Free Traders Synopsis in a Canadian Mounted Police Tale
Lee Anderson, RCMP sergeant, is sent to Stony Range to arrest Pelly for murder and protect Jim Rathway head of the Free Traders illicit liquor runners. At Little Falls Pelly is missing after a claim of a gold mine. A girl appears, menacing Pierre and Shorty harass her, Anderson defends her, they pursue toward Liston Lake where danger rises as a road blast upsets the party and Anderson is knocked from his horse. He wakes to find the girl missing but alive, likely in Pierre and Shorty’s hands, then treks toward Liston Lake.
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Lee Anderson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Stony Range
Pelly
Jim Rathway
Liston Lake
Anderson
Pierre
Shorty
Siston Lake
Lee
Jim
Rathway
Estelle
Way
Chicken
Hani
York
Esore Nev
Leorg Rathway
Gert
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Rescue at the promontory and pursuit on the lake
Lee navigates a perilous promontory and frees a bound girl from Rathway's hold. A brutal fight ends with Rathway dead as Estelle urges escape by York boat toward the forest, with pursuers closing in from a rescue motor boat.
Desperate Escape on Siston Lake Ends in Safe Shore
Lee fights off pursuit in a motor boat chase on Siston Lake then finds a hiding reed channel and reaches a secluded spit. He tends the wounded girl, cleans a head wound, and repositions a dislocated knee with skill learned from military medical corps.
Anderson Faces Tough Question With Helpless Girl
A concerned figure, Anderson faces a difficult situation involving a girl needing assistance. The exact circumstances and steps to be taken remain unclear as he weighs possible actions and support options.
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Anderson
Ancient Copper Use Traced Across Early Civilizations
Fragmentary prose notes trace copper and copper alloy objects from prehistoric Egypt 8800 to 4700 B C to Asia Minor 3000 B C and China around 2500 B C. It cites earlier Mediterranean civilizations Phoenician Babylonian and Assyrian sites as sources of copper and bronze artifacts.
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Egypt
Asia Minor
China
Nesting Habits of Crows in Trees Study
Crows build nests high in trees using small sticks rootlets and bark from shrubs and grapevines. Usually three to five eggs are laid and hatch in about two weeks, with the young learning to fly once fledged.