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BTNOPSia—With Dend. half
breed guide. Brent Steele, of the
American Museum of Natural
HUtorjr, la traveling In northern
Canada. By a stream he hears
Dsnlse, daughter of Col. Hilaire
St. Onge, factor at Wailing River,
play tha violin superbly. Ha In
troduces himself and accepts an
Invitation to make the post his
horns during his stay. He finds
the factor worried and myatlOed.
The "log chateau" Is s real home.
From St. Onge he learns of the
mysterious creature of evil, the
"Wlndlgo," and tha disappearance
of a canoe and Its crew, with the
season's take of furs. Then at
night the ''Wlndlgo" gives a
weird performance. Even Steele
is mystified.
CHAPTER II—Continued
Steele strained from the window,
waiting for a repetition of the wall.
Bot the voice which had defiled the
night was hushed. From the clearing
came the whimpering of awed huskies,
the wolf challenge smothered In their
throats. Among the dim shapes of the
Indian shacks beyond the trade-house
not a light flickered. They were as
the houses of the dead. The poet
people lay In their blankets, stiff with
fear. Like a shroud, panic bad fallen
on Wailing River.
Throwing on his clothes, the man
swung from the window and dropped
to the grass below. The house, also.
♦ as dark—St. Onge doubtless drugged
vlth cognac, hut she? Did she lie
numb with fright, or was she gallant
ly struggling with the mystery?
As he approached Michel's dark
shack, Steele was puzzled. Had the
Iroquois and David also weakened?
But two silent shapes, carrying some
thing In their him the
door.
"Yon heard It. Michel?" demanded
Steele, searching the swart face of
the half-breed, as they left the shack,
for traces of excitement.
The features ôf Michel were set
like stone as he said: "De Wlndlgo
get de fur cano'; now he get de pos'."
"What d'you mean?" quickly de
manded Steele, fearing that the Indian
In the head man had at last tri
umphed over his Intelligence—that he.
too. had succumbed to the general
terror.
"Michel mean," explained David,
"that de Indian will leave de pos'
after tonight."
The white man was relieved. These
two. at least, had not been stampeded
hy the nameless thing on the ridge.
And then, as they reached the shore,
It began again.
From the crest of the ridge esme
an unspeakable mewing, now strange
ly cat-like, now unearthly; followed
by the moaning of a mangled thing in
torture.
It ceased. The white man heard
♦he rough breathing of the men beside
him. Slowly the click of steel on steel
marked the cocking of two rifles.
Then upon the heavy silence broke
the prolonged walling of an OJlbway
Woman for her dead.
Rigid, the three men listened. The
walling climaxed In maniacal shrieks.
Again the night was soundless.
Turning to Steele, Michel muttered;
"Tete-Boule ees right dat ees veri
bad fing to hear."
"What to It, David?" Steele demand
ed of his hard-headed friend.
"Eef David was on dat ridge, he
tell you," was the dry response.
"There's nothing on four feet In
this country that conld do that. There
may be something In this Wlndlgo
«tory, after all. Is It beast, bird, or
devil. Michel r
"Eet may be craze* wolverine; eet
may be devil; eet may be Wlndlgo—
but eet feenlsh dees pos* all de same."
As the half-breed sadly shook his
bead, the caterwauling began anew.
With heads thrust forward the
three men on the shore strove to
pierce Its mystery. Bat this time, as
the voice rose to a climax, flame shot
from the muzzles of two rifles and the
shrieks were smothered in the report
of the guns echoing from the ridge.
Again silence blanketed the valley.
Thus did David and Michel fling
back their challenge of lead to the
powers of darkness which menaced
the fur fort
"The Wlndlgo knows now that
there's some fighting blood left is
Waiting River," chuckled Steele, when
be beard approaching footsteps.
"Who's there?" called the voice of
Bt Onge. "Who fired those shots?"
"Michel and David, colonel ; did yon
bear it?" asked Steele, curious to
know the state of the factor's nerves.
8t Onge approached and gripped
Steele's arm. "I've been listening—
with my daughter," be said In a
•trained voice. "I went to rona* you.
twt yen bad gas*. M's the last straw,
monsieur. My Indians will not stay
"What d'you think It Is?" asked
Steele, closely watching the features
at St. Onge in the dim starlight
"Who can say?" replied the French
man, with a shrug. "It may be some
crated beast—wolverine or lynx or
bear. And then," he looked hard Into
Steele's eyes, "it may be—the Wln
dlgo,"
At the words, David, who had been
listening, turned to Michel in surprise.
