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THE GATE CITY JOURNAI Lame, Tired, A chy? Are you tired, lame, ach y —w orried w ith backuche? Do you suffer «harp pains, headaches, dizziness and disturb ing bladder irregularities? Perhap» your kidneys need attention. W h en the kidneys fail to properly filter the blood, body impurities aceumalate and cause poisoning of the whole system. Such a condition may lead to serious sickness. D on't neglect it! If you sus pect your kidneys, why not give D o a n 's P i lls a trial? D o a n 's have been used successfully over thirty-five years—are recommended the world over. A sk y o u r n e ig h b o r ! I The Valley of Voices B y GEORGE M A R S H A u th o r o f “ Toiler» o f th e T rill,” “ T h e W h elp s o f th e W o lf” (W. If. U. S«nr1ea.) Do Any of Your Rooms Need Decorating? (Copyright by tho Penn Publishing ( h .) A Utah Case £nough KING WALL FINISH for a ‘Hoom for Less Than a ‘Dollar J a m e s Carlson, r e t i r e d f a r m e r , 359 N. S e c o n d St. , W ., L o gan, Utah, s a y s: “ I h ad b a c k a c h e , cau sed from w e a k kidneys, an d w hen I g o t d o w n to l i f t a n y th in g , my b a c k s ti f f e n e d , a n d s h o o t ing p a i n s w e n t a c r o s s my k i d n e y s . * ^ T h e kidney seer t i o n s p a s s e d d u r i n g i - ^ 5^ ___ _ t h e n i g h t . D o a n ’s Pills tis.d the backache s tre n g t h e n e d my kidneys.' of these bad lands who could play faint smile, hut the dark eyes did not change as she continued; “Yet I hav* like that?” THE WINDIGO The half-breed started over the my father and my violin, while he— portage while Steele turned Into the he has only his memories." Tou never eaw a w indigo; “But,” he gallantly protested, “your t h a t ’s s ur e. T h e c h a n c e s a r e t h a t thick scrub toward the river. From y ou n e v e r h e a r d one. Bu t have the foot of the rapids the trail had father, mademoiselle, has the compan you ever heard a su p e rstitio u s In swung away from the broken Banks ionship of a very”—he hesitated and di a n o r h a l f - b r e e d o f t h e C a n a d i of the gorge, but shortly Steele saw finished weakly—"his daughter." an wilds ts ll o f its h o r ro rs ? Hs ce rta in ly m ak es a blood-curdling She laughed in his face. “Ah, mon- patches of foam through the spruce. and th in g out o f the windigo. A n y He stopped to listen, and again the sieur, you have French blood in your wa y. t h i s Is t h e s t o r y o f a w i n notes of the violin shrilled above the veins. But the very—his daughter," di g o t h a t w a s r e a l e n o u g h to P ILLS leave t r a c k s like th ose of a g r e a t monotone of the troken waters. Slow she mocked, "Is a dull substitute for b e a r a n d to k i l l a b i g b l o o d 60c ly he worked his way along the shoul a bvorld of men,' as your Browning hound. I t is a l s o t h e s t o r y o f a STIMULANT DIURETIC TO THE KIDNEYS der of the shore, then, forced hack to says. My father will be much pleased fa cto r's d a u g h te r and an A m e ri Foster-Milhum Co., Mfg. Chem., Buffalo, N. Y. circle a gash In the eroded cltfT, stum at the coining to Walling river of c a n n a t u r a l i s t . T h e g i r l Is b e a u tifu l and educated and a w o n bled upon a trail, and following It a Monsieur—” d e r f u l v i o l i n i s t. T h e m a n Is b r a v e “Steele," he prompted, “my name short distance, suddenly stiffened. and stron g. And w h e n Brent The path led to a huge, flat-topped Is Brent Steele. I am in the field for S teele g ets into the " V a lle y of V oices" and sees the ch a rm of bowlder thrusting out Into the stream. the American Museum of Natural His D e n i s e S t. O n g e and r e a l i z e s t h a t On the rock, her dark head nestling tory.” t h e m y s t e r i o u s w i n d i g o Is w o r k She bowed low with mock gravity. a violin to her cheek, stood a woman. i n g f o r h e r d e s t r u c t i o n — w h y , he “Please let me tell you,” says Peter “Monsieur Steele, my father, Col. dr op s e v e r y t h i n g e l s e and s t a r t s Surprise held the man motionless. son, “that for instant relief from the In to s o l v e t h e m a l i g n m y s t e r y . To eyes which for months had not Hilaire St. Onge, will be honored In misery of blind, bleeding or itching T h e r e ' s a fi er ce r i v a l r y b e t w e e n looked upon a comely white woman, offering the poor hospitality of Wall t r a d i n g p o s t s — w h i c h c o m p l i c a t e s piles, there is nothing so good as t h e s i t u a t i o n . And DeniBe, to s a v e the picture of the lithe figure of the ing Biver to a learned American sci Peterson’s Ointment, as thousands h er f a t h e r , h a s be en f o r c e d i n to musician, a crown of dusky hair half entist.” have testified.” Best for old sores and a p r o m i s e o f m a r r i a g e . So B r e n t Smilingly Steele raised protesting masking the face turned to the river, Itching skin. All druggists, 60 cents. S t e e l e ' s Jo b Is a h e - m a n ' s Job. was a delight he hesitated to cut short hands at her characterization. How B u t he d o e s t h e J o b — a n d g e t s charmingly, he thought, this strange h is r e w a r d . by a betrayal of Ids presence. Fam ed W ar Sp y W ent From the passionate hopelessness of girl, whose violin had sung so poig to H er Death Alone Massenet's “Elegie" the violin swung nantly of despair, whose face had re CHAPTER I Into a deathless lament of Grieg, grim flected fear of the stranger, now During the Civil war there were with the eternal tragedy of his own lapsed into raillery. many spies on both sides, some of “Oh, pardon, monsieur,” she went gray north sen. As she played, the them women. I’rom Memphis, Tenn., Steele stopped in his tracks. With on, “I forgot myself; I am Denise St. there came to serve the Confederate his right hand he freed his ear from girl turned, exposing her face. On Onge. Now that the conventions have cause, Virginia B. Moon, a girl so the head-piece of his tump-line and her cheeks were tears. But she did been satisfied, will you follow me to full of pep that everybody called her stood listening. Surely, he thought, not see the listener for her eyes were our chateau—of logs?” “Miss Ginger.” It is said she had no those were the unmistakable notes of closed. “Thank yon I” She ceased playing. With a sense fear of dentil. She carried morphine a violin, clear above the noise of the Her simple muslin gown and beaded and dispatches through the Union rapids. Curious, he continued up the of awe at having heard the cry of moccasins seemed but to authenticate lines. Twice she won release from steep portage; now convinced that the stamp of race In the figure and her captors by exercising her wiles faintly through the beat of broken wa carriage of the girl who led the curi on them. She was first arrested in ters, which the trail paralleled, floated ous man over the river trail to the Cincinnati by an officer who was once eerie music, now doubting his senses. carry. At the portage she stopped. chief of General Grant's staft'. She At length his alert ears failed to cap “My packs are below here, where I was commended by Jefferson Davis for ture the strnins of the magic violin left them to follow the Lorelei of the her work. As a l^eart-breaker tills and he dismissed his illusion as the Wailing," he said smiling. girl was no slouch; she boasted of vagary of nerves overtense from the Her face swiftly sobered. 14 bona fide proposals she had spurned toil of the trail over which he had “Ah, Monsieur,” she replied almost when a southern belie. inaudibly, “do not make Jest of this come. In her later life Miss Moon did some terrible river.” Then, with a shrug, For a space he went on. engrossed acting for the movies; then she settled as If ridding her mind of an oppres down in New York—alone. She died In other thoughts, when through tlie sive weight, added, " I shall not wait recently at the age of eighty-one.— roar of the waters a violin sobbed for you, the post Is very near," and up to a wild crescendo . . . then Pathfinder Magazine. walked swiftly up the portage, fol ceased. lowed by the quizzical eyes of the Easing the top bag to the ground, man. DEMAND “BAYER” ASPIRIN Steele swung the lower pack, with its He stood In the trail watching the attached tump-IIne, beside it, and retreating figure of the girl until a Aiplrin Marked With “ Bayer Cross" waited. These were no fancied melo bend shut It from sight. Has Been Proved Safe by Millions. dies of summer Whitewaters. It was What eyes and hair, he mused, and no wraith music which a shift in the what