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The Valley
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U Bervi«« I
WINDIGO
never aaw •
windigo,
iha' ■ cure Th« chanree are **>•<
heard «■>«•
fu< knee
yoe ever beer* a euireretllleua In-
dlaa «r half-breed of lhe Canadi
an wild« tell of 11« horrors? He
rerialsly meta«« a bh-.-d curdling
thing out of the windigo
Any
way. this 1« th« «lory of ■ win
digo that w«« real enough to
leave trsebe like I hoe. of e areal
bear end to hill a big blo«rd-
boend
II le also lhe elory of •
factor r daughter «nd an Amerl-
can neturall.t
The girl le beau
tiful and educated and • won
derful violinist The man le breve
■ nd strong
And when
Hrenl
Nteele gate Into th«
Valley of
Vol- m
end eeea the charm of
|>»nlea Nt <mge and realise« lhat
the myeierloue windigo la work
ing for her d.etructlon—why he
drupe everythlna «!•• end atari«
In to selva lhe malign mystery.
There* a Berea rivalry b.tw*ea
trading posts—which complicate«
the aituatlon And tienlea. to eave
her father, haa boon forced Into
a promise of marriage No llr«nt
Nteele a Job la a be man a Job
put he does the fob—and gate
bi* reward.
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CHAPTER I
With
Rleele Mopped In hl* track*
hla right hand he freed Ida ear from
the head piece of hi* lump-line and
Moovl listening
Nurely, he thought,
those were the unmistakable notes of
a violin, clear above the noise of th*
rapid® Curious, be continued up lhe
Me*|> portage; now convinced that
faintly through the beat of broken wa
ter® which the trail paralleled, floated
eerie music, now doubting hla sense®
Al length hie alert ears failed to rap
turw the strains of the magic violin
hit illusion aa tha
and he
overtone« from tha
vagary <
over which ha had
toll of I
come
For a apace he went on. engrossed
In other thought® when through the
roar of the water* ■ violin sobbed
the®
up to a wild creerendo
ceased
Kaatng tha top bag to th* ground,
Nteele swung the lower pack. with Ila
attached tump line, beside It, and
waited Thee* were no fendevi melo-
dies of auminer whitewater® Il waa
no wraith music which a shift in the
August brv<-i« ha<1 brought him thia
mad playing
Again lite n«Hea of the violin were
audible; dearer now
Nome tnagtdan
out there on the neighboring shore
waa baring tile aoul. It waa unbeliev
able- here. In thia loet valley of th*
north pure
wizardry.
Knchanted.
Nteele listened as the violin eang of
yearning and despair, unu’tvrabl®
which genius baa voiced to th* world
through the magic of Its strings And
■a he listened lie wondered what trag
edy lay behind that playing, what
trick of fate had burled thia master
ef the bow In a fur poet on the Wall
ing river
"W'at y«»u hear. <1* Windigo seeng
tn dr strong water?"
Turning. Nteele smiled at th* blocky
figure of 111® speaker Mending In the
trail, hla heed and shoulders bent un
der a canoe.
"No, I »avid, but I've been listening
tn the violin of a shaman a medicine
man conjuring up the spirit* of the
rapid® Someone at ibis French poet
la a anrrarer"
"Maybe you hear Windigo all de
Mme." dryly anxgeMed the half-hroed,
easing the atern of the canoe to the
trail to uncover a broad, ewart faro
wrinkled with amusement.
"t'p at
Fort Hot* »1* peopl' scared of di* river
for euro l»ey letl me de strong water
by de French post bad place for «la
devils an' de Windigo"
"Tew, I heard that '«vo, th*
haa a bed name on the Albany,
col® at Martin's Fall® says It was
called the Walling river '«ecause of
the moaning of the rapids hero In
winter
I told him It waa only the
wind, but he wouldn't have It—Inalat-
e<l that the plaro waa 'bad country,'
bewitched "
*T»ey My plenty peopl* drown there,
long tam ago," gravely added Ihivld.
“Ro old Pierre once told me. down
at Henley bouee.
He wm traveling
from Ogoke io the Albany on® winter
and struck thia gorge atout aunaei
l>ut lii* eptrila e< areu bits
their walling lhat he drove
ten mH*« before be dared
camp
I ran t understand
French built a place on a tab-awd
river. They must have known it* rep
utation."
"Wai." replied Devld with a gri
mace. "| net air* bear one of <!»«•
Windigo bo« I een de night, but eef
I are him n»w I eat beam fur aurw
I call die de Ntarvln' riviere.”