But the face of the head man was
wooden. The OJlbway's narrow eyes
shifted to those of Steele, and for a
space white man and red held each
other's gaze.
Was the Frenchman, after all, su
perstitious? Steele wondered. Had his
nerve softened, after what he had now
heard with his own ears; or was be
playing a game?
"Colonel St. Onge,'' said the Ameri
can after a space, "this thing has got
to be followed up—run down—
scotched ! To you, It's vital ! To me,
as a scientist, it's the opportunity of
a lifetime. With your permission.
David and I will stay here and lend a
hand until Ute winter threatens to
break."
The factor Impulsively offered his
hand. "Thank yon, monsieur? I shall
be most grateful for your aid."
"And Mademoiselle SL Onge?" asked
Steele, deeply curious. "She heard U
all?"
"Yes, she called me when It began.
She was very brave, but there have
been so many things lately
Onge suddenly checked himself. "Mi
chel," he said, swiftly changing the
subject, "we must look after Ute In
dians at once. But what can we tell
them now, after this?"
"We tell dem de WIndigo weel ketch
dem on de riviere eef dey leave now,"
replied the ready-witted head man.
As Steele again stretched himself on
St.
his cot, he wondered If there would be
sleep that night for the girl down
stairs—what thoughts were hers as she
lay facing the problem of her future;
a problem of which the sole solution
seemed at that moment to rest with
Monsieur Lascelles at Fort Albany.
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There was no one in the living room
when Steele entered early the follow
ing morning, but from the direction of
the kitchen came the soqnd of women's
voices He was examining the shelves
of French and English classics when
he heard the light footfall of mocca
sins behind him. Diffident at meeting
Denise St. Onge whose humiliation of
the night before must have been deep,
but naturally curious as to her mental
condition after the night wailing, be
turned with:
"Good-morning, mademoiselle ! We
are all here, you see. safe and sound.
In spite of the serenade of our friend."
The fine eyes of the girl were heavy
with shadows, but to hla relief, were
not unfriendly. She has not slept,
thought Steele. The Wlndlgo baa got
her. too.
"Good morning, mademoiselle I We
turned In a voice without spirit, and
there was no life in the colorless face
as she went on:
'Yes, we are st il l
here, as you say; but after last night
I trust you realize what my father
faces Id this terrible valley."
"It Is most mysterious," be said,
"but you must not allow It to get your
nerve. You are an educated woman,
mademoiselle; you must hold your
mental grip. Nerve-racking? Of course
it to, but there Is a solution—mad wolf
or wolverine probably." As he spoke,
he strove to pierce the reserve of her
dark eyes to the thoughts they masked.
"But It was horrible—ghastly!" she
replied. "Is It to be wondered at that
the Indians are In a panic—and these
poor women whose husbands were with
the for canoe; they are imbeciles from
terror. I found them this morning In
a cabin, too frightened to cook the
breakfast of the children."
"So you cooked It for them," he haz
arded with a smile. Surely, Mademoi
selle St. Onge had not lost her nerve.
If she could think of the children."
The girl flushed. "One conld not
have them suffer, monsieur." Then
with a flash of white teeth, went on,
"But we all feel better, now that the
sun to out"
Steele smiled at the human touch.
"Has your father told yon that I am
staying here, with his permission, to
follow up this Wlndlgo T
She glanced up In surprise. For an
Instant her eyes Ml. the dark brows
contracting la thought; then she met
bis quizzical look.
"Yon are going—to fight—the Win
digo?—You. a stranger—who have—no
InterentT"
"But I hav* a very great Interest,
mademoiselle. I am sent into the field
by the museum to study this sort of
thing. Michel, David and I are going
to fight him—and solve him."
"But you do not know the danger!"
Her face was very grave as she faced
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him. "*d be now knew that his sur
mise bad been c or rect.
There was
"I do not understand what you moan.
Not being superstitious, Michel. Da rid
and I have nothin» to fear,** he pre
tested. hoping to draw her out.
"Oh, monsieur, job d« nor know allt
«There are so many—" The abrupt en
trance of St, Onge cut off what Steele
sensed she bad intended as a wa. *•
:ng.
