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The Valley of < oices
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CHAPTER VII—Continued
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If win Lnsoelles' turn >to lurch, for
hix word RtiiDg SippIp like the lash of
n whip (tut unlike the French man'',
the face of the other reflected Ills
thoughts solely In the swift hardening
of ilie mouth and the glitter In the
gray eyes.
"Then &, rourge. colonel," he conn-
tpred jft'-ngely, "you cannot go Yo-
French ar-j such careful chaperon" "
Lascelle openly scowled his disap-
pointment as St. Once retorted:
"(Jh, naturally I shall t>Tay; so I
shall wish you Itnn voyage a ad nil sue
cess, Mon ;lcur Steele." Am? he shook
his guest's hand. "We shall expect
you .main before you start south."
"Goexlby, sir, and my d^eptst ilianks
;'or your hospitality. Yoti will send a
canoe, anyway. In two ■ •eels;* to meet
Mlcl.el ut the Feather lakesV
"Yes, revoirl"
Ignoring Lascelles, he stepfied Info
•he canoj, launched h.v Michel and
i>avid. then as If It were an after-
thought, Steele called Imnterfhgly to
the Inspector: "And to you, sir.
|Ipusnnt stay at Walling ltlv<«r, and
safe run to Albany, for I very much
wish to meet you again."
With t: e lunae of three narrow
Made*, the canoe leaped upstream
leaving two men on the shore one
with frank approval n the tire"! eyes
which watched the ^road hack of
Brent Steele as he followe'l t '*
vicious etf^ike of the Iroquois In the
how; the other nervously stroking a
black mustache which adorned fea-
tures or which perplexity and hate
were written large.
• •••••
Three days later, when th« canoe or
Steele was far on Its way to the
Feather lakes In Its search for the
trail of the Wlnillgo. Denlse St. Onge
nat In her living-room with the man
who controlled her father's future
with the Revlllon Freres. For two
days, all that sutterfuge and the ple.i
of Illness could avail to avoid being
elone with him, she had made use of,
but now that he was returning to Fort
Albany, he would not he denied 'his
hour.
"Mademoiselle,'' he was saying,
"when a man travels as far as I have
to visit "iIs fiance**, is he not entitled
to a somewhat warmer welcome— to h
more frequent opportunity to "iloy
her soclet • than you have accorded
me?"
"Monslen. Lascelles," replied the girl
roldlv. "I wrote you accepting the of-
fer which you have made tn< many
times In the last three years. In con-
federation that .vou kept my father In
the employ of the cornpan,- In charg?
of a first-class post, Ijiert ed,to marry
you within ajyuuf:'"1t was a contract
T' -hu sTnesM, monsieur. The day of
your arrival here you agreed to my
terms."
Lascelles fidgeted under the calm,
impersonal gaze of the girl's black
eyes.
"It Is true, mademoiselle." and he
twisted hl3 mustache in his chagrin,
"but I am deeply In love *vlth you,
and It Is n.ost unusual. Is It not, to be
Ignored —avoided? I have some
rights."
"I hav * not promised to love you,
monsieur. If that Is what you mean,"
was her quiet answer.
"No," and the blood suddenly flushed
his fare, "hut I have reason to believe
that yon have an Interest in this Amer-
ican. Steele. Why has he stayed here
two weeks? Why, except for the fact
that Mademoiselle St. Onge Is pretty
and charming, eh?"
Denlse St. Onge smiled wearily.
"Possibly, monsieur. It Is not nr.-
likely yon will think so anyway. You
are the type of man vho always in-
sists on the woman motive."
"Woman motive? Why not? In
this case It Is clear," he burst out,
walking the floor, mad with jealousy,
and helpless before the Indifference of
the woman whom he had traveled
three hundred miles to see.
"Pardon mo, hut as a matter of 'act
roil are wrong. Monsieur Steele .a nn
ethnologist and Is deeply Interested In
this mystery which yon mak" light of."
Last elles snapped his lingers vicious-
ly. "You believe In this Wlndlgo
inyth, too* Your father Is lmbeclllc
ubnnt It."
The dark face of the girl flamed
with anger at the reference to her fa-
ther. "You laugh at what has ruined
• his post, monsieur, because It suited
your plan. Is It not so?"
He turned to her with a snarl.
"Evidently you are as superstitious as
the Ignorant Indians."
"Posslhl/ 1 am. I don't know what
1 believe,"' she said calmly. "I only
know what I heard that terrible night
—what the Indians believe — and
where W1 the fur canoe? Wlvem
your turs? Where are your men? Is
that of no consequence?"
