* 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 C O PYR IG HT by THE PENN PUBLISHING CO. 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 .’* -------- — -------------- 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