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— The Valley of Voices By GEORGE MARSH Author of •• Toilers of the Trail.' The Whelps of the Wolf' (Cosy rieht by (h* Pub Publlthln» Os.) fW. N. n. hnlM.) CHAPTER XVI—Continued At length, by a supreme effort, the ander man reached the knife beneath his back with the hand of a pinioned arm. With a heave the band was free and the blade turned into the body above him. But in s flash the right band of the Iroquois shifted from the throat to the menacing wrist. There was a wrench—a groan as the bone snapped, and the knife slipped to the snow. Again, like the fangs of a wolf, the long fingers of Michel clamped on the throat of the man in whose bulging eyes shone the fear of the death which neared. "Dis ees for her !" snarled the head man, as he struck with his free hand the purpled face. "Dees ees for me!" and be struck again. Slowly the bloodshot eyea of the assassin, who had so confidently shot from the ambush, filmed; for the last time his mouth gaped wide for the air denied him by the vise on his throat—with a quiver he relaxed on the snow. Picking up his rifle and slipping his hands into the rabbit-skin mittens which hung from bis neck ky thongs. Michel bent and closely scrutinized the knotted feature of his enemy. Satisfied with his work, he rasped f "Bo'-Jo'! Tete-Boule! You are poor shot I You mak' no more trouble een dis valley!" and started for camp. He found his friends at breakfast. Silently he accepted the dipper of steaming tee. and the heaped plate of fried moose and beans, and began to eat "Well. What luck. Michel? Are they still leaving?" asked Steele, when bis eyes suddenly focused on the shoul der of Michel's capote. "Where'd you get that tear?" The face of the Iroquois was wood en. ' "I meet old frien' een de bush, ▲h-bah i" Curious, Steele rose and examined his friend's shoulder, "Why, there's caked blood here! You have been shot • at I" he cried. "Take off that coat 1" "Wen I feenlsh de moose and bean," laughed Ihe stoic. "Hees gun shake w'en he fire !" To hla relief Steele found that the bullet had grazed the shoulder blade of his friend, barely breaking the skin. When the scratch was dressed, Michel gave him the story of the am bush. With the sting of the bullet veraaTiû Ms shoulder, the cool-headed Indian had sensed that be was not badly hurt, and made the only move that would check a swift second shot from a concealed foe—dropped as If killed or mortally hnrt Sprawled on his fare, a knee drawn np to give pur chase for a lunge, he had waited for the man In ambush to approach within reach. Had there been two. It would hare been a knife fight, with the odds heavily against the man compelled to start from the soft snow. "Good old Michel !" applauded Steele, as the Iroquois finished. "They can't beat you I He was scared when ho fired. Hgd you ever seen this Indian before?" Michel's black eyes snapped tan tallxtngly, aa be played on bis chiefs curiosity. 'Wal, be look lak' man I see one tain." "Traded once at Walling Elver, yon "Ab-bah! he come to de post" "When?" "He was dere dis summer. He got leg lak' bow ov snowshoe. Hees eye look lak' de mink. He—" "You mean—good Lord! It wasn't Tete Boule?" cried the surprised Amer ican. "Ah hah I" admitted the head-man, blowing a cloud of smoke from bis mouth. "Eet was Tete-Boule. I fink Charlotte be happy squaw, now." "'He found your trail leading to the lake and took a chance yon would backtrack—which you did." Delight edly Steele shook the hand of the In dian until the sore shoulder pro tested. "Tomorrow night we go to de pos'." "Yes " agreed Steele, bis eyes re jecting the Joy of victory, bard won. "Send one of the boys for David at once." CHAPTER XVII Behind the slab counter In the trade room at Ogoke a man sat at a table. On the table stood a glass and two bottles—one empty. For boors the man had not mured, except to fill and drain the glass. Although It was barely three o'clock, candle lanterns dimly Ut the room, for the son bad died In cloud banka and the light bad failed early. In the air outside there was snow and the night would thick. The yelping of dogs sroused the man from his bitter thoughts. The door of the room opened and a bulky figure entered. The muscles of his hooded face, disfigured by a long near, twitched nervously. In bis eyea was ten Not a mark on him—his tonifie ont and his t -yes bulging like a pike's you squeeze in your band! Ambushed!" "So they got him, too?" nodded La flamme. chin on chest. "It's no good, I tell yon," whined Antoine, bis voice vibrant with panic. "That makes nine—nine who have gone out. It'll be our turn next To night I leave for the Rouge." The hard eyes of the trader, lined by worry and red from drink, lit with contempt "You've gone like the rest. Why didn't you run away with Rose? Want to desert sixty thousand dollars' worth of fig. do you 7" The heavy features of the other filled with blood at the taunt He leaned and struck the table with bis fist, overturning the bottles. "Soft, am I?" he snarled, "because Î leave this hell before they close In and take us—bang us from the rafters here or cut our