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THE TURNER TRIBUNE VOL. T I IKNKU, OltKOON, T IIU IIM P A Y , X I. HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Bits of Best News Items From Everywhere. PUT IN CONCISE FORM Kv«nls at Notad People, Governments and H v l f r Northwest, and Other Tkin(a Worth Knowing. Joseph Jefferson Holland, noted ac tor of a goners! lun ago. dlrd Hal unlay la Now York Ha «raa • ( yaara old. having been a semi Invalid alara bla retirement from lha alaga 31 yaara ago Tha laaguo of aallooa aaaanibly Frl day night unanlmoualy adopted a rrso lulloa that a ganaral coafaraora for tha raductloo of armameola «hall bo roavofcod bafora nail September ua laaa malarial difficulties pravant. Whal may prova to ba tha largrat tartla of tha mtoreaa ago haa barn unrovarad naar t'hayaana, Wyo la tha opinion of Professor Samuel It Knight of lha University of Wyoming It la bat wean 1.000.000 and 4.000.000 yaara old. t*rtnra Nicolas will accompany llu.rn Marla on her vtalt to the Halt ed Hlataa The royal party will num bar 20. Including lha aarvanta. The queen will go direct to Waahlngton for her vlalt of ceremony, not tarry ing In New York on landing. tleorg* IV Spinney. 74, onetime man aging editor and later a publiaher of the New York Tlmea. died In ICo, k villa renter. N Y . Sunday. He re- ■Igned aa publiaher of tha Tlmea In 1494 In 1494 ha became principal owner of lha former St 1‘aul (¡lobe Tha Idvlngaton Knterprlae Saturday carried a legal lum nm a la which Walter J 11Hi. eon i f the lata "empire builder." James J Hill, la the plain tiff In a divorce action agalnal Paul ine 8 Hill, now realdlng In New York city. Cruelty waa the ground aet forth In the summon* Predict Iona that tha Jasa era la due for an early and and declaration that euch ntualc "la tha perfect eiproealon of the prwaent age." ware laid before mualr lovera for conalderatlon Sunday It waa Hr Charlea M Sheldon, author of "In Ilia Stapa." of Topeka. Kan who aaw the fate of )ata ao near William (llbba McAduo. at aecretary of tha treaaury. «peaking on "nulll- flcallon or praaarvallon." defended the 14th amendment and lha Volatead an forcamanl act In an addreaa bafora dalcgalaa to tha annual convention of tha Woman's Chrlallan Temperance Cnlon. In acaalon In l*oa Angelea Sun day night. King (Iconic made hla record bag of 11 grouao In one drive at Abbeyatrad with two palra of old fashioned dou bled barreled hammer guna manufac lured SO odd yeara ago. Aa a young man the king laid the foundation of hla rep-' lion aa a ahot with thcao guna and attll rllnga lo them for aenll- menial reaaona. MISERY STALKS IN FLORIDA Thirst Parches Throats and Wounds Are Unattended. T ABOUT ARMS PARLY Jarkaonvllla, Fla. - Hideous mlaery 1 prevailed Monday night In alrlckeu Miami, flret direct reporti reaching here revealed. Survivors were report America in General Accord, ed forming In bread linea lo receive White House Intimates. meager portions of fund Throats wars parched from thirst, wblla hundreds of Injured suffered from unattended wounds Soldiers pMrolled the ruins of the resort city, with orders to shoot looters on sight. Those attempting to profiteer on food are being dealt with sharply Prreident Anilou* to Assist la Effort Children were reported searching • f league, Karly Results the ruins of their homes for mlaelng perenta The dead were being collect Dissa point. ed from the debris strewn streets F '» k I. medicine and clothing were moving slowly to the wrecked area Waahlngton. D. C. — The United Unavoidable transportation delaye were increasing the frightful situation i Stales Is In sympathy with any effort Kyewltneeaee told of roofs being to reduce armaments, hut President peeled from buildings by Ihe wind, I Cooltdge would like lo know more and of hundreda of fleeing, terror- ' about the exact nature of the confer- stricken people Injured from flying enre proposed for that purpose by wreckage. the league of nations assembly before Ocean freighter* were swept from roaslderlng American participation the bay Into the city striata, accord Experience at the Geneva prelimi lug Si A I» McNarthur of Nashville, nary arms conference, which endear T en