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The Valley of Voices
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"MY VALLEY 1"
SYNOPSIS—With David, half
broed guide. Brent Steele, of the
American Moaeuio of Hstoral
History, is traveling in northern
Canada- By a stream he hears
Dedise. daughter of Cot Hilaire
St. On go. factor at Wailing River,
play the violin superbly. Ha In
troduces himself end accepts an
Invitation to males ths post his
home during his stay. He finds
the factor worried and mystified.
The "log chateau" la a real horns.
From St Onga hs learns of ths
mysterious creature of evil, the
"Wlndtgo." and the disappearance
of a canoe and Its craw, with the
season's taka of furs. Than at
night the "Windigo" gives a
weird performance. Even Steels
is mystified. David. Steele's In
dian. and Michel. St. Onga's head
man. laavs for the scene of ths
canoe's disappearance In an at
tempt to solve the mystery.
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CHAPTER III
As the days passed at Walling
River, and the dread voice failed to
break upon the crisp September nights
with a recurrence of Its horror, the
people timidly took np the old order
of their day* The rabbit snares in
the forest were again visited and re
set by the women, who traveled In
pairs for mutual encouragement, and
day Tete- Boule was prevailed
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one
upon by the factor to go out with
another Indian after moose, for the
fort needed fresh meat As he left
the OJibway gravely shook the hands
ef the fearful women and children
gathered on the shore, bidding them
look upon him for the last time, for
toy night he and his comrade would
be mangled flesh In the maw of the
Wlndlgo.
"Did you hear that fool?" Steele
asked St. Onge, standing near him
on the beach.
"This thing has rained him ss a
bunter," replied the factor, "he will
never recover from it"
*T think I'll ran npstream to the
riffles this morning and catch some
dore for rapper." eald the yonnger
man as they returned to the trade
house.
Later, a second canoe quietly left
the post, but when the boat reached
the rimes, a mile above, the occupant
did not stop to fish but continued
upstream following the shore. And
when the flash from the paddles of
the craft above ceased, and the spot
the river which was the canoe,
moved to the shore, the boat follow
ing. also turned In, and was lifted
and hidden In the alders. Then the
premonition of Tete-Boule attained
a partial fulfilment, for on the shores
of the Walling started a man hunt;
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but the Incentive In the hunter was
not a craving for human flesh, but
« mild curiosity.
Befort. sunset the safe return to the
post of Tete-Boule and his partner
was heralded with Joy, although they
hsd failed In their hunt But It was
well after dark before the second
canoe slid silently to to the stony
beach.
"You had no luck this afternoon,
nothing?"
monsieur, you caught
laughed SL Onge as Steele appeared
for supper.
"As a matter of fact. Colonel, 1
went hunting, but the gams was too
am« for sport."
St Onge 's black brows lifted.
"You are cryptic, monsieur."
"Well, to confess." Isughed Steel»,
"1 was Interested to see bow much
hunting y oar men would really do—
nod 1 found out"
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"You followed Tete-Bonle's canoe F
"Tes. I watched them tor a few
hours, but as they showed no sign
ef taking to the bush, I traveled over
to those ponds Michel told me about.
Tomorrow, if you bave s man who
will help me pack the meat I'll get
a moose"
"And Tete-Boule never left the
rtverF
"Not while I watched him."
The factor shrugged significantly.
"He's *bush shy* now and will not
hunt
*
But what is there to do F
"Have you thought that he might
be shamming to avoid work? la he
lazy F
"No, be always was a good pecker
and hunter. It*« the Wlndlgo."
In the week past. Steele bad seen
all too little of the girl whose per
sonality had so vividly aroused bis
Interest, whose mood*, defying analy
sis. only added to her charm. Con
vinced that beyond a dread of the ngly
alternativ« which the future might
present to her choice, beyond any pos
sible fear of the manifestations of
the supernatural which the poet bad
witnessed, there lurked a tangible
cause for anxiety, his active mind had
been ceaseless in its groping for a
clew to its nature. Two days fol
lowing the night of terror, he had
spent searching the big ridge tor sign
of wolverine, lynx or wolf, bed pro
duced nothing In expUnstiot! of the
yateripne cries, hot while his eyes
•wept tike dry floor of the forest to
right and left, hie thoughts hsd dealt
with the rdtw-Bted query: "Whom
4M she fear at the rapids? What was
ebe about to tell me when Ht. Onge
Interrupted? She bad raid, *But yon
do net know tbs dsngarl smi there
are so ssany—* Many what? Clearly
Windige iu tots warning. 8« what
could It ber
So Steele returned from kta profit
tow s e arch of ton ridge to wait far
ri David arid Mlebri
By GEORGE MARSH
Author of
(Coprrlcht Vi th« Pm PnbltiVtnx Co.)
