THE CENTRE REPOR SYNOPSIS As Alan Garth, prospector, is pre- paring to leave for his mining claim in the Far North, a plane lands at the airways emergency station. In fit are Burton Ramill, millionaire mining magnate; his daughter, Lilith; and Vivian Huxby, pilot and mining engi- neer. Believing him to be only an igno- rant prospector, the men offer to make an air trip to Garth's claim, although they refer to his samples of platinum- bearing ore as nearly “worthless.” Lil- ith Ramill, product of the jazz age, plainly shows her contempt for Garth. Through Garth's guidance the plane soon reaches the claim site. Huxby and Ramlill, after making several tests, assure Garth his claim is nearly value less, but to “encourage” young pros- pectors they are willing to take a chance In investing a small amount. CHAPTER II—Continued milf No more was needed to confirm Garth's suspicions. He glided across the glade and ran on through the woods like a startled caribou, The thick growth of spruces screened him from the view of anyone up on the open tundra. He vaulted upon the wing of the monoplane and ran along it to jump foto the cockpit. In a moment he had hold of Huxby's tool-kit. He went at the engine like a skilled airplane me- chanic. When, after a few moments of quick work, he replaced the tool-kit and ran back ont the wing, there was a small metal object inside his buckskin shire. He jumped off and slipped away to an alder thicket, a short distance along the lake bank. Less than three minutes later, he heard a heavy puffing and wheezing and the snap of dry branches, Then the three staggered Into sight. Mr. Ramill was purple from exertion. His mouth gaped wide with his gasps for breath. Neither his daughter nor Huxby was winded. But both were flushed from the exertion of support. ing the portly millionaire. The girl's expression was one of dis- gust and anger. She stopped several feet short of the plane. “Oh, d—n! Why the rush? We're out of sight now. I'm going to ake a rest.” Her father was beyond words. As she let go of his arm he slumped down with a suddenness that almost pulled Huxby over on top of him. The min- ing engineer peered back through the spruces, and around at the thicket where Garth lay In walt, “Just one more go, darling.” he ap- pealed. “The fellow must know how to handle his rifle. If he comes In ight of the plane before we get out of range— Please, sweetheart! Remem- ber it means millions to us—milllons! I'll give you that emerald necklace we saw at Tiffany's.” “You certainly will! And Dad will do more. I'm to have a third in this mine that you say Is worth so much. Is that clear?” “Yes, darling; take hold,” urged. “We both agree ™ She waved him towards the plane, “Fetch a flask. We'll never get him aboard without a bracer.” Huxby ran to vault up on the wing. The girl had pointed out the obvious fact. Her father was in a state of collapse from overexertion. He could not move until revived, and he was too heavy for them to lift bodily. The engineer swung Into the cabin and hastened back ashore with a flask of whisky, During hls short absence Mr. Ramlll had ceased to gasp. He could draw deeper breaths. Two or three swallows of whisky tautened his flabby muscles. Helped by his daugh ter and Huxby, he struggled to his feet and staggered out along the rock shelf to the plane, The wing end stood neck-high above the ledge. While Mr. Ramill took an- other bracer of whisky, Huxby boost- ed the girl up on the front edge, She grasped hold of her father's collar. Huxby gripped his thick legs below the knees and heaved. Mr. Ramill's hands were on the wing edge. He pulled with all his whisky-borrowed strength. His corpulent midbody rose above the edge of the wing. Huxby gave a last upward heave. It enabled the girl to drag her father over on the convex surface. Huxby vaulted after to help her lift the prone millionaire to his feet. They started to lead him along the wing top to the fuselage of the plane, 3ehind the backs of the three, Garth stepped clear from the alders and came forward, silent as a stalking Irnx. Midway between the head of the plane and the spruce to which it was tied, he stopped and lowered his rifle, butt down, to lean on the muzzle, “Hullo,” he sang out. “What's hap- pened? Mr. Ramill 1117" At the first word, Huxby tensed and glanced over his shoulder. He let go of Ramil, After a moment, he jerked around and thrust out his automatic pistol towards Garth, “Swing up that rifle, butt end for ward,” he ordered. “Why, what d'yon mean? Garth questioned, his mouth half agape. “I mean business,” Huxby answered. “Hold up the butt—up above your head; then come forward and lay the rifle on the wing.” Garth rounded his mouth still mare. Huxby “My word, man, you must be stark mad. I've no thought of shooting you" “I'm taking no chances. Put that rifle on the wing, or I'll fill you full of lead.” “Mad—mad as a March hare,” mut- tered Garth. “Don’t ghoot.” He lifted the rifle overhead, butt forward, as ordered, and advanced, still gaping. He came within a step of the wing edge and paused. The girl was gazing at him with open contempt. He had been such an easy dupe. Her father looked grave, yet made no move to Interpose when Huxby leveled the pistol and took deliberate aim, CHAPTER III Outbluffed. A man of iron nerve might have risked death from the leveled auto- matic of the mining engineer by tak- Ing a sudden dive under the wing of the monoplane, Once in cover, anyone quick with a rifle would have had an even chance against the holder of the pistol. Garth made no such daring break. He obeyed the order to lay his rifle on the wing top. “There you are,” he sald. “That should clear your head of your crazy notion I'm dangerous.” Huxby met this with a cold smile “You're right in part, you poor fish. It would be crazy to fancy you're at all dangerous. I'm the one who has the gun, and I'm ready to use it. For UNI / 111 tit \WHRUITTY ijl] // . i Hilf! /’ “Don’t Shoct!