RURAL ENTERPRISE
The Valley of Voices
By GEORGE MARSH
CHAPTER VII— Continued
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It was L ascelles' »urn to lanith, for
h i. word utung Steele like th e lai-h of
■ whip. B ut unlike the F re n c h ro u n '’,
th e face of th e o th e r reflected his
th o u g h ts solely In the aw lft hardening
of the m outh and th e g litte r in the
gray eyes.
"T hen o f course, colonel.” he coun
tere d savagely, "you cannot go
You
F rench a re such careful chaperons.
Lascelles openly scowled hla dlsap-
IHilntinent as St. O nge re to rte d :
"Oh, n a tu ra lly I ahull s ta y ; so I
shall wish you bon voyage and all suc
cess. M onsieur Steele." And he shook
Ids gu e st's hand. “ We shall expect
you again before you s ta r t south.
"Goodhy, sir, and my deepest th an k s
fo r your h o spitality. You will send a
canoe, anyw ay, In tw o w eeks to m eet
Michel a t the F e a th e r lak e s? ”
“Yes, uu re v o lr!”
Ignoring Lascelles, he stepped Into
th e canoe, launched by Michel and
I »avid, then a s If It w ere an a f te r
thought. S teele called han terln g ly to
th e In sp ecto r: “And to you, sir, a
p leasant sta y at W alling R iver. and
safe run to Albany, for I very much
wish to m eet you a g ain .”
W ith th e lunge of th re e narrow
blades, th e canoe leaped u p stream
leaving tw o m en on the shore—one
w ith frank approval in the tired eyes
w hich w atched th e broad hack of
B rent Steele a s he follow ed toe
vicious stro k e o f th e Iroquois In the
how ; th e o th er nervously stro k in g a
black m ustache which adorned fe a
tu re s on which p erplexity and h a te
w ere w ritte n large.
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T hree d a y s later, when th e canoe of
Steele w as fa r on Its w ay to the
F e a th e r lak e s In Its search for the
tra il of th e W lndlgo. D enise St. Onge
sa t In her living-room w ith th e man
who controlled h e r fa th e r 's fu tu re
w ith the Revlllon F re res.
F or two
days, all th a t sul te rfu g e and th e pica
o f Illness could avail to avoid being
alone w ith him, she had m ade use of,
but now th a t he was re tu rn in g to F o rt
A lbany, he would not be denied his
hour.
"M adem oiselle,” he w as saying,
“ when a m an trav els as fa r a s I have
to visit his tlancee, Is he not entitled
to a som ew hat w arm er welcom e— to a
m ore freq u en t oppo rtu n ity to enjoy
h e r society th an you h av e accorded
m e?"
"M onsieur L ascelles,” replied th e girl
coldly, "I w n ite you accepting th e o f
fe r which you have m ade the m any
tim es In th e last th ree y ears. In con
sid eratio n th a t yon kept my fa th e r In
th e employ of th e com pany In charge
of a first-class post, I agreed to m arry
you w ithin a year. It w as a c o n tra ct
of business, m onsieur.
T h e day of
your a rriv a l here you agreed to my
term s.”
L ascelles fidgeted u n d e r th e calm,
Im personal g a se of the g irl's black
eyes.
"It Is tru e , m adem oiselle,” nnd he
tw isted his m u stach e In Ids chagrin,
"h u t I am deeply In love w ith you,
nnd it la m ost unusual, is It not, to he
Ignored — avoided?
I have
some
rig h ts."
"I have not prom ised to love you,
m onsieur. If th a t Is w hat you m ean,”
w as her q uiet answ er.
"N o," and th e blood suddenly flushed
Ids face, "h u t I have reason to believe
th a t you h a v e an Interest In this Am er
ican. Steele. Why has he sta y ed here
tw o w eeks? W hy, except for the fact
th a t M adem oiselle St. O nge Is p re tty
nnd charm ing, eh?"
D enise St. O nge sm iled w earily,
"Possibly, m onsieur. It Is not un
likely you will think so anyw ay. You
a re the type of m an who alw ays In
sists on the wom an m otive.”
"W om an m otive?
Why not?
In
th is case It Is clear,” he b u rst out,
w alking th e floor, mad w ith Jealousy,
end helpless before the Indifference of
th e wom an whom he had traveled
th re e h undred m iles to see.
