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About Rural enterprise. (Halsey, Or.) 1924-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1926)
s •»X RURAL ENTERPRISE IMPROVED LWTORM INTERNATICNAL The Valley of Voices B y GEORGE M A R S H (W N O (C s p y rts h t b r th e P en a P u b ll.h ln » Co.» S ervirò » T hen follow ed silen t hours o f p a d dling In w hich th e tho u g h ts of D avid c en tere d largely on the fu tu re con sum ption id’ savory moose s te a k s a t N'epigoo House, w hile for Steele, h e art hunger and th e necessity fo r an e a rly solution of tlie problem a t W alling R iver had served a s anodyne to his c raving for food. A nother week and Steele w as h u rry ing east on tlie C an ad ian Pacific. A r riving In New York and re p o rtin g lit the m useum , he readily obtain ed p e r m ission to follow up tills m ost amax- ing exam ple of the abnorm al In the h a b its of C nuadian m am m als, inex tricab ly Involved w ith Indian su p e r stition In so halfling a m an n e r us to defy any o rd in ary m ethods of solution. On th e w ay w est. Steele m ade fre q u e n t trip s to the baggage c a r to talk to a long-cared, w rinkle-faced hound. “ If I hail had you, old boy, last Septem ber, up on Big F e a th e r lake,” lie often n q iea ted reg retfu lly , rubbing th e e a rs of the g re a t black and tan beast, " th e re w ould be one less Wln digo In th e W alling Itlv er country. I don’t know w hat you can do on th e snow. You m ay freeze in th a t coun try, w ith y our sh o rt hair, hut yo u 're surely going to have a chance to help us o u t w lien we lose a trnll. T h e huskies h av en ’t got your nose, and won’t hold to a tra il ns you will. And when th a t fog-horn buy o f yours booms out over th e hills, th e re 's go ing to he a general scram ble for cover am ong th e b e a s ts and devils th a t h e a r It." T h e bloodhound, train ed In th e T e n nessee hills, had a rriv e d In New York In response to a n u rg e n t telegram from Steele to a friend who bred th e m an -h u n ters on Ills so u th e rn p la n ta tion. T h ere w as no doubt In S te ele ’s CHAPTER X— Continued I í < MÍ at Ih se 1«3 Si ed en bu fa th Ix Mi ta: VV «h vii lai do fu ne lin Po ta : be col no bn wl ou Ci ni. eh ca rfl I h * Br bu co of an I. we ut Pa to UP c’n 1K> ph fr — 17— "C an we run lt7 ” he railed , above the th u n d er of the w hite-w ater, luna cies act In a crouch, n e rv es raw w ith suspense. •‘Down, f l a t !” W ith a fierce lunge of his blade, D avid sw ung th e nose of th e c ra ft tow ard the beach a s an Indian rose to his feet In th e low scrub. In m ock ery of his victim » th e a ssassin laughed a s tie d elib e ra tely raised his rifle. Hut th e MHnnllclier w ith the lone shell sp a t first and th e su rp rise d DJIhway crum pled w here lie stood. “D ow n!” cried D avid. A ritle ex ploded on tlie shore, and the nien in th e boat again flattened, as a bullet splintered the gunw ale. T hen, caught In the pull of the first pitch, the canoe slid sidew ise, until stra ig h te n e d by the lunge of two paddles, and noaed down, out of ran g e of the beach. Into the w hite half-m ile o f th e boiling F ry ing Pan. T h e thought of tw o women who would w ait for his c o in in g —the m oth e r ut home and th e girl fa r on the W alling w ait wtiile tw o b a tte re d bodies lay stiff In th e Ice som ew here along the Jackflsh, flashed through S teele’s b rain, then th e b a ttle w as on. As th e boat shot down the first flume, the sta rk d e sp a ir which had gripped S te ele when they had been sucked Into th e head of th e rapid, gave way to d e sp e ra te hope. Foe It wns clear, from th e Insistence of D avid on th e poles being free in the boat, th a t lie hud foreseen tlie possi bility of being driven Into th e F