’ e RURAL ENTERPRISE The Valley of Voices CHAPTER XVI By GEORGE MARSH A of “ T o ile r« o f the T rv il** H h A W h e lp « o f (be W o iT ANIMALS PROVE REAL HEROES IN NEW YORK FIRE Baboon Rescue* Kitten Pat —Monkeys and Canaries Perish. Bluing, th e fa cto r faced th e girl, i Ihe h an d holding the le tte r sh ak in g - from his em otion. "A nd you believed th is w om an— took her w ord ag ain st h is?” N'ew Y ork.—T a le s o f anim al h e ro "W hy not? He a d m itte d th a t I.a- flamme su rp rise d th em .” she an sw ered Ism w ere b rought from a sm oldering ' In a « trained voice, avoiding h e r fa- building In C o rtla n d t s tre e t by fire ! th e r's eyes. "W h at does It m a tte r men who fought flam es th a t cau sed the d e a th s o f 5.000 c an a rie s. 150 p. r I now? I h ave given my w ord." “ Will you tel) me th ia ? ” he d e ­ rots. 40 m onkeys a n d se v e ra l c a ts and m anded. “ You loved thia m an w hen dogs. Several boa c o n stric to rs Inslied he left for hom e In S ep tem b er? I about, te r r o r stric k e n , In th e ir ciiges, know, fo r you w ere happy.” c h a tte re d and p a rro ts H er black eyes m et his bravely. m onkeys "YVhen lie left here I believed in a shrieked, c re a tin g a bedlam o f noises b eau tifu l th in g —hut th a t, som ehow , such us a Jungle e x p lo re r m ight h e a r In a n ig h tm a re. T h e Jungle law of has died." " I f It died,” he answ ered, "w hy, the su rv iv al o f th e fitte st prevailed, when you thought him dead, did you . and the w e a k e r o f th e Im prisoned So frig h te n ed cry night a f te r nig h t—I h e ard you In I c re a tu re s p erish ed . your ro o m ; 1 knew from y o u r p laying i w ere th e boa c o n stric to rs and tw o —why w as th e shock—th e Joy, so | w ild cats th a t th ey w e re rescued g re at when he re tu rn e d to tight fo r w ithout a tte m p tin g to a tta c k th e fire­ men. u«r Outstanding Hero. She did not answ er. T he o u tsta n d in g hero of th e Are, as “ I believe you love him still, In sp ite of wha* you say. H e ha» loved rep o rte d by firem en, w as a baboon you from the f i r s t ; I could see IL H e , w hich took his In se p ara b le co m p an ­ is sacrificing m uch for us—p ro v in g ion. a k itte n in his a rras, bro k e open his love for you every duy, and yet th e door of his cage und e scap ed to yon allow th is lie of a low w om an to sa fety w ith his c h arg e . In a n o th e r cage firem en said th ey found a m on­ poison your m ind." W ith a g e stu re of hopelessness, sh e , key crouched In her cage, choked by rose to leave th e room , avoiding his eyes. "I do not know If they can save th e post,” said St. Onge. "I may h ave to | leave th e com pany—a ru in ed m an. j But I tell you this, th a t th e w om an ! who th ro w s aw ay th e love of Mon sletir S teele will live to be h a u u te d by re g re t.” She tu rn ed a whltP fnce lit th e dour, a s she s a id : “You forget th a t I have given M onsieur L uscelles tny prom ise." j F o r tw o day« th e w atch ers of the (C o v r rig h t by the Penn P u b lishing C o ) tru ll v. site d In tlie lr am bush, hut no h unter« o r aearch p a rty left th e poet. T hen, one m orning, ut daylight, from 2 he dazed F renchm an, stopped th e thick scru b of th e sh o re south short in tils rush, rocked on his fe e t— of Ogoke. tw o men looked long through th en stum bled fo rw ard, grasp in g his bino cu lars a t th e chim neys of the knife. As he hurled him self, w ith a «now b lan k e ted cabins, and «railed dow nw ard slash, on th e lietip In the Into each o th e r s w ind-burned fuces snow, he m et an upw ard th ru st w hen they saw th a t from m ore than which burled th e blade of W agosh In h a lf th e re rose no sm oke o f cooking bis body. tires. O f th e group of tip is of bush T hen on th e w hite floor of th e for In d ian s which had d o tted th e clearing est, a m un blinded by flume a n d pow ­ In O ctober, but tw o now rem ained. der. and one m ortally h u rt stru c k and It w as th e tu rn of the old O jlhw ay slashed until stre n g th left th e ir a rm s and tw o young In d ian s to sta n d guard and they lay tog eth er, h u n te r and on th e tra il to th e gam e