The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

you'll"
Garth studied her gravely. She
stared back at him, holly defiant
He pretended to accept her reasons
for wanting to go:
"You most certainly are a good
hater, Miss Ramill. One thing, though.
The valley is about to freeze up. It
will not be the summer paradize we
left. We may land in a blizzard"
She looked around the store.
Where are those Eskimo suits you
told me about?"
At that he smiled bit grimly.
"This is Indian country. You shall
have rabbit and buckskins. HE turn
ed to the factor: add the lady's out
fit to my account" To the pilot:
"Kiwi, this is where you art to fit
your name. You're going to be a
wingless ground bird"
ooh, have heart, LAM"
Three is a crowd, and she is it..
Ask her father"
For the first time the girl betray-
ed trace of doubt. "But we'll have
to have a pilot"
Kiwi stared, then grinned at the
joke. Lady, what you don't know
about our boy friend would appear
to be quite a considerable.-All
right, you lame duck, 60 hog the
joystick. Do I stay planted or take
the watercraft?"
Steamer. Southbound planes are
apt to be overcrowded, with every
one coming out" Garth replied.
'Now, Miss Ramill, we'll 60 down
and get your fathers visa on your
passport"
Constable Dillon put in a word:
cts not on the cards, sir, to take
along young lady. If this Huxby
tries to act up"
Hes your meat, Dillon. I'll stand
responsible for Miss Ramill."
Down at the waterfront, Garth
went over the plane with his pilot
friend. There was full load of gas
oline and change of oil. To the
weeks supply of provisions, he add
ed the three pairs of snowshoes and
the new rifle With the rifle came
enough cartridges to refill the belt
that still held his knife and belt-ax.
Lilith had gone aboard the steam
er. She returned with her father. He
looked worried. She had put on her
Indian-woman costume - buckskins.
moccasinS, fur cap and gloves. The
millionaire chose to lay the blame
on Garth.
''Have you gone insane? No more
than get her out of that muskeg hell,
and you want to drag her back to
your Internal hole in desolation!"
''The lady's choice, not mine"
well, you're taking her."
'How can help it, sir? You are
her father. Why not assert your pa
ternal authority?"
Lilith brushed aside their trifling.
(Which is my seat?"
"The rear.-Close her in, XVII"
She turned to fling her arms
around her father and kiss him. It
was the only caress Garth had ever
seen her give anyone.
AS he put on his pilot friends he'll
met and goggles, the constable mount
ed to the middle cockpit. Kiwi hand
the girl the rear one. He drew over
her head the shatterlSs glass cowl
that almost covered the opening.
Garth spoke last work to her
anxious father: I'm all probability,
sir, we'll overtake you within three
or four days. May, however, have to
lay over, in case of storm. If fog or
snow makes us miss you on your
way out, We'll probably meet at Fort
McMurray."
Mr.. Ramill came close. "Garth,
there's something can't understand.
This crazy notion of Lilith's, / mean
It's not mere willfulneSS. She has
something in mind"
wants to see the handouts Slip
ped on Hubby" Garth replied. "Can
you blame her? Mangled vanity. Had
believed he loved her for herself at
least as much as for her inheritance.
Hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned'-all that, you know"
mot all, Garth-no! There's some
thing else. I can't make her out.
Something different about her."
perhaps she'll tell you when we
come out. I'll of course do what I
can for her."
Garth shook hands, and swung
aboard the small craft. At a sign
from him, the displaced pilot gave
the propeller a spin. The plane
swung around, to taxi downstream.
There was no hurry. Had Huxby
schemed to fly into the valley mere
ly to stake the placer in his own
name and hop out again, he would
not have taken the three miners. He
undoubtedly had planned to do his
seasons assessment work. That
would mean shaft sunk to bedrock,
so that he could bring out load of
the platinum-gold alloy.
Midway of the down river flight,
the three-seater ran into sleet
squat. Garth dropped to the water
and tied up under the lee of a
spruce-black point. When Lilith