rying Pan. H e believed th e tight to get through w orth m aking. On leaped th e canoe, like a runaw ay horse, ever seeking the black w a ter channels, bunging m om entarily on the lip of d isa ste r, only to lie lifted and sw ung off by th e pole of the lighting bow -m an: burying Its nose In the spuine of broken w ater, to rise, shake free, and plunge on Into th e w hite riot beyond. F inally, as th e rn rk w alls of the gorge sw ep t past In a gray blu r to eyes w hich h unted th e w a te r trail ahead, D avid’s right hand shot up and circled In th e uir, th en regripped tils puddle. "W h irlp o o l!” gasped Steele, the hope which had grow n w ith the p ass ing m om ents, dying. A m u tte r of second» and they would ta k e th e tilg c h u te a h e a d ; beyond this, th e suck of th e w hirlin g w uter. Once In th e grip of th e eddy, the canoe would up-end a n d go dow n— Into th e maw of th e vortex. From b raced k n ees th e how-man, leunlng fa r out board, w ith bowed h ark , fought th e nose of th e boat In sh o re as It plunged a n d took the c h u te ; th en , as It shot w ith th e c u r re n t for th e pool below , tw o m ad men b a ttle d w ith th e ir b lad es for the Inches Inches w hich m eant victory or— W ith a leap th e canoe hit th e po ol; w avered, caught in tlie lip o f th e e d d y ; hut held by th e lunging blades, sheered off, w as free, and shot o n ; then, c h arg in g th ro u g h a stre tc h of broken w ater, rode th e •■boilers" lie- low th e lust p itch a n d nut Into Hie easy going of the open river. W ith legs a w ash In th e slop picked up In th e rapids, panting, spent, th e tw o men sm iled Into each o th e r's d raw n faces "W e licked ’em both. I.allam m e and th e F rying 1’an I" gasped Steele “Good Job, d a t! " g ru n led th e DJIh way, proudly, betw een b re ath s. "Dey any we lie w’en we tell dem at Nepl gon. Now we cum buck- a u ' get de W m d lg o !" “And I.allamme!" "W e get heem anyw ay de W lndigo, n ie h b e .” "T h o u g h t »on said It couldn't be ru n ?" “Wat, 1 look h e r o v a lr one lam , and 1 t ’lnk eef you keep |» f aide ov d a t eddy, you can run e et." “ We heat It, hut I thought It had us when we stru c k It. I h e ard but one allot from th e sh o re w hen we started; do you suppose th a t th e re w ere only tw o th e re ' "D ulce two, I t ’lnk. Dey w ait for u s to com e een. W ’en I hit dot one, de od d er get scare, lie not know 'b en t dat shell D at eea w'v lie m iss," " T h a t w hs good «hooting, D avid! You tired so quickly, you couldn't have •eon the sig h ts and o u r only shell." "W at, we drop down piece, get de w a te r out, sn d p a tc h h e r up. I got tw o had leak s u n d e r me “ Suppoee th a t India > follow s down th e gorge, h e ’ll get * pot shot a t us If w e go a sh o re h e re " l»avld Inughed loudly. "W ’en he see us bald f o r d e I’ry ln ' Pan. he s a y ! H o-Jo I D ore go tw o dead m en !' He weel not f o l lo w " CHAPTER XI F o r s w eek th e tw e vev »gears had trav e le d on h a lf r a tl i n s eked out w ith an occasional pike or dure, which had been lured w ith m uch pa! I etc-e from th e ir w in ter leth arg y , hut each ini.ru Ing a s they ruefully surveyed the fading food supply, Steele had relt ecaleil : "You c an 't a l s r i e tw o men whu'v» run the F rying H au l" Sunday Schoo! » Lesson ’ (By R « v e L< r i T Z W i l t H , o f th« Evening School, Moody A u t h o r o f “ T o ller» o f th e T r i l l , ” “ T h e W h e lp s o f th e W o lf ” I "W h irlp o o l!” G asped Steele, the Hope W hich H ad Grown W ith the Passing M om ents Dying. mind th a t th e rid d le of th e W lndigo would have been aolved In th e autum n, had he had a bloodhound ut W ailing Itlver. Hut the ability of th e so u th ern bred dog to hold a trail on the stra n g e m edium o f