The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-24
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/ out behind It, and within 4 thousand
feet the whole mass was wrapped
in fierce flames.
But Paul and Sonya scarcely saw
it Their Mortified eyes were on
Curtis broken plane as It twirled
downward ut q terrific speed, it,
propeller gone. its engine roar
changed to a high.pitched scream.
At two thousand feet = small
manikin object detached itself from
the falling wreckage. For i've or six;
seconds it came down and down.;
turning slowly, head over feet. till
the demolished plane was = hundred
yards below It and we'll to one side.
Against the blue Of the sky q tiny
bit OF white flashed. A moment later,
q long streamer Of white shot out.
While the two wrecked craft were
plummeting on down, to hit the lake
with a tremendous splash and sink
out Of sight, the streamer caught
the air, dared out and burst into O.
white sky-flower. !,
"Oh-oo!" broke from both Of Them
IA cry of unavoidable thankfulness,
releasing all their spellbound fears
Of those last terrible minutes. Even
then they could not fully realize that
Curl had saved himself. It. came
home to them only by degrees. as
they watched the rackchute stop
swinging and drift II their direction.
It was Sonya who first saw Curt
tugging at the guide lines and under.
stood the danger he was lighting
against.
paul! Get a canoe! He'll come
down in the lake! We've got to get
out to him!"
Paul sprang back the path to a.
canoe near the cabin. BY the timo|
he got it to water. he saw that the.
craft would not be needed: the wind
was carrying the chute south,
against the mountain slope. Four;
hundred feet high it passed over!
their heads. and Curt looked down
and waved assurance to them. Fall!
Ing slowly, he brushed low over .
clump Of spruces and lodged in q.
tall pine just above tn: little knoll.
Paul hurried up to help his part
ner, but Sonya could not move;
When she saw that Curt had landed
and was safe. she sank down on the.
canoe. faint and trembling. A wing
Of Karakhan's plane was bobbing In
toward shore. but the ship itself had
disappeared. and Karakhan with it|
down in the icy depths Of the lake.
As her eyes followed that piece Of
bobbing wreckage, she strove to,
realize that he was dead. dead-the,
man who had cruell:.' sent her father
and Carl to their innocent deaths.
Her long hunt was ended.
At RUSSIAN LAKE old John
came walking into the llreglov
Of Curtis camp, where Curt sat talk.
ing with Superintendent Marlin who
had flown up from Vancouver that
afternoon.
I'm havin' . leetle git-together
over at my tent dreckly. like We had
that time afore, Curt; an flggered
you men 'ud like to jim us. Paul an
Tenn-Og an some more air there
already. an the others all said
they're comm"
Thanks. John, we'll be over.
Curt accepted. "Our trip really
started there At your nre. and It
ought to end there"
When old Paxton had gone. Mar
lin handed Curt another newspaper.
Here's the Times-Tribune. Read
this"
The streaming headline:
KARAKHAN TAKEN BY FORMER,
MOUNTY
brought Curt glow Of hard.earned
pride: but he Was more gratifed byI
tho subhead. with tn emphasis on
Karakhan's money:
Embezzler Of Huge Sums
Killed In Resisting
Arrest
The Karakhan hunt had cost him
. heavy price personally ~ his
MANNED hand. his brushes with,
death. the suffering It had draggedl
him through. and the destruction Of
the plane he had bought with the.
savings Of several long years. A.
pay for Ill that hs WAS to receive
less than two hundred dollars.
! But the hunt had gained him Ger,
tain priceless things. not to b meas,
ured IN money. He and AK were
back on the old { citing again: hei
had found himself after = year OF
cropping around. and hs had found
Sonya.
He laid the paper and stack OF
others inside the tent n suppose
we'd better start over to old Johns
;sociable.' Ak You'll be the gusst'
Of honor there tonight. and they're
probably waiting"
Il Marlin did not get up. II Z moody
silence he looked ont upon the twilit
lake. drumming absently on the
chopping b'-ck.
II fCo1ystaht. WILTON B. Nopery)