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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
SOLVE TIIIS MYSTERY OF THE
SPACIOUS
ROMANTIC WEST
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Principal Characters:
KEITH MARLOW Of the Canadian Mounted Police, recently joined from Britain.
COLIIV ANSON
.:CHET FRASER
tPAUL MARRABLE
Marlow's'eousin, who had gone out to Canada some years earlier than
Keith.
Feiend. of Keith, he later joins the Mounted Police.
An unsavoury character, suspected of trafficking in drugs and drink
GRACE ARDEN
DUNCAN MacLAINE
with the Canadian Indiatrs.
Lives with her father in a remote p art of the. mountains.
, .... ,;Keith MVrarlow's fellow trooper.
CHAPTER XXXVIII
THE WAY OUT
"Grace - Grace, axe you there?"
.Reith called as he reached the bridge
crossing the gap at the 'mouth of the
cave,
At the sight of Keith she stopped
short and her face went white.
"Keith!" she gasped. "Oh. you are
hurt."
She ran lightly across the bridge,
caught him by the arm and helped
All the way back: 'he had begirt him across. And, just as on' that
tortured by the fear th'he what !bee bitter day when they had first met,
fable had told him might possibly- be I Keith was glad of the support of her
f firm warm body.
true and that somehow he- had got! His head ryas split-
hold:af Grace. His relief was intensetug; he. was :till in, and after Grace
when Grace herself came hurrying !tall made him lie down he was con -
out: tent to cicsc his eyes and let her
take charge.
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elle bathed and bound up the ugly
cut on his scalp and sponged hi
face. To Keith the touch of her firer
yet extraordinary gentle fingers wa
a uelight. Gil brought coffee an
f'oud. Then they left hint to sleep.
It was Iate inthe afternoon whe
Keith awoke. He felt astonishing)
better. Chan came to hint and brough
soap, water and a razor. While Keitl
Chan talked. He said tha
Marrable and his whole force ha
moved into the cabin below and ap
a third barrier. Keith was pounding
away at this when Colin came to him.
"Keith," he said. "We're in a mess,
They've cut off the water."
Keith went with him back to the
second cave where all the others
were gathered. The stream that had
poured through the wall had, ceased
to run. Its channel was dry.
"It's plain enough what's happen-
ed," Colin said. `Marrable has real-
ized that we had water here; he has
found the source and dynamited it."
Keith said nothing. The disaster was
complete. Grace spoke.
s "Can't we dip some from the river
under the bridge?" Colin shook his
S. head.
d "'that's [cat's under fire from the ma-
chine-gun.
n "But at night," Grace said.
y. "Marrable installed a searchlight
t Iast night. No doubt to stop us."
It "Have we any water left?" Keith
t asked.
d "Two buckets," Chan told him.
"That is all."
peered to be making ready to beseig
the cave, The 'plahe had been mov
eel to -the landing near the cabin,
"I ought to have sunk the 'plan
last night, Chan," Keith said.
male a • Mess of 11."
"Tette" said Goan, "was unavoid
able. You ceu1d not have imagine
that anyone was hiding in it. Th
ntietaks you made, Mr. elatlew, ff yo
will permit me to say so, was in no
killing Marrable when you had th
chance."
Keith wee silent. Chan smile
slightly,
"If a Battle hake had attempted t
bite yuu, you would have had 110 coal
unction in destroying it. Marrab:
a worst than any rattlesnake and
c.eserves 00 mare mercy,
"1 almost wish Yee had boon w:1
nu', Chan," Keith said. -
"if J had, our tooubha •would nay
he at an end instead of just' begirt-!
e { "Encugh for two days with care,"
- Keith said. "By that time we must
I break out."
e "That's the way to talk," said Cul -
I in briskly. 'And when we do get
cut we'll finish every last one of We
gahg of poisoners." Ile took the pick
d which Keith had brought cut with lint
c and went straight into the tunnel.
u "I told you he was a fighter," Grace
t' said softly- to Keith.
el For the next 24 hems work want
1 cit without ceasing. They suffered
c1 levies from thirst but could anew
theit:stivee only a little more than a
o pint apiece daily. At two in the nwrn-
-' ing on the second day afar the water
• had been cut off, they broke through
and Chan, who had finished tate job,
i aneeunced that he cock! see light.