playing! It was clear she was Warning! Unless you see the name August breeze had brought him—tills breaking her heart over something; “Bayer” on package or on tablets you mad playing. the look in her eyes proved that. To are not getting the genuine Bayer Again the notes of the violin were think of such a glorious creature bur Aspirin proved safe by millions and led In this country I Her father prob prescribed by physicians for 25 years. audible; clearer now. Some magician out there on the neighboring shore ably was a retired French officer. Say “Bayer” when you buy Aspirin. was baring his soul. It was unbeliev Heaps of them marooned between Imitations may prove dangerous.—Adv. able—here, in this lost vaiiey of tlie Labrador and the Peace! But why, north—pure wizardry. Enchanted, Tlie earliest recorded eclipse of the he asked himself, didn’t they mention snn occurred in 2137 B. C. It was vlc- Steele listened as the violin sang of her over at Hope—this charming yearning and despair, unutterable, Ible in China and is recorded In the “ I Come Here to Play, Monsieur— daughter of the factor at Wailing which genius has voiced to tlie world Chinese classic, the Shu Citing. Often,” She Replied in a Tense, Un Biver? through the magic of its strings. And Yes, he decided, she certainly hnd even Voice. ; ns he listened he wondered what trag- been frightened at hts appearance— HOW’S YOUR BLOOD? I edy lay behind that playing, what stark despair, the trespasser, con had looked him over as If he were a Tacoma, Wash.—“I was so greatly j trick of fate had buried this master scious of sacrilege, had turned to ghost. Then she had seemed super benefited by taking Dr. Pierce's Golden nf the bow in a fur-post on the Wati- retreat when he wns stopped by : stitious; but she couldn't really be Medical Discovery “Qul vient la? Who is there?" lieve in this tradition of the valley— that I am convinced I Ing river. “W’at you hear, de Windigo seeug there is nothing bet Caught, the eavesdropper faced this Windigo and spirit stuff. That ter for a run down j In de strong-water?" was inconceivable. She was not about, hut in hand. system or for thin Turning, Steele smiled at the blocky "Mademoiselle,” he began, redden afraid to come here alone and yet she blood. I was suf called the river terrible. What had fering fr o m an 1 figure of the speaker standing in the ing under the questioning gaze which anaemic condition, j trail, his head and shoulders beut un- swept him from moccasins to tattered happened here anyway? Whom could shirt, then fearfully searched his eyes she fear, and why? had scarcely any I der a canoe. TI1U 8 speculated the Intrigued blood, and what | “No, David, hut I've been listening as if seeking a sinister meaning in there was was thin i to the violin of a shaman—a medicine his sudden appearance, “1 am pack Steele. Then swinging hts bags to his and impoverished. ; man conjuring up the spirits of the ing up the carry to tlie post. I - I back, he started for the post known I became very nerv heard your marvelous playing—and as Wailing Biver. ous. weak and thin j rapids. Someone at this French post came. You will pardon my listening?” As Steele left the forest to cross but the 'Discovery' completely restored Is a sorcerer.” The dark face of the girl In turn the clearing the dogs of the post start my blood to a natural and normal state “Maybe you hear Windigo all de and I grew well and strong I have same," dryly suggested the half-breed, flushed. The guilty man humbly ed the usual uproar. Half way to the never taken a medicine that did so much easing the stern of the canoe to the awaited the revelation of her Just group of log buildings be was met by for me, it made me feel like a new per unger. That meant for the forest and an Indian, sent by tlie factor, and re son."