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THE TURNER TRIBUNE
T 1 1 ENKI 1 , O U E O O y , TIFUKH DAY,
VOL.
HAPPENINGS OF
CURRENT WEEK
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Bits of Best News Items From
Everywhere.
DIGS UP FORTUNE UN FARM
War-Time Cache Discovered in Ala
bama After Many Years.
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Dcmupolla. Ala.
papers
which
his
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Aided
father
by old
left
FARM RELIEF FIGHT
him,
tlayus Whitfield of Mlddleboro, K y .
Monday unearthed burled gold valued
al more than 1200,000 on the W hitfield
farm near here.
Vive President Takes Hand in
Agricultural Legislation.
The discovery of the
treasure came as lha result of a search
PUTIN CONCISE FORM
which began Saturday. May 22.
Directions for locating the gold were
OUTLOOK B R I G H T E R
contained In papers left to H * son by
K irn t* o f Noted People, (¡g ie rn a e n l*
and I’ aelffr Northwest, and Other
Thlnga Worth Knowing.
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Salem — Building permits Issued
hern during May aggregated $281,(50
as agaiost $113,950 during May of last
year. Of the May. 1926. permits, $274,-
000 represents new construction.
Pendleton. - Sale of 1440 acres of
rfheat land In Umatilla county. In
volving nearly $225,01*0. was announc
ed here Saturday by W. II. Morrison,
associated with O. F. Hodges o f Pen
dleton.
Salem - The state land department
Confrrracr Held lo Beach Agreement turned over to the state treasurer In
Ihe oldest and moal aristocratic faml
May an aggregate of $102.022 45, ac
on Measure I'realdenl Would
Ilea of Alabama and descendant of the
cording lo a report Issued by George
Approve.
G. Brown, clerk of the state land
plouecr general. Nathan R.-yau Whit
board.
field.
Nilson. Is Vienna's latest child prodigy
on I he stage. Illa 'flrs t appearance In 1000 L E F T H O M E L E S S
IN $400.000 B L A Z E
Ihe role of the Italian boy In llofmann
stal's "Christina's Home Journey" won
Sacramento, Cal. More than 1000
him a great success and the nickname persons were made homeless when a
"Jackie Coogan No 2."
fire, starting In a Chinese building,
Sixty young royalists In Nantes.
totally destroyed the histcrlc China
France clashed with the police Sun
town and cannery district of Isleton.
d iy In a demonstration against the
late Monday, causing damage estimat
mayor for his refusal to authorlie a
ed at $4<io urn)
corpus chrlall procession In the city
One person. Tony Berry, a cannery
The clash occurred In Ihe courtyard
worker, was known to have been In
of Ihe city hall One royalist was ar
jured In the fire, which broke out at
rested and later released.
3 o'clock, and which had raxed nearly
Application of the Inland l.lg^f * 100 homes In the oriental colony and
Power C o, Idaho, lo Ihe federal pow cannery section at 7 o'clock.
er commission for a water power de
The Isleton cannery. In the heart
velopment license In Clearwater river of the aspurngus bell, was saved
was approved Saturday by the sec through Ihe heroic efforts of g band of
reiary of war on recom m end»"''., of volunteer fire fighters and Ihe Isle
the chief engineer of Ihe commission Ion fire department.
The firemen
and the chief of Ihe army engineers were compelled to pump water from
Captain Asher C. Baker, dlreclor-ln- the Sacramento rlre r to fight the
chief of the Sest]ul-Centennlal exposi flumea.
One hour after the fire was discover
tion In Philadelphia, died In a hospital
at Morristown. N. J. He was 74 and ed the Migratory school house, which
had been III some time. He was a was being attended by nearly 300 stu
former navy officer ami held Import dents, was laid In ruins, the damage
ant positions In the Panama Pacific, to the school alone being estimated!
Chicago and St. Louis expositions. . at 210.000.
Bear on Berg at Sea.
