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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
'THURS., SEPT. 17, 1936 1
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Trains will arrive at and depart from
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Going East, depart 7.03 ,a.m.
Going East, depart 8.00 p.tn.
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GODERICH: One of the town's
oldest residents, Mrs. Sarah Curry,
"celebrated her 93rd birthday on Tues-
day. She' spent .the day quietly at
her home on Piston Street, and re-
ceived many congratulations. She
was, before he marriage, 65 years
ago, to. Mr. Joseph Curry, Miss Sarah
•Cantelon, and was .born in Goderich.
'Mr. and Mrs. Curry conducted a farm
in Goderich Township for some years,
• and retired to come back to Goderich
to make their home. Mr, Curry died
some nine years ago. There were two
.children, Arthur, who has passed on,
-and D. John Curry, who formerly
conducted a bakery in Goderich, but
-who has retired and continues' to
live in this town. Mrs. Curry is still
quite well, and bright and active a-
bout her home.
GODERICH: Tackling a lob, that.
according to experienced sailors at
the dock, few' captains would attempt,
Capt. Ed. Robinson of Goderich
brought the freighter - Prindoc into
Goderich harbor in the height of a
strong gale on Sunday. The Prindoc,
loaded with grain, was drawing about
19 feet, 10 inches of aten, Sailors
who understand the difficulties en-
countered in steering a boat in a hea-
vy sea, stated that many captains
would have stayed outside the harbor
mathee than attempt to navigate the
;gap and channel. The boat would
suffer a bad night in such a case,
these authorities stated, but it would
take a plucky captain: to bring his
ship inside. The gale was exceed-
ingl•ystrong at the waterfront on
Sunday and every wave leaped high
ever the sea-wall. Visibility was good,
'fortunately.
S YNOPSIS
Allen Garth is preparing to make
a trip toa imine which lie has discov-
ered inthe'Canadian Northwest when
:In aeroplane appears at the little re-
fueling station and an elderly man,
a young' man and a young woman
light.
The two hien who are looking for
mining prospects, become titch in-
terested in some specimens of ore
shown them by Garth. They are all
Call it five per cent platinum and five
of gold. Tliat leaves ninety per cent
of silver and lead, with of course
traces of iridium and OSminnnn."
"Yes,move the decimal point of
your million three places to the left,
Jack," said Iluxby. "It brings your
wonderful fortune down to a few
thousands."
Garth was not to be disheartened,
"Oh, well, that's better than noth-
ing."
rather haughty,. especially the girl, "Don't be tee sure. To sluice this
and treat Garth- like a servant but placer, freight out the alloy, and pay
he shows his nclepetidence and does -
for . separating the metals will leave
n't allow himself to be ordered about.slut; profits. There may be none at
They decide"to take Garth-' in their all.
"Too bad you've had all pyour trou-
ble for nothing," Garth replied. "I
counted on you finding it a real strike
—the first big platinum deposit lo-
cated •in North America,"
Mr. Ramill rose to lay a consoling
hand on his thoulder.
"Never mind, any boy. You'll re-
call what I told you about my eh -
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY couraging worthy prospectors. I
stand by that now. I will give you
Mr. Ramill interposed: "Mining en- two thousand dollars for this pros-.
gineers have to guard against fraud pect, and take the chance of getting
as well as error, Garth. I was, salted back my stoney by large-scale placer
once myself, in my callow days. Just ing."
to ease his professional conscience, ! "You're 'too generous," Garth pre-
suppose you clear gravel•for us mid -!'tested. "I couldn't think of taking
way between here and the staked :your money. In fact, I'll have to own
hole down there." Jup I had e. little testing acid with pie
"That's my discovery stake," Garth when I happened upon this gray al -
replied, "Wasn't looking for gold in loy. So, as I do not believe in cheat-
this trough. Just happened to notice ing, suppose we head back for the
the gray metal where the spring gush Mackenzie."
of the rill had torn the moss from" The millionaire mine buyer chuck -
the gravel. About my digging, I led and clapped him on the back. "I
must beg to be excused. What if I -said it, boy.• You're a whole lot less
should happen to drop a handful of a fool than you look."
that galena into the hole, when your Euxby stared hard. Then, pocket -
expert was not looking?" ling the alloy, he went for the sho-
Ig'noring the irony, Huxby pulled vel.
