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PAGE SIX SLUM BEU liy AlBF SYNOPSIS: Young Ed Maitlarul, son of a New England seafaring family, and the hardened gambler Speed Malone; met on a trip north to the Yukon, gold fields m '97 when word of the rich ores there first came down the Pacific coast. M.uUunu was determined to win back his lost fortune before he returned home. The two men beearne partners. Speed promising hot tc get tangled with the law if he could help it. and to clear out from the partnership? if lie did. Fxunchy, the fisherman whose smack took the two m : north; Lucky R so, Uie beautiful gir: who had given a ring to Maitland as a keepsakn. Fallon, camp leader, resentful of Rose's attention to MalSaml: Steinjer, pie money lender: young Pete and his drunken partner Bill Ower?=; Brent, oxu-iime prospector. Garnet, wellto-do traveler who tired Maitland a7ni Speed ' ? take his things over tiiv moon tains these are the prin einal figures irt the story. Malone, Ma.tland and Garnet hauled part of his stuff from the canvas camp on the Skagway beach, over the trail to the camp in the hills called Liarsville. Beyond, the trail was almost impassable. Speed broke up a shell game and he and Pillion, clashed over closing the trail for repairs. Now go on with the story: SEV F N'TI! IN ST AIA!ENT The shell dealer, whose eyes ha never left Speed's face, doed into th crowd. No one o'.se saw the lightnin gesture with which the outlaw jcrke his guns, nivro was a glint in boll his hand* a split fraction of a socoiv bei'uie the forty-fives flashed am roared and spoke again. Fallons wca ? _nnji=._harl hanllv cliif^.1 wU^vi t>i?" wen vs iveked ill their holsters. Th third shot knocked the cigar fron his mouth, ahd the fourth went side ways at another mark on the nca edge cf the gambling table, where lhun who had drawn a.t the same tint as Fa'ion, bopped his gun fror hyrveless liar :. h& wrist stncnnin blood. Speed baclvcd away, eyes rakiu the crowd, guns held close an ready "I, told >\/u I wasn't patient, an 1 ain't," he said, in a voice "Mai thin never had heard. "But beia' clecte o:\rrr. boss or a platform of r usset ness. I accept accordin'. Nothln* o legs will cross Porcupine Bridge ti the trail from here to there is \ shape, and in good shape. The trail barred for four days work. If anyon douhrs about my hnvin' the guts t make tJi it ^! Miev siffr.jfw thei views here and r..o\v by sayirf. liar art coyote." ? w * I: was the third evening after th bar'ri;iK of the trail. four Shis partner talking atone, with Brer :i"J-'-- rciir n bnu^TO-T1:ut'Slng" f the upper end of the road work, whic a landslide that day had interrupter During three days, new steamei had been pouring into Skagway mob of adventurers?"Sweepings" c the coast towns as well as bor.a fid prospectors who knew nothing of th cause of the dispute and cared les: Fallon had been packing them fn a Liarsvillc to vote the trail open: ha chosen a posse of gunmen in ad vane from among the wildest. Before thi gathering threat most of the trai woraers had given way. "They a a short string of us wil go the iiiYiit. if you want to," Bron N-O W-O-I i i It's the unexpecte uncertain. Emerge that bring a halt : 1 Funds must come x; us over. In a critical period ev, food, clothing no friend that come as a reserve. WATAIIC/ BAi BOON Deposits Insured up to ? JNG GOLD !: iEY BOYD was saying. Snet'.l shook his head "It would-i n't he no kind of a break for the boys) i \v!i? made this trial to get hung: for' it. Tell them -to pick up their tools, leave her open and stand clear." T.vv got iin old deer gim back tot 1 eamp." Brent shifted the quid slowly! 