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hi ' •> /VALLEY 7 VOICES *4 w al ^fy GEORGE MARSH -AttTHO«. OF " TOILERS OF THE TRAIL " THE WHELPS OF THE WOLF* COP VP IQ HT t>y THE PENN PUBLISHING CO V l\S // _* ***««. 1 Stftvtcfe *. CHAPTER XII—Continued "What would he be doing at Wall ing River?" But Steele already half guested.— "He cum once een de summer—he cum wid 'noder man to lak' her to Ogoke." "What? You mean to say that La flamme was crazy enough to try to take her by force? Nonsense. MlchM ! St. Onge would have had the police et Ogoke within a month." "Eet was crazee fing to try—but tie try eet." "St Once never told me this," *nld the provoked American. "It explains her tear when she saw me that day." "She nevalre know Beeg Antoine try to gel her, but she have fear." "So you have always taken care of ber since the visit of Big Antoine? Tell X me about "Eet was las' June, after dat Indian carry letter from Latlamme. He tell tne La flamme was goln' to get «na'm'selle, scroetam. So de nex' tarn •be go to play at de rapide, Michel ees dere. After long tarn I hear «omet' ing move een de. hush. 1 wait ■o' see dis Beeg Antoine—he watch her but *he don' know; she play de feedle. I don' wan' to scare her so 1 walk on de portage wld de beeg whistle so dey hear me an' get out. I follow dem tru' de bush an' een little tam on de riviere *bove de pos', see Beeg Antoine talk to 'noder fel 1er.' Michel stopped, relit his pipe, and •rolled tantnlizingly at the Interested oteele. What "For heaven's sake, go on! did you do? Why didn't you drill both of them?" Michel blew a cloud of smoke be fore he sold: "You see dis Beeg Antoine at Ogoke?*' - L " -- — "Yes." "Wal. he move bees head when 1 •hoot. Eet was bad shot" "So It was you who gave him that •car?" "Ah-hah !" "What happened to the other man?" "He did not move," said the Iro quois, grimly. "You hit him?" "Beeg Antoine go back to Ogoke alone." "And they never came again?" "No, hut we .had fear." There was a hard glint In the eyes of Steele as he turned to David. "David," he said. "I owe you an • pology. When we had thr.t snake In our hands we should have finished the Job. It would have been held self-defense by any decent Jury." David lifted bis wide shoulders. "We feenlsh dat Job sometam, boss." * As Steele had foreseen, the run- ning down of a beast patrolling a country of the size of the Wailing River valley was clearly a matter -dauern: :-——— _:_A It was decided that Steele and David, with the bloodhound, which they were anxious to test . on the snow at once, should work over to the Medicine hills and Phantom lakes district with the purpose of quieting the Indians, if possible, and holding them in the country, as well aa of waiting the possible reappearance of the night waller. Michel, with Little Jacques, a Frencb-Cree. sent from Al bany to work at the post after the loss of the fur canoe, and the sole In dian to volunteer for such dread duty, were to patrol the Portage Lake coun try as far as the traplines on the Lit tle Current and the Drowning. Both parties were to report back at Wall ing River In two weeks. In the mean time, a Jack pine at the Junction of the Stooping with the main stream was chosen as the message center to which a man from each party was to return In a week for news of the oth er, and whither 8L Onge would send kny Information from the post down Hver. rover a greet area of the lower Wall In this manner they oonld h« The plan of campaign settled with th* hearty approval of St. Onge, the traps were divided between the sleds, loaded with supplies for two weeks. If the beast, imitating that terror of the northern trapper, the wolverine, continued robbing the trap-lines, some night relentless Jaws would yawn un Her the snow for hia unwary feet— Jaws, which. If once abut, would bold their victim to grip of steel uatll the freezing death brought swift relief. Before be started. Steele returned to tbe house. At breakfast Denise bad been gracious, affable, but impersonal, and Steele felt that the mood of the previous evening still possessed ber. Bo. Justly hart, be made no attempt to pkead his case or correct the impres sion she had patently suffered herself to nourish—the bettef that be bad lightly gone from her revelation of •m cm tbe to a low Intrigue at Ogoke; under the pretense of seeking Information, had met Rose Latlamme secretly, only to escape surprise and detection by the alertness of his watchdog, David. Thus the situation shaped Itself in the mind of the smart ing Steele; and, us