Show telegram Serial eri l a Murder Rides the Alcan Alcant t By William G. G Bogart I J far Reilly- Reilly In r 14 ra r h her lather Tim or of ortt tt lIt Ihn on Alta Alvan Fast t lf the dl r ch t not to ri of 01 Chuck Chuek F one on of ren fenee 1 She h files to 10 RIon ton 11 Lair MUr Xe t I N niM ft h hy co Curl rl 1 who ho i. i I in a abandoned truck 11 ad t to o A the truck to In t bile hilI she lf picks uI I a rider 1 who hn hn with Ith i m In In ro ear P JIT Der Johnny Johnm Ial sI It salves f at I on 11 nw on ons Creek and ct tl of both disappearance and nd of or s Ihs o that they arc ron con i Rt work cork with JI rd with tb bl b his nn fl Dan's Dans Johnny Johnn back bork backUs bol hold I s off ft 1 m Us li mw hens hen nm of and d t then mete IrS t out with hIs bis D U. U an and 1111 I llly tore fore t for r lt aton ahon t on lake I Johnny Johnn Is sus sus- of If lla Hawley r ler f ro fO e on oa with the story CHAPTER FIVE had found nothing disturbed disturbed disturbed dis dis- in his suit cases but h he heW e W imagined that was only be be- Eue Jt he had arrived before the wIer had been able to to search M Belongings belongings What did the felk fel- fel s seek e k Was it Hawley SoOn coon n Hawley ha had d spliced I Ice d an anthe and d ed the wires replaced the theand and the motor ran smoothly Jio n n. n The truck driver grinned They left the driver stowing sto f f y his his flares An hour later rolled tolled up before Joes Joe's Diner Watson Lake L. I 1 I guess I know why youre you're upU up Vt U l Joe said meeting Johnnys Johnny's yes nodded Heard any- any MoS further Re II shook his head head No there t been a word ord Y kon on and nd Hawley had driven t l f toward the airport when theat the at bound motor transport rolledA rolled L A AI big hatless red-haired red iver vier came into the steamy diner lighted when he saw eyes bony Davis Tm rm a son of a gun bUn he roared ping ing Johnnys Johnny's hand in his pow- pow fist Tim Reilly told me mc Ii j were fere back Rusty Johnny said fRusty I IE E E SAW the look in Rusty's s. s s. s He said You talked to 11 SIB The The stocky thick set driver ded I drive for Tim now I oa know kno Im I'm the one who took I tit t truck through to Whitehorse then m Chuck and and and-and and Alberta dis- dis neared I found out something ip there He paused long enough p mention that Tim Reilly had ready udy told him about Johnny g given gen en all the details of the apPearances Johnny waited silently I There re was an iron lung that ltd d to be delivered to the hospital b there While I was unloading the hospital attendant who was wasing ping ing me happened to mention K run hit victim they found just de of town Johnny tensed It t was Chuck Eggers Hes He's unconscious ever since they d him alongside the road He one chance in a hundred of ling i g through Rusty explained further when InY y started flinging questions lira im un L I e wa way I figure it it Johnny v taid is Is s that Chuck Eggers lat t a run hit-run victim in the first e. e Someone figured Chuck w something that would be ful to them or else they rely ly seized him in order order- order to to draw berta away from Dawson Dawson Creek tey iy ey knew shed she'd investigate t W was nodding So So when Chuck was of no furuse furUse fur- fur x use to them Rusty said ley ey dumped him out after crack- crack J him him on the head and leaving km for dead Johnny asked How come Timo Tim no o one was notified ed about Chuck SUB Sera Z He was unidentified at the hos- hos JW They'd stripped his clothes sari n of iden any identification tion ig shaggy Joe limped up to I iii 11 He had prepared a large got of son sandwiches Johnny heard the staccato roar the jeep coming up the road m the airfield looked at big Joe oe and said Id like to get startS start- start P w as S soon as possible Well We'll need tae roe gag gas Almost three hundred miles still l of them before they'd ch Whitehorse Once Johnny tightly Pray that juck uck hangs on till we get there et there lit I. I Z Yukon said Bald Were sunk slink if It he Hat t Sometime that afternoon they ed into inlo the busy town It was ing 0 IRS the they headed directly for forn Alcan Jean n Fast Freight terminal n 11 in the warehouse district fey ey learned that Tim Reilly had Lady eady wy been in touch with this Inal nal Johnny and his friend d been been expected The talk im- im swung to the girls girl's dis- dis P rant ance e e. e Johnny was as told there 14 been ten no further word RUsty whom they had met at itson Ilson Lake had covered Chuck gers gera gersell well ell No one had yet reed that he was right