Show 9 P r Y yn r M a k Bv r W N u ur r r SYNOPSIS As Alan Garth prospector Is pro pro- paring to leavo for his mining claim In tho the Far Par North a n plane lands at ot attlio tho airways emergency station In It are arc Burton millionaire millionaire- mining magnate his daughter Lilith il I-il- ith and Vivian pilot and mining engineer Belle Believing him tobo to tobo tobo bo only an Ignorant prospector the themen themen themen men offer to malco maIeo an au air trip to Garth's claim although thc they refer to nearly tho the platinum bearing ore as ns worthless Lilith product of or tho Jazz age plainly shows her contempt for tor Garth CHAPTER I Continued I-Continued 2 2 Tobin rose rise stiffly and followed Husby Into the thc storeroom Mr r. r Hamill Hamill Ha- Ha mill took a n last sip of ot the boiled tea favored Garth with a n patronizing smile nn and opened his mounted gold-mounted cl cigar lr case to offer ITer one of the choice IIa ha Havanas vanas Garth declined I uI never smoke e It deadens ea ens the nose Dea Deadens Deadens What's What's ens-What's What's that Though man has the sense of smell compared with dogs dohs do s he lie lacks the ability to scent Yet even eyen n a trace tiace of ot it may be of use in the bush The investors investor's portly b body l quIvered quivered ered to his chuckle le Ive heard of I nosing out prospects 1 I First time thou though h Its It's been done to my knowl knowl- himself At e edge ge lie Ile caught up tip least Mr r Husby considers es It possible possible possible pos pos- sible your our ery ma may be worth worthan an examination That leaves only the question of terms In case we fin find the mine promising enough for forme forme r me to mal make e an offer Garth spared an Inquiring glance lance The he portly gentleman gave save him a ablan bland blan smile I believe In encouraging pros pros- c They Ther find Ond new districts With that In view I I buy numbers of or un undeveloped elope e prospects taking the risk of heavy lo losses ses Though I drop thousands on some mines I have made a fortune from others But the thea a average prospector like yourself stakes es his all Ninety nine times In Ina Ina ina a hundred he Is cleaned out b by total total to to- tal failure If It your jour our lode looks at atall atall atall all possible Ill I'll pa pays pay you up to a thousand dollars cash for It t tIm Im not selling Garth said I like hire to play a n game through to the end win or lose The Investors Investor's eyes eres hardened your our Idea 1 One years year's lease and GO CO p per r cent of the gross ross returns to me Mr 1 Hamill blinked ed Sixty per percent percent percent cent of gross I Youre You're crazy Like a fox Same kind of t nose It was Garth's turn to smile Not so keen though for galena Better for scenting out alloys of ff gold gol urn uin and and platinum The last word knocked ed the benevolent benevolent benevolent encourager of f prospectors speechless Yet after acter a moment of ot ofA A blank staring he lie managed a n half half- pItin look ool Daft he muttered That must be It These prospectors alone inthe In Inthe Inthe the wilds for months at nt a n time lie raised raise his voice Too b bad d young youn man If you'd OU make It gold an and silver I might have ha been able t to swallow the baL bait But platinum That's a bit too thick Platinum is w found Jn tn n quantity only In Russia Very little any here anywhere else Only a n minute quantity In North America TIe lie rose as ns If it to go Garth gave ga him a n regretful look Yes Yes too too ba bad sir Now Ill I'll have ha to go gC outside I may even have to wait walt until the ice goes out next year before I 1 can cnn dupe a n gull Into tal taking Ing that that lease Garth we went t Into the room Before Defore long Tobin came to open the thedoor thedoor thedoor door a handbreadth th lie ne ch chuckled Uh lad Uh lad you u got your hook hool in their gills Pilots Pilot's tinkering with the motor Changed the oil but no move to refuel Aint rushin t to flop off oft Garth kept on lathering his beard bearl When he lie came out his cartridge belt was buckled about his waist It held his sheath like knife and belt aX In one hand he carried his rifle In the other the rest of l his small outfit strapped on his pack board Down on the wharf Mr Ir puffed cigar smoke e through his hea net head net while he watched examination of the motor and pro pro- peller pellet Miss HamIll was not nol lu sight o tight Tobin said Garth I Shamming It Is When that bus hus' hus came down dOWD you you never ne heard bear hearda a n sweeter motor motor every every c cylinder hitting lilt hit tin ting tang true truc Wish I felt as ns sure of that southbound Bellanca Dont fash ashi yourself Mr Garth Shell She'll Shell She'll make Fort Jort Smith on sched- sched ule lule Then here goes for my next play piny lIe He went down the slope to lay his pack and rille rifle a n little way out from Ithe base of or the wb wharf rt After Arter that 9 he fetched his canoe from the bank He To swung It down Into the shallow water within close reach of ot the pa pad pack c Mr came shoreward rather hurriedly for so dignified a n man Ono One moment ml Garth Gaith Ive I've consulted with my engineer partner He lie thinks It may be worth our while to Investigate your prospect