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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1947 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE FIVE VALLEY OF NO ECHO By T.C. Bridges CHAPTER XXXIII THE TAMER ROARS Colin turned a puzzled face to his cousin. "Who has got Grace?" he de- manded, * "Marrable's men. TWO. Bore dropped by 'chute from the 'plane while i was out of sight behind the , They would have spot- ted Grace from the air and decided to seize her as hostage." "That, sir, is exactly what has happened," said Chan in his pre- cise English. Anson let out a rogr. "Kidnapped Grace, have they? They'll be sorry they ever lived be- fore we've done with them." Keith gazed at his cousin in amazement. Colin's eyes were blaz- ing. He seemed to have grown big- ger. A vein stood out throbbing on his forehead. He looked suddenly formidable and Keith remembered what Grace had said about him-- that, if stirred, Colin would be- come a fighting man, Colin's ex- citement calmed Keith. "You know the country, Colin, Where have they taken her?" "Into the hills. Probably a cave But we can trail them." "They'll be armed and watching for us," Keith said. "And the only weapon we have is my revolver." "Ill go back and fetch rifles," Colin said. "You, Keith, with Chap will follow the trail. I shan't be long. We are only a mile from the house." He was off, running with great strides. "He's on the war path proper- ly," Keith said. "My master hates fighting," Chan sald gravely. "Yet his enemies must beware of him." He turned to the trail. "Let us obey and go forward, sir," he added. They came into the open. In front was the river widened into a lake by the beaver dam whieh stretched across in a wide semi- circle, But no beavers were visible nor any game. The trail took them to the bank of the river just below the dam. The water was shallow and they had no difficulty in wad- ing across. Chan found the tracks on the far side and they went on slowly across grassland. Beyond was a belt of wood and at the edge they stopped to let Colin catch up. Colin must have run the whole two miles, but he was not winded. He carried two rifles and his pook- ets bulged with cartridges. Chan pointed to the trail. "We must move with great care," he said, "If they have seen us they may be waiting in ambush." "I don't fancy they've seen us," Keith answered. "They must have been well into the timber before we came into the open, and they have no reason to suppose that anyone is after them. All the same we'll go carefully." 0 The ground began to rise and presently they were climbing steep- ly. The surface became more rocky, the trees more scanty and scatter- ed and the trail more difficult to follow. They came to a mountgin brook which emerged from a deep ravine and fell in little cascades over shelves of rock. ; "They have gone up that way," Chan said pointing to the ravine. "Then they've holed up in one of those caves at the foot of Spirit Mountain," Colin remarked. . "How far is that?" Keith asked. "About a mile. This notch curves so that you can't see the mountain till you're round the bend." Keith looked up at the steep, broken sides of the ravine, "Plenty of cover there," he said. "If one of those swine has stayed behind on guard it's a poor show for us." "Why should he?" Colin asked. "They can't suspect that we're af- ter them. It seems to me they'd be in a hurry to hole up where they'll be safe." "You may be right," Keith allow ed. "But is there any way round?" "Yes, but it would take all day." Keith bit his lip. "Then we must chance it." He stopped and carefully filled the ma- gazine of his rifle. Chan did the same. "Now," said Keith, "we will string out. Chan, you lead. I'll go next, and you, Colin, had bet- ter keep a good distance behind. Then, if anyone does start shoot- ing from the cliffs, you'll have a chance of spotting them." Colin made no objection to tak- ing orders from the younger man and they started up the ravine. It was hard travelling, for the steep slope was covered with loose bould- ers and along. the stream grew thickets of alder and other bush- es, Green cushions of moss yel- low and green grew everywhere. 