New York.— A polar bear on n mam
moth Iceberg floating In the Atlantic
llkO miles from New York was re
ported by passengers of the Hamburg
American liner Hamburg which dock
ed Monday. The Iceberg. 2000 feet
long and rearing Ita apex 100 feet out
of the water, waa seen when the
liner was o ff the grnnd hanks of New
Foundlsnd. Friday. Commander Kiel
said.
The vessel was within eight
miles of the berg. Passengers with
field glasses said they saw the bear
lamberlng around the side of the berg.
The Inauguration of Professor Ignats
Mosclckl as president of Poland Fri
day was marred by a communist
demonstration. The president had just
taken the oath before the national
assembly In Ihe historic castle of the
Polish kings when communists shout
ed. "W e want Ihe political prisoners
Jeera Greet Fascista.
released. Hive us work for Ihe un
employed.”
The
assemblage was
New York. — Jeer», catcalls and
shouts of "Down with Musanllnll"
thrown Inta an uproar.
caused by the presence of 200 fascist
legislation for the regulation of
marcherà, clad all In black, created a
news policies of Oregon newspapers
disturbance In New York'» Memorlnl
Is proposed by the Oregon state
day parade. Mounted police charged
grnnge, which referred a resolution
and dispersed the disturbers.
providing for a study o f the Ohio law
The fascist gathering fell in behind
to Its legislative commute, with a view
a band o f Boy Scouts. Officers of other
lo submitting the proposed law for
units protested their presence, but the
Initiative action by the voters at some
uninvited guests Insisted on their right
future election. Success of the press
to participate along with delegations
In getting and publishing resolutions
o f veterans of half a doten foreign
nnd discussions on them without ap
countries.
proval and release by the publicity
committee was said to have prompted
Charlotte, N. C.— Tuts city’s much
the action. Consideration was given
Ihe proposal before the 6.1<1 annual con heralded debate on evolution passed
vention pf the grange closed
In Baker, Oregon.
STATE N E W S
IN BRIEF.
C Hoax Whitfield, member of one of
When tlayus W hitfield began his
With frost In widespread sarttoua.
search 36 neighbors were employed lo
ri«-ord low teinperalurea for June 4
uncover an old boundary stake on ihe
were reported from nuineroua north
Hhudy drove farm, I I miles from Do-
eastern states Haturday.
mopolla. near Jefferson. Fur a week
Kour deaths hr g s» In Kverell Sat the large force worked without results,
unlay brought the total of tragedies
but a large cache of gold coins was
o f that kind within a Sm ile radius
discovered.
They consisted of 120
of Seattle to eight since Tuesday
gold pieces, minted In 1850 and be
The Frrn ih senate ratified the lot fore. which were burled by Ihe wealthy
i nrno security agreements Saturday Boas W hitfield during civil war days.
W hile the news of the discovery
after Premier Itrtand made a plea In
their behalf. The rote was 271 tu « was confirmed, the exact amount In
volved was not divulged
There are
The Mosul agreement between Tur
eight heirs who may pul In claims for
key and tlreal llrltaln was signed at the gold, all of them daughters and
Salonlkt. tlreeee. late Saturday night sons o f the four Whitfield brothers,
Turkey and llrltaln thus have effect born In civil war days, tbemaelves
ed u solution of the territorial and oil sons o f the pioneer general, Nathan
dispute of long standing
W hitfield
Other gold coins have been found
John Tlrkerlng. t|, drowned Friday
on the old W hitfield place prior to
In a five foot Irrigation well In a celery
this discovery. It was learned, but
patch on his farm near Burlington,
the matter of Instituting an active
six miles north of Mount Vernon,
search for burled treasure never re
Wash
The coroner, after an investi
ceived much altcntlvn from Ihe W hit
gation. pronounced the drowning to
field family until the ancient "k e y "
I-*- accidental
left by C. Boat W hitfield was found
Anion Husain. 43. and his daughter. In Kentucky
Fulvla. 10. were killed and a doien
W hile definite Information waa not
towns In central Arkansas, southeast available here, cltltens expressed the
of Pine 111uff. were without electric i - Hal lhat Boas Whitfield burled the
lights or power Friday as a result of gold to prevent Its seizure by union
an electrical storm. Ilusalo and his forces during Ihe civil war
Similar
daughter were struck by lightning.
