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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-05-02, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORIZ SOLVE THIS MYSTERY OF THE SPACIOUSROMANTIC WEST 7 ire Principal Characters: KEITH MARLOW • Of the Canadian Mounted Police, recently joined from Britain. CO'LIN ANSON , ... , .; , Marlowts cousin, who had gone out to Canada some years earlier than Keith. CHET FRASER . Friend of Keith, he later joins the Mounted Police. PAUL MARRABL11 ...... ;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 Marrow's fellow trooper. CHAPTER XXXIV "PUT'A MATCH TO IT!" "Pll give you one minute to make up your mind," It was their unseen enemy on the cliff speaking again: The voice was that of a white man and Keith woads tired who he was. Keith glanced up the stream bed but Chan was out of sight, He had got round the corner without being seen. 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"Don't you wish you knew?" the sneering reply. "Fetch her. Let me see her," Keit demanded. "Nothing doing," came the shar retort. "Are you coming out or ar • not? Time's up." "Don't answer," Colin said Keith's ear. "Crawl .back down th stream bed." "Why not go up?" "That fellow would spot us. We'r not as small as Chan and the man r right above us." "We can't go far down because o the fall," Reith whispered. "Far enough to get some shelter, Colin insisted. "And every min counts. Remember Chan is on the job." "I'm lighting the second fuse, came the voice from above. "This i your last chance, You needn't fan CHAN LOSES THE TRAIL "Getting a drop of their own melt - cine and they don't like it,' grinned Keith. "Signal to Chan to stop firing, Coolin. We'll take these fellows alive. We want to know where they have 'hid'den Grace." or Colin nodded and stood up. He waved his hand. A hat showed for a second above a large boulder opposite was and instantly one of Marrable',s men let loose. He emptied his 'magazine h before he stopped firing and they I saw him fumbling for fresh cart- ridges. re "Don't trouble to' reload," remark- ed Keith as, pistol in hand, he step- • pedrup softy behind the fellow. The e man jerked round as if an electric charge had shocked him and the ' amazement on his ugly face was al - 1 most comic. • e "Drop your gun," Keith ordered, "stand up and raise your hands." The man scowled, but obeyed. He had no choice. While Colin covered them ISboth with his rifle, Keith searched them for arms and' secured two uth pistols and two unpleasant looking knives. Next he handcuffed them both and, when he was sure they were " harmless, examined the dead man. s The prisoners were both half- breeds, but the dead man was white. go "I was right," Colin said. "This is the fellow who shot me three years ago." He turned to the nearest pris- oner. "What's his name?" he asked. e "Ile Shard," said the man sullenly'. "1 thought sa," said Colin. He turned to Keith. "We can't bury hint mgIt's getting late and we have s to find Grace." Keith nodded, e "Where is Miss Arden?" he de- s mended of the prisoner. you men dodge out of it. If you up I can see you; if you go down you can't pass the fall. The boss wants you alive, Marlow, but he'll be almost as pleased to know you'r " dead. This timet Keith made no answer Following Colin, he was crawl' down stream, hugging the bank a closely as possible. They heard th man above curse savagely, then hi order: "Put a match to it. Quick, you fool," Colin stopped so suddenly that Keith bumped into him. Keith saw that they were standing beneath a blunt spur of rock which stuck out from the rim of the stream bank and gave some sort of shelter. They had reached it just in time. Again the ground quivered under the blast of explosive, again great rock masses roared 'from above. Boulders leaped over their heads and fell be- hind them but, barring blows from small fragments rebounding, they re- mained safe and unhurt. "Back!" said Colin. "Quickly, be- fore the dust clears." He started and Keith followed. The bed of the brook vas almost choked with fallen rock over which the two scrambled frant- cally in an effort to round the corner before the dust cloud had. disappear - • It dropped fast and Keith realiz- ed despairingly that they would never do it. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL I Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. ! Officers: President, Thomas Moylan, Sea - forth; Vice Peesident, William Knox, Londesboro; Secretary -Treasurer, M, A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors, Alexa Broadfoot, Seaforth; James Sholdice, Walton; James Connolly, Goderich; p W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Chris. Leonhardt, Dublin; Alex. McEwing, B1-th; Frank McGregor, Clinton. List of Agents: E. A. Yeo, R.R. 1,' Goderich, Phone 603r31, Clinton; Seines Watt, Blyth; John E. Pepper, Srneefield, R. R. No. 1; R. F. McKer- eher, Dublin, R. R. No. 1; Chas. F. s 'Hewitt, Kincardine; R. G. Jarmuth, Bornholm, R. R. No. 1. Any money to be paid may be paid w to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of ommerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin ' :C .Cbtt's Grocery, Godericb. Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other business will ;be promptly attended to on applies, Ion to any ,of the above officers ad - .dressed to their respective post offs- •ces. Losses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene. Then from high above came the flat crack of a rifle shot, followed by a highpitched scream, Colin stop- ped and chuckled harshly. "Chan," ho said"That was my rifle. ^Oban gat one of them and I only hope it's the devil who's been trying to finish us. From their right came a frantic burst of firing. Two magazine rifles were blazing away. Colin laughed again. SI no tell," replied the man de- fiantly. Keith said :nothing. He ; turned and walked away. "Come Galin," he said, and Colin at once followed. They went over the edge of the plateau and began scrambling down. "Chan can find her, I suppose," Keith said. "I expect so," replied Colin. "You mean to read those two a lesson?" "They certainly can't get down this cliff in handcuffs," said Keith with a grin. "I want to get them so they'll talk," he added. Chan met them in the valley. "Good work, Clean!" said Keith "You put that bullet plumb through his heart." Chan shook his head. "I was very frightened. When the second blast came I thought you were both buried. But what have you done with the two poisoners?" When Keith told him a gleam of approval showed in Chan's slanting eyes. , "Come then," he said. "I will try to find Miss Grace." As Colin had said, there were a dozen or more caves along the base of the mountain, and since the ground was mostly rock, it beat Keith to tell how Chan found trail. Yet he kept on slowly until they reached a wide slope of limesone washed clean by Winter storms. Then he stopped arid shook his head. "There is no track here," he said. a "And she may be in any of those caves," Keith exclaimed in dismay. "What's more, it will be dark in an hour. Grace!" he shouted, but only echoes came back. THURS., MAY 2, 1940 glad to ries you again. I heard the shooting' but I was tied and couldn't move and :was nearly frantic. Then Gil came in and let me loose ams—" she looked anxiously at Keith's wet, muddy `clothes' and scratched face— "you're not hurt,, Keith?" "It's the other fellow who got hu•t," Keith answered .cheerfully. "One's dead and the other two are prisoners. But how do you come here, Gil?" "Through the trees, Corporal. When you so long I thinksosnothing wrong take short cut. I see men put mamzelle in the cave. Then I wait. I think I 'ave to wait till dark, ba t you come and all is well." "All is well for the present,' sal Keith. "I'm not so surd about to morrow. Grace, if You can walk far as the lake we'll take you horn Chan will bring the prisoners." It was quite dark when they reach ed the lake. Colin wanted to remain at his own place, but Keith persuaded him that they had better all be to gether. "Marrable 'hasn't finished with us, he said significantly. "I shouldn wonder if he turns up in person to- morrow." "Do we have to spend' the night in the cave?" Grace asked, but Keith told her that was• not necessary Marrable would hardly risk his 'plane in the dark. Stephen Arden was in a nice state of mind when they got back. It was odd, Keith thought,. how a big power- ful man who had been knocking about in the north for years could go all to pieces like this. Even the story of how they had defeated the !enemy Iand rescued Grace did little to com- famt 1him. After supper Keith and Chan inter- viewed .the prisoners, who by this I time were meek enough. Leaving them handcuffed on the cliff top had scared them properly. They said that Mar rabler had at least `a score of men at The Bowl, and that he had sworn to get Keith. They admitted that Mar- rable had made a great deal of money, but was still building up his drug businests. He was furious at the losses Keith had already inflicted on him. The two breeds were clearly certain that Keith's fate was sealed. The night passed quietly. All were up early, and were busy transferring provisions, beddings, etc., to the cave. Gil showed Keith the inner cave where a small stream broken through a fissure in the wall and ran out through a hole in the floor. Just as they came out they heard tho distant roar of an aeroplane :en- gine. The same machine that lead come over on the previous day flew up the Iake and settled near Colin's landing. Through glasses Keith saw three men Landed, then the 'plane rose again and went back the way it had come. Colin was much upset, not so much at the prospect of these men using his house, as at the terror in- spired in the wild life of the valley by the 'plane. MARRABLE MOVES IN "Don't worry. They'll soon get ac- customed to it," Keith said. "I'm told that the animals in the Kruger Park in South Africa don't even look up when a 'plane comes overhead." "But the swine will be shooting!" Colin growled. "So shall we," Keith answered, "and once we clear out this gang I'll take good care that this valley of yours is scheduled from Ottawa so that no one else can invade it" An hour later the 'plane was baek, and three more men were landed. By one o'clock it had made four trips, and Marrable's force had grown to twelve. "A regular army," Grace remarked to Keith as she watched the 'plane rise once more and fly away through the Gap. Keith looked at her with fresh admiration. Though she Imes/ well as he how serious the situa- tion was, she was calm and collected as ever. The rough handling and hard travelling of the previous day had left no trace on her. "It's about time I was collecting my army," said Keith. "Jim and L will get off as soon as it's dark." "I suppose,' said Grace, "it hasn't ccurred to you that Marrable will Colin yesterday, with dynamite. Sup- poeing they blow down the .mouth of the tare and suffocate us? —'Don't look so staggered,' she said with a smile. "I don't