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RURAL
•
E N T E R P R IS E
WOMEN FIGHT
POWERFUL FOE'
the voice of th e W lndlge to their
doom.
"W h a t's th e m a tte r Ja c q u e s? Think
you see g h o sts?” asked S leele of the
frig h ten ed Cree.
"You—you not e a t up?” he asked.
I "You n e v alre shoot de guu. I had
i fe a r de W lndlgo get you."
| "No, we got him — In the b e a r trap.
I In th e m orning I w ant you to go up
! ind see him so you can tell th e people
tl W alling Itlv e r.”
“ N’o, n o ! I weel not look a t heem !’’
Find a Faithful Ally in Lvdia E. Pinkham'g Vegetable,
p rotested th e little half-breed, his
■V
Comoound
1
face p ictu rin g th e h o rro r a ro u sed hy
Steele's suggestion.
A t th e second b o ttle I beg an to feeL
"T he W lndlgo, Jacq u es, we found
b e tte r a n d I h a v e used th e VegeJ
GEORGE M A R SH
to he an old frien d o f yours, sent by
ta
b le C om pound e v e r since, when
Latlanune
to
frig
h
te
n
the
In
d
ian
s—
—a dry powder in white and
a u t h o r , of
e v er I feel badly. I recom m end It
I'lerre.
who
w
as
a
t
th
e
post
In
Sep
tint«. Packed in 5-pound
a n d I w ill a n sw e r a n y le tte rs asking
" t o il e r s of T H E t r a il "
tem ber.
You m ust have a loo» at
a b o u t It.”— M bs . A dolph H ansen
package«, ready for use by
" T H E w h e l p s of the w o l f "
Vv H .U .
him for y o u rself before you tak e the
H olm q u lst, S o u th D akota.
mixing with cold or warm
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news to SI. Onge. In the m orning
water. Full directions on
Could
W ork Only Two Hour» I
w ell send fo r all th e people in th e
every package. Apply with
Encanto, Calif.—‘‘I bless the day
C H A P T E R X I V — Continued
district to com e a n d see him .”
"W h a t! H e’s In the tra p ? "
I began ta k in g L y d ia E. P ln k h am g
an ordinary wall brush.
“P ierre, from Ogoke, he uiak ’ all
"A h—h u h ! lie nevalre m ove; a n '
-2 2 —
V egetable C om pound. I w as so weak I
Suitable for all interior sur
dis tro u b l'?"
“ He Jum p on heem from de tr e e ! ” he face de od d er w ay."
a n d tir e d a ll th e tim e I could t _,t
faces— plaster, wall board,
David Joined them . “ D at W lndlgo
"Yes.
H e w on't sc a re any m ore
w ork m o re th a n tw o h o u rs each day
Michel pointed Io the broken brunches
brick, cement, or canvas.
th e n had to go to bed fo r the rest of
| froze s tif f ! Dis taro de tr a p stop hees h unters in th is valley."
uf » neighboring *q ruce.
th e day. I read so m u ch ab o u t the
“T h a t’s w hat happened !” groaned howl q u e e k !” Hut a s they a p proached,
V egetable C om pound a n d I was so
Steele. “ He w aited for P e te to come th ree rltleg covered the black shape
CHAPTER X V
w eak t h a t I decided to tr y It. I now-
up, und dropped on bis back, (lam e In th e snow.
do m y ow n h o u se w o rk — w ashing,
S teele’s h e a rt beat high. Now th a t
i old P e te ! He gave a good account of
sc ru b b in g , a n d Iro n in g —and then
In th e m orning S teele w ith difficulty
the crazed b east with th e evil voice persuatled fe a rfu l L ittle Ja c q u e s to
h im s e lf before he w ent.”
h e lp m y h u sb a n d w ith h is garden.
I do n o t h ave th a t w orn-out feeling
“ We not tell de In ju n d is,” advised lay stiff In death, now th a t th e re w as accom pany him to the b e ar tr a p on
now.
I a d v ise ev ery w om an to /
David.
hope for W alling R iver—a n d for her, the ridge. T h e Cree. w ith m uch m u r
give y o u r w o nderful m edicine a '
M RS. A D O LPH H A N SEN
"No, hut th ey ’re stam peded hy th is the baffled scien tial In Steele clam ored m uring and m any m isgivings, cast a
A « k y o u r d e a le r fo r A la b a s tin e
R O L M Q O IS T , S O U T H D A K O T A
tria l, a n d I w ill a n sw e r a n y le tte rs I 1
W hat hurried look a t th e tw isted fe a tu re s
I time.