“P ard o n me, but ns a m a tte r o f fa rt,
you a rc w rong M onsieur S teele Is an
ethnologist nnd Is deeply Interested In
th is m ystery which you m ake light of.”
L ascelles snapped his Angers vicious
ly.
"You la-lleve In th is W lndlgo
m yth, to o l Your fu th er Is Im beclllc
about It.”
T he dark face of th e girl flamed
w ith anger at the reference to her fa
th er. "You laugh at w hat has ruined
th ia post, m onsieur, b ecau se It nulled
your plan, la It not so?"
H e tu rn ed to h e r w ith a snarl.
“ Evidently you a re a s su p e rstitio u s as
th e Ignorant Indians.”
"Possibly I am. I don't know w hat
I believe," she said calm ly. "1 only
know w hat I heard th a t te rrib le night
— w hat th e Indiana believe — and
w here Is the fu r canoe? W here are
your fu rs? Where «re your m en? Is
th a t of no consetiuence?”
It was to the c red it o f th e In fa tu a t
ed l4ts<s*lles. a s he hade th e woman
who had prom ised to m arry him. gootl-
hg, th at w hat w as Ids of right he did
P'S ilctttutid when he e n te re d Ids canoe
s i the fool of th e curry.
"All re v o lt I" he said, tak in g her
hand am i kissing It. "You will w rite
by th e C h ristm a s m all?" And th e man
who hu<l Journeyed tip th e Albany and
»he W alling ex ulting In t i l s bargain
w ith a d e sp e ra te girl, retu rn ed , heat
en m >stilled and consum ed w ith Joul
ouay.
A u th itr o f
“ T o ile r« o f the T r a i l ”
“ T h e V\ help# o f th e W o l T
(C o p y rig h t by the Penn P u b lish in g C e .)
( W N. U tfe rv ite .)
of Illg F e a th e r lake, which opened nut
before them in m ile upou m ile of Bleep
ing w ater.
A group of women, children and dogs
a w aited the canoe's landing a t th e fish
ing cam p o f th e OJIhways.
' Ko'-Jo’. bo’-Jo’ !" And Michel, kick
ing his way through th e sn a rlin g h u s
kies. shook bunds w ith the surprised
women, curious to lea rn w hat hnd
brought th e headm an at W alling Itlver
to th e F e a th e r lakes in Septem ber.
"So th e W lndlgo cries no longer at
night on the b u rn t ridge?" he began,
in OJIhway.
T o Ills su rp rise th e women sta re d at
Idin In am azem ent, which changed to
fe a r at th e thought of the possibility
o f th e presence of a demon so d re ad
ed, In th e F e a th e r Luke country.
“ No W lndlgo has cried here.” replied
an old wom an, excitedly. "W e would
not s ta y ! O ur men a re aw ay In the
m uskegs, h u nting caribou. T hey would
not leave us h e re to be e aten by a
W lndlgo."
Michel looked a t Steele. “ She say
no W lndlgo bln here. Why did P ie rre
lie to us?”
"Q ueer for him to bring th a t ta le to
W ntllng Itlver," m u tte red Steele.
"P ie rre, who left you to trad p at
O goke last spring." continued Michel
“l i a s he cam ped here tills sum m er?"
"No, we h ave not seen his fam ily
since the moon of flowers. T hey w ent
to Ogoke."
Michel nodded, as If satisfied.
“ Well. Michel. It looks a s if we were
on a wild goose chase."
T h e sm all eyes of th e Iroquois g lit
tered . “ I f in k we ketch dis goose Jes
tie sam e."
“ W hat d'you m ean?"
“ W at, we know P ie rre Is a lia r and
lie cum to W allin' R iviere to m ak ’ talk
wld T ete-B oule. Now P ie rre un’ Tete-
Boule try m ak' some trouble o v alr dees
él
S te e le S tru g g le d to K e e p a t th e H e e ls
of
H is
M en.
W lndlgo. W e’n I go back T ete-B oule
weel tell me w ’a t P ie rre »a.v to
been».” And th e lean face of Michel
took on ii flerceneae which caused the
mjtiawR Instinctively to draw back.
