RURAL ENTERPRISE
The Valley of Voices
By GEORGE M A R S H
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“T ie t h a e to n e th a t w ill tu rn a ll
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W ith M lrhel would go two larters
explaining hla change of [ lana. The
a—13—w
tote hope o f holding the Indiana now
" I b th is the «ame on* • • heard at
was In scotching Ihe Wiadigo terror
W alling River?”
early In the winter hy tracking down
"M ehta
M-bbe nodrter one. 'Jib
the heaat on the first «now; and ao
way M y plenty ov detn eea valley o"
strongly aa hla heart drew him toward
de W alling."
the post, he made hla declaim».
•Rut what do you think, Michel?”
demanded .Steele hotly. “ Here I am,
CHAPTER IX
with Itavld, «Ivin« up my time to help
you run thia thin« down and. It pos
For three day» Steele searched the
sible. M v a the poet for Mt. G ng e; and
you don’t trust me.
Why don't joa ridge and back country for track», hut
without aucceaa. Iia v ld returned from
»pen your heart to me?”
Mlrhel atralfhtened and ««in« to Portage lake with the good new» that
the small are Itavld had built on the »he Ashing ramps were raking large
beach, ralm ly eiam lned hi« tattered ratchea o f pike and whlreAsh. and
there was no Wlndlgo goaaip. So. In
ahlrt and trouser«, a« he dried out
«pits of the shrill proves»» and Indlg
•■you are good man, M »leu Steele
Iiaveed tell me. hut I have de eye to nant refuta’.lon of their aqua wa. Steele,
see W en you come hark on de «now rorroborated hy hla men, aaaured the
OJihwaya that what the women had
I tell you aomet'ln«.“
heard on the burnt ridge was the cat
T hat waa all. and Steele understood
It waa evident that M lrhel had bound erwauling of a lynx, and at once atari
himself to secrecy. Rot why had he ed with Itavid for Ogoke lake and the
Neplgon.
told David?
If waa on a wlndleaa day In the
“la the morning we mu«» hunt for a
tra il,"
Steele »aid, philosophically heart o f the northern Indian anmmer
bowing to the Inevitable. Now w e ll that the canoe hound south for the
here to do whet we ran to quiet those Neplgon approached the Islands guard
ing the east end of Ogoke. Like ail
poor a»jii«w« "
A« the canoe leaded on the beach houetfes of anchored battle Aeeta they
below the alien! tlpla, one hy one. rode the sleeping lake, their Aghtlng
derh ahapea of IntWan doga slunk top« and stacks, o f black spruce, thetr
from the «dj»rent «cent. fall» between armored hulls, of age-worn rock».
••Where la the poet, Itavld T* asked
leg», to whimper at the feet of the
Steele.
men
“ F o u r—Ave hour paddle, yet.
Eet
"Srered atlff.” aeld Steele. “ And from
the sound the aqoaw« are worse 11» lie on long spruce point. You aee eet
and talk to them, Mlrhel. T ell them today vert fa r off.”
"You reallxe that you can't «tart
It waa a mad wolverine or lynx and
we’ve hunted It out of the country. anything at Laflamme’« place now.
I ’ll get a lire going while Ita rtd brings don't you?"
Repeatedly, David’» square shoul
aome tea from the island.
I t «dll
ders leaned to the stroke, as hl« arms
cheer them up— the tea "
Rut both his patience, and hla swept the blade through, before he
knowledge of the woods Indian'» be turned hla black head to hla chief.
"I'a v ld has waited ten year, he can
lie f In the aupernatnral, were taxed to
the uttermost before M lrhel aucceed- wait leetle tarn longer We got plenty
ed In ronrlnrlng the women that the
Wlndlgo they had heard on the ridge
was not now luring them to their
doom with the «««timed voire of the
headmen o f W alling River.
In the end, they crept from the flpl
lo the friendly light of the lire, horror
In their ahtf*iog eyes, gray fared rhll
dren clutching th eir skirts.