We can ’t ho|>e to hold any for the key to the riddle.
c o lo r card o r w rite M ita K u b y
receive from wom en a s k in g about -
B randon, th e A la b a s tin e C o m
i P ortage lake b a n te rs u fte r lust night, breed of beast, m ad or norm al, could of the thing In th e tra p and turning,
H olm q u lst, S o u th D akota.—’T can It.”— M bs . S tclla L ay , 700 Ja m ac h a
j I guess w e’re licked."
It be?
pany, G ra nd R apid s, M ic h ig a n .
n o t begin to tell you how m uch good R oad, E n ca n to , C alif.
led Steele a m ad pace back to cam p
F irst a t the tra p . Michel tu rn ed to Then Ja c q u es s ta rte d w ith his dog-
L ydia E. P ln k h a m 's V egetable Com
A w om an w ho is fig h tin g for h e r
I So. burying his sta u n c h frien d In
pound h a s done fo r m e. I w as sick h e a lth a n d h e r fa m ily 's happiness is
the snow, Steele tu rn ed back, h itte r Steele with a wild oath.
teain for W ailing lU ver w ith th e new s
fo r ab o u t fo u r years. I could n o t sleep, a v a lia n t soldier. S h e w ages her
"Hy g a r I Look, look w 'a t we hun’ of th e victory.
i with d efeat, for his hope o f aiding the
a n d I was a lw ay s w o rry in g , so one b a ttle in h e r ow n k itc h e n . She has
; St. Ongea hail lessened us the N’ovetn- all dis ta rn '!” And the in fu ria te d Iro
b e fo re daw n. M ichael and D avid
day w e saw y o u r a d v e rtis e m e n t In no th r illin g b ugles to c h e e r h e r on,
i her days w ore on.
quois slushed savagely a t th e c arc ass had left for th e sc a tte re d catnps at
a paper, and I m ad e up m y m in d to no w a v in g b a n n ers.
I On th e ir re tu rn S teele and the In- gripped hy th e Jaw s of steel, till th e the head of th e lak e to d isp a tc h dog-
tr y th e V egetable Com pound.
I
I f you a r e fig h tin g th is b a ttle, let
! dlans found the cam p of th e DJIhways knife blade sn ap p ed In his hand. T hen
b o u g h t one b o ttle a n d did n o t see L y d ia E. P ln k h a m 's V egetable Com
ru n n ers e ast, so u th and w est w ith th e
’ already d eserted. On a blazed birch with a heave he tu rn e d over th e h airy
a n y change, so I got a n o th e r b ottle. pound be y o u r ally, too.
word th a t th e d readed W lndlgo lay
i was the m essag e:
body w ith the tra p , und S teele sta red ,
frozen in a h e ar tr a p a t P o rta g e lake
D iv e r's E x p lo ra tio n s
S e e k to R o u t P n e u m o n ia
“ We a re going up th e valley. You dum bfounded. Into the tw isted fe a for the eyes of all who w ould Jo u r
One-Cenf L ig h t» P re d ic te d
D e p th s g re a te r th a n 200 fe et h a v e
I have not driven aw ay th e W lndlgo tures, h o rrib le In the g rim ace of ney th ere to s e e .
P h y s ic ia n s n re now stu d y in g dili
d eath, of—P ie rre !
been re ac h ed by divers. C h ief G un gently new se ru m s by w hich It 1
E lectric lig h ts ho lin y Hint It w ould I ami we have fe a r to rem ain."
But w hat, a f te r all, d 'd th is victory
n e r ’s M ate F ra n k C rilley, U. S. N., hoped to re d u c e th e ptieu m o n la deal
“(¡(Hid O— d ! P ie rre from O goke—
cost only a cen t for c u rre n t to keep I T hey crossed th e riv er to th e ir
—this th w a rtin g o f LutlMinme's schem e
bro k e th e record w hen he a tta in e d u r a le c o n sid era b ly . I t is e stim a te d I
them burning for hii e n tire y e a r a re camp, w here D avid, from whom no L aflam m e !"
to
terro
rize
and
d
e
p
o
p
u
la
te
th
e
v
al
record o f 288 feet to lo ca te th e s u n k c o n se rv a tiv e m edical s ta tis tic ia n s tha
In am azem ent, D avid and Steele
re p o rte d ns |ioaalhl|ltiex by th e P opu ! calam ity, how ever dire, could banish
ley—menu to him, S teele a sk e d him
en su b m a rin e F-4 In H onolulu h a rb o r. In th e U n ited S ta te s a n n u a lly 140.0th
la r Science M onthly. T h e new lights ; appetite, w as speedily cooking break- bent over th e d isto rte d face etched
self a s lie sa t beside Ills fire of hlrch
T hirty-five fa th o m s, eq u al to a p re s p e rso n s die d ire c tly a n d Indirectly
w ere dlsrnssnd a t a recent m eeting of 1 fast. T here, also, th ey found L ittle w ith the frenzied d e sp a ir o f th e mo
logs th a t la te N ovem ber m orning.