"Good-morning. Monsieur Steele I"
cried the factor, with what was palpa
bly a forced liveliness of manner. "You
have not changed your mind since our
■alk. eh? Yon will honor ns by spend
ing September at Walling River?"
"Father." Denise protested. "Mon
sieur Steele does not know—"
St. Onge turned petulantly upon his
daughter.
' "Monsieur Steele is a brave maa
and a scientist ; he has no fear of
your Indian devils and Wlndlgoea."
"But he has a right to know all.
If he la—"
"He shall know all. my dear," broke
In the factor, evldenUy desirous of
stopping further reference to what
»as blind mystery to the youngar
man.
"We shall have a week, mademoi
selle, before David and Michel re
turn, to make our plans," added
Steele In defense of bis host ; but
throughout the simple breakfast of
trout, toast and coffee, his active
brain was busy with the strange at
titude of St. Onge and Its cause.
At the trade-house the factor and
hla guest learned from the still shaky
Tete-Boule that Michel and David
had packed s canoe and provisions
over the portage at daylight. But
before starting down river on h!s
quest with David, Michel had dons
hla work well. Not an Indian dared
leave the post because of the demon
which the wily head man had assured
them was lying In wait for them. So.
for a time St. Onge could count on
keeping his post servants, and then—*
"Well, who can foretell what Is on
the knees of the gods, monsieur?"
he said with a characteristic shrug.
Through the following days while
he Impatiently waited for the return
of David, Steele occupied hla tin«
with the study of two interesting sub
jects—Tete-Boule and Denise St
Onge. And he found In each much
to stimulate bis curiosity. The In
dlan. once a twist of nlgger-head to
bacco and the gift of ■ skinning knife
had established friendly relations,
was led to repeat the tales of huge
tracks In the muskeg and night wall
ing which he had brought to the post
during the summer. To Steele, familiar
with shamanism and the practice of
sorcery among the OJIbways and
Créés, this squat red man. with his
high cheek bones and close-set eyes,
was something of ■ puzzle. Steele
soon learned that Tete-Boule—who
owed his name to the likeness of hla
broad face to the Tete-de-Boule Créés
—was possessed of more than ordinary
Intelligence,
"Tete-Boule." demanded Steele In
one of their conversations on the river
shore, "why should this Wlndlgo wish
to harm this post; the people, here,
have never dona him an Injury ?'
The mlnk-Ilke eyes of the Indian
widened with fear at the mention of
the dread name, which was taboo.
"Die ees bees countree. Long tarn
ago. he cum here on dis riviere." the
Indian muttered, evidently 111 at ease,
"Was It the Wlndlgo who drowned
For a space the OJlbway smoked
In silence, then spat far Into the wa
ter before he answered.
the men with the fur canoe?"
'De crew ov de fur-cano' not
drown'
wide month and snapped hla Jaws.
"Will he come again by night to
the post here?"
The Indian slowly nodded.
Further than repeating to Steele
that In August he had peen huge
tracks In the muskeg and heard cries
at night similar to those which had
wakened the post, Tete-Boule could
not be led to talk. But what Inter
ested the American especially was to
hear, later, from Denise St. Onge,
that the squat post hunter was be
wailing with the already stampeded
Indians the fate which menaced them.
at np!" And he opened hla
"This Tete-Boule ought to be sup
pressed." he suggested to St, O>.ga,
"Your daughter tells me that he keeps
the Indians In a ferment with hla
wild tales of demons and Wlndlgoe*."
"I've told him to stop It. But h*
to very superstitious. When he first
came here from AI (.any, he *M
most valuable msn—very Intelligent."
"He's doing a lot of harm, now. I
wish Michel were here. You need
him."
"Yes. be understands the Indians,
end can qolet them," agreed the factor
wearily. "And be to wasting hla time
down river."
"I am not so sure of that. They
may And something." And Steele
smiled Into the Frenchman's eyes
quizzically, but met a blank stare.
Wall, with Steele on Its trail,
the "Windige" la likely to hav*
a lively time. And 8t**ls?
(TO BB CONTINUED )
Clock Ha* Only On* Hand
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Installed in an office In Port
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who was wrecked, to credited with tb*
Invention. After being shipwrecked
and thrown ou a desert Island, be
found that among the few effects b*
bad saved was a watch with the min
ute hand gone. Necessity of telling
time with only the hour band Inspired
the officer to divide tb* dial Into spaces
Indicating one-minute intervals and
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LISTEN TO THIS,
NEIGHBORS!