Instances were recalled by older In
Nils Christian Ntlson. six yoar-old habitants. but In no rase had so large
son of the noted composer. Christian an amount been Involved.
Herbert W enlg of I.os Angeles Fri
day night won the third national ora
tnrlcal championship. With the youth's
»•lection as best orator o f nearly 2.-
000,000 high school students who par
ticipated In regional contests went Ihe
right to represent this country In the
first International oratorical contest to
l«i held next October.
JUNE
recently o ff tamely Monday night before an
audience estimated by the Charlotte
Observer to number 150 persons. The
Assassins Kill Two.
question, “ Should the teaching of the
Chicago. — Tw o unidentified men theory lhat man evolved from a lower
were assassinated Monday by fire | order of animals, he excluded from the
from a passing automobile, supposedly lax supported schools?" was debated
another outbreak of gangsters’ ladles. by Dr. T. T. Martin of Mississippi,
The victims started to run as the representing the Anti Kvolutlon league,
first shots sounded and both fell mor- 1 and Howell S. Knglund, Detroit at-
tally wounded. The aasasslna escaped. ' tornny and biologist.
Washington. D. f".— Forces support
ing agricultural relief measures look
Hllvorton.—A freak foxglove plant,
combining the usual sprgy of flowers
with a circular, single pelaled flower
at the top of the stem was recently
was announced that Vice President reported from Dellas
A similar one
Dawes had taken economic direction also has been found at Sllverton.
a new leuae on life Saturday when It
of farm legislation.
Albany.—Work on the second sector
by of the Santlam highway between A l
Senator Walson. republican, Indiana, bany and Lebanon is progressing
rapidly and at present most of tbe
after he had attended a conference
bridges and culverts are In and but
of farm leaders In and out of congress,
one stretch of about 300 yards remains
at wlib-h the vice-president was pres to be graded.
ent
The purpose was lo agree upon
Klamath Falla.— The road lo Crater
a farm relief measure which It was Ijik e lodge, on the rim of Crater lake,
believed Ihe president would sign.
Is passable, though not in good con
Those attending the conference In dition. Approximately 50 cars made
(be jaunt from here Sunday through
dorsed Ihe McNsry equalisation fee
the Klamath entrance, tbe round trip
measure now pending before the sen
occupying about four hours.
ate with several modifications. They
[.a Grande.— Approximately $80.000
favored reducing Ihe revolving fund
from $260.000,000 to 217S.OOO.OOO. of loss waa Buffered at Imbler. Or., 11
miles northeast of here, Sunday night
which $75.000.000 would be used for
when fire raxed a grain elevator and
Ihe disposal of surplus cotton.
Its contents, two warehouses and the
Another amendment agree,! upon
stockyards. The origin of the fire,
would authorise the Immediate opera
which started In tbe J. Blacklngton
tion o f the equalisation fee provision
warehouse, waa undetermined.
on all of the five basic farm commodi
Salem.- There were two fatalities
ties wheat, cattle, swine, cotton and
corn.
In Oregon due to Industrial accidents
Bui Ihe actual operation of the fee during the week ending May 27. ac
would he left In Ihe hands of the pro cording to a report prepared by the
ducers of any of the commodities, who state Industrial accident commission
would determine by a referendum Saturday. The victims were William
when they wished It to become ef Wyant. Portland laborer, and Merle L.
Schwerdfleld. Medford logger.
fective.
