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T H E G A T E C I T Y J O I 'K N A L MRS. WILHELMY savedjkfriend Doctor Advised Operation Friend Said Try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound First The Valley of Voices By G E O R G E M AR SH Author of "Well. David, has Michel told yon of the fur canoe?” demanded Steele. David’s broad face wrinkled In a S T N O P S tS — W ith D avid, h a lf- grin. Taking bis pipe from his mouth, breed guide. B rent Steele, o f the he spat deliberately before be an A m erican Mueeum o f N atu ral tile- tory, la tra v e lin g In northern crisis be fared at Walling River—the swered with another question. St. Paul, Minnesota.— " I was all run “ How long we atop here?" Canada. By a stream he heare threatened loss of the trade and down from overwork and worry, had no Denise, d a u gh ter o f Col. H ila ire “ I don’t know. Why?" Steels wan abandonment of the post, due to the appetite, could not St. O nge. fa cto r at W a llin g R iver, superstition of the Indians—did he Interested. play tha violin superbly. He In- sleep p at night, and “ Wal, Michel an’ Daveed lak to drop troducee h im self and accepts an looked like a corpse. withhold hie own solution of the rid In vita tio n to m aka the poet hie I have six children dle? Certainly there was more, much down to do beeg strong water. Wa home d u rin g hie stay. He finds (five boys and one more. In this strange situation which strike back In aeven-elght sleep, may the fa c to r w orried and m ystified. girl) and did not ge be.” Th e " l o g ch atea u " la a real home. Steele had accidentally stumbled upon, any strength after "What’s your Idea? It’s not Just to than the loss of the fur canoe. The my last baby was furtive glances of father and daugh make another search on a mere bom. I was getting C H A P T F a R I— C o n t in u e d worse and thinner ter at Steele’s reference to Lafiamme, chance of finding something. There’s every day. The doc the free-trader; her evident embar something else cooking under that tor said I had to go •'But thi*y missed you!” laughed the rassment at the mention of Laaceltos, black hat o f yours.” to the Hospital but But David was noncommittal. “ We “ Yes! Our Inspector, Inspector at Albany; and above all, this I could not do Frenchman. tak a look at de las’ camp fur canoo her mood of despair at the rapids, Monsieur La scelles, in his desire to on account of my family. So I went to made, an’ shore belotv, for little piece.’’ a friend o f mine and told her what the get fur Ignores the conditions here en voiced so poignantly by her violin; Steele was secretly delighted at the doctor had told me and she said, ‘ Now tirely.” these could hear no relation to the do as I tell you. Try Lydia E. Pink- At the mention of the name L a » tragedy of the fnr canoe— to the panic excuse this expedition of David’s would give him for prolonging Indefi ham's Vegetable Compound as I have relies. Steele sensed a swift change of the Indians at the Ill-starred post. done. It helped me. ’ So I started tak “ Were your men trustworthy?” he nitely hia stay at Walling River. Aa ing the Vegetable Compound and I no j In Denise St. Onge. Ills curious eyes a student of Indian mythology and caught a faint color in the girl’s tern- suddenly asked. ticed after the first few bottles that I Unless you see the “ Bayer Cross” on tablets, you are not worship o f the supernatural, the prob “ Absolutely. They could not de felt considerably better. A fte r taking j |>I ps as she avoided his glance! In a ing of this mystery— the study of Its 9 or 10 bottles I got over my fainting moment she hud control of herself sert and hope to dispose of the fur. getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin prescribed by physi •pells. Everybody who sees me now nut he wondered If this then was the We and the Hudson’s Bay people have effect on the post