(W. N. D. Sorvioa )
■ definite plan of campaign could be
framed.
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On a morning when the warm Sep
tember ran, lifting the low-lying river
mlsta, rolled them hack on ridges,
here and there already flecked with
the yellow and gold of a frost-painted
birch or poplar, Denise St. Onga ap
peared at breakfast in whipcord and
heavy boots. Steele stared in surprise
at the change In face and manner of
his hostess. The ghost of worry had
left her eyes, which shone with high
spirits. Her mood of silence had given
way to a gayety foreign to bis knowl
edge of her.
"This beautiful morning, monsieur,
Charlotte and I go to wave an an
revoir to the summer which passes."
"Charlotte is to be envied." he re
plied, charmed With the note of cheer
fulness.
Her eye* lighted with amusement
"It Is possible that It might be ar
ranged that we take with us a body
guard." she said archly. "Of course.
It Is not for ladles to demand the
presence of cavaliers—"
"Take me, oh fair lady, a* thy
knight F he begged.
"Laggard though you are, yon may
escort us to my watch tower, where
Charlotte and I go to play the spring
north, and to wave a bon voyage to
the last of the geese."
"It Is charming of yon, mademoi
selle, to allow me to go." he
said, delighted at having the
girl to himself In her gay mood.
Accompanied by the stolid Charlotte,
carrying a birch bark basket contain
ing the lunch, and whose swart face
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"And This Messaoe—la It s Secret?"
betrayed misgivings she dared not
voice. Denise St. Onge appeared at
the trade-house.
"You will not go without your rifle,
monsieur?" queried St. Onge as Steele
Joined them.
"Is the Wlndlgo dangerous to broad
daylight F facetiously asked Steele.
The bronze face of the factor red
dened.
"The Wlndlgo may strike to the
day or night, monsieur. Who knows?
It is weil you go aimed." And he
handed the Mannlicher to the Ameri
can. who took it, mystified. Irritated,
that the man to whom he had offered
bis services should withhold his con
fidence.
Led by the girt, hardly recognizable
to her sadden metamorphosis from e
creature of reticence and aloofness to
one quick with life, vibrant to the
magic of the sunlit September bills,
they took the trail to an Isolated ridge
about a mile back from the river.
The Watch tower was aptly named,
for unlike most of the high land of
the country, the hill was capped by
e here brow of rock commanding a
little valley studded with a chain
of miniature lakes. Beyond, a sweep
of roiling forest faded into the haze
of the southern horizon.
"Is it not beautiful—my valley,
monsieur?" she asked with a wide
sweep of her arm.
"Beautiful I" be repeated, "And you
come here often F
"Tea—that la, we used to come
here; but lately—" She caught her
self np sharply, then continued. "This
valley, monsieur. I call ray Vale of
Tempe. It is enchanting to watch the
spring slowly sweep It with its magic
—paint In. here and there, the soft
green ef the young birch leaves, the
silver of poplar, and balm of gilead ;
then rim that brook with the red of
the willow bode. And the first flowers
of the forest—bepetica. purple end
ptek and white : violets end wood
anemone and trtîUaro *
r
She passed, toe dark eyes grew
wistful—the vote* throaty, as she con
tinned: "Once there was no terror to
unafraid. Charlotte and L for the
flower treasure* they possessed 'Come
and find u? they called, and daily
we sought them sud brought them
home to transplant to our garden, bat
"But now F be repeated, wondering
if be were^ at tost, to know—to be
made a sharer to
Bat Mm rinded him. "Charlotte sod
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I often came here to dream and play
away t»>e day—that is. I did," •*>.
laughed, "Poor CbaHotte at tin»«»
rÄ"" 1 *"""
"Enh, enhr Tes!" mumbled the OJtb
way soman, who sat on a rock apart
from the two. her restless eyas sweep
log the scrub below them.
"Charlotte Is not bored now ; she's
scared to death,** suggested Steele
with a laugh.
"Has she not reason, monsieur?"
m
protested Denise. "But we have not
been here, she and l since mhtoum
nier. And I miss It so." I
"You fear to come here now—be
lleve In this thlngr He welcomed the
opportunity to put the question dl- 1
rectly. '
The dark eyes frankly met bla -Is
there not good reason, monsieur, for
fear in a woman! After the fur canoe
—and that night !"
