| Show THe COUnTRY DOCTOr DOCTOR DOCTOR DOCTO r I If f Telegram Serial Featuring the I B BEGIN GIN HERE TODAY DAY Dr John Luke country doctor doctorIn In the little north woods settlement settle dottie ment lJ ent of l receives nn an emergency call caU tt to tho the lumber mill when Mike Uko Scanlan lumberman is Is- crushed under a n fallen log Mike has a close call caU obliged li-obliged is to stay behind when the mill crew leaves at the tho end of the tho season Storms isolate M 1 o o s sot o t o 0 w n breaking telegraph and telephone connections Then a diphtheria epidemic strikes thee the community Mike like Scanlan who since his Injury in injury In In- jury has been boon tinkering with a aradio aradio aradio radio set gets a message through to Montreal and Dr Luke talks to his his' brother Dr Paul Faul Luke begging beg beg- ring ging him to send antitoxin Hours of anxiety pass Then Dr Luke and Nurse Kennedy hear hearS S the tho sound of a n plane IsOW OV OW GO ON WITH TilE THE STORY CH CHAPTER V When Ir Dr Lukes Luke's anxious us voice cain came through the blizzard bUzzard and across the miles mUes into the home of Alex Ale McBain that Montreal radio into the most ham launched exciting ex- ex citing Incident t of his youthful life lite But he Iho met mot the tho test Within a afew afew afew few minutes minutes' he had the Curz Curzon n Street Street- hospital hospital- on the telephone and when Dr Paul Luke arrived at atthe atthe atthe the boys boy's home to resume the aerial conversation the doctors doctor's son Tony a young was with him And those two father and son w were rc to together together to- to gether as they drove furiously through the streets of ot Montreal t toward ward the big office building that housed the headquarters of the trading tradIng trading trad trad- ing company Hastily parking their car they dashed into tho the building and wIthout without without with wIth- out so much as WI having removed their coats or mufflers stood hats In hand before belore the great desk desk deskin in inthe the baronial office of Sir Basil BasH Crawford Urgently Dr Paul outlined the sit situation Sir Basil fidgeted hemmed and hawed muttered most irregular lar and really frightful weather conditions and quite sure our resident resident resident resi resi- dent manager is entirely competent to handle the situation Dr Paul grew grim Sir Basil ho he repeated rep firmly if jf my brother says h ho needs serum Immediately you may believe me that he needs I it immediately Uncle John Jphn isn't exactly an ani alarmist sir broke in Tony Sir Basil fidgeted again and worried worried wor wor- ried ded out pompous words 1 assure you Ill I'll look into it Doc Doc- tor But so irregular a matter takes time For one orie thing those settlers up there strictly speaking arent aren't the company's responsibility though Im I'm prepared to waive that point But to send a company plane up there in this blizzard well blizzard well really I have to think of the tho pilots pilot's safety and the tho company's property Even If If a plane could get through which I beg leave to doubt it might leave me open to criticism from the Lo Len Len- A MY W NM rk rr y 3 v. v h ay y no s f l M a rt y j Ay 4 r 1 i r J Y r a l lr a. a r 4 fa 1 Q f 47 aAY tS r lai c artI 5 I 55 m S w f s' s S or r Be careful son son was all Dr Paul could say sayI I wi will l dad replied Tony replied Tony and and and- v the starter began to whine Dr Paul handed over the precious package containing the serum for fori babies don home office office- H With some asperity Dr Paul cut him short Will you send the plane he hO asked I T I will replied Sir Basil fidgeting fidgeting fidget fidget- t. t ing again as soon as meteorological cal conditions justify it it And that's the best you can do Dr Paul asked incredulously Sir Basil drew himself up offend offend- ed cd But what else else else- ho he began Z 1 believe I can an do better sir sp spoke ke up Tony smiling Please Tony Tony- began his father feeling that defiance defiance- would get no no- where Can you get the serum Dad asked Tony turning turning- to his father energetically Of course Then Ill I'll fly It it t up myself he announced calmly almly Dr Paul looked at athis his son mingled mingled mingled min min- pride and fear in hi his eyes Do you rou think you could do it son he asked quietly You know you haven't many hours and nothing like this Its It's a job for a real pilot you know Father and son looked at each other for a long moment t Then Youre not going to fuss about it it are you Dad asked Tony No IINo son Dr Paul replied quietly pride and anxiety st struggling for mastery Then he turned to Sir Basil and said without changing tone Good night sir and thank you very much indeed Together father and son strode from rora the office leaving Sir Basil behind his desk mouth agape as ns if trying to utter words that would not shape themselves In Ina a moment their car was car was on cults its way to the flying field By a stroke of ot luck Greasy McAndrew a mechanic mechanic mechanic me me- who had often worked on Tonys Tony's plane was vas lounging in the field office Almost before he knew knewt it t ho found himself lt in the hangar tuning up Tonys Tony's plane Spluttering and objecting he be had bad been persuaded to make mako the flight with Tony as s mechanic Soon he had the piano plane fueled Tony stood by the cockpit Father and son exchanged exchanged ex ex- changed chang d a firm understanding handclasp Be very careful son was all aU Dr Paul could sayI sayI say I will Dad Dad replied Tony and climbed into the cockpit At a signal signal signal sig sig- sig- sig nal Greasy stood clear the starter began to whine the motor caught immediately and tho the ship strained at the blocks as the snow whirled away beneath it in