Illinois Valley News, Thursday. December 18, 1941
Page Six
Personal Touch
Are You House-Bound?
You Can Earn Money Too
INSTALLMENT ELEVEN
THE STORY SO FAR: Bound for th.
Chibougamau sold country, six men lost
their live, on the Nottaway river. Red
Malone, Garrett Finlay, brother of on.
of the six, and Blaise, half-breed guid*.
arrive at Nottaway posing a, surveyor,
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The stiff line of Blaise's mouth
eased into the shadow of a smile.
“Wai, it is not first time woman
make two man look like fool. But
smart or fool, you are fr’en’ of me!
I fight for you just de same!”
“That’s the talk, you old carca­
jou!” Red clapped Blaise on a thick
shoulder.
Finlay went to the tent and shortly
returned with his reply to Lise Dem-
arais which he handed to Malone.
It read:
to in.estifate their death,. They visit
ambu.hed, but later escapes. They con­
f,adore, rich fur man living In an iso­
tinue to keep it a secret that they are
lated, palatial home. He seem, im­
Mounted Police. Sent to investigate the
plicated In their deaths. Here they meet
deaths of the six “drowned" men, Finlay
Lise, bls pretty stepdaughter. After an­
believes Lise was innocent and writes
swering her appeal for help, Finlay is
her a note.
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downstream. Then there was a grat­
ing sound as the nose of the Peter­
boro slid over a sand bar and the
canoe came to a dead stop. They
were trapped, yards from the shore!
Finlay and Red swiftly traded rifles
for poles while Blaise strained to
free the boat. One false move and
they'd draw a blast of fire. They
threw their weight desperately on
their poles. There came the low
call of "Kekway!" from the murk.
The three men stiffened.
Crouched in the gloom the'erew of
the canoe waited for the crash of
rifles in their faces. A silence so
deep it beat like sound, pulsed in
their ears. Ten—twenty seconds and
the men in the bow felt the canoe
tremble. Blaise's signal to go! Like
one man they strained against their
poles.
There was the scrape of
wood on sand, the low wash of water
and the canoe was backed clear.
The nose of the boat had sheered
off into deeper water when again,
the call of “Kekway!” rose from the
invisible shore. The three stopped
breathing as the boat drifted. Sud­
denly there was a movement in the
alders and spurts of flame from ex­
ploding rifles stabbed the gloom.
With a savage thrust Blaise jumped
the canoe downstream. The enraged
airedale rose under his blanket, but
was forced flat. There was a stam­
pede of feet along the shore and full
in their faces blazed a barrage of
rifle shots.
The canoe grounded and was
cleared again while the rifles of the
of the strangers. "I'm Duncan Mc­
Nab, in charge here, and this is Da­
vid, my head man.”
Finlay introduced himself and his
friends.
“We passed through the
lake some time back, Mr. McNab,
on our way in to map Waswanipi.”
“Map Waswanipi?” The shrewd
blue eyes of the trader pictured his
amazement. “You’re a government
survey party, then?"
Instead of sending her pres­
“We were."
Finlay shot an
ents through the mails, this
Money to Carry Out Pet Dreams!
amused look at Red.
The heavy brows of the trader lift­ young lady prefers to deliver
“I trust you and believe in you.
“I'M HELPING too!” Proud
them herself. It adds a personal
ed. "Then you've finished?"
C words from a housewife, That night when they left me in the
“No. Mr. McNab, we’re not on touch that is greatly appreciated
earning money that may make swamp I was pretty bitter. Against
the survey, now. but we haven’t by friends on Christmas day.
possible new furniture, education, my better judgment I had put my
finished with Waswanipi." Finlay’s
a new home.
Successful home faith in you and walked into a trap.
face stiffened. “We’ve come to you
earners have discovered that the It was hard to believe, after that
for help and information. Then we’re
way to earn money is to be “dif­ talk of ours, after that moment on
going back—to finish.”
ferent,” but it's not hard to be the beach before you left, but I had
to. Later, the bitterness faded. There
The clamp of his lean jaw and
different!
...
had been something too honest about
the points of fire in the speaker's
You needn't invest money or be special-
you, too real to have been acting.
eyes snapped McNab's head for­
]y talented to earn at home!