'in I:l3 cheek "She ain't seed ro real | : action since she fit a string of hide | f i thieves fro: it a buffalo waller away! 1 back in "71. I'd rather shoot, her out j than see you called that way." There was acknowledgement in: ! Speeds' semile. but he declined the proposal, and the old-timer g&oz ijy withdrew to carry his decision to the ^ few men who were still waiting for it. i' Better trail with hi;n," Bud," said ' Speed to his partner, "and look up,1 Garnet. We ain't, seen him for two , days." What are you going to do?" Mail- j* i land asked, with a foreboding that jy [Speed had net disclosed his real in-;, tention. I, "We agreed once," said the out-;' law. after a pause, "that I'd warn' you and we'd split pardners if I ever j. went up against the law. Seems like |. I've reached that junction, Bud "I'm ' into this play neck deep and T can't L quit." !, Maitiand gave a sober nod of half- , comprehension. ; < "It's on'y my hand Fallon's caliin',"jj Speed explained earnestly and with} ]r>o-.e unhasis. He'll head through K d i here, "first with his shebang, and ci- {] .. th.i- ?V?is! lidSw r*r T! g.Uoii't livo to net! ii. Hut he has thej. J hack)]"-' of the minor's law. or will.j li jiiavc, by sun-up " j ; Mob Law." MaifiaTid amended 'if i you den t see your way to quit. Speed. - you can't count me out. On principle. { lr I'll , e The Westerner groaned. "Yon or- ' n riery down-Last Yanks, with your . principles and proverbs Lister., Bud. , r ! Whether I ever reach Dawson or not a 'don't matter a whole lot; with you , e:?t's different. It's what you come for. n I've figured Garnet as your chance ? g of gettin' there. . . But there is no law, East or West, J g- ar. l ne tie ast strong: as that which i ,;j hinds a man to a partner against ::ghting od-.l?. and with Maitland the (j iond had been steei-woven by the d ! memory of a bleak day in the Sound, d Speed here found himself opposing }_! something as elemental aa his own I refusal to yield. Ill nj Tin ciock had a glacial ca-iyon, is: with smooth rock faces in the bed, ie: find a timber growth that started o i well up v>11 flic steep bunks. Above a ir I defile connected with the bridge, there I was a rocky bluff which commanded | a long view of the canyon and of the : trail along the rim. Ids weakness lay ie | ih a hrokeri gulch that fell from it j i;uu iuv ciCl'K UIl IIU' nOTUl Side, Unci it ! its possible exposure to gunfire from h be difficult to take, however, on the i. side facing the trail. -3 Here, witfi.il; a rock corral, some a j goods lay stacked: provisions, a \va?f i ter canteen, seypn?l boxes of shells le j arid a forty-four Winchester carbine, e' The outlaw had evidently foreseen s. j what was coming. Ct? During supper he was broodinglv d I <juiet. A blood-red moon was rising c | through the timber. It lighted the s 1 mountain headlands, and left vastly Li deep shadows, made more tenebrous dv the occasional howl of a timber li | wolf, a lynx's shrill bark, or the hoot t! of an owl He picked up the carbine, 1 ~~; l-R-Y ; J FOR THE MAN WITH A RESERVE d that makes life so mcies frequently arise to our earning power, rom somewhere to tide a reserve means monand vitality. There is ;s so quickly, so surely, V COUNTY u. T T r NN. [ E . N. C. 5,000 by the Federal Deposit : Corporation. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE) lis eyes on something invisible to Vlait I. ir up the trail. But pros ::t.y he ??*:. the gun down. "That's, ['elv's inSfn\** he saici A .blurted shape moved in the dis:ant timber shadows When it crossed A iar.c i"l iuwmii;iu. .uaiiiacu nized the mare and the boy. Guided by a sight as keen as Speed's. Pete came toward them as they descended the bin ft There was something gallant and fine. Maitland thought, about; that slight, boyish figure. On meeting them. Pete gave him a reserved nod; glanced from tire' bluff to the hills across the canyon.' and spoke to Speed. Xeed an exter: gun hand?" T got one. too many now." Speed' muttered. Then, will you let mc go through I could ford the creek." Pete pleaded! simpfy "That wouldn't be 'erossin' it: on logs?" Speed's eves rested on the mare's ; light saddle pack and tnen on the iy's face, which looked pale in Sic half-darkness. Headin' for Bennett' done?" he ashed. Pete