Show sPOOR POOR MANS MAN'S 4 GOLD GOLU COURTNEY RYLEY 1 1 COOPER 1 T RYLEY COOPER SERVICE i SYNOPSIS SY prospector rece reee re re- and ond gold 11 Rupert after alter a spree ce ee learns that a gold rush rushI result of some lome care care- I I had dropped at a party I he lIe Ha finds ands discovery discover old I gold Joe Britten McKenzie er claims to protect their tor mond decides to tell the th Sectors how to to reach the he Around Mound the World Annie has hall proprietor ince nee roupe pe of girls rp and Is bent M dance hall at the new teas teUs her to 10 pass the wordIs word 1 Is going to leave the next i muses about Kay Joyce attic Itle whom hom he loves and confided the secret of ot his Going to his lawyers lawyer's of of- stair 1 a young girl on the stairs tow the lawyer about the thes thea eis s a that she Is a volunteer tells teUs him about Kay whom but who td d as a little girl j childhood Timmy Moon had brought Kay was chilly at first DC saw some of his raId gold got gat along beautifully lie He mother and a friend of thel the l Kenning a geologist Ser Ser- of the Royal Canadian ee ce Joins the seekers gold orth Jack encounters the Towers Toners and she asks him hima fa a team leam of dogs and sup sup- The next day the thew lew w bonanza begins Later Jeanne Is lost and llama lIam her The gold seekers seeker e new camp Is soon In full fug mood imond and Joe have a seat se- se at the real gold find will win wine wille fee e present site of the Big but on Its prehistoric bed ire re seeking JER ER IV Continued IY-Continued Continued j 5 5 t- t died ched him angle across ward the main trail his rig g the hind quarters of I moose on his back J go beg some of that that oe said The way those e coming into this coun- coun ont wont be a lot of game piece will you t r that girl McKenzie away Guess youre you're she's just like the rest of her own grub and andi i the stuff they hand out gullion sale enzie Joe two great hoose nose meat freezing in J halted beside his partes parte's partes parte's part- part es e's the meat and theres there's the snow burners he geant Terry came along 1 ups Break hit below i most of the way until t ty y or fifty miles took the unwrapped barted arted away His course i a maze of tents dog ty snow piles hastily ay a to reveal the moss chinked cabin or uprights of new build- build alter Iter an output from a brought in over overt At t last he sighted a tiny he and Joe had built it Towers Then he saw e from the door at his running almost sprawls sprawl- sprawl s e crusted snow She Hammond saw that she ething in one hand In InV V behind her was framed j figure of a man On girl she stumbled 1 and continued to run I two hundred dollars 1 But tit ut Ive got two huns buns hun bun ts s transformed almost I her excitement There on her checks cheeks two hundred dollars I i. i as she reached him I Id Ia Q a down pa pay paydown you back Hamid lIam Ham id eI d down at the money money moncy In I Oh it isn't counterfeit money see its it's Itse t her by the arm laugh laugh- e. e Jeanne But where it d elm my or claim You told M t an any good But I got dollars for it see it-see see it It- It the money again Then the stranger came to the doorway Heres Ce Was cut short Ham said I like someone I J met in look why like youre you're arent aren't you My lily II names name's Ii remember pd ond For an In In- dOCk traveled far away In Seattle with th the g C it Its teu lers morning gleam on with Kay to In his histo nt happen to bring me a laughed lie He was a m sure sure- II at d' d boo boots muscular at home e In s. s just a as he heh had dyer dinner clothes I No letter letter but but a lot of mes meso sages Do you know each other Jeanne Towers asked Were old friends of the same family Kenning explained Good to see you after this long trip well we'll well we'll have to spend some time together Just in eh Yes with today's bunch I tried to fight the gold fever Couldn't So here I am Hammond glanced again at the money clutched in Jeanne's white hands Ill say this for you You work fast Dont I U His smile was dis arming Queer how it turned out I went into Miss Towers' Towers store for some tobacco Got to talking about the district of course I asked what you were doing Hammond laughed Always check up on the fellow who's made the strike Certainly first CertaInly first Job of a good geologist geologist ge ge- You know your mining eh Jack jerked his head bead My cabins cabin's right here Walk Walkover over Glad to to Kenning answered Fine Ive I've a drop or two of Scotch left Impulsively he laid a hand on the shoulder of Jeanne Towers as she took the moose meat meathe meathe meathe he had brought her better sharpen up your pencil and see what youre you're going to buy for your store when up break-up comes But I wanted to pay you you you- That can wait He lIe patted her shoulder again Still somewhat dazed by sudden wealth Jeanne Towers returned to her cabin Ham Ham- Hammond Hammond mond caught eagerly at his companions companion's com coma panion's arm Listen he said I cant can't wait walt Tell me all about Kay Is she well Is she coming up here Did she really mean it you it-you you know treating know treating me like she cared something about me Weeks later he still was asking the same questions He lIe and Kenning Kenning Ken Ken- ning stood on a side