The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-06
Chapter Eight
INTO The NORM

Chapter Eight
INTO The MORN
1URT went on eagerly:
~ "Now. Why did 0uunar lie
about his clearance ar1 take on
such big loadf And Why should .
private plane. which wasn't SEIZED.
ule.bound. venture up on day when
the commercial companies Cancelled
their flights and 40 planes could
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 barnstormsr-where did
he suddenly get the eighteen thou.
sand dollars for new planet"
Baldwin and Holden exchanged
Elances Of dismay. They had worked
nine months on that case and here
came along person who hao struck
. hot scent almost ct once. How.
ever much they wanted TO SEQ Kara
khan arrested, Tennyson vas show.
Ing them up too badly.
Don't Jump to conclusions" Bald.
win argued. "Gunnar might Just
have been flying . plars.load Of
whisky to an Indian camp or SNUG.
Cling something across the border.
A lot Of foreigners are taken into
the States BY air from here
Maybe 50. I'm merely saying
that the trip looks suspicious to me.
Holden. did that record give you
any hint Of where he die got"
Nothing whatever. The plane
just went away into the fog."
you're sure there's no cluef"
dead sure. You can SEQ 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 4
few triding purchases-cigarettes
chocolate bars, box lunch.
"That lunch" he commented.
sought to have put 4 person wise
that Gunnar intended to stay In the
air Tor several hours. You don't
take lunch along on . forty.1ve
minute crow.hop." His finger moved
on down and stopped 1t Z. entry
which read Nc-5. SOC. "what's this
item. Holden r."
"some gaGget for ~ plane. /
suppose"
Curt believed %, 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 Z bill.
"That7 oh. that's for . Geology
Service map-them strip maps that
you hang inside the cabin on roller
and roll up or down s.s you ~ along.
That NC-5 chart covers the section
from Chilcotin north to the Grand
Trunk. 10 that al you wanted 70
known
"Quite all" said Curt "Thanks."
Baldwin whirled angrily on Hol-
den. "What . blighted timbertop,
You. Dead sure-nothing whatev.
er-when the record held Q clue
like that! And you even copied I'll"
Holden's face redeemed. Curt IN
terposed: its al right, Holden. ]
caught that because know some.
thing about planes. Arm. SENT Z con.
stable down to get one Of those NCs
charts. won't youl"
VX1HEN the chart came. hs spread
" It on . table for . careful study.
The map covered . strip Is miles
wide BY 400 long. ending at the
Grand Trunk Railroad IN northern
British Columbia. Red dots showed
where pilots could secure xas. and
stars where some sort Of mechan-
lcal service could b expected.
In that thinly settled country
there were only two stars ana four
teen dots.
Before leaving. that afternoon, ho
wrote night letters and sent them
to all the places that hs ooul' reach
By wire. 4
When hs walked into Mounted
headquarters the next morning, .
pile Of yellow envelopes lay On