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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
SOLVE THIS MYSTERY OF THE
SPACIOUS 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,
rPAUL iVIARRABLE - , . , An unsavoury' character, suspected of trafficking in drugs and'; drink
with.the Canadian Indians.
+GRACE ARDENLives with her father in a remote part of the mountains.
DUNCAN MacLAINE Keith Marlow's fellow trooper.
CHAPTER XXXII
eTHEY'VE GOT GRACE!"
'You saw the 'plane," Keith said.
Colin 'frowned.
"I .did:"
"They're, not after you. I am the
one they want."
"So you'vebeen sent to hunt down
Wing and Co."
Keith argued. "What made you chuck
it?"
"I was ,sick of it," Colin sat
frankly. "My chief and I never g
"I have. It's a long story, Colin, on. All niy suggestions were turn
and there's no time to. tell it now. down and I was on the pint
THURS., APRIL 25, 1940
after them, All. the same we'll go
carefully."
The ground began to rise ands
presently they were climbing steeply,
The surface became more rocky, the
trees more scanty and 'scattered and
the trail more difficult to follow.
They came to a mountain brook which
emerged from a deep ravine and fell
in little cascades over shelves of rock.
"They have gone up that way"
Chan said pointing to the ravine.
"Then they've haled up in ono of
thane caves at the foot of Spirit
mountain," Colin remarked.
"How far is that?" Keith asked.
"About a mile. This notch curves
so you can't see the mountain till
you're round the bend." Keith looked
up at the steep, .brokensides of the
ravine.
"Plenty of cover there," he said.
"If one of those swine has stayed,
behind on guard it's a poor show for
us."
+',Why should he?' Colin asked.
"They can't suspect
them. It seems to m
hurry to hole up
safe."
'
that we're after
e they'd be in a
where they'll be
"You may be right," Keith allowed,
"
But is there any way round?"
"Yes, but it would take all day."
Keith bit his lip.
"Then we must chance it." He
stopped and carefully filled the rna.ga-
ine of .his rifle. Chan did the same.
Now," said Keith, "we will string
out. Chan, you lead. I'll go rent„
and you, Colin, had better keep a good
distance behind. Then, if anyone does
start shooting frons the cliffs, you'll
have'a chance of spotting them"
of
edi zine ..
"Do you know where it came We have to find Grace." handing in my resignation. When I
from?" "You are right." Colin turned, recovered and saw in a newspaper=
"The Bowl, most likely." "Chan!„ lie called.
" I have. 1 was hoping they had skin, high cheekbonesand slanting "Do you think that was it ' to
that I was supposed to be dead I'
�:
So you've heard'
of that gang?" A man came in. He had. a yellow seized the chance of disappearing."
fa
not heard of me." eyes. But he was by no means the your father?" Keith asked b1 fly
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e un Colin made no objection to taking
ordinary type of Chinese. There weer "Why not?" Colin's voice was sud-
something keen and fierce shim. He' denly harsh. "My father never cared orders from the younger man and
looked like a hunter. !that for me." He snapped his finger
"This is my cousin, Mr. Keith "He knew I 'hated his business y
Marlow," Colin said. "A police of., tried to force me into it. When
fiver, as you see. He has been sent refused he cut me off without
to hunt down a dope gang. He tells penny. If I had not had the f
me that Miss Arden came over the hundreds my mother left me I mi
eke in her canoe early this morning.' have starved. Do you think I o
She is not in the house. We must him anything?"
find her." Chan gave Keith a quick I Before Keith could answer, Cha
sharp glance. I who had been a little ahead, turne
"She went to look for us, master," I "Please come here, master,"
be said in perfect English. "I saw; said in his quiet voice. He point
her footprints coming into the gate to marks in the soft soil. "
and leaving again." Colin. looked re-' men," he went on. "You see?"
lieved. "I see," said Colin and Keith, to
could plainly see the prints of t
"Then she will be here soon."pairs of feet whose owners had -worn
"Why didn't she meet you on your , rubber -soled shoes. The
way back?" Keith asked. "She must prints tol
ave been fellerving your trail."
their own story for there were signs
"The woods are thick up that way of a struggle, then they went an
and we did not take the same trail' again but now three pairs abreast
back," Colin answered. Keith was not and the centre ones those of a woman.
happy I Terror seized Keith.