1. Keith looked. The 1110011, just past
the full, throw a patch 'of silver rail-,
✓ lance through a goedsized opening, i
IL T. B ANCE
Notary Public, Conveyancer
eFinaacial, Real Estate and Fire 1r,•
esuranee Agent. Representing 1.1 Fire
Insurance Companies,
Division Court Ofice, Clinton
Frank Finland, B.A,, LLB. Hing, Marrable will use every means 1
,Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Pub3t
Successor to W, Brydone, le.C.
;Blear.' Bloctr — Clintnn, Ont.
D. IL McINNES
n Itis pcwet' to destroy 11:4. For st
ottg as one of us remains auive to
:et as witness toga est hint, he lives
11 danger d arrest"
What Chan said a ua all so dead!
true that there was no arguing about
t. !lath felt anything but happy
rue, they were safe enough in the
ave, but ort the other hand the,
meld not get oat, and there seemed
to possible chance of s.n'ing for help
1V
hireable: ort the other hand had
•lento of men and his 'plane to fetch
u more man or stares whenever he
mead: therm.
CHAPTER X'XXIX
r ::I'Iti'itisE FROM THE SKY
Keith looker! cut. The hole opened
in ti;,, side of a low bluff.That, he
I saw, tee why illart'ables men had not
5 found it,He turned to Collie "Wei
ei
can get duwa easily, but the moon i.e
• Lirp,,tt," torn came alongside.
"We are all half dead with thirst,
✓ I'm for tryingit .tt once."
"fill right," said Keith. "If Chan
• and Gil agree I'm game," •
Chan and Gil were fee instant ac-
tte11, It 10115 agreed that they foes
and Indian Jim 511001(1 form the at -
i tanking ratty. Grace and her father'
would remain in the cave. Grace threw
Keith aside.
"3L ith,' she Fuld,. and for 0040 her
rich low -toned voice was not quite
steady. "I'm not going to ask you
to take care of yourself. I'tn going
to ask something quite different."
"Anything," Keith saie! hoarsely,
"Give me one kiss before you go."
Keith forgot thirst, danger, evert
Marrable. His arms went crotid! her,
then lips met and for a lovely mom-
ent they were alone in a world of
o• their Own making. Then Keith 1•e -
leased her,
"Nothing Can harm me now, ilarl-
ang. To -night sees Marrable's end.
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"I've a mind to attack," Keith said
t last. Chan shoot: hfs head.
"That, sir, would be suicide. Cil
ells rife that Marrable has meuntccl
is inathine-gun in the mouth of the
orge. Theta is no possibility of
otting out alive,"
Keith's spirits fell another notch.
e could not see a gleam of light
anywhere. Chan went on,
"Gil and I have been discussing
the situation. We have also been ex-
plor•ing the cave. Gil has found a
passage which .appears to lead mit t
the West. It is obstructed by stalag-
mites and at present impassable. It
might, however, be possible to open
it, If then we could get outside the
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'who lives nearest the scene,
might surprise the man with the Ma- "1 pray that it inay be so," Gt'ate]
Chine -gun. Once that was done we said earnestly.
could, turn the gun tlpott blarrable's 'Chen Keith, and his men were awax
men and possibly kill enough of them up the tunnel.
to give us a chance of defeating the The little bluff :faced into a small
survivors," Keith's .eyes brightened. golly parallel with th. ravine in which
"That is something I sho4d never the cave lay. At the bottom was a
` have thought of. 'fake me to see tiny brook. The five stopped just long
the place," enough to &ink, then went silently
The mouth 0f the passage was a down the gully.
Mere crack but, beyond, it grew Iarg- Gil touched Keith's arm and point-
er and trended upwards. About thirty ed. Smoke was rising over the ridge
paces in it was almost closed by a dividing the .geel yfrom the frig ravine.
huge stalactite. But a long stick Without speaking Keith bccl.onecl the
pushed through the opening•. proved 'others to follow and scrambled up the
that there was head Tempt beyond. steep bluff. Lying flat on the ridge,
"We'll get, to it at once," Keith. he looked over and saw the whole
said. "Luckily we have a pith. We gully a fog of black smoke. Instant-
cla,en't use dynamite." ly Ile readied what was up,
Better not," Chan answered. "The "They're attacking," Ile whispered,
00(51 might fall." "Marrable is fed up with waiting spill
( ' .
There was room for only ons at the is trying to rush tee" He paused
TIME' TABLE ,
'CANAL.
A'IONA'
AYS
'Trains will arrive at and depart froni
Clinton as follows:
Buffalo and (oderich
Crolag East, depart 6.43 a.m.
ottt&• Past, 5Ppnr5 0.011 pm
Going West, depart 11.45 a.m.