tho the slip stream Get in Greasy shouted Tony Greasy hung back But listen Tony he protested Im Tm gonna be married Saturday Well be ho back Saturday shouted Tony fony Protesting grumbling Greasy climbed into his seat scat in the front cockpit The he blocks were loosened the Ule motor roared and off across the field went the plane in a swirl of snow Dr Paul Lukes Luke's eyes were hungry as they saw it lift from tho the field and slowly vanish in the blizzard The city and the St St. Lawrence fell feU away beneath the plane ice- ice breaking steamers cutting black crevasses in the frozen river to keep traffic open The sky was a world of snowflakes as the plane headed off oft to the northward Tony had several times flown almost al almost almost al- al most as far north as on hunting expeditions during the summer summer sum sum- mer months but to do it in winter in a driving snowstorm and with skids instead of wheels to land on on- on that was something else again They had nothing with them but an emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency lunch with a vacuum bottle of coffee time coffee time had not permitted assembling an extensive kit Just what whatever ver they could pick up at the field Suppose their motor failed and let them do down n in some o of the God forsaken bush In northern Quebec Que Quebec Que- Que bec bee Even if they weren't t killed in landing on on ona a stump field or lake- lake shore what chance would they have of ot working their way to safety through miles of bush or the deep birch and woods in a blizzard Tony r resolutely shut such thoughts from his mind and brought it back with a jerk to the tho lakes river courses and small settlements settlements settlements set set- below Ste. Ste Genevieve was easily recognizable through the film of ot snow but he had to swoop uncomfortably uncomfortably uncomfortably un un- comfortably low to be sure VisibilIty Visibility Visibility ity was was' poor due to Porcupine Porcupine Porcupine Por Por- cupine lake he was sure of North again and he recognized the range 0 of low mountains where he and his father had once hunted moose The motor hummed a perfect tune but it was getting terribly col cold and cramped in tho cockpit Hawtrey Hawtrey Hawtrey Haw- Haw trey Landing the Rive passed by below Yes he was right Tony reassured himself The trick was to pick up Lake and then about 75 miles mUes north anc and west Somewhere just about there lay Once tho the motor coughed twice and Greasy gave him a frantic signal signal signal sig sig- sig- sig nal of ot some kind dived into the cockpit and came carrie up with a re reassuring reassuring reassuring re- re assuring wave Then it hummed along without a break Strange thought Tony ought to be nearly to Lake by now But there was nothing Nothing but the world of oC snowflakes the dulling r roar ar of the motor and the c cold ld Sometimes the driving snow would completely obscure the tho ground anc and nd they would be alone Then a blast would clear the tho air and the dark pine woods below would stand out of the white blanket that was the earth A smooth unbroken whiteness ahead told him it was a large lake But to recognize it Tony put the planes plane's nose down and skimmed closer to the lakes lake's surface than t an a I more experienced pilot might have been willing tod toil o. o That poi point t. t ahead jutting out into the lake Wasn't that where they camped that time on the fishing trip The plane zoomed close to the point and rounded the turn at the end of the lake Yes That was it The dead pine tree and the old old fishing shack beside it It was Lake all right Up went the ship the lake fading lading out into grayness and headed north and west From here on it was a case of trusting the course his eyes and his luck He had never been so far north before The flying snow was at times so thick that nothing whatever sound be bo seen seen Then it would clear suddenly suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly swept aside by a sudden change of air current and the endless endless endless end end- less woods and hills hUls would again be visible There was nothing to do but fly as near to 75 miles as he heco co could ld guess and then swoop down for a look no matter at what risk Tony To-ny did it By watch and gauge gauga h ho made macle his his gU guess BS and made his swoop No town But there were traces trac s of a trail road winding along alonga a creek through the hills Follow it Nothing else to do Again a smooth white sheet without without with with- out trees told of ot a large frozen sur- sur and saw the tho clustered face of water Tony turned ap- ap buildings of ot a 3 town Drawing nearer a cluster of people could be seen about the church and general store Motioning to Greasy to drop a note Tony maneuvered over the crowd Tonys Tony's scrawled paper Which U way please Moos town way please signal nutt fluttered down in the slip sUp stream Banking and turning Tony saw the note picked up and a frantic signaling and waving in the group Hang on tight he shouted to Greasy Were going going- down Tho The only open space was vas a a. clearing clearing clear clear- ing lug just outside the town Turning again to got get into the wind Tony put the planes plane's nose down As he neared the ground and leveled leveled leveled lev lev- off he saw snow-covered snow stumps in the field but it was too late With a jounce and a puff of oC powdery snow tho plane hit the field and careened crazily across it Suddenly there was a grinding crash the plane swung sharply around lifted itself on one skid as if about to turn over oyer and stopped with one wing crumpled and smashed From people came running plowing heedlessly through the drifts with horror hope and fear in their 1 hearts ear I To be continued a. a r. r |