Old you «ver stop to think
that If aver Montanan during
tha next two yaara would not
•pend a dollar outalde of the
state only for auch things as
cannot be bought within Its bor
der« that we would aee the great
est influx of people In Montana
on record. Hew would that do
it you may atk7 Every manu
facturer, Jobber and merchant
would have a greater volume of
business to handle, which would
mean the employing of more
people—jobs would be plentiful
and people would flock to Mon
tana looking for work. Sending
away for things that can bo pur
chased In Montana la the state'«
moat serious menace.
DATES ARE SET
FOR CONGRESS
Seventh Annual Young Men's Voca
tional Conference Expected to
Draw Large Crowd
The seventh annual young men's vo
cational conference, the largest young
men's vocational conference of the
United States euch year, will he held
at M ontana State college at Boseman.
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February 1 to 4. Special rates will
he allowed on all railroads In Montana,
Wyoming, Washington, Idaho. Utah.
North Dakota and South Dakota for
this conference at Boseman. Last
year there were 1,178 young men from
the high schools of these states In
attendance at the conference.
In many ways this conference Is one
of the outstanding annual events for
all Montana. Its importance has been
recognised by many individuals and
corporations who have given Prof. M
J. Abbey wonderful co-operation In fi
nancing the conference. The Anacon
da Copper Mining company, whose fi
nancial assistance made possible the
first conference, is continuing Its sup
port hy sending a large number of
young men who otherwise could not
come.
For four days these young men from
western high schools will listen to
some of America's most prominent
professional men. They will get first
hand information about the profess
ions and vocations open to young men
of today.
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Pian N. P. Chrlatmaa Tree
Through the suggestion of G. H.
| Jacobus, superintendent of the North
ern Pacific, plans are being made
repeat the community Christmas party
which was held In the Northern Pn
clflc station at Livingston last year,
|>y>he party will he sponsored by the
, chamber of commerce, the civic organ*
| M flons and the N. P.|
Mr. Jacobus
( has contracted to see that a suitable
tree I» brought In and placed In the
| waiting mom. Following the party
which will he held on Christmas eve,
dancing will be enjoyed In the waiting
| room. Candy, fruits and nuts are to
be distributed to the employes on the
I trains going through and stockings are
| hung on the berths of any children
who are on the trains Christmas day.
Lawyers In Bad
Arthur D, Ionian, representing the
Internal revenue office, Helens, was In
Marflnsdnle recently to the great dis
comfort of various represen »stive citi
zens whom he called Into conference.
They were asked to explain the ab
sence of revenue stamps on deeds,
some of which dated from 1Ö18. and a
fine of $10 was assessed in each case.
Since the fault of this oversight rests
squarely with the lawyers who handled
these deeds for clients, a number of
Meagher county attorneys are in had
favor at this moment with clients
whose business interests they were
paid for protecting.
P 1 before t î' nn
5.000 fans at Butte Thanksgiving day.
The game was one of the most freak
ish scoring affair# ever played on a
Montana gridiron.
Trophies and honors will be dupli
cated to the two teams.
Share Football Honor«
The Billings and Great Falls high
school teams share the football
championship of 1025 In Montana as
the result of a 27-27 tie which they
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A quantify of scientific laboratory
equipment which to said to he one of
the roost important accessions In re
| cent years to the laboratory of the
electrical engineering department of
Montana State college, has come to the
Institution as a gift from the Western
Electric company and the American
Telephone and Telegraph company.
With thl" new equipment the electrical
engineering department can reproduce
any physical problem possible In tele
phone operation.
More than- 500 people. Inclu di ng
school children, principals and teach
ers. members of school hoards and pat
of the schools of Manhattan,
P»Tl*
Three Forks, Logan and Willow Creek
and visitors from all parts of Gallatin
county end other parts of Montana, at
tended the Thanksgiving celebration
at the rommnnlty high school. Jn Man
hattan, for the rededication of the four
schools which were damaged by the
earthquake. June 27, and were re
stored again hy the donations of Mon
tana citizens and from several friends
»side the state.
«nu OSE HAU MOIORS
TO ADVERTISE THE STATE
Honors which Montana and partic
ularly StiHsrater county won at the
International Hay and Grain s how,
with Its prise wheat, barley and onta,
will he utilised by the Great Palls
Commercial club In n plan to help the
state capitalise on the distinction.