It Is ever with the unjustly suspected, he bud, with n brave show of indifference, hardened his sore heart to the suffering girl whose turden was already sufficiently great. But her welfare demanded his early departure from the post and the man whose thoughts she filled, left her that morning without an uttempt at de fense or explanation. ' "We were going up the river at - onee, mademoiselle. I want you to know—In case anything happens—and trouble, that 1 have done what I could." The sober eyes of the girl grew wistful. She started as if to speak, then turned her bead, while he watched the blood surge to her throat, her face, then fade. Never had she seemed more lovely—more exquisite. A mad desire urged him to take her In his arms—to make her see how deeply her self-inflicted hurt wronged bis love for her; to tell her that It was all so futile—so useless, this sus picion of hers, which walled them off from each other. Then she said: "You have been so good to us—are doing so much. We can never repay you. I wish you all success, monsieur, and a safe return." That Was all. Sick at heart he turned away to the waiting dog-teams, which, followed by the blanketed bloodhound. Jingled out of the clearing and down to the river Ice on thelt « I* $ >v I r <'*'»• •* of l "If the Old Boy Is Loose Now, He'll Appear and Bing Again Somewhere." And, until the bend strange quest, shut them from sight a knot of post Indians In awed wonder watched the sleds speeding south. For that men should thus calmly set out in search of a horrible death was a matter be yond their ken. One morning, a week later, Steele was frying moose steak In his camp In the spruce, on the Little Medicine river. Three days before, David had started with the dogs for the rendez vous at the month of the Stooping river where (from Portage lake) word would be left on a piece of birch bark by the partner of Michel. In the Med icine hills the friends had found roost of the Indians back on their trap-lines, but uneasy and tearful of the early return of the Wlndlgo, and the condi tions along the Phantom chain of lakes were similar. As Steele sat by his fire eating his breakfast of moose, bannock and tea. the nose of Wlndlgo, the hound, lying at his side, lifted to sniff the air Then a low rumble swelled bis black throat "What's the matter, old boy? Smell something?" And Steele patted the dog's wrinkled forehead. Tbe wind blowing upstream again brought the message, and springing to his feet, tbe bloodhound ran toward the river, sucking to the biting air through quivering nostrils, then raised bis bead in a deep-throated bay. Curious. Steele left bis breakfast to follow the dog to the river Ice, where already his heavy voice boomed ont upon the silence of (be frozen forest For a space he gazed downstream at a dark object moving up the white trail, then exclaimed ; "That's David! And he's pushing tbe dogs for sJI there's la them. News ! He's beard from Michel." Running to tbe tent Steele hastily got bis bags ready for a swift return downriver, then returned to tbe lee. la a matter of minutes, David, with face circled by the fro« from hia hat breath, drove bis light sled op to Steele, the noses of his dogs whits with rlnfe. * "Get de stolf on de sled, queek 1" 'Here ees cried the excited OJibway. de word from Michel !" And he thrust Into Steele's hands a roll of birch bark on which. In the syllable writing of the woods Indian, was burned llto message from Michel. In OJibway, left at the Jack pine by Little Jacqnen "Come to Portage lak'. fas'," read Da rid over Steele*» shoulder. "Mes tee work for' de dog! Michel." In hia delight. Steele slapped the heavy caribou-skin capote of hi* friend. "The WIndigo's loose over in the val ley!" he cried. "When can we get there, f t th e sn ow h o l d s off? 1 * "We camp at Portage lak* een t ree sleep—mebbe two. De dogs ees tired. I leeve Wallin' Riviere onlee one sleep back,'' replied the OJibway. making the bags fast with the sled lashing» Through the day the team hurried past the silent spruce-clad hills of the valley of the Little Medicine. Through (he day the men cast anxious looks at the black cloud-banks hovering In the north, for no snow had fallen In a week and It was overdue. To his de 'Ight, Steele had already learned th»'. the dog could entity hold to a fresh trail over the Ice or hard snow, packed by the wind. But n fall of new snow on a trail was another matter, and the Wlndlgo might not stay In the country. That night they camped on the Walling, and in