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RTNOFXISWith David. half-
breed guide. Hrenl Steel*, nf the
Ameritan Museum ut Natural
History, la traveling In northern
<*anada. Uy a stream hr hoars
Imais*, daughter of <’ol HHairs
Ht on<fi, factor at WaUing Hlv»r.
play th* violin superbly. It* In-
tr«>du<*** himself and arrepte an
Invitation to malte the p-«al hie
home during his stay
><• finds
the factor worried and mystified
The ’’log chateau" la a real home.
Fr«»m Ht on»* he learns of the
mysterious creature of evil, the
-Windigo," and the disappearance
. ( * .•dt.i.P and it» « i « w. with the
««aeons taha of furs
Then at
night ’ha ‘Windigo’ gives a
weird p«rforman«.* Even dtesle
in mystified.
CHAPTER II—Continued
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Htccle strained from the window,
waiting for a re|»rtlll<>n of th« w*U.
But the vole, which bad defiled th«
night was bushed. From th« clearing
cum« th« whimpering of awed huskies,
th« wolf chullengc smothered In liirlr
throats. Among th« dim shat»«» of th*
Indian shack» beyond th« trsdehouse
not a light flickered. They w«r« as
the houses of th« deatl.
Th« post
people lay In their blankets, stiff with
fear I.Ike a shroud, panic had fallen
on Wailing River.
Throwing on his’clothe«, the man
swung from the window and dropped
to the gruss below. The house, also,
was dark -St. Onge doubtless drugged
with cognac, but «he?
Did she lie
numb with fright, or was she gallant
ly struggling with the mystery?
As he approached Michel's dark
shack. Steele was puzzled
Had the
Iroquois and David also weakened?
But two silent aha|»es, carrying some
thing in their bands, met hfm at the
door.
“You heard It. MichelT" demanded
Steele searching the swart face of
the half breed, as they left th« shack,
for truces of excitement.
The features of Michel were set
like stone aa he said: “De Windigo
get de fur cano'; now he get de pos'."
"What d'you meanY* «nick fy, de
manded Steele, fearing that the Indian
tn the head man bad at last tri
umphed over his Intelligence—that he.
too. had succumbed to th« general
terror.
“Michel mean." ««plained David,
"that d« Indian will leave de pos"
after tonight."
The white man waa relieved. These
two. at least, had not been stampeded
by the nameleaa thing on the ridge.
And then, as they reached th« shore.
It began again.
From the crest of th« rldg« ram«
an unspeakable mewing, now strange
ly rat Ilk«, now unearthly; followed
by the moaning of s mangled thing In
torture.
It reused
The white man heard
the rough breathing of the men beside
him Slowly the dick of steel on steel
marked th« cocking of two rifle*
Then upon the heavy silence bmk«
the prolonged walling of an Ojlbway
woman for her dead.
Rigid, th« three men listened The
walling cllmaied In maniacal shriek*
Again the night was soundless.
Turning to Steele. Michel muttered'
“Tete-Boule ecu right; dat res veC
tad t ing to hear."
"What la It. DavIdY' Steele demand
ed of bls hard beaded friend.
"Eef David waa on dat ridge, he
tell you," waa the dry response
“There’s nothing on four feet In
this country that could do that There
may be something In this Windigo
story, after all. la It beast, bird, or
devil. Michelr
“Ket may be erase« wolverine; eet
may I* dwell: net may be Windigo—
but eet feenlah dees pos* all de same"
Aa th« half breed sadly shook hla
head, the caterwauling began anew.
With heads thrust forward the
three men on tbe ahore strove to
pierce Its mystery. Hut this time, ss
the vole* rose to s cilmss. flam« shot
from '.he muzzles of two rifles and tbe
shrieks were smothered In th« report
of the guns echoing from tbe rldg«.
Again silence blanketed the valley.
Thus did David and Michel fling
back their challenge of lead to the
¡•owera of darkness which menaced
th* fur fort.
"Th« Wiqdigo knows now that
■ there's some fighting blood left tn
Wailing Rlv«r," chuckled steel«. <ah«n
he heard approaching foot Stupa.
"Who’s liter«*" called the voice of
St Onge
"Who fired the«»« sh<daF*
"Michel and David, colonel: did you
hear ItY' asked Steel«, curious to
know th« stat« of tbe factors nerve«
Ht. <mge approached and gripped
Steele's arm.
"I've teen listening--
with my daughter." h« said In a
strained vote« "I went to rob»« you.
but you had gone It « the last straw,
monsieur. My Indiana will not »try
after thia."
“Wbat d'you think It IsY" asked
Steele, closely watching the features
‘ of St. Onge In the dim starlight.