The bill In (Is original form pro
Kugene.— The year 1925 was the big
vides that the fee w-ould not operate gest year In the history of the Kugene
ngalnst cotton and corn until three water board, when net Incomes of the
years after lls passage, and then only water aod electrical departments
after congress had specifically author reached a total o f $224,182.95. This
Ixed It.
waa the story contained a the annual
The conferees derided not to In report of audit submitted to the city
clude ihe embargo and tariff provi council through the recorder Saturday.
sions 1n Ihe Haugen bill, which were
Salem. — A workman entering the
defeated by Ihe house.
employment o f an employer, subject
to tbe provisions o f the workmen’s
LEAGUE ABANDONED
B Y S P A N I S H A G E N T compensation act, must give Imme
Geneva. — The league of nationa diate notice of rejection of the law In
council reorganisation crlals took a order to escape Its responsibilities,
new and sensational turn Sunday night according to a legal opinion handed
ihrough the circulation o f a report down by the attorney-general here re
(hal Spain would absent herself from cently.
The
announcement
was
made
the June session of the council Mar
quis Quinones DeLeon, Spain's regu
lar representative, haa gone to Ma
drid to consult with Premier Prlmo de
Rivero, and the league officials have
not yet been informed as lo who. If
anybody, will sit In his place.
Spain, like Brasil, both non pernian-
ent members, has been demanding a
permanent seal In the council on the
same fooling ns Ihe great powers, but
Ihe reorganization commission, which
has been studying the problem, is
opposed lo any increase In the per
manent members beyond Germany.
Portland.— Portland controls Its food
supplies for the protection of the
health of the city better than any other
city in the country, according to in
vestigations of W. Vogwell, chief
health Inspector o f Sydney, Australia,
who has written to Dr. John O. Abele.
city health officer, to find out how
Portland docs It.
Cottage G rove.--The last freak of
the vegetable world in this section of
the fertile, fruitful W illam ette valley
is an asparagus stalk fashioned into
(he shape of a basket. It grew on the
W. J. Thorp place. The stalk grew
flat and widened to an loch and a
Esperanto Makes Good.
half In thickness and then twisted It
Berlin.— KspernnlIsis have scored a
self Into a circle, forming almost a
notable success In getting their Inter
perfect basket.
national language recognised and ad
mitted by Kuropcan telegraph authori
Albany.—Decision to Improve the
ties. In soviet Russia, according to Ilaltey-Brownsvllle road by straighten-1
reports received by the German Ksper ing was reached by the county court
anto association. greiSt progress Is after considering two petitions fro m '
being made.
Halsey and Brownsvillo citliens. One
At Ihe Russian Esperanto congress, petition was signed by 69 Brownsville
lo be held al Minsk, a report will be residents remonstrating against the
made that, by means of Ksperanlo, Ihe improvement, but tala was counteract
Russian peasantry have been enabled ed by a petition of 82 Halsey and
to reeolve direct accounts o f rural Brownsville citlxens asking for tbe
life and conditions In 17 different new route.
countries.
Klamath Falls.— Hasty action to res
United States Legation Bombed.
Montevideo. Uruguay.— The Ameri
can legation here was bombed Friday
It waa the second bombing in recent
weeks of a United Stales legation In
a South American country.
The bomb, apparently one of great
power, wns loaded with pieces of Iron,
lead, steel, wire and screws.
Ten
pounds of fragments were collected.
Manuel Garcia, a Spaniard and a port
er of the legation, narrowly escaped
Injury.
Gift*
Worth
Fortune.
Albany, N. Y
Preceded by a for
tune In gifts, hundreds o f friends of
Governor Smith streamed Into the city
for the marriage of the governor's
oldest daughter. Miss Kmlly Smith lo
Major John A. Warner, superintendent
of the stale police. Cardinal Hayea of
New York conducted the nuptunl masa.
The gifts received were estimated to
he worth $350,000 or more.
cue three bodies was made necessary
by a fire which broke out shortly after
3 o'clock Saturday In the business sec
tion here, destroying an undertaking
establishment and five other firms
In a frame building near the main
business district. A house adjoining
was also a total loss. Damage Is esti
mated at $26.000. The blase is be
lieved to have originated In a hand
laundry located In the center o f the
burned block.
