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?
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