here the local hospital That's the y Johnny wanted it i He wont into the office and t through a call to Dawson DawsonS eek S Scion on he hc had Tim Reilly Y the e wire re He e didn't even tell Tim about e e er et Chuck E Eggers gers Instead asked asked Did Hawley g get et back backwith right with Albertas Alberta's plane r 0 Johnny I thought he was ill at t Watson Lake lIe Re e went directly to the jv air- air rt last ast night Johnny explained jW 1 y Said he was going to e c A off f rig right away That It That's t's ts 8 funny said Tim Reilly I Was vas damned funny thought y a Je Re said id over overt overta the he phone You reach me here for a while 1 Ive I've yc got a lead on some- some n Ill I'll let you know lie Re hU hung b up found Yukon told fold him Stick arou d here for lor a little bit Im I'm going to the hospital hos hos- pital A NURSE war warned n e d Johnny he could remain only a few minutes He lie moved silently across the floor loor and looked down at the bandaged head of the man in the high white bed He shook his head lips pressed tight together There was no telling when Chuck Eggers might regain consciousness it if he ever did He found the doctor again The unconscious drivers driver's room was on the first floor of the two-story two building located on the edge of town Few houses were near by He asked Could he hc be moved 1 The doctor shook his head It might be dangerous He has a serious head injury l' l Then h hen e n Why Vh Johnny explained what he had in mind Id like to stay all night in the room with him tonight You said last night he was restless and tried to talk Perhaps it will happen happen happen hap hap- pen again tonight Then he told the hospital head the entire story taking the man into his confidence describing his plan Finally the doctor said Well all right A AT T 10 o'clock that night Johnn Johnny climbed the hospital steps Two Tw new developments de had taken place Hed He'd been in contact with the airport at Watson Vatson Lake Yes he had learned Hawley the foreman had taken off in the girls girl's Stinson last night It was presumed presumed presumed pre pre- the plane had flown to Dawson Creek When hen Johnny had asked ased to speak to the airport manager he had been informed the man was away for a few days Next he contacted the civil aeronautics authority He asked for reports on plane movements and gave them the number of Alberta's Albertas Albertas Alberta's Albertas Alberta's Al Al- bertas berta's Stinson The plane he was told had landed at Whitehorse Airport early that very day He hurried to the airport only airport only to learn that the plane had left again before his arrival in Whitehorse White White- horse its destination unknown Nevertheless J Johnny o 0 h n n y went ahead with his plan He dropped the word here and there esp there especially ci- ci ally at the Alcan Fast Freight garage that garage that Chuck Eggers the driver had been found and was in the local hospital here And so 50 at midnight unknown to anyone except an intern and the night nurse in charge he kept his vigil in the unconscious mans man's room A HIGH white screen was placed part way around the high white bed protecting it against any sli slight ht drafts It was two am a.m. Johnny sat in the leather arm armchair armchair armchair chair just Inside the doorway Thedoor The Thedoor Thedoor door was open only far enough to allow a small sliver of pale light to enter from the hallway outside Three o'clock dragged around From somewhere in the sleeping town a clock struck the hour Then Johnny sat up with a jerk The Theman Theman Theman man in bed was mumbling Johnny touched the mans man's bearded face gently The mumbling stopped Johnny picked up the glass from rom the table held it so that the man could drink through the curved glass straw Johnny said Im Davis do you understand Perhaps Alberta has mentioned me Tell me anything you know Hurry Eggers said slowly I think they have a place Lake Laberge Laberge Laberge La- La berge not far Probably using plane Go there Johnnys Johnny's eyes were bright now Lake Laberge outside of White- White horse It wa was wild country not far away from here And a plane Plane That tied in Hawley the foreman again Suddenly a draft of cool air touched Johnnys Johnny's back He had his back to the door when he heard the light footstep That would be bethe bethe bethe the nurse Then warned by some sixth sense he sta started ted to turn back to toward toward toward to- to ward the doorway The sap in the mans man's hand was already falling in a descending blow Johnny tried to duck past it Concluded Tomorrow |