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THE SCIO TRIBUNE Page Three The Valley of Voices By GEORGE MARSH Author of ••Toller« of the Trill/* "The Whelp« of the Wolf** <W MU Pervlee » LASCELLES SYNOPSIS With Peril halt- breedl <ui4e, |ir»nt fiteele. nt th« American Minium of Natural History, la traralinc In northern Canada. fly a atr»am h« hoaro Deale«. daughter of CoL Hilaire Hl. Once, factor at Walling Hlvar. play th« violin superbly He In- trodu<«a himself and accepts an Invitation lo mahe the p«>st his h<«rne during his stay Ila finds the factor worried and mysUed The ’’log chateau Is a real home. Fr«>m St. O»g« be learns of the myeterious creature of e*IL the Windigo, and the disappearance of a canoe and Its crew, with the season a take of furs. Then at Bight the Windigo gives a weird performance. Keen Nt«»!» 1« mys tified David. Steel« s Indian, and Michel, Hi, Onges head-man. leave for the sc«n« of the canoe • disappearance In an attempt to solve the mystery Nt. Onge telle Steele that la «cell»», the com pany » manager at Fort Albany, seeks his ruin In order to compel Denlee tn marry him to save her father Hteele and Det Ise fall In love Hteele finds the track of the Windigo—huge and much like a bear’s David finds the same thing Tete Houle. Indian tn St Onge’s employ. 1» caught listening to Hteele s talk with David and Michel, and roughly handled Louie l«afiamme. factor at Ogoke. makes application for the hand of Denise |*lerre* In dian from Ogoke, visits the Wailing Ki ver post. CHAPTER V—Continued —10— “But why should he «ra» no fur to make trouble here, aa you aay? What la tiehind It alir For an Instant. Michel seemed on the point of making a revelation. Then, evidently changing hia mtn<1. with a shrug of his tx*ny shoulder», be an snered: “We aee some day." Steele an<1 l>avl<1 exchange«! putxled looks. What could Michel bar. In the back of his head? • •••••• With the coming of the canoe with news from Feather lake». Walling River was again thrown Into a panic of fear of the night prowler. After a tented talk with St < mge. Steele started up the river, bound for Illg Feather lake. lie had little hope of discovering anything which would throw light on the mystery. But one thing piqued the curiosity of the three men They were keenly Interested In finding tracks similar to those near the pent. for they can-led the exact measurements of the latter, and In case they tallied with those at the Feather lakes, forty miles away, they would have discovered a new ami moat peculiar trait In animal habits, name ly. a beast with feet strangely like a bear’a. which had ranged forty miles within a few days On the morning of the second day the canoe was traveling In the easier water luahore. when Michel, poling In the bow. suddenly exclaimed: “Keqtiay! Ixiok On the shore, ahead, were the re mains of a tire and near It what re armbird the body of a man. With a few strong ’hruats of the poles, the canoe trM driven to the beach. The men leaped ashore. Before them, stretched beside the dead fire, lay an Indian, hideously mutilated. “He has been literally torn to pieces,” mnttered Rteele. “A bear alone could have done this snd yet I never heard of such » thing " Imvld was <>n his knees searching for tracks In the dry leaves when a cry from Michel drew the attention of the others "I.ook I Track on de shore •“ and the Iroquois pointed to a patch of mud dearly marked by the prints of hugs fret ■"They’re ringers fhr the tracks near the post." said Hteele. and he took from his pocket strips of rsalible of the dimensions of the footprints which had frightened (Tiariotla. In breadth, length and charader, the tracks In the mnd were Identical with those near Walllug River. The three friends looked blankly at each other. “IT. tha name bird." said Steele. David removed hla felt hat and scratched his broad forehead. “No bear travel forty mile and back twenty on I can aomd'lng drive berm." ha In sisted. “But beam don't mutilate bodies like this" added Nt eels. "Wai." muttered tha OJlhway. “dees one mak' da mess ov dees poor feller all de same. W'at you goln’ do?" As the features were obliterated. Michel was busy examining tha kit of the dead man n an attempt to iden tify him aa an Indian trading at tbs post. 