I » y-, / »• » R U R A L E N T E R P R IS E to /VALLEY 7 VOICES GEORGE MARSH F |T ' AUTHOR- OF " T O IL E R S OF T H E T R A IL " " T H E W H E L P S OF THE W O L F * ] COPYRIGHT by THE PENN PUBLISHING CO C H A P T E R X V — Continued I m essage from Michel, David raised Ills m lttened fists In helpless rage. “ By gar. a n ' I had h e e m een dees hands— e e n dees b a n d s!" he cried, g larin g at Steele. A« he read o f the fu ry o f Laflam m e. culm inating In th e w reck of th e vio­ lin, S te ele 's bunds shook w ith tils w ra th —th en pity fo r her sw ept him "P oor, poor g i r l !” h e m urm ured, “ She h a s lost e v ery th in g —she is Indeed alone.“ ‘•Well," he said to th e o th ers, “th e debt grow s larg e r, my frlem ls. Re- m em tier th e violin. Havlri, when your tim e com es !’’ T hen S teele o p e n e d the le tte r from fienise, w hich r a n : "W e have sent fo r yon Io look with your ow n eye« upon tbl» ro b b er of the trap-line« and defiler of th e n ig h t; thl» dog whom Laflam m e, th e tra d e r at Ogoke. sent to till ttie heart« of your women and c hildren w ith fear. "A t hi« g re at po st on L ake Ogoke h e w ould welcom e you at th e spring trad e , hut B lack B ap tiste. and An­ toine and th e others, w ould ««on be am ong y our tlpla offering ttie w ater th a t bu rn s and fill» y o u r head* w ith fire, to y o u r women and y our young men. You w ould tra d e the pelt« which you tolled for through the ■'M y d e a r Monsieur S teele: moona of th e long allows for th is ‘‘O u r h e a rts a re filled w ith happi­ stin g in g w a te r w hich ste a ls y our ness at y our success. A fte r th e toll sense«. And when he had y o u r fur. and th e d anger, you h ave won, and I lie would give yon a little flour and th an k you for y o u r goodness to me tea. and som e shell« for y our guns and and to my f a th e r—you, a stra n g er, ►end you aw ay. B ut,” a n d the voice who might have passed on, and fo r­ of Michel rose In h o a rse crescendo, gotten. It w as a house of d e sp a ir "your women a n d c hildren would w eep th a t you found, and you b rought hope. through th e freezing m oons for th e A lready you m ay have guessed, m on­ tra d e goods and th e Hour which La sieur. th a t we h ave fe are d all along flnmine c h eated you o u t of w ith his th a t tlie W lndlgo w as th e c re a tu re of m agic w ater. T h is Is why he sent Laflamme. But th e re w as no proof. P ie rre, here, to driv e you out of the "You a re going to Ogoke, M onsieur country of y o u r f a th e r s " Steele, on a d e sp e ra te venture. It "A lain ! tlw e ! It Is so ! H e sp eak s m ay he th a t we ahall n e v er m eet th e tr u th ! " shouted th e Inflamed again. F o r thia reason you will u n ­ circle of sw art-fac e d hunters. d e rsta n d w hen I say th a t you a re a “You ask why th is w hite m an.” very g a lla n t g e n tle m a n —th a t we— I, continued Michel, “com es to th is coun­ shall never forget. Bon c h an c e! try In th e freezing moon and brings “ D enise St. O nge.” th e dog w ith the greut voice to h u n t Steele again read th e letter, le a k ­ th is W lndlgo.” and th e Iroquois kicked ing w hat w as not th ere. At la s ’ he th e frozen sh a p e a t his feet, "w hen he folded It a n d tu rn e d aw ay to hide hls Uvea fa r lu th e South and will not su ffer from w hat Laflam m e does to the O jlhw ays. T h is Is his a n sw e r: "In th e moon of th e g a th e rin g of th e wild rice, he, w ith I »avid, here. Journeying from W alling R iver to I N eplgou H ouse, sto p p ed at th e post of Laflam m e. T h ere w as tro u b le and because th ey w ere frie n d s of M 'sleu St tin g e and knew of th e w a te r of fir« w hich th e F a th e rs a t O ttaw a have forbidden th e tra ile rs to give th e O jlhw ays, L aflam m e se n t I l l s men to m w d e r them a t the fulls of the Jackfi i. B ut th ese men you see here, w ho have tra p p e d th e W lndlgo of Lnflnmme, laugh nt the w hite-w ater. T hey tra v e l In a m agic canoe, and b e ­ cause th e ir sh e lls w ere stolen hy L a­ flamme. all except one, uud th e ir guns em pty, th ey could not right, hut with th a t shell sh o t one of th e dog« of th e trailer. T hen they ran th e g reat strong w a te r w hich th e canoe of no Indian ha« ev er passed.'