Indians— demanded cians and proved safe by millions over 25 years for his best efforts. It was a rare oppor notices the great improvement in my i cause of her heartache. an agreement. On the Albany at that health. I am gaining in weight and “ My position Is most difficult, yon lime they would surely have run Into tunity for an ethnologist, a student of strength and am feeling fine. Eat well Colds Headache Neuritis Lumbago Bee.” continued St. Onge. “ Lutiamnie the Fort Hope York honts and the folklore, to gather data at first hand. and sleep good nights. Any woman can But over and beyond that was the rid write to me and I will answer her let controls the upper country with his Martin’s Kalis and Henley House dle of this girl whose hands nf an ar Pain Neuralgia Toothache Rheumatism We get considerable Little brigades. -Besides, two of them left ter.” — Mrs. M a r y W i l p e l m y , <i'J9 .uhlsky. tist were now busy with the dishes up Duke Street, St. Paul, Minnesota. Current and Drowning River trade, young wives here.” there In the factor’s house. hut Michel and I have to meet them “ Still, I’m-sure Michel Is wrong "But what do you expect to find. with our goods over at Portage Lake. about the eddy,” ventured Steele, Thero are many who fear to come to Imping to draw out the factor. “ The Michel? There have been two canoes the House of the Windlgo, on the Big Pelican whirlpool, below Lac Seul, over the ground. The Windlgo have swallowed canoe, fur and men.” Spirit rapids, as they call It.” the worst I’ve ever seen, always . Accept only ‘ 'Bayer” package The small eyes of the Indian “ Strange your people at Albany fall throws out the stufT sucked into It In ~ . fo r Constipation* snapped. “ Daveed and Michel nevalre to realize tills !” which contains proven directions. the course of a few hours.” V Indigestion and see M’sleu Windlgo. We lak to hav' “ They will realize It now—this Handy “ Bayer" boxee of 12 tablet*. St. Onge lifted his heavy eyebrows Torpid Liver 'Also bottles of 24 and 100— Druggist«. summer, for we have come to an Im In a nod of assent. "Oh. Mtche.’ la In look at heem. Tete-Boule," with a ges Relieves that feeling ture toward the three men grouped In Asplrla U th* trad* mark of Bayer Manufacture of lionoacetlcacldeater of 8alicrlicaci4 passe, ns we say In French.” doubt about It also, but that I. what o f having eaten unwisely. 30c and front of the shacks, “ he hear Windlgo ; “ How Is that, sir?” he tells the Indians. A man of parts 90c bottles. A T A LL DRUGGISTS. Task o f M a gn itu d e “ Why, my Indians, except Michel, Is Michel, monsieur. He Is more than one, two, many tam. He fin’ track een Efficiency Expert muskeg—ver’ beeg. But he hav’ Pear T o Illustrate the Infinitesimal stza who Is a hard-headed Iroquois from my right hand here.” . Qualifies for Job of an atom, Prof. Niels Bohr told a to tak Michel to de track. Maybe down the Nlplsslng and laughs at this devil “ Yes. he looks like a good man. Did P A R K E R ’S Professor Blotter, who made some meeting of Scandinavian mathema talk, will not now go Into the bush you notice David, colonel?" Steele’s on de beeg rapids, Daveed an’ Michel HACK B A L S A M alone. They are always seeing and face lighted ns he mentioned his shake han’ wld de Windlgo. Maybe thing of p name for himself by de ticians at Copenhagen that to count Dandruff Stop« Hair Kallln* we fin’ he Is hongree— den we feed signing a lumpless potato for the res the atoms contained In one cubic c e » Restor«« Color and hearing things. Our hunter. Tete- swarthy comrade. Beatify to Gray and Faded Hair heem— some lead." And the smile taurant trade, has Just been retained flmeter of air, all the peoples of tha (iOr «ml 11.00 nt DrupirliU Boule, refuses to leave the post slnee "H e seemed most Intelligent.” re Fllarox Ch.