snow o r Ice w as a m a ile r outsid e the experience of those he had consulted. How ever, us th ere would he no cru st until M arch, d a y light tra c k in g w ould he easy In th e new snow. It w as for night w ork w hen th e absence of shadow s o b lit e ra te s a snow tra il, and when a trnll follow ed wind sw ept Ice. th a t Steele hail gam bled on th e sensitive nose of (he bloodhound to aid them . In Ills w allet he c arried a sealed le t te r of Instruction from the M ontreal h e a d q u a rte rs of th e Itevlllon F reres, ad d ressed to l.ascelles a t F o rt Al bany, supplem enting o rd e rs to he sent w ith th e C h ristm as mall packet by the Ahldtitd route. Hut, hs he w as Inform ed, "b u sin ess w as business," and th e paym ent to th e com pany of the value o f the fu r lost by St. D nge would not Ju stliy th e m anagem ent, ag ain st tlie advice o f th e ir Inspector a t Albany, In keeping th e post o|>en, ns It had never done well. At O ttaw a. Steele had been assured th a t a police canoe would he des p atched to Ogvdte |n th e early spring, but th a t all a v ailab le men would he i on duty elsew h ere d ic in g the w inter on m ore pressing m atters. ( So, as Ills tra in c arried hint west through th e w hite w ¿ernes* to Nepl- ] gon sta tio n , w here David w as to meet , him w ith the best dog-team obtainable, th e problem he fa re d continued u n changed by his trip e ast It still re m ained for Mlcliel, D avid and him self unaided, to run down th e b e ast or beasts w hich had sp ieu d te rro r through th e valley of th e 'V ailing, and to hold tlie Indians on th e ir trupltnes. T h ere w as yet the m ysterious trag ed y a t the Devil s Mile to he solved before i the taboo would be lifted front th e low er river. ! At N eplgon sta tio n a tlve-dog sled, driven by a h a lf breed, w aited in I tie snow for the passenger with the | bloodhound, and only the sw ift use of D avid's long, earlhou-hlde whip saved the vlssed beast from speedy auuihila- Yo.w own physician w ill confirm / ’h it doc tor't ¿¡atementi. • titu te e B lb lo IB- o f C h lc a g u .) » W estern N e w p t y r u n io n » L esso n fo r M a rc h 7 JE S U S W ASH ES T H E D IS C IPL E S ' tlon by th e team of half-w ild huskies. FEET "H ello, D avid I” cried Steele, keep ing his dog a t a d istan c e from the LE SSO N T E X T — J o h n l i 1-1?. w hite fan g s which th re a te n e d him. G- I.I'E.N T E X T — " T h e S o n o f M an cam«- n o t to b e m in is te r e d u n to , b u t to “A re th e tra ils open?" m in d to g iv e H is lif e a r a n s o m "De Ja c k tlsh bln d o s e onlee few f o r is m te a r n y a ." n — M a tt. 20.28. day. You cum back queek, boss," a n PRIMARY TOPIC—The Loving S erv sw ered the DJIhway, a wide grin f u r ic e o f J e a u s . J t ’N IO R T O P IC — T h e L o y a l S e rv ic e row ing his face. Jesu s. "W e’ve got plenty of plan n in g to do o f IN T E R M E D IA T E A N D S E N IO R T O P at N eplgon house b efore we s ta r t. IC __J e s u s D ig n ifie s L o y a l S e rv ic e . y O l’NG P E O P L E A N D ADL’L T T O P G uess how m any shells I ’ve got for IC — T h e S p ir it o f C h r i s t i a n i t y I l l u s y our M annllcher." tr a te d . “ Wal, I need one for f r ’e n ’ ov yours, a n ’ ’no d er for b e ar d at seeng lak de W ith this c h a p te r we e n te r Into th e very holy of holies of the book, n am e c a t—tw o ees all, I fin k ." Steele laughed. "Oh, I’ve got a few ly. the Inner re v elatio n of C h rist to m ore th a n th a t fo r you. You m ay need His disciples. I. Jesus’ A m a z in g L o v e f o r H is Own moose, or m eet som eone a t th e F rying P an som e tim e, so I’ve b rought you (vv. 1-8). J e su s w as fully conscious of He knew th a t th ree h undred. How’s th e fam ily? what was upon Him D oes y o u r w