Pendleton.— Pendleton’s new water
reservoir on Iho north side will be
completed in two weeks. It was an
nounced by officials In charge o f con
struction work. The reservoir Is down
to 28 feet In several points It was an
nounced and this will be (he lowest
point reached. When the reservoir Is
complete It will furnish nn additional
million gallons o f water daily for the
city of Pendleton and will assure addi
tional water for fire fighting purposes
on the north side.
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The
Valley of Voices
NC), as.
By G E O R G E M A R S H
A u th o r o f
THE
FUR
CANOE
B Y N O P K I 8 — W i t h D a v id , h a l f -
b r e e d g u id e , f i r e n t H t ee l« . o f t b e
A m erican U u i«u in o f Natural H is
t o r y . In t r a v e l i n g
in n o r t h e r n
Canada.
Hr a s t r e a m he h e a rs
D e n is e , d a u g h t e r o f Col. H i l a i r e
fit. O n g e . f a c t o r a t W a l l i n g R i v e r ,
p la y t h e v i o l i n s u p e r b ly .
H e In
t r o d u c e s hi rose If a nd a c c e p t s an
I n v i t a t i o n to m a k e t h e post his
h o m e d u r i n g his s t a y
He finds
the f a c t o r w o r r i e d a n d m y st ifi ed .
T h s " l o g c h a t e a u " Is a r e a l boma .
CHAPTER I— Continued
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"Bnf (hey missed y ou !" laughed Ihe
Frenchman.
“ Yes!
Our Inspector.
Monsieur Lascelles. In his desire to
get fur Ignores (he conditions here en
tirely.”
At the mention o f the name l.ae-
relies. Steele sensed s swift change
In Denise St. Onge His curious ryes
caught a faint color In the girl’s tem
ples as she avoided his glance. In a
moment she had control of herself
bat he wondered If this then was the
cause of her heartache.
"My position Is most difficult, you
tee." continued 8t. Onge. "Ijtllsmine
controls the upper country with hi;
whisky.
W e get considerable Little
Current and Drowning Itlver trade,
but Michel and I have I ' meet them
with our good s over h ( l*nrtage l-ake
There are many who fear lo come lo
(he House of Ihe Windlgo. on the
Spirit rapids, ss liter call II.'
“ Strange your people al Albany fail
lo realize this
“ They will realise It now— this
summer, for we have come to sn Im
passe, as we say in French."
“ How Is that, sir?"
“ Why, my Indians, except Michel,
who Is a hard-headed Iroquois from
the NIplasin* nnd laughs at this devil
talk, will not now go Into the bush
alone.
They are always seeing and
bearing things.
Our hunter, Tete-
Boule, refuses to leave the post since
be found some prodigious tracks In
the muskeg and heard screaming at
night. Monrieur. our people are panic-
stricken." 8L tinge gravely shook his
head. “ And now. as you say In Kng-
llsh. the climax Is capped."
Steele leaned toward his host, keen
ly curious of what was coming, as St.
Onge finished dramatically:
“ Our fur canoe, which left here
early In July, with four men, neTer
reached—Albany!"
“ Never reached— Albany?" repeated
the astonished listener. "They sent
you word, by canoe?"
"Yes. they sent a relief party op-
river to find my men who were long
overdue. They feared they had lost
their boat In the Albany rapids and
were following the shore."
"And this search party found noth
ing T'
“ Nothing!" St. Onge lifted shoul
ders and hands In eloquent gestnre.
"Men, fur, canoe; gone, wiped out,
swallowed up!"
“ But there must have been some
thing washed up alongshore." vehe
mently protested Steele, “ the shell o f
the canoe— small stuff— and a paddle
alwa ys comes ashore.”
“ Nothing!", repeated the factor.
“ They searched the A lt any and then
the lower Walling, for they had to
pole and track most o f the w-ay as
you know.