the rooming pushed on up the Stooping river trail to Port age lake, following the sled tracks of Little Jacques. Still the snow held off, but Portage lake and Michel were fifty mites away. In the early afternoon of the sec ond day from the Wailing, when the narrowing of the river and the break 'n the hills ahead Indicated their near ness to their goal, the snow they feared began to fall. Shortly Little lacques' sled trail grew fainter and fainter on the wind-packed snow, and vanished. And by the time the team turned Into Portage lake and sought a camping place In the thick scrub buck from the shore, men and dogs were sheeted In whlfk. "Well, we've lost again !" said Steele, bitter with disappointment. "We know bettalr vf'en we tee Michel." replied the philosophic In dian. Soon, as the early _ November night shut down, like a blanket, on the white lake, the birch logs blazed high wfore the shed-tent and the tea pall tnd the kettle of moose stew were simmering over red coals. "If the old boy Is loose now, he'll appear and sing again somewhere. There's some consolation In that," dropped Steele, ns he filled his pipe. "We strike hees trail yet, you nev alre—'* David broke short off, to rise and peer suddenly Into the wall qf murk hemming in the fireHIn the scrub, then walked swiftly Into th« blackness beyond the circle o( light from the fire. "What Is It, DavIdT* called the roan at the fire. But there was no re sponse from the other who had faded into the night. The excited dogs broke Into ■ -boms of howls to the accompaniment of the bass of the hound. There was something out there In the snow-cur talned gloom. Steele rose to his feet Then a voice called; "Bo'-Jo! Da he knew that Michel bad found them. "Hello, Michel !" he. cried, shaking the band of the Iroquola, who pre ceded David to the camp-fire, "We did our best to beat the snow here, but It was no use. Now tell us about It!" Seated with hts friends by ths flaming birch logs, the headman told his story. _Wh en bs and Jacques reached die Little Current, be had found all but a few of tbe most timid hunters on their trap-lines. There had been ru mors afloat to the valley of the howl ing of the beast at Big Feather, but the Portage lake hunters had refused to listen to kn Indian that be bad heard the September, on the ridge across from Walling River post. "Dat Pierre, he try do good Job." "It waa Pierre, was It 7" • "Yes, he try hard to »care dem om de Little Curren*. too." Bnt to the surprise of Michel, he returned to Portage lake to find a camp of hunters be bad left but two days before, wild with fear and pre paring to leave the country. For. In his absence, the Wlndlgo had filled the night with horror from a neigh boring ridge Michel had lost no time In finding the trail and following 4t down to a creek where he lost It on the ice and although he followed tbe stream for miles, failed again to pick It up. Then he sent Little Jacquet with tbe message which David found at the rendezvous. "Well, he's to this country and well keep after him," said Steele, when tbe Aeadmaa had finished his story. There was nothing to do but patrol tbe country, following the trappers' tbe hope that some night d strike them, and they o claimed Indigo. In % camps, luck we should wake from their warm rubes to .hear the voice, __ As Steele relied himself to Us blankets under tbe shed-tent by tbe fire he wondered If the girl at Walling River, who had so lightly weighed him and found him wanting, bad paused to consider whether the choice of a win ter of toll with the dogs, on the snow of tbe Hudson's Bay watershed, rath er than the alternai! ve of tbe soft life of the city, bore any Indication of the Singleness of his heart. (TO BS OOMTIKOBD.) China has an area of 4.226.001 . j ; I ; NELLIE o %EVELL Jays: j j i ) VTO LOVE, no friendship, no kind IN DeS8 j g ever wajrte( i And If they [ ■ be not appreciated nor reciprocated py jj, e person upon whom they are be- 1 l I stowed It conies from some other least expected source upon which we have j no C | tt ( ni X'.'e r e la no such thing as j i ovln|C | n vain. Tvue. one can love someone who does not return that | | ove But for every unrequited love 1 j another bigger love is born. The more I \ people you like the mole people like you. xhe more you give the more will J p e yburs to give. The more smiles you put j p t 0 circulation the more will | you have bestowed upon you. Love, J friendship and smiles are like cur- j i rency. if they are hoarded no one RetR t he benefit of them; If