n . a refugee who reached here nred to effect an agreement among today representatives of only 14 or 20 na Heacrlbing the hurricane, he said: tlona. It waa said at the White House, "It moved. It seemed, aa If In had not been such aa to aseare such waves After the first terrific wind agreements at an even wider discus hit there was a lull, followed by an sion with all league members repre other wind more severe than the first sented. Then a second lull, followed by the The resolution adopted unanimously most awful minutes I ever spent, when by the assembly provides for Ihe con with a roar ao gloat I could not bear myself apeak, the third wind literally vocation of a general conference be fore next September unless material blasted tha city from Ila founds!tosa, difficulties prevent. aent sheet metal through Ihe air like Lord Cedi, pledging Great Rrltaln ao much paper and toppled over sky to support the gathering, pictured Ihe scrapers. « world as awaiting results anxiously "The senesi Ion I felt waa Ilka that from Geneva. He warned, however, of being In a falling elevator " that It would be fatal lo call the meet Not a house between Deerfield. 16 ing before all arrangements were com miles from Fort !.auderdaJe. end píete, because Its failure would be the Miami, was left with a roof and greatest disaster to the cause of peace scores were rased. L It McKay, Pull stare the league’s founding M Paul man conductor, stated on hla arrival Hoarour of France and Herr ron In Jacksonville from Miami. Schubert for Germany also pledged Many paople were without clothing the support of their respective nations and all were going about In bathing to the conference. suHa. he said. More than 1600 per President Cooltdge ta anMous to sone were housed In (he Masonic assist the Genera effort. It was em temple at Fort I-auderdale. McKay de phasised at the White Mouse, but clared. Other refugees described there ran be no question of hla dis Hollywood and Fort latuderdale as appointment over the results of the matchwood and Miami Reach as a preliminary arms conference, special sandy wasta littered with brick and ly Ihe treatment of naval matters at mortar and broken boards the hand* of the expert committees Soldier« guard all road« from Del Representatives of countries which do Ray to Key Largo. turning back not possess navies took part In these crowd« that «warm toward the scene technical discussions, and this point of desolation In a search of relatives haa been remarked upon by Unite«. or friends or lo satisfy curiosities, States delegates and others during the merely expert committee session* fltlsena' committees formed and Thre ta grave doubt whether Am or dealt death to looters of the dead. It Is lea would participate in the general reported Robert*!! Wood of Hialeah, conference If It will Include the dis assistant chief of police, was killed In cussion of purely naval affairs by a gun battle with vandals. representative* of non navy nations. The United Stale« would not be Radia Goes 1200 Miles. likely to regard such a general con Vancouver. It 0 A 1200-mile radio ference of all potgers on navy mat telephone conversation In the Arctic, ter*. regardless ot whether their naval said lo be the longest ever made In forces were eubstanltal or small, as that section, was reported by the trad calculated to obtain Ihe dealt ad re Ing steamer Hayrhlmo, which arrived sults. the White House made clear, mnnday. The operator of the Hay and the answer of the American gov chimo said he established telephone ernment to any Invitation to partici communication with the steamship pate In such a gathering undoubtedly llay Rupert on two nights In July. The would be affected by this considera Raychlmo war In western Canadian tion. Arctic, while the llay Rupert waa near the northern entrane« of Hudson's Llsf Makes Page One. bay. --------------------------- Oslo, Norway. Lief Erickson's dis 60,000 Aerea Inundated. covery of America w as being played up PLAN IS UNCERTAIN In all the Norwegian palters Sunday The government has decided that school children will be taught here after that Erickson. Insti'ad of Colutn bus. was Ihe first to land In America. A monument to the ancient Viking may be erected In Oslo shortly. In tereal In Erickson s Journey has been raised by President Coolldge s speech of last year, when he mentioned ihe $1,250,000 Job Awarded. San Francisco, Cal.