™ tunately for you, there's no need to shoot you If you keep on doing as you're told. Back up now and cast off that line” Three steps away from the wing, Garth halted to protest: “Mr. Ramill, surely you'll not abandon me this way —not even let me keep my rifle. That is what Is called the long travols. I'll starve before 1 can reach the Mac kenzie.” Miss Ramlll smiled mockingly. “Oh, no, woodsy. You can throw stones. All you need do Is stay right here and eat your fellow rabbits As soon as we record our claims, we'll come back to replace your stakes with our own” “Yes,” her father agreed. “No dan- ger of an experienced prospector like you starving, this time of year. Walt here for us, and I'll pay you that two thousand dollars I offered.” Huxby signed with his pistol “There's your answer, boob. Now step lively. Cast off that line” Before the threatening muzzle, Garth turned about and walked along the ledge to the tie tree. He passed the rope end through the tree loop, and pulled loose the bite of the stay hitch. Had he then let go of the rope end, the taut line would have whipped the loop around the spruce trunk and set the monoplane adrift. Instead, he held fast. Huxby frowned and ralsed the pistol. “What are you waiting for? 1 told you to cast off. It's no use your whining. You don't suppose we'll pass up the chance to record that placer, do you?” “No,” Garth replied. “You've shown your colors—hoisted the black flag Only thing, a woman Is a woman. Let me suggest that you try your self. starter before 1 let go this line, I've heard that airplanes sometimes balk. If you can't get yours into the air in time, the wind and current will drift you down-lake to those falls” “How sad! You dumb dupe, If you think I" “Wait,” cut In Mr, Ramil, “Hand me your pistol, Vivian, and try the motor, The fellow gave up his rifle a bit too readily.” Though far from pleased, Huxhy passed over the automatic. Mr. Ramin} had recovered from his exhaustion, and the way he handled the pistol showed that he knew how to ues it Huxby swung into the cockpit and threw on the self-starter, It buzzed h but the propeller did not turn over, The motor failed to go. Another try brought the same barren result, The engineer pllot made a hasty examina- tion of the magneto. He sprang out on the wing, In a cold fury. “The d--d sneak has crippled the motor, Give me the pistol.” Mr. Ramill held up a restraining hand, “One moment, Vivian.~Now, Garth, what have you done?” Garth smiled. “Merely removed one of the breaker points, Mr. Ramlil. It's platinum, you know, and that's what we're bargaining over, The point Is quite safe here, inside my shirt,” “Shoot him,” sald Huxby. “We're not going to be done by a fool trick like this. Shoot the idiot. Go on, chief. He's only a lousy woods bum. It's a matter of a million at the least,” The older man leveled the pistol. “Garth, you heard him. You've played a silly trick. We have the drop on you. If you value your life, bring that stolen breaker point here, and be quick about it." “How about the line, sir?" Garth In. quired. “If 1 let go, the plane will be swept out into the lake." “Tie it again” “What if I'd rather not? For the second time Miss Ramil chimed in on the talk: “It would be just too bad for you, woodsy boy. Dad 1s a better shot even than Vivian” “A better shot and a no less cool thinker,” Garth replied. “How can | hold this rope If I'm shot? Those falls and the rapids below Hold on there, Huxby! Not so fast. You can come ashore; but Miss Ramill and her father will come with you. There'll be no rush to catch the line until all three of you are off the wing” Mr. Ramill started with Huxby out along the wing. His daughter did not move, “If you fancy I'll leave the plane, you can guess again” Her father spoke In her ear, None too graciously, she took the offered arm of her fiance. Side by side, the three came out to the end of the wing. Mr. Ramill handed the pistol to Hux. by, and knelt, ready to slide over the front edge. he girl jumped down lightly, without waiting for assistance. Huxby handed her the rifle, lald the pistol on the wing edge, and grasped Mr. Ramill's hands. As the portly millionaire slid over, off the wing, Garth let go of the rope end and sprang forward, The loop whipped from around the spruce trunk. He grasped the slackened line and flipped it out into the swift rush of the milky stream. The head of the released plane at once started to swing offshore. Hux by grabbed his pistol and leaped down to grasp the wing edge. He shouted for the others to catch hold, But the unexpected bump of the edge against their heads had made both father and daughter crouch down. Huxby stepped back to brace himself for a shove against the rotary out thrust of the wing. His rear foot went over the round of the warter.