Show 4 POOR 4 e i MANSe MANS w GOlO C COURTNEY u EV RYLEY COOPER COOPERr r r COURTNEY RYLEY Y COOPER SERVICE SYNOPSIS d KoU prospector re- re Krince prance Rupert t after ter a spree pre prend and nd learns learn that a gold rush as ea a result of some Bome carets care care- Irks ts ks l he had bad dropped at a party t a gold discovery He Re finds artner McKenzie Joe Toe Britten n north to protect their claims Hammond decides to tell th the how to reach rech the fields elds Around the World Annie dance hall proprietor hasa has a troupe of girls girts and Is bent bit g a dance hall at the tha new ck tells her to pass the word he is going to leave the next He muses mUes about Kay Key Joyce Toyce b Seattle whom he loves and lie he confided the secret of his hi e e. e Going to his lawyers lawyer's of of- sea a young girl on the stairs I Barstow the lawyer about the learns earns that she Is a volunteer Ick ck tells him about Kay whom mired fired as a little girl but who In childhood Timmy Moon acquaintance had brought ither ther Cher Kay was chilly at first she saw some of his gold lold icy ey got aloni beautifully He Jle Heher her er mother and a friend of the uce ce Kenning a geologist Serry Serry Ser Ser- f ry of the Royal Canadian police poUce joins the tile seekers gold tip p north Jack encounters the theme thene thene ne me Towers and she asks him hImer himler er ler a team of dogs dOia and sup tup up- up le e consents TER MER III Ill III-Continued Continued I It t 4 tt t the sergeant raised his bl hise e barking reverberation of at revolver broke the sharp morning came from a prospectors prospector's i be taken up by other men by the high cries of at L trapper remembered that fad ad a gun and fired it into Immediately a dozen oth oth- him the cries and shouts ing of firearms rose to a ag ag ang ng g pea peak Then as quickly ad d silence as if these peo- peo remembered the gaunt ney mey ey before them Ham Ham- oice sounded crisply light string out Slip into the I start Dont Don't try you'll be a long time gete get- get e e. e er yelled to his dogs One others followed What had indiscriminate mass of at humans became a long swung rawling line It twisted he e lake writhed into the I the Caribou which lay be be- d crawled laboriously to- to first rise of nearly two miles of ot mountains of ot pla- pla d 1 valleys and lakes and icy j along the great white trail 1 bonanza later they were still stilling ring iving ing more slowly now along ting g B Journey broken often of loosened snow in the valleys where hills bills rose tely or where the willows 1 tangled blocked progress trail ail could be cut through was tired especially Twice a day he be must musti e i line of march from one onee pe e other It was hard going I Chinook had been blowing I take this sUck stick he be called Jeanne Towers Use your snowshoes clear a. a Ive I've got one one one- one onen on n the toIve toIve to- to toIve Ive I've Just lust been watching ping place to change mood macd moo mac ad d have a general clean clean- lond ond fell In to beside her ber For Forat Int nt at there was little sound Quick brea breathing thing of dogs of toboggans and the cluff chuff hoes punctuated by quick noises as hit their j the rising step with light P free them from Chinook Chinook- POW ow The shouting and ex ex- long ago had bad hadI I This was gruelling effort the North he be asked Ping log ing like a tomboys tomboy's happi happi- zed in her brown eyes do Its It's so clean ent ant wondering about the Alter After a long time he be g of some of the city houses in which he had t t days grimy win nU its gritty with dirt soot face a black taste to toh tor h r not wait walt too long to make Ite e shouted to one of the old cm Well U get Bet out early to- to toto on the crus crust t t to te that night when the res rest camp w that 2 Was snoring Ham there was to be no th the e mornings morning's snow The toward had continued veering morning g. g Dawn was ring cheerless Then the hed A bite came into the I well we'll have bave snow It was N e than Iban with m In the hewed hewed out out Rammond nd had met In ln ert lie He b. b paused a mo mo- the i long e line Une began beean to Tab Yah sh well we'll have bave plenty of ot nodded and went on on- ward He would have a Job lob today It t was hard enough keeping this line ine moving in the sunshine Morn Mom ing ng became early afternoon The sky grew heavier more ominous No loafing he be shouted as the trek rek started anew following the noontime halt baIt And no hanging banging back A stoop-shouldered stoop man turned his ils head skin raw from pelting ice particles articles eyes like balls of ot blood from torn snow snow burn Howll How we ever keep in line and change wet moccasins he quer quer- led ed Keep em on on I suppose and get frostbite Well make stops for that The first slash of snow had begun to drive down out of the high reaches of the mountains Keep moving moving- and stay together The flakes had become thicker now like a sticky white shield All AU Allin Alln in n an instant the mountains began begano to o fade Stay together he shouted ashe as ashe ashe he worked back along the line Stay together I They had come out of a valley to toa toa toi a i wide lake and were now well upon it it On his lumpy snowshoes Jack made the end of ot the line