THE SCIO TRIBUNE
Page Thr»«
The Valley of Voices
CHAPTER VII—Continued
Showing Eapart at th« Laboratory of th« Bureau of Standard« Demonstrating
Rejuvenation of Electron Tub«« of Thorlated Tunjstso Filament Typ«.
Radio tube* like some of th* older for < «nd t’X tr:’-ey as for the IT
human* eventually lose their “pep" tubes of corresponding number. Thua.
under th* strain of constant work and C and CX-'JW correspond to
ami
rwquir* a rest or n««d to be rejuve t'X ItW. <’ and < X mi A to L’ and L'X
nated. This rejuvenatlug procea* as 201 A and t'X 22t) to VX 120.
applied to vacuum tubes, is not as ne
"In carrying out this acbedul* It Is
rloua an Operation, however, as the one nbaolutely essential to have a volt
nome humans undergo In the nrarcto meter of a good degree of accuracy and
for youth.
to use a watch. No grid or plate volt
It ta known aa "reactivation" and ages an- used. Either alternating or
Is said by tbe bureau of standards ra direct current may be uaed for heating
dio rxi«-rte to renew the sensitivity of the fllament*
Tubes Na«d Treatment.
electron tubes of th* thorlated tunga-
ten fllament type.
"It Is Important that reactivation
Concerning thla method of reactiva not be attempted until the tutw uaer
tion the bureau has leaned the fol has assured himself that the tubea ac
lowing report, a<> skilled listeners can tually need this treatment; that la. h«
“pep up” their tubes thcmaelvea:
should make certain that his battertro
"Electron tubes In radio receiving are not run d<>wrn and that other parts
seta eventually lose their sensitivity. of the receiving art are In pro|«er or
Thla aomettinea progresses to tbe point der, The schedule st Hive should b*
where the receiving set oj-eratea very followed with great car« The process
poorly or not at all. even though the Is useful only for th« thortated tung
tube filament la not burned out The sten fllamrnt type of tube*
vaer of the set frequently confuses
"The apparatus necessary for car
thla condition with that due to an ex rying out the proeeaa la simple. Th«
hausted “B" battery, if th* tubes are filament la connected to the necessary
of the thorlated tungsten (X LI flla- source of voltage, nothing being con
went type they can usually be reju nected to the grid snd plate. A volt-
venated by a simple procea* and made meter la connected serosa the fllanwnt
to serve as well as new tubea in th* terminal* If alternating current la
receiving set.
available th« aourc« of voltag« can b«
Two Cannot Bs Reactivated.
a small transformer, such as th>>«e for
“It bapix-ns that moat of the tube* running doorivella or electric toy* Th«
now used are of the thorlated tung voltage tap nearest the voltage aped-
I
sten type, and It therefore becomes fled ehould I m » selected and a rhe-*tat
of quite general Interest for the pub In series with the fllament used to ad
lic to know how to secure the full life just lo the exact voltage. The volt-
of thetr electron tube* The WIH1 meter must be urn fur alternating cur-
and WD-I2 typro of tubes are the only rent
ones extensively used which cannot b*
reactivated. In the«« tuto-a th« aourc*
Battery Valuable in
of th* electrons la a coaling of certain “C”
oxidea on the surface of the filament,
Audio Amplifier Unit
and when thla has been used up no
While most of th» new radio set
pro--e*a ran renew It.
model* employ the 'V battery unit
“The thorlated tungsten filament* tn their ra>lio amplifier unit* a great
however. u»ed in moat of the various many of the sets now being tiaml by
other tyi-es of tube«, contain the oxide radio fans were built without thla
of thorium throughout the whole maaa valuable unit Ttie use of a *V but
of th« tungsten filament, this oxide tery will Increase Uie efllclency of any
having been originally put In Incan- receiver, and reduce th« cost of Ila
descent latn|>s to keep the filament« operation
It eliminates s great deal
from being too fragile. The fllaments of distortion when a heavy “H" bat
are gl»en a treatment which produces tery voltage la applied to It»« amplifier
a layer of atoms of thorium on th« plat**
surface of th« tungsten, and this thor
It la a very almpl« operation to
ium. which la radioactive, emits elec Install a “f" battery In any receiver.
trons much more ropioualy than the All that Is necroaary ie to disconnect
tungsten would. After long use. or the filament terminals (uaually marked
after hurtling the fllament too brlrht-
ty. the layer of thorium atoms ta evap
P B
orated off. and so few electrons are
then emitted that the tube doea not
function properly, IlractWaflon la a
process which bolls additional thorium
Scotio
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AUOiO
atoms out of the Interior of the tung
AUDIO
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TXAKJfl
F
sten fllament and forma a new layer
of thorium atoms on the surfac*.