W hat m otive P ie rre could have hnd
In th e ta le of th e W lndlgo at F e a th e r
lake, o th e r th a n the needles« a gitation
of th e post Indian», wan an enigm a to
Steele, but It w as evident th a t Michel
had an Idea of It» n a tu re w hich he
would divulge only when ready to talk.
“ M ichel.” S teele asked, a s th e th ree
men »at by th e ir tire sm oking after-
su p p er pipes, “ w h a t’» In th e back of
your head reg ard in g th is P ie rre ? You
think he knew o f th e dead Indian at
Stooping riv er w hen he cam e to the
post, yet m ade no m ention of th a t hut
told th is wild ta le o f th e F e a th e r lake
W lndlgo »care.
Why should he lie
about the one ami conceal th e o th e r? ”
T h e Iroquol» »lowly exhaled a col
um n of »moke before replying.
“P e e * P ie rre 1 know for long tim e
H e a,w ay m ak' tro u b le
W hen I »ee
heem. he tell me »om et'lng or he nev
lire m ak ’ m ore tro u b le on dee» riv
iere.” w as th e unresponsive an sw e r
•‘But w hat Is he driving a t? Why
shouldn't he rep o rt th e killing of th a t
Indian at Stooping riv e r a« well as the
W lndlgo sca re th a t ex isted a t F e a th e r
lake?”
Michel shook hl» head. “ E et ee*
q u e er t ’lng. for su re .” w as th e laconic
re p ly .
“ H u h !“ m u ttered Michel, “dat Injun
poor caller."
Rigid, th e th ree listened to th e voire
In th e night, and In th e niind of each
«lowly took chape th e sam e auruilse.
T hen from the b u rn t ridge o f the
opposite shore lifted a low wall, g a th
ering in volum e until It clim axed In a
scream .
"D r W lndlgo I” W ith a leap. Michel
had his rifle a n d w as sliding th e canoe
Into th e w ater.
"Com e on." cried Steele, "w e’ll sep
a ra te a n d «talk th a t ridge from th re e
directions."
T hey w ere half-w ay to th e shore
w hen th e voice h u rst out anew In sobs
und m audlin m ew ing, and Steele pitied
the terrified wom en and c hildren of
the fishing cantp, facing th e h orror
alone, w ith th e ir m en f a r In th e c a ri
bou barrens.
L anding on th e beach u n d e r the
ridge. Steele left th e o th e rs w ith the
w a rn in g : “ No wild firing, now ! Re
m em ber th e w h istle! W e'll m eet h e re
on th is sa n d beach.”
T h e canoe vanished In th e shadow s
nnd th e A m erican s ta rte d his stalk .
T w ice he stopped for a spuce to study
th e c aterw au lin g on th e brow beyond
him. Blood-chilling, u n e arth ly , th e
voice filled th e calm night.
T h e d anger o f th e h u n te rs firing Into
each o th e r w as g re at, and he clim bed
cautiously, taking th e cover of the
down tim ber, e a rs a le rl for th e sta c
cato w histle of th e yellow legs, th e ir
signal of identification.
At last, w ith skin and clothes to rn
by the b rittle tw igs of the dead
spruce, he reached th e flat sh o lu d e r of
th e ridge. F or som e tim e th e night
had brooded, n n m arre d by th e voice.
Cocking his rifle he c rep t fo rw ard,
searching th e a re a of skeleton tree s,
ghostly In the pale light of th e s ta rs ,
for gome m ovem ent. H e w as puzzled
a t the fa .lu rq of th e Indians, w hose
pace should have been fa s te r th a n his
to reach th e brow of th e ridge. If
they hud, p e rh a p s even now, th e rov
ing eye of Michel a lre ad y m ark ed
hint out—w as sig h tin g dow n a rifle
b arrel, his crooked finger on th e tr ig
ger, w aiting to be su re o f his ta rg e t
before he fired. At th e thought S teele
flattened outl and w histled.
B ut th e libo-hoo of a gray owl, pe
troling the preen tlm l e r of th e lake
shore below., w as his only answ er.
M inutes, w hich seem ed Interm in ab le
to the w a tch er, passed. W here w ere
th e Indians?