Natural as had been her reply. I
Steele intuitively sensed that she was
dissembling—to avoid hie Inevitable
questioning was willing to have him
believe that ehe, too, was a victim
of the genera! superstition. But ahe
had betrayed herself the morning her
father cut abort her half-uttered warn
Ing. Well, the day was young and he
feared to press her then for an ex
planatlon of what she patently de
sired to avoid. So with e nodded as
sent to her quest ion, he changed the
subject
"We ere to have gay mnsic today,
mademoiselle. You remember, you
promised we should be merry."
"Yes, today the violin shall sing
of Joy; It Is too beautiful here to be
sad. Even though the first gray geese
of the year pass south, I shall sand
them no message."
"And this message—Is It a secret?"
"A secret, monsieur? What secrets
can a woman cherish In these forests?'
Her reply had been spontaneous, in
nocent of subterfuge ; then, in hU
lifted eyebrows and huraorons curt of
lip, she caught t)ie reflection of the
double Implication of her question,
and her face flushed to the temples.
"Have yotf iVer longed to journey
south with the passing geese?" he
quickly asked, gallantly covering her
embarrassment. "As you play them
down the skies, do you not wish to
Join them?"
"Why. Monsieur Steele, yon have
stolen my dreams," she cried, radiant
with surprise. "Always, as they pass.
I stand here calling to them to lend
me wings to follow—follow Into the
south. I try to lure them back with
my violin—but no, they pass. So I
send them down the wind to a mad
quick-step—my bon voyage, my fare
well—until spring pipes them north."
She had risen. And her eyes, shin
ing with emotion, her face, vivid with
the color of her thoughts, strangely
stirred the roan who listened. The
lines of her straight body, from
shoulders to trim feet, held bis eye*
Watching her, Steele asked himself
what this strange girl, tense ss the
strings of her violin, with her moods
of aloofness and silence, followed by
swift changes to whimsical gayety and
lightness of spirit was coming to
mean to him. As her eyes again met
his he wondered whet memories he
should carry down to Nepigon In Octo
her.
"And the message you send wjth
the geese?" he asked. "There is home
sickness to it for your France—your
Touraine F
"Ah," she sighed, "is It not natural,
monsieur? I do long for the roses
and the poppy fields—tbs warm sun
on the white roads and the laughter
of the people. There is no laughter at
Walling River—now." She raised her
bands in eloquent gesture,
winter hers Is so long—so cold. The
eternal wind to the spruce—does It not
speak to you, too? To me there ere
always the voices—voices of banger
and pain—and death."
"Yes, summer or winter," be said,
"the voices are everywhere, to the
whito-watera, the spruce, the hills.
And often, to the breeze, the forest
becomes one greet orchestra."
"Ton have beard It, too F she
cried, "the sweep of the violins, the
moaning of the cellos F
"I always bear them la the sum
mer, from a river; with the drum
beat of rapids as „accompaniment."
"Ah, there is much of the poet
in yon, monsieur." And for so instant
there was a light In the girl's eyes
which rat wild thoughts stirring in
his brain. "But our winter is beauti
ful, also, in moods," she went on.
"The quiet days with the sun on the
snow—I love then to walk in the
forest
trails; do they not call you to foi
lowF
"The
And the winding snowsboe
Evidently Steele has fallen in
love with ttte beautiful French
girt. And her footings?
(TO as oownrajan.)
Flat Foot and Rheumatism
Many persons think they have rhco
met m of the legs or back when they
have flat feet or broken arches, ac
cording to Dr. Solomon 81 rouse to Hy
gets Magazine.
A young man fell es he was escort
Ing Me tody down the aisle of e thea
ter. Much embarrassed and fearing
himself a victim of serions rheuma
tism, be stayed In bed nursing his
illness. When be fiaslly «lied on a
physician, bis flat feet were discovered
sod his Hinson disappeared to S pa r
Montana
Ranch News
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The sample of Marquis wheat which |
this year won the world's championship
In wheat was grown on the farm of
I* P. Yate* of Fishtail, Stillwater
county, Montana, from registered seed
brought into the county In recent years
! as a part of the crop Improvement
campaign conducted under the dlrec
tion of W. H. Jones, county agent The i
»««»«* on which this wheat was grown
ha,i been In alfalfa for a number of
- veare * wa# Plowed up last spring and
Planted to wheat. Judges at the In
'ematlonal Grain and Hay Show de
clared the winning grain to be one of
th * "»P»«* of whest ever *
" arded th « wor,d '» championship,
cd his title as the world's leading ex
hlbltor at the International Grain and
Hay Show this year. He entered 14
exhibits at the show and won nine
places, including sweepstakes in durum
wheat, the world's reserve champion
ship with a sample of hard red winter
wheat, and first place in trebl barley.