Method Is Successful.
"The thortated filament was devel
G F
oped by the General ?7lectric company,
which has also develofw-d the methods
of reactivating tube« of thla typo. Th*
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bureau of standards has found that
the reactivation process Is quit* suc-
*
C +
reasful, and frequently make« a won
derful different-* In th* results ob
tained with a receiving set. The proc How ta Connect “C" Battery In Audi*
Circuit ef Receiver.
ess Is essentially tbe operation of tb*
filament for a very brief interval at a
“F”) of thè tranaformere from th«
■pectfled high voltag* (called “flash
:• -t of th« circuit. Then connect th«
ing” >. followed by a lower voltage for
two
terminals together and lead
a longer time (called “aging”), all of
thla to a binding poet for the nega-
thia with no grid or plat* voltage,
tir*
battery terminal.
This la
The flashing reduces some of the tbor-
ahown In thè «erompanylng diagram,
lum and tbe aging forms lite r equi red
The positive temlnal of th«
surface layer. The following schedule
battery can I* ronnerted to th«
of these operations Is the result of
regolar "A mlnua" p<>«t of thè recvlver
extensive experience of th* Radio
as abovyn In thè diagram
Corporation of America.
For "11" battery voltare« of from
FLAMMING.
4.1 to «7 use 4H-volt "C* battery.
Fllamsat
Thla may he prorured In a amali block
Radiol roa
Voltag«
t?X and IIV Its........IS volts
at any of thè loca! ahopa. For volt
t.’X sod UY 101-A..14 volts
mia. are« «bove '17. ut leaat fl volt« of "C"
UX-ltS .....................IS veil*
mia
battery ahould b* uaed.
AOINO
Filament
“The
battery, whlch draws but
Radtotron
Volta««
Time
very little enrrent In Ita operntlon.
CX and I'V 1»»... 4 4 volts
1« mia. wtll Inst a ronalderable length of tiro«.
t'X snd UV 1S1-A ?4 volts
IS mtn
IS ml* It vili probahly he ncceaaary to rw-
t'X-1 IS ................. 4 4 volts
Exactly the aame procedures apply new it but ooc« a yenr.
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It «SB Lascelle«' turn to laugh, for
hla word stung Steele like th« la«h of
a whip Hut unlike th« Frenchman'*.
tbe face of the other reflected hla
thoughts solely la th« swift hardening
of th« mouth and th« glitter la ths
gray eve*
“Then o. course, colonel." he co»»-
farad ««»gcly. "you caaxot go To-
French ar> such rareful chaperons."
tjiscells openly scowled hts dlaap-
puintment as St Ong« retorted:
"Ob, naturally I shall stay; so I
shall wish you bon voyage and ail sue-
cev* Mon .Ivor Steele." And he ebook
.Ms guest's hand "We shall expect
you «gain befor* you start south."
"Itoodhy. air. and my d -«pe«t thanks
tor your hospitality. You wtll send a
cano«, anyway, in two -eeks to m«*t
Ml-'lwl at th« Fenther lakca?"
"Yea,
revolr I"
Ignoring Lascelle* he stepped Into
the moo* launched by Mich*« •nd
David, then as If It were «n after
thought. Steele called bantertngly t®
the ln«pe-vor: “And to you, al*
pleasant stay at Walting River, and
safe run to Albany, for I very much
wtsh to meet y«u again."
With f e lunge of Ihre« narrow
blade* th« cano« leaped upstream
leaving two men on tbe shore---ne
with frank approval n the tired syro
which watched th« broad back of
Brent Steele as b« follow«-! I •
vicious stroke of the Iroquois tn ths
I h > w ; lhe other nervously stroking a
black mustache which adorned fee
lures on which perplexity and hate
Were written large.