It was to the credit of the Infatuat-
ed .-aseelles, as he hade the woman
who had promised to marry lilm, gooo-
by, that what was his of right he did
not demand \* hen he entered his canoe
at the fool of '-he carry.
By GEORGE MARSH
A uthor of
"Toiler* of the Toil"
"Tho YVhrlp* of the Wolf"
(Copyrlrht hy the i'eitu Publtnhln# Co.)
<W. N. U. Service.)
"Au revolr!" he said, taking her
hand and kissing It. "You will write
hy the Christmas mall?" And the man
who had Journeyed up the Albany and
ihe Wailing, exulting In his bargain
with a desperate girl, returned, beat-
en. my an iied and consumed wilb Jeal-
ousy.
CHAPTER VIII
Driven hv three Iron-hard hacks and
pairs of arms, Steele's canoe nosed a
wide ripple on the smoldering surface
of iilg Feather lake, which opened out
before them In mile upon mile of sleep-
ing witter.
A group of women, children and dogs
awaited the canoe's landing at the fish-
ing camp of the OJibwuyg.
"Bo'-jo\ bo'-jo'l" And Michel, kick-
ing his way through the snarling hus-
kies. shook hands with the surprised
women, curious to learn what had
brought the headman at Walling River
to the Feather lakes In Sepiember.
"So the Windigo cries no longer at
night on the burnt ridge?" he began,
in OJIbway.
To Ills surprise the women stared at
hint In amazement, which changed to
fear at the thought of the possibility
of the presence of a demon so dread-
ed, In the Feather Lake country.
"No Wlndlgo has cried here," replied
an old woman, excitedly. "We would
not stay I Our men are away In the
muskegs, hunting earlbou. They would
not leave us here to be eaten by a
Wlndlgo."
Michel looked at Steele. "She say
no WindigO bin here. Why did Pierre
lie to us?"
"Queer for him to bring that tale to
Wailing Itiver." muttered Steele.
"Pierre, who left you to trade at
Ogoke last spring," continued Michel.
"Has he camped here this summer?"
"No, we have not seen his family
since the tnoon of flowers. They went
to Ogoke."
Michel nodded, as If satisfied.
"Well. Michel. It looks as If we were
on a wild goose chase."
The small eyes of the Iroquois glit-
tered. "I t'lnk we ketch dls goose Jes
de same."
"What d'you mean?"
"Wal, we know Pierre Is a liar and
he cum to Wallin' Riviere to nmk' talk
w!d Tete-Boule. Now Pierre an' Tete-
Boule tr'y mak' some trouble ovairdees
Wlndlgo. We'n I go back Tete Boyle
Wefcl tell tne w'at 1'lerre say to
heem." And the lean face of .Michel
took on a fierceness which caused the
squaws Instinctively to draw back.
What motive Pierre could have had
In the tale of the Windigo at Feather
lake, other than the needless agitation
of the post Indians, was an enigma to
Steele, but It was evident thnt Michel
had an Idea of its nnture which be
would divulge only when ready to talk.
"Michel," Steele asked, as the three
men sat by their fire smoking after-
supper pipes, "what's In the back of
your head regarding this Pierre? You
think he knew of the dead Indian at
Stooping river when he came to the
post, yet made no mention of that but
told this wild tale of the Feather lake
Wlndlgo scare. Why should he lie
about the one and conceal the other?"
The Iroquois slowly exhaled a col-
umn "of smoke ^before replying.
"Dees Pierre I know for long time.
He nlway niak* trouble. When I see
heem, he tell me somet'lng or he nev-
alre mak' more trouble on dees riv-
iere," was the unresponsive answer.
"But what Is he driving at? Why
shouldn't be report the killing of ihnt
Indian at Stooping river as well as the
Wlndlgo scare that existed at Feather
lake?"
Michel shook his head. "Ket ees
queer t'lng, for sure," was the laconic
reply.
Steele's eyes sought David's Impas-
sive faco, but the OJIbway seemed
deep in a problem of his own. It was
irritating to a degree, but Steele knew
his Indians—knew thnt Michet would
talk in ills own time and not before—
thnt questioning would only drive him
into a deeper silence.
"IIow many Indians trap the Port-
age Lake "country?" Steele asked.
"Good manee hunt dnt valley, good
manee ovalre on de Little Current."