-m Wka . H itcW u n .N Y he found some prodigious tracks In plied St. Onge, “ and looks as If he faded, while the swart features of the by a large hotel at n very flattering earth, white and negro, would have to Indlun set stiff with hate. fee as efficiency expert. count for more than 1,000 years and H I N O E R G O R N S Removes Corns, Cal- the muskeg and heard screaming at could pack four hundred over a port louse*, etc., stops all puln. ensures comfort to tho , , _ , “ My first moves upon assuming my then their task would not be finished. “ Ah, ha!” thought Steele. "These feet, «»ttkHs walking euBf. 16 c by mail or at i>mg- night. M onsieur, our peop le a re panic* age, If he wished. glsu. liisoox Che oil-ml Works.Patcboguo,N. Y. two old foxes have got something In new office were to assure the com ^ *__ stricken. St. Onge gravely shook his “ He can. colonel.” Then Steele gam their heads.” plete comfort and safety o f the head. “ And now, as you say In Rng- bled with his host’s curiosity. "What But knowing his people, he did not guests,’’ said Blotter. Hsh, fhe climax Is capped.” worries me.Is how to keep him from press them for an explanation. Later, “ For their comfor^dY0 ’ ipdlathly Steele leaned toward his host, keen wringing I.nfiamme’s neck when we alone with David, he would be told. substituted In each t . '®i2^cllvldual 16 00 bottle fo r *2.00 fo r 30 days. A M oo T H -W a HH. ly curious of what was coming, as St. reach Ogoke— and, aside from getting So he filled his pipe and sat down. G u a r a n t e e d to draw out all N ic o t in e M aturating squares of sheet Iron I n 'v ce of the Onge finished dramatically: * mouths o f toliacco ueers, the a c c u m u la tio n o f supplies, we wish to stop at Ogoke, “ Michel," he asked, “ why did the customary starched towels. These will yearn. Rem oves all CRAVING, m a k in g t o b a c c o IHDiGESTIOf^l “ Our fur canoe, which left here Colonel St. Onge." O f f e n s iv e a n d O b j e c t io n An l b . F o r ao days Revlllon Freres build this place at the be easier and softer on the face, and early In July, with four men, never •nly, $2.00 postpaid. The factor was palpably Interest«!. head of these rapids Instead o f up at toss likely to crack In half under pres A . B. O U P H I N T reached—Albany!” 6 B e l l - a n s His narrowed eyes seemed to search Ogoke lake where they could buck La- sure. 6312 South Vermont Los Angeles. Calif. “ Never reached— Albany?” repeated Hot water those of his guest In an endeavor to flnmme, face to face, for the trade of "The matter of safety was a more the astonished listener. “They sent Mo K itc h e n C om p lete w ith o u t th e K v e m h a rp Sure Relief read Ids thoughts. Then, leaning for the whole country?" P a r in g K n ife . N ew In ven tion , Just out. S a m serious concern. For exnmple, I you word, by canoe?” ple 08c p^ntpald, c irc u la r free. A g te. w an ted . ward. elbows on table, he asked For a space Michel smoked, Ignor- ! learned that Just prior to my arrival C le jo Prod u cts. -1614 VVash’ n Ttlvd., C h icago. “ Yes, they sent n relief party up tenseft: Ing the question; then he grunted a guest hud Jumped from a window on river to find my men who were long “ Why?" SAVE YOUR EYES! the sixteenth story." through the stem of his pipe: overdue. They feared they had lost U «« Dr. ThouipHon H live water. "I ntn sorry, but that Is David’s se ’’You see M’sleu Lascelles at At- i “ What did you do?” I asked. Huy a t ynurdrugglat'a or their boat In the Albany rapids and 1187 H irer.'Troy. N. Y iiookleb cret.” 25<t and 75t Pkás.Sold Everywhere bnnre?” "T h e obvious thing,” replied Blotter. were following the shore.” "No, I stopped with the Hudson’s j “ I promptly ordered all the windows “ And this search party found noth- H Is right, then, that Balls Travel With jní»r* I you do not tell. But I was curious. Bay people. Why?" C h a m p ion ’s Answ er l barred above the fifteenth. Teacher— Johnny, use the word In “ Simple?” he asked. “ Wal. eef you see M’sleu Lascelles “ Nothing!” St. Onge lifted ahoul- ! monsieur, for today when he reached Astonishing Speed “ Very,” I agreed.