"Who ran sayT" replied the French-
( man, with a sb nig "It may be some
crazed beast... wolverine or lyni or
Iwar And then." he looked hard Into
Steele's eyes. “It may be—ths Win
ill go.“
At th« words, David, who had heen
i listening, turned to Michel tn surprise.
| Hut the face of the head man was
wooden The «»Jib way's narrow eyes
shifted to those of Steele, and for a
! space white man and red held each
! other's gate.
Was the Frenchman, after all. au-
\ perstltlous? Steele wondered. Had his
: tirrv« softened. after what he bad now
i heard with bls own ears; or waa be
I playing a game!
.ncl St onge," said th« kmerl
I can after a space, "this thing has got
I to be followed up—run down—
■ tebed ! I ' • u. It» »I’ai ' I i o.c
I aa a scientist. It's th<’ ■»pportunlty of
a lifetime
With your permission.
’ David and I will May ter« and lend a
• hand until the winter threatens to
br«ak."
The factor Impulsively offered hit
hand. “Thank you. monsieur! I shall
be moat grateful tor your aid."
“And Mademoiselle St. tingeY' asked
Steel«, deeply curious. “Sb« beard It
«nr
"Yes. she called me when It began
■ She waa very brave, but then» have
been so many things lately—" Ht.
: < tnge suddenly cheeked himself "Mi
chel." he said, swiftly changing the
aubject, “we must look after the In
dians at <>n> e But wbat can wv tell
them now, after thlsY"
"We tell dem de Windigo weel ketch
<lrm <>n de rlvler« eef dry leave now."
refilled the ready wilted head man.
As Steel« again strelched himself on
hla cot. he wondered If there would be
sleep that night for the girt down
stairs- what thoughts were hers as she
lay facing th« problem of tier future;
a problem of which the sole solution
seemed st that moment to rest with
Monsieur la»«elle» at Fort Albany.
«««««««
There waa no one In the living room
when Steele entered early the follow
ing morning, hut from tbe direction of
the kitchen came the sound of women's
voices. He waa examining the shelves
of French and English classics when
he heard th« light footfall of motca-
Uns behind him. Dlflhlent at meeting
iH-nlse st. onge whose humiliation of
the night before must have hewn deep,
but naturally curious a» to her mental
condition after th« night walliug. be
turned with:
“Good morning, mademoiselle I W«
are all here, you aee. safe and sound.
: in spite of th« serenade of our friend."
The fine eyes of th« girl wer« heavy
with shadows, but to bls relief, wer«
not unfriendly. She has not slept,
thought Steele The Windigo has gut
her. too.
"Good morning, mademoiselle I We
turned In a voice without «pint. and
there waa no Ilf« In the ctdorles« fac«
as ah« went on: "Yea. w« ar« still
here, as you say ; but after last night
I trust you realize what my father
faces In this terrible valley."
“It la moat mysterious,** lie said,
"but you must not allow It to get your
nerve. You ar« an educated woman,
mademoiselle; you must bold your
mental grip. Nerve-racking? Of course
It Is. hut there la a solution—mad wolf
or wolverine probably." Aa he epok«.
he strove to pierce the reserve of her
dark eyes to th« thoughts they masked.
"But It waa hoeribl«- ghastly !" ahe
replied, "la It to be wondered at that
the Indians are In a panic -and these
poor women whose husbands were with
the fur can»»«; they are Imltecllea from
terror
I found them thia morning In
a cabin, too frightened to cook tl>«
breakfast of the children."
"So you cooked It for them," he has
nrded with a smile. Surely, Ma demol
selle St. Onge had not lost her nerve,
if ahe could think of th« children."
Tb« girl flushed. "One could not
have them suffer, monsieur." Then
with a flash of white teeth, went on.
"But we all feel better, now that tbe
sun Is out."
"Has your father told you that I am
staying here, with hla permission, to
follow up thia Windigo?"
She glanced up In surprise. For an
instant her eyes fell, the dark brows
■ ontrsctlng In thought; then she met
hla quiaalcal look.
"You ar« going—to fight—the Win
digo? You. a stranger—who have—no
Interest t*
"But I havo a very great Interest,
mademoiselle. I am sent Into the field
by tbe museum to study tbla sort of
thing. Michel, David and I are going
to fight him—and «oiv« him.“
Page Three
"But you do not know th« danger!“ '
I
1 Her face ’»< very grs«« as she faced
him. and he now knew that bls sur- .
mis« bad berti correct.
"I d<> not umtorwtand what you mean.
Not bciug aiiprrstllloua, Michel David
and I have uolhing to fear." he pru- i
tested. h»>plng 1» draw her out
"Olt. monsieur, you do not know allt .