shouting his ils caution and hearing it echoed by the more experienced men of I this long serpentine of gold seekers I The sound of ot clubbing as sticks rapped against snow snow gummed gummed webs was general now The world had bad become a fog of white Once again Hammond started forward hurrying hurrying hurry hurry- ing at the blurred sight of a laggard laggard lag lag- gard beside the trail With some surprise he be saw it was Jeanne Tow Tow- ers wrong he be queried brusquely My lead dog broke his trace I think Ive I've got it fixed Axed Hammond examined the harness Looks all right he decided Were going to camp as soon as we strike the end of this lake And then how far asked Jeanne Hammond had heard that query a hundred times in the last few days Oh were we're well over the worst of oft it t Well We'll have a tough time for awhile after we get out of this lake country have country have to hit for the pla- pla i fv I Ir Ie r e L LAt At Last the Sergeant Raised nil His Gun GUD tea the the us-the the winds are pretty bad there Then well we'll drop down to the Luken river river going going should be fairly easy after that How far the girl asked again Sixty miles mUes A man could make it in two days with a fresh team Hammond went on toward the head of the line Une When do we get to the end of this lake shouted the lead mush mush- er A note of panic was in his voice Hammond turned swiftly glancing down the line Olson he shouted Take the lead here and hold it When you hit the shore line go into camp campi Ayl Ayi came the answer Olson with his elongated webs strode out of line rounded those in front of him then began to plod again Hammond once more moved swiftly toward the rear only to return more quickly At last he reached the side Bide of the leader and strode beside him Wm staring back into the missing he told Olson Ill try to find em It Ii aim Im I'm not back by morning hold camp and start out a gang to look for forme me Then down the Tine sine he went again finally to drop behind No one noI noticed noticed no no- him all eyes ces were straining I straight ahead Hammond moved swiftly on the back trail It was deep dusk before he picked up a clear trail trait He lie shouted and find went on Again after a period of search learch he called and for a third and fourth time He lie thought be he I heard a faint answer He began to run as II swiftly as II his hie sticky lUcky snowshoes would permit In the distance a faint taint gray rray smudge appeared lie He shouted anew and went forward At last they faced each other Jeanne Towers tried to cover her weariness with a smile meanwhile wiping the welcome welcome wel come cold moisture of a fur gloved fur gloved hand across her forehead Am Ant I lost she asked with an attempt at cheeriness You were Relief at finding her I had brought a certain reflex Why did you drop out oun That trace broke again I suppose sup gup- pose I worked on It longer than I thought Then when I was wal through I couldn't see anybody And noises seemed to come from all aU Hammond scowled but not at herI herI her I knew damned well that shepherd shep shep- herd husky would never make mak a lead dog The girl laughed weakly Im glad clad Im I'm not the only one oneto oneto oneto to blame Reaction had passed for lIam Ham Hammond mond he was only glad lad he be had found herA herA herA her A good lead dog would have been able to pick up the trail Suddenly he said Too tired to go on Can we reach camp We Well 11 have to matte mane our own camp lie He looked about him inthe inthe In Inthe the lowering dusk One chance wasas was wasas wasas as good as another memory another memory told him that they had been working for some some time Ume to the left len Certainly shore could not be so far away We nWe haven't much to kick about Everything ng In the world to eat on that toboggan and theres there's a sleepIng sleep sleep- Ing tog bag for tor you But you He lIe grinned It wont won't be the first time Ive I've piled in with the dogs There was a different spirit now concern for her safety had placed them on a new basis Silently they worked forward bent against the drive of snow Going was IncreasIngly increasingly difficult the white sticky lUCky fall had covered the harder pack for a full six ix Inches their snowshoes snowshoes snow snow- shoes sank ank deep and came up heavy leaden A half hour of ot terrific terrific ter ter- exertion followed The world was black now but Hammond urged her forward I think I 1 see the tha shore line ahead he commanded Keep going going going go go- ing if it you can Ill keep going was her sturdy answer The search ended within a hundred yards in low spruce a rocky shore line and tumbled tumbled tum bled deadwood Again Jack saw that she had told the truth when she had denoted herself herself her her- self as 81 being of the North She asked no questions She did not even query their camping place driving the dogs to the first level spot where twisted tree growth formed a shelter from the wind Then as the huskies sank to rest in the snow she turned deliberately to her next self-appointed self task the digging under old drifts or to windward wind ward for dry bits of pitch wood for cones and a handful of brittle spruce needles meanwhile sweeping near near-by surroundings with appraising glances In that she told