The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 6, 1933, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6, 1933. : Joafhe BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG OKAY, PETE - SWELL WOIK-- YOUSE BE ON DECK AT T'REE O'CLOCK AN’ T'LL GIVE YOUSE A CHECK FER FIVE GRAND:-- FORBIDDEN VALLEY BYNOPSIS: Curt Teunyson Jmd Curt kept putting off his “show- Paul St Clair_are trailing lgor dainis B raationl oy 0o%, |down” with Sonya, for he hated to into Ilha Um’mll'ilm nm’lhu':\rl 5 IAt break into the pleasant mood of the < the edgye of the dungerous Klosalea By % i an_ territory thcy join_parties hour. _Men after a_week of intimate h 'wnrrh aitd Sowya Nichols, | association he never could tell how presumably entomol 5t8 collect- 5 WOu i Do Hiseets Tor Study As Tceste she would react to something, or LeNoir, Karaklian's scon what to expect from her next. 19 Lim of the strangers’ approacl, Otten he tried to analyze the tu- | Curt ixtrobg to ledri whedher the & g B Tiotaes reatly ave entomologists, | mult of his emotions toward her. 17> sk Sonya if she recognizes ¢ | He had never consciously said to i Al Py himself that he had fallen in love PRI with her. Biit he did realize now how bAptend lifeless were his relations with THE TRUTH Rosalie Marlin, how "utterly they lacked fire or meaning. As the very NYA chose fier witds carefully. heart of the contrast between those S “It's a very interesting species. YWoaldn't it make a chic scart pin?” | Quite true, Curt thought. And | quite like a girl, to say that. How: ever, her description wasn't exactly | ] gcientific. He hated to go on with his quzstionings—a wisp of hair play- jng- against her cheek was almost | his uadoing. But he made himself | be relentless. | “D'you know what family it be longs to?” H Sonya stiffened a little and| glanced up at him, a sharp search- ing glance as though she guessed | why he was quizzing her. “] dor't care to give a mere opin- jon,” she parried deftly, on guard. | “A person ought to make a micro- | scopic examination before trying to classify.” Curt dropped the subject, slipped the beetle into his pocket, and start- ed back to camp with her. He had found out what he wanted to know. | Sonya had no idea what the beetle | was. ! At his first chance he took Ralph aside and showed him the Cicindela. Ralplt knew no more about it than f 4 3 Sonya did. and furthermore he | 7o ety lacked her quickness of wit in get- L, o i W s i ting out of a tight corner. Pinned | ;o uii5 1 knew that he respected down for an answer, he pretended | ¢ oo 0y Nt aarer o to recognize the insect, and gave it | 000y oo or anything save a Latin name, but his bluft was a [0 0000 00 e a companion misorable, ang. | for a light-hearted evening. In a brown study Curt set the| bzetle free and walked over to Paul, to tell him what he had just found T a creek mouth where a family of otters were tumbling about out. Neither Ralps nor Sonya was |y 5 foamy overfalls, they stopped | *h a string of trout for supper. | an ‘entomologist at all! They knew absolutely, nothing about the sub- | givins Sonya his rod, he leaned dact! He told Paul about the beetle. | yeainst a boulder, net in hand, want- : ing her to have the pleasure of tak- AUL glanced toward the fire,| o inom all. At such times, all too where Sonya was getting the ith her, she appeared to for- meal ready. “What are they doing | it and shake off the trouble fu this country then?” | \¢hich be had seen on her face that Curt made a gesture of baffle- | night when he crouched behind the mert. “You tell me and I'll teil you.” | cordwood. “Prospecting, maybe. Cheechakos | “Like it?”" he asked, as he lifted take to that.” the string of trout into the canoe “Ralph wouldn't recognize a gold | 20 they started on. conglomerate if he stubbed his foot | 3¢ nofded. her eves e against one; and she’s worse.” ey skirjed mlong in sllence for cationing?” a few rods. Just as Curt was think- ing up a tactful way of broaching <.