upon the beach, He drove his own ashore be- side it, leaped out on to a gravelly beach and ran through the trees. He came to a fenced clearing, in the middle of which stood a plain but soundly built cabin. He shouted but there was no reply. He opened the door and found himself in a large living room. Though the furniture was all home-made the room had an air of comfort, but it was empty, There was a kitchen beyond. Keith went through, but there was no one there either, though a fire was burn- ing in the stove. Keith was amazed. What had become of the mystery man and of Grace? He treed and, as he again enter- ed the living room, a man came striding in from outside. "Who are you and what do you want?" he demanded as he stared at Keith. Keith stared back. He saw 'x la a man some ten years older than himself, tall, least yet splendidly muscled. Ile lead piercing grey eyes, finely cut features and a mane of fair hair. "Who are you?' this man repeat- ed, and now lois tone was distinctly hostile. Keith seemed tongue-tied. His eyes were fixed, on the other man's face wtlth an expressioin of complete amazement.` "Colin!" he got out at last. It was the newcomer's turn to 'express astonishment. He stiffened. "Who are you that call the Coli -n?" he demanded. "Then you are Colin Anson.. I'm Keith --Keith Marlow,," Colin took a couple of steps for- ward, caught Keith by the shoulders and turned'ltie face to the light, "Keith," he repeated at last. "Yes, you are Keith though I should never have known you." His face softened.. "You cant' blame me for not recog- nizing you. Last time I saw you, you were a weedy schoolboy. Now you are a man' and, I see a Mountie. I congratulate you." "Thanks, Colin: This' is a bit of a shock, you know, for 1, like your father, believed you to be dead." "Colin Anson is dead," said the other with sudden fierceness. "Make no mistake about that. Only two people in the world, besides yourself, know of nay identity. They are Stephen Arden and his daughter, and they are sworn to .secrecy. I don't know how you got here but, since you are Isere, I'll ask you to give me your word that you will be equal- ly silent." "We'll talk of that later," said Keith. "At present there is some- thing much more important on hand. Where is Grace Arden?" "Grace. I haven't seen her for at least a week. Not since she and her father went down river to find, Gil." "She started over here more than two hours ago." "I've been out all the morning. Chan—that's my man—and I have been right up the vaIIey to the beav- er dam." He paused and looked round. "But if she came here she would have waited in the house for me. I can't understand this at all." 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