In addition to one second place and a
third. Largely because of his exhibits
and his efforts In encouraging others
to exhibit. Ravalli county holds the
title of the nations foremost county as
an international exhibitor.
C. Edson Smith of Corvallis retain*
The most remarkable performance
at the 1025 International Grain and
Hay Show was Montana's winning of
all five prixes awarded to the Junior
white dent corn clan for district 1.
which comprises all of the northern
portion of the United States from the
Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. Ohsl
mer Wiseman of Hlllcrest placed first,
L. Borer of Forsyth, second, Guy By
erly of Ingnmar, thtsd, Ray M. Byerly
of Iflgomar, fourth sod Paul Speers
of Hlllcrest. fifth.
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On the heels of Montana's showing
nt the. International Exposition at
Chicago Id which the Treasure State
won 41 per cent of the small grain
prises in the classes entered, word was
flashed throughout the country that
a carload of Montana wheat had been
sold for two dollars a bushel on the
Minneapolis market, the top price of
tha ye ar. ___ : .. ■
Regarding the settlement of Mont
ana's lands as far as tthe Immediate
future la concerned. President Alfred
Atklneon of Montana State College
says: "Today we mnst rattle only ths
land which has shown that It can pro
vide a reasonable standard of living
under average conditions, so
our new settlers may be Independent
and successful, happy and contented,
worthy Montana citizens of another
generation. There is plenty of this
kind of land available for new settlers
and our problem is to use It wisely."
The Montana Potato Improveraent
Association will hold Its annual meet
ing at the time of Farm and Home
Week at Montana State College, Jan.
4 to 8. The meeting of potato men
will be attended by delegates from
Montana's local potato growers' Asso
ciations. Problems of maintaining pure
high yielding strains of seed potatoes,
transportation, certification, storage
and credit will be considered. At the
time of Farm and Home week, the
Montana State Dairymen's association,
the Montana Holstein- Frelslan As
sociation and other state organiza
tions of farmers and live stock men
will hold their conventions.
The agriculture committee of the
Montana Bankers' Association of which
H. 8. Buell of Bozeman Is chairman
will hold a meeting at Montana State
Obliege, Bozeman, January 28. Bank
er members of the county advisory
board under whose direction the lo
cal end of the banker-farmer program
Is being worked out will meet with
the committee. D. H. Otis, director
Make this an Electrical Christmas!
Gifts from $2.00 to $200.00
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of the agriculture commission of the
American Bankers' Association will be
present at the meeting, as well as the
members of the excutlve committee of
the Montana Bankers' Association.
The annual convention of the Ameri
can Farm Bureau Federation at Chica
go December 7 to 0 was attended by
raven delegates from Montana, the
largest delegation the Treasure State
has ever had at an annual meeting
of the national organisation. The
Montana delegation Included W. L.
Stockton of Clarkston. president, of
the Montana Farm Bureau Federation,
A. H. Stafford of Bozeman, former
president of the Montana Farm Bureau
R. E. Brown of Bozeman, Herbert
Haight of Suffolk, Fergus county,
member of the executive hoard of the
state organization and David Stewart
of Sidney, president of the Richland
county farm bureau.
Potato growers of the Sun River
Irrigation Project In Cascade county
are taking steps to organize a local
potato growers association for the pur
pose of developing the certified seed
potato industry. Farm tests daring,
the past season demonstrated that high ;
quality seed potatoes can be grown ;
In this part of the state. In many
case* the potatoes grown in these
teats were equal to every respect to
the high quality potatoes grown in
other parts of the state upon which
Montana's reputation as s seed potato
growing section has become establlsh
ed.
It has been found that good roughage
such as slfaslfa hay and silage Is suf
ficient to keep a large cow to good
physical condition and allow her to
produce up to 20 pounds of milk a day.
With this In mind „« new feeding rule
has been established which calls tor
feeding one pound of grain per day
for each two and a half pounds of
milk produced shove the 20 pound
mark. This applies to cows of the
larger breeds. Smaller animals giv
ing milk of s higher batter fst content
require a little more grain with one
pound of grain for each two pounds of
milk In excess of the first 12 pounds
per day recommended.
winter. By-products from tile new
beet sugar factory are found to he "
«lient feed for stock.
Feeding 21,000 Lambs
Bozeman.—Farmers of Richland
county are feeding approximately BL
OOD head of lambs and from two to
throe thousand bead of cstttS this