they are kept In constant circulation everyone , benefits; and agatn, like money, they J always accumulate something In the j transit. i An English actor came to thta coun , try and decided that the way to get along was to put on a lot of side and pose a8 a very wealthy man, notwlth standing the fact that all he had was j $ioo. He Vos seated In the Astor In New York having dinner when he law a gambler he had met on board ship and with whom he had been very chummy. When the gambler balled him from the next table, however, he did not notice him, swank beginning I to work at once. The gambler heard him say to the | waiter, "Walter, you may demi tasse me and also cigar me. The waiter returned with a demi tasse and a ci gar. The two men finished their meal at the same time and the gambler was right on the heels of the Englishman when they got to the coatrootn. Here the Englishman said to the girt ; "Miss, you may overcoat «BÏj cane roe." The gambler accosted him again and still was snubbed. A few weeks afterward they met face to face In a crush near Forty-second street. The Englishman looked down and out and he recognized the gambler this time. "By Jove, old top," he said, ''It*« lovely to see a friend's face In this town. You know, old dear, I am cast for one of the moat important parts In a forthcoming Broadway production and my bally old remittance Is a Httld late. Could you loan me the price of a meal, old thing?" "sure," replied the gambler, and, taking him Into Childs' restaurant said to the waitress, "Hey, wheat cake this guy." My morning paper says, "Woman 1 Chokes to Death at Dinner While Laughing at Husband's Joke." Well, I if she hadn't laughed at hta Joke he ! would probably have choked her any- j As far as the traveling public 1« I •oncemed It doesn't make nearly as much difference who is president of a railroad aa who the red cap la that meets them at the train. Thoae who make frequent Journey« in and -out J way. * of New York after a while get to know the red caps and have their 1 favorites, and though a red cap seems only a cog In the wheel of a great system, yet a pleasant amtle and greeting from the one who bears our bags can often make us feel that ws | have gotten home again. Over at the Pennsylvania station is I one named Boyd—William Is his Drat name, I believe—who has been pilot ing my'Vheel chair to and from tbs trains on ray Atlantic City trips. He seemed elated over something the day I left on the last excursion and I In qnlred what It was. Ho told me that on that day he had been with the Pennsylvania for exactly twenty-alx years. "Twenty-six years;" I exclaimed. "Yee, ma'am." he replied. "This Is gettln' to look tike a steady Job for me." -fe WANTEOr A "".'.•„"'cretd " * ,U "* A little mors giving sad s little less greed; A little mors smile and s littls lass frown ; A Uttle less kicking • man when he's down; A little mors "ws" and s littls less *T*; A little mors laugh and s littls less A friend of mine tells about a niece who asked a question that started In ail righL but before It finished had him stumped. "Say, uncle Will, do fish sleep?" she cry; A fsw mors flowsrs on ths pathway o< life, And'fewer on graves at tbs end of the strife. ... asked. "Sure they sleep. Everything sleeps at one time or another." "Where do they sleep?" "In the water, of coarse." "Weil, do they lie down or sit down or stand up?" Answers to the question can be sent care of this office. •> For months my nnrM and I have been pampering and petting my ca nary bird. We have fed him meals, drawn bis bath for him, dusted and furbished bis cage, kept the windows shat so he could fly around the. room even though we were suffocating for air ourselves. And after all that at tention the minute my daughter cornea to visit roe he Ignores us. won't sing for ns and hardly looks at us. He Is too busy running after a new face. Now 1 ask yon. Isn't that Just like ths C { t BUILD DAIRY HERD /-v XT >-. TT A T ,m V „ A ri TC . vJIN (q£U ALa i Y ' j = Soundness, type, and performance * n? the three qualities for which to look in buying cows or bulls to build up a herd. To largely Increase the production of a herd Is a slaw process, hut it is much more difficult when the original animals are not carefully se lected. The three characteristics listed, meaning freedom from disease. Out ward evidence of breed character and dairy ability, and the recorded ability to produce milk and butterfat aconom Ically are the prime requisites for which tbs dairyman should look, Dairymen get