Thrrv ar» so many--" The abrupt en
trance of St. onge cut off what Steel»
sensed she bad luteuded as a warn
ing
"1 ;<a»| morning. Monsieur Steel«!"
crle<l th« factor, with what was palpa
bly a forced ll»rlltie«a of manner ’ You
have not <-tianr«d your mind since our
talk, eh’ You will honor us bv spend
Ing .September nt Walling Rl»er?"
“Father.
lu-nlae protested, "Mon-
sieur Steele does not know—“
St. Onge turned petulantly upon hla
daughter
“Monaieur Steele la a brav« man
and a scientist; he has no fear of
your Indian devils and Windigo»’*"
“Hut he baa a right to know all.
If he I«-“
“11« shall know all. my dear." broke
In the factor evidently desirous of
stopping further rrfrrri».-« to what
was blind mystery to the younger
man.
"W« shall have a week, mademoi
selle. hefor« David and Michel re
turn. to make our plans." added
Steele In del'etiae of hla host; but
throughout the simple breakfast of I
trout, toast and cuffv«, hla active
brain was busy with the strange at- |
tltude of St onge and Its cause
At the trade house the factor an<1
hla guest learned from the still shaky
1'ete Houle that Michel ami Dasld
had packed a canoe and provisions
Over the |M»rtage at daylight.
But
before starting down river on his
quest with I »avid. Ml< hel had doM
hla work well
Not nn Indian dnre<|
leave the poet be» a use of the demon
which the wily head man had assumd
them was lying In wait for them Ao,
for a time Hl. Onge could count mu
keeping hla pool servant* ami then—
"Well, who can foretell what la on
tho knee* of the god* monsieur?"
hr said with a characteristic shrug.
Through the following day* wbllo
he Impatiently waited f<»r the return
of I hold. Steel« occupied hla time
with the study of two Interesting sub-
)r«’t» - Tele Boul« and
llenlse St.
Onge. And he found In rarh much
to stimulate hla curiosity. The In
dian. one« a twist of nigger head to
bacco and th« gift of a sklnulng knife
bad established friendly relation*
waa led to repeat the talcs of hug«
tracks In th» mnak«g and night wail
ing which he had brought to the post
■luring th« summer To Hti-ele, familiar
with shamanism and th» peartie« of
sorcery among the ojihways and
freea, thia Mjuat red man. with his
high cheek ^»oaea and cloaeaet eye«,
waa something of a puzzle. Steel«
aoon learned that Tete Boul*— who
owed his name to the likeness of hla
broad face to th« TetwdeBoul« I'reea
wns (HMiaesseti of mor« than ordinary
Intelllgrnr»
"Tete Boule" demanded Steel« In
one <>f their conversation« on th« river
sh»>r«. “why ahould thia Windigo wish
to harm thia poet; the people, hers,
ha»« never done him an injury?"
Th« mluk-llke eye« of th« Indian
widened with fear at the mention of
the dread name, which waa taboo.
“Dia ees bee« count re« l»>ng tam
ago. tie cum here on dis rivlar«." th«
Indian muttered, evidently III at ease.
"Waa It th« Windigo who drowned
the men with th« fur cano«?“
Fur a spar« th« Ojlbway smoked
In silence, then s|»at far Into tb« wa
ter hefor« h« answered.
"Da ersw or de fur-cano' not
drown'—eat up!” And he opened hla
wide mouth and anapped hie Jaw*
'“Will he com« again by night to
th« post here?"
Th« Indian slowly nodded.
Further than repeating to Steele '
that In August he had aeen hug«
tracks In th« muskeg and heard cries
at night similar to those which had
wakened th« post. TeteBoul« could
not be led to talk. But what Inter- ,
rated the American especially was to 1
hear, later, from Denis« Kt. < >nge, |
that th« «quat post hunter was be
wailing with the already stampeded 1
Indians the fat« which mrnar«<l them. |
"Thia Tete Boule ought to b« «op
pressed." he suggested to St. Ong*
"Your daughter telle me that he keep«
tbe Indiana In a ferment with hla
wild tales of demons and Windigo«*"
"I've told him to atop It. But h«
la very superstitions. When he first
came here from Albany, he waa a
most valuable man—very Intelligent."
“H«'s doing a lot of harrn. now. I
wish Michel w»r« her«. You need
him."
“Ye* he understands the Indiana,
and can quiet t^etn," agreed th« factor '
wearily. "And he la wasting hla time
down river."
"1 am not an nr» of that. They
may find something." And Ateele
smiled Into the Frenchman'« eyes
quizzically, but met a blank star«.
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