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Three days later, when the canoe ov
Steele was far on Its way to th«
Feather lakee In Its search tor the
trail of th« Windigo. Deel*« St Onge
sat In her living room with the man
who controlled her father's tutor«
with th« Hevlllon Freren
For two
days, all that eut terfug« and the plea
of titaena could avail to avoid being
alon« with him. ah« had mad« us« «’f.
but now that h« was returning to Fort
Albany, be would sol b« denleu bls
hour.
"Mademolaelle." ha was saying,
“when a man travela as far aa I have
to vtslt his flancee. Is be not entitled
to a somewhat wanner w el com«- to •
mor« frequent opportunity lo enjoy
her soviet than you tar* accordsd
me?"
"Monsleu Lascelles." replied th* girl
coldly. “I wrote yoa «cveptlng the of
fer which you hove made tn • many
times In the Inst three yesr* In con
slderstlon that you kept my father In
the emplo, of the company In chart«
of a Aral claaa post. I agreed to marry
you Within a year It was a contract
of bualnroa, monsieur
IT»* day of
your arrival her« you agreed to my
terms."
lNScell*« fldcried under th* calm.
Impersonal g»»« of th« girt's black
eyro
“It Is troe. maderoolseH«." and h«
twisted his mustache In his chagrin,
“but I am deeply tn iov* -vlth you.
and It 1s moot unusual, is It not. to ba
Ignored — avoided?
1 hav« some
rights."
"I hav* not promised to Iov« you.
monsieur. If that la what you mean.”
was her quiet answer.
“No," and the blood soddenly flushed
his face, "but I have reason to tielleva
that you have an Interest In this Amer
ican. Steele. Why hss he stayed her*
two weeks? Why. except for the fact
that Mademotaelle St. Ong« la pretty
and charming, eh?"
Denise St. Onge smiled wearily,
“I'ooaibly, monsieur. It Is not un
likely you will think so anyway Too
are the type of man who always In
sist* on the woman mottv*."
1
Why
not!
In
"Woman motive?
this case It la clear," ’ h« burnt out.
walking the floor, mad I with Jealouiy.
and helplroa befor« the > Indifference of
the woman whom he had traveled
three hundred mllro to •ee
"Pardon me. but ss a matter of 'act
-ou are wrong Monsieur Steel« :a an
ethnologist and Is deeply Interested In
this mystery which you mak« light of."
Lascelles snapped hla Angers vlcioua-
ly.
"Ton bellev« In thla Windigo
myth, too’ Your father la Imbectilc
about It."
Th« dark far« of th« Ctrl Hamed
with anger at the reference to her fa
ther. “You laugh at what hue ruined
thla poet monsieur, bevsiis« It suited
your plan, la It not so?"
He turned to her with a snarl.
“Evidently you are aa superstitious as
the ignorant Indiana."
“Possibly I am. I don't know what
1 believe.” ah« said calmly. “I only
kno* »hat I heard that terrtbl« night
—«hat th« Indiana twllav* — and
«here la the fur cano*? Wb«rw ar*
your furs? Where ar* your men? la
that of no roneeqnenc*?"
It was to the credit of th* Infatuat
ed
»cellea, as be bada the woman
who bad promised to marry him. gooo
by, that what *aa bls of right b« did
not ¿emend r ben h« entered hla ran*«
at lb« foot of lb* carry.
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“Au re voir’” he said. taking her
hand and kissing It. "You will write
by the Christmas mallY* And the man
who had Journeyed up Itie Albany and
lhe Walling exulting In hla bargain
with a desperate girl, returned. I-eat
rn, mystified and consumed with Jeal
ousy.
CHAPTER VIII
ftrlven by three Iron hard backs and
pa Ira of arm* Steele's canue n<*«ed a
wide ripple <>n the smoldering surface
of Itig Feather lake, which opened out
before them in mile upon mile of sleep
Ing water.
A group of women, children and dog»
awaited the canoe a landing at th« Bah
lug camp of the OJIbway*
"Bo'-jo'. ha'-Jo'!” And Michel, kick
ing his way through ths snarling bus
kle* ahook hands with ths surprised
women, curious to leant what had
brought th* headman at Walling lllver
to the Frother lakes In September.
"So the Windigo cries no longer at
night on th« burnt rt.lge?" he began,
in OJIbway.