„ "I'll go and look for her," he said, e1yThey've got Grace," he said hears -
That plane will be back for a car-,
Minty, and I want everyone in. the'
Valley to be safe under cover before!
it conies. We aro provisioning a cavo
behind Arden's cabin."
"Wing, I suppose, will be dropping,
bombs," Colin said harhly.. "Very .
well, Keith. Chan and I will go with cousin.
you. You'll never find you way, I "Who has got Grace?" he demand -
alone."
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CHAPTER XXXIII
THE TAMER ROARS
Colin turned a puzzled face to hie
"That's good of you," Keith said. • "Mareable's men. Two or more
"And while we go Lean tell you what! must have been landed — probably
I know about this gang at The Bowl." dropped by 'chute from the 'plan
"I want to hear all I can," Colin ] while it was out of sight behind t
answered. "Not that it will do much hills. They would have spotted Grac
good," ho added bitterly. "I have no from the air and decided to seie
way of fighting them and —I hate her as hostage."
fighting." "That, sir, is exactly what ha
Keith saw that Colin was very up- happened," said Chan in his precis
set. He did not blame him. To have English. Anson let out a roar.
this paradise of his ruined by murd- "Kidnapped Grace, have they?
erers in aeroplanes was an absolute They'll be sorry they ever lived be
disaster. fore we've done with them."
„ Keith gazed at his cousin in am
Don't worry about the fighting, azement. Colin's eyes were blazing
Colin," he said. "That's our job. He seemed to have grown bigger. A
I'm going down the river for help as vein stood out throbbing on his fore
soon as you aro all safe in the cave. head. He looked suddenly foemidabl
Indian Jim and I are taking one of and Keith remembered what Grac
the canoes. Ory we'll manage ahil had said about him—that, if stirred
right. We will travel' by night until
Colin would become a fighting man.
we are past The Slit.
They went out through the gate
of the garden and Chan, eyes on
ground, led the way. Keith saw at "Into the hills. Probably a civ
once that this yellow man was as But we can trail thein."
good a tracker as any Indian and+ "They'll be armed and watching for
that he and Colin had nothing to do us," Keith said. "And the only weap
but follow him. So, as they walked, on we have is my revolver."
he told his cousin' of his first meet -
"I'll go back and fetch rifles,' Colin
ing with Marrable, his journey North, said. "Von, Keith, with Chan will
of the hen's of Chet and Trazu, and follow the trail. I shan't be long.
of how he had been met and been'We are only a mile from the house."
rescued by the Ardens, Colin looked
at him with increased respect.
He was off, running with great
"You've done well, Keith. I'm very strides.
sure that no' one as yet lane inflicted "He's on the war path properly,"
so much damage on Marrable as you Keith said,
have, and I don't wonder that he is My master hates fighting," Chan
out for yourblood. It strikes me said gravely. "Yet his enemies must
beware of him." He turned to the
uncomfortably that he is extremely trail. "Let us obey and go forward.
likely to get ib." sir." he added.
"I've no doubt he will try," Keith They came into the open. In front
answered drily. "Pin only sorry for I was the river widened into a lake by
your sake that this war has invaded' the beaver dawn which stretched
your territory, . You haven't told me across in a wide semi -circle. But no
yet how you came here." 'beavers were visible nor any game.
"I heard of the place from Indian The trail took them to the bank of
friends," Colin said simply. "Chan. the river just below the dam, The
aril I came up the river and found water was shallow and they had no
it." It was just what I'd always difficulty in wading .across. Chau
wanted, so I stayed. 'found the tracks on the far side and'
"You make it sound simple," Keith they went on slowly across grassland.
said. • "I've 00 doubt there's a lot Beyond was a belt of wood and. at
more behind it. By the bye, I sup- the edge they stopped to let Coli
pose it was Arden who saved you catch up:
tram Haat poaching gang." I Colin must have ran the whole two
"He didn't actually save me from miles, butt he was not winded. He
the gang. They had left me for carried two rifles and his pockets
dead, and dead I should have beeui bulged with cartridges. Chan pointed
if Arden bad not happened along. He � to the trail.
