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By GEORGE MARSH
Author of "Toller* of the TrtU." "The Whelps of the Wolf"
(Coprrlcht by Um hu hUttlif O».)
cm. M. O. Berrien)
LASC ELLES
SYNOPSIS—With David, half
breed guide, Brent Steele, of the
Americas Museum of Natural
History, Is traveling In northern
Canada^ By a stream he hears
Denise, daughter of Col. Hilaire
8L Onge. factor at Watting River,
play the violta superbly. He In
troduces himself and accepts an
Invitation to make the post hls
home duriag hla stay. He flnda
the factor worried and myetled.
The "log chateau" la a real home.
From SL Onge he learna of the
mysterious creature of evil, the
Wlndlgo, and the disappearance
of a canoe and its crew, with the
season's taka of furs. Then at
night the Wlndlgo gives a weird
performance. Even Steele is mys
tified. David. Steele's Indian, and
Michel, St. Onge'a head-man,
leave for the scene of the canoe'a
disappearance in an attempt to
solve the mystery. SL Onge tells
Steele that Lascellea, the com
pany's manager at Fort Albany,
seeks hls ruin la order to oompel
Denise to marry him to save her
father. Steele and Denise fall In'
love. Steele finds the track of
the Wlndlgo—huge and much
like a bear'a. David flnda the
same thing. Tete-Boule, Indian
In SL Onge's employ. Is caught
listening to Steele's talk with
David and MIcheL and roughly
handled. Louie Laflamme, factor
at Ogoke, makes application for
the hand of Denlae. Pierre, In
dian from Ogoke, visits the
Walling River post.
CHAPTER V—Continued
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"Bup-wfiy should he come so far to
make trouble here, as you say? What
(a behind It all?"
For an Instant, Michel seemed on
the point of making n revelation. Then,
evidently changing hls mind, with a
shrug af hls bony shoulders, be an
swered: "We see some day."
Steele and David exchanged puzzled
looks. What could Michel have in the
back of his head?
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With the coming of the canoe with
news from Feather lakes. Wailing
River was again thrown Into a panic
of fear of the night prowler. After a
hurried talk with St. Onge. Steele
started up the river, bound for Big
Feather lake. He had little hope of
discovering anything which would
throw light on the mystery. But one
thing piqued the curiosity of the three
men. They were keenly Interested In
finding tracks similar to those near
the post, for they carried the exact
measurements of the latter, and In
case they tallied with those at the
Feather lakes, forty miles away, they
would have discovered a new and most
peculiar trait in animal habits, name
ly. a beast with feet strangely like a
bear's, which had ranged forty miles
On the morning of the second day
the canoe was traveling In the easier
water Inshore, when Michel, poling In
the bow, suddenly exclaimed:
"Kequay 1 Look !"
On the shore, ahead, were the re
mains of a Are and near it what re
sembled the body of a man. With a
few strong thrusts of the poles, the
canoe was driven to the beach. The
. men leaped ashore. Before them,
stretched beside the dead fire, lay an
Indian, hideously mutilated.
"He has been literally tom to pieces,"
muttered Steele. "A bear alone could
have done this, and ye{ I never beard
•f such a thing."
David was on his knees searching
for tracks In the dry leaves, when a
cry from Michel drew the attention of
the others.
. "Look ! Track on de shore !" and
the Iroquois pointed to a patch A mud
clearly marked by the prints of huge
Cut
"They're ringers for the tracks near
the post." said Steele, and he took
from hls pocket strips of rawhide of
the dimensions of the footprints which
. had frightened Charlotte. In breadth,
length and character, the tracks In thé
mud were Identical with those near
Walling River. The three friends
looked blankly at each other.
"It's the same bird," said Steele.
David removed hla felt hat and
scratched hls broad forehead. "No
bear travel forty mile and back twenty
onless somet'ing drive heem," be In
Mated.
"But bears don't mutilate bodies like
this," added Steele
"Wal," mattered the OJIbwty, "dees
one mak' de mesa ov deea poor feller
all de same. W'at you goto' do?"