To hla surprise the women stared at
him In amusement. which changed to
fear at the thought of th« |s>sslblllty
of lhe preea-lK e of a demon so dread
ed. In the leather latke country
"No Windigo has cried hero." replied
,n old Won. in. et< ttvilly
“We would
not'ntnyl Ow nn an iwij in the
muskeg* hunting caribou. They would
not leave us her« to be «alen by a
Windigo."
Mh tirl looked at Steele. "She say
no Wlndlg» bln here. Why did I'lerre
lie to oaf"
"Queer for him to bring that tale to
Walling lllver," muttered Steel«.
“I'lerre. who left you to trad* at
Ogoke last spring.” continued Michel.
"Has he camped here thia eummer?"
"No. we hav« not seen his family
since th* tuooo of flower* They went
to Ogoke."
Michel notided, as If satlsfled
“Well. Michel. It looks aa If we were
on a wild goose chase."
Th« small eyro of the Iroquois gl li
tere<L “I fink w« ketch dia g-ioee Jes
<1« earn« "
“What d'you mean?“
"Wai. we know I'lerre la a liar and
he cum tn Wallin' lllviare to mak' talk
wld Tete Houle. Now I'lerre an' Tete-
lioule try mak'aome trouble ovalr dee«
Windigo We'n I go bark T«te-lbiule
wrel I tell me w'at I'lerre «ay Io
heem." And the lean face of Michel
took on a fierceness which caused th«
aquawa Instinctively to draw bark,
What motive Plerr« could have had
In the tale of the Windigo at Feather
lake, other than lhe needle«« agitation
of the i>oet Indiana, waa an enigma to
Steele, but It waa evident that Michel
had an Idea of Its nature which he
would divulge only when ready to talk.
“Michel.” Steel« asked as the three
men ut by their Ar« smoking after
•upi>er pipes, “what's In the back of
your head regarding thla I’lerre? You
think he knew of the dead Indian al
Stooping river when he came Io the
post, yet mad« n<> mention of that but
told thia wild tale of the Feather lake
windigo «car*.
Why abould h« lie
about the one and cimceal the other?”
The Iroquois slowly exhaled a col
umn of amoke tiefore replying
“I»era Iterr« I know for long time
He alway mak* trouble
When I ««•*
heein. he tell me eomeflng or he nev
air« mak' more trouble on dees riv
iere," waa the unresponsive answer
“Hut what Is he driving at? Why
shouldn't he report ths killing of that
Indian at Stooping river as well aa th«
Windigo scars that existed al Feather
laker
Mhhei shook hla head,
Eat eea
queer flng. for aura. ' waa the laconic
reply.
Steele's eyes sought David'« Impae-
slve face, but the OJIbway eerined
drop In a problem of hla own. It was
Irritating to a degree, but Steele knew
hla Indians—knew that Michel would
talk in hla own time and not before—
that questioning would only drive him
Into a deeper silence.
“How many Indiana trap the Port
age Lake country r Steele ••feed.
"Oood mane« hunt dat valley, good
mane« ovalr« on d* Little Current."
“Well start tomorrow. It looks as
If Monsieur Windigo waa not going to
pay thte country—"
From th« rldgro of the mainland th«
moaning bellow of a row tnovste slow
ly rose and died on th« frosty night.
“Dat cow holler ver" atrang«," a« Id
David, as th« Ihre« sat wlllt tlltod
bead* ears straining
Again out scroao th« still Isks
drifted th« mating roll.
"Iluh!“ muttrrwd Michel, "dat Injun
poor caller “
Rigid, th« Ihre« llatenev' to th« vole«
In th« night, and In the mind of each
slowly took shap« th« earn« surmise
Then from th« burnt ridge of the
opposite shore lifted s Io* wall, gath
ering in volum« until It cllmaied la a
scream.
“De Windigo!" With a leap, Michel
h.vl bls rifle and was sliding th« can»«
Imo the water.
'Tome on." cried Steele, "well sep
arate and atalk that rldg« from thro«
direction*"
They were half-way to the shore
when the vole« burst out anew In sob«
and n rudlin mewing, and Steele pilled
the tern tied women and children <>f
the Ashing camp, facing the horror
alon«. with their meu far In tbe cart*
bull barren*
l.«n<llng <>n the beach under th«
ridge. Hisel« left th« others with th«
wanting: “No wild Bring, now I He-
invnd-cr lhe whistle! Well meet her«
on this sand beach."