su re of ab o u t HKI pounds, Is re g ard e d from th e d isease. H e a rt d ise ase con
th e Illum inating K nglneerlng society Jacques, sham ed of face, fo r w ith the m ent when th e steel fan g s snapped,
T
here
w
as
no
doubt
tliut
th
e
Indians,
a s th e a v era g e dep th fo r d iv ers o f e x tin u e s, how ever, to be th e p rin cip al
In D etroit.
re tu rn of th e others, his courugc hud cru sh in g th e bones, and he m easured
once they looked a t th e body of p e rie n ce a n d good physique.
revived.
c a u s e o f d e ath .
I’lerre and lea rn ed th a t th e Ogoke
i
E utlng th e w arm meaj which David
O w n e rs h ip
tra d e r w as a t th e bottom of it a l l -
Don Does th a t e a r belong to you? hud cooked, the tired und sleepy men
hud loosed In th e ir c o u n try a m adm an
In th e
E arl Well, no, but It will hy the tu rn ed Into th eir b lankets.
with orders, not only to driv e them
afternoon D avid und S teele waked, to
tim e It Is w orn out.
from tlie lr h e re d ita ry h u n tin g grounds,
_ i learn from I.lttle Ja c q u e s th a t Michel
but to kill— w ould be keen fo r ven
, had tak e n bia rifle and a x and left
geance. T h ere w ould be no lack of
I the cam p. As they sa t hy a huge tire,
volunteers am ong th e tra p p e rs fo r a
m
I for th e tre e s w ere sn a p p in g w ith the
cam paign a g ain st th e fre e -tra d e r. B ut
l l f l t g
stren g th en in g frost, like a shadow,
th ere would be no help from th e gov
the Iroquois slipped hack ucrosa the
ernm ent until spring, and th e s itu a
) river.
tion a t W hiling Itlv e r d em anded Im
“ Any sign of our frie n d ?" asked
m ediate action. No, th e re w as n o th
Steele.
ing to do hut pull L ntlam m e’s te e th nt
“No trac k on de ridge w ’e re we set
ouce, and notify th e governm ent late r.
de heeg tra p . W ind sh ift, eet grow
I I
Hut th en th e d e fea t o f Lnflum m e did
! cold."
not m ean th e sa lv atio n of th e p o st—
; . Jj p WJU
T he men a te In silence, and tilled
fa r from It. L ascelleg could close
] th e ir pipes. F o r a tim e they sat and
S H M
th e post, even In th e face of a p ro fit
j sm oked, too dejected for conversation,
able fu tu re, for th e loss o f th e fu r
j D avid had freshened th e tire w ith
canoe had put th e place badly In debt
i,;
s birch log and stood holding a hlaz-
to th e com pany. So, w ith L aflam m e
I Ing stick to his pipe, when he tilted
elim inated, D enise St. O nge seem ed no
his head. Sleele w atched the e x p res
tiili w
n e are r. W h eth er he kept th e post In
sion o f th e furrow ed fe a tu re s In the
o p eratio n or not, th e Inspector would
firelight slowly shift from m ild cu rio s
less Substitute for Castor Oil,
never re le ase h e r from h e r prom ise.
ity to sudden Interest.
A lFm Ndfufi
Paregoric, Teething Drops
T
he
only
solution
w
as
h
e
r
f
a
th
e
r's
’•you’re not going to s ta r t us out
for botto» bnakjatll'*
b reak in g w ith Itevlllon F re re s — but
! again tonight, D avid?" said Steele.
and
Soothing Syrups, espe-
Lx-
would he do it? W ould sh e allow hltn
i ■
^.amanon Mush brings to
cially prepared for Infants in arms and Children all ages.
"I h e ar som et’lng den," w as th e low
to, know ing th e hopeless a lte rn a tiv e
j reply. Steele rose anil held his breath.
your breakfast bowl all the
he w ould face?
' ears straining.
flavor, all the nutriment, of
To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of
T h en th e w ind-burned fe a tu re s of
T hen from th e ridge of th e fox sets, Michel Had T aken Hie Rifle and A x
goldenwheatfields. AnJdoes
PrOTfn directions on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend IL
and L eft th e Camp.
the m an who s a t th in k in g by th e fire
h ardly u h a lf m ile d ista n t, rose a
u in 5 minutes—thanks to the
c
o
n
tra
c
te
d
w
ith
pain
a
s
he
realized
scream
.