—The San Fran Norseman's discovery of America. Claude A. Conlln, known on the cisco hoard of supervisors Monday Chicken Thief, 74. Held. vaudeville atage na "Alexander, the voted to award lo A. Guthrie A Co. of Man Who Knowa.'* and Chrlallan C Portland the contract to construct the Phoenlxvllle, Pa.— Forty years spent Magenhelmer. head of two olt com Rock river to Oakdale section of the behind the bars for stealing chickens, panlea and an official of radio station great lletch lletchy foothill division ha* failed to reform 74 year-old Abe KMTR, were arrested In I.oa Angelea water tunnel. lluisard. With two companions, the Saturday night on federal warranla The amount of the contract exceeds notorious chicken thief waa arrested charging an attempt to extort $ 60 , 1)00 $1.260.000. Sunday In North Coventry township from (1 Allan Hancock. Lo* Angelea with a wagonload of chickens which millionaire. Seven on Island Lost Live*. Hie authorities alleged represented a Mme. I.ulxa Tetraxxlnl. the opera Washington. D. C.- Seven Uvea were night's raid. Six months ago lluisard alnger. haa announced that her mar lost, all boats destroyed and two waa freed of a charge of Healing riage to Pietro Vernatl will take place churches were blown down In Satur chlckena. after he had promised to on October 1 In Florence, Italy, where day's hurricane on Rlmlnl Island off "turn over a new leaf." ahe waa horn 62 yeara ago. The proa the Florida coast. “ Tom Thumb” Mourned. perllve husband Is 22 years old, a na A radiogram from thn shipping tive of Koine. Telratxlnl eaya ahe will board steamer West Ekonk Monday Los Angelea.—Veteran circus folk spend November In Rome In her own gave this Information. mourned Sunday the passing of Darius palace and later may go on a concert Aimer Alden. 44, who, as "Tom tour In (he United Stales. Rich Art Find Reported. Thumb," a 42-inch midget, for 40 years Athena—The newspapers announce amused thousands of circus goers with Regular Sahhalh services, which took the form of funerals and requiem the discovery of a magnificent collec his humor and prowess as a glassblow masses for the many storm victims tion of art objects, gold and silver er In a aide show attraction. Funeral hurled without benefit of clergy, were treasures. In a tomb which haa been services were held Monday for the attended by thousands In Malml, Fla., discovered by a Swedish archaeolog- diminutive octogenarian who died last Sunday. Churchgoers flocked lo places ] leal mission In Pelopennestta. The find Friday at his home here. of worship spared by the hurricane of Is valued at $26.000.000. Important Swiss Industry. a week ago, aa well as In temporary , Liberty's Foundation. Scroll or fret sawing of fancy ar atructurea hastily erected on the altea of those destroyed. A union open air I disagree with what you aay. hut ticles originated In Swltterland. where, air service In Royal Palm park attract I will fight to Ihe death for your right to this day In many hamlets, It Is their ed hundreds. sole support. to say IL—Voltaire. The popularity of lennla In I^indon and lla envlrona la a boon for the chil dren of London's thickly populated eaat aide Unbelievable numbera of them get many houra of enjoyment from the thouaanda of balla discarded ovory year from the hundred» of ten- nla courta of tha city parka, auburban home« and thoae of the aurroundlng countryside. C hicago- Property damage estimai ed at 16.000,000 was reported Monday in Iowa, where flood waters have In undated more than 60.000 acres of land, with the heaviest losses in the vicinity of Sioux City and Dea Molnea Railroads throughout the flood-strick en area are being rehabilitated. H E H ’EM HER 30, NO. 1926. Hood River -Tha season s first frost prevailed over orchards of Dee 1 flat and tha upper valley Friday night I Independence—At a special meeting . of voters of school district No 29 Friday night, tbs district voted to Is sue warrants for a $12,000 combina tion play shed and gymnasium. Sweet Home.