nodded. "My partner?Bill's" .lead." j The words gave Maitland a peeu- j liar shock How?' Speed asked joftlv. He was in a game in Skagway-- j villi some of Fallon's men. L,ost his . Miint HeM ben drinkin*. They found lire on the beach -afterwards? browned." j Speed die! not speak for a moment. Then he said, "How do you aim to! nake out, kid?" "There's a :han in the Yukon Bill '; ,yas to meet on the lakes." Pete said lesitantly. I'm goin' up to find him. If T don't see you rioys again?" the ; orm.il tone broke slightly 'Tin wish- j n' you luck . . ." He was in the saddle and away, j The mare shot down the defile at a j leadiong gallop. took the fuli span>f the bridge in a beautiful leap, and \ "iaslied up the hiil on the other side j lito timber. A hall-mile to the south the trail, :ame in view over a timbered mountain shoulder. In the rising sun, thej md it was a flickering in the rosy! lisles between them that gave the! signal. A team of gray mules topped the; rise, shielding the men behind. Other 1 pack animals followed, and their driv- i era gathe red on the vantage ground., peering down the long vista toward . the ereck crossing. There was a puff j of smoke; a bullet screamed over the j bluff through the morning silence; i then came the sharp rifle crack. Out j of the blue canyon mist, a greatwinged golden eagle rose and soared ! awav. 'We're jake so long: as they keep in the creek, said Speed. "She flattens out short of the bridge . . Unless they can dig past under the near bank. Watch that gully. Bud." He' drew the six-shooters from his belt and inspected them; then raised his head carefully above the rim of the rock corral to get a steeper view. His eye raked the canyon below for a glimpse of Fallon. Suddenly a bullet went "spang" over the ramXOTICE OF SAI.r. OF HEAL ESTATE N'ORTTI CAROLINA. County of Watauga. Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain deed of trust executed by Elmer Miller and wife Ruth M.iller to The Raleigh Savings Bank and Trust Company, trustee, which said deed of trust is dated April 23. 1928. and recorded in Book 10, page 11. of the; Watauga County Registry, default j having been made in the payment of j tlic iitdcbtemwSS thereby secured anuy in the conditions therein secured, the j undersigned substituted trustee by in- j strument recorded in Book 44, page; 197, Watauga County Registry, will >n Monday. June 17, 1935, at or' about twelve o'clock noon, at the courthouse door at Boone, North Car-! >lina, offer for sale and sell to the iighest bidder for cash the following described property: All that certain piece, parcel or, Lract oi land containng one hundred j and ten (110) acres, more or less.' situate, lying and being on road lead ing from Boone and Blowing Rock I road to the Aho road, about seven? i 7) miles southeast from the town of 1 Boone, in Blue Ridge Township, County of Watauga, State of North Carolina. having such shape, metes, courses and distances as will more fully appear by reference to a plat thereof made by L. M. Trivett. Surveyor, I on the 17th day of December, 1927,\ and attached to the abstract now on j file with the A tlantic Joint Stock Land Bank of Raleigh, the same be-1 ing bounded on the North by the! lands of Hardy Greene and L. P. Hen kel: on the Hast by the Ford Heirs I land: on the South by the lands of| Mary Ashley and Jesse Hodges: on! the west by the lands of L. P. Henkel and G. L. Storie, and being the identical tract of land conveyed by deed from J. C. Miller and wife. Sue Miller, to Elmer Miller, of date December 21, 1927, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Watauga County, in Book 235, at page 156, to which reference is made for more complete description of the same. Terms of sale cash and trustee will require deposit of 10% of the amount of the bid as evidence of good faith. This the 17th day of May, 1935. H. E. STACY, Substituted Trustee. Robert Weinstein, Attorney, Raleigh, N. C. 5-23-4c' SY THUKKD-fxl"?BOONe., Iv. C GEORGE. PEEVED Amelia's Husband Disgusted Over Xcw York Welcome. jjjl -,y X c'AV YORK.