T hen to his su rp rise an ttnspenkable
m ew ing defiled th e night. In vain he
stro v e to locHte th e position of the
beast. B ut, as th e m ew ing m erged
Into th e sh rie k s of a w om an, the
flash and rep o rt, flash and rep o rt, of
tw o rifles cut It sh o rt off. Som ething
th ra sh e d through th e tim b er out In
front.
He sw ung Ills rifle In th e direction
of th e sound, his e \e s stra in in g for a
targ p t.
T he sta rlig h t gave him a
fleeting glim pse of a dark object cross
ing th e hole of u skeleton spruce, and
he fired tw ice. T h en leaping down,
he plunged through th e tan g le of dead
sp ru ce in th e w ake of D avid and Mi
chel who hnd sta lk e d th e ir qu arry , hut
evidently In th e u n c ertain light,
missed.
Down over th e trea c h e ro u s going of
the slope of th e ridge th e sure-footed
Indians hunted th e th in g th e ir rlfla
sh o ts had atam peded. T ripping, fall
ing, to rise und stu m b le on through
the netw ork of tru n k s and limb«,
Steele stru g g led to keep a t the hpela
of his men. But grad u ally th e noise
of th e p u rsu it drew aw ay from the
w hite m an, no m atch fo r those who,
from childhood, had trav e le d th e for
e sts a t night.
In nn h o u r tw o grlm v b a tte re d
h a lf breeds, bleeding from contact
w ith th e tim ber, a p p eared on tha
beach.
"W ell. It fooled us a g ain .” vouch
safed Steele, ruefully, "did you see
It?”
“ W e n ev alre spe h p em ," m uttered
the d ish e arten e d Michel, * p u n tin g on
hla heels a t th e w a te r’s edge to bathe
hla face, ami hl» shoulders from
which th e woolen sh irt hung In rib
bon*.
"You did not se e him w hen von
fired?"
dem anded
th e
surprised
Slpele. "I got a look at him for i
second."
D avid grinned at his chief
“ Dat
w as m e you shoot at. De bullet seeng
close, too Good .hot !"
"W h at, you w ere out In front of m e'
W hy d idn't you w h istle'''' protested
the c hagrined Steele. i didn't know ,
until you fired, th a t you two had g it
up th e re
From the sound, w hat did
he trav e l like, M ichel?"
T h e h a lf-tre e d lifted a grave face
"H e trav e l Ink' a seek h e a r; hut no
h e ar holler Ink' a Ivnv "
iT(> a t »•o.-sriM Kp |
S teele's eyes sought D avid’s Im pas
To Excavate Roman Stadium
sive face, h u t th e OJIhway seem ed
deep In a problem of hl» own It w as I It is planned to e x ca v ate the Circus
Irrita tin g to a degree, hut Steele knew 1 M axim us a t Rome which w as th e grew ’
his In d ian s knew that Michel would est stadium ever built II seated 3.M»
talk In his own tim e and not before-— • ssi people and would m ake som e of
| th at questio n in g would only drive bln, the m odern stadium « such ns the Y i
Into a d eeper »Hence.
Bowl and the Y ankee stadium h-
“ How m any Indians tra p th e Port
like county fa ir am p h ith eaters. T
C ircus M axim us w as th re e tim es as
I age L ake c o untry?” Steele asked.
“Good inanee hunt d a t valley, gmxl larg e a s the fam ous Colosseum at
m anee ovalre on rie L ittle Current.**
Rome. It w as first built In the tim e f
I “ W e'll sta rt toaiorrow . It looks a» th e early Rom an kings, was Used d
If M onsieur W lndlgo w as not going to Ing the republic and had It« best ,t ,
during th e em pire H ere .liiliu« Ca, .
pay th is country—**
From the rid g es of the m ainland the e n te rta in ed th e Rom an pom ilace ,,, ,
m oaning bellow of a cow mo«we «low m a g n ific e n t scale.
Indt-ed the « ,te
ly rose and die,I on the frosty n ght.
was so larg e th a t he had to sell on of
CHAPTER VIII
“ Dat cow holler *er‘ stra n g e ,’ said his p riv ate villas to pay for the g ues
David. a» th e th ree sa t w ith tilted und chariot races. In th is great st«,
•liuti» the g lad ia to rs fought fa
(«I
D riven by th re e iron hard hacks sm l heads, e ars »training
Again out across the still lake combat w th wild tieaats iu p o rts u ;raw
p a irs o f arm s. Steele’s canoe nosed «
A fro a ao l Asia.
