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Show 4 0 0r r , a - . r- r r(1 (1 1 (1r ( r . . w wIc sanvu Ic it A . \ . - CHAPTER VIII-Continued VIII Continued VIIIContinued13 Vlll - Continued ContinuedH - H < --13-- 13 -13- - 13I 13Wben vt - , I [ When Wben the blln building Ing topped bluff b1uCf ot of ofort ofort ; ort rt bimpson blmpson Simpson was sighted in the dls dis dlsncc.Ir disnce disincc ncc.Ir nccIr nce , } . Mr Ramlll nnmill Ramill left leet the cabin nnd and andry andime ry . ryme me torn forward ard . tJHe He stopped before Garth , bhnd blind blindced blandaced eyed"I've ced , shrew sbre\\ sbre sbred \ d eyc eyed eyed , Tve UI've UIve "I've Ive " ' ' Just heard henrd , my boy . , that thnt j 3011 3011rink ionhink ou oulinl linl rink . of stopping - off c-rt c rt at this post I Ist Ist Irust st It s not on account of any Rny feel feelg feelg feelng g against agnlnst me rile or my daughter dnughter . ou can C1n t blame bl'lme bllme ' her for a 1 i ' bit of re- re reentment rentment re-entment re entment - - - entment ntment . . She Shes Sites s a woman , and you yourtnlnl yourtainl3 youertalnl rtnlnl rtainl3 , } put her through the mm m111 mmS m111s millIs S for mvsplf m3sPlf m ) splf , . I called it lt quits when whenCu , v\benou v benou \ . hen henlu Cu puJc pulled ] me out of or the hole thIs thIst thisist t time tlme What Wh'1t Wh1t Whit ' d3ott d ) ou say ? ' [ He held out his now firm Orm musc1ed muscled musc1edand muscledand muscledand lu and . Garth gave g'1ve g1ve give ' It a n hearty bearty grip"All grip gripAll "All All . " All AJ ] accounts squat sqUll squared : ed sir , and nnd no nonrd noand noard nrd and feelings against either of you youI youtss youBiss I tss < ; s Ramill nnmll1 pro\ pro proved procd protted \ cd herself herse1r far more moreucky moreucky morelucky ucky and nnd sporting than could have haveen haveen liaveben en expected . . I wish wlsb \ Ish you both bon bonyage bonayagc 1 yage yagetr tr " d'But dBut : . "But But 'But " ' for you yc-u yc u - to be leaving klving leiving the theant theoat theint ant oat . , my boy boyl I ! There s no need of ofI ofI ofi . I can cnn arrange for you to getto getto get , ito to the cabin . . In fact , , I d like lJI.e lJIe . the theportunity theportunity theImportunity portunity to talk over mattersJ matterse matters J , ' 'e e ' e might still get together on c-n c n - tbose those tboserms thoserms thoserms rms Sou ) ou offered ortered " "We We " might , " Garth G\rth G rth Girth ' \ agreed ; buten buten but , ien en Ills his smile smlle hardened That 'That ' sidethe sidethe elde side eldethe the matter " will "ill ill w111 ha have hatte , e to , wait 'alt alt Walt ' I IaU It Iall Ilall aU all first settle " with "Ith Ith your . } our frIend frIenduxby frienduxby frienduxby t "The The " uxby The millionaire nu11l0nnire fro\\ fro frotts froned frowned"Don frownedDon \ ned ned"Don ned"Don "Don Don " t call that th'lt thlt ' murd murderous ( > rous hound houndfriend houndfriend - friend of mine llis IllS His shooting youY youunderstandable you ' Y , undeistandable undelstandable understandable My wounding "oundlng oundlng "oundlngp woundings " p . ] as s of ot couise course COUI se \ what whit h'1t h1t ' he chllmed- chllmed claimed- claimed claimedeer chllmedeer claimed claimedieer - ieer eer accident But for the scotinel scoiin scoun scotin el el to abandon nb1ndon a helpless he1pless girl to toarntlon toarvitlon toarvatlon arntlon arvitlon I ' If he \ was as too c cowardlydire cowardly cardly cowardlydare \\ardly ardly \ \ ardlyd1re dare d1re dire her frenzied fre07led threats nnd and nndrclbly andrcibly andrclbly rclbly rcibly take her and me \ with \ Ith him himthe himthe him\ him himlthe \ ; ; lthe the canoe C1noe , be he could at least le1st ha\e ha e bae haed baed havet \ % ( d the plane come for us " " "If If " If you } ) ou care for my mar marguess my ' - guess g-uess g uess " Girth Girthd G1 GarthId rth rthd d , , 'he he ' he was W1.S W1S . more