What J In view of or my terms outrageous Still It Is just possible the mine er er mine might justify them Tho The least we can cnn do doIs dois dos is s to Inspect the lode I make no deals eals sight unseen Garth spoke as asIf If to himself An Anair Anair Anair air ride free nn and only a few hours' hours delay Time enough h to m mike make lm the trip out before t the freeze e lie He lifted his his- pack up again on ou th the wharf and swung the cnn canoe e over o his liis head to take it back t to Its previous position bottom up on the bank When he returned he carried carrIed carried car car- ried his pack and rifle out to the airplane From the cabin came the rhythmic dissonance of ot a jazz-dance jazz tune The plane evidently wn was waa equipped with n a long distance radio receiver recel Through th the wire gauze of or the big rear window he saw Miss Hamill Ra Ita- mill reclining on the heaped pillows i of at an unmade berth The shelf at 11 ather ather her elbow hel held tinned tinne and package e foods an and a wine bottle bottIe Garth l laid l down his rifle an and pack on the wharf near the doorstep doorsteps Ashore at the storeroom he found tr trying In to boss Tobin into helping tote the gasoline Annoyed An An- no noyed cd b by the old mans man's refusal and still more b by the Indignity of ot mechanics mechanic's mechanics mechanic's me me- labor the pilot engineer took tool up a case of twin gallon five gasoline tins in his arms nn and started started start start- ed cautiously down the slope to the wharf had Garth taken the same loa load either he lie or by would woul have had to return for the other two cases lie He roped three cases to together ether and tipped Upped the gallon thirty gallon load upon his back As If It the pack hn had been beena a feather wel weight feather eight ht he went ent down the theston ston stony slope with the smooth gliding gIlding step of or a moccasin wearer x Out at nt the end of the wharf a n deft stoop and twIst t lowered his heavy hen pack upon the planks s without without without with with- out a u Jar As he straightened up he lie saw Miss step down from the cabin She ha had d donned nned her leather pilot trousers and jacket but held the helmet In her hand How gallant 1 she Jeered He lle has sacrificed his whiskers ers Can Cnn it be he hopes to the fair sex sex Was that why I sha shaved shad d 1 Garth inquired Feminine Intuition is won wonderful erful I thought I did It to tomake tomake make male doping easier ensler Oh OU you mean what hat they call fly dope But I i see ee none of ot the sticky or smelly mess they tell about Your face looks s clean Thanks for the compliment But Ill I'll soon have ha to take t tal ake e to the ilie usual usual grease grense nn and spruce pitch Just used used the last of my frogUe The girl flushed with res resentment nt Dont Don't t lie He to me I know how you Ou westerners tell f fantastic fals falsehoods hoo s t to ten tenderfeet You do By the Hie wn way In the North Korth we sa say not ten ten- As for the lie fro site Its It's no fanc fancy Years Teats ago Seton remarked the fact that mosquitoes never sting frogs I I-er-I I er I know a n man who experimented nn and who finally obtained ob obtained ob- ob chemically the substance exuded exu exuded ex ex- u ed by the skin of ot frogs Too ba baIe bad Ive I've run out of or the tile dope There are plenty of pests where we are are arego go gp Ing lug You'll have hare to keep l behind your nets net nets or or or take to grease nl null and Pitch Before Defore the girl could coul by called calle down for more g ga oline- oline He had managed manage to get one of bt his case up to the cockpit nn and lJ had U emptied It Ir into fo a wing tank tank- Garth ung s swung up to him with a whole case balanced balanc d on ou his shoulder er It was far easier than toting a deer over broken countr country After hoisting ab aboard nr the other cases an and Hux Hux- b bys by's s second tin he lie ducked under the front strut of the wing His Ills rifle and pack lay where he had left them The radio had been tuned In Ini Inon on I what probably was the Edmonton relay of ot the Lon London on metal market report The announcer started to give gle the last quoted quote price on platinum num Refined platinum per troy ounce twelve twel pounds seven shillIngs shillings shillings shill shill- ings and andA and It A whine and shriek like static cut across the f voice The speaker loud-speaker blared Into jazz Splashes told that lint was tossing the empty cans nn and cases Into the river instead of down on the wharf That small yet jet wanton aste haste prove proved that the mining engineer engineer engi engi- neer yeas was as a stranger in the North Garth stooped forward under the wing and strut with his rifle Miss stood with her very cry cr artificially artificially arti art waved wave semi-bobbed semi hair bared bare to the breeze Upon on talin taking off her mosquito net to put on ou the leather flying helmet a swarm of or Insects Insects insects In In- sects had at once attacked her She was trying to flirt them off ocr In order to replace the protecting gauze D n D n your North country I l she exploded Walt till you ou reach one of ot our muskeg swamps Miss iss You'll call this heaven en But nut why the flyIng flying fly- fly In Ing