“l can think of pleasanter Ways | s (u)ic with her, she surprised him | to spend a vacation than Walel | gy 5 sydden unexpecied question: dogging up this river and taking| gyt you're not really a prospec- chdnces with these Klosohees. And | o 2o 1;'ou2" why should they make suchia secret| por g mament he thought she had about a mere vacation?” plerced his mask and had found out “Then what's your guess?” _ why he really was in there. “I haven't got even a guess! All “Why, yes,” he asserted evenly. 1 know is this: whatever they're up | “What makes you think I'm not, to. it's important. They know | Sonya?” they're running into danger, know “1 just can’t imagine you as mere- it as well as we do, £t they intend | Iy a prospector, Curt.” 10 go right on regardless. And an- “Why?” other thing—Sonya’s the real lead- She studied her answer. “I'm won- er of those two. She’s the deter-|dering how you can be satistied with mired one. Ralph's just a tail to her | a life like this, year in and out, Curt. kite.” i You're out of things, out of contact | . Paul nodded. *“Yes. It's not hard| with the world; and you’re making to see that. But what are you going | no contribution to—to—call it hu- 1> do about them?” man society. For most men it'd be ;. “Have a show.down with her and | all right, but not for you.” make Her tell me the truth about “Why do you single me out?” this trip.” ; “Because, Curt, you've got the ca- .~ When the party got ready to go | pacity for something richer and O ; W T #p again, he ‘suggestedd 4o ‘Nichols: | more useful than'a Boriedaway ex- “*Ralpb, you're pretty tired; maybe | isterca like you're -leading. Please, you'd better go with *Paul this after- | you don't mind my being frank?” noon so you can take things easy. “Why, certainly not,” he assured. Sonya can go in. my canoe. We'll |But deep down, her philosophy did work ahead and have camp made | trouble him, arousing his old fears By the time you come in.” about the tyranny of duty. He knew * Sonya stepped-1nto his canoe and | that when he went back to the Three they started out ahead of the others. Rivers country be would carry her By the time they reached the foot words with him, and that they would of g rapids four miles up stream, 1ift their voice between him and a hey had ioft the heavily laden boats | complete enjoyment of his adven- oht of sight around a bend. Portag: | turous freedom. iug around the rapids and the over- | (Copyright, 1933. William B. Mowery) falls above, they came out upon 2 ¥ iong quiet stretch. L B s to pene- nya. El E You SHOULDA SEEN HIS FACE WHEN 1 WAS READING THE TEA CUP - VIPE-- By BILLE DE BECK |IRANGER WYCKOFF IS LUMBER COMPANY *fi; HERE FOR FEW DAYS PRESIDENT HERE, ; To confer wll.\‘—_HR('L:Lonul of ficials c BUSMSS TRIP MOVE OVER, lof the United States Forest Service W. C.:Miller, President of the | here, District Ranger E. C. Wyckott i Bk arrived yesterday from his y;‘l::’d- Vi ‘Lumber ompary, quirter iy B tabiing ant will - | e min seierl G ern to confer with the local man- 1 + Vux ager, T. A. Morgan. Mr. Miller | About 75 to 80 men are on the may leave for the south on th? | unemployment. list at Petersbure, ajaoca after attending to routine including 25 with families, Who eX- |y cinace here, © ¢ ’ {pect to obtain employment under SRR P the CWA program and the Mitkof , ¢y LEAGUE BOWLING Highway project, both of which| MATCHES ON SCHEDULE probably will be launched in the| AT BRUNSWICK TONIGHT | near future, Mr. Wyekoff said. ‘ This, evening two bowling con- T tests are on the City League ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. | Tournament schedule and will ke || OFFICIALS APROINTED Z:‘l‘:,“-‘;ed e Pk o b i 3 .| alleys at 7:30 o'clock and 8:30 o'- 15, RYRORMATION “m“'iciock. The first match will b2 jone,” engineer oW at| tendehit;will do0k. atter the Val-| Appoiniment of several. hew, of-| Piayed by the Miners and, Bruns- y Point, will bz sent to, dez work. ficial f the = Alaska Stvumsh:v)‘“"k teams while one between the kan, Peiersburg and Wran-| pigipjet Superintendent M. 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