Show m 0 by GEORGE MARSH penn P asi CO U servi THE stor STORY ty SO FAR bound lor for uio th 0 gold country y six men lost their lives on the N ottaway Nolta river red malinc 12 dinue garrett rI I inlay brother of one cl 1 the sl div and alaise ill half breed guide arrive rive at Not tanay posing as surcy surveyors ors Z agatone flashed his pocket torch on the 0 face of ills his friend swollen beyond I 1 ond recognition by the father of all ll 11 the moose blaise look at him by gar boss acre you get dem bite you mean to say you two hear bear the 45 a few hours back demanded garry not a shot I 1 saw through the glasses classes that you and liso lisl were sitting pretty cozy on tile the beach and everything looked all right so blaise and I 1 took a paddle up the lake lak e lve e came back around five find you so turned flame loose then we lost him yes laughed garry everything was all right except that tote tele blanche and his mob jumped me after she left but I 1 got three or four before they cracked me from behind with a club I 1 came to lashed to a tree in a small bog bk back in the bush flame clarne bless biml im took their trail and found me then chewed the thon thongs gs on my wrists 1 I told you garry burst out red ked nourishing flourishing his long arms in his anger blaise and I 1 warned youl you the little double crossing wait till you hear the story red its a queer aquier one As they paddled back to camp finlay told the story in detail well veil what do you think constable b 1 malone 11 II it looks like wolf eat wolf now sergeant finlay if we dont get this tete blanche hes bound to get list us after today be no quarter well your idea blaise asked finlay we get dat whitehead white head quick or e leave de lake dey goin to hunt us like starve wolf some night we go straight to isa dores place I 1 put a knife into tete blanche in hoes hees bed and we take isadore to de railroad steady not so bloodthirsty objected finlay splashing water on his tortured face and chest we happen to be police you know my orders are to investigate the disappearance pe arance of six men until we can show that isadore has a vital reason for keeping white men out of this country weve got no motive for his having them shot 1 I thought of course it was placer gold somewhere on the river riv er isidore isadore was covering said red but stans never seen them working the bars just it we cant show a plausible motive for murdering these men until we find one were licked cheked we scratched the surface of this case yet red youre right chief and if he succeeds in turning the mont aglais against us well never get out of this country swarm on us if we have to disclose the fact that were police isadore will blame the indians stand pat and were licked exactly and hell bring charges against me for f iring firing on his men without cause red snorted in disgust why you had to fight em garry I 1 you knew wipe you out if they took you arld be no proof of what happened lapp ened of course its regulations but after what we know and what hat they tried to do to you what are you going to call it when blaise arid and I 1 meet up with this tete blanched Blan chev che self defense red garry chuckled thanks sergeant finlay do you how this is the toughest assignment 0 you and 1 I ever had you asked for lor it and got it because you were a trained rained surveyor before you joined the e force CHAPTER XI the returning peterboro Peter boro was met at the camp by Wa bistan and his wo 0 sons so ns beneath his thatch of griz d h hair air and seamed forehead the old a Ms mans eyes were beady with ex ci ver bad time at head of take ke he announced Kine bik ceede tie de whiskey an tell 1 I dern dem white man make de chil 81 ek an more will die if tie de evil eye on three leg stay on was anici ani pi the startled indian peered uio into carrys caricature of a face as he ne took his hand how you come a way vay lie he do demanded im t finlay inlay attempted a twisted smile your lour friend tete blanche tied me up P and left me e to the bugs ile muscles in blaise brassards Brass ards hw bulged faulted faul ged when we leave was h he rasped in cree we I 1 ant eave tete te blanche in the ground around ill i 3 take isadore with us he has IM en 7 the tie law and given the mon I 1 ais whiskey key I 1 lake ake isadore isadora with you are you ruce ace sent by the fathers at otta 1 l excitedly demanded the old t alaise aise shook ill his s head no b but ut are sent by the fathers to make izlure of the lakes he repeated wk laut with will Wa bistan to his friends th ii nee I 1 I 1 8 ant blaise said garry tod tyve cy ve shown their their hand after gave eav ey got to get rid of us to tc ck th air skins sand use lunik and this evil eye ey mumbo aioo to do it installment TEN antt lay rele ives an anonymous letter latt uns hat h a the th six men were drowned drol ned not as reported tha t suspicion S prevails isadore rich fur mark has gold strike and alms to made a acs keep out of the pro pec tors country at any y cost ct cath the Th three we I 1 I 1 bilat ye I 1 S our next move chief I 1 I 1 like a bear demanded red fidgeting SA on a chain after what they tried today im not sleeping 3 sound until I 1 get hooks white head ff my on this dont underestimate that bird R red sped warned K garry as he sat s stripped to the waist by the fire rubbing his tormented body with the soda solution iles quick as n ota ter I 1 was sure I 1 had him today he w ten er yards away and corning coming J in head ead on 0 w when hen I 1 threw the ave he gun on him I 1 never toad made a worse miss you dont Tarl make many garry rry now Noha what are the orders S im 11 going fa to matagami Ma gaea to have hav e a r report for headquarters relayed by canoe to the railroad its my alibi std and last will and testament tanj sald said the blinded ed man nursing his puffed face with these wild mon ya dagnais tagnais cracy with Is adore adores s whiskey and fed up with the idea that breve we ve sickened their children weve got the chance a rabbit has with a snowy sow owl malone stopped his pacing bent and peered anxiously into the fire lit face of his fri friend erid then he faltered youre youre not sending g tor for help hy an effigy of a smile touched finlay lays s distorted features do you think I 1 am red not the sergeant garrett finlay I 1 wintered on the liard river with not the man I 1 saw blurt bluff those miners at fort mcleod no well play this through the four of us as we started said fin WE 11 01 41 dont underestimate that bird red lay im going to report that weve found the bodies of two men who had been shot not drowned and were ourselves fired on on the not ataway that I 1 was ambushed and finally that were going to