— Kansas City Star. disposition In a sentence. dors and hands In eloquent gesture. J here, he asked at once how many mavhe you know why," was the reply. •Some speed! days’ travel It was to Ogoke lake.” Johnny (doubling up hia fists)— “ Where were yon before you came When Palterson, the Australian ten “ Men. fur. canoe; gone, wiped out, i That St. Onge should be vitally In •here?” asked Steele. H a v e you « v e r w a lk ed on Sprayed When youse wants to fight, yonaa nis player, knocked out Jean Borotra, swallowed up!" K n h b e rf I t Is th e purest, toughest, stands In dls position.— The Open "A t Alhanee." “ But there must have been some- , terested In the man, who, hy the use the “ hounding Bosque,“ with a tennis m ost u n iform ru b ber know n— patented thin? washed lip alongshore.” vehe; of whisky, was winning the fur trade “ You know him, then. But he can’t and developed by the U nited States Road. hall at the D un is rnp elimination of the whole headwater country of the he a good fur man to build here— In R u bb er Com pany I t has put “ U. S ’ S p rin g-S tep matches at Germantown, f*u., he start mentlv protested Steele, “ the shell of ds In a class by them - Wailing, was natural, but the observ the had-landa. at these Spirit rapids setves. Such c o m fo r t! .Such lon g w e a r ' the canoe— small stuff*—and a paddle ed something for the mathematicians. G et onto a p a ir today and note the d i f BEAUTIFY IT W ITH ant Steele sensed more to the story of thg OJlhways.” always comes ashore.” How come a tennis hall can knock ference. A lso— a sk you r repairm an “ DIAMOND DYES’* “ Nothing!” repeated the factor. than mere trade rivalry. In the atti "De man who build dees pos’ die. abou t TTSKIDE— the sole th at w ea rs a man out, they wanted to know. tw ic e as lo n g as best leather. C om tude o f the factor However, he “They searched the Alt any and then Me’sleu Lnsrelles ees no fool; he not fo rta b le , h ealth fu l, w a te rp ro o f. B uy So they got their pencils and paper dropped the subject and returned to keep eet for ft.r—he keep eet— for n ew shoes w ith U 8 K ID R Soles and and by devious methods, mysterious to tho lower Walling, for they had to the lost canoe. ” U. S.J’ S p rin g-S tep H eels.— A dv. Just Dip to Tint or Boil to Dye pole and track most of the way as ’noder reason." After which startling most of us, got an amazing result. “ It's by far the strangest case I have itatement Michel became a sphinx to Above the Devil's mile When a giant like Patterson lilts a you know. H a ll fo r W om en Bach 15-cent pack heard of—four men In a loaded canoe, Steele’s further questioning. teniito hall with his racquet It travels they found the first camp of our peo age contains direc wiped out without leaving a scrap of The Dominion government has More thnn ever mystified hy what at the terrific speed of 120 feet a sec ple, hut below, not a body, or paddle, tions ao simple any hfrchbark or a sliver of spruce as n he hnd heard, he toft the mpn on the i granted a site In Ottawa for a na ond. If this could he maintained it or scrap of canoe— nothing!” woman can tint soft, tional women's memorial hnll, which To Steele this was Incredible— this cl tie. nn<l a wonderful opportunity for river shore, and rejoined his host. would I ravel H2 miles an hour! delicate shades or tin* study of this Windlgo superstition will be used to house the general of mysterious tragedy, of the fur canoe Not satlslled with that, the scien In the warm candle light of the fac at first hand.” dye rich, permanent fices of virtually all of the prominent tor’s quarters Steele soon lost himself I tists went further and found that a Fie wished he had known what had colors In lingerie, national organizations of wbtnen In "Klghteen