—String beans grown down by the river ibis year, desplta the dry aeaeon. measured over 12 Inches long and 3 Inches In circumfer ence. They were grown on the Mrs. | Metier farm. /VALLEY 7 VO ICES 1U G E O R G E M ARSH AUTHOR. OF " TO ILERS OF THE T R A IL " THE W H E LPS O f THE W O L F * COPYRIOHT by THE FERN PUBLISHING CO Myrtle Point.— Ben Shull, 42. who Ogofce; under the pretense of seeking CHAPTER XII—Continued Information, had met Rose Laflauune — 19— came here In 1172. died Thursday of secretly, only to escape surprise and “ What would he bq doing at Wall burns he suetained when a gasoline detection by the alertness of bis lng R iv e r r hut Kte«:e already half stove exploded. His daughter. Mrs. watch dog. David. Thus the situation guessed. Jennie Dement and little child also "H e rum once e«-n de summer— he shaped Itself In the mind of the smart were badly burned rum wld ‘noder man to tak' her to ing Steele; and. as It la ever with tbe unjustly suspected. he had. with a Sweet Home.—The people lo the Ogoke." brave show of Indifference, hardened "What? Yon mean to aay that La- mountains are getting better roads his sore heart to tbe suffering girl now as wall as those in Sweet Home flamme was rraxy enough to try to whose tunlen was already sufficiently take her by force? Nonsense, Michel: and Greenville Trucks were hauling great. 8t. Onge would hare bad the police Ihe grovel up there this last week and But her welfare demanded bla early at Ogoke within a month.“ the formers In that vicinity ore rejoic “ Ert was eraser t'lng to try—but departure from tbe poet and tbe man whose thoughts she tilled, left her that ing over road bettarmenli. lie try eet." "St Onge never told me this,” «aid morning without an attempt at de Salem —Thera was one fatality In the provoked American. “ It explains fense or explanation. "W e were going up the river at Oregon due to Industrial accidents In r fear when site saw me that day." during the week ending September 1$. "She nevalre know Beeg Antoine once, mademoiselle. I want yon to know—In < ase anything happens—and according to n report prepared here try to get her. but she have fear." by the state Industrial accident com- j "So you have always taken care of tAmble, that 1 have done what 1 could." mission. Ths victim was Charles her since the visit of Hig Antoine? Tbe sober eye« of the girl grew Tell me about IL" Coleman, sawmill operator of Brlgh- j wistful. She started as If to speak, " I X was las' June, after dat Indian ton. carry letter from Latlamme. He tell then turned her bead, while he Salem.—William P. Ellis, attorney me l.nflamme was goln' to get watched the blood surge to her throat, for the public service commission here ma'rn'selle. srmetam. So de nex' tarn her face, then fade. Never had she seemed more lovely—more exeulalre for more than 12 years, haa resigned, she go to play at de rapide. Michel A mad desire urged him lo take her res dere. After long tam 1 hear effe tlve Oct over 1. Prior to his ap In his arms— to make her see bon aoroet Ing move een de bush. I wx.lt pointment as attorney tor the com deeply her self-inflicted hurt wronged an* see dls Heeg Antoine— he watch mission Mr. Ellis served as reporter his love for her; to tell her that It her but she don- know; she play de and assistant reporter for the depart wal all so futile—so useless, this sus feedle. I don’ wan- to scare her so picion of here, which walled them off ment. I walk on de portage wld de beeg from each other. Then she said: whistle so dey hear me an’ get out. Medford.—The Jacxson county fair "Tou have been so good to us— are I follow dem tru’ de bush an' een of four days, which closed here at 11 little lam on de riviere 'bove de pod\ doing so much. We can never repay o'clock Saturday night, due to favor see Heeg Antoine talk to 'noder fel you. I wish you all auceess, monsieur, and a safe return." able weather and aunshlne. was one of ler." That was all. Sick at heart he the moet aucceesful In yean, with at Michel stopped. relit his pipe, and tendance above normal, the exhibits smiled tantallxlngly at the Interested turned away to the waiting dog teams, which, followed by the blanketed over a