The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-14
ii FORBIDDEN VALLEY
BY WilIasw Bunom l1|owsu4
grade: otter for q fanged bear.

Ga'n Bynon MovUu+ |
grader otter for Z fanged bear.
jumper.
At that first sweeping examina.
ton Curt selected four names a.
meriting suspicion. On the next time
through, three Of them dropped out
Only one remained-the name Of
'Teeste LeNoir.
'Teeste-Baptiste, the fellow was
half-breed. He was q trapper ana
he lived some distance from Russian
Lake, for he did not get in often:
from six to eight weeks elapsed be-
tween his visits. Bul when he did
come in, he traded very freely. He
was by easy odds tho best customer
that Higginbotham had.
Very plainly the fellow was buy
ing for somebody in addition to him
self. His food items were double
and triple the needs Of one man. and
he bought cartridges for two rifles. Z
Savage .S03 and standard Manu-
licher-Schoenauer.
Was he buying for some other
trapper or crony Of his? The items
proved he was not. Cigarettes in
cans Of five hundred each. . radio.
score Of unnecessaries that cost
heavily-no trapper would ever pur-
chase those things. This unknown
whom LeNoir was buying for had
the luxury tastes OF 4 city man and
plenty Of money to indulge them.
With his suspicion definitely 70
cused. Curt turned again to the be.
ginning OF the record and started
down across the LeNoir transac.
tions, scrutinizing each item. In
August the fellow had been hanging
around Russian Lake, making little
daily purchases like the other
breeds idling there. His entries then
were charge"
The record gave = perfect picture
Of q breed loafing away the open
season. But in late September the
whole situation suddenly changed.
He seemed to have come into money
in twinkling, for he not only began
buying heavily and paying cash. but
he settled up Z two-years' account
in full. Where had he got tho money
for that? No guide was ever paid
such wages. Late September-that
was about the time when Igor Kar-
akhan had come north into the Lii.
luars!
Half an hour before daybreak Curt
Strengthened up from his long
cramped study Of the ledger and 70.
placed the book where he had got
it Smoothing out al signs OF his
midnight visit, hs Joined Paul out
side.
''Paull We've done I'll" !
"What1 MOI" !
Cant b Z doubt IN the world! 4
found ont who his contact man h,
That trade record was . dead give.
away"
oblivious Of the beating rain. thsr
shook hands over their great luck.
pACK at camp. Paul smoked Z
- cigarette and then turned IN.
Curt could not sleep: too much had
happened IN the last few hours.
Lighting . pipe. he started hack %
old Johns tent wanting 70 ind ont
something about 'Tsesto LeNoir %
that hs could strike up . friendship
with the breed.
At the llap-front he asked, Hello.
John: still up1s
~Come IN. b'y. I'm down but I aiaY
70 Sleep
Curt stepped n. Ola John vas
stretched out On his elder. poke.
reading . fur-company almanac 81
light Of . candle.
~Won't keep Jon awake, win n
John9s
mot . spsck ] DO most e NJ
sleepin' in the wintsr time, IKE a
ole bar. 'Sidss. Tn goin' out 70 run
my Ash net dreckly.s
Curt sat down on . box sJohn. yox
know tho Klosohses bsttsr than any.
body slssi what DO yoa really thinll
about this trip tho Nichols aro plan,
ming up the Llluar1~
~Son. ! don't think about Mat prop
Dersition: ] know. sonye an Ralph'
air goin' % ST intsr : peck & hot
water. Il they tempt 70 60 shove
the pass, they're Hike % never Cd
hack to Roosisn Lake stall. No
groped a . pack and pulled out q
curious bow. Know what this e
by1s
Curt examined tie strange ~.
pom. Il xas made Of two matched
horns. with the butt ends atted q.
gethsr. wrapped With sinsv and q,
mentsd % cleverly thar they rocked
like one piece.
ITS . ram-horn bow, John. I saw
. couple Of them once ct Fort Mel.
SON"
Old John nodded. *Its the stand
~ weepon Of the Klosohees. It's 1ist
ordinary acc'rate but the most pow
erful bow you ever seen. list aex ,er
once. Takes . good arm, don't itr
That how'll PUNK an arrer clean
through . moose It fifty yard"
fcopyYi1ht. 1883. William B. 4oue,u,
curt, Tomorrow. i handed o.