Interested In intar Innr tar r daughter as an heire&s heires helre5s heiress & than as aswoman aswoman aswoman woman " "No No " No guess about It It . . . A c01dblood coldblood c01dbloodrascal coldbloodrascal coldblood'rascal coldbloodrascal ' rascal who would ha\ ha have hae \ e mur murdered murderedfor murderedy ered eredu u tor for your claim chlm clalm I t ! ' I'll Ill ' run him himwn himtivn himwn wn tivn and make m1l.e m1le mike . him hlm pay In full for forertIng forerting foreerting , . ertIng Lllltb Lilith and me , It t If . ! It costs costsilllon costsfillllon mlon illlon " i'Bls iBls Bls Bis ' punishment will cost you youlng youa youhung you3Biing hung lng , Mr Ur . . Ramlll nmI1l Bimlll , , He has been beenpped beenpped beenlipped a pped by his on own n greed " K . Trapped rapped 'Trapped & ' ? ' Before BeCore we came aboard pbc-ard pbc ard - , word 1 * 8 e received by radio that a man mnn - ned ed Huxby Husby had recorded a plat- plat platm platt plat-8 plat 8 - t [ m placer claim at Fort Smith ; r rt r t he had bought a large airplane , b i flown fiown north with three miners " * T Tr Ir r . Ramlll Ramtll Ramill looked looled his doubts ! ' re a heard nothing of It It . . " " because ecause I though best for tor yc-u yc u you ycui ycuto youto you.to youto - i . to " You Foul ! Do you mean to tell me met met met t everyone on this steamer hept kept heptm keptm keptn m because you , a mere prospec prospecw w . w " The millionaire p paused.ive pausedive nus a u s e d . d . . vo ve I been blind bllnd ? You Yc-u Yc u - are not a amon anon amon mon non prospector . There's Theres ' some- some someg some-g some g someg - - ? g about you . . , . In spite of yourabondlng yourabonding your yourabondlne abondlne abondlng abonding about this NOl Noith North th counn couph coun coup couparth counnarth h " arth said : "We We " are talking about aboutby aboutby aboutby : by . ' I've Ive ' radioed rndlC"Cd rndlCCd " for tor a North- North Northt North-t North t - t policeman pollceman to meet me at Simp- Simp Simpwith Simpwith SImp-vflth SImp vflth - - [ with a . plane . The charges chnrges are areery areery arelery ery and assault to murder murdert murder"ladloed murderladloed t " , adloed ? The shIp skipper er > told me meransmltter mel metransmitter l ransmltter ransmitter was out of order . " 0 y my request , sir . I thought It Itell Its s ell en to Keep heep you out - of c-f c f the nITalr affair affair.possible affairpossible . i havefor possible Miss Ramlll HamIll Ramill may hnve have hnvevered haveyered for forvered resentmentS vered from her resentment resentmentst resentmentnst S st et him . Ill 111 III ask you to pardonolng pardonoing pardon pardonoing oing olng to cce see If It there are 8 any anyreports any-B any B ny nyreports - reports on Huxby'a Huxbya Husby's Husbys : ' move- move movets movets move-ts move ts - ts . " I Iough I lough ough by no means curt , the disI dis disal al 1 waa was abrupt . Mr . Ramlll Ram11l Ram111 stood stooderlng stoodBring stoodering erlng Bring be-he be he behe for tor several sevcrnl moments be- be be - - . he returned to the cabin and andto andto andto to the do door r of the stateroomthe stateroom stateroomthe stateroomthe the Fort rort Port Norman missIonary's missIonarys ' missionary'sbad missionarysbad missIonary'shad had shared with Llllth LIHth Lilith . . i ime me mo steamer1 time before the steamer steamerIn In to the landing , Garth made madeat madeat madehat at the pontooned plane afloat afloato afloata a o " waterfront "atertront atertront was wns too small tone tone to tone ne of the regular reguhr Bellanca Bellancaports Bellancaports Bellancaports ports . . It had no cabin , aOlI and andthree aOlIthree three scats seats Foremost roremost i'oremost ioremost ' of the thengers thengers the'ngcra thengcra ' ngers ashore , he ut at onceed once onceed dled > ed the bluff blutT to the post post"be posthe postid dl " id "be be he expected , , a red coated con conot conof con6 of ot the Northwest