ven ge and enjoyable races and Merle. • "F or heaven’s sake, go on! What bloodhounfi. Jingled ont of the clearing other entertainment. an ', i: -\ a to the river ice on d id y o u d e l Win d ld n 'l y o u d r ill b o th Albany Aoaoouremenf was m ad«1 of thrmT' Friday that a group of men well Michel blew a cloud of amoke be known In Ibe Umber Industry of Ore fore he said: “ Tou see dls Beeg Antoine at gon had taken an option on the Alco Wood Products company plant here Ogoke™ “ T es." and will start opcntlon within a few “ Wal, he move hees head when 1 days. The new concern will be known shoot Eet was bad shot." as the Albany Door company. “ So It waa you who gave him that Newberg.—The John Herring prune \ scar?" “ Ah hah r drier at Dundee waa destroyed by fire "What happened to the other mao?" Thursday night. The fire started In "H e did not more," said the Iro the kiln and when discovered flames quois. grimly. were shooting up through the ventil "You hit him?" ator at the top. This was one of the ! “ Beeg Antoine go back to Ogoke largest driers In this section and had alone." > capacity of 400 boxes of prunes a 1 “ And they never came again?" "No. but we had fear." day. There was a bard glint In the eyes La Grande.— Mining excitement Is of Steele aa he turned to David. "David.” he said. “ I owe you an running high In Wallowa county this week following the discovery of a vein apology. When we had that snake In containing gold, silver and copper on our hands we should have finished Lick creek, near Enterprise, which. the Job. It would have been held self defense hy any decent Jury." rough assays Indicate will run $100 to David lifted his wide shoulders. (he ton. The strike was made In an "W e feenUh dat jot sonietam, boss.” old tunnel of Ihe Wallowa County Min • • • • • • • ing and Development company. As Steele had foreseen, the run ning down of a beast patrolling a Roseburg.— Douglas county's claim country of the slxe of the Walling for $1.604.472 82 under the terms o t ; River valley was clearly a matter of the Oregon and California grant land chance. tax refund bill. paxaed by the last con It was decided that Steele and gress was forwarded to Washington. David, with the bloodhound, which D. C.. Saturday Approximately $1.- they were anxious to test on the 046.000 of the total amount claimed j snow at onre. should work over to the hy the county will go to the general; Medicine hills nnd Phantom lakes fund, while the remainder ts to be dis district with the purpose of quieting the Indians. If possible, and holding tributed to the districts which voted them in the country, as well as of special school, road or port taxes. waiting the possible reappearance of St. Helens.— The St. Helens receiv the night waller. Michel, with Little ing station for the Allen A Hendrick Jacques, a French-free, sent from A l bany to work at the post after the son cannery closed Its doors for the loss of the fur canoe, and the sole In season Friday night after having been dian to volunteer for such dread duty, In operation since May 16. The total were to patrol the Portage Lake coun volume of beans received was around try as far as the trapllnes on the Lit 160.000 pounds and 6600 pound« ot tle Current and the Drowning. Both evergreen blackberries were bought parties were to report back at Wall from the farmers. Receipts of straw ing River In two weeks. In the mean berries, loganberries and rherlea ear time. a Jack pine at the Junction of lier In the aeason were approximately the Stooping with the main stream was chosen as the message center to 130.000 pounds. which a man from each party was to Salem.—Four persons were killed return In a week for news of the oth and 331 persons were injured In 2396 er. and whither St. Onge would send traffic accidents in Ihe state of Ore- any Information from the post down rlrer. In this manner they could gou during the month of August, ac cover a great area of the lower Wall cording to a report prepared here ing. Saturday by T. A. Raffety, chief In The plan of campaign settled with spector for the state motor vehicle the hearty approval of St. Onge, the department. Ot Ihla total number ot traps were divided between the sleds, accidents reported. 