There,
comforted hy the t x , »vd heartened
by the presence of the three men, who
kept a huge lire going the rtrrle of
stricken women passed the night.
In the opinion of Steele, who kept
vigil with hla pipe, beside the snoring
David and M lrhel, rolled In their
blankets, the coming o f the beast to
Rig fe a th e r before the freeze up, was
the gravest menace which the for
tunes nt W alling River po«t, and the
girl who had given hint until spring
to accomplish the Impossible, had yet
encountered
For. as a forest tire
runs In dry limber, so rumors of the
hosting o f the Wlndlgo at Illg fe a th
er would tra te l from hunter to hunter
through the upper valley o f the W a ll
ing
The tale would spread. gather
erlng horror aa It went as a snowsllite
gathers momentum, until In lim e the
whole region learned that a Wlndlgo
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was l.awe In the vnlley of the Walling
a fiend fierce beyond belief and hun “ It Looks aa If tha Whole O utfit 1«
gry for the flesh o f the OJIhway Then
Out to Meat U a "
would follow, unless the beast were
killed and the terror endeil, swlrt trouble« dee» long »now on de W alling
exodua from the valley o f the families Daveed weel w a it; you not worry for
a llll trading at the post. the resurrec heetn."
" I knew you wouldn't do anything
tion and revival of the ghastly tradi
tions surrounding the raplda snd the when we have this work down river
riv e r below the end n t the St Ongca ahead o f ug; but I reallxe that It will
be hard. If we stay a day or two. for
and the post at W alling River.
Steele's teeth bit savagely Inin the yon to keep your hands off o f him. HI»
Mam of hla pipe
Thia might happen gang would get you anyway If yon did
before the freeze up. and until the »quare It with Laflamme, and that
snow made It possible lo follow a trail, would put ine In a hole as well.“
T he reticent David had never dl
there waa small chalice of solving the
vutged even to Steele the cause of the
mystery of the night walling
Now. Steele mused, when the men ancient grudge he bore the free-trader
returned from their hunt to beer of He had «aid simply that he wished to
the voire In llie night from the circle meet him had twice Journeyed far
e f h alf demented women cowering for that purpose; once missing him.
there around the Are. Ihe tale would the aerond time finding him camped
straightway travel to the four wind», with hla fur canoe« As Davhl had no
and hardy Indeed would be the hunter quarrel with I.nAamme'a men, who
who would d rlre hla dog team this would have come promptly lo Ihe aid
Christmas down the white valley of of their chief, he had hided hla time
the W alling to trade at the III fated In some way. year« before, Laflamme
p»>et
W ith no Christmaa, and little had Injured the t'llh w a y . T h a t waa
prospect o f a spring trade, unless the the extent o f Steele’s knowledge
G radually, a* they approached, the
myatery were aolved hy the running
clearing iqiened up and the buildings
down nt thia heaat with the n ilrani
Iona vocal cord». W alling River Was of the fur poat took shape. So keen
waa hla curiosity that Steele ceased
doomed Even If t>enlse married I.««
rellea In the spring, Ihe post could not paddling to examine them through hla
binocular«
H e r e lived the man who
he continued under a taboo
True, St. tinge had sworn that «he was waiting until the snow Aew for
should never make the aacrMre, but St. <>nge'» answer to hla offer o f a
the factor waa at hla rope's end. and partnership In the trade for the price
■he would override him. She would | of lienlsc the man who waa luring the
not see him disgraced
H er pride j tljlb w ays for hundreds of miles with
would drive her to It- that fierce pride ) hla whisky.
Although the freeze up was tittle
of race
She waa a thoroughbred and ,
would go in her spiritual death with more than a fort night away, tlpla
squatted, here and there, on the poat
a high head. In Ihe spring.