'Ito run "H French eomnsnv ran (Ce^yKfbl Wy <!»• >*••• Co ) | but de kettle and knife I nevair a«w will have difficulty in keeping them on f/Zta $771, /. t. i. LtJUÙtg, Nub, before. I t'lnk ret r«w not Walling their trap-lines thia winter." ! Riviere hunter" "You. a scientist, believe In Indies “Who could he be. then, traveling «orrery and superstition?" demanded the Frenchman, sarcastically. on thia river »0 late In Ihe year?" “W'rll, now, that la somewhat ilffl "Esq eeq ver" Strangs" muttered the cult to answer, monsieur." badgered headman. “Kef >lat bear era de Windigo," Ito- Steele, to the delight of the two swart- vids side face contracted In a Set- face-1 men with whom be had entered. work of wrinkles as be grinned at “I have heard the Windigo wall In the night; I have seen hla tracks-, and I Steele. "Wat »•• do den?" "Windigo or no Windigo. David, he’s have just returned to rv|>ort to M>m i our meat if he steps 10 front of my sieur Nt. Onge that we have found up Mannllclier «>» yours Why. what’s near fbe mouth of Stooping river the remains of an Indian torn to pieces, ? the matter. Michel?" The grave face of the Indian had evidently l.y thia same W indigo“ “What do you aay?” St. ongw waa suddenly assumed sn expression so sinister as to arums the white man’s on his fret. "This morning we fonnd the camp curiosity. Tsirsai /. a i. AZ m A and body of a strange Indian—the “Ry gar! We are de fbol!" tracks were Identical with those you “What d'you mean?" COMMI RCIAL CHASSIS . . . 142? Then For answer. Mi-Mi I cm ped In'o the saw near here on the trail " roads rm............................... jxjj TOURING............................................. j?2? canoe and poled rapidly upstream for Steele suddenly changed the subject COI PSTIR........................................ |S9? "Where la that I'lerre who camo here a few hundred yards while the pus COUI't ......................................... 1675 sled Hlrele lo<*kcd on Then the In from the feather lakes the day we COACH......................................... 160) dian swung the nose of the boat down left? Michel wishes to ask hltn some SEDAN............................................... j?7) river and paddled past them In mid questions" ! stream. “He left this morning Didn’t you "What in thunder la he driving at, pa»s hltn on the river?" David?" A muttered curse from Mb hel met 250 West 57th Street, New York “We are de fool for sure," was the Steele's backward glance. General Sales Pepi. - I lily Broadway, New York laconic answer as Michel swept by “Too bad!" exclaimed the A inert with hla eyes on his friends then can. D»altri aaj Str-rut Sletieei tkt Ueittd Suttt threw the bow of the canoe to the “I suppose, monsieur, you attribute lault taj MtMut shore and landed the lose of our furs to this same “He nevalre pass here wlilont serin' Windigo?" broke In I-aseellea. Puurrai Eiiaatotk, N J Lsneng, M«h. OaklanS, Cal. Tuanato, Ont. dis camp." "<>h. undoubtedly. Inspector." re Michel's maneuver was explained. plied Steele, with a suspicious curl of "I»at Pierre para here two sleeps the lip. hla blood slowly rising at the The British museum waa vlaited by back." said MlcheL joining Steele, tone used by the man from Albany, i Novelist on Hie Lot “flees man bln dead t'rve. four day an' However, above all thlnga, bo had to more than l.tiOD.isst persona last year, Gilttort k’rankau, the English author, de tracks on de shore are old one l»e consider Nt <>nge and ttonlae. ho told the largest number on record since deplored on hla last visit to New York riviere rise after de rain two sleep» himself. and not tn allow this fellow MBl. the privation» uf novelists. back. Ito Windigo mak' dem tracks to lure him Into a hostile attitude. "The novelist and Hie hen." Mr. here before de rain." and Michel point Fraokau said quaintly, "tnith scratch "I see you are joking." rejoined the ed to some footprints which were bare Frenchman, flushing. fur tlirlr living. The only difference ly covered by water. la that the hen gets hera." "On the contrary. I am very far “Suppose he did not notice this from joking when I tell yon that there camp, what then?” are mysterious things afoot In this DEMAND “BAYER” ASPIRIN “lie was horigree an' hunt for game; valley which neither my experience " ! havs lew-n rspwld a doaen tbnes ovar he sees <le>-s camp for anre." ta tiapri'Vwd bmalUi fur «vwr d-.lUr 1 apra* nor aclentlflr knowledge are able to Aspirin Msrkad With "Bayer CroseT f<w Taalac. and lhe medicine la alili build David nodded In agreement. fathom. You had better go upriver Haa Been Proved Safe by Mllllone. ing ms up sveey d*r .’ ’ la Uw alrlàUm iuta- “Then why did he not tell us?" tomorrow and aee for yourself. You rural of J<wph Diviarua "Dat m w'at I ask beein tonight at •eern skeptical regarding the whole •’ Tanta-' haa drlvra palna fmm my t»-ty Warning! Vnlrss yon ace the name Wallin' lllvlere." matter." thaï had troublnl me b-c ton y rara Ile. "Bayer" on package or on tablets you al.bw backa-be. shl-h aln>*< killnl ni" a* “Have you never seen a dead man are not getting lhe genuine Bayer Unies. 1 had rbeumallc pain and swaUtog CHAPTER VI before, monsieur?" derided I at acel lee lu mjr h »nia an<l Ioga, tuy ctmilsthm »as Aspirin proved aafe by millions and P«w>r. tse* aleays enkl. nraviw urutune. my "I fear It has gone to your head—thia prrscriltoil by phyah-lana for 25 year*. . di In I fra I righi. 1 ha<l rveular The twenty miles of hard running Windigo matter." Kay "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin. bna-lacban ami I waa a dlamuragwl inan. river down to the fort was covered by Nt <>nge ex Itedly half rose from Imitations may prove dangi-roua.—Adv. "I havs never aera ths e-jual nf Tanlac the three skilled canoemen In a few his chair, as the cool gray eyes of bls In mr Ut». Il haa umww lha<» doubtod my appetito, my av ruaih farla gres* and my hours. < »n arriving, they hastened to guest slowly surveyed the man from Uee of Steel Increaeee general bawllb la ao Impruvml lhal I can the trade bouse. Steele opened the Albany, from moccasins to hair; and In I shii , when lhe steel Industry was no* pralae Tanlac aatough f<< abat II hae ponderous slsb door and enters«!, fol then fell back relieved, when tha dune an-1 la a<Ul .lolng b-r me “ establishing Itself, the ¡mr capita use lowed by the two halfbreeda, to learn American, lushed, but in control of Whal Tanlac haa doua fur uUm. Il -as of steel In the United Ntatee was M that W ailing River had a visitor. himself, drawled : du for yuu. pounds, but due to modern Industrial Tanlac la fnr sale by ail good drugglata Seated with St. Onge behind the trade "Monsieur, you were formerly a devtlopment the amount required la Arerpl no sutarUluto. Uvee ao milUoua uf counter waa a short, thick-set siren man of war. a soldier, while I am now about T’di pounds [1er [wraon. bollirà aold. _____ ger. wearing a cap with an Insignia only a peaceful man of science To Ta*s Tanlac Vagetabla Pilla far cimsU- In gold braid. you It Is but natural that violent death Csls's < s.bsllsslvr qwtohly Hrllr.rs paUuu. brada and rn-ommasrdad by Uw and bsala burning. Itching and torturing "Malev l.ascrllea." whispered Ml should t>e a familiar eight, while to raauufactunra uf Tanlac. skin dtoana-» it Inmantly stops tits pstn chel over the shoulder of the Ameri me It Is moat terrifying. Why, I And of burns. Ilrala without »cars. 10- and *•<-. Ask your druggist, or a«n<1 >0c to It most repulsive even to clean a flah. ’ j can. , Ths J W Cole Co.. 117 H Euclid Ave, St. Onge and Ijtsrallea were evi No Innocuous waa Nteele’e amlle. and Oak Park. III., for a packs»» —Adv. so guilelraa hla manner, that Ijiscelles. dently in the midst of a heated con v rotation tn French, for they ignored conscious of I eIng played with by the Seaeon for Everything nigged American, found no words to Steele’s entrance, The season for