"We'll start tomorrow. It looks as
if Monsieur Wlndlgo was not going to
pay this country—"
From the ridges of the mainland the
moaning bellow of a cow moose slow-
ly rose and died on the frosty night.
"Dat cow holler ver' strange," said
David, as the three sat with tilted
heads, ears straining.
Again out across the still lake
drifted the mating call.
"Hub I" muttered Michel, "dat Injun
■ hit."
Rigid, the three listener" to the voice
In the night, and In the mind of euch
slowly took shape the same surmise.
Then from the burnt ridge of the
ouposlte shore lifted n low wull, gatU-
eri n
rVolume until It climaxed in «
srrea ^
I.h.i'mJ V*o!" Wlth 1 lei,p' Michel
into the £*nd wu8 th# c"uo«
< ome Onh Steele, "we'll e -
directlons."*1 ridge Ure«
to the
They were >,
when the voice li*"'* , .
and maudlin mew?\°" .HJ1PW, lti
.he terrified won>*, h^r!l 2
,| * . ;nd cnllirwi
the fishing camp, \
alone, with their men cart-
bou barrens. ,
Landing on the beak t„,
ridge, Steele left the oth< ...
warning: "No wild flrlng\)W,
member the whistle I We'lK h
on this snnd beach." " "
The canoe vanished In th\,a(jow8
and the American started .1 Bta|k
Twice he stopped for a Pnce\stu<jy
the caterwauling on the bi?ovtfeyon(j
him. Blood-chilling, unear. tlle
voice filled the caiin nltht. ?
The danger of the hunters firl^ lnfo
each other was great, and he olHi,e(i
cautiously, taking the cover of\ll(J
down timber, ears alert for the l,
eato whistle of the yellow legs, the*'
signal of Identification.
FLGM ON DISEASED
CATTLE IN TEXAS
For Eradication of Foot and
Mouth Disease, Many
Cattle Killed
Washington.—In the work of exter-
minating disease among cattls In Tea-
as during tho fiscal year 1>25, a total
of 890S head of cattle was slaughtered,
J. R. Mohler, chief of the bureau of ani-
mal industry, aald in bis annual revert
to Secretary of Agriculture Jardlae.
For the eradication of foot aa*
mouth disease a total of 8561 domestic
animals was slaughtered duriag the
year In Texas. Of this number 471
were cattle, 27 sheep and 69 goats
with a total appraised value ef
925.50.
Three hundred and thirty-three bead
of cattle were slaughtered in Texas he-
cause of tuberculosis, and a total of
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OTtlTtVUTl"
Build-in
ed
Importance of Garden
Must Be Rccogn1*^
Let us not forget that the <>n eygF
paradise was a garden and that thfiy
glnce mnn and woman lost U ra_
have been trying to get back t0(tlve|-
dlse! Why? Because instim1 thft
they know that It contained ar ^
elements of happiness: be"utlfUn(]ln(:>
roundlngs, quiet, peace, underata. ^
retirement from the dangers and >wn,
of the world—a place all tbeir noj
The garden of Bden—paradise—. ^ ^
visualized by any man or womar
count,*
crowded park or busy
. h Just
thoroughfare. It Is a garden wll„amlly
,'oman—one f
one man and one woman-
perly
-in it I Where, may we not Prj.ardB?
$15,656.40 indemnity was allowed, the ask. Is it but In our own dooK ^
report showed. That whole glorious dream -
Federal activity in eradicating tu-
berculosis and foot and meuth dis-
ease of live stock in Texas received
excellent co-operation from the vari-
ous agencies concerned, Mr. Mohler
dim wi lurmiiirii.Mui, HELld
At last, with skin and clothes :orn Herds of cattle accredited as free
by the brittle twlf*- of th" dea
spruce, -ie reached the flat sholuder
fhe ridge. For some time the nig
had brooded, unmarred by the vole
Cocking his rllle he crept forward
searching the urea of skeleton trees
ghostly In the pale light of the !'• .irs,1"
for some movement. He was f.uzzlr I
at the failure of the Indians, whose
pace should have been faster than hla
to reach the brow of the ridge. If
they had, perhaps even now, the rov-
ing eye ot Michel already marked
him out—wu sighting down a rife
barrel, his crooked finger jn the trig-
ger. waiting to be sure of his tareet
before he fired. At the thought Steele
flattened out and whistled.
But tht. hoo-hoo of n gray owl, pa-
troling the green ttmter of the lake
shore below, was his only answer.
Minutes, which seemed Interminable
to the watcher, passed. Where were
the Indians?