the shovel from the dugout shelter i' "Good idea," Garth said. "A pan
and gouged into a bed of moss. Mr.. from above Discovery, one below, and
Ramill stooped his portly body to the same from three or four hundred
pick up the gold pan, :feet out each side—they'll tell you
Miss Hamill had stretched her ov- whether or not its merely a small
orslim form on a meat of long grass, pocket,!'
to bask in the warmth of the spiral-! Without replying, Huxby set off up
ing sun. She smiled at Garth. "You, the trough. Mr. Ramill limped slow -
may sit down and amuse me, woodsy. ly after him. Midway to the point
Dad said your first name is Alan." where the engineer stopped to dig;
"Yes." the older man's breath gave out. He
"Before you sit; old dear, fetch me sat down and lit one of his cigars.
a drink. It's too far to go back for Miss Ramill appeared to have fal-
wine. As Dad managed to swallow len asleep. She at Ieast did not call
this mountain dew of yours, I sup- out to Garth. She lay still, protected
pose it can't be so awfully vile." by her net from the mosquitoes that
"It's free for the taking," Garth tinged about her head,
replied. "Help yourself."
She sat up. "So you're trying a-
gain to prove yourself beastly un-
civil:'
"You gave me 'no' so sweetly, Miss
Hamill. Once is enough. Try the
cafeteria plan."
Lithe as a cat, she rolled sideways
and came to .her feet,. bringing up
with her the aluminum pot. With
the same ease of movement, she dip
ped herself a drink from the pool.
aeroplane to inspect his mine and if
it turns out to be worth working to
take a lease for a year and give him
sixty percent. of ,the output. Garth
leads. them to his claim and Huxby
professes to think that he might have
salted iii`
Relieved from the company of his
inpleasant travel mates, Garth
stretched out like the girl. He put all
of them from his thoughts and re-
laxed Luxuriously on a thick bed of
caribou moss. He lay with eyes half
closed, gazing down at the silvery
glean of the breeze -rippled lake and
across at the savage grandeur of the.
jagged mountains on the far side of
the valley.
Garth had thought she aright be weak Probably at no otic, place than
from some recent illness. Now lie this, so far in among these subarc-
saw she was merely tart', or else she tic Rockies, could a similar timberline
valley be found.
had shammed indolence to make him tip inwards the Arc-
wait upon her. tic Circle the altitude of timberline is
Huxby' had already shoveled clear low, The depth' of this, great hole
the moss and block !eines from a alone made possible the growth of
space two feet or more square. •- He' timber in its bottom—the depth and.
tossed aside a few stones the size of the sheltering circle of mountains
his fist, and took the gold I that held in the heat of the long sum-
Mr.parr from" y
Hamill to load it with gravel," mer des,
They went a few steps downslope to It Was his valley, his by right of
the edge of a lower pool. I discovery, Before his conning, not
None too deftly, .Huxby - dipped' even an Indian could ever have set
water lute the pan and, began to ro-' foot it it. The gorge by which the
tate the contents. When the larger waters of the valley drained out to-
pebbles carte to the top, he picked wards the Mackenzie was a narrow
them off, replaced the mud with cleft through the east -side mountains
clean water, and again rotated. Af-i—a mere crack in that immense en-
ter more than twice the time an old! scalable wall.
prospector would have needed for the! True, the pass was open. But from -
operation, the mining engineer work -I tine foot of the far side, it had ap-
ed the pan deer of all except a peered to be only a precipice -topped
spoonful of small dull nodules. gash in the mountain,. Its steep cleft
• ' After quenching her thirst, Miss was a dangerous climb up frost-shat-
Ramill had stretched out again tottered rocks and high ledges, barren
'bask in the summer. warmth. With i of all life other than lichens- No In=
dian hunter, would have wasted time
and effort to make that seemingly
fruitless ascent.
A prospector was different. Os'e.
veins, not meat or fur, were the
quarry. He had toiled up the cleft for
a look at the streaks on the precipices
that told of fissures. Instead of an
uescalable'barrier, he had topped the
pass and seen how the gap opened.
down the far side.
the 'upshot of the sun towards the
noon of the nineteen -horn' day, the
breeze had died down. The cahn
brought, a swarm of mosquitoes up-
slope from the lake shore. The girl
nut on her headnet, covered the un -
booted part of her legs with caribou
moss, and resumed her sun bath.