stick until the arrival in august of a mysterious plane from the bay when if we live that long therell be a showdown because of the gravity of this indian situation I 1 am advising the dispatch of a police plane in september to view our graves and clean up the case this looks to me like the waterloo of sergeant finlay and constable malone A look of incredulity lay on malones freckled face he squinted curiously at his chief youre not talking like your old self garry youve taken a tough lacing from those bugs youre in misery and youre naturally sore over the scurvy trick that jane played on you but when the poisons worked out of going to feel better your system youre about this jarn jam were in I 1 tell were going to bust isadore wide you and if those montag start open to hunt us therell be plen plenty ty of red widows in these parts you may be right red finlay raised his face with its closed eyes to his friend but ii if were licked I 1 well go down own with our colors flyd ing in tn the morning Wa bistan left for the head of the lake to carry on his losing fight against the medicine man FO for r two days ga garry rry Is s physical condition kept him in camp then began to leave his eyes the swelling of the afternoon could see he and lit his return from the the third day on gill sll nets with I 1 moise Wa walls bistan an blaise de announced cano movin up shore S I 1 from the tent his glasses got red it if that sawed awed well ill be whipsawed whip 5 crossing jane chasn it had the double gall cauto to send that boy D oy hunting for us V I 1 snorted malone again its the one who brought that i sure the rss sudden asked tightening finlay effii of alive his to lie of his pulse jum p throat the of those ain deep in the was ag demara is I 1 ith lise last absolutely moments SK E ind hes soared into said red his a cold sweat got to hand it lars at his eyes to show UP eidl acs game to that what I 1 happened here after aroln shore the A hundred yards caddle lith big held men start out on OD the Not ay iy a and nd cibit isadore in Us his magnificent home finlay meets use lise Is adores stepdaughter in response to an ap appeal deal to save her ile he Is ambushed and knocked un conscious malone and blaise find him K Z spread hands above his head the gesture of friendliness then inon he drew something white from nis alfe shirt and waved it 1 HL hes s shaking like a bush in the wind commented malone tell ia him to come in moise lies hes safe the canoe moved in to the beach zell well heres where she tries to a alibi I 1 he herself s elf out of it his freckled lace face sour with disgust red handed i finlay inlay a skin wrapper containing a letter what a nerve that little decoy duck packs in that swell shape ot of hers ashes as tough as rawhide raw hide out but who d guess it with that face finlay ignored his friends characterization of lise Dema demarais rals he began to read after what has happened you have good reason never to trust me again the very thought drives me I 1 frantic rant I 1 c but I 1 had to write you I 1 swear I 1 did not know they had followed me if I 1 had could I 1 have acted that way before those bree breeds could I 1 have lost my head done what I 1 did do you think me as cheap as that but im not sorry im terribly glad believe it or not I 1 was honest I 1 was carried far out to sea ive never met a man like you garry carry finlay that night labelle rushed in and c called jules from the table when he returned I 1 knew by his face something awful had happened you met finlay this afternoon damn you he roared now three men are dead and another hurt but this fake surveyor paid for it tonight then he struck me in the facet face it was all so sudden so ghastly he tell us what had happened I 1 know whether you W were ere alive or dead he accused me of trying to betray him when I 1 asked him what there was to betray he started towards me and I 1 ran to my room to get my pistol hell never strike me again never oil oh I 1 beg you to believe me met I 1 I 1 knew nothing nothing about those men they saw my canoe leave for the swimming beach and followed they never had done it before I 1 was sick not knowing what I 1 had done to you and I 1 was so terribly alone so helpless I 1 I 1 dare trust corinne she talks too much finally I 1 found louis my messenger and he listened outside tote tete blanches cabin and learned that you had been left to die in in a swamp if I 1 had known where you were garry finlay I 1 would have found you that night but I 1 could only suffer and pray in the morning I 1 saw tete tele blanche and tetu returning in a canoe to the post jules met them on the shore and acted like a wild man later louis told me in e that you had escaped I 1 went to my room and cried you were alive alive and free last night jules was in the trade room with tete blanche tetu and L labelle abelle I 1 listened at the open win window they are going to set a guard at the outlet of the lake the quiet water try to ambush you your lives depend on your leaving at once 1 I implore you garry carry finlay trust me and send an answer by louis if you wish to reach me later leave a note under the big rock on the bathing beach louis will get it please oh ch please believe that I 1 was honest that day that I 1 that youre my only hope lise Fin lays brown hands were unsteady as he finished the letter As wind driven surf pounds a beach wave on wave of emotion had beaten through him as he read ile he read the letter again while the waiting malone and blaise scowled finlay handed the letter to the disturbed malone awe we were wi ong red this letter is honest and explains the whole thing it have been faked and besides they hey know it work the second time theres news here interest t you when you read it agree t that ha t isadore have had a hand in this its too damned damn straight malone slowly wagged his head as a he took the letter what tile the women will do to a good man he sighed but gradually as he read the sneer on his incredulous face smoothed out well ill be shot at sunrise it if I 1 dont think the kid is on the level exploded e opio ded malone returning the letter to garry ive handed her some pretty raw c compliments garry carry but im goin to take them all back right fight here and now Is adored never ever play it this way if he was behind this that g girl irl can sure write a letter and boy is she weak on sergeant garrett finlay some medicine man chief I 1 the blood drifted up over fin lays brown neck nee kand k and cheeks as he met malones grin red were going to take care of her he said quietly malone thrust au out t a big hand and gripped Gar carrys rys we are chiel chief and so is blaisel blaise 1 arent you blaise aise you old sour face TO BE I |