Albers process. Ask your
th e m inutes until th e chill of the th e presu m p tio n , th e fu tility , so fa r
C a r e fu l
M u t u a l D e s ire
"Ily gar I lie 's s t de tra p I" And w h ite d eath Iced h is blood.
grocerl K /
T his us he w as concerned, of his so licitude
D o cto r— Yes. It’s a b it m ore se rio u s
J D avid leaped for his shoes and rifle,
‘T d like to see y o u r f a th e r, so n .’*
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T hing, stiff In Its su it of b e a rs k in , fo r th e f u tu re o f th o se a t W ailing Ih a n you th o u g h t, and I’m a fra id sh e ’ll
"S o w ould m a, m iste r. H e h a s n ’t
snd s ta rte d for the ridge, follow ed by w ith th e huge feet lashed to th e legs—
fo r several been hom e fo r a w eek.”
River. A lready sh e hHd th r u s t him re q u ire my a tte n tio n
Steele and Michel.
th is frozen m asq u era d er, who, from from her. S he had condem ned him m onths.
, Aa they crossed th e riv er, th e W alling R iver to th e F e a th e r lakes,
P lu m b e r—W ould th a t be piece-w ork
1 he th in g s th a t com e to th o se w ho
j screum again lifted on th e freezing from the L ittle C u rre n t to th e Medi w ith o u t hearing. In th e end. If they
won o u t for St. Onge, and, ow ing to or a tim e Job fo r you, d o c to r? —P a s s w a it a re seldom w h a t th e y s ta r te d In
I
air.
T
h
e
men
had
stopped
to
listen
cine
hills,
had
tilled
th
e
tip
is
with
in
g
Show.
NAS BEEN
w hat had been told th e R evlllon people
to w a it for.
j to locate th e position o f th e beast, tor fear, had a t last paid th e price.
a t M ontreal, I.ascelles d a red not close
Relieving Coughs j the ridge w as a long one, when, ns
"So you de fe ller d a t keel de man th e p o st, he, Steele, w ould h av e h e r
1 the cry rose to Its clim ax, It w as cut
a t Stoopin' riviere, a n ' poor ole P ete, g ra titu d e — h e r g ra titu d e ! w hen once
for 5 9 Years
short off— to leave th e nig h t again ah h ah ?" m u tte red th e OJIbway, e x
sh e had com e to him w ith h e r h e a rt
quiet.
C a rty a bottle In
am ining curiously th e hood, fram ed
your car sn d slw sy, keep It in the
‘W e go e asee —no sc a re heem ,” cau- from tlie scalp of a huge black bear, In h e r eyes— had v ib rated like th e
strin g of a violin te his touch, hud
’ Honed Michel
bouse. 30c and % st all druggists.
and th e skinned-out paw s, pieced Into
T hey w ere n eartn g th e first fox-set. th e g reat feet w hich had left the tu rn e d in stin c tiv e ly to him In h e r
d e sp a ir I
j and still th e voice In th e night held m y sterio u s trail.
In tw o days Michel a n d D avid re
J Its silence. Gould the beast be w alt-
At length S teele found hla voice.
) Ing to rush them from cover, like a “T o think of all th a t w alling and tu rn e d w ith h u n te rs from th e head
of th e lak e keen fo r a look n t th e
! wounded grizzly, w ondered Steele.
»quailing being done by an In d ian !
S e p a rated for sa fety , w ith cocked W hat vocal chorda! l ie was a m arvel! body o f th e m a sq u e ra d e r w ho had
left a tru ll of te rro r th ro u g h o u t the
! rifles, they advanced to th e b e ar tra p
Must have been tra in e d for It hy La
valley of th e W alling. And w hen they
m asked In th e snow beside the halt.
H am m el
P o o r old P e te !
W e've
saw th e th in g which had been sen t by
"W hat you see, M ichel?"
sq u a re d It for you. llow did he kill
l.afianim e to driv e them from th eir
"H e bin here, hut m iss de t r a p ! " him. M lcn eiT
tra p -lin e s to new and stra n g e h u nting
| m uttered the Indian, doubled over the
"S h o o t heem fro m de tree, den cut
c o u n try In th e u p p e r valley w here
j snow. Steele and D avid moved up to heem wld de k n ife !"
th e ir tr a d e w ould go to Ogoke, th e re
j look at th e track». T h e trail led down
“ llow he run on de snow wld dem
w as a clam o r for vengeance. L a te r
i th e ridge tow ard the second tra p
feet heat me." w ondered David.
w hen dog team s, from the L ittle C ur
The hopes of the th re e frien d s rose
T ie use snow shoe 'til he w an' to
rP°?iis'
■^l l D nitfÿlstt
Hut why Wits the T hing so silen t? m ake W lndlgo trac k . lie lose de shoe ren t to th e M edicine hills, had a n
1
rout « AMMir A % a r j j ” o a » t o v i n .
sw ered th e call of ru n n e rs from Port-
A J O L t l W A N O . |H C
I W as he w aiting to leap on them aa he w en P ete get hees tru ll.”