—Mrs. Sarah Dahistrom, 1611 S. trail to uncover a broad, swart face wrinkled with amusement. “Up at waters only—the naked anguish of a lieved of his packs. K St. Tablets or liquid. All dealers. Write Dr. Pierce's Invalids’ Hotel in Fort Hope de peopl’ scared of dis river soul—a stranger had heard, it was Buffalo, N. Y., for free advice. for sure. I*ey tell me de strong-water right that he should pay. Evidently Wailing River has a "I come here to play—monsieur— j by de French post bad place for de mystery and one that challenges often,” she replied In a tense, uneven I devils an' de Windigo.” Green's a brave man and the girl I “Yes, I heard that too, the valley voice. "I was startled! We see no August Flower has a bad name on the Albany. Fran more— but the Indians. There Is cois, at Martin's Falls, says It wus nothing—to pardon.” /or Constitution, (TO B E CONTINUED.) She spoke in English, with a flavor called tlie Wailing river because of Indigestion and of accent which Steele had heard be the moaning of the rapids here in Torpid Livor N icotine in Tobacco winter. ! told him It was only tlie fore, bqt not in French Canada. P »lip*** that feeling ofhiT* Nicotine Is a colorless. Intensely Believed at his reprieve, he has wind, hut he wouldn't have It—Insist unwisely* 30c 9oc bottles. All druggists. poisonous liquid. If exposed to tlie ed that the place was 'bad country,’ tened to explHin his presence on that air, it absorbs oxygen and becomea bush-grown portage of the Walling bewitched.” brown ami ultimately aoltd. The river. "Dey say plenty peopl’ drown there, “My man David and I are bound quantity of nicotine contained in to long tam ago." gravely added David. from the Albany to Ogoke lake and bacco varleg from two to eight per k J and ir flaiwnationi quickly "So old l’ierre once told me. down the Nepigon. We've been In the hush cent, the coarser klndg containing yield to at Henley house. He was traveling since May.” he laughed, painfully the .arger quantity, while tlie beat from Ogoke to the Albany one winter aware of a three-days' growth of Havana cigars seldom contain more and struck this gorge about sunset. heard, with a deprecatory gesture than two per cent, and often less. But tlie spirits seared him so with toward his frayed clothes, "and have Nicotine does not appear in tobacco their wailing that he drove his dogs some trading to do at the post, as smoke. It la aplit into pyridine and ten miles before he dared to make you see. Is It far?" collodlne. Of these, the latter Is said BATHE YOUR E Y E S , camp. I can’t understand why the to be the less active nnd to pre Use L»r. Tliompeoa t B»ewater. ' “Only a short distance, monsieur. Buy at iru«jr f in es -I «or < French built a place on a tabooed My father will welcome the sight of ponderate in cigar smoke, while the 1188 River. T r o y . N Y Rook l e i j river. They must hove known Its rep a white man; for him it is so lonely smoke from pipes contains a larger utation." amount of pyridine. here." "Wa!," replied David w:ltli a gri “But surely,” he protested, “it is mace, “I nevalre hear one of dese more lonely for a woman.” So she M arvelous P recocity ; Windigo howl een de night, but eef was the daughter of the French fac The precocious infant wus being I see him now I eat heeni for sure. tor, and he wondered what force of submitted to the psychological tests in ! I call dls de Starvin' riviere." circnmstances had driven the father order to determine tlie degree of his Steeie laughed loudly at the remark of this talented girl into the fur genius He bad already picked out I of his hard-headed companion, whose trade as an employee of the French numbers, arranged tilocks and distin j legacy of superstition from an Ojlb- company; this girl with the somber guished colors. Then carne the gn I «ray mother hail been heavily d uted eyes who enrne to the white Wüter* preme test, the Identification of vari ny the blood of a Scotch father. with her violin—«n» her grief. Was ous coins The Investigator tossed a " he It travedi he hi id rhuncf d upon, or nickel on tlie floor. The precocious At Alt Brunisti the lier»* lone in* «a? infant bent over it while the proud I • w i « ' * itun~KAf*nS~V» KOocsT. over "\J»nel y lien* for a WO Hit n? Surely. parents held tbetr breath. 1 A .O .L i o n a '!|' IKC t ! m f mon*leur. you apeak It* » man of the Then the precocious Infant wlnkefl Tu-.’--*' ■ . *rw vo«a here work —wi th unieran SUfta£ " ’I hc sen .it ;.is dad and cried exultantly l i t e gir? , t a p e d o H eads"' -Pathfinder Mag.i/.lnw. vas a man within a tliousu id miles j .-Ulve mouth DOAN’S Piles Disappear Peterson’s Ointment STUBBORN SORES Resinol S èmi * « , BUS Experienced decorators who know King Wall Finish always use lc. 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