Then to his surprise an unspeakable
mewing defiled the night. In vnln be
strove t. locate tin position of the
benst. But. as the mewing merged
Into the shrieks of a woman, tho
flash and report, flash and report, of
two rlfks cut it short off. Something
t lira shed through the timber out in
front.
He swung his rifle In the direction
of sound, his e^es straining for a
ttti„et. 'The ' light gave him a
fleeting glimpse of a dark object cross-
ing the bole of a skeleton spruce, and
he fired twice. Then leaping down,
he plunged through the tungle of dead
spruce In the wake of David and Mi-
chel who hud stalked their nuarry, but
evidently in the uncertain light,
missed.
Down over the treacherms going of
the slope of the ridge the sure-footed
Indians hunted the thing their rifle
shots had stampeded. Tripping, fail-
ing, to rise and stumble on through
the network of trunks and limbs,
Steele struggled to keep at the 1'tele
of his inen. But gradually the noise
of the pursuit drew away from the
white man, no match for those who,
from childhood, had traveled the for-
ests at night.
In nn hour two grimy, battered
half-breeds, bleeding from contact
with the tln-ber, appeared on the
beach.
"Well. It fooled ns ngnln," vouch-
safed Steele, ruefully, "''Id you see
It?"
"We nevalre see heem," muttere-l
the disheartened Michel, squatting on
his heels nt the wnter's edge to bathe
his face, and his shoulder- from
which the woolen shirt hung In rib-
bons.
"You did not see him when yon
tired?" demanded the surprised
Steele. "I got a look at him for
second."
David grinned at his rhlef. 'Tint
was me yoi. shoot nt. De bullet seeng
close, too. Oooil shot!"
"What, you were our In front of me!
Why didn't you whistle?" protested
the chngrned Steele. "I didn't kno- •,
until you fired, that you two had g *
up there. From tile sound, what did
he travel like. Michel?"
The half-treed lifted a grave fa< \
"He travel Ink' a seek hear; but no
bear holler Ink* a lynx."
(To rue rovTTvrun
Arrested Development
Betty lived In the city and It was
not any too often that she saw even a
horse. So perhaps it Is not to be won-
dered at that she stopped one day In
the park as a Shetland pony went by
and exclaimed: "Look, mother!"
"Yes, dear," replied her mother,
"what is It?"
"Don't you see?" continued Bett>
"There's a horse that got discouraged
and never grew up!l
from tuberculosis throughout the coun
try increased more thaa 24,000, bring-
ing the total to 72,383. Of more than
7,000,000 cattle tested during the yea-,
3.1 per cent were condemned aa dis-
eased. This figure is a slight decline
mpared with former years.
Suring the year as Texas counties
«> placed under quarantine for the
Tej^H fever tick and 105 counties were
rele< cd, Mr. Mohler sa.ld.
Actj-e field work for the eradication
of the ick was continued in co-opera-
tion witL 10 Southern states. The dip-
ping 8eaior.v of 1924 resulted in the
complete eradication of ticks from 71
counties in ;he country that were
heavily intestf"' the preceding^ year.
More than 26 • 9 dipping vants, con-
taining the cc .omary arsenical solu-
tion, were In use.
, „ et our
made a living reality If we but s. ^
bands and hearts to it. But we.
rent our chessman at the paw:
If there Is to be any security
family lives. We must take car
the siren doesn't lure ua out
garden und close the gates beh
—Better Homes and Gardens.
n our
>f the
Seek to Make Every
School Beauty
The directors of the McP
(Kan.) chamber of commerce h
augurated a campaign by whlc
hoped to convert the desolat
bleak appearance of the averag.
school grounds In the count
beauty spots. The directors h
cured the services of Puul V.
landscape gardener, who will wlth
every school board of the coun!'
a plan drawn especially for th« ^ )n
Spot
herson
lve ln-
!n It la
e and
> rural
y Into
ive se-
Baker,
Limestone Contract Voided.
Austin.—The Parten and Herring
Construction (bompany agreed to ac-
cept cancellation of Its Limestone
County highway maintenance con-
tract, ordered October 2C3iy'the High-
way comfyiiss'ion, provided the present
commissoii woVjld agree to pay the
company ^or maintenance work per-
formed from October 26 to the prev-
ent. The offer was accepted. Attor-
ney General Dan Moondy said: "The
matter was submitted to me and I
referred it to the highway commission,
and it was settled by the highway
commission."
ticular school, and which can
stalled at an approximate cost
The directors are furnishing th,'
Ice free to the boards.
f $100.