say these things will happen, but they may, and I think your duty lies here." "I think it's' you have the brains to lead us all," Keith answered. "You're put a lot of new ideas in my se head, Grace, and 1 must think the over. And if you don't mind I'll have a chat with Gil." "You can't do better," Grace told hien. "Gil knows this valley better even than Colin, and he's got capital brains." Keith tient off at once to find Gil id and beckoned him back among the ea 1- trees out of sight and h ring of the as rest. The first thing he asked P ' of hime', was whether it would be possible for Jim and himself to get away down - the river, it "Not in the canoe," G answered s promptly, "They will light fire on - the bank so you no can Pass. You will see when the night comes." Keith shrugged. "If you are right, Gil, we're in ai very tight place. It'd al very well holing up in the cave, but our grub won't last for ever." "That is true. I think the only way is to fight them .before they begin ' to fight us," Keith's eyes brightened. "That's good strategy, but what would ,you suggest? How can we do it?" Reform Gil could answer the deep rumble of the 'plane's engine came again to their ears aced they hurried out to see what it was bringing this I time. Through his glasses Keith watched it land on the lake and taxi in until close to the landing. He saw two men on the landing handling a very heavy package. When they had I lifted it out of the 'plane atall man followed. "Marrable, himself," said Keith sharply. "And if I'm not badly mis- taken that was a machine gun they've just put on the wharf." Gil was watching the 'plane. Though he had no glasses hia eyes were sharp enough to see that she was being moored just far enough out from the bank to swing easily. "She stay there all night," he said. "I think I take canoe and burn her in the dark." "These two have got the wind up roperly. Came, Keith, they'll never see us. They're trying to get Chan, but they might as well, try to get the Man in the Moon." Once past the rock fall the going was easier. The cousins rounded the curve to the left and found them - elves .safe from rifle fire. Colin stopped and pointed to the break in the rocks on the far side through hich the Spirit Mountain was visible "Are you game to 'cross, Keith? It looks tie if we could climb up that way and get behind the enemy." "Watch me," •said Keith, and was across the open so quickly that, even if Marrable's men had been watch- ing, they might as well have shot at a shadow. A moment later Keith and Calbs were going up a regular rock staircase, and reaching the top found themseelves on the edge of a broad expanse of mountain turf dotted here and there with patches of bare rock. Keith lifted his head over the rim and, pointed.Th "Three of them," he whispered, "but' one won't move again." "And the other two are scared to move," Colin said. Even as he spoke an uneven rifle barked, and dust sprayed from the turf close along' aide one of Marrable's men. 'CANADIAN NATIO At" AI 'WAYS! TIME -TABLE 'fJrains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderich Div, Going Going Going Going 'Going "Ocie gEast, depart 6.43 a.m. East, depart 8.00 p.m. West, depart 11.45 a.m. West, depart 9.50 p.m. London, Huron Ift Bruce: North, sr 11.21, Ive. 11.47 a.m. South ar. 2,50, leave 3.08 p.m. CHAPTER XXXV "GIL CAME ...' "There's one thing to do," said Colin grimly. "Get those fellows and make them talk. They'll be tame enough y now. "I will fetch them," said Chan and strode away. "He's a treasure, that fellow," Keith said. "You're r right," o g t,„ Colin answered warmly. "He comes from the hill country of South China and was educated in England. I couldn't have a batter mann to help me in this jab,” "I hope Grace is all right," Keith said uneasily. "They are not likely tc have hurt her. But she may be gagged. That's why she can't answer" He paused and stared. "Well! Look at this." A man was coming out of one of the caves and Grace with him. "It's Gil!". Keith shouted and ran. "Are you all right, Grace?" was his first eager quiestion. "I'm not hurt, Keith. But, oh, I'm expect you to do exactly that thing. I am certain as I stands here that he has a canoe full of men watching for you." Keith looked blank. This idea bad not occurred to him, yet he felt sud- denly certain that Grace was right. And if men were pasted in the Gap at the mouth of the Valley there Wasn't a d'og's chance of getting by, even in a canoe. Grace, went on. "Keith, do you realize that you are the only trained fighting man among us. Colin is a fine fellow, but knows nothing of this sort of guerilla war- fare; father is .'helpless. It's true that Chan and Gil are good men, but there ought to be someone here to take oammand, and you are the only one." "But we must have help," Keith said at last. "Five . men—sola if you count Jim -on our side, and Marrable has a dozen and more coming." "We need help," said Grace grav- ely. "No one knows that better than I but, even if you could get out of the Valley, it would be at least a fortnight ,before you could'`bring rein- forcements, and; by that time I'm very much afraid it might be too late." "But they can't reach yeu in the care," Keith declared. "They nearly finches you and: (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK) AUTUMN ELECTION FOR HURON -BRUCE? It is reported that Premier Hep- burn opposes bye -elections at the present time, and will open only one seat in the autumn. 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