* An u n d e rto n e of su rp rise and nil m iratio n follow ed th e w ords of the sp e a k er, fo r th e re w ere som e in the aud ien ce who knew th e F ry in g Pun on th e Jackflsh. •'This la why th ey ask for ten of your beat young men to Join them in Avenging th e d e ath of y our kinsm en. The T h r .« Friends W aited for L ittle T hey and I, Michel, w hom you know-, Jacques and Made T h e ir Plane. have sw orn an oath th a t th ia L a ­ from hls c u rious flam m e shall not see th e snow s fade (Ilanppiilntnient nor th e lie ro t at Ogoke In th e moon frlem ls. No. he m used, It Is only too o f the b re ak in g of th e snow shoes. We tru e . She has, a s she says, fo rg o tten have given our word, each to each, nothing. th a t not ag ain shall he ste al the p elts S hortly, each day waa m arked hy of th e OJIbwaya w ith his m agic w a te r If you a re men you will send us ten th e a rriv a l of g alloping dog tea m s of your young h u n te rs w ith th e ir dogs, from th e e ast, so u th und w est, driven th a t they may tra p th ese wolves In by lean, w ild-looking O jlhw ays, keen th e ir den and the sk ie s above tlg o k e fo r th e a d v e n tu re — picked m en. chosen may redden w ith th e flames of th e hy th e ir people fo r th e ir e n d u ra n c e on |»Mt w here th e Indian Is c h eated und th e w in ter tralla, th e ir proved nerve, and tlie lr “ b ush c ra ft.” W hen th e last tu rn ed out to sta rv e .” “ A ta la ! E nh e tili! Yes. yes, we team had com e In. Ja c q u e s w as sen t dow n riv er w ith a le tte r a n d o rd e rs will do It!" shouted th e a roused hunt era, at th e conclusion of th e appeal to m eet th e p a rty la te r on th e U pper W alling, w ith a sled load of supplies for aid T hen th e A m erican a d d ressed the S teele then o u tlin e d hls plan to th e Indians, w hile the m an from Neplgou Indiana. D ividing Into fo u r p a rtie s they w ere put his w ords Into th e ir n a tiv e tongue. "You h ave heard th e w ords of Ihe to proceed up th e W alling valley hy h .a d malt from W alling ltlv a r. He is differen t ro u te s to avoid b etra y in g my frien d anil he speaks for me. My tlie lr p urpoae If seen by liny of l.a- It w as pro b ab le h-wie Is fa r In th e c o u n try to th e flanim e's people. south, b u t I shall not re tu rn un til th a t th e tr a d e r had sen t m ore th an th is tra d e r, l.atlum i te, who c h ea ts th e one m an to sp re ad te r r o r of th e W in o jlh w a y s w ith his w hisky. Is driven dlgo th ro u g h th e c o u n try , alth o u g h from Ogoke He may h ave sent o th ­ th e re w as »mall c h a n c e th a t he had e rs to howl In th e night and te rrify at tlg o k e a n o th e r Indian w ith th e y our women. We m ust h u n t them m arv elo u s Im ita tiv e fa cu lty o f I’lerre. dow n. At W alling R iver lives an T h e re fo re on tlie lr way to th e lake, honest tr a d e r who gives you full value Ihe h u n te rs w ere to vlalt th e t r a p ­ ping c am p s to lea rn of th e possible fo r y o u r |>elta In flour a n d tr a d e goods. He Is th e frien d of th e Ojlb- a ctiv ity of o th e r night how ler« In th e way Feud us your ablest young men, region, w hom they w ere to h unt down Soon, w hen tlie lr tnan fulled to re ­ who can shoot stra ig h t und do not fe a r th e m en of L atlam iue, th a t we tu rn , th e people of L aflam m e would may rid th e c o u n try of th is w olverine, ta s te th e ir ow n m edicine. F e a r of the th a t you m ay tra d e w ithout fe a r at unknow n fa te w hich had o v e rta k en the post at th e raphta of th e W alling " I’le rre and th e real w ould slow ly chill Back to th e ir w in te r cam ps w ent th e ir blond. And w hen th e ir se arch p a rtle a did not com e back, th e ir th e In d ian s w ith th e ta le of La flam