Above the Devil's mile
they found the first camp of our peo
ple. but below, not a body, or paddle,
or scrap of canoe— nothing!"
T o Steele this was Incredible— this
mysterious tragedy of the fur canoe.
He wished he had known whnt had
happened on the Wailing but a* few
weeks before, when he and David
fought day by day Its stiff current on
the way to the post.
" It’s simply unbelievable, colonel."
he vigorously objected. “ A swamped
canoe, broken up In a big rapid. Is
bound to throw something on the
heach below.
W e notlo-d nothing,
but we were not on (he lookout."
That there was more to this story
Steele was convinced; hut »h a t per
sonal bearing could it have on Denise
St. Onge?
“ Yet those are the facts, monsieur,
and our people are mad with fear.
Thank H eaven! Michel had a bad
ankle and wns not with the boat. He
telle the Indians that the canoe and
bodies are held In the big eddy, but
I doubt It."
Steele stared at the factor, unable
lo accept Ihe sole Inference to be
drawn from his host's remark. St.
Onge was surely facetious.
“That leaves us Ihe Windlgo the
ory, colonel," he laughed, but to his
surprise his pleasantry was met by so
grave a face lhat for an Instant Steele
was In doubt of Die menial butanes of
the Frenchman, harassed by Ihe mis
fortunes of Ihe summer.
The dark
eyes of Denise St. Onge. fixed on the
window, were cryptic. Then the fac
tor smiled Inscrutably as he said:
“ Monsieur, I am a furtrader on a
rlrer believed to be haunted. It would
t e a policy most ruinous for me to ad
mit a belief In the supernatural— lb
this Indian tradition. Is It not so?
Rut," and the speaker glanced at Ills
daughter, "as well believe It the
Windlgo; whnt other solution Is left?
Men and canoe dlsapiiear -lik e th at!"
and he snapped Ills fingers.
It was d ear that St. Onge was dis
sembling— for some reason he a n
loath to give his guest the whole
stsry. But why? What was there In
this tragedy of fear and death lhat a
stranger should not know? Why, since
St. Or.ge had so frankly revealed tbe
" T o « r r t at J , * T r a i l "
" T h e V, h « lix o f the W o l f "
(C o »rrisk ! fey Ih* Pana P«t>1l*blng C * )
(W- N. U. Service. 1
crisis be fa ceil at Walling River—tbe
threatened loss of the trade and
abandonment of tbe post, due to the
superstition of Ihe Indians—did he
withhold his own solution of the rid
dle? Certain!; there was more, much
more. In this strange situation which
Steele had accidentally stumbled upon,
than the lo »« of the far canoe. The
furtive glances of father and daugh
ter at Steele's reference lo Lsnamme,
the free-trader: her evident embar
rassment at Ihe mention of lascelles.
Inspector at Albany; and shove all,
her mood o f despair at the rapids,
voiced so poignantly by h r violin;
these could hear no relation to Ihe
tragedy of the fur canoe— lo the panic
of (be Indians at Ihe Ill-starred post.
"\Vere your men trust worthy?" be
suddenly asked.
"Absolutely.
They could not de
sert and hope to dispose o f Ihe fur.
We and (be Hudson’s Bay people have
an agreement. On the Albany at that
time they would surely havs run Into
the Fort Hope York boats and the
Martin's Falls and Henley House
brigades. Besides, tws of them left
young wives here."
“ Still, I’m sure Michel Is wrong
about Ihe eddy," ventured 9teele,
hoping to draw out tbe factor. "The
Big I ’ellcan whirlpool, below Lac Seal.
Ihe worst I've ever seen, always
throws out the stuff sucked Into It In
the coarse o f s few hours."
SL Onge lifted his heavy eyebrows
In a nod of assent. "Oh. Mlehel Is In
doubt about It also, but ilutl is what
he tells the Indians. A man of parts
Is Michel, monsieur. He Is more than
my right hand here."
“ Yes, he looks like a good man. Did
yoa notice David, colonel?" Steele's
face lighted as he mentioned his
swarthy comrade.