changing seats tn Then “You are as superstitious as yon reply, but sat In lm|M>trnt rage canoe* la over. Next comes the sea- the retreating backs of Michel and claim the Indians to be. I am not In »on f<>r running the motor of the car I »a vid, whose shaking »boulders be terv-ated In thia Windigo stuff." Laa Qtàrklyaaaed while the garage doors are abut. The celle» said irrltatrdly. when ML Onge, trayed their suppressed mirth, spurred with Miaale- [M>raon who does thia rarely has a the Revillon man to answer: glancing toward the door, saw Steele rsle. Its sal M cliunte to tell about IL "You are beck »0 soon, monsieur? "If you are so afraid of t lood,“ he hslaauaafietirj And you have new a?" The factor ap sputtered, “why are you hunting this rata Saab esk Why buy mass botti»» at othsr v»rntl- ta. taewtlm- fu»»» wb«a a»» botila of t»t l-ssty a l>*«4 I «red relieved at the appearance of man eating Windigo?" Shot • will work without tall t Adv, the man he thought far upriver. Nteele smiled down good nsturedly at No Doubt lirent Steele's back stiffened ss be the man he would have blithely bat- i Ommbue Centenary “Now they say we are to have pho advanced to meet the man who bad ter rd with his flat». and leaving th" This year marks the centennial of the power In bls hands to rrusb th> two men at the trade house, sought I toplays in colors“ ’That will help authors who are I the omnlhtiA which made ita first ap- girl over In the factor's quarters, out Ttonlae Nt Onge. ■ pearnne« In IR2Ó, at Name*, Franc*. strong for local color" "Oh. welcome back! Monslmr whose rare quality be would never sense, whose soul he would never Rterle." she said, forcing a smile. "I know. As he walked around behind have just heard that you have made the trade-counter, there was a set to a terrible discovery " "I'I rase. we will not talk of that " hla heavy »boulders, a glint In the gray eyes, which did not pass unno he Insisted. "I have something to say 10 you before I go. tomorrow. Tonight ticed by the men he approached. ~M<>n»leur Steele, this Is Inspector there will t>e no opportunity " lie won dered If l-aacrllea had seen her pri LaacellM of the Revllhn Freree ." With a smile Steele extended a vately »Ince hla arrival that afternoon, "We are to hand, hard sa a spruce knot and but It did not matter. grasped the tlngera of the puuled and make a wide circle of the country." . he went on. "and will be away unt.l curious l.aacellea. “1 missed meeting you at Albany. I leave for N-pIgon." Iler arnaltlve face quickened with Inspector. In August. You were over emotion as she listened. at Moose when I called." “Mademoiselle Nt. Onge." he began. The black eyebrows of I-aacellas rose aa be now Idetitined the stranger "I have no right to aak thia from you. whose presence at Walling River be but In justice to yourself I must." Rhe started to speak, aa If In pro found m<>«t annoying for hla plans "Oh. yes. Monsieur Steele, the Amer test, then her troubled eyes squarely ican scientist; I thought you left Al met hla. Power, Quality, Economy Lo'nr’cost Transportation Stan® Cars DURANT MOTORS, Inc. REPAID THIS MAN A DOZEN TIMES TANLAC FOR YOU K HtZ^LiTH Sore Throat! Children V-ry for bany weeka ago bound for the Nep- Igon." be suggested pointedly. "t did. monsieur, but I stumbled on ’ a most interesting situation here— j right In my line, you know. | found I what I have been searching for, for i years" Steele waa losing no time rub bing It Into the skeptical I-aacellee "You have a bona fl de Windigo In thia | valley, monsieur—a—moat Interesting situation to a scientist. I assure you. The Indiana ara in a panic and gov Is Lascelles Io the plot, too? Or are theee suiters preaelng their suit each In hla own way? CTO US CONTINVBU » 11..... 1 Different When Poliehed Dlamooda la their natural stale are | usually of a dull lea« euiur. NfOTHER;- Fletcher’s Caxtoria is a pkniant, harm lew Substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teeth inf Drop« «nd Soothing Syrup?, expo* iaily prepared for Infanta in arms and Children all ages.
