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i f.lt 9 i* a* /VALLEY 7 VOICES \j GEORGE MARSH .v AUTHOR. OF " TOILERS OF THE TRAIL n THE WHELPS OF THE WOLF* ^COPYRIGHT by THE FENW PUBLISHING CO »*; \\ \ £ saavic •* b TO FIGHT 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. e 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 > 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 geaton* deck with hut one Installed in an office In Port An band land. Ore. An English naval officer, 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 from this rough panera s marine clock was fashioned that serves Its purpose nt weil as dw old type with tw* hands 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. I I 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. I 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 ( ) 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. 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