hill where nots forget bloomed at the edge of retreating drifts and the blue of lupin contrasted with the first buds of mountain rhododendron Spring had come as if a book had been opened and a chapter turned With the streams at flood stage halting halt ing much of the seeking gold-seeking the thoughts of a new civilization had turned to building That is why Hammond and Kenning had come up here on the hilL Back Dack of them stood a new cabin the cabin the one Hammond Hammond Ham Ham- mond had promised Kay Joyce he be would build for her Great view from up here KennIng Kenning Kenning Ken Ken- ning said at last They could look down on the big biglake biglake biglake lake a moose feeding in a far far- away shallow bay a few miners fishing in the clear water just off the inlet You cant can't kick on the one you get from your place Hammond answered Kenning had built his bis cabin on the next hilL They went there for a drink the thelast thelast thelast last of Kennings Kenning's supply Then with another prideful survey of Kays Kay's house Hammond dropped down the hill At last he walked through the lush grass along the bubbling course of Loon creek and toward Jeanne's tiny store She was alone there He lie paused at the door to watch her sitting on a rough bench Then she noticed Hammonds Hammond's presence and with a quick smile disentangled herself Hello she said It was a welcome wel wel- welcome come a greeting and an as obeisance all in one Hello he answered casually Still got your two hundred dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars Oh Ive I've hidden it Then You missed the excitement Sergeant Terry just got a customer for the new Jail Not Nol No This was news Who Oh that Jorgeson fellow lIe He got in m a fight with his wife He must have beaten her up terribly Too bad She complained eh Jeanne shook her head No she No she stood for it Somebody else told Terry Her kind is always al al- always ways afraid to complain People say they're not married Jack laughed Well she's lucky at that Not being tied to him Jeanne came forward and leaned against the door The brightness was gone eone temporarily from her features fea tures lures she the looked thoughtfully out toward the new raw camp Oh I 1 dont don't know Jack Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times a woman who isn't married Is ts tied tighter to a man than if she were his wife You see she hasn't anything else she else she lost it when she went with him Maybe that's why she stands for so much much- She halted suddenly and attentively turned her head bead upward What that than Sounds like a motor boat It couldn't beThen be beThen be- be Then a faint shout came from far tar away It was picked up by a dozen voices The fishermen down at the Inlet cried out out faintly faintly Jack caught the words Airplane I Airplane e c coming o 0 m i 1 n g 1 Theres There's an airplane Doors were banging as Jeanne and Hammond ran from the store Everyone was running for that matter or standing hands over eyes Far down the valley where Lake Sapphire merged with the sky a great winged wide-winged bird was limned against the sunset moving swiftly into sharper delineation It circled the town and traveled far down the lake dropping lower lower At last with its trailing edge Haps cutting down its speed it slipped still nearer the lake its engine snarled anew and cut off again Spray scattered like plumes of jetting steam from its pontoons swishing and splashing it skipped the water in great leaps settled again ploughed onward then with the engine roaring anew began to taxi toward shore Men ran into the marshy shallows shallows shallows lows to greet it pawing wildly about then wading frantically to get out of its way The pilot rose in his cockpit to motion furiously warning excited watchers against the danger of the propeller Jack Hammond gave an exultant shout He leaped from the side of Jeanne Towers and splashed into the water without even feeling It Hello Timmy he yelled You made It It The man In the cockpit veering from side to side as he watched the water depths about him raised a hand in answer then swiftly returned returned returned re re- re- re turned to his task Now Jack could see the cabin windows Two persons were inside Hammond saw that Kay was one of them He lie cupped his hands to his mouth and shouted at the height of his lungs He jumped up and down in the water until he was dripping He lie waved his arms He lie jerked off olY his hat and threw it at atthe atthe atthe the cabin door door door-at at last it opened Kay Joyce trim In polo shirt fawn-colored fawn breeches riding boots and red nails of an equal luster leaned out Jack Jackl she called Dont splash around like that How in the world will you ever carry mother and me q t l 2 r 31 i ih h io rc I If f 1 c i l P r 1 The Ideas Idea's Worth Keeping to Ourselves ashore Well We'll be simply dripping you old silly 1 It was Bruce Kenning KeMing however who finally carried Kay and her mother ashore Hammond all of a sudden had realized that he was a sodden mess Then with the landIng landing landing land land- ing of the party everything became became became be be- came confused gold seekers crowded crowd crowd- ed about placer miners waded out outto outto outto to catch the rope which Timmy Moon had tossed to them that they might knot it