Jack Hammond much of woodsman woodsman- ship he knew that she was searchIng searching search search- ing for a birch tree and its in Inflammable inflammable am mable bark but there was none The spruce needles crackled into a feeble blaze as he fed them with witha a second match Jeanne handed him a crushed bunch of fine dead twigs Then he took the larger fuel from her stick by stick sUck until untO the blaze leaped high At last be he straightened and looked down at her Youre pretty game arent aren't you he be asked It seemed to electrify her An almost almost al al- most tomboyish expression came into her eyes She laughed her white even teeth gleaming in the firelight Honestly Honesty am I U she queried There was a wish in her voice voice for for him to tell her ber again But she added quickly I hope I can cook something that's that fit to eat It was wa With the dogs snarling over their fish and mush the pan and woman sat beside the campfire long after the meal was finished At last Jack unrolled her sleepIng sleeping sleep sleep- Ing bag and bedded it down with a canvas windbreak They said goodnight good night Hammond went back to the fire He lIe sat there a long time Finally he rose and moving toward her faintly outlined form knelt there Jeanne he said quietly are you asleep The voice fought dull fa fatigue No Mr Hammond My names name's Jack Oh came with an air of sur sur- prise i Pr Listen he cut in Ive Just lust thought of something funny Youre You're I none of my business business- i I 1 I What I mean he added hastily I is s that Im I'm not trying to butt In Inor inor inor or ask questions question You understand that dont don't you Yes Ive yes Ive I've known that Just the seine the man went wenton wenton something funny fun fun- on on Ive thought of ny fly Suppose for instance I 1 lent you a little you money-you know to build a shack with And then- then be he added stilling her exclamation suppose I did what I 1 could to Ive I've Just get things going l for you been thinking that it really would be bea bel if it on somebody whale of a Joke a you'd take this bunch of supplies through for youve you've been dragging me and end really start that grocery store Five minutes later Jack Ham Ilam- Hammond mond mood turned away with with a hand band at athis athis his throat I didn't think shed she'd cry about It it it he mumbled once more back at the fire lIe He sat lat there a long time Ume Then at last he stretched went over to the dogs disturbed them with a foot and rolled in with them The sun lun shone the next morning They were back at camp In an hour The endless journey began anew Six days later a struggling mass massof massof massof of humans human slipped and slid IUd across the Ue ice of the Luken river Hammond came along passed Jeanne Towers Tower asked a cheery question and went onward CHAPTER IV IT His m. thick clothing smeared by frost and soil Boll Jack Hammond worked with pick and shovel at the bottom of a deep pit lIe He tilled filled a moosehide bucket with boulders and stony soil and signaled to McKenzie Joe to raise and dump it Joe obeyed turning the rough handle of an equally crude windlass He lie was a man of ot huge shoulders ders dera and stocky frame with a great effort he carried the bucket away and emptied it Returning he be called down Hey Jack Ride the bucket up Knocking oft off work early arent aren't we Hammond queried when he t P P jY t t t I. I i I i I I There Aint a Bunch of Bushed limbed Placer Min Mier lIo- lIo ers er era poked his head bead out of the crude shaft Look answered McKenzie Joe With a movement of his eyes he Indicated the far away camp It was a new trek from Men were shouting and hurrying about their dogs to the first open space unoccupied by the tents of other gold seekers and tearing at their toboggan loads as though they h Iu d only a matter of minutes in which to begin life lite in a new land At this distance they looked like so many black two-legged two ants outlined outlined out out- lined against the white of the snow snow- covered Sapphire Lake McKenzie Joe rubbed his heavy fingers through matted gray beard There aint a bunch of bushed placer miners he said aid at last Lets clean out that pit and knock of off olI work for the day Sure said Hammond Then go down to town and find out how bow tomake to tomake tomake make a million lie He glanced toward the bed of the frozen Big Moose Great fires burned there dozens of them where men and the few women who had made the galling Journey worked at a dream of fortune It was tough going now The gravel must be thawed out Water for panning must come by dog team from the community community com com- water hole cut through the four-foot four thickness of lake ice Well let em work down creek all they want said Joe The real golds gold's somewhere else The Big Moose didn't always ride along over against those mountains It traveled traveled trav trav- over here somewhere and somewhere and heres here's where well we'll find the bonanza bonan bonan- za za Big Dig as hens hen's eggs Hammond laughed Make it a goose it its it's Just lust as easy They returned to wo wok wo-k k finally to clean out the pit It was a test lest the lob Job the first of dozens maybe a hundred which they knew they must sink in their search for an old age-old river bed long covered by |