The canoe vanished tn the shadow*
and the American atnrted hla stalk.
Twice he stop|ied for a apace to study
the catt-rwaullng on the brow beyond
him
Blood chilling, unearthly, th«
• flllrd the culm night
The danger of the hunters Arlng Into
each other was great, an I h« ctl-itwd
cautiously taking the cover of th*
down timlwr, ears alert for the stao-
cato whistle of ths yellow legs, iii.-lr
signal of Idenllflcatlo*
At last, with skin and clothe« lorn
by the brittle twlgv of th1» dead
spruce. >e rend ■ I the flat eholuder of
the ridge
For some time lhe night
had brooded, unmarred by th« voire.
Cocking hla rifle he crept forward,
searching the area of skeleton tree«,
ghostly In the pale light of the « am,
for «onte movement
He waa ¡uvxlel
at the failure <if the Indiali* whoso
pace should have been faster than hla
tn reach the brow of lhe ridge. If
they had, l-erhaiw even now, the rov
ing eye of Michel already marked
him out waa »Igbtlng down a rid«
barrel, hla crooked Anger >n tbs trig
ger. waiting to tie aur« of Ida target
before lie Art-I At the thought Steele
flattened out and wlilatled.
Hut th< boo hoo of a gray owl, pe
troling the green tlint er of the lak«
shore below, was hla only anawer.
Minute«, which acemed Interminable
to th« watcher, paaaevL Where were
the Indian«?
Then to hla surprise an unspeakable
mewing defiled the night. In vain h«
•trove t.¡ locate ths |H>altl<m of the
bea at.
Hut. as the mewing merged
Into th« shrieks of a woman, th«
flash and report, flaah and report, of
two ritira cut It abort off. Something
thrashed through th« tlml>er out tn
front.
11« swung hl» rifle In the direction
<>f the sound. hla eyre straining for a
target.
The starlight gave him a
fleeting gllnipMt of a dark object croae-
lng the I h >I c of a skeleton spruce, and
he fired twice. Then leaping down,
he plunged through the tangle <>f dead
•prue« In the wake of David and Mi
chel who had stalked their quarry, but
evidently In th« uncertain light,
missed
I »ow n over the treacherims going of
the «lop« of the ridge th« aure halted
Indiana hunted the thing their rifle
•hots had stam|iedcd. Tripping, fall
ing. to rise and atumble on through
lhe network of trunks and limbs,
Steele struggled Io keep at the I *1*
of his men. But gradually the noise
of the pursuit drew away from th«
white man. no matrh for ilxiar who,
fmm childhood, had traveled th« for-
eats at night.
tn an hour two grimy, battered
half breeds. bleeding from emtact
with the Umber. appeared on th«
ties ch.
“Well. It fooled ns again." vouch-
•afrd Steele, ruefully, "did yi»u see
itr
"We nevalre ace heem." muttered
the disheartened Michel, squatting on
hla heels at the water's edge to bath«
his face, and hla shoulder- from
which th« woolen shirt hung In rib
bon«.
“Ton did not «ee him when you
tired r
demanded
the
aurprlaed
Steel«. **I got a look at him for ,
second."
David grinned at hla chief
"Dot
was me ytn. shoot st. De bullet aceng
close. too. Good shot I"
"What, yon were out In front of m«l
Why didn't you whistle?” protested
the ehagr ned Steele.
didn't kno--,
until you flred. that yon two had g«t
up there. From the sound, what did
he travel like. Michel f
The half treed lifted s grave fa. ».
"lie travel lak' a seek hear; but no
hear holler lak* a lynx"
ero Ha roNTfjrt-np ,
Arres?*«/ Dtvtlopmtnt
Betty lived in th« city and it was
not any too often that she saw even a
hora«. R<» perhap* It Is not to h« won
dered at that she stopped on* day In
tbe park aa a Shetland pony went by
and ««claimed: "Look, mother!"
“Ye* dear." replied her mother,
“what la Itr
“Don't you se*r continued Betty.
“There's a borae that got discouraged
and never grew up!"
When a man la tn lor« ho give*
when a «ornan la In lo»« ah« fortiv«a.
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