m e's W lndlgo, I'le rre , w hile th e h e a rts w ould «often as ttie Ice ro ts ♦hree frlem ls watted fo r l.lltle u n d e r th e A pril sun. a n d th e Indian and h a lf breed follow ers of th e tra d Ja*,h p rovls'ona. H e h a n d ed Steele w ould t e an easy m a tte r to ru sh t f l e tw o le tte rs. T h e A m erican th rilled poat, ta k e l.aflunilne, Big A ntoine and a s he saw on one h is n am e w ritte n B ap tiste, a n d send them to th e rail In a fem inine hand, hut he opened road fo r tria l. Including th e In d ian s w hich D avid th e o ilie r first and rend alo « d to hls and S teele aaw In O ctober. they ea frie n d s As Kt O nge n n rra te d how T e te tln ia te d th a t L aflam m e had tw elv e or A» th e sue Houle, I,»flam m e's spy. had lured him fifteen men at ttie post of th e w hole v e u tu re depended S «*y ftwu. ihe Poet w ith t b s f o r g e d >n secrecy, no Indian, sent with s u p ­ plies to th e W lndlgo dow n river, no m em ber of a search p a rty canid be allow ed to escape a n d bring th e new s to L aflam m e T h a t would rem ove th e elem ent of m y stery —spoil th e plan. ! which bad fo r Its object, first, th e stam peding of L uflutnw e's “b u sh " In I diuns th ro u g h su p e rstitio u s fe a r COU- j earning th e fa te of th e ir frlenda. Much as bis tw o «w art lie u te n a n ts I would h ave w elcom ed open w a r w ith Laflam m e, they agreed th a t th e siege i of Ogoke m ust be one or secrecy and ] c raft. O nce th e In d ian s d e se rte d . It would be possible grad u ally to pick up any b u n tin g p a rtie s by closing In j und »ending m en to w atch th e tr a ils I n e a r th e post, un til L aflam m e w as ] driven In self-defense to leave, o r th ey : took him. W ith th e post d e se rte d , th e j OJIbwaya o f tlie up p er valley w ould 1 bring th e ir f u r to W alling R iv er for | the C h ristm a s trad e , and St. o n g e '« fu tu re w as assured. F o r tw o days th e Im p atien t m en w aited for a dog-team from th e post, j eighteen m iles up th e lake, to p a ss th e o u tlet. T hen Michel and D avid, ta k in g W agosh and tw o o f tb e h u n t­ ers. s ta r te d through th e fo re s t to lo­ c ate a cam p n e a r Ogoke, from w hich all tra ils ta k e n by h u n tin g p a rtie s to th e hack c o u n try could be w atched, fo r Laflam m e would need m uch m eat to feed his people. D ays panned w ith no n ew s from Michel. S teele w as d istu rb ed , b u t he had th r e e men out h u n tin g m eat and could not leave th e outlet- T hen, one a fte rn o o n a t dusk, D avid cam e in be­ hind hls dogs. Ahead of th e team b reak in g tra il in th e new snow , w alked a sin ister-fa ce d half-breed Mnd an Indian, sh o u ld ers and elbow s th ru s t stiffly back, and S teele saw th a t tlie lr u p p e r a rm s w ere bound to g e th e r w ith raw hide. “ W here did you pick th ese u p ? a sk e d Steele. “ Dey hum een de beeg sp ru c e bush n e a r de pos'.” T hen S teele learned, w hile D avid a te Ids supper, th a t w ith th e a id of th e ir skin n in g knives as th re a ts , th e la tte r am i Michel had finally forced th e h aif-breed to talk. T h e fa ilu re of I'lerre , w iu hud been a w ay a m onth, to re tu rn to th e post w as w orrjrln-j I-aflam m e. T w o men, one follow ing th e o th er, had been sen t d o w n riv er to lea rn w liat had becom e of th e tw o W lndlgo. T h e first scout now w as long overdue. A lready som e o f th In d ian s had left in th e night w ith tlie lr fam ilies. T lie o th e rs w ere re ad y to stam p ed e. S om ething whs th e m a tte r In th e low er valley of th e W alling. As Michel desired to si>e hls ch ie f a t once. Steele left In th e m ornll g w ith tw o men. In th e thick tim b er of a little valley five m iles hack of th e post, S teele found th e cam p of Michel. A well- trav e le d tra il to th e c o u n try hu n ted by ttie post people ra n w ithin a mile, and w as c o n stan tly w atched. H ere they had picked up the p riso n ­ e rs b ro u g h t back by D avid, and, as th e