 There of the mountains, a story of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. We present the 24th episode in Blair of the Mountains, as related to Inspector Blair's old friend Angus McGregor. Again, our scene opens on a quiet evening in the garden of Angus McGregor's home in Vancouver. Hey, young was a queer business inspector. You mean the matter of that Malayan Prince in Victoria? Hey, I was just reading a book in the papers. Two men killed and one committed suicide. And then there was the Ruby. It's a wonder that didn't come into the case. There's barely a hundred words in the paper. But Inspector Monde, you were there at the time. Your name was among the guests at the Grand Ball. Yes, Miss Guest, and I went to the ball. I was there when the thing happened. But in this case, I was sort of a spectator, Angus. A spectator, were you? A spectator. I'm thinking there's more behind it than that, Inspector. You know, there's an odd scene. The onlooker sees most of the game. Don't let's talk about it, Angus. Someday, perhaps I'll tell you the story, but not now. I've sucked as much. Well, maybe there's another story that you have not told me. Well, seeing that Chinaman of yours reminded me. Did I ever tell you the story of Qingbo at the landing? Oh, I didn't amend it. Well, here we go. Qingbo was one of those enterprising Chinaman up in the Yukon. Found a sort of combination bakery and boarding house at the landing. He used to supply bread for the town and the camps and took in boarders as well. He was a tight-fisted old fellow. Eh? And did somebody murder him? I know nothing like that. Anyhow, here's the story. Good Lord Marshall, this bakery is burned to a sin day. Oh, sorry. That's all I can do, sergeant. This business of batching isn't all that it's cracked up to be. No, if only that a tell dining room wasn't terrible. A place swarms of flies. Yes. Anything's better than that. What's on today? Oh, nothing as usual. If something doesn't happen soon, I'm going to take up knitting. Hello? Hello? Looks as if something has happened. What is it? I hear the Qing wall heading for the office. Looks like trouble. See what he wants. All right. Ah, Mr. Marshall. Mr. Marshall, you come click. You come click. You'll catch him, Mr. Blair. Quickly. What's wrong, what's wrong, Chin? Oh, oh, bad sir. Bad sir. Bad sir. What's wrong? He'll run away. He'll steal all of my money. Oh, him bad sir. All gone. All gone. $2,000. All gone. Hold on, Chin. What's this about Lee Chong? Oh, him bad sir. Him bad sir. Catch him plenty money. Him him quit last night. Him run away. All gone. Lee Chong quit last night, you say? Sure. Him him gone. You catch him. You savvy. Catch him telegram. You telegram quite horse. Police man. How much money do you get away with? Him taking everything. All the money I got. $2,000. Oh, you got more than that, Kingie. No, no, no, no. Me, me, me, me poor fellow. All the money gone. All right. All right, Marshall. Get on the phone and have ransom. Pick this fellow up. Turn to search his baggage. Right. Him him him him. Him take a suitcase, too. Everything gone. Hold on now, Chin. You have any trouble with Lee Chong? Oh, sure. Planet trouble. Planet trouble. All the time I fight, you savvy. Oh, him lazy. Did you pay him when he quit? Sure. Me playing plenty. No court, fella. No court. How much do you pay him? How much do you pay him? Hmm. I pay him plenty. Him and him want. Him say I pay $75. Oh, too much. I don't pay too much. How much? How much do you pay him? Well, him say maybe me don't pay $75. Him make trouble. Me pay him $35. Him make trouble all right. Yes, evidently. Now what work was he doing, you think? Your savvy. Him breaker. A breaker, eh? Hmm. Yes, I see. He bakes all the bed for you. Oh, sure. Him, him, him breaker. All the time. All the time. Catch him a lot of business. I'll say so. He chung must be pretty good breaker. You sell good bread, eh, Ching? Sure. Him, him, good breaker. But him, lazy. Him, lazy. Fix him bread, then all the time, him sleep. Me, all the time, work. What do you want to do now, Ching? You make bread yourself? No, no, no, no. No, no, no. Can't do. I don't know. Too bad. All right. All right, Marshall. You get Ransom. Sure. He'll be on the lookout. He'll get him, sure. Bring him back today's boat. Sure, you catch him. You catch him. All of my money was heavy. All right, then, that's all we can do, Ching. You come, maybe, uh, look, see where I keep him, all right? Yes, take over, Marshall. Give me a report. All right, come on, Ching. You, you, you, you, you, you, you. Sure catch him, then I'll bring him back. Oh, in fact, hurra, you save it. That's hurra. In fact, I can't get this at all, Inspector. Three more suspects. And how about that Chinaman, Li Chong? He hasn't got it. At least, isn't it his baggage. Did you hear from Ransom? Yes, he got Li Chong just getting on the train. His white horse. That's his baggage. Not a sign of that dust. He's holding Lee Chong. What did you find over at, uh, Ching-Woe's? I could hardly get into the place. Everybody in town's after bread. The third Lee Chong's gone and there'll be no bread till Ching gets another baker. So there's a run on the place. Ching's put in really crazy. They're offering two dollars a loaf. That's funny. What about this gold? Where'd he keep it? Oh, the craziest thing of all. Craziest thing you ever saw. Just had it in a sack inside a suitcase under his bed. Everything gone? Sure. And what about these other leads? Yes. That's funny, too. It was