suit Going to pilot the bus Is Ills that any of or your business None whatever er Pardon my Impertinent Impertinent Impertinent Im Im- Im- Im pertinent curiosity Only as ns there are not three seats scats In the cockpit I was moved to wonder If Jr you In Instead Instead In In- stead of your fiance are to be my riding mate Yours 1 I 1 How else el Or does doos the gentleman gentle gentle- man Imagine he can find Ond my prospect prospect prospect pros pros- without a guide Dad will make you on give Vivian your route map Ill I'll not let you have hae my sent seat I This time Garth did cUd not smile i The The girl Irl was due for a lesson Suit yourself yourself and and tell Hu by he can cnn head bea for the North pole Indeed I Quite so 90 He and your father can cnn go there or the other place place place- an and you ou with them Youre You're not only f I a selfish snob Youre You're a brainless fool to fancy a n southern pilot cnn can trail hade n a canoe route through unmapped un tin mapped forest and muskeg eg countr coun coun- tr try The girls girl's blue eyes flared with outraged pride and vanity Garth smiled lIe He had ha paid her back In I full for her arro arrogance ance It was I worth waiting over until another season for Ids hIs fortune up In that hidden hr l. l en valley alley of ot the But before he lIe could stoop tinder under under un un- der the strut to recover er his pack from the cabin the girl called out outto outto outto to to him Wait I did not understand under under- stan stand If It Its It's really necessary for you yon to act net as Vivian's Vivians guide guide But ul nut c-nut But you had no call to be so ru rude e. e Though he turned back It was with no no Intention of or humbling himself him him- self seIr lie Ie was not duped by her seeming change to amiability It had been too sudden for sincerity A woman has no more right to tobe tobe tobe be rude than a l man he lie replied When I hear apologize Ill I'll you consider consider consider con con- sider whether an apology Is due from me The Fhe smile left her smeared rouge lips He TIe had never before seen so disagreeable a look on nn any worn worn- III II I I I I-i I I I I r 1 lt I He Lifted His Pack Up Ag Again on the Wharf and Swung the Canoe Over His Head ans an's face But before she could coul find words to vent yent her feelings peered down over the side of ot the cockpit flushed from exertion anti and anno annoyance ance Dont be all day ay Garth Castoff Cast Castoff off ocr the lines Sorry Sorry Lilith that tha t Im I'm not to have your company compan Dont worry ol old dear ear she said This woodsy pest will soon be a athing athing athing thing of or the past Only a few hours of the affliction and well we'll be lie rid of him CHAPTER I II a Treachery G GARTH Gunder followed Miss 1 ss In J under the monoplanes monoplane's wing n He did iid 1 not offer to han hand the girl u up i l ito to the cabin or help belp ship the tie dens p Women's rights did Include in return for Insults J L cast off the tail mooring line linet t swung aboard with the coIled colled rope r p f fan and an his rifle As the lie plane drift clear the breeze e swerved Its head ocr off from from shore suore paused a moment to jerk out a n question Route noute For answer Garth pointed west west- erly set the propeller whirling with tu the self With rapidly ly Increasing headway the lie plane skimmed out on the s smooth rh river cr Rifle tIlle between knees Garth settle settled set set- tle tied down upon the cockpit seat scat at atthe atthe atthe the pilots pilot's elbow was first 1 to speak When the lie pl plane ne soared above c the west bank of the great river rI he Ie leaned close to shout a repetition of his question n Route Even to a man who had spent years In the North this view of ot the lie sub-arctic sub lan landscape was a puzzling ma maze e. e On the ground Garth would Voul have had slight slight- trouble retracing retracing retracing re re- re- re tracing the course he had followed in and out of orthe the wilderness From the the air everything e looked Cd differ different ent eat For all his flying exp experience Garth could not as ns he expected strike a beeline Though he lie knew the general direction of hI his hla find he was unable to guide the plane as the crow flies At his sign to bank frowned but brought blought the plane aloun around In n a wide curve Very soon upriver from the refueling station Garth sighted the small swamp stream on which he had begun and ended his trip Into the tho lie unknown This was wag a familiar point of ot de de- de From it he main again directed the pilot to the westward Somewhat under an nn hour later the swamps nn and low v ridges ended at nt the of or an rm eastward thrust mountain range A near view of or the barren peaks caused Garth to twist the course about on a n fi sharp angle anglo to the southward Those mountains had not appeared any too I familiar The difficulty Hl culty of ot fin finding landmarks recognizable from the theair theair air nir ha had not lessened lessene For days s 's on his trip In n and ami out he hail had traveled traveled trav trav- through dense forests of or spruce that shut off of almost all nIl wide views even of the mountains The westward rise of the country country country coun coun- try had b by now forced the |