ife object to y our going?" the cross w ith all Its anguish wns Just "S h e say she f i n k 1 got girl down before Him. He knew th a t Ills d is ciples would shun -fully fo rsa k e Him a t W alling Itlv le re.” T h ree d a y s of sledding over a good within a few hours. He knew th a t tra il, fo r th e snow w as not deep, (me of thut num ber would be th e In brought th e team to Neplgon H ouse strum ent In the h an d s of th e devil In ut the head of th e g re at Nepigon lake H is betrayal. lie knew th a t all th in g s were In Ills hands— w as fully con w hich w as p a rtly iced over. T here, w hile th e bloodhound, w earing a scious of His deity. H e did not w ith blan k et, becam e som ew hat m ore ac draw His love from them because of clim ated to th e cold, a n d th e huskies th e ir w eakness and th e sham eful fa il w ere forcibly ta u g h t to resp ect him ure which lie knew would soon be a s a perm anent m em ber of th e p a rty , m ade m anlf -st. “ H e loved them to D avid and Steele m ade th e ir p lan s for the end ”—to the u tte rm o st. T ru e love does not consider circ u m stan c es o r the a cam paign on th e snow. E ach w hite m ile th ey p u t behind shortcom ings of the person loved. II. C hrist W ashing H is D isciples' them , each catnp th ey m ade a t night, Feet (vv 1-11). T h is a ct Is sym bolic m eunt to th e Im patient Steele, one mile, one day, n e a re r th e girl who of Ills am azing love for H is disciples. needed them . H ut, as he bro k e tra il Je su s dbl not re g ard H is h a n d s too uhead of the team , when they cut back holy to do th is m enial service. 1. Steps In T h is S ervice (vv. 4, 5). from th e sh o re to circle ra p id s or (1) He arose from supper. (2) quick-w uter, o r rode In th e easy go ing of th e riv e r Ice, th e task he had L aid aside H is garm en ts. (3) T ook (4) se t fo r him self and Ills tw o frie n d s a towel and g irded H im self. ap p ea red m ore and m ore difficult of Poured w ater into a basin. (5) W ashed accom plishm ent. Suppose th e W ln H is disciples’ feet. (6) W iped them digo w ere not ag ain to ap p en r In the w ith the towel w herew ith H e w as v a lle y ; or, th ey m ight not ag ain cross girded. T hese steps sym bolize C h rist's w ork Its tra il? W hat th en ? T he harm hud been done, and th e In d ian s w ould con o f redem ption. H is rising from su p p e r tin u e to d e se rt th e W alling a s th e re p re se n ts H is rising from H is place of enjoym ent In the heavenly glory. ru tn o rs sp read . H is laying aside H is g a rm e n ts Is p u t In th a t case. It w as a lost cause— tin g aside H is ve stu re of m ajesty hopeless, (inly In th e event of th e (P hil, 2:7, 8). H is girding H im self Is e arly re a p p e a ra n c e of th e b east a t tak in g the form of a se rv a n t In the th e post w hen they could speedily In carnation (P hil. 2 :7 ). T h e w a te r ta k e up th e tra il and sla y on It until In th e basin. H is c leansing blood. H is they cam e up w ith th e ow ner of the w ashing th e ir feet, th e ir sanctification voire, could a sw ift solution of the hy actu al c leansing men through H is m ystery he possible. T h e fu tu re W ord (John 1 8 :8 ; Eph. 5:2«) H is looked gray to Steele. tak in g His g a rm e n ts again. H is re H ow ever th e re w as one ray of tu rn to His place and position of light In th e gloom of his fe a r of fail glory (L uke 24:51). ure. Michel had definite suspicions, 2. P e te r's Im petuous Ignorance (vv. of some n a tu re or other, which he hud 8, 9). prom ised to s h a re on S teele's retu rn He goes from one ex tre m e to th e to W alling Itlv e r. And us Steele and other. Ills fa ilu re to u n d e rstan d the D avid nightly s a t u n d e r th e ir shed significance of th is service caused him te n t before