Our 32-
Now I know that without your knowl­
ward in a narrow-eyed stare. “I
pagc booklet explains five main rules of
That harbinger of the holiday sea­
edge they followed you to the sand
don't get you. Mr. Finlay. Let's
home business success, tells how other
beach.
talk it out over a pipe in the trade­ son. the cheerful Christmas Seal,
women got started making money; de­
scribes enterprises you might try. Has
room.
Of course, you'll stay the has recently made its appearance
“I cannot meet you until next
ideas for women who can sew, knit, cro­ i we£k.
You’ll hear from me then.
night
with
us? We’re pretty lonely, as the National Tuberculosis asso­
chet, cook, type, be helpful. Send your
here, for a white face. Your men ciation opened its annual drive for
But please don’t worry. We'll take
•rder to:
care of you. I’ve just received good
can stow your stuff in that shack. funds to continue work in the pre­
vention and cure of this dread dis-
David will show him.”
news from the railroad. The break
III ADE It HOME SERVICE
ease.
is
coming
soon.
Everything
will
turn
"Thanks.” said Finlay. “I’ll shut
117 Minna St.
San Francisco, Calif.
The idea of the sale of seals to
; out all right. Kincbik has double-
up my dog, too. before there's a
Enclose 10 cents In coin for your
aid the fight against
crossed Isadore to save his hide and
fight.”
copy of 21 WAYS TO EAHN MONEY
tuberculosis
origi­
AT HOME.
I’m leaving tonight for the head of
Shortly the three white men sat
nated in Denmark
the
lake.
Keep
a
brave
heart.
You
Name.................................................
in the traderoom.
in 1903. The follow­
I are safe.
Address.......................................................
"Now, Mr. Finlay.” said McNab,
ing year the first
"Garrett Finlay.”
exhaling a cloud of smoke, “would
seals were sold. The
Finishing
reading
Red
said:
you mind getting down to brass
idea gained almost
“Great stuff, chief! Wish it was
tacks?”
immediate popular­
Shop
i true! If Isadore gets hold of this
Finlay was measuring the caliber
ity and soon spread
note, what a jolt he'll get!”
of the man whom circumstances
to neighboring coun
A “closed shop” is a “shop” or
“Exactly. I had to consider that
had forced him to trust in order to tries.
business in which only union la­ 1 possibility so fed him a headache.
insure the delivery of his message
Christmas seals appeared in the
bor can be employed, says Path­ | It would send Tete-Blanchc to the
to the railroad. This trader looked United
States
in
finder. In such a shop the entploy­ | head of the lake hunting us while
a man full in the eye and had a 1907 when Miss Em­
er is required to dismiss em­ we’re making for Matagami. Be­
straightforward way with him. He ily P. Bissel of the
ployees who fail to remain mem­ sides. I’ve got to keep up her cour­
seemed staunch. According to re­ Wilmington,
Del.,
bers in good standing in their age.”
ports he had been worsted by Isa­ Red Cross chapter
union.
Having ordered Moise and Michel
dore in the fight for the fur trade. designed a seal that
A “union shop” differs from a | Wabistan to meet him on his return
That was in their favor and should was sold locally.
“closed shop” in that the employ­ with news from the old chief, that
keep his mouth closed. There was The campaign was
er may hire non-union workers night Finlay passed Isadorc's and
nothing to be gained by waiting. so successful that
with the provision that they will spent the next day concealed near
"How well do you know Jules Isa­ the next year the National Rec
become union members within a the outlet. The following evening the
dore?" Garry suddenly asked.
Cross adopted the idea and conduct
specified period, generally, 15, 30 Peterboro slipped into the Quiet Wa­
The veins lifted in McNab’s neck cd a nation-wide campaign. Fron
or 60 days from the date of em­ ter, tlic- slow moving thoroughfare
and temples as he tore his pipe from then until 1919 the Red Cross con
ployment. They too must remain ; connecting Waswanipi with the chain
his teeth and rasped: “Too damned tinued the annual Christmas Seal
members in good standing in the i of large lakes to the west. Three
well!”
distribution. In their last year thi
union; otherwise the employer is i days paddle away lay Matagami and
had
risen
to
nearly
Finlay nodded at the grinning returns
compelled to dismiss them.