"H e seemed most Intelligent," re
plied St. Onge, “ and looks as If he
could pack four hundred over a port
age. If he wished.
"H e can. colonel." Then Steele gam
bled with bis host s curiosity. “ What
worries me la how to keep him from
wringing Laflamme's neck when we
reach < igoke— and. aside from getting
supplies, we wish lo stop at Ogoke.
Colonel SL Onge."
The factor was palpably interested.
HU narrowed eyes seemed to search
those o f his guest In au endeavor to
read his thoughts. Then, leaning for
ward, elbows on table, be asked
tensely:
“ Why?”
" I am sorry, but that U David's se
c re t"
“ Oh, I see! It Is right, then, that
yon do not tell. But I » a s curious,
monsieur, for today when lie reached
here, he asked at once how ra&iiy
days’ travel It was to Ogoke lake."
That St. Onge should be vitally In
terested In the man, who, by the use
o f whisky, was winning Ihe fur trade
o f the whole headwater country of the
Wailing, was natural, but the observ
ant Steele sensed more to the story
than mere trade rivalry. In the atti
tude o f the factor. However, he
dropped the subject and returned to
the lost canoe.
"It’s by far the strangest case I have
heard of— four men In a loaded canoe,
wiped out without leaving a scrap of
blrchbark or a silver of spruce as a
clue, and a wonderful opportunity for
the study o f this Windlgo superstition
at drat hand."
"Eighteen thousand dollars In fur!"
sighed the factor, whose face was
drawn and old. as they left the table.
CHAPTER II
"W ill you come with me to the
trade-house, monsieur? For a time my
daughter will be busy with the dishes.
Then we shall have some music, De
nise?”
" I f you wish," and addressing Steele
she added suggestively: “ It will be
gay music tonight, monsieur, I prom
ise you— Ih honor o f your arrival at
the 'Uouse o f the Windlgo.’ "
"But I like your sad music, made-
molselle," he said, “ and I am clever
at washing dishes. If I could be of
service."
There was challenge In her black
eyes as she countered: “ Ah. monsieur,
but you are more clever. I fear, at con
cealing your thoughts."
As he walked with the factor to the
trade-house he wondered precisely to
what she had alluded.
St. Onge was writing a lengthy re
port o f the situation at Wailing River
to his chief at Albany, three hundred
miles downstream, so Steele joined
David sml Michel seated beside the
post canoes on the heac.i, smoking af
ter-supper pipes. In front o f the In
dian shacks, a group of shawled wom
en talked In hushed voices. Near them,
three men, squatted on their heels,
Indian fashion, conversed, heads to
gether.
No shrill shouts broke the
quiet.
Even the play o f the dusky
children seemed suppressed. Truly,
thought Steele. St. Onge had not ex-
...
aggerated. The air hung heavy with
f fear.
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The
Indians
were
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panic.
Dread o f the fabled Windlgo had
wrought Its spell. At this rale It would
not be long before the foxes would
bark In the clearing of the abandoned
post—before padded feet would roam
at will In what wns now a home. And
the girl up there— «b a t would become
o f her?
"W ell, David, has Michel (old yon
o f Ihe fur canoe?” demanded Steele.
Dai Id’s broad face w rinkled In a
grin. Taking his pipe from his mouth,
he spat deliberately before he an
swered with another question.
"H ow long we stop here?"
“ I don't know. Why?" Steele was
Interested.
“ Win). Michel an’ Daveed lak to drop
down to de beeg strong water. We
strike back In seven-eight sleep, may
be.”
"W hat’s your Idea? It's not Just to
make a mg her search on a mere
chance of finding something. There's
something else cooking under that
black hat o f yours."
But David was noncommittal. "W e
Ink a look at de las' camp fur canoe
made, an' shore below, for little piece."