post depended for m eat on the m oose o f tlie region beyond, here th e c ra fty M ichel knew he would get th e se a rc h e rs sen t liy La flu mine to find th e nils«.ng men. And w hen. In tim e, th e search p a rty In tu rn d isap ­ p eared Into tlie m y sterio u s niuw of th e w ilderness, th e Iroquois w as s a t­ isfied th a t a nam eless d re ad w ould e a te r th e h e n rts of th e people of O goke A lready six tnen had gone out from the post, nev er to re tu rn , and w hen th ey had got th is se a rc h p a rty , lie told Steele, he doubted If un In­ dian w ould d a re rem ain. (T O IIB C O N T IN U E D > L o ve a t F irs t H a n d G re a t T h in g in L ife F irst love come« before the age of know ledge. It 1« th e only love e n tire ­ ly unem euinhered w ith id eas and p re ­ conceptions. How little it has to do w ith w ords, w ith t a l k ! It know s no term s. It Is th e th in g its e lf from w hich te rm s and In stitu tio n s have grow n up. F irst lo v ers get love a t flint hand, lu ate ad of g e ttin g first th e Idea of ro m an ce Into w hich to try to tit th em se lv es and o th e r people, Louise T ow nsend Nlcoll w rites. In th e C en­ tury. T hey seldom ta lk T hey get a cq u a in te d In o th e r w ays— by being n e ar each o th er, hy looking ut each o th er, lay softly, shyly touching hands. They do th in g s to g e th e r—play gam es, run races. As w atchful a s sm all a n i­ m als. they lea rn m inutely each about the other. But they do not ta lk T hey give each o th e r things, alw ay s In fa ir exchange, a n d w ear them out w ith c u rry in g ul>out. W hen th ey m ust know fa c ts to supplem ent th e ir find­ ings, they a s k —ah o rt, blunt q u estions. O pinion and d iscussion h ave little play. M a d e M illio n s L a u g h T h e real nam e of th e fam ous circu s clown. D an Rice, w as D aniel M cLaren and he w as nicknam ed ns a child for »n old Irish d o w n He began Ills pro fesslonal c a re e r as an a c ro b a t and clow n w ith Seth It. Howe c irc u s own ,-r. I nf '» H e w as a p a r tn e r In Spaubl ing a c irc u s until th e o u tb rea k of the Civil w ar A fter th e Civil w ar tie w a- financially u n fo rtu n a te , hut « a s en gaged liv Adam F orepaugh nt a salar» of 935,(10) a year, a fte rw a rd in crease I lo > | is w» a week H e re tire d from the sta g e In 18S2. He w aa exceeding v lav ish w ith money fo r c h arity «♦.♦ one occasion lie gave P re sid e n t I • m in 112. is« ' for th e lieneflt of n o u n -I so ld iers anil th e ir d ependents. l ie died I: F e b ru a ry . 15»»» M o n k e y s P o p u la r P e ts In I'a tta n l nearly every hut has me or tw o m onkeys chained In tlie l-«-r- way. and th e n a tiv e s walk abnoi f«l- eri hy m onkeys a ll« , tied tu o-ag .o»r ropes. DUROVID I’XIFCRM DiTIRXATlONAL JundaySchocl » Lesson’ i. M ood y B ib le * • - » rut» o f C h . c u j . ) c 1»2< N e w s p a p e r U fM oa.) ut Lesson for A pril 18 T H E B E G IN N IN G OF SIN L E S S O N T E X T — O e n e s l« 1 :1-24 G- - I . D K N T E X T — F o r a s in A u at! die. e v e n »o In C h r i s t s h a l l a ll b e m ad « a liv e .— I C o r. 15 22 P R IM A R Y T O P IC — A d a m « n J E v e D is o b e y G od. J t'N I O R T O P IC — T h e R e s u lt o f D le - o b e d le n c e . IN T E R M E D IA T E A N D S E N IO R T O P ­ IC - P l a y t n « W ith T e m p ta tio n . Y O l'N O P E O P L E A N D A D I'L T T O P - 1C__T h e T e m p t a t i o n a n d th e F a lL A look out upon th e w orld prove» th a t m an 1« not w h a t he should he. It Is not re aso n a b le to suppose th a t man Is now w h at he w as w hen he cam e from th e h an d s o f th e C reato r, much less an Im provem ent. T h e only way o f a cc o u n tin g fo r th ia la hy th e historic fall o f m an a s given In th e Bible. T h e In tro d u ctio n of sin is the only answ er. 1. M an's P ro b a tio n eath (v. 1»), Till» Include« sp iritu a l and physical d e ath . Sin brought all. 8. E xpulsion from th e garden (y. 24). 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