- Maybe it was the strain of having his famous living ...' -. Amelia Earhart. aloft for fifteen hours in a 2,100 raile hop from Mexico COy. Anyhow. George Palmer Putnam (above), Amelia's hubby. said ' he never saw such disgraceful scenes." when thousands brdkje pjiiee lines here to greet her. part, <md he slid back with a grunt, shaking away the blood that oozed ir.raw scans above his temple. Smoke was swirling out cf some brush a few yards below the point where the trail reached the creek bottom. "Nobody. lied," said Speed, as he tor. a handkerchief and tied it round ?k<* wound, when they said this ma.ii Foi'm could shoot But i got him placed now." Changing his position, he edged - g the boulders till he touched th outer rim. A bullet hissed beJv. u his neck and the rock, with :t . :u'C!>g spark. Speed wheeled out ar ; tired in the same instant. "Nicked his gun arm," he said, as he whipped back into shelter "Fal. shoots best left-banded. Watch a-jvT*- Cint Wisps of smoke etfciii'il out from various points high in the timber. Tiie I Famous Sleuth Tracks Down Evidence on How Goodyear's Greatest Tire Stands Up on Cars of ' G-3" Users! EVIDENCE R Amazing "G-3" "Foo gatheredfrom Coast t PROVED! real qiientl PROVED! 2f| quicke PROVED! ST again* SEE OUR LOCAL Sure! Goodyearr a Hedge Free Road Ser\ 1 who had started the ascent, i iaicu irresolutely. These shots from ii ' ovo canie as a surp ise. throwing" a r :.ov and disturbing factor into their a ' . They suspected that Speed had v planted a guarcl 021 the hiil to pro- g *ect the Muff, and they had no way c of guessing its strength. Finally they dropped bacl; into the canyon, to con- 0 - null, it seemed, with their leader. You haven't any men up on that i - - . , iv. : . jaaitianu asnt-u ojjccu. Speed's grin was mysterious. ' -Vin t I. hough 1 got one. and he's as good \ as a gang. The little devil had it all ] figured when lie crossed the bridge.'* Pvlet" Maitland exclaimed. 1 Km Uieir attention was now sum- ] moned back to the posse. They caught m rr'impse of Fallon with his arm in > lage, giving orders. 1 Until now Speed hat! contented him- r -mainly with making the trail*' .re; a~sab- Xow he shot with aj :searching intent to k? i, hoping the j1 whilt Uiat Pete would vacate his po- ] Bat the gun kept speaking on j it'.: hill; !he boy was standing his?. I ground. After the first few yards of!. .... . .. t tV?.v ?iv. .t.nr "l.i I1..-IV V.llllr 1 offered the attackers a helpful screen. 11 ; Speed's eye came back to the boul- j ders on the other side of the creek, j I:' he could reach these, he could j :.wt * a wider arc of the hill, with j no ;. red i ng t rees. 1 was gathering up the ammuni- j 1 tiaij to make this desperate move; ; when a sudden din worn below* stopped him. Maitland. from his lookout, ; shouted above the roar. "Look!" The deep voice of a heavy-calibred | gun was booming and reverberating | through the canyon. It had halted? the men on the hill, who now an- j . swered it by pouring a hot. fire into the creek. Bullets vvere splashing like raiii around a wiry, grav-headed fig-1 ure who was fording the creek thru j a blue smoke haze, toward the boul- j dors Speed had had in view. Coolly i munching a largo tobacco wad. he' returned the broadside as he went, 1 without haste, but with terrible ef| feet. "By ginger!' cried Speed "It's Brent's deer gun. And ain't she a talkiii'!" lii-.i: Y :i ! : SEejgp#fi?! l,e when you he; tires for your car detective who sci 5^igS?5~| ing "G-3" AJ1-V ?introduced afi S^rSS^gKA tests ? has ntc 'j&rjS30^P\ claims?has pro' said it was. Stac case! . . . Come ?that costs YO DLLS iff 7, tprint Facts" | | o Coast. iore miles or We carry in NON-SKID fre- ] e Iine 0 y exceeded. . , surprisingly YEAR MARGIN , % J iety stops cars to select tro r in emergency. 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