Steele was secretly delighted at the
excuse this expedition of David's
wonld give him for prolonging Indefi
nitely his stay at Wailing River. As
a student of Indian mythology and
worship o f the supernatural, the prob
ing o f this mystery— the study o f Its
effect on the post Indians— demanded
his best efforts. It was s rare oppor
tunity for an ethnologist, a student of
folklore, to gather data at first hand.
But over and beyond that was tbe rid
dle o f this girl whose hands of an ar
tist were now busy with the dishes up
there In the factor's house.
"But what do yon expect to find.
Mlcbel? There have been two canoes
over the ground. The Windlgo have
swallowed canoe, fur and men."
The small eyes o f the Indian
snapped. “ Daveed and Michel nevalre
see M’sleu Windlgo. We lak to hav"
look at heern. Tete-Boule," with a ges
tnre toward the three men grouped In
front of the shacks, "he hear Windlgo
one. two, many tam. He fin' track een
muskeg—veri beeg. Bnt he hav’ rear
to tak Michel to de track. Maybe down
nn de beeg rapids, Daveed an' Michel
shake han’ wld de Windlgo. Maybe
we fin’ he Is hongree— den we feed
heem— some lead.’
And the smile
faded, while the swart features of tbe
Indian set stiff with hate.
“ Ah. h a !" thought Steele. “Theee
two old foxes have got something In
their heads."
But knowing his people, he did not
press them for sn explanation. I-ater,
alone with David, he would be told.
So he filled his pipe and sat down.
“ Michel," he asked, "why did the
RevUlon Frerea build this place at the
head o f these rapids instead of up at
Ogoke lake where they could buck La-
flamme. face to face, for the trade of
the whole country?"
For a space Michel smoked. Ignor
ing the question; then he grunted
through the stem o f his pipe;
"You see M'sieu *.a scelles at Al-
banee?"
“ No. I stopped with the Hudson'*
Bay people. Why?"
“ Wal, eef you see M’slen Lascelles
maybe you know why,” was the reply.
“ Where were you before you came
here?" asked Steele.
“ A t Albanee."
"You know him, then. But he can’t
be a good fur man to build here— In
the bad-lands, at these Spirit rapids
o f the Ojlbways.”
“ De man who build dees pos' die.
Me'sleu Lascelles ees no fo o l; he not
keep eet for fur—he keep eet— for
'noder reason.” A fter which startling
statement Michel became a sphinx to
Steele's further questioning.
More than ever mystified by what
he had heard, he left the men on the
river shore, and rejoined his host.
In the warm candle light of the fac
tor's quarters Steele soon lost himself
In the playing o f I*enlse 8t. Onge.
There was no trace of the troubled
eyes, o f the reserve of the girl who
had sat mute through the evening
meal, listening to the talk of the men.
In the gay creature who now conjured
with her violin mail dances of the Pol
ish and Hungarian peasants, love
songs o f Italy, French and German
opera. Here was rare temperament,
technique, training— all wasted In this
wilderness. It was monstrous—Inex
plicable ! What could have brought
them here?”
“ It Is superb, mademoiselle—your
playing." he cried Impulsively, "you
j have appeared professionally, of
j course. In France?"
Ths culmination of tho miss
ing fur cano* Is torlout for St.
Ongo. What a mystoryl
«TO BE CONTINUED )
Jenny Lind, Genial Friend
Jenny Lind came again and yet
again to the Taylors' congenial home
stead; hsr kindness, “ sensltlre, ca
pricious and restless as It li, her hu
manities and Impetuosities" won the
affections of mother und boy alike,
says the Christian 8cience Monitor.
“Great Impulses, a humble Christian
heart watching and praying to bring
her Into subjection of God's will, she
Is a great addition to my life,” wrote
Alice Taylor. . . . Nor was It to
him (James Speddlng) only that the
great cantatrlee of (he world's worship
brought her message of beauty and
of that date we
*
*
*
catch glimpses of her shining presence
In that quiet home.
She Didn’t Get It
"You kissed me last night und moth
er didn't like It.”
"H ow ran she dislike whit she didn't
sample?"