-pol- ished ledge. The wing thrust him on outwards, Before he could let go, both of his feet were off the ledge top. He slid down with a splash Into the swirling water. The engineer plunged upstream three of four steps to a split in the glassy-faced ledge. He clawed up the crevice and sprang fo his feet on the rock shelf, drenched to the armpits by the milky water. But his right hand still grasped his automatic pistol. Once more Garth seemed to have acted the part of a fool. For a few moments Miss Ramill and her father had crouched motionless, dumfounded by the letting loose of the monoplane and its shove of Huxby off the ledge. Garth stood like an unconcerned on- looker, While the engineer was still struggling up out of the stream bed, Mr. Ramill took the rifle from his daughter and aimed it at Garth, “Take your time, Vivian," he called. “I have him covered” “Hu-walt,” panted Huxby. him-—to me" He stood dripping till he caught his breath. A flirt of the pistol barrel made sure it was free from water. He took a step closer to Garth, his eyes cold, his lips tightened In a bitter smile, “Another clever trick, Jack—and your last. I'll be generous and give you half a minute for your priyers.” Garth eyed him gravely, “That is indeed generous. “Shall I reciprocate by praying that you and Miss Ramil do not suffer too long from the tor. tures of flies and starvation? Mr. Ramill may possibly be able to get over the pass, though I doubt ir. In any event, the first muskeg will stop him. You and Miss Ramill probably will last for two or three weeks longer.” Huxby glared. “You tricky devil! Clever, aren't you? Here is where you last less than a minute” “Yes?” Garth smiled. “I might sug. gest to Mr. Ramill that he reflect upon the inadvisabllity of murder in Canada. The Northwest Police always get their man, If he Is unaware of the fact, 1 might appeal to the woman'y gentleness of Miss Ramil” “Go ahead,” Huxby sneered. “You're welcome to try” “Why bother them needlessly?” Garth came back at him, “My dear “Leave By ROBERT AMES BENNET WNU Service Copyright by Robert Ames Bennet man, you are no rash fool been other than what you are, do you me?” The coolness of tone and look that by's consideration. rowed. “Out with ir.” His eyes nar Garth replled, “You're neither a hot- head nor a fool. based upon cold-blooded calculation. In this case, you'll calculate these fac- tors: If you kill me, you will most first sink In the slime of muskeg bog. The only other alternative is for you to stay here and freeze at the first on- set of winter. Platinum is of no more use to a dead man than Is gold.” The mining engineer stood Garth weat on: silent. “We are speaking of what concerns you most. So I'll not mention the no less certain death of your partner and the \Wady to whom you are engaged. The other side of my argument is that, If I am not murdered, 1 can gulde you back to the Mackenzie. What if yon then bad another chance to steal my clalm? Wouldn't that be a big in- ducement 7" “Lower your pistol, Vivian” ordered. “Garth has us outplayed. He holds the sces. Look at the plane. It's heading straight down the lake towards the falls, There's no for It, unless the wind veers.” “This Ramil chance Garth nodded. keep on blowing down off the until the first autumn blizzard. shame, sir, to plane. But you wy “You and Huxhy. financial pirate breeze will glacler it's a crack so fine =a would have it.” up You Mr. Ramil; that's not saying you're a hypocrite, You'll not He that I'm responsible for this mesa, I gave you a chance to claim. In return, you've d best to bilk we out of it all the result” may be a sanre my ne your This I» he big “pirate” looked him in the eye, “1 offered you cash down. fused. Said you the game. So far, you've of the tricks. That monoplane me forty (housand dollars. You see It heading for a total loss. Let It The question now Is the next Vivian, what do you suggest? Huxby regretfully eyed “It's a damnable fact we can't kill the slick devil, We'll tie his hands, and tart him guiding us out of this heli hole at once.” You re wanted to play ou taken tnost cost go, 3 play — his pistol. Garth smiled. “What! still the air? Better come down and the other facts the same reason you can't you can’t make me guide you exactly what 1 doing when 1 turned the plane adrift. | knew I was putting you all in a hole out of which none of you can hope to escape with out my help. If 1 die, every one of you will die. I've faced death many times, I am not afraid to meet it. None of you dare chance starvation or freezing. I do not need you, but you must have my help, or perish. Though you now have the guns, I am master of the situation. All three of you will do whatever | consider necessary to get you out alive,” “When do we start? manded to know. Garth looked at Mr. Ramil, “It's a guess. Muy be two weeks, More prob ably three” Miss Ramill flared, outraged. “What! Hang around this disgusting hole a single day?! We'll start this instant.” (TQ BE CONTINUED) Duns by Post Forbidden by the U. S. Government Despite all that has been sald on the subject of dunning by postal card, says Pathfinder Magazine, there still exists some confusion on this matter. 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