Going West, depart 9.50 p.m.
Lender). Huron & I3rurw
Going North, ar 11.21, ive. 11.47 a,m.
Going South ear. 2.50, leave S.OB p.m.
face and the stuff was hard as then went on swiftly. "They'll be
marble. The men relieved one another carrying planks tobridge the gap.
each !tour, but it took a whole clay We follow, pull the ;planks away and
to get through. They found them we have the lot like rats in 0 trap,"
selves in a small cave with two pas- "But •Grace," said Colin,
caecs leading off it. The one to the "I told her to go into the passage.
left was •a blind alley; they tackled Site and tier fattier can get out, 'if
the .other. This went in the right necessary,"
direction, but was badly bioolced. For "They find our planks," Gil put in
two exhausting days they worked On "No, for I pushed them rata the
it, and broke 'through only to find " G' 1! t ld 1
TIIIJRS., MAY 16, 1940
"Then, I think you right,, Corporal,"
said 011: "This time we get them,"
"Wait!" Reith 'ordered,' "Wait till
they've passed,"
"He's tricked us!" cried Keith, and
ran for the lake,
There was no one at 'the cabin and
they passed it and • came into the
The sound of feet shuffling softly open. There was the 'plane already
rose from bel
ow'' '
A� minute later ate+ i
r alt.nthe
A11 whipped up their rifles
Keith t gave the signal and they slid and fired, but the range too great
silently down into the ravine, They and the 'plane ah=sally moving too
loancl themselves almost on top of fast,' It circled upwards, /prickly
the machine ,gun. Reith waited just gaining height.
long enough to snatch up two spare All were in' despair. Marrable had
belts of cartridges,. then led his little! more men at The Bowl, He would
force towards the cave. fetch 'them up and the work of the
The smoke !ping so: thick they past days was wasted,
could hardly see one another, but Chan cried out suddenly and pointe,
Presently could • hear the' sound of ed. A second 'plane, flying at a
planksbeing pushed across ,sock.! great height, had suddenly appeared,
Keith stopped. He wanted to be sure touting from, the West.
that all the enemy were across' the "Who is it?" Colin demanded.
bridge before proving forward. - Keith shook his head.
"They are in the cave,"Gil whisp- "I haven't the foggiest notion;"
erect in his ear, "Merrabi.o's seen hint," cried 'Col -
All right, Go ahead," said Keith. in. "He's trying to get' away!"
As he went forward a bright light Marrable who had not. yet got
showed in the cave. He hearda shout height was driving full power for The
of .alarm, • Gap. The other 'plane, a small two -
"Fire!" he snapped, and five rifles seater, cane flashing down upon him
spoke at once,: • like a- hawk on a duck. The four
The surprise was complete.. Yells men on the hill stood breathless,
of pain and terror arose, the light watching in awed silence. Within a
went otit and the invaders bolted in- very brief space the stranger 'plane
to the interior' of the cave. Keith was no more than five hundred feet.
dashed forward, stooped, grasped the above Marrable's.
heavy plank, and with a great effert Every moment Keith expected to
sent it clattering into the depths. hear the familiar hammer of a ma-
''lip the bank,' he ordered, and led chine gun. It did not come. The only .
the way up the bluff bordering the sound was the roar of the two power -1
ravine.' All were well out of danger ful engines.
Marrable was scared. He was
dodging, ducking, trying to get away.
The stranger 'plane nosed down and
headed for him, straight as an arrow.
Its pilot was aiming his craft like a
huge projectile at Marrable's. The
interval shrank. Still the stranger
before the enemy recovered enough
to start shooting. Arrived at the
top Keith gave sharp orders.
"Gil, go back to the passage open-
ing and take care of Mademoiselle
and her father. The rest of you fol-
low me. We have to take Marrable
for, if we fail, all our work is wast- did not swerve an inch.
ere" "He's ramming," breathed Keith
He slid down into the Gully and and, as he spoke, the crash came. The
hurried towards the cabin, The sur- stranger 'plane ploughed into the
vivors in the cave were blazing away' other, almost cutting it in two and
down the ravine where the smoke was tearing off both wings. Marrable's
still thick, and Keith feared greatly ship came plummeting downwards;
that Marrable would take alarm and the other, its propeller gone, went
bolt for the 'plane. He felt fairly into a crazy dive. A burst of black
stu'e that Marrable was not in the smoke tailed out from Marable's
cave, • 1 'plane, and instantly it was wrapped
By this time dawn was breaking, in fierce flame.
