Show he POACH POACHERS ERS OUTWITTED by fiction richard richar d H wilkinson corner IT HAPPENED that young glen lloyd was the only warden on duty when chief fred mather received word that poachers were doing a wholesale who cesale business in moose meat up in birchill county glen was a rookie on the job As yet held hed had no contact with either the hardships or the dangers of a north woods game warden chief mather decided to use discretion you go up there and do some reconnoiter reconnoitering ing he told the youth find a base camp un der a cliff near 3 fiction the headwaters of the beaver biake make this your headquarters until warden loomis arrives heu hell tell you how to proceed chief mather drummed with his pencil dont take any chances san son ive an idea that moe Stan fords behind this ring hes d a bad actor i glen reached the base cabin two days later the ground was covered with a six inch fan fall of inow snow glen waited two days more and then decided to take matters into his own hands armed with his service pistol and a flashlight he concealed himself near the tote road on top of a ridge where the progress of the truck would have to be slow it was bitterly cold and a brisk wind was blowing also there was the promise of snow in the air midnight came and went and glens spirits ebbed low cursing himself tor for delaying action glen was about to quit his bis hiding place when he heard beard di distantly the roar of an automobile motor ile he waited until the driver was shifting gears for the he final pull then stepped out into the glare of the lights ile he held his gun in one band the badge on his sheepskin coat was plainly visible instead of stopping hg the driver bore down on the accelerator the truck roared straight at the warden glen stepped to one side barei ly avoiding being hit and is as the heavy machine lumbered by he swung himself onto the running board ile he clung there perilously for d a mo moment merit then something hit him on the head he heard an angry curse and went spinning of into space fifteen minutes minute slater later he emerged on to the same tote road where it doubled back on itsell itself the lights from rom the truck lvere were already sweeping up the incline LEN CROUCHED behind a Gb GLEN boulder glad that the darkness was so intense he e waited ival ted until the truck had crawled by then ran atter after it it he caught the tailboard tall board and hoisted himself up two men were standing up front leaning over the cab Then the noise olse of the motor had drowned out sounds of his approach reversing his service gun glen crept up behind the men felled one of them and grappled with the other the scuffle was short lived takero completely by surprise the poacher was at a disadvantage stunned by the blow which he tried to td dodge he fell against the cab and slumped to his bis knees when glen struck out a second time the warden handcuffed the two men to an upright in the truck then approached the cab there was a small window in its rear through this glen i i thrust his gun splintering the glass the two men inside turned to find themselves staring into the guns muzzle warden loomis trekking northward to join young glen lloyd was astonished to find a truck on them the old tots tote road the truck stop stopped and a friendly boyish voice greeted him HI joe glen yelled put some bracelets on these birds irv in front will you my hands so stiff from holding this gun I 1 cant move it let alone pull the trigger trig gei 11 when chief mather heard beard the story he wrote a personal letter to supervisor herrick Herr lck compliment ing the supervisor on his bis choice of 0 men |