1881 were In the loaded with supplies for two weeks. city of Portland. There was one death If the beast. Imitating that terror of resulting from motor vehicle accidents the northern trapper, the wolverine, In Portland, while 214 persona were continued robbing the trap-lines, some night relentless Jaws would yawn un injured. der the snow for his unwary feet— Eugene.—First passenger trains Jaws, which. If once shut, would hold trains over the new Cascade line of their victim In grip of steel until the Ihe Southern Pacific between Eugene freexing death brought swift relief. Before he started, Sieele returned and Klamath Falls were well patron- lied Sunday. The one that left Eu to the house. At breakfast Denise had been gracious, affable, but Impersonal, gene at 7:30 A. M carried 16 through and Steele felt that the mood of the passengers to Klamath Falls and 40 previous evening still possessed her. or 60 for way points, while the train So, Justly hurt, ho made no attempt to that arrived from Klamath Falls at , plead hla case or correct the Impres 3:30 P. nt. carried more than 100 pas sion she had patently suffered herself senger«. many of them being students ! to nourish—the belief that he had of the University of Oregon and Ore lightly gone from her revelation of | the secret places of her heart, that gon Agricultural college. day on the beach, to a low Intrigue at J 2. breath, drove hla light sled up to Steele, tha noses of hla doga white with rime. “Get de stuff on de sled, queek!“ cried the excited OJlbway. “ Here **« de word from Mich«!!“ And ha tbr-iat Into Steel« « hand« a roll of birch bark no which, In the syllable writing of tha woods Indian, was burned tha message from Mlrbel, lo OJlbway, laft at the Jack pins by Little Jacques. “ Come to Portage lak', fs«\" reed Davtd over Steele’s shoulder. "Plen- tee work for de dog! Mirhel.“ In his delight. Steel« slapped .ne heavy rarlbou skin capote of his friend. "The Wlndlgo's loose over In the val le y !" he cried. "When can we get there. If tbe «now holds o ffl" "W e ramp at Portage lak’ een fre e aleep— mebhe two. De dog« eea tired. I leeve Wallin' Riviere onlee one lleep hack." replied the OJlbway, making the bags fast with the sled lashings Through the day the team burriod past the silent spruce-clad hills of tbe valley of the Little Medicine. Through the day the men cast anxious looks at the black cloud-hanks hovering In tbe north, for no snow bad fallen In n week and It waa overdue. T o his de light, Steele had already learned that the dog could easily hold to a fresh trail over the Ice or hard snow, packed by the wind. But a fall of new snow on a trail waa another matter, and the Wlndigo might not stay In tbe country. That night they camped on tha Walling, and In the morning pushed on up the 8too,Ing river trail to Port age lake, following the sled tracks of Little Jacques. Still the snow held off. but F orage lake and Michel were fifty miles away. In the early afternoon of the sec ond day from the Walling, when the narrowing of the river and tha break In the hills ahead Indicated their near ness to their goal, the snow they feared began to fall. Shortly Little iacques' tied trail grew fainter and fainter on the wind-packed snow, and vanished. And by the time tbe team turned Into Portage lake and sought a camping place In the thick scrub hack from the shore, men and dogs were sheeted In white. "Well, we’ve lost again!" said Steele, bitter with disappointment "W e know bettalr wen we see Michel." replied tbe philosophic In dian. Soon, aa the early November night «hut down, like a blanket, on tha white lake, the birch logs biased high before the shed-tent and the tea pall and the kettle of moose stew were “I f tbe old boy Is loose now, he’ll appear an! sing again somewhere. There's some consolation In thab" dropped Steele, as he filled hla pipe. "W e strike bees trail yet. you nev- aire—" David broke short off, to rise and peer suddenly Into the wall of murk hemming In the Are In the «crab, then walked swiftly Into the ilsckness beyond the circle of light from the Are. ■What Is It, David?" called the man it the fire. But there was no re sponse from tbe other who had Hided Into the night. The excited dogs broke Into a chorus of howls to the accompaniment of the bass of the hound. There was something out there In the snow-cur tained gloom. Steele rose to bis feet. Then a voice called: "Bo'-Jo I Da- veed!" And he knew that Michel bad found them. Hello. Michel!” he cried, shaking the hand of the Iroquois. who pre ceded David to the camp-fire. "W e did our best to beat the snow here, hut It was uo use. Now tell ua shout It r " If the Old Boy Is Loose Now, Ha’ll Appear and Sing Again Somewhere.