police poUce was , ' postroom postoom tng lag wasIng wastng In the old trading post vEil AirwayvEil oom AirwayThe with one of ot the AIrway ' The latter sprang to meet him himva llo'Lan-you llo'Lan lloLan you himllo'Lanyou 110 . , 'Lan-you 'Lan Lan you ' - d-n d n - lame duck ! va note , you squattering squatterlng In the > theCould've Could've Couldve ' cruised your frozen frozena frozentJ : . hundred times ! In n any oldgripped old oldrth tJ tJhundred rth gripped grJpped hands with him Kiwi himKiwi Kiwll I 1 I didn't didnt ' happen to bealrpockets beairpockets be bei i alrpockets airpockets H\t'T\t\fbata H t'T tT t fbata \ ' \ \ There T ' . - . - - . i . . thln18a are thln18 things ; 6 6ate a ate e to t'ub tub rub ' your nose agaInst againstb , b sobered to business . . "Whatu Whatu "Whatur "What What " Ia ur * man aet set et his bus bml down hera here three davs da\s da s dais \ n ago o Hopped ort off on ' PDQ PDQwith , wltb with all nIl she could hC heave hcatte 'e e ' up under- under undergus undergas under undergas - gas gus and oil 011 " " Th The constable had stood at atten atten- attention attention attention - - tion He lIe met Garth's Garths ' glance wIth witha a salute " "All All " right , sir " 'Good Good 'Goot Goot ' ! ' \ work ork , Dillon Dtlloa One questionthose questionthose question -those those - those three miners ? ' "Bioke Bioke "nlohe nlohe "Bloke Bloke " prospectors sir TIecords Records TIecordsr1r Recordsfir Recordsfar r1r fir as known hnown , not savory srnory sattory . But nut Rut none noneof noneof noneof of tlic the bunch Is wanted , and they're theyre they'renot they'renot they'renot theyrenot ' not ne\\ ne newcomers necomers \ \ comers from across ncross the bor border border border der They The ) II B 11 know hno\V hno V \ enough not to In Interfere Interfere Interfere terfere \ when hen I take t1Ite my prisoner . " The poct poet po ; t factor f1ctor came c\me c me cime ' \ haslenln hastening hasteningIn In to shake hands h'1nds h1nds ' Pardon 'P1rdon P1rdon Pirdon ' my nb ab nbsence absense absencc sence sense , , Mr r Gartli Garth Was W1S Wm up to Llnrd Liard LiardIts LlardIts ! It Its s a gre1 great t pleasuie ple'1SUl ple1SUl pleisute ' e to ha have , e you youI youstop youstop I stop off oft \ with \ Ith us If 3011 011 on plan pl'1n pl1n ' to t'1he t1he tike tikein takeIn ' ; In dogs I lun have hae % e a n picked team te1m that thatI thatI'd thatI'd thatI'd thatId I'd Id ' ' be honored honore " - " I "lhank lhank "Thank Thank " Sou ; ou oo . , no . , " Garth G'lrth Glrth ' cut In'nut in'But In 'nut nut 'But But ' But I \ would ' \ ould 1Il like e a rifle rIlle , rabbit un undersult undersuit undersult dersult dersuit , . winter moccasins , gloves glovesand glovesand glovesand and three pairs pnlrs of ot "ebstJ " webs "ebs ebs tJ " tJHe He went Into a bunkroom to put puton puton puton on the rabbit fur suit under his hisbuchslclns hisbuckskins hisbuckskins buchslclns buckskins When Whcn he came C'1me C1me cime ' out . , a agIrl agirl agirl gIrl In a plain , . , Ill III fitting gown stood stoodtalhlng stoodtalking stoodtalking talhlng talking to the pilot . . The pUot pilot pUotgl1nced pilotglanced pilotglanced gl1nced glanced to towards " ards him , . . The gIrl gIrlturned girlturned girlturned turned quickly quId.ly quIdly . . . He found round hImself hImselfface himselfface himselfface face to face with Lilltft L11t Lilith ! , RamlUYet RamillYet Ramlll RamlU Ramill RamlllYet Yet ! It t was not the grease-and grease and greaseandpitch greaseandpitch grease-andpitch grease andpitch - - - pitch maiked m31ked marked face fnce of his canoe com corn companlon cornpanion cornpanion panlon panion Nor was It that deep deeplined deeplined lined rouged and po powdered " dered tace face tace"Ith facen "Ith Ith n " ith scarlet smeared lips that had bad hadsneered badsneered hadsneered sneered at him on Tobln'a Toblna Tobin's Tobins ' wharf wharf.It wharfIt . It was Wl1S a face " icaooth "IIooth IIooth atooth ! : and firm ftrm , vivId vivIdIth vividWith vividwith \\Ith Ith With \ life nnd and vitality ttltalit3 , Italt ] . Only the theblue theblue theblue blue e eyes 03 es were hnrduAhn hard"Alin hard hnrd hard"Alan "Alan Alan uAhn "Alin Alin " Garth G'1rth G1rth Girth ' , " she said s'1ld s1ld slid ' , , "I've Ive "I'veIe'1rned "I'velelrned " "I'velearned Ivelearned " ' ' Ie'1rned Ie1rned lelrned ' all about It You re goIng goIngbac1 goingback goingback bac1 back . there-after there after there - - after himl him ! . ! ' Sorry 'Sorry ' , \ Miss 1\IIS8 1 IIS8 Ramill R'1mlll R1mlll ' It's Its ' not re reven revenge revenge venge ven e , . If It that's thats th'lt's thlts ' ' ' " what "h1t h1t wbit you think . I Itried Itried Itried tried to spm spaic spnte e you But But , , It if you must musthn musthatte musthave hn\ hn hatte hnIt \ ( It . , he ! Is s a thief " ' The 1he girl girls s e3 e es ( flashed lashed "Worse Worse " ! 1He lies 3 a cowardly conardly murdprcr murdprer murderer That Is Is"hy Iswhy Iswhy "hy hy why " I too ton am going to see him taken takenprl takenprisoner takenprisoner prl prisoner < : oner " . "You You " ? ' 'Yes Yes ' Yes I am nm going to see hIm hImcrJnge himcringe himcringe crJnge cringe , the sneaky snc'1ly snc1ly ' , beast 1 I Do you youthink youthink youthink think 1\ 1 Ive 1e Ito \ e forgotten torgotten how he crept creptup creptup creptup up and shot you \ when \ hen you weren't werent weren'tlookmg weren'tlooking weren'tlooking werentlooking ' lookmg looking ? And what It he didn t In Intend intend Intend tend to shoot Dad ? He Be left him to todie todie todie die If It that's thats th'11'8 th118 ' ' ' not enough , must I Ite Itell Itell te tell ] sou 30U how he taunted me ? ' "Yet Yet uYet "Set Set " that's thats ' no reason why vou-tt vou tt you- you youIt you - " ' It Is Isl 1 I If you refuse I 111 11 tag tagafter taga a after 'ter ter f'ler fler ' < ' sou you : > c-u c u - In another plane plnne " Garth studied her gravely . She Shestared Shestared Shestared stared back at him 111m , liotly hotly hotiy defiant . . He Hepretended Hepretended Hepretended pretended to accept her reasons reJ.cons reJcons . ; for forn forwanting forwanting n wanting antlng to go : ! "You You " most certainly cert'1lnly cert1lnly ' are a good goodI goodhater goodhater goodhater hater . , Mls Miss Ramlll Ramill One thing thingthough , I I though . The valley va1ley Is about to tofreeze tofreeze I toI freeze up It will wI ] not be the sum summer summer summer mer paradise pnradlse we left . . We may land landIn landin landIn " ' * In a blizzard hlIzznrd She looked around the store store"Where store"Where store"Where storeWhere "Where Where " are those Eskimo Usktmo Lsklmo suits you youtold youtold youtold told me about ahout ? ' At that th'1t th1t thit ' he smiled a 8 bit grimly grimly"This grimly"This grimlyThis 'This This "This ' " ' Is Indian Indlnn country . You shnll shall shnllh'ne shallhire shallhave h'ne hne hire ' rabbit rnbblt and buckskins " De He Deturned Heturned Heturned turned to the factor tactor : "Add Add " the theIndy's thelady's thelady's theladys Indy's Indys lady's ladys ' outfit to my account . " To Tothe Tothe Tothe the pilot pUot : 'KIwI KIwI * ' Klwl , this Is where wbere you younre youare youare nre are to fit your name . . You're Youre ' going goingto goingto goingto to be a wingless ground bird " "Oh Oh "Olt Olt " , have a 11 hearf heart . 'L"m Lm 'Lin Lin 'Lani Lani ' " 1 ! " Three "Throe Throe ' " 'Thr Thr ' 'e e < ' Is a crowd , and she Is It ItAsk ItAsk ItAsk Ask her father " For the first time the girl Irl be- be - betrayed betraj be-travcd be travcd - - traj trayed cd a trace of doubt . . "But But " we'll well we'llhave we'llhave we'llhave wellhave ' have to have a pilot . . " Kiwi Klwl stared , then grinned at the thejoke thejoke thejoke joke . , "Lady Lady " , what you don't dont ' know knownbout knowabout knowabout nbout about our boy friend trlend would appear appearto appearto appearto to he be |