The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-21
Chapter Eight INTO THE NOR HI
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~ INTO THE NOR H went on eagerly:
 o Now, why did Gunnar lie about his clearance ar1 take on such a big load? And why should a 4 private plane, which wasn't sched- ! ule bound. venture up on day when the commercial companies cancelled their flights and 10 planes could 4 get in? I'll tell you why-Jim Gun. mar had important business on hand that day!
 And one other question: Where did this youngster. who was just an ordinary where did he suddenly get the eighteen thou sand dollars for a new plane?"
 Baldwin and Holden exchanged ' glances of dismay. They had worked nine months on that case and here came along person who hao struck a hot scent almost at once. How. ever much they wanted to see Kara khan arrested. Tennyson was show ing them up too badly.
 Don't jump to conclusions" Bald win argued. "Gunnar might just have been flying plare-load of whisky to an Indian camp or snug y g,ing something across the border. ! A lot of foreigners are taken into the States by air from here"
 Maybe so. I'm merely saying that the trip looks suspicious to me. Holden, did that record give you any hint of where he die go?"
 "Nothing whatever. The plane just went away into the fog"
 "You're sure there's no clue?"
 "Dead sure. You can see for your self. made copy of the clearance record"
 Curt looked at the hastily scrib- bled sheet. Gas and oil were the first two items. Then followed a few trifling purchases-cigarettes, ! chocolate bars. box lunch.
 That lunch." he commented fought to have put a person wise that Gunnar intended 10 stay in the air for several hours. You don't take a lunch along on forty-five minute crow-hop." His finger moved on down and stopped at a. entry which read NC-5, soc. "What's this item. Holden?"
 | Some galget for the plane, suppose"
 Curt believed so. too. but the in finite patience in him 'ook nothing for granted. He reached the phone, got the airport and asked the parts man what NC-5. soc meant on bill,
 That? Oh. that's for a Geology Service map-them strip maps thai you hang inside the cabin on roller and roll up or down .s you fly elong. That NC-5 chart covers the ss1aion from Chilcotin north to the Grand Trunk. Is that all you wanted to know?"
 Quite all." said Curt. Thanks. ? Baldwin whirled angrily on Hol den. What blighted timbertop. you. Dead sure-nothing whatev. er'-when the record held clue like that! And you even copied it!' Holden's face reddened. Curt in terposed: "It's all right, Holden. caught that because know some thing about planes. Arn, Send con- stable down to get one of those NC-5 charts, won't you?"
 VX1HEN the chart came. he spread W 1t on table for careful study The map covered strip 75 miles wide by 400 long. ending at the Grand Trunk Railroad in northern British Columbia. Red dots showed where pilots could secure gas, and stars where some sort of mechani lcal service could be expected. In that thinly settled country there were only two stars and four teen dots. Before leaving, that afternoon. he wrote night letters and sent them to ell the places that he coui reach by wire.
 When he walked into Mounted headquarters the next morning. q pile of yellow envelopes lay CT Baldwin's desk. Baldwin picked III one lying by itself and haialed I glumly to him.
 E You're an Vncanny devil. fennv son." he growled. If l had suL' luck I'd be Premier.
 E The telegram came FrHm one q the starred places. a liiti0 VI called Tellacet. at the iIr'i T 'a the Grand Trunk and rhs att T River. A thrill ran thrngg" ..i' E. he read the electric wort
 Plane yea described ia" i"' Q z"
 on afternoon seventeenth .,it % q ried pilot and passenSr' on morning eighteenth N t' r. V t 4 nation unknown.