 Blair of the Mounties a story of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police We present the first episode of Blair of the Mounties 30 years ago a way up in the Canadian Arctic Wandering prospectors discovered a mysterious warm valley a region of hot springs where flowering shrubs and luxuriant vegetation Flourish the whole year through around the mysterious legend of fire Valley tonight's episode has been woven as the story opens We find Sergeant Blair of the Northwest Mounted Police and old Angus McGregor Hudson Bay Factor smoking by the fire Throw up to the stool sergeant John's a Cornish. Yes, pretty cool. Angus Heavens what a country for a man to spend his days in. She's a hard country But tell me what a book young story a fire valley. Oh, yes Well, it was one afternoon in the late fall when the news came in that corporal Leslie Had been missing from Bear Creek for a week The Indians had a queer story said that Leslie had been stolen away by ghosts. Oh, yes. Hey, well, that's a story Indians from the Badlands said they'd seen the ghosts heading north of the white man Well, that was funny funny. Yes, but the queerest thing of all is that our next who came from England Yes, Leslie's mother Lady Danbury had a dream a dream. Yes. Yes. Let's see if I can describe it Did you ring me lady? Yes Dawson is Lord Danbury down yet? Yes, Milady. He's out in the rose garden. Shall I call him Milady? No, thanks Dawson. I'll go out to him. Oh Robert yes Good morning, Marion By Joe What makes you so pale? Didn't you sleep well? No, I had the most terrible dream. I want to tell you about a dream. Oh come now, Marion That's ridiculous. Come come better. Forget it. Oh, but listen Robert. It's meaning something. I'm sure it does I dreamed about Alan about Alan fiddle sticks just a touch of indigestion my dear Oh, but please Robert at least let me tell you about it. Well, well, oh, all right It was so utterly realistic. I saw Alan plainly. He was in some trouble in flooring me to help you Oh, look how Marion Alan is probably safe and sound out there in Canada. I tell you he isn't Something's terribly wrong. I saw Alan standing under a strange overhanging rock I know something's happened to him. Really Marion. This is preposterous. Oh Hello Dawson. What do you want? Begging you pardon me Lord. This year telegram just arrived. Oh telegram All right Good heavens. It's a cable ground from Canada. Oh Canada. Oh dear. What is it? Oh all the astonishing things Listen to this. It's from the Commissioner of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police in Ottawa Regret to advise your son the corporal ACM Leslie missing Missing from Thunder Bay Detachment since October 10th so far no trace Well upon my soul Marion What do you think of that now will you believe in my dream dream stuff and nonsense? And you say you saw him standing under some confounded rock or other. Oh Disgusting I call it we must do something about it do something Just because that young idiot goes and pushes off into the jungle or or whatever they call it out there You tell me to do something why it's positively insane Robert. I'm going to Canada. What? I won't allow it. It's it's idiotic My dear Marion you you don't really mean that I know certainly do oh I've looked up the salings of winotoba sales on Wednesday the winnie-toe bar Why is she's the foulest old tub of float if I have to go on this wild goose chase we go by the canard We should be in Edmonton in 18 days Then you will go dear. Oh, I suppose so never get any peace if I don't splendid. You're such a sweet old Sweet old sing we minded old idiots always giving in to these Women hello there sergeant. Hello, Mike. Did you have a talk with his lordship? Yes? I had a long talk with him and Lady Dan Brim hold on now. What's that picture you have there? I it's a sketch Lady Dan Brimade that queer shaped rock is where she saw his son standing in her dream in a dream And they came all the way from England to tell you about a dream. Yes funny But we've got to humor them they might important people but look at them trees with leaves on them Tim's poplars Sure, there's plenty of them up north. Yes, it's clear that of course. There wouldn't be any poplars with leaves on them this time of the year Placement chief and pretty cold hello Joe come in and get warm My sticky money to Peter Joe doesn't like that picture. Why you get him that picture. What's wrong Joe? Him bad picture. No good. You know people what you know that place Joe. Yeah, I know him bad place Yeah, hold on Joe good heavens. What a thing if that dream should be true Him no good place. Yeah, Joe. What do you call him that place? In general man him call them Paco on in you Paco on white good Lord. That's fire Valley Joe. Maybe you'll make mistakes. No Me no man go Paco on Him never come here. Wait a minute Joe. You know trail to that place. Yeah, I know him Long way bad trail Joe no