T h ia o f Itself, meant but
In the morning M lrhel would go In clearing.
search of (he caribou hunters, for « tie r one thing to the man who held the
For. throughout the
that night Ihe women would not re glasses whlaky
main alone at Rig fea th e r,
I'avld wide north, September Anda the hunt
would cm«« lo I'ortage lake to learn era on their w inter trapping grounda.
I f Ihe Wlndlgo bad been beard on the preparing for the coming of the long
U t ile Current. He, himself, would snows,
■•over the country hark o f the ridge for
“ Wat, w 'at you t'tnfc ov dat placeT'
a tra il which he had little hope of asked Havld. aa Steele put hla glasses
picking up. and endeavor to hold Ihe la tlielr case.
women at their ram p antll their men
“ He must have a lot of people there
returned on the return of I »avid they —tdg buildings low"
“ Yea. eel res l.eeg place."
would at once start for Neplgon. leav
lag M lrhel to meet tbs canoe Mi. tinge
Aa they approached the long point
Mt eel c waa aurprlsad at the number of
waa la send.
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rhe beach the post dogs alremly aw ait
ed the «»range craft, whi e a group of
p o st p e o p le fo rm e d b e h in d th e m
The
■ anne waa cloae In ahore when two
men left the massive tradehouae and
drifted to rhe log landing stage, off
j which a York boat rode a t Its moor
ing.
“It look» »s If the whole ootflt la out
i to meet ua.''
David turned a grim face to hla
chief. “Somet’lng strange h e r e /’
“T h e y may think wa're a pollea
■anoe." suggested Steele.
“Ah-hah •"
“la that Laflamme 'alkfag to the big
fellow on the landing?"
"Ah-hah I He d»u’ talk lak’ dead
m an"
So low were the sinister
words spoken that Steele, in doubt.
j asked:
“W h a t’» that?”
The OJIbway turned to hla chief a
face twtated with hate.
“ He
don’
know —he
era— dead
m a n !"
“S o n * day you can settle with him
—but not now. not now I We have a
Job on the W ailing— you and Michel
and I." haatlly objected Steele, fea r
ing thia meeting with the man ha
hated had Jarred David off hla mental
balance.
The set feature« of the OJIhway re
laxed.
Hla narrow eyes glowed aa
he reassured the man who trusted him.
"Daveed promise to meet Michel on
de November snow. We have de beeg
Job— you an' Michel an' D aveed; I
mak' no trouble here, boas."
L'nder the inspection o f many pairs
o f curious eyes, the canoe slid Into
the beach, le a v in g David to keep the
dogs off the canoe. Steele walked
through the «llent huskies who In
stinctively drew hack from hla ap
proach and cloaed In behind him,
w alking on «tiff legs barely out of
reach of the paddle he carried, awed
yet threatening.
The bulky half-
breed. whose sinister face wore tha
red gash o f a scar from chin to ear,
Steele dismissed w ith a glance, tu t
nothing, from the heavily beaded
moccasins of smoke-tanned moose-
hide. to the wide brimmed stetson of
the free-trader, escaped hla appraising
eye. To his aurplrse. also, the dark
features which met him with a look
both anrly and questioning, were un
deniably handsome.
"Good day. gentlem en!" «»Id Steele,
affably. Ignoring the coolness of hla
reception.
"Good d ay!" returned Laflamme,
coldly, probing the smiling face of the
s trin g e r w ith a sharp look In which
doubt and concern patently mingled
" I am headed for Neplgon, from
Fort Alhany, and heed aome supplies,”
went on Steele. "Can you sell me
aome atnff?”
W ith a curl o f the lip Laflamme re
plied : ’T h a t depends on what your
business la on thia lake."
The lawny-haired American laughed
In the face o f the speaker.
"Rualnesa on thia lake? Are yon
Joking?
You seem to have all the
bualne«« here. My hnslneas la to get
back to New York before I'm frozen
In, and report to the American Mu
seum of N atural History. I've spent
Ihe last Ave months on the Alhany.
collecting
Now, Pm hound for N'ep-
Igon and the railroad."
