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Show . , ,3 3 , . is7 WNU Service _ . - SYNOPSIS'rHE SYNOPSISTB1 SYNOPSIS SYNOPSISTHE ' THE 'rHE rHE TB1 STOKY STORY SO FAR FAit Rnnnlni nanning Running away awayfrom awayfrom * * from mtirlitc marriage to Ned paxton P xtoo rich buta but become becomes * sccre sccretary sccretary seerfry * a . gay t y blade Julc lanlce Janice * ' Trent 'rrent rrent tary In 10 an n Alaskx Allska Alaska : irilacrnef wilderness camp t mp over overthe overthe overth the * prottit proted protest of o ( Brace Bruce Hareonrt Harcourt . , a * loag long loagtime longtime lonetinr time friend ( riena Bruce Brace Broc * is I * . chlel chid chief engineer engineerlJIIeeeedlng engineersucceeding enilnccracceedlni lJIIeeeedlng succeeding ( Joe loe Hale H le deposed for ( or negU negll negUcenee negllBence netUtence cenee Bence MUUcent IIfllUeent Millicent Hilc Dale lisle bis his wite wife Is 1 I . also alsoattracted alsoattracted * l oattracted attracted to Brnce Bruce Brace Janlee lanlee Janice teUs tells tell * Ned NedPaxton NedPaxton Ntdpaxton Paxton she tb * ll Is married to Harronrt Dar.rnnrl Darrnnrl Har . nurL . . 'rhe rhe The Thelatter ' Thlatter * i ilatter latter overhear overhears * her and Insliti Iosists Insists on an animmedIate anImmediate anImmediate immedIate mxrrlirc marriage ' The 'rhe rhe newlyweoi newlyWeds are areInterrnpted areInterrupted areInterropted Interrnpted Interrupted at home that mint night by Mrs MrsDale MrsHale Mr MrBal her buiband basband husband bas has ha beensbot beenshot been Dale Hale Bal * who says ay sbot shot hot dead She exclalmi exelalms exclaims 11 'If If ' ' you yoa yon bad badonly badonly badonly only waited Brace Braee Bruce Bract Broce Brace tpends spends the theIIIrht thenight theolfht IIIrht night InTesUtatlnit IovestigaUnr Investigating ar the mnrder marder murder Whea When WheaJimmie WhenJimmie WhenJlrnmie Jimmie Chetter Chester MUUcent lllllUeent Mlnlcent s < brother runsolf runsoff nun runs nunIn olf off 111 in a plaue plane Broee Bruce brlDgs brings him baek back baekIn backIn In the meantime meaatlme r.ed red lied . ed Paiton paxton Invitesthe Invitesthe Invites ; the th * women to hli his yacht yathl . . . Janice .Janlee Janlee . and andhe andhe andhe he and two Iwo natlTft natives leave In a launeh launch launehCo launchto lannchto Co to view Ti w a volcano voleano cloter closer Suddenly Saddenly It Iterupts Iterupts Iternpt erupts * ' The 'rhe rhe boat Is stranded on a lonely lonelybeaeh lonelybeach lonelyteach beaeh beach . . ' The 'rhe rhe two native natives * nm ran run off oft with the thelaune thelaunch thelaunch laune launch " Pazton Paxton and Janlcc laDleo Janice tpend spend a fear feartal fearfur Icartnl tal fur nitht night nlgbl . . . ' Their 'rhelr rhelr are fire flee keep keeps * the wolves wolvesaway wolvesaway wolvesawayNow away awayNow Now continue with the tile itory story CHAPTER CRAPTEE C AP R YVIIPaxton " ' ( XVU YVII XVUPaxtoa VU ! Paxtoa Pa"ton Paton Paxton " reassured Janice Janicel JanicelIt ! It is safer than stayu stau ) s g : Sure , ere with withthe withthe withthe the fire ding dIDg dying } ) With those great gaps gapsin gapsin gapsin in the base boards the shack m in mstead instead mttead stead oo of being a safety zone might mightprove mightprove mightprove prove a * trap As we came up the thehill thebill thehill hill bill I saw a big log by the side of ofthe ofthe ofthe the brook It will last till dawn dawnif dawnif dawnIt if I can get it here It Its s not far farThere farThere tarThere There are no eyes glaring glarmg from that thatdIrection thatdirection thatdirection dIrection Keep betVl between een the shack shackand shackand shackand and the fireI fireI fire fire1m I 1m m going gomg with you youJaruce youJanice youJanice Jaruce Janice If you want to help do doas doas doas as I tay say His IDs eyes burned like l1ke twm twin twmblue twinblue twinblue blue lights lghts ] in his ros soot streaked face faceThS faceThis faceThis ThS