'They were very pretty but full of extremely cold water and Keith got soaked and chilled as he crawl- ed over them. To his left the stream roared in its narrow bed making noise enough to drown any that the three men caused as they scrambled upwards. They went slowly and Keith kept a constant watch on the grey cliffs which towered on either side. The place was a trap and he knew it and had a nasty suspicion that they were not going to pass it with- out trouble, Yet nothing happened and after a quarter of an hour of climbing they passed a high wat- erfall and gained more level ground. "IF MARLOW COMES oUT .,b." Here the defile curved to the left and widened and, through a gap opposite Keith got sight of a high and very beautiful mountain, the ice-clad cone of which glittered white against the intense blue of the sky. He paused and beckoned Colin to come up. "I take it that' tain," he said. "Yes," Colin told him, "and there are at least a dozen caves along the base of the cliffs. This brook comes out of one of them." "I suppose there's no telling which they've hidden Grace." "Not unless Chan can find the tracks." "And meantime they can plug us at their leisure," sald Keith. "Isn't there any way round, Colin?" he asked desparingly. Before Colin could answer thea silence was broken by a loud thump. The ground quivered, then, with a roar like thunder, a huge mass of rock broke away from the right hand cliff and came crash- ing down. At sound of the explosion Keith flung himself over the bank of the stream and dropped into the water, The others followed in- stantly, Even so, if the one had come down opposite, nothing could have saved them. Actually it fell some little distance behind them. "Dynamite," Keith said harshly, as he scrambled up and looked cautiously over the rim of 'the bank, At first all he could see was al great cloud of dust. Through this cloud boulders were still falling, making a tremendous racket. By degrees these ceased, and the dust cloud, clearing, revealed the gorge completely choked with a mass of raw rock and rubble twenty feet high. "These people are more clever than I had supposed," Chan said in his perfect English. "Our re- treat is completely cut off, if we at- tempt to climb that pile, they can shoot us from above." "You sum up the situation admir- ably, Chan," Keith answered in a tone of extreme bitterness. "And no doubt, if we go forward, we are equally at their mercy. What I can't understand is why they de- layed so long. If they had set off that cartridge five minutes earlier we should be all dead and buried." "They want us alive, not dead," said Colin between his set teeth and, as if in answer to his words, a voice hailed them from the cliff top. "If. Keith Marlow comes out and gives himself up the other two can leave unharmed." Chan whirled quick as a cat, but the speaker was out of sight. They heard him laugh, and it was not a pleasant sound. "I know you are armed," he went on. "I am not likely to offer myself as a target. Again I tell you that, if Marlow comes out, you others can save your lives. If he does not you all die" Keith ans- wered. "If I come out will you hand over Miss Arden to The Tanner and let her go safe." There was a short pause, 'then came the reply from the unseen foe "I will even do that. Is it a bar- gain?" Colin seized Keith in a grasp from which even he could not release himself. "You're not going, Keith, I know that swine, He will nevér keep his word." "You know him!" "Yes. I recognize his voice. He is one of the Blackie Shard gang, the same who laid me out in the Kootenay Park", Keith hesitated. He was so desperately anxious about Grace that hé felt unable to think. All his usual clear common sense seemed to have deserted him. "Are you coming out, Marlow?" called the unseen man on the cliff Spirit Moun- in Pp. "He is not," shouted back Colin in a voice that Keith hardly re- cognized as that of his cousin. The gangster laughed again. "Then none of you will ever come out, The next rock fall will bury the bunch. And the girl--I'm taking her down to The Bowl. I reckon the boss will find some use for her." . "Colin, I have to go," said Keith in a voice that hissed through his lips. He was struggling to away, but Colin held him. Chan spoke in a whisper. "Master, I have a plan. If I cannot go back down the brook I can go up. Once I am around the bend I am out of sight of these men, Then maybe I can find a way up the cliff. keep this man talking." were Sunday Cowling's and W. Blackburn's. and Mrs. Fontaino, holidaying with Mr. and Mrs. A. McNeil, the Carr picnic at Cobourg, Sunday. ed Mr, and Mrs, Cecil cently. on in Bowmanville Hospital Monday. This is the second oper=- ation this year for the little fel- get [low. We wish him a speedy re- covery. U.S. War Secretary Under.Secretary of War Kenneth <. Roya!l is shown at his desk re. ceiving telephone after President Truman named him to succeed Robert P. Patterson as secretary of war. congratulations Meanwhile you Without waiting for Colin's per- mission Chan slung his rifle across his back, ducked and set to crawl- ing up the bed of the stream. The ice cold water took him to the waist, but he never hesitated. Bent double, he wormed his way upwards at astonishing speed. (To be Continued) Wet Weather Hinders Haying MRS. HILDA CROSSMAN (Correspondent) Haydon, July 22.