T he half-breed and his chief ex
changed looks
Steele realized that
he was suspected of being a govern
ment agent In disguise, so, as he need
ed supplies and wished to study La
damme while David circulated among
the poat people, he desired to relieve
Ihe mind o f the free trader at once
"Ton say you're from the States—
doing collecting among the Indiana?
I should he glad to see aome of your
stuff.”
La finni me was taking on chance«,
anil Steele welcomed the opportunity
to establish hla Identify
“ Yea, I've two parka In the canoe.
Mv name la Steele. Pve teen on the
Alhany two years— left a thousand
pounds this year, at Fort Albany, to
go out hy boat.” Then he haxarded;
"You know Laacellea. the Kevlllon
man there?”
l.aflamme'a reaction to the remark
waa Instantaneous.
His face dark
ened w ith anger
cm s s r o v r isr x n i
T r a g e d y o f R a z o r B la d e i
Those who are puxxled to know
what to do with used safety razor
blade« may And a hint In the follow
Ing. saya the London M all. A young
and pretty girl approached Rattersea
bridge
She held something tightly In
her left hand
When «he reached the
middle of th e bridge she stopped and
looked around.
Only one man waa anywhere near
and he. apparently, was not paying
nny attention to her doings In » Aa«t>
•he rnlsed her hand and Aung » « te e
thing Into the river below It glitter .I
and shone aa It fell and the in n
gazing over the bridge In curtos v.
<aa that It waa a »mail glass phial of
the aort In which powdered hath «. la
are sold. twelve In a box
His cur1.»-
Itv overcame him, and he overbsik 'he
girl “i'o tell me w hat yon threw ‘nte
the river." he hegge-l "M y hu«> >rd't
razor blades.'' was the U '.u »1» ! . . , , -e-
awag
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g o ld .
— B e n ja m in F r a n k lin .
CHAPTER VIII—■Continued
handy
packs
T A K IN G N O CHANCES
S E A S O N A B L E S A N D W IC H E S
“Going to town?" asked S a m m u of
During the w inter the filling for 'jomuel.
■ndwlrhea may be prepared of game
“Yep."
turkey and va ri
“ W ill you Inquire for my mall?”
ous m eat* which
"Nope."
are esp e c I a 1 1 y
“Rather unnelghborly of you," com
good during the
mented a friend.
colder months.
“Can't help that. Last tim e I In
T u rkey
Sand
qulred for hla m all I had to lug a
wich««.— M ix one- grindstone out to hla place.”— Kansas
h a lf cupful each
City Journal.
of chopped cold
turkey, celery and blanched almonds.
Only Sign of P ro g rea
Season with salt, pepper and moisten
A man who had settled In America,
with mayonnaise dressing.
Spread
h alf the slices w ith the dressing, cover who had been visiting Ills old home In
with a lettuce le a f; spread the re England, was asked what he thought
maining slices w ith a thick layer of about the changes that had taken
the turkey mixture. Put together In place In the village during his ab
pairs trim off the crusta and cut sence.
"Changes!" he exclaimed.
"Gee.
diagonally acrosa. Garnish w ith ripe
The
olives and celery hearts. Serve with th e re e only one worth notin’.
village pump s been swapped for a
coffee or mulled elder.
Caviar* Sandwiches.— To one-fourth gas pump !"— Stray Stories.
of n pound of c«. .are, add tw o table-
H ad Hia Amu>or
spoonfuls of lemon Juice and three
tablespoonfuls o f olive oil. S tir until
"M abel," he said. “ I had auch a
creamy, then spread on thin slices of realistic dream last n ig h t I dreamed
white or entire wheat bread, press I proposed to you. and you said. *Oo
edges together, sprinkle one side of to fath er.*"
each sandwb-h w ith paprika. Insert
“ Yee. H arry. And what did father
small sprigs of parsley I d the centers aay?" she cooed.
and serve w ith o y s te rs .