This ] night must have been a gruel gruel1ng gruelIng gruelIng 1ng Ing muscle-racking muscle racking muscle-rackiDg rackiDg - - - experience for fora fora tora a manho man \ aho \\ho ho who had tor for years lived I1ved soft softly softly softly ly She capitulated captulated ] with sympathet sympathetic sympathetis ic is understanding understandmg understandingI understandmgI I will do whatever you say Ned NedI NedI I ll-keep ll keep II 11 - Aeep keep the home fires burning burnmg burnmg'That burning'That burningThats 'That That ' ' Thats s the ttuff stuff See those tv.o tvo two tv.ohumps twohumps . twohumps humps on the trees that look l1ke like l1kemisshapen likemisshapen likemisshapen misshapen heads hoisted hosted ] on pe- pe petards petards pe-tards pe tards - - tards ? The log Is under those I Inoticed Inoticed Inoticed noticed it when we came up the thebrook thebrook thebrook brook Hang on to the revolver but butdon butdon butdon don t " , waste aste a shot . . Watch out If Ifyou Ifyou Ifyou you see points pomts of light I1ght betwee betwee"1 betwee1 " i me meand meand meand and the fire yell like bke a maniac mamae but butdon butdon butdon don t shootNed shoot shootNed . Ned before hefore you go I want to totake totake totake take back what I said about your yournever yournever yournever never having havIDg earned anything anvthmg To Tonight Tonight Tonight night you have earned my unwaver unwaver1ng unwaverbig unwavering 1ng big respect and friendshipFrendship friendshipFriendship friendship friendshipFriendship Friendship Frendship ] ' Think Thmk III Ill be sa satis satisfled satisfled tis tisfied fied fled with that ? ' Slow seconds dragged into mter inter mterminable interminable interminable minable minutes mmutes as she waited waitedwatched waitedwatched waitedwatched watched listened I1stened The ram rain had hadstopped hadstopped hadstopped hadstoppedA stopped stoppedA A warning warnmg howl rose from beyond beyondthe beyondthe beyondthe the fire Heart m her mouth she shesensed shesensed shetensed sensed swift sMft , , stealthy movement movementgreen movementgreen movementgreen green eyes sh shifting tmg The beasts heasts had haddlscovered haddiscovered haddiscovered dlscovered discovered Ned Suppose she yelled yelledWhat yelledWhat yelledWhat What help " , would ould that be to rom him him'Fire himFire ? ' ' ' Fll"e Flle Fire " only fire would keep them themback themback themback back . . Wood Wood was . what v.hat vhat she sheneeded sheneeded sheneeded needed Could she pull a board from fromthe fromthe fromthe the shack7 shack ? ' No She might mght ] brmg bring brmgthe bringthe bringthe the whole wobbly thing thmg down and andbe andbe andbe be buried in the rums ruins The door doorlShe I ! IShe She seized it it . . Within Wlthm her welled a aternfic aterrific aterrific ternfic terrific ph physical ) slcal impulse She Shewrenched Shewrenched Shewrenched wrenched the buUet hullet bullet riddled rddled ] thmg thing thmgfrom thingfrom thingfrom from the one rusty hinge hmge Draggmg Dragging Draggmghftmg Dragginglifting Dragginglifting hftmg lifting perking Jerkmg she dropped it on onthe onthe onthe the coals It flamed fiamed brightlyThank brightlyThank brightly brightlyThank Thank God for that InstmctJvely Instinctively Instinctivelythe InstmctJvelyshe Instinctivelyshe she looked up Were her eyes de dece1vmg decalving decelvmg ce1vmg calving her or were those stars starsStars ? Stars , , , like l1ke a million lighted hghted wm win wmdows windows windows dows They gave a sense of home homeglowmg homeglowing homeglowing glowmg glowing through the darkness sent senther senther senther her courage soaring soarmg like hke a captJve captive captJveballoon captiveballoon captiveballoon balloon let loose All her life 1 I ght- ght ghted ghted ght-ed ght ed - - - ed windows wmdows had fascinated fascmated herA herA her herA A touch on her shoulder She Shestarted Shestarted Shestarted started to her feet . . A fob sob of rehef relief reheftore