considerable Income from the sale of surplus stock, and therefore should be Interested In so selecting cows for their herds and In so handling that this surplus will bring a top price, Prof. H. A. Hopper of the New York State College of Agriculture at Rhacs makes these statements, and follows them with remarks on breed lug. He says It takes s highly pre potent bull to get good offspring from ( herd of scrubby females. He says that a good sire may be expected to overcome some deficiencies In the cow, but that not all sires are worthy of «uch confidence, "Moreover, It Is wasteful to use a bull of merit great on cows when the effort would be so much more productive on cows of higher quality. The lower the quality of cows used, the leas the proportion of offspring worth keeping. For economic reasons such a procedure la not worth whn< , where more satisfactory cow« are readily obtainable. "Get cows which have a! least fair type, and give promise of the ability to produce. This latter point can be confirmed by testing them. It adds to their value If they have good dairy points and are out of families which carry these qualities in a high per cent age of cases. This indicates that such factors are well fixed and may be expected to appear to the offspring. This Is fully as Important aa »elect ing the stre. Don't overlook health." Better Feeds Increase Profits for Dairy Man Last winter. Profesaor Fairchild brought alx cows Into Purdue unlver »Ry. Of these, four were Holsteins, one was a Jersey and there was one Guernsey. All of these had cow-test Ing association records. At the nnl verslty, they were given full rations to see what difference feeding could make In their production and profit Ï® to# cow-testing sssocistlon they ^ad averaged 268 days In milk and In toat time they had produced 6,244 pounds of milk and 210 pounds of fat • fe ®d co<rt of 140.79. The Income over feed waa 976.69 each. Upon being given a full feed of the 4-2-1 mixture in 248 days (20 less days than the average In the cow testing as soclatlons) they averaged 7,978 pounds of milk and 299.6 pounds of fat. The feed cost was 991.88 while the Income over feed cost was ,9119.84 per cow. original owners of these cows to ha vs fed them better. True, the cost of feeding was IncresMd In milk and tout terfat produced. There was a 62 per cent Increase In milk, a 88 per cent Certainly it would have paid the Increase In butterfat but the feed cost Increased only 60 per cent while the Income above feed cost was to creased 88 per cent . .-. Freezing Has Decidedly Harmful Effect on Milk Freezing has a decidedly Injurious effect on milk and cream, aa nearly every housewife has observed. But it Is not commonly known, says the dairy department at Rutgers nnl | verslty, that within certain limita the | flakes. Such milk or cream Is not as longer milk or cream remains frozen tbe more pronounced the bad effects become. The fat rises and Is partly churned and the casein appears to readily digested as an unfrozen product and doe# not keep as well. Milk that has been frozen Is unsuit able for making Junket and, like frozen cream. Is almost useless lor coffee. If either is placed to coffee tbe J fat rises as a disagreeable oU and the casein remains In fine flakes, refusing to give the drink Its desired "creamed" appearance. This frequently results to J unjustified criticism of the dairyman. Hoch of the difficulty can be pre ceded by having a covered box where be Milkman can leave the bottles. Un J v J An Increasing number of dairy com panies are changing their winter schedule so that deliveries are made during tbe daytime. less tbe weather Is very severe this will delay freezing for several hours. Substitutes for Milk Keeping cows has never been con sidered a recreation. They have been kept because the experience of man kind showed bis dependence upon them and their product A person can get along with substitutes for milk and batter for some time bat after a while a craving for the real product of the cow develops. People who at first note no difference between batter and batter substitutes, after a num ber of months often come almost to loath« the sight at a substituts. % m 'ïhand ^packs r * Vto RK WRKLEYS NEW HANDY PACK Fits hand pockst and puns Nor« for your mommy and tb* best Peppermint Chewing Sw at fa r aayi Look for WtW» f. K Hamiy Fmdl tractor will con sume less Oil if you use 7 _ i « A plowman on hi« lega la higher than a gentleman oa hta knees. Franklin. 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