I the Hudson's Bay post.
Red. “I thought that would be it. $4,000.000.
The murk of a thick July night
Beginning with 1920 the Nationa
Well. Mr. McNab, we’re going to tell
Tuberculosis asso
blanketed forest and water.
you a story. It concerns the deaths
ciation began distri­
of six men. First, possibly you'd
for
“It's made to order for us. Gar­
bution of the seals
be interested to look at that." Fin­
ry!” whispered Red. from the waist
The designs of these
I of the boat where he sat behind
lay produced his police badge and
Among several African tribes, Flame with his Lcc-EWlleld across
stamps have been
handed it to McNab, whose jaws
the punishment for homicide is "a his knees while, in the stern. Blaise
the work of promi
sagged in his surprise.
“We're
life for a life,” but not as it is im­ handled the canoe with a buried pad­
nent
artists
who
Mounted Police and we're here to
posed by other peoples, says Col­ dle
have
interpreted
have a message relayed to the rail­
lier's. Before serving Ins prison
the Christmas spirit
road.”
“Remember the Island which
each in his own way.
sentence, a murderer must first splits the river about five miles be­
McNab slowly returned the badge
“Go on. Blaise!” snapped Finlay.
produce a life for the one he has low here?” returned Garry. ’That's
In addition to the United States
His eyes strayed from the bronzed
"We’re in for it, now!”
taken, by living with a female rel­ where they’ll camp. They'll figure
faces of the Mounties to the lines of approximately 40 other countries
ative of the deceased until a child that a canoe can't pass them there Montagnais spat blindly at the in­ their hard bodies filling the wool have adopted the Christmas seal for
is born.
| without being seen or heard. But visible target. At last, far down­ shirts and whipcord breeches. "Po­ raising anti-tuberculosis funds.
lice. eh? I might have known from
tney didn't count on a night like stream Blaise trailed his paddle.
“Thanks, Isadore, for that whis­ your eyes and the set of your shoul
Pleasing to the eve and the ; this."
pocketbook, too, is tne specially
“If they hear us and shcot do we key!" panted Red, splashing water ders. Well! Well! Up on Waswanipi
designed Christmas-wrapped one- lie doggo and push through, or—”
on his bleeding cheek. “If it hadn’t posing as surveyors! So it’s Isadore.
Sound tin of George Washington
been for the fact that they were at last!”
“We don't fire unless we have to!
looking Tobacco. Smokers who
drunk for a fare-thee-well, they'd
“Yes,” said Finlay, “it’s Isadore.
I
want
to
pass
them
without
their
appreciate quality will be delight­
Uncle Sam will soon make profits
ed with a gift of this great Ameri­ knowing it We have to return this have slaughtered us on that bar! at last!" Then he described the by selling Christmas presents sent
Good
thing
we
didn't
let
them
have
events
of
the
past
weeks
while
Mc
­
can cut plug tobacco, in its color­ way. you know.”
through the mails, but he would
ful holiday package, with gift card
“Very good, sergeant! Good luck it. though! They’d have fired at the Nab. drawing furiously on his pipe, much rather deliver them—and he
flashes. I thought they'd jump into punctuated the narrative with out­
all ready to be tilled in. An ideal | to us!"
would, if he knew where they were
the canoe.”
smoker's gift for the shopper
raged grunts.
“If they’re guarding both channels,
supposed to go.
whose list is long and purse none we've got to pass within yards of
"They didn't know what they were ■
"Thai s the story. McNab. For
American people are so rich and
too full. Your dealer is featuring
shooting at. Red! The guards on J the present, not a word, even to
them.
Have h pineapple handy,
it in his Christmas line.—Adv.
in such a hurry that they don’t even
h<
shore
■ard
the
duck
pass;
then
the
your
wife.
When
can
you
send
a
Red! Warn us when you throw it so i
take the pains to see that their gifts
wash of water when we shoved off.
canoe to the railroad?"