relieftore relieftore tore up as she looked into Ned Pax Paxton Paxton Paxton ton 2 s grimy gnmy weary face faceHow faceHow faceHow How did dd ] you get back ? ' ' After you threw the door on the thefire thefire thefire fire we didn dldn dtdn t need that log Craled Cra\ Cra Crat Craledba \ led ledba ledbask ledba ba bask > .k k . k There is a pink pmk light in m the theeast theeast theeast east . . The wind wmd has changed It s sblow sblow sblow blow ng the smol e a away They will willfind willfind willfind find us soon Meanwhile Mean-vh1le- Mean vh1le Meairvhile- Meairvhile Meanvh1lehe Meairvhilehe - - he hecleared hecleared hecleared cleared the huskmess huskIness from his ws voce voice voceto voiceto voiceto ] to suggest practically let s sit St ] on onthe onthe onthe the log You may feast on that thatbroken thatbroken thatbroken broken cracker I 111 11 ll smoke the last lastcigarette lastcigarette lastcigarette lastcigaretteShe cigarette cigaretteShe She smiled sm1led at him hlID hun tremulously tremulouslyNed tremulouslyNed tremulouslyNed Ned I like l1ke you better than ever everbefore everbefore everbefore before You seem so-so so so - - so dLfferentHIs differentHis different dLfferent differentHis His mouth was grim grlID DIfferent Different'I DifferentI ' I have been different since you told toldme toldme toldme me that I bought everything everythmg I want wantcd wanted wanted cd . ed . Don t care tor for that word hke like hkeI likeI likeI I want your love Jan Jan-She Jan She . - . She laid her hand on his CouldI Couldshe Couldshe Could Couldhe I she he make him hlID understand7 understand understand7I ? ' I love Bruce Harcourt HarcourtThe HarcourtThe HarcourtThe The undisciplined undlSclplmed spirit of the man manto manto manto to whom the she had been engaged engagedfiamed engagedflamed engagedflamed fiamed flamed in m his voice He can t have havefOU haveyou haveyou fOU you . . . Think . what .hat hat I can give you youJewels youJewels youJewels Jewels travel travel , , , sables home homes * any anywhere anywhere anywhere where you want themA themA them themA A home means more than a ahouse ahouse ahouse house Ned Somehow I ve ye learned learnedtha learnedthat learnedthat tha that t in these last weeks I feel feelterribly feelterribly feelterribly terribly old and wise tonight A Ahome Ahome Ahome home is built by mistakes and strug struggles struggles struggles gles as well as by love It means meansmutual meansmutual meansmutual mutual sacrifices mutual responsl responsi responslbllit responsiblht rcsponsibilit bllit blht companionshipYou compamonshlpYou es spiritual sputual ] compamonshlp companionship You can cant t buy a home She felt feltthe feltthe feltthe the hand under hers clench I Idldn Ididn Ididn dldn didn t mean that you were trying trymg to tobuy tobuy tobuy buy ; my love now really I didn t tYou tYou tYou You you7He will believe me won t you you7 ? ' He looked down at the scorched scorchedbruised scorchedbruised scorchedbruised bruised fingers His HlS haggard eyes eyesmet eyesmet eyesmet met hers I believe you . . Jan Janrtarllng Jandarling Jan'larlmg Janlarlmg rtarllng darling ' I cant can t let ; you eol gol go ! - l _ ( ; Il . , , Y + P 4 4w w s 1 1t t dtf tf > f I , d t wi ti1 j jPasca I'IIirivl IIIirivl I'IIirivltl ' tl tlyluP , yluP ) Pasca clutched his arm Pointed Bruce Harcourt looked down at atChester atChester atChester Chester lying lymg on the cot m in the cabID cabin cabIDwhIch cabinwhich cabinwhich whIch had been built bullt tor for Janice JaniceStephcn JaniceStephen JaniceStephen Stephcn Stephen Mallory bending bendlng over the theunconscIous theunconscious theunconscious unconscIous man was VIas real so was wasthe wasthe wasthe the smell of antiseptics antiseptJcs In the air airThe airThe airThe The coast missionary gave a final finaltouch finaltouch finaltouch touch to the bandaged arm and andstraIghtened andstraightened andstraightened straIghtened straIghtened'He He 'He ' ' II 11 be stui stiff tor for