As the feature* were obliterated,
Michel was busy examining the kit of
the dead man to an attempt ta Iden
tify him as an Indian trading at the
"De gun ees French company gun.
fiat de kettle and knife I nevair see
I Link eet ees not Walling
■Ware limiter
"Who could he be, then, travel tog
this river so late in tbe year?"
"Ket ees ver* strange," muttered the
de Wlndlgo," Da
vM*s wide face contracted to a net
work of wrinkles, as be grinned at
Steele. "w*at we do den?"
"Wlndlgo or an Wladigo. David, he's
ment if fie Mapa to freut of my
The grave face of the Indian bad
su d d en l y a s s um e d an expression so
sinister as to arouse the white man's
curiosity.
"By gar! We are de tool I"
"What d'you mean?" •
For answer, Michel leaped into the
canoe and poled rapidly upstream for
a few hundred yards, while the pux
aled Steele looked on. Then the In
dian swung the none of the boat down
river and paddled past them In mid
stream.
"What In thunder la he driving at,
David?"
"We are de fool for sure," was the
.aconlc answer as Michel swept by
with hla eyes on his friends, then
threw the bow of the canoe to the
shore and landed.
"He nevalre pass here widout seeln'
dis camp."
Michel's maneuver was explained.
"Dat Pierre pass here two sleeps
back," said Michel. Joining Steele.
"Dees man bln dead t'ree, four day an'
de tracks on de shore-are old one. De
riviere rise after de rain two sleeps
hack. De Wlndlgo mak' dem tracks
here before de rain," and Michel point
ed to some footprints which were bare
ly covered by water.
"Suppose he did not notice this
camp, what then?*'
"Re was hongree an' hunt for game ;
he sees dees camp for sure."
David nodded In agreement,
"Then why did he not tell ns?"
"Dat ees w'at I ask heem tonight at
Wallin' Riviere."
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CHAPTER VI
The twenty miles of hard running
river down to the fort was covered by
the three skilled canoemen In a few
hours. On arriving, they hastened to
the trade house. Steele opened the
pondérons slab door and entered, fol
lowed by the two half-breeds, to learn
that Walling River had a visitor.
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With a Smile Steels Extended Hls
Hand.
Seated with St Onge behind the trade
counter whs a short, thick-set stran
ger, wearing a cap with an Insignia
In gold braid.
"M'sieu Lascellea" whispered Mi
chel over tbe shoulder of the Ameri
can. _
SL Onge and Lascellea were evi
dently to the midst of a heated con
versation In French, for they Ignored
Steele's entrance.
"Yon are as superstitious as you
claim the Indiana to be. 1 am not In
terested In this Wlndlgo stuff," Lss
celles said Irritstedly, when SL Onge.
glancing toward the door, saw Steele.
"You are back so soon, monsieur?
And you have news?" The factor ap
peared relieved at tbe appearance of
the man be thought far upriver.
Brent Steele's hack stiffened os be
advanced to meet the' man who had
the power In hla hands to crush the
girl over to tbe factor's quarters,
whose rare quality he would never
sense, whose soul be would never
know. As be walked around behind
thy trade-counter, there waa a set to
bis heavy shoulder», a glint In the
gray eyes, which did not pass unno
ticed by the men he approached.
"Monsieur Steele, thla la Inspector
Lascellea of the Revillon Freres."
With a smile Steele extended a
band, hard as a spruce knot, and
grasped the Angers of the puzzled and
curious LaaceUes.
T missed meeting yon at Albany,
Inspector, in August. Yon were over
at Moose when I called."
Tbe black eyebrows of Lascellea
rose as he now Identified the stranger
whose presence at Walling River fie
found moot aaaoytog for hts plan*.
"Oh, yea. Monsieur Steel«, the Aaier
Ican scientist; I thought yon left Ai
bany weeks ago bound for the Nep
Igon," he suggested pointedly
T did, tnonateur, but 1 stumbled on
Interesting situation here—
right in my line; you know. I found
what I have been wnrehtog for, for
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Mng It Into the skeptical Lascellea.