Hleeie laughed loudly at the remark
of hla hard hrs «led rom|>anhia. «h<>ae
I'gscy >f aoperMItlMi from an <>)tb-
way mother had l<ern heavily diluted
by the blood of a Ncotrh father
"I could rat a caribou myaelf,' be
eald. "but »ell bare a big feed at the
(«■at tonight Yu® take the canoe over
while I fln«l out who's playing that
violin
Who would gu«M that there
«se a man within a thotiMnd mile®
of these bad lands who could play
like thatr
The half breed started over the
portage while Nteele turned Into th*
thick Scrub ln»»M the river
From
th* foot of the rapids the trail bad
swung away from the brolen Rank*
of th* gorge, but shortly Ktcel* saw
¡•atchee of foam through the apnic.
He stiNNHHt to listen, end again the
note* of the violin shrilled above the
monotone of the I roken «stern Nlow
ly he worked hla «ay along the ehoul-
ter of the shore, then, forced hack te
• lr< I* a gash In the rr<«le<l cliff, stum
bled u|»>n a trail, and following It a
short dletanra. auddenly »ttffenod
The |>ath lr<| to a huge, flat lopped
In.wider thrusting out Into the stream.
• >n the rock, her dark h-ad neetltng
a violin to her cheek. Mood a woman.
Nurprlae held the man motionless.
To e>r* which for months had not
■ t>tte ««.man,
the picture of the lithe ngure <.f the
musician, a rro«0 of duaky hair half
masking the face turned to the river,
was a delight he hesitated to cut short
by s betrsyal of his presence
From the passionate hopelesaneM of
Msssenet's “Klrgle'' the violin swung
Into s drsthlesa Isment of Grieg, glim
with the eternal tragedy of hla own
gray north era. A a abe played, the
tin
girl turned, exposing her face,
bar cheeks were tear*, Hut she did
not ee* tbs listener for her eyes «era
cloned.
Hhe ceased playing
of *w* at having bMrd the cry of
Mark despalr, thè trrap.iaaer. co®
eel oua of Merliate, had tumed to
retreat wben he wm atopped by :
"Mol vlent lai Who la thereF*
Faught, the
thè eavesdropper farad
about, hat la hand.
"Mademoiselle.- he began, redden
ing under the questioning gaM which
■ wept him from moccasins to tattered
shirt, then fearfully searched hla eyee
as if seeking a sinister meaning tn
hla sudden appearance, "I am peck
ing up th* carry to the poet. I- I
heard your marvelous playing end
came. You will pardon my listening?"
The dark face of the girl In turn
flushed
The guilty man humbly
awaited the revelation of her Just
anger. That niMOt for the forest and
waters only—the naked anguish of a
soul— • stranger bad beard. It was
right that be should pay.
"1 «-ome here to play—monsieur—
often." ah* replied In a tense, uneven
vclra
“I was startled! We see no
more- but the Indiana.
There la
nothing- to pardon."
Rhe spoke In Fngllab. with a flavor
of accent which Rteeia bad heard be
fore, but not tn French Canada.
Believed at hla reprieve, be has
tened to explain hla presence on that
buahgrown |>oHag* of It* Walling
river
"My man Pavld and I ar* bound
from the Albany to Ogoke lake and
the Neplgoo We've been In the bush
since May." be laughed, painfully
aware of a threa-daya* growth of
beard, with a deprecatory geeture
toward hla frayed clothe®, 'and have
some trading to do at Hi* poet, as
you see. la It farT"
“Only a short distance, monsieur
My father will welcome the sight of
a white man; for him it la so lonely
here."
■'But surely," he protested. “It Is
more lonely for a woman." No she
was the daughter of th* French fac
tor. and he womlered what force of
ylrcumstancee had driven the father
of thia talented girl Into the fur
trade aa an employe« of the French
romj>any; this girl with the somber
eyre who came to th* while waters
with her violin and her grief. W**
it tragedy he had chanced upon, or
mere loneilBeM?
"Lonely here for a woman T Surely,
monalear. you *|>eak a* a man of lhe
world -with understanding.- Th* een
sltlve mouth of the girl shaped a
faint amile. but th* dark eyee did not
change a* *be continued: "Yet I have
my father and my violin, while ho—
be haa <>®iy his memortea."
"Hut.- be gallantly protested. “your
father, mademolaelle. haa the compan
ion »hip of a very"— be hesitated and
finished weekly-"Ms daughter."