"W ell, that part Is a little haxy. AU
Hot
Chicken
S an dw ich«.— Chop I know la that I woke op and found
medium line, cold cooked chicken. myself on the floor!"— Stray Stories.
Have readv rounds of hot buttered
toast.
Slightly moisten the chicken
D IF F E R E N C E IN W EA PO N S
with hot chicken gravy and spread
h alf the rounds with the mixture.
Cover with the remaining rounds. A r
range sandwiches on hot plates and
pour over the hot chicken gravy.
Serve with celery salad.
Emergency Sandwiches.— T ake one
cupful of grated cheese that Is rather
dry, add three hard cooked eggs finely
chopped.
Add one tablespoonful of
finely chopped chives or onion, season
w ith salt, cayenne and paprika. Mois
ten w ith mayonnaise or thick cream.
Use as filling for white bread sand
wiches, spread with mustard butter.
“H e was held np by a bobbed-half
Peanut Butter and Tomato Sand bandit who compelled him to marry
wiches.— Moisten peanut butter with
her?”
tomato catsup. Spread thin slices of
"W ell, It amounted to that—only she
white bread w ith the mixture, cover used u bundle of love letters instead
with crisp lettuce and cover with an of a gun.’’
other allce. Press the edges together
and serve at once.
Waa a Gentleman
Salads and Other Thing*.
W h e n A dam d t iv e d and E v e a p a o .
A very pretty, as well as tasty
Ad m a y h a v e b een a g e n tle m a n .
salad, la prepared with lemon Jello aa I F o r h e did n ot f o r f e it p a r a d is e
W h en p la y in g o u t o f c u p p y Ilea!
a base.
Carrot, P i n e
Took H it Advice
apple and Lemon
Alice— W h at happened when your
Jello
S a i a d.—
Grate carrots to fath er told your fiance he ought to
fill a cup, add as put something aside for a rainy day?
Helen— A little later dad missed his
much finely diced
pineapple, stir In raincoat.
to l e m o n Jello
No Danger
and pour Into small molds to harden.
Serve on head lettuce with a highly
"T hin k It would be safe to Insult
that prize fighter?"
seasoned mayonnaise dressing.
The Three P’e Salad.— T ake a cup
"U h huh! lie wouldn't fight you for
ful each o f stewed prunes, rolled pea less than $2,000.000.”
nuts and minced pineapple. Arrange
on head lettuce and serve w ith French
Beat H im to It
dressing.
"An* when 'ut robhtib man an Id.
Hot Open Oyster
Sandwiches.— i ‘H o i’ up yo’ liunds!' what did
you
Scald one cupful o f cream, add two auy?"
tublesponnfuls of fine bread crumbs,
“Me? Ah Jes' laughed at him. Ah
one tablespoonful of butter, one eighth
already had 'em up."
teaspootiful of paprika, a few grains o f
nutmeg and salt to season
Wash,
D idn’t M i a It at A ll
drain and chop two dozen select oys
Professor— I Itelleve you missed my
ters, add to Ihe first m ixture and stir
class yesterday.
until thoroughly heated without b oil
Student— Why, no, I didn't, old man
Ing.
Add one-half teaspoonftil of
not In the least
finely chopped parsley and spread
rounds of hot buttered toast with the
C A K E -E A T E R NO W
mixture.
Serve at once, garnished
with lettuce hearts and olives.
Roaat Goose. As geese are so fat
It Is necessary to treat them differ
ently In cooking than the ordinary
fowl. Scrub It well with soda In the
water, stuff and truss and place In the
roaster In a hot oven. As the fat be
gins lo fry out. thrust a fork Into the
skin and pierce Ihe breast of the
goose all over; when there Is a cupful
or more of the fat In Ihe pan. pour It
out and continue piercing Ihe skin nr-
caalonall.v until the most o f the fat Is
withdrawn, then haste during the
roasting. This fat may be used for
various things. Goose fat Is Invalu
able as a remedy for rubbing on the
chest and throat when suffering from
colda and croup.
