Evening star., 1934-09-16
Il Star Magazine
Fust-Rnn Story

that power house sedan black under q thick
coat OF dust and bearing California license
plates, was at the pumps The right front door
was OPEN Two men were standing between
the pumps and the station door, talking with
Paddy Kane. Garrity moseyed up. The old
mans voice rasped toward him
not this mornin' Amt missed seein' a
car comm either way. Amt been no roadster
like that there one from north or south"
We'll, this blue Aragon left Boley lust rs
minutes ago." said one of the men. "It's a
mile and half through the mountains and no
sign OF turmoil road from there to here What
about it?"
GARRITY hauled up, scrutinizing the two
men The speaker squat, bull -necked.
sandy-haired party with eyes like small, slaty
marble. The other was slim and dapper in a
double breasted coat of white threaded blle
ana In white slacks, his black hair sleek under
an expensive Panama. He held a lighted
cigarette in highly manicured hand from
glitter.
This here road only runs up to the woods
for nine mile" Paddy Kane was saying 'Your
party never took it at this turn Maybe.
though, she skun around by the sawmill, so I
dunno-say here's feller jest down from
Kane suddenly mumbled into silence as
Clarity met his gaze with q quick warning
frown and head-shake. The slate-eyed man
swung around
Did you meet big blue roadster on the
woman driver. Hey?"
mo SaVvy good" muttered Garrity, with q
wooden grin. mo spik notch me-"
"A Bohunk," grated Slate Eyes
NO Bohunk," growled Garrity. "Hunyok
me-"
He tramped stolidly on for the station door
a Slv ypin he
The old logger's expression of bewilderment
changed at once to poker-tabe blankness He
was replying to further questions only in mono
sylables as Garrity turned back with the sta
uons tire gauge. The sleek kid broke in
sharply.
We're wasting time, Cutler" he said eff
she mas gone on to Seattle, we can't lose her
In any case. So we may as well run up this
road for look-see. Come on"
He turned laZily for the sedan swapping the
cigarette away as he reached the door. 1t
sailed down amid a patch of BUSH Paddy Kane
shrilled wrathfuly:
Hey you greenhorn, it's six months in the
jug and a $3.50 fine fer THROWN live butt
like that there"
The roar OF 16 cylinders and q shower of
gravel from huge tires smothered the old
logger's protest The sedan plunged from the
pumps and into the mountain road.
Paddy Kane hmped over to stamp out the
smolder He then yapped around at Garrity,
put Clarity was gone, driving his fiivver hell
bent for the sawmill Office.
There was a telephone line between the mill
and the logging camp. In less than two min
utes Clarity had his telling mate Hels Hagen.
the wire.
Listen. you swipe," Garrity roared into the
sound box There's no time to talk-you got
to move, and fast. Like this Grab a peavey
and cut down through the slash to the spring
get it? Yeah. the spring above the road.
you know the big windfan that lies along
the upper bank? Okay. Peavey the small
end down across the road. Then keep on
the trial Of two men in big sedan. Yeah, it's
frebug stuff, but time to explain. Block
that road, I'll kiss you with an AK"
Banging up the receiver, Garrity charged off
Tor the yards Of the logging railroad. Two
speeders stood there on a spur. Garrity carried
a deputy hrewarden's badge, and he obtained
one Of the speeders without argument.
The railroad, with trestleS and cuts made
the camp in six miles. 1t was three more by
the twisting mountain road The speeder was
good for 30 on the climb And the sedan
would be blocked below camp, If Garrity
knew that tree of Morse manhood, Hels Hagen.
h IANCY WILMOT opened a cigarette case
: Of hammered silver and emptied it Of the
last cigarette. She frowned for a moment at q
fine engraving in one corner-"From c. to- NJ
then she deliberately clicked the case shut
and threw 1t far over the underbrush
so ends that" murmured the girl Her
gaze drifted back to the cigarette. She rolled it
between nervous fingers. "Just one more smoke
on you. Carey" she said, "and it's all over"
match packet from the handbag ut her
side revealed only. broken stubs. There was q