acted the Good Samaritan, bandaged' "We must move with great care,"
my wounds, put ane to bed. in his tent he -said. "If they have seenn us they
and nursed and fed me for days. I've • may be waiting in ambush."
never forgotten• •!t," he added, "and I "I don't fancy 'they've .seen us,"
have been only too glad of the Keith answered. "They must have
Ante to pa,' soinething of the debt been well into the timber before we
owe him." ' I came into the open, and they have
"But you had your job as warden," [no reason to suppose that anyone is
they started up the ravine. It wa
hard travelling for the steep slop
was covered with loose boulders and
along the stream grew thickets of
alder and other bushes. Great tush
lions of moss' yellow and green grew
everywhere. They were very pretty
but full of extremely cold water and
Keith got soaked and chilled as he
crawled over them. To his left the
stream roared in its narrow bed mak-
ing noise enough to drown any that
the three men caused as they scramb-
led upwards.
They went slowly and Keith kept
a constant watch on the grey cliffs
which towered on either side. The
place was a trap and he knew it and
bad a nasty suspicion that they were
not going to pass it without :trouble.
Yet nothing happened and atter a
quarter of an hour of climbing they
passed a high waterfall and gained.
more level ground.
"IF MARLOW COMES OUT . .."
Miss Arden to The Tamen and let
her go safe." There was a. short
paw*, then came the reply from. the
unseen foe.
"1 will even da that.
gain. Colin seized. Koi grasp
from which even he co se
himself,
"You're not going, w
that swine. He will n his
word."
"You know him!"
"Yes. I recognize his is
one of the Blackie Sharde
some who laid me out i y
Park." Keith, hesitated so
desperately anxious ab at
he felt unable to think, al
clear common sense se e
deem ted tum
"Are . you coming o +"
called the unseen man; cliff
top.
"He is not," shouted' in
a voice that Keith hat d.
as that of his cousin. gangster
laughed again.
"Then none of you e'
out. The next rock f y
the bunch. And the girl—Pme
her down to The Bowl. e
Boss will find some use
"Colin, I have to go h
in a voice that hissed is
lips. He was struggling
But Colin held 'him. C n•
a whisper.
"Master, I have a plan,
not go back down the brook o
up. Once I am round the be
out of sight of these men, -
be I can find a way up t f,
Is it a bee
-
gain. in a
Id not release
Keith. I know
ever keep h
s voice. He
gang, th
n the Kootenay
He was
nut Grace that
All his usual
erred to have
out, Marlow+
on the
back Colin
dry recognize
The
will ever cos
all will bur
fakir
I reckon th
it of hon"
," said Keit
throughh
to' get away,
Chau spoke i
IfIcan
Icang
ndIam
Then may-
be
chit
Meantime you keep this man talking."
Without waiting for Colin's permis-
sion Chan slung his rifle across his
s back' ducked down and set to crawling
e up the bed of -the stream, The ice
cold water took him to the waist,
but he never hesitated. Bent double,
- he wormed his way upwards at aston-
ishing speed.
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
VETERINARY, 88,
STILL PRACTICES
Gerrie — The claim Dr. William
Nichol of Kingston is the oldest
practicing veterinary surgeon in the
Dominion is disputed in this village,'
where Dr. James Armstrong is still
practicing at the age of 88. Dr.
Nicholl is 86.
Dr. Armstrong drives his own car
and attends to his duties in all kinds
of weather. He has practiced here
since 1879.
He is a past master of lodge Na.
102, A.F. & A.M., and has an hon-
orary badge from Grand Lodge for
having been a member of one lodge'
for more than fifty years.1
Here the defile curved to• the left
and widened and, through a gap op-
posite Keith got sight of a high and
very beautiful mountain, the ice -clad
cone of which glittered white against
the intense blue of the sky. He paus-
ed and beckoned Colin to come up
"I take it that's Spirit Mountain,"
he said,
"Yes," Colin told him, "and there
are at least a dozen caves along the
e l base of the cliffs. This brook comes
he i out of one of them."
e "I suppose there's no telling in
e which they've hidden Grace."
"Not unless• Chan. can find £he
s tracks."