a bright yellow suitcase with a patch on one side. Danny Wooden was seen with it this morning. Danny Wooden? But he'd never steal anything? He's a useless sort of fellow, but Danny wouldn't do that. What is he? He headed out to Pearson's camp this morning. Said he was going to work. Can't have got far. I sent Vernon after him. All right. Let's see what he has to say. What do you think about this Lee Chong? Do you know him? Fairly well. He's a comical sort of duck. Always playing tricks. I think he got old Qing's goat a little. The thing is, did he get Qing's money? I don't think so. He might have, of course. He's a pretty good baker, anyway. Never tasted better bread in my life. By the way, how are we off for bread? Oh, got a couple of loaves. We'll do until the boat gets in. Certainly puts old Qing in a bad spot. He supplies all the camps and people in town. Must have quite a business. Yes. Serves Qing right in a way. He's a tight-fisted old devil. If he'd done the right thing by Lee Chong, he'd never have quit. I haven't told him nothing. Listen here. I told you I didn't. I told him to bring you in, anyway. Here, hold on. Keep those fellas out, Marshal. We don't want the whole town in here. Shut the door. Well, Danny, what's this I hear? Doing a little burglary for change, eh? Now, listen, sergeant, you know me. I ain't a burglar. Is this the suitcase? Yes, that's it. That's Qing's all right. The one he had the gold dust in. I see. Oh, Danny, what do you got to say? Oh, gee, sergeant, I didn't steal no gold. Where'd you get this suitcase? I found it in a vacant lot behind the bakery. Is that the truth, Danny? Sure, it is, sergeant. I don't know who's it was, and I wanted something to carry me down a jane, so I... Hold on. You say you found it on a vacant lot? Yeah. What was in it when you found it? Oh, there was nothing in it. She was just laying there empty. And you saw nothing of any gold or a canvas sack at all? Of course I didn't. I wouldn't steal nobody's money. All right, all right, Danny. I'm going to turn you loose, but you stay in town. Do we clear this thing up? Understand? Sure, sergeant. Sure. I'll be here. I'll be here. All right. Let him go, Martel. All right, don't... Well, that's lead number two. What else, Martel? Can't, I don't know. There's another lead. Vernon's after that. He'll be back in a minute. What's troubling you, Martel? I don't know. I've got three suspects, and I expect to have half a dozen more in a little while. If indications are anything, everybody in town seems to have had a hand in this crime. Martel, I don't know what you're talking about. No, I don't myself. But everybody seems to have some sort of a secret, and everybody's got money. Here, you don't mean the whole town has been dipping into that horde of Ching-Wos? That's me. I know that. Bring him along, though. Hey, what now, Martel? Well, why, it says man Williams. Vernon's brought him in for questioning. Hold on, here's Ching-Wo. See what he wants now. Come in. Ah, you'll catch a man and steal a money? You'll catch him? No, no, not yet. Yo, yo, yo, you'll catch him, Ling-Chong? Yes, we got him at White Heart. He hasn't any gold in his baggage. All of them, you bring him back. Him, steal a gold, you'll save it. All right, we'll hold him. You'll no catch a gold, you'll no go to Prussman. Take it easy now, Ching. Don't you get sore? Ah, me have a lot of trouble. Everybody come for play. All the people come to the store. Catch them play. One dollar, two dollar, three dollar, two cash. All the con, no cancel, you'll save it. Quite a run on bed this morning. How much did you have? Him, me, chong, him, beg, two, two hundred loaf, last night, all the con, no gold, no gold. No go to Prussman now, you'll save it. Yes, that's too bad. Well, we did now, Ching. I've got to work. All right, maybe you'll catch him. You'll tell him here. All right. Martel. Yes, Sergeant? What's this about Williams? Surely he isn't under suspicion. I don't know Sergeant. Better talk to him anyhow. But what's the lead but that kind of a sack that the gold was in we found it in the garbage can of William Shack Hmm. All right, bring him in Morning Joe sit down Thanks. What's the trouble sergeant Joe? We had a robbery in town last night. You know anything about it. You mean Ching-Woo lost his stake. Yeah, that's it Gosh, that's funny But why pick on me any more than anybody else say wait a minute. I don't get you. No We found the canvas sack that had the gold in it at your house. Hmm. That's all well What about it? Hmm? That's nothing the kids were playing with with it this morning Why the wife stuck it into the garbage cans all or is to see a William this thing is serious Maybe I ain't got much sympathy with that old China man serves them right I say you seem to think the whole thing's a joke. Sure. Why not the whole town's laughing Everybody's getting a kick out of it. Well, I mean to say you ain't seen it yet. Yeah, what's the idea? Say that's a good one and I thought you Mounties was smart here What in thunder do you mean didn't you get any of Ching-Woo's bread this morning? Oh, yes There's a couple of blows here. Well, just take a slice off of one of them I don't get this Sure It's that joker Lee Chung dump Ching-Woo's gold dust into the batch of dough last night then beat it Well, that's one on you sergeant why everybody in town's got a $20 low You have heard the 24th episode in Blair of the mountains Tune in for the next episode in this series entitled the strange case of Henry Peterson