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W IL L IE B E T R A Y S M A
The fam ily w as a t su p p e r w hen the
vicar called. H u rrie d ly th e m other
put the beer b o ttle s u n d e r th e tuble.
“Good evening. R a th e r a cool eve
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“Yes,” replied th e v ic a r ; “no doubt
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NO GO O D A T ALL
F ailed to G et A w a y
N o th in g So P lebeian
“ W h at a re you In for, m y good fel-
low ?” ask ed th e p riso n visito r.
1 sto re ?
" F o r being fo und o u t," sig h ed the
Mrs. New-rich (h a u g h tily )— S tore?
! I should say not. My ch ild ren never fo rm e r bank cash ier, who h a d k e p t up
play a n y th in g b u t bunk.—B oston T run- his p e cu latio n s fo r y e a rs b e fo re the
officials got w ise.—C in cin n a ti E n q u ire r.
scrlpt
Caller—Are your little ones playing
Fortunate the man whose hobby la
One can't rear children properly If
T hey soon discover It. his Job.
■ one Is selfish.
“1 tell you th is m edicine Is equally
as good fo r c uring h e ad ach es as It Is
for curing chilblains, liv e r com plaint
or spinal m eningitis."
“ I don't doubt th a t fo r a m in u te
So's rain w ater.”
T h a t’» W here She W ine
T ake
Or
C an't
At
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m a k e It o v e r n ew .
b e a t th e old w o rld
Its job o f p u llin g th r o u g h .
E xactly
“ She h e sita te d a long tim e betw een
an old b a n k er and a young doctor.
F in ally she decided to m ake th e doc
to r h a p p y !”
“I see. She married the banker?"
Geometrica of Faahion
“T h e absence o f c o rsets has changed
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"Y es,” a d m itte d M iss Cayenne. “We I
now re p re se n t a p a ralle lo g ram In
ste a d of a p a ir of Isosceles tria n g les.’
A G re at H e lp
“You certainly have a dumb office i
boy.”
“Yes, but he talks Just like me over
the phone.”
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In full view o f sh o p k e e p ers and
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hacked to d eath w ith m eat cleaver» by Bison.
I wo o th e r Chinese. It I» believed )ie
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W r ls h t ', In d ia n X’r s r t a b l, P itts c o n ta in
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ta tio n . 372 P e a rl 8 t.. N. T. A dv.
tem pted to help th e victim o r to call
the police.
T h e Reaeon
I f one h a s no o th e r fa u lts, a de
sire to boss o th e rs Is had enough. A r
rogance can becom e a sin.
B lak e— W h a t m ak e s th a t p o lic e
m an so fa t?
D ra k e — T oo m uch traffic Jara.
C hildren
C ry
"So y our b ro th e r is engaged to a
Sw iss g irl? What docs he th in k of
h e r? ”
" I l s th in k s s ite s tn e w hole ch eese.'
Deaire
. d lo v e to ha a m illio n th in » « ,
L ik a
any
o th e r tfe e s a r,
B u’ Tm»at o f a ll I'd love, bjr Jlnga.
Tu
ba a « r a v e i u l a n e e ie r .
A Romance
An eld erly Indy, clim bing on one
of o u r local v a rie ty of stre e t cura,
banded th e conductor a tra n sfe r.
" T ills Is t w . d itv s o ld ." h e g ro w led
"I've been w atting p a tie n tly ," she
m u rm u re d .—T he Flam ingo.
H ap p y Daya
“T o n lik e fa ll? "
"Yes. In siim aier you kick about th.
heat ; In w inter, a bout th e cold "
"W ell?”
“In fall you get both."
M OTTTFR •— Fletcher’s Cas-
toria is a pleasant, harmless
Substitute for Castor Oil, Pare-
gvric. Teething br
■ 1 S »oihing Syrups, e>pecially prepared
for Infanta in arms an J Children all ages.
To avoid imitations, always look for the rignature of ¿ 2 1
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on
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everywhere it^tnm end it.