I we can flatten."
sent by mail are properly wrapped
“I'm hot to toss one into that By now they probably think it was
“We re sending one shortly,” he and addressed. Of course, all are
one cif those bank beaver we saw said. “But their firing on you on
DON'T LET
mob."
not careless about it, but the post
“AU right! Remember, no firing I when he came up the river.”
the Nottaway, then ambushing you. men do have a hard time during
'en
"W
Injun
gret
drunk
dey
like
i unless we're caught!’’
and you supposed to be on the gov­ the holidays.
As they rounded a bend Blaise 1 to sh OO1: de gun.” grunted Blaise. ernment survey! I can't get over j
SLOW YOU UP
Extra mail clerks receive millions
stopped the boat with a swift thrust | "Dey navare know if we pass or not it, Sergeant! Of_course I'd heard at '
• When bow* h .ire sluggish and you feel
of dollars in wages, and a good
on
les
D(J
fee
of
cano
’
Heave
mark
on
of his paddle In the distance, like a :
irritable, headachy nn«i everything you
the railroad of these reported drown
share of this extra force is kept busy
dat biir. I f ink not De current take ! ings and had had my suspicions.”
do m an effort, do as millions do— chew , m w moon smothered in drift, a yel-
handling poorly wrapped and im­
FEEN-A MINT. the modern chewing ' low smudge stained the blackness. ' care of dat”
“They didn’t believe we were ot
gum laxative. Simply chew KEEN A-
properly addressed packages. Many
"Y<>u're right. Blaise,” said Fin-
"They've got a Are!” whispered
the survey.” replied Finlay. Into thousands of Christmas gifts will
MINT before you go to bed -sleep with­
w
lay.
'
e
had
them
guessing
And
,
Finlay. “1 don’t understand it!”
out being ditturbed—naît morning gentle,
his gray eves crept the mist ot be sold because they contain no
thorough relief, helping you feel «well
“We drop close and have n look,” j well kc< ■p them guessiiig. I wonder memory. His voice was rough wit):
clew concerning their sender or the
again, full of your normal f*P- Try
if Kin i eb ik has won them all over or
pain as he asked: “Did those boys intended destination. The "unad
1 El N A MINT Tastes good, is handy | returned Blaise
if
t!l<-
were
only
a
few
of
the
wild-
The canoe moved on and was
and economicid. A generous family supply
stop here last summer?”
dressed" department of the inquiry­
est T etc■-Ulanche bribed with Isa- i
I again checked. "You hear dem?”
"Yes. Nice boys, too!"
section of the post office in large
dore'i • U hiskey.”
“No."
“One was my brother.”
cities resembles a warehouse.
lot
"It
•ks
like
Wabistan
had
lost
“Singing'” muttered Red
"The
“Your brother? Oh. I’m sorry'
Some gifts cannot be held long,
all hi s influence.” said Red.
I damned fools are singing’”
You didn't say one was your broth
such as alligators from Florida, live
“Mt >e." replied Blaise.
"We l
■ They re drunk!" wh -pi red Gar
Selfish Gratitude
er when you told of finding their chickens, turkeys, or fruits. These
see.” An d his long paddle bit chunks '
The gratitude of most men is ry
-
bodies."
are quickly sold and the sale price
from
the
•
water.
They sure arc!" returned Ma
but a secret desire of receiving
"No.”
held in a fund which is ultimately
was right when she warned '
greater benefits. — I a Rochefou­ lone, inhaling the damp air through
"It's tough.
Sergeant Finlay
turned into the treasury. When all
that 1 Isa« dore is trying to bottle us '
cauld.
damned tough! That crook—" Mc­ efforts have been exhausted, the un­
sa
i
up.
”
d
Finlay.
"With
the
Mon-
|
“Ah hah' De Montafnais drink Is
Nab stopped his pacing to stand identified and unclaimed packages
lagna
Hunting us all over the lake I
adores whiskey!’’ grunted Blaise
over Garry and shake a thick fin­ are sold by an auctioneer.
we’ll 1
e to step lively or we'll nev- ■
“Indians! So Tete-Blanchs* wins!’
ger. “Why—why the man's a luna­
Pl «appointment. like w i nd off a bar- er see th at plane from the north.”
tic-mad as a hermit wolf!