"And meantime they can plug us
at their leisure," said Keith. "Isn't
there any way round, Colin?" he
eked despairingly.
(� Before Colin could answer the sil-
-, epee was broken by a loud thump.
• i The ground quivered, then, with a
4 roar like thunder, a huge mass of
1 rock broke away frons the right hand
e cliff and came crashing down.
e At sound of the explosion Keith
flung himself over the bank of the
stream and dropped into the water.
The others followed instantly, Even
so, if the fall had come down op-
posite, nothing could have saved them.
e• Actually it fell some little distance
behind them.
"Dynamite" Keith said harshly as
- he scrambled up and looked cautious-
ly over the rim of the bank,
At first all he could see was a
great cloud of crust. Through this
cloud boulders were still falling, mak-
ing a tremendous racket. By de-
grees these ceased, and the dust cloud,
clearing, revealed the gorge complet-
ely choked with a amiss of raw rock
and rubble twenty feet high.
"These people are more clever than
I had supposed," Chan said in his
perfect English. "Our retreat is com-
pletely cutoff for, if we attempt to
climb that pile, they - can shoot us
from above."
"You sum nip the situation. admirab-
ly, Chan," Keith answered in a tone
of extreme bitterness, "And no doubt
if we go forward, we are equally
at their mercy. What I can't under-
stand is why they delayed so long.
If they had set off that cartridge
five minutes earlier we should all be
dead and buried."
"They want us alive, not dead,"
,sail Colin between set teeth and, as
Colin
if in answer to his words, a voice
hailed them from the cliff top.
"If Keith Marlow comes out and
gives himself up the other two can
leave unharmed." Chan whirled quick
as a cat, but the speaker was out of
sight. They heard him laugh, and it
was not a pleasant sound.
"I know you are armed," he went
on. "I am not likely to offer myself
as a target. Again I tell you that,
if Marlow comes out, you others can
save your lives. If he does not you
all die." Keith answered.
"If I come out will you hand over
Colin's excitement calmed Keith.
"You know the country, Colin.
Where have they taken her?"
When John David Eaton donated
his trim twin -engined monoplane tol
the Royal Canadian Air Force, it was
the first Beechcraft to enter the ser-
vice. The plane is powered with a
300 horsepower engine, has a cruis-
ing speed of 195 miles an hour and
Inas seating capacity for eight per -
sone; two pilots and six passengers.
"We were just hoping Granny
would remember and
i
-deAtu the". elated
NIG I
.. and Peter really knew her voice!"
That's the real thrill of Long Distance.
Voices come clear and distinct. Calls
completed quickly. With rates so ]owV
(particularly after 7 p.m. and all day Sunday), why wait
for an excuse to call—there' must be someone who would
love to hear your voice to -night?
1940
60yEARS OF PUBLIC SMART
MEMORIAL
FOR iioSS CRANSTON
In memory of Miss Ch'ris'tine
Cranston, daughter of Rev. Cranston,
one time minister of the Presbyterian
Church at Cromarty, who met death
in a car accident about one year ago,
the Allio Spencer Chapter, LO.D.E.,
of Welland, decided to establish it
Christine Cranston memorial, to take
the form of a stained glass window
in St. Andrew's presbyterian Church,
Welland, where her father is min-
ister, the organizations of the church
who suggested the idea to co-operate.
Miss Cranson was a vice-regent of
this chapter.
The new Army physical training•
tables bear little resemblance to the
old "physical jerks" of the Great
War. The methods used in Canada
are those recently adopted by the
army gymnastic staff in England.
The new methods aim at co-ordinat-
ion of eye, brain and muscle and the
development of flexibility and endur-
ance rather than large muscles and
strength.
MOSQUITO'S PREFERENCES
Some people won't believe it, but
humans rank very law on a mo-
squito's menu list. A few informed
nature students will insist they are
the favorite dessert of all the mo-
squitoes at a picnic, and according to
entomologists of the Department of
Agriculture, they are probably right.
Some individuals do attract mosquit-
oes more than others. But horses and
cattle are even mote attractive to a
female mosquito, they report, Inci-
dentally, only female mosquitoes bite.
Ihvestigations disclose that when they
have a choice they prefer horses and
cattle to humans by six to one.
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