"You have a hona tide Wlndlgo in this
valley, monsieur—a—most Interesting
situation to a scientist, I assure you.
The Indians are In a panic and you
will have difficulty In keeping them on
their trap-lines this winter."
"You, a scientist, believe In Indian
sorcery and superstition T" demanded
the Frenchman, sarcastically.
"Well, now, that la somewhat diffi
cult to answer, monsieur," badgered
Steele, to the delight of the two swart
faced men with whom he had entered.
"I have heard the Wlndlgo wall In the
night; I have seen his tracks; and I
have Just returned to report to Mon
sieur St. Onge that we have found up
near the mouth of Stooping river the
remains of an Indian torn to pieces,
evidently by this same Wlndlgo."
"What do you say T" St. Onge was
on his feet.
"This morning we found the camp
tracks were Identical with those you
saw near here on the trail." Then
Steele suddenly changed the subject.
"Where Is that Pierre who came here
from the Feather lakes the day we
left? Michel wishes to ask him some
questions,"
"He left this morning. Didn't you
pass him on the rlverT"
A muttered curse from Michel met
Steele's backward glance.
"Too bad I" exclaimed the Amerl
can.
"I suppose, monsieur, you attribute
the loss of our furs to this same
Wlndlgo?" broke In Lasoelles,
"Oh, undoubtedly. Inspector." re
plied Steele, with a suspicions curl of
the Up, hls blood slowly rising at the
tone used by the man from Albany.
However, above all things, he had to
consider St. Onge and Denise, he told
himself, and not to allow this fellow
to lure him Into a hostile attitude.
"I see you are Joking," rejoined the
Frenchman, flushing.
"On the contrary, I am very far
from Joking when I tell you that there
are mysterious things afoot In this
valley—which neither my experience*
nor scientific knowledge are able to
fathom. You bed better go upriver
tomorrow end see for yourself. You
seem skeptical regarding the whole
matter."
"Have yon never seen a dead man
before, pmnsleurT' derided Lascellee.
"I fear It haa gone to your head—this
Wlndlgo matter."
St. Onge excitedly half rose from
hla chair, as the cool gray eyes of hls
guest slowly surveyed the man from
Albany, from moccasins to hair; and
then fell back relieved, when the
American, flushed, but In control of
himself, drawled :
"Monsieur, you were formerly a
man of war, a soldier, while 1 am
only a peaceful man of science. To
yon It la but natural that violent death
should be a familiar alght, while to
me It la most terrifying. Why, I And
It most repulsive even to clean a fish."
So Innocuous was Steele's smile, and
so guileless hls manner, that Lascellea,
conscious of telng played-with by the
rugged American, found no words to
reply, but sat In Impotent rage. Then
the retreating backs of Michel and
David, whose shaking shoulders be
trayed their suppressed mirth, spurred
the Revlllon man to answer:
"If you are so afraid of Hood," he
sputtered, "why are you bunting thla
man-eating Wlndlgo?"
Steele smiled down good-naturedly at
the man he would have blithely bat
tered with his fists, and leaving the
two men at the trade-house, sought
out Denise St Onge.
"Oh, welcome back I Monsieur
Steele," she said, forcing a smile, "X
have Just heard that yon have made
a terrible discovery."
"Please, we will not talk of that "
he Insisted T have something to say
to yon before I go, tomorrow. Tonight
there will be no opportunity." He won
dered If Lascellea had neen her pri
vately since bis arrival that afternoon,
hot It did not matter.
"We are to
make a wide circle of tbe country,"
he went on, "and will be away until
I leave for Neplgon."
Her sensitive face quickened with
«notion as she listened.
"Mademoiselle 8L Onge," he began,
T have no rigbf to ask this from you,
but in Justice to yourself I must"
She started to speak, as If to pro
test, then her troubled eyes squarely
It LatotilM I«« the plot, too?
Or are these suitors pressing
their suit each In his own way?
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