She laughed in hla face. "Ah, mon
sieur. you bar* French b'ood In your
vein* Hut th* very—hla daughter."
«he mocked, "la a dull substitute for
a 'world of
' a« your Hrownlng
any*, ttg Bib* «ui t>»
■ t the coming to Wailing river of
Monaleur -"
“Nteele." be
la Hrant Nteele
th* American Museum of Natural llle
lory.”
Kbe bowed low with mock gravity.
"MonMeur Nt eel*, my fa l her. OM.
Hilaire Nt <mge. will be honored tn
offering th* poor hospitality of Wall
ing River to a learned American eel
ent let "
Smilingly Kleele raised protesting
hand« al her eharertertMtlon How
charmingly, be ihooght. thia strange
girt. wb<>s* violin had rung ao poig
nantly of deepair. whoae face bad re
fleet ed fear of ibe at range . now
lapsed Into raillery
"Oh. pardon, monsieur," «he went
on. ”1 forgot m J eelf. I am I Waler Nt
< <nge N»w that th* conventloua have
been eallefled, will you follow me to
<mr chateau—of logaT’
"Thank you!"
Iler simple muslin gown and beaded
mooresin« seemed but to authenticate
• t\\
"I
Ceme Mar* ta Flay, Monsieur—
Often," She Replied in a Tana*. Un-
even Vela*.
the stamp of race in the flgure and
carriage of th* gtri who led the curi
ous ma® ever the river trail to the
carry. At the portage she at«(>ped.
"My pack* ar* below her® where I
left them to follow the Lorelei of the
Watllng.” he Mid smiling
Her fsce swiftly eoberad
"Ah. Monsieur." she replied altnoat
Inaudibly, "do not make Jest of thia
terrible river " Then, with a abroa.
as If ridding her mind of an of.prea
alv* weight, added, "I shall not wait
for you. the poM la very near,' end
walked swiftly up th* porta*«, I
lowed by the qulMicai eyes of the
men.
He Mood In the trail watching ths
retreating figure of th* girt until a
bend abut It from eight
What eyee and hair, he mused, and
what playing! It was clear she was
breaking her heart over eomethlng;
the look In her eyee proved that. To
think of aueb a glorious creature bur
led In this country) Her father prob
ably was a retired French officer
Heap* of I hem marooned Iwtw een
! .a bra dor and the Pence! Hut why,
he asked hlruself, didn't they mention
her over at Hop*—thia charming
daughter of the factor at Walling
Rlverf
Tea. he decided, ah* certainly had
teen frighten«»! at hie appearance—
had looked him over as If ho were a
ghoet. Then she had seemed super
■tltlous; hut she couldn't really t>*-
Heve tn thia tradition of tha valley—
thia Windigo and aplrlt stuff
That
waa Inconceivable
she wm not
afraid to come her* alone and yet she
railed tha river terrlbl*. Whet had
happened hero anyway? Whom could
■be fear, and why?
Thua
speculated
the
intrigued
Nteele Then swinging hla bag* to hla
beck, be alerted for th* poet known
aa Walling River.
As tlteele left the foreet to ctom
the clearing the dog* of th* poet Mart-
ed the usual uproar. Half way to th*
group of i<»g buildings be wm met by
an Indian, aent by tb* factor, and re
lleved of hla pack®
evidently Wailing River haa a
myetery and ana that challenge«
a brave man and the girl I
<TO BR COMTIWUBD )
Th* night a for sleeping thia etti •
mar have been m enjoyable that the
term hay fever baa been amblguou®
In connection with our effort a to
collect oor <lebta abroad. It len t only
the principle of the thing. It'a îhr
mon»)
If changing aeata In th* canoe h««
proved onattcceeaful. you might try a
graceful high dive Into eight Inchae of
water
AVERAGE COW IS
NOT GOOD ENOUGH
The average American dairy cow le
not gvMwl enough, see««nilng to 1 >r C.
W. l^irson. chief. Veiled Ntatea be
reau of dairying In an address liefore
the National I »airy club at Chicago
reroatly he characteriaed the great cwt
need of the dairy Industry at thia time
aa not an increase In th» nuOkber of
cow® but a greater production i»er
cow The average yearly yield of cows
In this country la around S.OHU pounds
of milk and ISO pounds of butterfat.
Through intensive Mud les ma«le by the
bureau It wee found that a cow pro
ducing thia amount of milk an«l butter
fat In one year furnishes an Income of
tail over coat of feed It waa further
shown that cow* capable of produc
ing <00D pounds of milk and SOO
jMomda of butterfat In a Ilka period re
turned an Income over feed cost of fTA.
