The Trail Beyond

I received your letter

and got here as quickly as I could.

Good, boy.

Now I'm gonna tell ya why I sent for ya.

20 years ago my brother and I quarreled over a woman.

He married her.

They located near Kinnegami House in northern Canada.

A child was born,

a girl.

The wife died.

I heard that my brother had strangely disappeared.

Lately I've had a desire to see that niece of mine,

and find out just what happened to my brother.

That's why I sent for you.

I'm afraid I couldn't stand the trip.

I'll be glad to do everything I can.

You know I haven't forgotten that

you were Dad's best friend.

- You see, my brother's name was John Ball.

His wife's name was Marie.

More than likely, that would be the girl's name, too.

It's my hope

that she will spend the remaining years of my life

here with me.

You know, son, someday she's gonna inherit this here,

Ranch of the Pines.

- I understand, and I'll do my best to find her.

Couldn't ask no more than that.

When can you leave?

On the morning train.

Good!

Rod Drew!

What are you doing here?

- Why hello, Wabi, where are you headin' for?

Oh, I'm going home, I just graduated.

Oh, that's right.

Say, how is the old alma mater?

Oh, it's kinda quiet now.

You know they haven't found any cows or goats

in the dormitories since you left.

- Ha ha, don't tell me the place has deteriorated

into a school of learning.

Sit down.

- Oh, I can't now, I'm right in the middle of a poker game.

But I've got a lot to tell you.

I'll be back later.

Okay.

Don't lose your shirt!

No.

I saw where that one came from.

What are you doing,

gettin' sore 'cause you're losing, huh?

Ya tin-heart, ya half-bread!

I didn't do it, Rod.

They framed me.

I caught him cheating and they pulled on a gun on me.

It's murder.

Come on.

Nice day for ducks.

You shouldn't have done that, Rod.

Now you're in it as much as I am.

Well, don't worry about that, Wabi.

The main thing is to get out of here before they pick us up.

We're about a mile from Fort Minnetaki.

We should be able to buy a change of clothes there.

Well, let's get started.

Well, there you are, sir.

Horseflesh comes kinda high out here.

Come on, Wabi.

- Telegram for you, Marshall.

- It must be the fellas that drifted into town this morning.

Well there they are now.

Let's go down and have a talk with them.

Hey, you fellas!

Wait a minute.

Hey, wait a minute there.

Come on, Wabi.

That's him, all right.

Come on, let's run 'em down.

- We've got to jump for it, it's our only chance.

- They got away, I'll notify the Mounties.

- They just left Fort Minnetaki and headed north.

One of them's a half-breed,

but we haven't any description on the other.

You'd better start at Fort Minnetaki.

Yes, sir.

- We could take a shortcut to Wabinosh House

at the bend in the river.

Once we make it, we'll be safe for a while.

That cabin looks deserted.

We could camp there for the night.

Gold!

It's a map.

Well they must've fought for it.

It shows the location of their mine.

So this is what happened to John Ball.

John Ball?

Why are you interested in him?

He's one of the reasons I'm up here.

And the other?

His daughter.

Wabi, when we get to Wabinosh House,

we'll make a search for this mine.

Well, Wabi.

Wabi!

Felice!

Aw, gee, but I'm glad to see ya.

I'm glad to see you, Wabi.

Felice, this is Rod Drew,

my best friend in college.

Miss Felice Newsome.

How do you do, Miss Newsome?

How do you do, Mr. Drew?

Well, how are you Wabi?

Glad to see you back.

I'm glad to be back, Mr. Newsome.

Mr. Newsome, this is Rod Drew.

How do you do, Mr. Newsome?

Howdy.

Gonna be with us for some time?

No, I'm afraid not.

We're only gonna stay long enough to get supplies.

- Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

Why, where are you going?

- Well, you see, we're thinking of hunting wolves and

we wanna get our trap lines spotted early.

Yeah.

In the meantime, I have some things here

I'd like to leave with you for safekeeping.

Would you lock these in your safe?

Why certainly.

Benoit!

Put these in the safe, would you?

Oui, monsieur.

Felice can give you

vhat supplies you'll need.

We can put you up right here at the post.

- Thanks, Mr. Newsome, that'll be fine.

- All right, you boys come along with me now,

I'll show you your room.

Bonjour!

Bonjour!

Hey, what you got, eh?

You wait, I show you.

Old bullets, eh?

Eh, oui.

When the winter catches him,

we attack Wobinosh House

and bring them to terms with their own ammunition, eh?

Oui.

And the fur, she's coming in pretty quick now.

And their ammunition is very low.

But Newsome, he no knows that.

I emptied the boxes and put them back on the shelves.

And now

I have the grand news for you.

Two strangers have arrived at the post

with a map for lost gold.

- A map of gold? - Oui.

Where is it?

Je ne sais pas.

I only see the word "gold" marked on the map.

Newsome make me put it in the safe.

You can open that safe?

I do not know if I can do that.

- You try, huh? - Oui.

- I give you two men, you go there tonight.

Oui.

It is no use, I cannot get in.

But the girl,

she knows the combination.

Benoit!

Felice, Felice!

She's gone.

Wabi, who's this?

It's Towanga.

What are you doing here?

Mr. Newsome!

- What's this, what's all this racket?

We found this Towanga in Felice's room.

And she's gone!

Felice gone?

Oh, one of LaRoque's crowd, eh?

I've seen him before.

He must've taken her to his place.

Who's LaRoque?

- Renegade trader station up the river here,

been giving us plenty of trouble.

I wonder what he wanted here.

There's nothing of any value.

Not even in the safe.

Maybe it was a map.

We've got to find Felice!

Well we'd better head for LaRoque's.

We can go by canoe.

- No, you can't go that way, there isn't enough water.

Well we might make it.

There is one thing certain.

You sure would give 'em a surprise if you did get through.

Well, come on, let's try it.