a Are In th e h e a rt of a to behave stra n g ely . spruce th ick et, and talk e d over after- 3. T h e Significance of T h is Service su p p e r pities, th e optim ism of David to T hose W ho P a rtic ip a te In It (vv. w as so m ark ed th a t th e Am erican 10-12). knew th a t th e clue w hich had, for (1) It Is a S p iritu a l C leansing (v 8). som e reason, been kept from him F ellow ship w ith Je su s Is only pos deeply im pressed th e Indian. sible a s we a re continuously cleansed At last, th ro u g h th e e arly dusk which from our sin. "H e th a t la w ashed sh u t down on th e valley one Novem n eedeth not save to w ash his feet hut ber a fternoon, gleam ed th e yellow la clean every w hit" (v. 19). T he c leansing here Is not th e w ashing of lig h ts of W ailing River. T h e pulse o f S teele speeded as he re g en eratio n (T it. 3 :5 ), hut th a t of m ade out th e blu rred sh a p e of the sanctificutlon (Jo h n 17:17). E ven re g e n e ra te people need th e co n tin u al house w hich D enise St. D nge called home. T h e m orning lip w ent uw ay clean sin g of C h rist’s blood In o rd e r to H e th a t sh e had come to him w ith m ist In her have fellow ship w ith lllm eyes. W ould th ey sh in e again, he is re g e n e ra te d —w ashed in th e blood w ondered, w ith th a t new light, now of C h rist (sym bolized by bap tism ) th a t he had com e hack to tight for does not need a re p etitio n of t)ie a c t: he only needs ihe clean sin g of sa n c ti her, o r w ould stie freeze Into th a t o th e r se lf—hold him a t a d istan c e be fication sym bolized hy the w ashing of the feet. A fter re g en e ratio n , a s we go cause of her quix o tic b arg ain with th ro u g h tills w orld we a re c o n ta m La Replies? in ate d by Its sin. Steele opened th e door of th e trade- (21 A R a d g e o f B r o t h e r ly A ff e c t io n . house, follow ed by D avid. At th eir T h is a d show ed Ills a bandonm ent e n tra n ce . St. D nge tu rn e d In his « h a ir to th e service of H is own. T h is Is a behind th e slnb c o u n te r w here he sat lesson thnt Is m uch needed today. We In conversation w ith his head man. need m ore and m ore Ihe fu ln ess of “Good evening, g e n tle m e n !" T h e b ro th erly love D nly can tru e love be voice of Steele ra n g In th e silen t room. proved hy the serv ice It renders. W ith eyes w ide w ith am azem ent (3) A Proof of H um ility. and su rp rise. St. Dnge slow ly rose to T h is w as a lesson much needed hy his feet, w hile th e lean face of the the disciples and m uch needed hy us Iroquois th ru s t forward, tense, a p all. T hey had lust b ee n d isp u tin g ns prehensive, as If he feared a trick of to who should he th e g re a te st in the vision. Kingdom . T h e ir selfish m otive w as "Ho'-Jo'. M ichel! W 'at yon t'lnk e xpressing Itself. C h rist's action w as you see, de W lndigo?" And David a co ncrete e xpression of H is S pirit. advanced with o u tstre tc h e d hanu. (4) E qualization. "W e have re tu rn e d a s we prom As they would th u s stoop to serv e ised, m o n sieu r!" added Steele, a p each o th er in th e nam e of C h rist, proaching th e c o u n te r behind which th e re would he th e su re d e stru c tio n of th e sta rtle d m en stood s ta rin g a t th e c a s te am ong them . Such serv ice in hooded ap p aritio n s. the sp irit of C hrist Is the g re a t leveler T hen, w ith a yell a n t a hound. Mi of hum anity chel cleared th e c o u n te r and w as hug III. An E xam pla fo r Us (vv. 12-17). ging th e blocky DJIhway. T h e disciples of th e Lord a re u n d e r (T o SR C O H T IX t’Biy l obligation to do to each o th e r as He did u nto them T ills obligation re sts G ro w th o f L a w L ib ra ry upon Ills L ordship (v. 14). 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