I bon sand dollars In fu r!” happened on the Walling hut a few In the playing of Itonise St. Onge. | golf hall, when hit hy a player like silks, ribbons, skirts, sighed the factor, whose face was There was no traee of the tronbled I ( ’ana da. Oulmet or liohhy Jones, Jr., makes an weeks before, when he and David | wnlsts, dresses, coats, draw u and old. as they left the table. fought day bv day Its stliT current on i eyes, of I he reserve of the girl who j automobile look like a piker. stockings, sweaters, Cutlcura Soothe* Baby Rashes the way to the post. tad sat mute through the evening j Tbe golf hull speeds at the rate of draperies, coverings, C H A P T E R II “ It’s simply unbelievable, colonel.” I meal, listening to the talk of the men. j That Itch and burn, by hot baths 1 220 foot a second! hangings — every he vigorously objected. “ A swamped j In the gny creature who now conjured ] of Cnticura Soap followed by gentle thing ! canoe, broken up In n big rapid. Is | "W ill t o « cdhie with ’ me to the with her violin mad dances of the I’oi- 1 anointings o f Cutlcura Ointment. A wise woman Is one who has Buy Diamond Dyes— no other kind— hound to throw something oh the j tr¡i(l<> holme, monsieur? Kor a time my | toh and Hungarian peasants, love ■ Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe great deal to say and remains silent. beach below. We noticed nothing, illuminer will he busy with the dishes. songs o f Italy, French and German . cially If a little o f the fragrant Cuti- and tell your druggist whether the ma hut we wore not on the lookout.” Then we ahull have Rome music, De- opera. Here was rare temperament, | cura Talcum Is dusted on at the fin terial you wish to color Is wool or silk, or whether It Is lineD, cotton or mlxsd That there wns more to Mil* story technique, training— all wasted in this j ish. 25c each.—Advertisement. goods. Steele wns convinced; hut what per- j ' If you wish,’’ and addressing Steele wilderness. It was monstrous— inex- j Kvcrv day find you miserable with P r o o f E nou gh sonal bearing could if l ave on Denis** she added mfttrcRtfvely f "It will te pllrnt.le! Wlint could have brought i backache? Suffer «harp, atabhing pains? St. Onge? "H ave you any evidence that the de M o re F ire them here?" :iv mimic toulttht. monsieur. I prom Feel lame and Miff—always tiled, nerv "Yet those are fhe facts, monsieur, j i e you- in honor of your arrival at ous and dispirited? Then look to y<ui Walter— Yes, sir, we’re very up to “ It Is superb, mademoiselle— your | fendant hnd previously attempted kidneys! Your kidneys are the blood and our people are mad with fear j . I«' 'House of the Wiiuiigo.' ” playing," he cried impulsively, “ you your life?” date. Everything here Is cooked by filters. Perh Perhaps they have failed t "Positive evidence. I can bring wit electricity. Thank Heaven! Michel had a had i appeared profe-slonally, of "But I like your sad music, ninde- have f rid the blood of body p |y ankle and was not with the boat. He m oliclle'' he sold, "mid I am elever course. In France?” nesses to swear they heard him ask Diner—I wonder If you would mind Naturally, then, you suffer Buffer H i i ijuriou# effects of t tells the Indians that fhe canoe and ! at washing dishes. If I could he of me to »mplre a baseball game."—Chi giving this steak another shock?