dimming the moonlight. Keith's party Keith hardly saw it. His eyes were
moved cautiously round through the on the other 'plane. A small object
trees at the back of the cabin. detached itself from the tumbling
' Suddenly came the spluttering roar wreckage; for a second of two it
of an aeroplane engine. toppled over and over, theft a flash
! •
of. white shot out alld blosonrted' into
1 a silken chute, beneath which 'the`
pilot swung safely. Marrable's 'plane,
closely followed. by the other, hib the
Lake with a tremendous splash and,
withash
shout, Keith respect forward
and 'raced for the canoes,
He, and Colin together paddled :furi-
ously and reached the pilot just as
his feet touched water.
"Hulloa, Keith!" came a familiar
voice and Keith, speechless with sur-
prise, gazed at the blackened face of
Chet Wilson.
"Yes, Tuzu is safe," Chet told'
Keith after they had brought him to
shceo. "He and I had a wonderful
bit of luck. We were swept into an
eddy behind a big rock, got ashore
and managed to save the canoe, We I
had lost all our grub and saved only
one paddle. With one paddle we!
'couldn't get back
up scream so we
decided to go -down as quickly as
possible and fetch help. I
"We . hit a rock, holed the canoe,
mended her, carried on for three days
without food, and were almost done
when we niet a prospector• who gave'
us grub to get back to Sundance. !
"By this time we were both crazy
with anxiety for you,' leeith. We -
reckoned that you could never have
survived without food or shelter,
Duncan, too, was worried sick.
"That sante evening a 'plane came
in; belonging to a prospector called
Trickett. We commandeered it. I told
Tuckett he'd be paid for it if it was
crashed. I bad a meal and a few
hours' sleep and, as soon as the moon
rose, started. I had to come alone
for the machine was only a two-
seater.
"I flew en and down over the place
where I'd left you; I dropped a flare.
No sign of you, so at last I pushed
on upriver." He shrugged. "When
I saw Marrable I knew what I had
to do, and that's all there is to it."
Keith spoke.
"You did a good job, Chet. And so
they'll say at headquarters when they
hear."
Grace came hurrying dorm. Her
eyes were brilliant with excitement.
"I saw it all. It was the bravest
thing I ever saw."
"This is Grace Arden, Chet," Keith
told hint proudly, and Chet's thin
cheeks flushed as Grace gave him her
hand,
"You don't know what you have
done for fis, Me, Wilson," she said
earnestly, "Keith has trapped Mat' -
cable'
men en in a cave„ v but if „ Mar-
Table had got away he would have
brought more men, and we should
have been helpless. Now the valley
is safe and —" she paused and
looked at Keith. Chet laughed sud-
denly.
"And you two can get married. Is•
that it, Reith?"
"That's it, Chet,' said Keith, and
slipped lois arni through Grace's.
Colin stared, He had been: so dl's-
perately 'intent on saving his Sanct-
uary that he had paid little attention
to anything else. Now lm suddenly
roused,
"Splendid idea!" he said warmly.'.
"You two are made+for one another,"
"I say the same," put in Gil. "The
Corporal he is a fine man and mam-
zelle a fine lady. And I hope 'the.
family will be fine as papa and rnom-
rna." Ile :turned briskly away from
the blushing Grace. "Chan, I think
you and I go cook breakfast."
The other four followed more
slowly. Chet walked with Grace, for
Colin had beckoned Keith back.
"Keith," he said, "I want you to be
sure of one thing—Pm never leaving
this valley."
"It's a lovely spot," said Keith. "I
wouldn't mind living here myself if I
did not mean to stick to the Force,"
"There is no need for you to re-
main in the police. What I'm trying
to tell you is that I'm not taking a
penny of my father's money. It's all
Yours."
"Nonsense -- —!" began Keith, but
Colin cut him short.
"I mean exactly what I say. I
have here all I need, If I want
money for stores all I need do is
dig a few ounces of platinum, There's
more here than Aiden will ever take
out. My father believes me dead.
Let hint continue to do so. That is
the one condition I make. Take the
money as my wedding present to you
and Grace."
He laughed and clapped Keith on
the s!toulde.r. "I don't want any
thanks," he declared. "But all this
running about has made me hungry
as a wolf. Let's go and feed."
(THE END)
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