He
Wrong Use
rer 1. turned Finlay cold "Kincbik*
can’t get away with this!"
The name Kriss Kringle is some­
< »I \ 1" I I R XII
n over the Montagitais! Thank
“He's managed to so far."
times erroneously used to designate
God. we didn't bring Li sc ! "
LIQUID
McNab's face filled with blood as Santa Claus. Kriss Kringle is a cor­
TARLI T S
Three days later the keel of the his anger increased. "I’ve seen a
This is luck!" whispi¡•red Malone
5ALV t
ruption of the German Chnst-kindel
Noil p.ort
hev re so drunk they ve forgotten Peterboro slid into the gravel beach lot—guessed a lot. since the Com­
COUCH u.on
at the Hudson’s Bay post at Mata- j pany sent me here three years ago the Christ-child.
us
garni The door of the white-washed I to try to save the trade on this lake
We can’t be sure
They may
Mountain Beauty
ha're a guard on both shores," log trade house opened and two men ! We learned that Tete-Blanche was
Christmas in the Sw iss mountains
warned Garry "We’ll take the right­ started for the landing. At the gate bribing our hunters with whiskey to
of the slab dog stockade surrounding leave us and trade their fur with Is full of scenic enchantment and
hat d channel, Blaise What tn—"
poetry.
Every hamlet and every
The s adden scurry of feet and • the trader's quarters a tall girl, Isadore. I reported it to the Com
wings as ■ flock of disturbed shell whose golden bob the sun touched 1 pany and the authorities. His freight village is a wondrous vision in
white, with its fleckless beauty still
into flame, curiously watched From was searched at Nottaway but they
drake skittered ahead downstream,
a w indow of the frame house a wom­ found nothing They thought I was accentuated by the sapphire blue
■topped the boat
of the sky.
That cooks our goose!" cursed an and two half-grown children trying to hurt him because he was
Red, softly. “They’ll know some- | stared at the three men on the
a competitor, and dropped it
1
Tip on Toy*
thing startled the ducks and will lay ; beach, for white travelers were rare 1 was reprimanded by our District In­
To be in demand, toys should be
at
M
atagami.
buried
in
the
Notts-
'
for us!"
spector for bringing charges I
educational, full of action, or dupli­
way wilderness
"Go on. Blaise!" snapped Finlay.
couldn't prove.
Couldn’t prove?"
“We re in for.it, now!"
"Good day, gentlemen! Welcome snorted McNab. "I had all the proof cates of large articles. Most toys
used through the ages fall into one
The canoe was passing the fire
to Matagami!” The trader, a sandy- in the world ”
of these three categories.
In seconds they'd be clear and lost haired man of fifty, shook the hands
ITO HF. CO\TIM tDi
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First Christmas Seals
Originated in Denmark
To Fight Tuberculosis
’
Indoors Man
She—You big strong man, do
you believe in sleeping out of
doors?
He—Not while I can pay rent.
A psychologist says some
disappear because they feel
are not wanted. And some
appear because they know
are.
men
they
dis­
they
Who Won?
"So you and John don’t speak
now?”
“No; we had a dreadful quarrel
about who loved the other most.’*
The Only Cure
Tuo smartly dressed girls u.ere talk­
ing at the top of their voices and in a
very affected manner in a bus.
At last the conductor got fed-up. .4»
the bus neared a stopping pluce he
called out in a hinh-pitched voice:
"Darlings, here's too, too sweet King
Street!“
After that silence reigned.
Front the Source
“I only know one good thing
about Tom.”
“And what’s that?”
“His opinion of himself.”
In Full Use
Mrs. Green bought a sundial at
a sale and had it erected in her
garden. She called in the builder
and instructed him to move it to
a more suitable place.
“Where would you like me to
put it?” asked the builder.
“Under the electric lamp on the
porch,” she replied. “We shall
then be able to see the time when
it is dark.”
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Gifts ‘Lost’ in Mails
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of consulting the advertisements every
time we make a purchase, though we
have already decided just what we
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It. It gives us the most priceless feeling
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