--The very wet weather is making it hard for the farmers to get their hay crop in. Many farmers have large fields cut waiting for a few dry days. The weeds are growing with so much rain, making it very hard to keep the gardens clean. The rains are helping the red raspberries. It looks as though there will be a good crop. Mr. and Mrs, Ross Richards and family, Bowmanville; Miss Gladys Beech, Port Hope; visited at Mr, A. Beech's. Mr, and Mrs, family, Newcastle, Avery, Murray Tabb, St. Nor's Lake, and Miss Margaret Murdock, Base Line, visitors at Mrs. T. Cyril Avery and visited Mr. C. Mr, and Mrs. Debert Myles, Or- ono; Mrs. Henry Smith and Ron- ald, Hornepayne, visited Mr. and Mrs, J. Potts and Mrs. W. Martin, Mr. and Mrs, Bruce Garrard and baby, Enniskillen, were at C. Gar- rard's, O. Roberts of Bowmanville, Mr, J. Graham, Enniskillen, visited G. Cowling and Mrs. H. Crossman, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, Douglas Fontaino Toronto, are Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson, Peter- boro, visited Mr. St. Germaine. Mr. and Mrs, Fred Ashton and family, H. Ashton, Mrs. A. Reach and Ina Beryl, visited at Mr. C. Ashton's, Burketon, + Mrs. Bert Ashton and sons re- turned home with Bert Ashton on] Sunday evening, having been holi= daying with Mr. and Mrs. H. Ash- ton Mr, St. Germaine spent a few days with friends at Cornwall. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Graham, Mr, James Graham, Mr. and Mrs, Roy Graham and baby were at Fenlon Falls on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. A. Beech attended on The Sunday School meeting, which was to have been held last Thursday night, was cancellel on account of the heavy thunderstorm. Thursday night of this week. rain and It will be held on Mr, and Mrs. T. Mountjoy visit- Slemon re- Little Eric Olesen was operated on NOBEL WINNERS Two Indians have been awarded the Nobel Prize-Rabindranath Ta- gore for Literature and Sir C. Raman for physics. V. ®., J pe fom (OF \ Varnishes: Pai Enamels Wax | y fe's nts 1877 - 70 YEARS OF SERVICE - 1947 INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ' = for sale by -- CORDON'S PAINT STORE OSHAWA 25 BOND ST. EAST PHONE 2510 Store At Raglan Being Improved L. M. LUKE (Correspondent) . Raglan, July 24--Mrs. Gertrude Collas of Toronto visited Mrs. J. Latimer for a few days this week. Mr. and Mrs. Norman May of Toronto were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Pilkie on Sunday. Charles Luke has returned home after spending two weeks with his son, Aylmer, and family at Royal Oak, Michigan, The corner store is undergoing a change of appearanee, caused by the ambitious activities of *"Joe" Solomon and William Moon who are engaged in painting the exter- for of the building. Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Ormiston and daughter of Toronto, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. I. Or- miston, Mr, and Mrs. McGahey of Lind- say and Mr, and Mrs, Grandy, of Brooklin, were recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs, J. Evans, Murray and Joan Miller of Co- lumbus, have been staying with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Avery, while their parents were on vacation. There will be no church service | next Sunday. Sunday School will | be held as usual at 2 p.m. BOY SCOUT AT 84 Stockholm -- (OP) -- The world's oldest Boy Scout, Carl Asplund. 84, a Swedish-born United States resi dent, recently made his first aire plane trip to Sweden. Fellow citi zens of St. Charles, Ill, took up a ' collection to make the journey pose sible. oY we o" on? wet pr oa eed «0 ef Do When people are pleased it's natural for them to say "thank-you". But never, apparently, have any car owners been so pleased as those lucky, enough to own a 1947 Chevrolet. Their enthusi- astic "thank-you" letters stream in from every nook and cranny of the Dominion -- from fleet operators and businessmen, from purchasers in every trade and occupation. 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If you are among the many who have set your sights on Chevrolet's Big Car Quality at Low Cost, we suggest that while you wait, you rely on your Chevrolet Dealer's service to keep your present car running smoothly and safely. A PRODUCT OF GENERAL MOTORS ONTARIO MOTOR SALES LTD. PHONE 900 "General Motors Products" OSHAWA WHITBY, ONT. ~~ DONALD MOTOR SALES 300 DUNDAS ST. EAST PHONE 304 ceremony = Ed a FER FEAT B