— Ac I W t risk neglect If your kidneys cago Phoenix. bodies an* hefd in the big eddy, hut service." ton Leader. I help, use Dotin'# Pills. No other I doubt It.” Th* culmination of th* miss kidney diuretic is so well recommended i re was challenge In her hliii'M nor eo eucceeiful. Ask your neighbor! Steele stared at the factor, unable etc« us she countered: “ Ah. monslrnr. ing fur cano* I* serious for St. to accept the sole Inference to be hut yon are more rlever. I fear, at con Onge. What * mysteryl A U tah C a»e drawn from Ms host's remark. St. reeling your thoughts." M r a. C. M. H a n Onge was surely facetious. sen, F irs t N orth As he walked with the factor to the I 'Child F ast Street. tTO BE CONT1NUBD.) “That leaves us the Windlgo the trade-house he wondered precisely to Richfield. U t a h , says: "T h e re was ory. colonel,” he laughed, but to his «lint she hud alluded. a constan t, dull Jenny Lind, G en ia l F rien d surprise Ids pleasantry was met hy so St. Dnge was writing a lenrihy re ache th rou gh my Jenny Lind came again and yet grave a face that for an Instant Steele port o f the situation at Walling River k id n eys and 1 felt w ea k and tired was In doubt of the mental balance of to hia chief at Albany, three hundred aguin to the Taylors' congenial home w h ile about my the Frenchman, harassed hy the mis miles downstream, so Steele Joined stead: her kindness, “ sensitive, ca hou sew ork . I had seve re headaches, fortunes of the summer. The dark David urn! Michel seated beside the pricious and restless as It Is, her hu leolds se ttled In eyes of Denise St. Onge. fixed on the post esnoes on the beach, smoking nf- manities and Impetuosities” won the m y kidneys, cau s in g them to act window, were cryptic. Then the fac ter supper pipes. In front o f the In- j affections o f mother and boy alike, Ir re g u la rly . T used a box o f Doan s tor smiled Inscrutably ns he said: IMlla and th ey cured me o f the trou- than shucks, a group of shawled worn- I says the Christian Science -Monitor “ Monsieur. I um a fnrtrader on a en talked In hushed voices. Near them, | “Great impulses, a humble Christian river believed to he haunted. Ft would three men. squatted on their heels. heart watching and praying to bring l e a policy most rufciou* for me to ad Indian fashion, conversed, heads to her Into subjection of God's will, she mit a belief In the supernatural— In gether. No shrill shouts broke the Is a great addition to my life," wrote SHMULANT DIURETIC TO THE KIDNEYS this Indian tradition. Is it not so? quiet Forfvr-MUbun. C o, Mi,. C U i . . SulUlo. N. Y. Even the play of the dusky Alice Taylor. . . . Nor was It to But,” and the speaker glanced at his children seemed suppressed. 'Truly, hint (James Spedding) only that the daughter, "as well believe It the thought Steeie. St. Opgv had not ex great cantatrlce of the world’s worship M O T H E R ^ Fletcher's Windlgo; what other solution Is left? asperated. The air hung heavy with brought her message of beauty and Have Good Hair Castoria is a pleasant, harm Men and canoe disappear like th at!” fear. The Indians were In n panto. Joy I d many a letter o f that date ws And Clean Scalp rateh glimpses of her shining presence less Substitute for Castor Oil, and he snapped his fingers. Dread of the fabled Windlgo had It was clear that St. Onge was dis wrought Its spell. At this rate it would In that quiet home. Paregoric, Teething Drops sembling— for some reason he wra not he long before the fovea would S o a p and Ointment and Soothing Syrups, espe loath to give his guest the whole bark In the clearing of the .ihnnd ned She D id n ’t G et I t Work Wonders cially prepared for Infants in arms and Children all ages. story. But why? What was there in post before padded feet would roam “ Yon kissed me last night and moth J r rJ P u - ah »v this tragedy of fear and death that a at will In what was now a home. And er didn’t like It.” T o avoid imitations, always look tor tbe signature of stranger should not know? Why. slnee the girl up liter«- wlmt utend become " I l o w ca?) si.e dislike what she dlda** U S ilt Lak* City. No 4T--1M5 8t. Onge Had so frankly revealed 'ho o f her? P ttm rn dirrytionv on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend ft tuir-io>v THE FUR CANOE “ Toiler* of the T m T T h o Whelp* o f (he W olf” (Copyright by the Penn Publishing Cto> (W. N. U. Service.) 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