Show The POACHERS OUTWITTED By Fiction Richard H. H Wil Corner Gerner I II I TT HAPPENED that Glen IT 1 Lloyd was the only warden on duty when Chief Fred Mather received received received re re- re- re word that poachers were doing a wholesale business in moose meat up in Birchill county Glen was a rookie on the job As Asyet Asyet Asyet yet hed he'd 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 reconnoitering he told the youth find a aI abase abase I base camp under un un- un Minute E-Minute Minute der a cliff near 3 I Fiction the headwaters of the Beaver Make this your headquarters until Warden Loomis arrives Hell He'll tell you how bow to proceed proceed pro pro- Chief Mather drummed with his pencil Dont take any chances son Ive I've an idea that Moe Stanford's behind this ring Hes He's a abad abad abad bad actor Glen reached the base cabin two days later The ground was covered covered cov coy ered with a six-inch six fall of snow Glen waited two days more and then decided to take matters into his own hands bands Armed with his service service ser vice pistol and a flashlight he concealed con con- himself near the tote road on top of a ridge wh where re the progress ress 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 Glen's spirits ebbed low Cursing himself for delaying action Glen was about to quit his hiding place when he heard distantly the roar of an automobile motor He lie waited until the driver was shifting gears for the final pull then stepped out oot into the glare of the lights He Dc held beld his hisgun gun n In one ODe hand The badge on his sheepskin coat was plainly visible Instead of stopping the driver bore down on the accelerator The truck roared straight at the war war- den Glen stepped to one side bare bare- Iy ly avoiding being hit and as the heavy machine lumbered by he be swung himself onto the running board He clung there perilously for a moment then something hit him on the head he heard an angry curse and went spinning of into space Fifteen minutes later he emerged on to the same tote road where it doubled back on itself The lights from the truck were already sweepIng sweep sweep- ing up the incline G LEN ILEN CROUCHED be behind h in d a B boulder glad that the darkness was so intense He waited until the truck had crawled by then ran after it He caught the tailboard I and hoisted himself up Two men were standing up front leaning o over ver the cab The noise of the motor J h had ad drowned out sounds of his ap ap- ap- ap Reversing his service gun Glen crept up behind the men felled one of them and grappled with the other The scuffle was short Taken completely by surprise the poacher was at a disadvantage Stunned by the blow which he tried t to o dodge he fell against the cab and slumped to his knees when Glen struck out a second time The warden handcuffed the two men to an upright in iD the truck then approached tho the cab There was a small window in its rear Through this Glen thrust his gun pun splintering the glass The two men mes I bi Ii I turned to find themselves tS f a aing ing Lug into the guns gun's moult nils Warden Loomis ward to join young Glen i astonished to find a truck C a e eold I old tote road The Toe truck s sand I and a friendly boyish voice toce p pe Ie him HI Joe Glen yelled some bracelets on these bi front will you My hands hand's from holding this gun I caa m it let it-let let alone pull the trigger trigger- When Chief Mather hem beard story he wrote a personal to Supervisor Herrick COn COning ing the supervisor on his di I men I |