Well apart from her, Garth sat
gazing at the muskeg swamp, across
the left corner of the lake. Even at
that distance, he could make out 1110V -
pass
the glacial bleakness of the
ing dots that he knew to be the ant- pass he' had f theltded into this sub -
of heads o:f moose bulls.' The big arctic oasts of the valley bottom. His
beasts were standing deep in mad !first thought had been that he had
and water.: Bythis they escaped the found an immense ancient crater. But
nest of stinging' insects, while at the
the huge pit was not a volcano. The
same time feeding on lily pads: mountains were upheavals of Lauren -
Ont of the tail o:P, his eye Garth t]an rocks. They were metal-mor-
Out
strata, a
some
.t' p o v 'a
watched whose ft fissures
ed Ilexf s e
b and n Ramill. When had been filled with quartz and oth-
he saw the two get their net -draped
heads together •,over the gold pan,be ors with melted primary rocks from
rose and went towards them. The 6'rHe depths.
He thought of the vast length of
time that had been required td erode
the side of the mountain above him,
All the metal in this treasure cache
had drifted down from disintegrated
'mineral .veins.' Nature had stent
ages in collecting these hundreds of
thousands of dollars' worth of prec-
ious alloy upon which he now lay
basking. And he had chanced to
stumble upon the treasure near the
read of kis moccasins was noiseless:
Before the two noticed his approach,
he stood looking down over their•.
shoulders.
"Not half bad for a starter," he.
said. "At least five dollars in your
first pan,"
"Hardly that value," replied Ur.
Ramill. "Admitting' there is some
platinum in this alloy. I am afraid
you're a far too sanguine young' roan,
end of a trip of which exploration
and adventure had been the prime
motive and prospecting only a side
issue. Now, by law, he was sole own-
er of all this wealth.
He thought of the two ,men up-
slope he had brought to share in his
good fortune. They had thanked him
by seeking to lie and cheat him out
of it all. But that was the nature
of far too many men, There was no
reason to bo surprised or angered.
They had failed to outplay him with
their stacked cards. He Iooked- at a
clump of alpine blossoms close beside
his elbow, ` and smiled.
Upslope he heard the swirl of gra-
vel in the gold pan. After a time the
sound died out, His keen ear caught.
the dull tread of heavy :feet on the
turf: As he sat up Miss Rannill
spoke in her most bored, disagreeable
tone;
"Well, it's about time, Vivian. Give
me a hand -up. I'm not going to hang
around this beastly hole another min-
ate. Besides, I'm positively fannish-
eci?
"Mountain air," said her father.
"Don't be idiotic, Dad. ` It's hours
since we fed. Even then'I had noth-
i n g except those rotten canned
things."
Huxby put in, a bit stiffly: "They
were the best -I could get in Edmon-
ton."
dmon-ton" •
"Oh, no need of your apologizing,
Vivian. You're not to blame. It's the
coming to this God -forsaken hole in
the wilds. Thanks be, you happened
upon a fairly decent vintage -- one
that's at least drinkable. With it I
may be able to swallow enough of
your•• night-club entrees to keep from
starving."
Her father turned towards Garth.
"We will go back to the plane for
lunch while considering the matter."
"Only for a, ' short time," Huxby
qualified. "I intend to return here
for more sampling. No need of your
troubling to join us."
"Thanks, I'm not hungry. Come to
think, I'll go down to the lake and
amake sure my old lady grizzly isn't
lurking in the bush."
"Our nhantom bear," mocked Miss
Ramill. "Watch out she doesn't make
a :ghost of yon."
Tinder cover of his smile at the
gibe, Garth caught the glance that
passed between her father and Hux-
by, The girl had said it. "Watch
out" 'was the word.
He swung down the trough with no
sign of hurry. The length of his
gliding stride made his movements
appear leisurely. Near the treeline
he angled off to the left, in the op-
posite direction from the glacier
stream and the monoplane.
Without looking back, he slanted in
among the scrubby -spruces. A mass
of the dense evergreens put him out
of sight of the three chechahcos up
on the open tundra. He turned shalt
to the right. Midway down the brush -
fringed lake shore, the 'tall spruces
stood well spaced. He broke into a
run.
A vista between the trees offered
him a view Upslope. He halted be-
hind a screen of young aspens to
look. The threehad already reached
the side of the trough. They started
to hurry on aslant the mountainside,
Lilith Ramill and Huxby had the
girl's heavy -bodied father between
them. They were helping him along
twice es fast as he could have made•
it without their aid. All had flung
off their headnets.