go No, like him Paco on you my friend Joe. Yeah, you good man policeman chief. All right, Joe Maybe I go Paco on. Hmm. Maybe policeman Rafferty him go to maybe I tell him big white chief Joe him scared go Paco on. What do you say Joe? Maybe you go policeman chief Joe him go to right you find them little bad Joe tomorrow daylight we go policeman chief tomorrow daylight I go Well by the holy poker. That's a fine trip you're after planning Slap through the badlands in the ditto winter. I'm thinking we'll never come through alive. Maybe you're right Rafferty It'll be a hard trail, but well We're in the police and we're in the police Well, what's the others look over the dog teams Mike? I'll need two slaves turn by to pull out a dawn tomorrow. Okay, Sergeant Start up the fire Mike. They will that Say how those feet of yours Mike pretty badly swollen. I know they're not so bad. I think you can make it all check Oh sure. I'll be all right, but What what is this fire Valley Sergeant? Why they say there's a tropical valley up here in the Arctic caused by hot springs Most likely a tropical valley. Well, no, that's a queer thing in a cold country like this So it is and yet that's true in it. They say there's a band of white-faced Indians in there by gully No, it might be them ghosts. They was talking about Joe. Yes, it might be what about that picture Well, that's the most astounding thing of all that rock in the picture is the one at the entrance to fire Valley Sergeant yes, did you notice how warm it's turned? Yes, that's right Feels like a Chinook, but it's too far north of that. I wonder Hello, Joe, what is it you come? I Show you You see them light in the sky right by Jingo. Yes. Looks like a big fire. Say Joe. You don't mean yeah Yeah, him Paco on Maybe tomorrow We make them so that's why it turns so warm Well, that's lucky another day on that trail and we'd be all in what is it sergeant looks like fire valley just ahead Mike We rest up here and move up closer to the valley tomorrow Look out the dogs Joe. Yeah Well Mike You have a good rest. I'm sure I feel like a two-year-old sergeant. Did you have a look at the valley? Yes, only a few hundred yards through the bush. Did you see anything? I know the place seems as quiet as a grave, but we found that big rock You did yes, just like it is in the picture. We didn't go beyond the rock But we'll have a look tonight. It's gonna be dark now. Yeah, it's a spooky business. Oh, there's Joe What's wrong? I wonder what is it Joe? Oh, please mun chief woman she come a woman Yeah, she come by trail sure and some woman all right and a good looker for an engine. Hey, what do you want young lady? My name. Oh, yeah, I live Paco one. Well, why you come you come back a one? I show you what I show you what man? His name Massey does she mean Leslie? Yes, good heaven Leslie here in this place look out now sergeant It may be a trap. Oh, no, let me my friend You know come tonight. Let me die. Okay. We got a chance at Mike. All right. We come Can you see anything sergeant? Yes, there's a path going up the side of this rock is Joe there sure He's right behind me. All right. Keep your gun handy. Wait you come Then they in this place we got a it's a cave. Yes, you know what? I'm going in then they hear my chief. You see lord. Yes, Leslie all tied up for Mike What does it happen? Let's have your knife Thanks, that's it cut this all had lashing now the gag good Let me let me what who who's that come on. Let me this is out in Blair Why how did you? All right Mike stand by the end and come on let me snap into it I'll be all right in a minute look after Anita sergeant. She saved my life. All right. Let me can you walk? Yes? Well, they got the guy who started once good. No, you think he's all over the club Listen the drums have stopped by the holy poker so they have Yes Come on Mike now's our chance to make a break for it is our only chance. We go back along the path and Mon sergeant What a story But you haven't finished What would they be wanting this Leslie for well that was a figure of the whole affair They believe the time is approaching when their gods would destroy fire Valley if they sacrifice the white man They hope to avert the danger of the God and the sacrifice didn't come off. No, that's funny, too After our trip a strong police party went in there. There'd been a big volcanic eruption the whole place was wiped out No, that's queer and hot over Leslie. Oh, we got him back. All right I had quite a time though poor little Anita got an arrow slapped through her She went over the cliff Leslie was crazy then came the tip over the Badlands It was a nightmare, but we made it and that Angus is a story of fire Valley Mon sergeant Young the queer story a strange story indeed But only one of many and varied adventures of Sergeant Blair as told in this thrilling series Tune in for our next episode in Blair of the mountains entitled murder in Long Cooley