to a pontoon and anchor anchor an an- chor the ship Now Hammond was back in his own cabin talking excitedly excitedly excitedly ex ex- as he changed his clothes Kays crazy about the cottage he volunteered McKenzie Joe squatted on the doorstep turned his head I figured she would be for awhile I What do you mean awhile city people said McKenzie Mc Me- Kenzie Joe quietly Hammond laughed tightened his belt stood immobile a moment then clawed about him in the half half- dark room for a necktie I Dont you worry about that Kay can take it So can her mother 1 They like the outdoors McKenzie made no direct reply He lie only eyed his partner Kind of dressing up arent aren't you Well said Jack with a grin You know their know their first night here Were We're all going to the to eat Come along Nope hope Joe said it half brusquely brusque ly Iy Little arent aren't you woe oe oe he said at last Not particularly A queer feeling of resentment shot through Hammond what Joe he said finally been eating on you but mosquitoes I reck reck- on joke the a younger man Lets not jokey younger dab Youve been different dif said suddenly ever er since we came back I ferent I I I here Me different ent I aint noticed it it Jack 1 You haven't ha seemed yourself Moody thinking Moody thinking about something I all the I time Grouchy like you OU had a chip on your shoulder When asked Joe I The other day for instance I when Bruce Druce Kenning dropped by our test pit pit v I lIe Ire was asking a lot of questions questions ques wasn't he Hammond spread pread his hands Oh Joe suppose Joe suppose he was Cant Can't Canta a man be Interested in what a friends friend's doing You'd think he was going to jump our claims the way wal you act act I That wouldn't do him much good good the old prospector said with a masked smile Not the way they're turning out Then why be so cagey cage We haven't got anything to hide Weve got our theory aint we that the big discovery's yet to be found This stuff that's that been ben turned up aint but chicken feed Weve We've got the richest placer claims along the new bed of Loon creek and well we'll be lucky if they bring us fifty tIfty thousand dollars McKenzie Joes Joe's keen eyes swept the valley Theres a bonanza around here somewhere if we ever find and that old river bed The ideas idea's worth keeping to ourselves I suppose so On the other hand Kennings Kenning's a geologist It might pay us to give him a little information information- even cut him in McKenzie Joe rose and tossed the stick away Not while Im I'm a partner In this shebang he said Then hesitantly hesitant ly I guess Ill I'll go eat You wont won't change your mind and come with us I Oh not tonight Youve You've all got things to talk about Hammond watched him stalk away it was not his Imagination he told himself which made him feel that Joe was different Silent almost morose at times working quietly and without response while Hammond planned enthusiastically for the future when Kay would be bethere bethere bethere there and Sapphire Lake a city Joe must be getting old he said at last and dropping down the step hurried through the cross criss-cross I of cabins and tents toward the trail which led to the cottage Kay turned from a window and I strode toward him with a swinging step which matched her outdoor clothing You old dear dearl she exclaimed I thought Id I'd better hurry back Hammond explained buoyantly Just to be sure you were really hereIt here It If your ears rang like mine you'd know we were here broke InI in I Mrs Joyce Sitting cooped up In InI j I that airplane for I dont don't know how i many hours She sat legged cross-legged I on one of the two beds I poking a cigarette into a long green holder Kay cut InCan inCan in Can you imagine she asked as she came close to Jack and with a maternal manner straightened straightened straightened straight straight- ened his tie Only her fitting close-fitting jersey Imprisoned her full breasts they touched Hammonds Hammond's arm yielding softly to pressure We hardly paused all the way here from Vancouver Hammond barely heard her his blood was stinging in his veins Good thing we didn't have to turn back when we got here growled Timmy from his sprawled position on a rough chair Wed have been In a hell of a fix if this lake had been frozen over But Dut it wasn't frozen Kay Jibed She turned from lIam Ham mond and leaned over the back of Timmy's chair She tweaked the pilots pilot's nose Always the cheerful little earful Hes He's had us smashed up a dozen times since we started Well who wouldn't be careful Finding a place that hardly exists in a crate like that old boat of mine A fellows fellow's got to think of his responsibilities re How now many stops did you make getting here Jack asked Only a couple Kay volun volun- Once at Stewart lake for forgas forgas forgas gas and for Timmy to study his maps Then again at Jack whistled You moved right along Mrs Joyce regarded her cigarette cigarette ciga ciga- rette holder what happens when a girl really wants to see a man she observed calmly 11 Ham Hammond a m m m 0 n d laughed and could think of nothing t to say Kay cross crossed d the room and dropped into a chair Now that its it's over Im I'm tired Then she added we have dinner served up here Hammond shook his head Nothing like that Its It's a matter of |