The she -bear and her cubs had not
been imagined by Garth. They had.
hung around the head of the !eke
churfng his first visit to the valley
13nt he had seen no :Fresh sign of
them since landing from the plane.
Nor could he now see any animal,
large or small, on the open tundra
slope. Had the girl and men been
hastening to escape some danger, the
girl at least would have cast fearful
glances backwards. Only Huxby look-
ed around, and his gate was towards
the place where Garth had disappear-
ed among the trees:
No more was needed to confirm
Garth's suspicions. He glided across
the glade and ran' on through the
woods like 'a startled caribou. The
mile run brought him to the glacier
stream, The thick growth of spruces
screened him from the view of any-
one up on the open tundra.
He vaulted upon the wing of the
monoplane and ran along it to jump
into the cockpit. In a moment he
had hold of Huxby's tool -kit. He
went at the engine like a skilled air-
plane mechanic.
When, 'after a few moments of
quick work, he replaced the tool -kit
and ran back out the wing, there was
a small metal object inside his buck-
skin shirt. He jumped off and slip-
ped away to an alder thicket, a short
distance along the lake bank.
Less than three minutes later, he
heard a heavy puffing and wheezing
and the snap of dry branches. Then
the three staggered into sight. Their
hurried line of descent down between
the spruces brought •them near e-
nough for, Garth
-noughfor-Garth to see their faces.
Mr. Ramill was purple from oxer-
tion. His mouth gaped wide with ilia
gasps s fos
Cath. He
heaved and blew
like a bull moose brought to bay by
wolves Neither his daughter 'nor
Huxby Was Winded. But both were
flushed front the exertion of support-
ing the portly millionaire.
As up on the tundra slope, none
of the three showed any sign of fear.
The girl's expression was one of dis-
gust and anger. She stopped sever-
al feet short of the Plane.
"Oh; darnel Why the rush? We're
out of sight now. I'm going to take
a rest."
Her father was beyond words. As
she let go of his arn' he slumped
down with a suddenness that almost
pulled Huxby over on top of him. The
mining engineer straightened above
the spent older man to peer back
through the spruces, and around at
the thicket where Garth lay an wait.
"Just one more go, darling,," he ap-
pealed, "The fellow must know how
to handle his rifle. If he comes in
sight of the plane before Pc get out
of range—Please, sweetheart! Re-
member it means millions to us—mil-
lions! I'll give you that emerald neck-
lace we saw at Tiffany's."
"You certainly will! And Dad will
do more. I'm to have a third in this
mine that you say is worth so much,
Is !:hat clear?"
"Yes, darling; take 120111,"' Huxby
urged. "We both agree."
She waved him towards the plane,
"Fetch a flask. We'll never get him.
aboard without a. bracer."
Iluxby ran to vault up on the wing.
The girl had pointed out the obvious
fact. Her father was in a state of
collapse froth overexertion. He could
not move until revived, and he was
too heavy for them to lift bodily.
The engineer swung into the cabin
and hastened back ashore with a flask
of whisky. During his short absence
Mr. Ramill had ceased to gasp. He
could draw deeper breaths. Two or
three swallows of whisky tauntenecl
his flabby muscles. Helped by his
daughter and Huxby, he struggled• to
his feet and staggered out along the
rock shelf to the plane.
The wing end stood neck -high a-
bove the ledge. While Mr. Hamill
took another bracer of whisky. Hux-
by boosted the girl up on the front
edge. She grasped hold of her fath-
er's collar. Huxby gripped his thick
legs below the knees and heaved, Mr.
Raniiil's hands were on the wing
edge. He pulled with all his whisky -
borrowed strength. As he . went up,
the wing end gave down"a little. His
corpulent midbody rose above the
edge.
Huxby gave a last upward heave.
It enabled the girl to drag her fath-
er over on the convex surface. Hux-
by vaulted after to help her lift the
prone millionaire to his feet. They
started to lead him along the wing
top to the fuselake of the plane.
Behind the - backs of the three,
Garth stepped clear from the alders
and came forward, silent as a stalk-
ing lynx. Mit way between the head
of the plane and the spruce to which
it was tied, he stopped and lowered
his rifle, butt down, to lean on the
muzzle:
"Hullo," he sang out. "What's hap-
pened? Mr. Ramill ill?"
At the first word, •Huxby tensed
and glanced over his shoulder. He
let go. of Mr. Ramill. After a mo-
ment, he jerked around and thrust out
his automatic pistol towards Garth,
"Swing up that rifle. butt end for -
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