country. hunted, m otionless, on th e crim soned Michel and Steel w ere too fa r to the snow. south to ov e rta k e I.atlam m e’s men. so T h ere Steele and Michel found they stru c k stra ig h t hack to camp, them. confident o f th e outcom e— for old Wa- “ K nife fig h t!" cried the Iroquois. gosh g u ard ed th e trail. "W h at happen to W agosh gun?" He T h a t m orning, as the s ta r s faded picked up the cheap trade-gun w ith and daw n broke blue and b itte r over Its b u rst breech. "A h-hah! H e get th e e a ste rn ridges, an old tnan with snow een de m uzzle a n ' she b u st w'en h a te In his heart prayed fo r th e com ­ he «'loot." ing of one for whom he had w aited "Too had, poor old m an ! H e could long. W ith hoods pulled over frost- have shot B a p tiste a t th e am bush, hut blackened faces from which rose the he w anted to s e ttle It alone— tell him steam in g colum ns of th e ir b re ath , " ’a- who he was. I suppose.” gosh and his two com panions shuffled "Yes, he m ak' dis feller drop hees back and fo rth on tlielr snow shoes, gun—den he stop heero for to talk ." heating th e ir shoulders w ith m ittened said Michel, exam ining the tra il of hands, for th e stinging cold pierced B aptiste. " W e n W agosh shoot a n ' de tlie lr caribou capotes. gun Lust, de F ren ch m an Jum p on "It m ay not he th a t he will come beam wld de knife.” today.” said th e old Indian In Michel gently tu rn ed over the Ida n a tiv e tongue, "but If a F re n c h ­ frozen body of th e old Indian, expos- m an, sh o rt, w ith legs th a t c urve like a bow. com es w ith others, they pass and we follow, until they s e p a ra te to hunt. T hen you will ta k e the others, while I follow him alone— for he is mine. W agosh, th e fox, will know w hat to do.” It w as a "p o u d re day " a t Ogoke. T h e In d ian s nodded. T hey had In th e gray daw n a tall flgure had heard bis alory. left th e scrub of th e shore, m iles be­ But th is m orning the w a tch e rs of low and out o f sight of th e post, to the trail had not long to w ait. As exam ine th e tru ll on th e lak e ice, the lifting sun tillered through the which led south to th e R ouge and the forest, stab b in g the blue shadow s with Jaekflsh. Michel hud sm iled w ith lances of light, W agosh suddenly sa tis fa c tio n to And th a t a sled had stopped th e w hispered conversation p assed since th e fa ll of snow tw o w ith : n ig h ts before. T h e m y stery w hich "B lsa n ! s h lsh !” ringed th e doom ed post, us th e fo rest 1 Crouched In a thicket of young Hr, rings a clearing, w as doing Its w ork, j th e ir guns strip p ed of tlielr skin cases, U nnerved by th e fu te of th o se who th e three stiffened, listening. P re s­ laid gone d o w nriver and into th e h u n t­ ently to th e ir strain ltig e a rs drifted ing co u n try , n ev er to re tu rn , th e peo­ th e fa in t click of snow shoes. P ush­ p le w ere slipping aw ay from Ogoke ing aside som e low bru n ch es th e OJib- In the night ns from a spot plague- w ay peered down th e trull In th e di­ ridden. T he day o f L atlam m e w as rection of th e sound. A fter a space n e arin g Its su n set. T h e re could he of b re ath le ss w aiting, his com panions few left, now, to drink his whisky. l ie Took His Inseparable Companion, a saw his arm trem ble. T hen, shivering w as finished. T h e m om ent fo r walk- , Kitten, In His Arms and Escaped. like a m an chilled to th e bone, the ing in on the tra ile r and Big A ntoine 1 old Indlun tu rn ed a face tierce with w as a t hand. th e sm oke and h e r h a ir singed hy the passion, and w h isp e re d : As he b a ck trac k e d to th e catnp. the flam es. W hen th ey rem oved her they “ L et them pass, lie bus com eI" bold fe a tu re s o f th e Iroquois, In his found sh e w as lying on fo u r of h e r Sw inging rapidly up th e tra il f u r hood, lit w ith Joy ns he gloated J young, p ro te c tin g them w ith h e r own moved th e stocky figure of Black Th« Dazed Frenchman Stopped Short over th e victory they had w on— won body. T h e m o th e r In te r w as revived. B n p tlste follow ed by an Indian w hose w ith th e toll a n d sw ea t of tw o m onths' in Hie Rush. A loss o f m ore th a n $15.0