Show 4 0 0 0 MAA WIM S aan AM GOILO courtney I 1 ryley ayley cooper a 0 courtney ryley cooper service SYNOPSIS I 1 jack hammond gold prospector returns to 0 o prince rupert after a opree in seattle and learns that a gold cold rush la Is starting as a result of som some careless remarks he had bad dropped at a party concerning a g gold id discovery ho he finds that his partner mckan tie lie toe joe britten has gone on north t to 0 protect their thear claims besieged hammond decides to tell ell the would be prospectors how to reach the new gold fields around t the he world annie a frontier dance hall proprietor has assembled a troupe ol of girls and Is bent on a dance hall at the new camp jack rouses muses about kay joyce the girl in seattle i whom he loves and to whom he confided the secret ecret ot of his gold strike going to his fits lawyers office he passes a youns young girl on the stairs jack asks barstow the lawyer about the girl and learns that she is a volunteer client jack tells him about kay timmy moon a mutual acquaintance had brought them together kay was chilly at first but when she saw sav some ot of his gold nuggets they got along beautifully he had met her mother nother li and a friend ol of the family bruce kenning a geologist sergeant terry ol of the royal canadian mounted police joins the gold cold seekers on their trip north jack encounters the girl jeanne towers and she asks him to lend her a team ot of dogs does and supplies he consents the next day the trek to the new bonanza begins later on the trail jeanne la Is lost and hammond saves her the gold seekers arrive and the new camp Is soon in lull full swing hammond and joe have a secret theory that the real gold find will not be on the present tile site ot of the big moose river but on its prehistoric bed which they are seeking kenning turns up with messages from seattle springtime comes then tin an airplane arrives bearing kay hay her mother mothe and d timmy moon the aviator mckenzie Mc Kenzle joe Is moody while they are eating at the jeanne towers appears she and nd kay dislike dishko each other at first sight and she sits by herself kay urges jack to take kenning into his confidence about his bis operations CHAPTER IV continued 8 women are right sometimes mrs joyce added timmy fussed bussed with his knife and fork wish that yellow peril would bring on the steak im going to eat the tablecloth in a minute tie be along hammond answered glad of the change of conversation IU ill try to get hold of that chinaman he raised his head looking about the shoddy restaurant only to pause as the door opened and a young man entered paused a moment then started forward at the sight of hammonds party he was a man jack had not seen before once well built but now somewhat fallen away as though his clothing did not fit or an inactive life had robbed a frame once well filled by the outdoors the bagginess sag giness extended to his features deep lines about his mouth a thickness of the cheeks at each side of his nose he raised a cigarette to his lips with a jerky movement then snapped th the e arm quickly down at his side now he hesitated as if wondering whether or not to interrupt at last he d decided against further approach and turned again to the door hammond saw him glance toward the corner where jeanne towers sat and stiffen as though with surprise then he heard a sound from the corner half gasp half scream that was smothered almost before it began for an instant the two stared as if each were petrified by the others presence then the young man swung out the door and jeanne towers fighting mightily to pretend unconcern returned to her meager meal CHAPTER V an hour later hammond saw the man again the meal was finished and jack was strolling through the camp with his guests kay had announced a tremendous interest in everything about her she could not wait until morning she said so now picking their way along the dark passageways eways and trails wh which ich passed as streets hammond had done his best to give a picture of the place its beginnings eg innings its hopes at last tired they had turned homeward timmy moon lagging somewhat in the rear glancing back hammond saw the dim form of a man follow the aviator tor for a few moments at last halting him timmy was late reaching the cottage wherever reve you been asked kay the pilot grinned A fellow wanted me to make a trip for him that man who came into the Blum gullion hammond asked timmy nodded kay joyce shrugged her shoulders how far is it from here to wrangell ell asked timmy to where vh ere kay was yawning lt alaska jack supplied its about a hundred miles air line okay said timmy fifty cents a mile a hundred bucks for the round trip say he be queried theres a part of this lake that dips dins over on the alaskan side of the line there 44 yes mind pointing it out to me 0 now asked Harn II ammond mond sure ill be making an early getaway get away in the morning mornin lets go ou outside aside 4 well weft said kay with another yawn if theres anything to see lets take a look at it come on mother mrs joyce laid aside her green cigarette holder and with that queer couly acquiescent mood which seemed a part ol of her joined the rest of the group on the tiny veranda the moon had risen shimmering tho the great expanse of sapphire lake lying now me like an irregular plate of silver between rugged mounds of black velvet its an inlet over there to the right hammond said land on that and be safe safe broke in far kay with a little littie laugh from whom the mounties bounties Mo unties this is a booze trip it kay faced the aviator timmel you gone in for bootlegging already the tone was jesting but timmy was tired lit it against the law to bring liquor from american territory to american territory im not sneaking anything into canada chos this fellow who hired you hammond asked curiosity pulled hard at him he was sure J A P 41 OL vf 11 41 1 ay J im malting an early getaway get away in the INI morning orning 11 it was the man who had frightened jeanne towers timmy rubbed his round face damned if I 1 know he said his name was lew anade I 1 think he works for around the world annie kay laughed somewhat earsl harshly ily so what becomes of our darling timmy he comes into the new unfettered north and immediately becomes a bootlegger it was badly timed timmy moons nerves were raw