Jelly Sandwiches.— Spread slices of
"So Jim has become a cake-eater,
thinly cut w hile bread with creamed
eh r
butler, cover h alf of the slices with
"Yee—married the baker's daughter
quince Jelly, or apple, sprinkle with
chopped nuts, press together Into last night."
nulrs and cut Into fancy shapes.
V l
Callout Comcience
1 1 t-t
k v c iC -
Keep Cockroach?* Auiay
Cockroaches will not frequent room«
nnlosa they find some available fond
material, and if such m aterials can he
kept from living rooms and offices or
« rupniou« care exercised to see that
no such m aterial Is placed In drawers
whore It can leave an attractive odor
or fragments o f food, the roach nttl-
un<w can l>e largely restricted to places
whore food necessarily must he kept.
In such places the storage of fn«<| ins
terisls In Insert-pm of containers or In
Ice boxes, together with thorough go
ing desnllnesa. will go « |ong
ward pre»ruling serious anu«yanc<
H a n d s tell th e tale
Looking st hte
W ith p rid e th e to lle r u n d e r sta n d *
T h a t m an y a rich m a n 's c o n s c ie n c e
M ora c a llo u t th a n hla Illy h a n d s
Quite Proper
Customer (to del lea! ««sen atom pro-
p rie to r)— Look hem. I found a button
In that salad you sold me.
Proprietor— O f course, madam ! That
was part of the dreasing.— Progressive
WRIGIEYS
NEW HANDY PACK
Fits hand —
pocket and purse
M o ro f o r y o u r m o n ay
and th e b ast P e p p e rm ia t
Chewing Sweet for any money
Look (or Wrigley's P. K. Handy Pack
^ ^ o n jr o u H )e a le /^ o u n te r
—
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S in c e r ity Among F rien d t
G enerally speaking, among senslblo
persons. It would seem th a t a rich
man deems that friend a sincere ona
who does not w ant to borrow hla
money, while among the less favored
w ith
fortune's
gift«,
the
sincere
friend la generally esteemed to be the
Individual who 1« ready to lend IL —
DlsraelL
T b « o**e*«ton«l
o f R o m an By« R a l« « m
a t n ic h t w ill prffvent and
tlr « d » j e *
aad eye atrain . 171 P e a rl St.. N . T. A d v .
Ice Cream A nnivertary
T he year 1926 marks the seventy-
fifth anniversary of the m anufacture
o f ice cream as a commercial induo-
try . It was In 1831 that Ice cream
was first manufactured and sold la
Baltim ore by Jacob Fussell, who Is
known as the fath er of the ice cream
Industry.
'Albir»
standi/or
Better
It'» the way we blend the flour that
give» Flapjack» their uncommon flavor.
One bite— and you know they're Flap
jack»! No other hot cake could hope to
have that Flapjack flavor!
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W hat a Night
we get to?"
"Blessed If I know
F A C IL IT IE S
Bird of the Arctic
T he snow goose is an Arctic goose
seen In the United States during Its
migration, sometimes In vast numbers.
It Is pure w hite except In the black
wing quills, washed on the head w ith
re d d is h ; the beak, which is strongly
toothed. Is pink and the feet reddish.
An adult male measures 27 Inches long
snd weighs 5U pounds.
Ross' snow
goose la a m iniature of the other and
la known all over Hudson Bay country
as the "horned wavey."
Green’s
August Flower
f t Constipation,
Indigestion and
Torpid Liver
Relieve» that feeling
o f having eaten unwisely. 30c and
90c bottles. A T A L L DRUG G ISTS.
C u ticu ra
Toilet Trio
S e n d f o r S a m p le s
Grocer.
“Good Joh our wives don't know
where we got to lM t night.’
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