The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-12-02
FORBIDDEN VALLEY
81 ulilEaa,s Rason Nopa,al


| +They might be Just some, party q
trippers making littls jaunt int
the mountains"
mon. non! Dey take on too moe
| grub dere al Russian Lake. TALK
to dose guides an. fin out De-
breeng grub for mebbe two moni
| treep."
"You say that this Raistt1 fellow
Is some prospector loping tn,
bush?'s
Oats wat be say. he 10: but me
don't b'lieve heeIn. He got no cal
Ions on hees hans. Lax prospecto,
got He do t'ings lah ceAty man --saJ
rank YOU keep shave. and talkil
Lab book-learn' Teller
/ Something queer about this Hal
sion, KaFakhan sensed intuitively
a trained geologist would know thai
the formations Of the Lilluars were
not gold bearing. Anybody who ven
tured into Klosohee territory afteI
all the warnings al Russian Lake,
mast have important Business II
there. Ralston might be . mounted
detective.
| Whoever Ralston was no had q
be stopped. n an enemy. the sooner
the better. u only prospector--
well. the country had plenty OF snch
bush.loDers. and one would not be
missed.
Where's the southern band Of
Kiosohees. LeNoir?"
AT de Lilluar forks. boy spen'
summer dere. camp at fish weirs."
sDo they know about this party
coming up riyer?r
LeNoir shook bis head.
Karakhan dipped bis cigarette
through the window. q decisive ee&
tire. "Well. see to Il thai they f3nd
Quit Tell 'em that this llaiston is 3
land scout for the white men. com,
Ing In here to look things over. Tell
'em that other white men viii follow
after him and shoot the Kloschdas
down and take away these noun.
taina Understands"
LeNoir grinned. he could imagine
how the Klosohees world react 10
thatl
"You get back down the I4illuar,s
Karakhan added. 'and keep tab on
that man yourself Give him . warn.
Ing a. the pass. II be turns back. lee
him alone; we don't want 10 stir up
trouble II It isn't necessary. But 4
no disreeards the warning and
comes on. simply Hill him. and make
the fob look like rapids accident.v
LeNoiF nodded. his black eyes
gllttering IN the candlelight
EIFTEEN miles below the pass
! Curtis party went ashora on Z
haadland one noon tor tie. midday
rest. Casually walking tway from
The others. Curt started . the. land
wash on little expeditions or hie
own. FOR several days suspicion
had been growing on him about
Sonya and Ralph. and b meant q
settle the matter before going . pad
dlestroka farther.
He glanced hack once as camp,
The two guides were laziiy auildins
a IRE. Badly ragged ont, Ralph had
dung himself dawn on BIT OF NOSE
to rest AZ the uptpFned canoes Paul
was calking leaks with ann pot and
canvas while Donya cut strips and
handed him things.
Az he walked along the landwash,
Curt looked on % river at the LilluaT
pass. IN plain sight now. grim re-,
niihder Of danger Just ahead. e
brought him solnher thoughts Of
FaH,horn bows. bis hunt l0i Kara,
khan. his heavy responsibility Tor
Ralph and Sonya. He had counted
positively on those two turning back
&C the pass. but now he doubted
whether they would. They seemed
determined TO so on. especially
Sonya.
Out Of sight Of camp he cut Q pine
branch and sat down on q rock. Six.
spots, robber iiies. mud-daubers and
yeilow-jackets kept lighting 81
around him. bui the beetle be wanted
was rare lie waited twenty mia
ases before one Enslly came.
At the first motion OF bis pine
branch the beetle went tiittlne away.
Curt sprang up and took after ~
Swift and agile. e led him . hot
chase bach aud forth across The
sand: but its brilliant color proved
its undoing. for Ne kept Il IN sight
and At last got In lucky swipe that
stunned 4.
AZ be picked bic captive up and
rolled Il over on his palm. . twig
snapped behind him. He turned.
Under the pine where he had cut
the branch. Sonya stood looking On.
her eyes dancing with laughter Curt
realized she had bean watcri 4 the
chase and had been amnsed b. 81
4 guess ! dId look ridieulous.. be
thought, chasing aroun With half
. pine tree % knock down q little
bus. But anyway. I'm going to and
out spmathing new"
fla moppea bis forehead snd
stepped over % her With the heetle.
sn'yoa know this beetle. eonyaf.
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