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Christmas Throughout World.
Washington.—The Christian world
/aid aside its economic and political
burdens Friday and celebrated after
the various fashions of its people the
gayest Christmas it has known since
1914. From Washington, Paris, Lon-
don, Berlin, Rome, even Moscow and
the heart of Africa, from wherever
Christians were gathered on the land
or sea, telegraph and wireless chanted
litanies of merry making and good
cheer.
Governor Issues Pardon*.
Austin, Tex.—Two full and eleven
conditional pardons were granted
Wednesday by Governor Miriam A.
Ferguson, increasing her Christmas
clemency proclamations to 53, and her
total since taking office last January
to 1195. In exercise of her clemency
power, she has broken all Texas rec-
ords.
Magazine Publisher Passes.
New York.—Frank A Munsey, who
rose from a farmer boy to one of the
leading newspaper and magazine pub-
lishers of the country, died Tuesday,
after a stubborn fight to recover from
peritonlts, which followed an operas
tion for appendicitis.
Decrease in Fail Pig Crop.
Washington.—Decrease of 12.4 per
£ent In the tall pig crop of 1925 in the
corn belt states, or an equivalent of
about 1,800,000 pigs, is shown in the
December pig survey announced. Fri
day by the department of agriculture.
Record Cane Syrup Production.
Tyler, Tex.—Jewell McClure of Alto,
who produces 300 gallons of sugar
cane syrup from one-half acre of Irri-
gated cane on his farm north of Alto,
is believed to hold the record for
syrup production in this state.
When a man Is in love he gives
when a woman Is In love tlie fo^^;^ve^ turned Into productive soil.
8.000.000 Acres Reclamed.
Bombay.—By the erection of the
Lloyd dam on the Indus River, 8,000,-
000 acres of barren land have been
The directors are also consld, treeg
plan whereby they hope to l>l 'lh Me_ of
along the Santa Fe trull and Ij . ..
rldlan highway, renchlng out flvj Thegj 6 cf0
!u every direction from the city I tua-cifilly
trees are to be planted not moiv\
fifty feet apart on both sides 8ners> SOd
roads. forth mote
V City Highway Proble .
Tbe greatest annoyance in c OI l',at
flay is that our highway*^ those that
from a horse-drawr,^;-;^ ha|ld W0
W Resent needs, (hat shotild
build an entire city to meet
quirements of such an epoch'®y were to
thing as the motor car Is nrjhwtiou to-
task, but It can he done.
proach to the problem must b note, it
one. The experience of the pattd yet theil*
nothing. The Ideal to be soui .
direct route from the garage record,
cellar of my house, with llttleUie Ulcijori-
or traffic regulation. In any <[„: V
to the open country. If we —
the country easily, the city {becomes
perfect. We live In comfort 'and gre-
gariously, and yet have all tWpIeas-
ures of rural life. The probfem obvi-
ously requires a separation at classes
of traffic, and the elimination of grade
crossings of streets on trunk high-
ways.—North American Review.
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Paint Right
"Penny wise and pound foolish'' Is
the man who thinks to save noney by
putting cheap paint and vrrnlsh In
his house. The cost of application for
poor paint and for good paint Is Iden-
tical. The only difference Is that poor
paint will have to be put on twice as
often. You can figure It out for your-
self. A new house of frame construc-
tion that would sell in the market at
about $f>,000 usually has about $50
worth of paint and varnish
it worth while to try and btlng down
the cost of the paint, which fs about 1
r**r cent of the total cost
home to save one-half of 1
and then l.ave to do the painting over
again in a year?
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Lightning Rod Voflue
A lightning hazard is rjtpidly hv-
with the
telephone,
over the
of your
per cent,
rreaslng from year to year
extension of telegraph,
lighting and power lines |
country. When a stroke of , lightning
occurs anywhere near suc'u lines It
causes, by Induction, a sud jJen surge,
or rush of current, which Is] likely not
only to Injure wires and 'insulators,
but also to be carried Intol buildings,
where It may damage costlj.f electrical
machinery and pe>sslbly c huse flres.
Buildings are protected bjj" lightning
rods, the value of which Is fi illy proved
by statistics.—New York W orld.
Schoolhuutet
Crowded schoolhouses are never
f^und in stagnant elb'les or communi-
ties. The crowded in thow com-
munity growth, hut they are tempo-
rarily Inconvenient. '^Better relieve the
crowding rather tha ,n etoi the grow-
ing,—Annlston Star. /
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