days but noth nothmg nothmg nothing mg more serious serlOUS unless mflamma mflammatlon mflammation mflammation tlon tion sets in m Better get to bed Har Harcourt Harcourt Harcourt court you look all InAll inAll in inAll All 101 in ! You don t know the half halfI I ve ye had hair hall " raising raismg adventures and andescapes andescapes andescapes escapes since smce I came into mto this thS ] north northcountry northcountry northcountry country but nothing nothmg equal to the hell hellof hellof hellof of these last hours Came down downtwce downtwice downtwice twce twice ] on the shore Had to risk rJsk It it itthough , , though I knew if 1f my self starter starterwent starterwent starterwent went on the blink blmk I was done for forRadio forRadio torRadio Radio . wouldn .ouldn ouldn t work Vlork Compass use useless useless useless less Chester hall half dead I thought thoughtGood thoughtGood . Good Lord Lordi ! Why am I living I1vmg over overthat overthat overthat7 that ? ' It Itt s behind behmd me If y ) iou ou are aresure aresure aresure sure Jimmy Junmy is all right 111 III IU turn turnin turnm turnmI , m in inIll I II Ill I II 11 stayuth stay \ with \uth uth him h1m 'Harcourt Harcourt ' . i iHarcourt Harcourt s tired eyes narrowed as ashe ashe ; he stepped out upon the board walk walk.Lights walkLights . . I ILIghts LIghts voices in the dormitories dormltones at atthls atthis atthis thls this time of night mght ' What happened happenedMoonlight ? Moonlight dappled the sparkling wa water water water ter with silver slver ] What did dd ] he mIss miss7Paxton " ' Paxton s yachtl yacht ! ! Gone Gonel ! Janice ' He flung open the door of the H Hhouse Hhouse Hhouse house In the fanback chair chall " shoes shoeson shoeson shoeson on the rug beside her stockmged stockinged stockmgedfeet stockingedfeet stockingedfeet feet sat Martha Samp Her face facewas facewas facewas was deeply lined Imed her eyes seemed seemedto to have been pushed back into mto her herhead herhead herhead head with a sooty fingerWhere fingerWhere finger fingerWhere Where s Janice7 Janice " ' Where s Grant Grant7What ? ' What s happened happened7She ? ' She patted the hand on her sleeve sleeveSakes sleeveSakes sleeveSakes Sakes alive Mr Bruce don t get getscared getscared getscared scared yetScared yetScared yet yetScared Scared ' ' What do you mean mean7Where ? ' Where s * Janice7 Janice ? ' Has she gone Wt Wtwithare withwithare with withwith ] -with-are with are - with - are you here to tell me me7 me7Bruce ? ' Bruce dropped his head on an arm armoutfiung armoutflung armoutflung outfiung outflung on the mantel Martha MarthaSamp MarthaSamp MarthaSamp Samp explamed explained qucklyShe quicklyShe quickly quckly quicklyShe ] She s gone with Wth ] Paxton if 1f that s swhat swhat .hat hat what . you mean but not the way you youthnk youthnt youthnk youthnkWhere thnk thnt thnkWhere thntWhere Where ] is S Janice7 Jamce Janice ? ' Where the dev devn devit deva n it is ] S Grant7 Grant ? ' Grant7He He s gone in m the launch huntm huntin huntmfor huntinfor huntmfor for Kadyama That sneaky Indl Indi Indlan Indian Indian an is out in m his kayak an Mr Tubby Tubbyis is sure he knows somethin somethm about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe the shoo shootm shootin tin Paxton took M sHale sHaleMary s Hale HaleMary HaleMary Mary and Janice out for a saiL sall . They Theywere Theywere Theywere were gom goin to get as near that belch belchm belchin belchin m in volcano as they safely could It Itwas Itwas Itwas was a beautiful day when they start started started started ed Along about four a storm came cameup cameup cameup up sudden There was a great rum rumbIm rumbum rumbhn bIm bum an then a wave which seemed seemedmoun seemedmountains seemedmountains moun mountains tams high swept up Almost Almostreached Almostreached Almostreached reached this thS ] plateau plateau-Go plateau Go . - . Go on onl ! Go on ' Even then we didn dldn t get a1lX1OUS anxious a1lX1OUSabout anxiousabout |