THE SCIO TRIBUNE
Page Three
The Valley of Voices
By GEORGE MARSH
Author of ••Toller« of the Trill/* "The Whelp« of the Wolf**
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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 "
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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
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sled Hlrele lo<*kcd on
Then the In from the feather lakes the day we
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dian swung the nose of the boat down left? Michel wishes to ask hltn some
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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.
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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.