“ strange quest. And, until the bend shut them from sight, a knot of post Indians In awed wonder watched the sleds speeding south. For that men should thus calmly set out In search of a horrible death was a matter be yond their ken. One morning, a week later. Steele was frying moose steak In his camp In the spruce, on the Little Medicine river. Three days before. David had started with the dogs for the render vous at the mouth of the Stooping river where (from Portage lake) word would be left on a piece of birch bark hy the partner of Michel. In the Med iclne hills the friends had found most of the Indians back on their trap-lines, hut uneasy and tVarful of the early return of the Wlndigo. and the condi tions along the Phantom chain of lakes were similar. As Steele sat by his fire eating his breakfast of moose, bannock and tea the nose of Wlndigo. the hound, lying at his side, lifted to sniff the air Then a low- rumble swelled his black throat. "What's the matter, old boy? Smell something?" And Steele patted the dog's wrlnkle«l foreheud. The wind blowing upstream again brought the message, and springing to hla feet, the bloodhound ran toward the river, sucking In the biting air through quivering nostrils, then raised his head In a deep-throated hay. Curious, Steele left his breakfast to follow the dog to the river Ice, where already his heavy vole* boomed out upon the silence of the frozen forest. For a space he gaxed downstream at a dark object moving up the white trail, then exclaimed: "That's t'a v ld l And he’a pushing the dogs for all there's In them. News! He's heard front Michel." Running to the tent, Stevie hastily got his bags ready for a swift return downriver, then relumed to the Ice. In a matter of minutes. David, with face circled by the th at front his hot Seated with hla friends by tbe flaming birch logs, the headman told his story. When he and Jacques reached the Little Current, he had found all but a few of tbe most timid hunters on Ihelr trap-lines. There had been ru mors afloat tn the valley of the howl ing of the beast at Big Feather, but the Portage lake hunters had refused to listen to an Indian who claimed that he had heard the Wlndigo. In September, on the ridge across from Walling River post. "Dat Pierre, he try do good Job." “ It was Pierre, was It?” "Tee. be try herd to sesre dem on de Little Curren’, too.” But to the surprise of Michel, he returned to Portage lake to find a camp of hunters he had left but two days before, wild with fear and pre paring to leave the country. For, In his absence, the Wludlgo had filled the night with horror from a neigh boring ridge. Michel had lost no time In finding the troll and following It down to a creek where he lost It ea the Ire, and although he followed the stream for miles, failed again to pick It up. Then he sent Little Jacques with the message which David found at the rendesvuus. “ Well, he's In this country and w ell keep after him.“ said Sieele, when the headman had finished hla story. There was nothing to do but patrol the country, following the trappers’ camps. In the hope that tome night luck would strike them, and they should wake from their wartn robes to hear the voice. As Sieele rolled himself In his blankets under the shed-tent hy the fire he wondered If the girl at Walling River, who had so lightly weighed him and found him wanting, had paused to consider whether the choice of a win ter of toil with the dogs, on the snow of the Hudson's Bay watershed, rath er than the alternative of the soft life of the city, bore any Indication of the singleness of his heart. (T O B S C O N T IN U E D )