from a long session at the stick well at least im honest about it im not being a damned pretender ten derl 1 why timmy asked kay with an air of amazement chos pretending weve all been pretending said timmy moon jack caught the scent of liquor on his breath and evidently lew anade whoever he was had been generous and im sick of it were up here and lets be honest as to why were here timmy in the reflected light of the doorway hammond adiv saw that the girls face had gone white there was rage in her eyes the aviator did not notice dont timmy me he exclaimed were all broke and we might as well say were broke and be done with it perhaps better go to bed said mrs joyce icily 1 I think a good idea hammond took him by the arm time for us to go timmy oh all right the round little pilot was grinning again 1 I mean to start any fireworks hammond pulled him off of the veranda and with an effort at a joking good goodnight night to the two women led him down the trail sorry I 1 cant put you up in my cabin he apologized when they were well along toward town but weve only got two bunks there oh I 1 go anyway ive got to get out too early timmy rubbed his hands over his face wow how a couple of shots can hit a fellow when hes tired you rather spoke out of turn up there at the house the miner suggested I 1 timmy raised his head pulling hard for air yen yeh I 1 guess I 1 did he confessed kay will hate me for that been trying to keep it dark that they got a cent but everybody in seattle knows it it if it for the money that bruce kenning slips them they would ni have a thin dime hammond gasped but always always been the rich people of seattle yeh with their heads in the air but they cant hold em cm up any longer down there why they were so glad to get out A certain grimness came into hammonds features kay need to worry sure not with you then lets drop the subject the miner said qu ly besides heres your flop joint jinmy moon hiccoughed coughed god cori he exclaimed looking at the outlines of the log cabin bed house with its bear tallow candle flickering dickering behind a mosquito net window hammond slapped him on the shoulder get to bed timmel he commanded youve had a long day 09 then lonely puzzled a bit d depressed he went onward toward his dark cabin where snored mckenzie joe this night of nights night S had not turned out at all the way he had hoped for it morning however brought a spirit of gayety gaiety everybody had been tired and excited the night before hammond told himself nevertheless erth eless on his way from breakfast he could not help turning tur ning toward the cabin store of jeanne towers nor could he conceal a certain expression of concern as she began what was meant to be a sprightly conversation about ham monds guests then she turned to the subject of timmy moons airplane its it s changed the whole camp she exclaimed rearranging a few containers of dried food on the almost empty shelves been asking mo me when I 1 intended to lay in new nev stock buy me some tobacco that half hay when you do hammond ordered with a grin benzies ive been using he could smoke moose hide at jeanne got oui out a pencil and a sheet of paper already there was the beginning of quite a list 1 I cant get it for a week or so she said mr moon is booked up until then I 1 was up early but the people and the flophouse and the hotel were already ahead of me a week asked hammond be the merchant queen of sapphire lake first thing we know im afraid im getting as bad as you prospectors came with an uneasy e laugh ive been wishing for another mining rush 41 why she shrugged her shoulders oh I 1 dont know the excitement I 1 guess the thrill of going somewhere then f im sorry that sound grateful but this camp really got ten started quickly he asked jeanne bothering you spring maybe sure 11 she fenced what else elsea who was that man in the restaurant last night oh that she exclaimed with a smile that for the moment disarmed him it was all too silly I 1 could have sworn I 1 knew him a boy id gone to school with up in back homel it was a mistake then oh yes id looked up hurriedly it was just like seeing a ghost did you hear me I 1 almost s shrieked hrie ked the poor fellow must have have thought id gone crazy I 1 did feel like an idiot hammond agreed that it was indeed a silly feeling soon he went onward again to take the trail up to the cottage but he carried with him an uneasy presentiment that jeanne towers had not told the tha truth kay was waiting for him as well groomed as if she had come from a beauty parlor hammond watched the sun play on her hatless head as with her mother they went down the trail then at last on the banks of loon creek the man pointed out the claim which he had saved for her a stretch of gravel extending along the stream near where upturned stones and earth told of the workings held by mckenzie joe and himself 1 I got them as near mine as I 1 could he announced and is this a claim asked kay why its just the bank of the stream look hammond answered all along the creek were evidences of labor here and there disregarding the high water men labored at the shoveling of earth into long wooden sluice boxes which picking u the water from a nume flume running from a higher point in the stream carried it downward on a slow decline you just wash it through and it becomes gold kay said curiously that cute it looks like a day laborers job to me her mother reflected A shout answered her from upstream where the rawboned raw boned olson and two partners were working instantly labor stopped elsewhere necks craned heads appeared above the higher portions of earth where the stream temporarily ran between cut banks then men began to converge upon the sluice box lets go up hammond exclaimed olsons found something in the cleanup clean up the cleanup clean up kay asked hurrying beside him mrs joyce followed somewhat in their wake glancing acridly about her a woman who seldom smiled who seldom gave interest yet who seemed always to be weighing everything within her range hammond turned to explain yes the cleanup clean up you see those long wooden chutes are called sluice boxes got cleats across the bottom called riffles fiffles rif fles the dirt is shoveled in at the top and is carried along by the water the dirt and light gravel flow on out anything heavier settles behind those riffles rif fles TO BE CONTINUED |