7 0 BU A » I . Nt W VOR A
a ce lake, M ichael m arsh aled the OJIh-
' had sp ru n g on the hound?
T hen flip stored h a te of w eeks for
W ith rifles loose In the crook of th e m a ste r m ind behind th is broken w ays nt th e tr a p on th e ridge and ad
d ressed them d ra m a tic ally In th e ir na
I the left arm , for th e fingers o f the
tool at th e ir fe e t—th e arch plotter, liv e tongue.
1 right hand would freeze If cypo-ed.
who. w ith such su b tlety had planned
<TO B I C O N T I N U E D I
»ml sp read like sk irm ish ers, they to tu rn the valley of the low er W ail
"talked th e position of th e hidden ing Into “fo th id d e n c o u n try " which
H «s Your
T id e s in In la n d Seas
Lear trap.
Grandmother’» Remedy
no h u n te r d ared e n te r—a lan d un d er
T h ere a re tid e s In both the M edlter-
T hrough th e blue shadow s, Steele a taboo, spirit-ridden, sliu u n ed ;
w as j ra u e a n sea anti the G ulf of Mexico. In
F o r every stom ach
strove to lo m te the position of th e loosed In Steele,
s n d In ieatln al til. ' fox set beyond them . T hen the w arn
the M e d ite rran e a n they a re to »light
" l i n t c ro o k at Ogoke shall pay for as to he alm ost Im p erc ep tib le ; In the
T h is good old fa sh Ing arm of th e Iroqunla held him tense
II thlk pay w ith his skin, with
G ulf of Mexico they run from two and
ioned herb hotue
tn his track s.
He slip p ed his right
, h a lf to fo u r f e e t A delta Is an al-
rem edy fo r consti hand from th e m itten to th e grip of I every cent be ow n»." he storm ed
y ,al„7 ,°h“ See the " oay<r Cross" on tablets' ?»“ « « not
"G
ive
me
you?
hand»,
you
tw
o
!"
luvlal plain form ed by a deposit of
pation, stom ach ilia the M nnntlcher. W hat had Michel
Slipping off th e ir m itt» th e t h r v e sand nnd m ud c arried down a river
g in, g the genuine Bayer Aspirin prescribed by physi
a n d o ilie r d e ran g e seen?
friend« gripped over th e ir victim
As Ihe stre a m e nter» q u iete r w ater«
m en ts of th e sy s
cians and proved safe hy millions over 25 years for
Aa If carved from stone th e Indian ( "W e sw ear. here »m l now th a t we
the dejuvslt fall» to the bottom and In
tem SO prev ail i! th e se d a 's Is In even kneeled. rifle leveled, w hile steel.- 1
will ra n Lntlaium e a n d hl» crow d out c re a se s In area »ml height until it 1
g r e a te r fa v o r hs m faintly inedlclns w aited b re a th le ss for th e explosion
Colds
Headache
Neuritis
Lumbago
of
ib
is
co
u
n
try
.
If
we
stay
ou
ti,
.
reac h es th e su rfa c e and Is raised hv i
th a n In y o u r g r a n d m o th e r s day.
T hen to th e su rp rise of th e m an snow until spring. P ro m ise ."
floods a n d tid e s above the high-w ater .
whose right hand w as fa st stiffening
Pain
Neuralgia
Toothache
Rheumatism
" N o ! " o b je c te d D a v id
w ith d r a w in g
m ark. T h e d e lta o f th e G anges and [
on his gun grip, Michel su d d e n ', rose his fist. "H e ees fo r me-- de odd» «
the B ra h m a p u tra has an a re s of SO.tXhi [
Io his fee». Joining Michel, w h e r e for y o u !"
sq u are mile« and th at o f (he Nile Is 200
the view w as uno b stru cted , Sleele
"R ig h t! H e belongs to D avid - t h e nil e s w ide and 100 m ites long. The i
With Itching Rushes
gasped In am azem ent
T h ere in the IMillce c an 't have h in t!’’
M isslssiiqil delta, w hich encroaches at 1
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