Announcement was made by S. B.
Peterson, secretary of the Commercial
chth. that the club will distribute small
sacks containing samples of Montana
wheat, barley and oats. Some wheat
samples have already been obtained
from the United States department of
agriculture's crop statistical office at
Helena, and application for more of
the samples will he made.
• The club's plan Is to place these
samples at the banks and make
flieiu available elsewhere, the request
being that they be sent to persons out
side of the state who could beneficially
receive the message of Montana's su
premacy as a grain growing state.
Want Fsdsrsl Building
Mayor W. C. McKelvy of Havre has
started an agitation for the erection of
a federal building In that city and ha
has addressed letters to all of the
civic bodies asking that they get be
hind the movement.
The mayor believes that the erection
of such a building Is fully Justified hy
the requirements of the government.
With the postofflce, customs service
and immigration department there Is
demand for roach space and a large
sum is paid out In rentals.
Juvenile Sumatra is considerably
hopped up over the notice recently
posted, the same staring that Jack
rabbit pelts are saleable at the rate of
ten cents per copy.
The First National bank of Ilafdln
recently failed to open Its doors for
business, and George W. Swords, na
tional hank receiver, has taken charge
of the hank's affairs.
Damage estimated at 175,000 re
sulted at Great Falls when fire gutted
a grocery store in the heart of the
business district and menaced several
other business houses and one of the
city's largest hotels.
J. J. Kendlg, Circle hotel roan end
abstract man. has been appointed post
master to succeed B. N. Stoney who
has served as acting postmaster the
last year In the place of C. R, Miller
who resigned to go to California.
Mrs. Jesse Ditty of Dillon had a nar
row escape from serioua Injury * few
days ago when a bullet fired hy young
sters. engaged in target practice, came
crashing through the window and went
through her hair, grazing the scalp.
Otto Barfkencht of Helstone has
launched Into the silver fox business.
He has purchased a pair of foxes from
"Andy" Lundgren. who recently re
turned from Alaska with several pairs
of foxes with which to stock hi* farm
near Gage.
According to an announcement In
the Havre high school "Stampede,"
Charles M. Russell, cowboy artist of
Great Falls, has consented to prepare
a series of autobiographic«! sketches
for publication In the school paper.
The first of the scries appeared In the
December 2. Issue,
The entire capital stock of the Gal
latin Milk and I'roduce company, val
ued at $40,000 and formerly by W. O.
Bohart and members of his family, has
been purchased hy Walter Sutherland
and H. H. Dokken, seniors specializing
In dairy manufacture at Montana State
college.
A thirty thousand bushel capacity
elevator Is under construction at Peer
less, the new town 24 miles to the
west of fleobey. The Farmers Eleva
tor company of Scohey is building the
elevator, which will be managed hy
Arnold Morgan, now connected with
that elevator In Scohey.
A ssle of seven head of stray horses,
whose owners were not found by ad
vertising, according to the regulations
of the forest service, was held In the
Pryor creek district of the Besrtootb
forest recently, according to L. F.
Ferguson, assistant supervisor. These
horses, all cayuses, brought an aver
age of $3.
With a bullet through the heart, the
body of Mike Mllkorltch, 38, proprie
tor of the Custer Highway store and
filling station, a mile and a half west
of Roundup, was found by a boarder
sent to the place by the wife to ascer
tain why her husband did not appear
for the evening meal. Mllkorltch had
an oil service crank In his right hand
Indicating a sale of oil or preparation
(o serve some.
James Carpenter, chairman of the
Crow tribal councils, Harry Whiteman
and Russell White Bear, have been
elected by the Crow Indians to go to
Washington, D. C. to represent the
tribe In matters pending before the In
dian bureau. The representatives were
named at a general council meeting
at Crow Agency, Chief Plenty Coos
wll! also go to Washington, having
been summoned by the Indian office.
.. Royalty Swells School Fund
Royalty on a single well In the Kev
ln-8unbnnrt field has enriched the com
mon school fund of Montana by $18,
080.56. according to L M. Brandjord.
register of public lands. The Rice Oil
company holds a lease from the state
on certain valuable lands. It was said
by the register.
The state receives 12H P« r <*mt of
of the production under the lease. A
total of 08.142 barrels of high grade
oil was produced from the well during
one recent month sod 78 barrels of
low grad*.
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