The tnoM practical and least expMP
aive way for the average dairyman to
Incrras* the profits from hla milking
herd la through the cow testing sm <>
elation and th* use of a gned pure
bred sire An example of the greater
profits poMlbie by careful selection
»f row® systematic weighing sud test
ing of milk, proper feeding and the uas
of a good bull. Is shown In the Allen
ton Kc blsvllle Cow.Testing asaocia-
tlon of WtocoMln at the 1W24 National
I »airy exposlllon Ten Immature cow*
In this association, all daughter* of
the Mme purebred bull, produced an
average of 1.4A8 pounds more milk and
71* pounds mor* butterfat In on* year
than did their dams at mature age.
The outstanding exhibits of Interest to
the largest number of dairy fanners at
the National I »airy exposition held this
year at Indlanapoll® October in to 17.
again ar* devoted to thee* leeaon®
The comprehensive exhibit of the
I'nlted Ntatea bureau of dairying and
those of the national breed and stale
dairy associations and tha Ica «tint
■tats agricultural colica»« «III harr
special application to tha good resulta
obtained through co* teMIng aaaocl-
atlon work and the purebred air®
Eradicate Tuberculosis
in Utah Dairy Section
A noteworthy advance In the nation
wide campaign against bovine tubercu
losis occurred during June In a new
sector Cache I pronounced Cash) coun
ty, Utah. completed a systematic tu
berculin teat of Ita ZMlOO cattle,
which showed lea* than one-half of I
per cent infection, Thia very email
extent of the disease, together with
the fact that all reactor* were re-
moved. won for Cache county a place
on the I'nlted Ntatre I »apartment of
Agriculture'* Hat of "modified accred
ited area®"
It 1* the first county In Utah to
hat* that distinction, and department
official* consider that tlie leadership
of Cache county will stimulate similar
activity In other count lee of the re
gion
Thia will greatly advance the
progrea* of systematic tuberculin test
ing In th* W m I. Much a view le sup
ported ty the fact that another county
haa In the Mate already applied for
a similar Intensive teat of Its cattle.
The county commlaalotiera of Summit
county voted
toward the work
«bleb I* now In progrera
A survey of the state Indicates that
the percentage of tuberculous Infec
tion In cattle la lee* than 1 per cent
Thia low figure and the growing een
tlment tn favor of the «ork give prom
ise of an active Male «Id* campaign.
WRKLEYS
make® your food do you
more good.
No«® how It reUewM
that stuffy feeling
efter hearty eating.
A w ss f ii the
beeath. rsouvwM
food particlM
from t!
gives M
to tired
Practicall
Im
to wear them out-
USKIDE
- Soles
i
Wonder So/ejbr Wear.
MS VOV® ®a**l®MAM TOOAV
Jin Demand USKIDE Sokt
on New Shoe*
!
Uvwtad States RuSMr Co»re*ny
Mother» Wear ’Em Too
Ona reaeon a<> many modern girla
are taller than mother may be dlacov-
ered juat beneath their stocking beala
— Boston Herald
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C A M M l J U K R
Prevent Mold in Butter
by Sanitary Measures
Moldy butter, which lake* a toll of
many thousands of dollar* from cream
erica every year, can be absolutely con
trolled and prevented, any* Harold
Macy. Mctertologtet for the division of
dairy husbandry of the University of
Minnesota. He points out that mold*
are living planta and must be present
and alive to do any damage. It they
are excluded or destroyed. there will
be no motdlnesa of the butter.
Chief of steps to be taken in exclud
ing tuoiila, aaya Mr Macy, are paeteurl-
xatlon of all cream, the emptying,
cleaning and sterilising of the butter
milk tank every few day® and the use
of two eeta of cans by fanner patron*
of th« creamery. or* set for transport
ing cream to the creamery and the
other for taking buttermilk back to the
farma
Sanitary piping and pumps
must, of «nurse, be provided and be
kept chan and Merillxed. only pure,
low add «tarter® made from thorough
ly paateortxed milk and pur* cultures
and kept In etertllaed containers,
about«I be used.
Paraffin tube and
treated parchment ar* Indispensable.
And. Anally, th* butter abould be
stored In a cool, clean, dry, and wail
ventilated room.
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imish
Carnation Mu*h bring* to
your breakfast bowl all the
flavor, all the nutriment, of
golden wheat field*. Anddott
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