throats, you call me soft ! I tell yon we're done ! They caught Pierre and the whole valley's after us. They're out there now, wait ing." He pointed a shaking finger to ward the forest "It may be tonight— they come." Ruined by the mystery—the menace of the Inscrutable forest frojn which no man returned, which for weeks had ringed the post, sapping the nerve of his people until they fled in the night, Laflamroe sat numb with despair. Slowly the whisky from the overturned bottle dripped to the floor. Then he said: "That tale Tete-Boule brought from down-river was true. The men we sent to the Jackfisb to stop him lied." Antoine nodded. "Steele got through and came bacY on the snow," continued the trader. "The police are not In this. They'd come straight here" "This Steele caught Pierre himself," added the other. "When the Indians learned how we had fooled them, they took the trail. The whole valley was ours—until he got the Wlndlgo." Sud denly the speaker faced the door, lis tening. "What's that?" As the two watched the door ap prehensively," It opened to admit a half.breed with drink-sodden face. "What you eat tonight, m'aleu?" The dull eyes of the cook shifted un easily from Antoine to his chief. "You here still, Philippe?" sneered Laflamme. "I thought you and Jean would hit the Rouge river trail when it got dark. All the rats have left." "They'll hang on while the whisky lasts," muttered Antoine. "You find Tete-Boule?" The face of the cook, mottled-gray In the half light, turned to the man who had gone out that morning on the trail over which none bad returned. "He found him—with his tongue out" Laflamme laughed bitterly. "You'd make a pretty picture, Phil ippe, hanging from that book, with your throat cut You'd bleed straight Scotch ; you've lived on It for months." — The stark terror In the eyes of the half-breed seemed to appease his chief, who went on: "Well have bacon and potatoes—if they give us time to eat them. Bring that Jug." The Jug was placed on the table be tween the two men, and the- cook, mut tering incoherently, shuffled to the door. "Two left, out of the lot; and they stay for the whisky!" commented La flamme, filling a glass and shoving the Jug across the table. "My friend. I'll give yon a toast,* be added, as the nerve-shattered Antoine gulped down bia drink. "May that d—d American rot In h — ir Laflamme's glass was at his lips when a chorus of howls rose from the clearing. The startled eyes of the men met across the table. "What's that?" de manded the trader, slowly lowering bis glass, untouched. "The dogs—hear somethfng—out there !" The hoarse voice of the other quavered as be went to the door. From the murk, the "whimpering of the awed huskies reached the strain ing ears of the two at the door, who stood, nerves strung with suspense— one thought In their brains. Then from the Invisible forest be yond rose a wall—demon-like, blood freezing. the voice of no clawed crea ture of the night—to die away. Into silence. "They have come!" warned Antoine, seizing the arm of hla chief. "Qnick I Harness the dogs while I get the fur and the grab!" was the low answer. The nerve of Laflamme bad snapped. Racing desperately against the clos ing in of a ring of ruthless foes. An >n >no caught and harnessed the dogs. At the trade-house door, grub-bag, robes, and the precious pack of black fox were thrown on the sled. The whip cracked at the bead of the lead deg. "Marche, Pete !" rasped the Frenchman, and the team plunged into their collars at a gallop. Then the voies st .ft dot-driver out on the lake trail drifted back through the thick Right. "There go the last of the rats !" mut tered Laflamme. "Now the ship can sink." And they lashed the swift, six-dog team out to the lake ice, and Ihm t.b« Bouge river trail. CHAPTER XVIII From the blackness of the clearing at Ogoke rose a low whistle, which was answered from the gloom behind the trader's quarters, where the kitch en windows shone, yellow patches In the thick dark night The whistle was repeated and. simul taneously, swart faces appeared at tbs windows of both buildings. Eyes, flit tering with hate and the pent excite ment of the stalk, searched the rooms for signs of life. But they looked on emptiness—on a table splashed with spilled liquor, a Jug. an untouched glass of whisky; on a stove from which smoked a frying pan with Its burning bacon. "I knew you would stampede them. Michel," said Steele, looking quizzical ly at the happy Iroquois. "They got out Just ahead of us. You did that for David, you rascal I" The hour of the man from Nepigon had struck. Like a hound at leash he yearned for the Rouge river trail— and the man who traveled It. Steele gripped the hard hand of his friend in silence. There was nothing to say—no turning the OJIbway from his heart's desire. With a word to Michel, David left them to get bis dogs. , "What shall we do with last year's hunt, if we find he hasn't shipped ItT" queried Steele. "Give eet to de Indian. Dey trade eet at Walling Riviere.^ "Yes, he got most of It with his whisky—by fraud. It ought to go back to them." To the surprise of the men as they readied the fur-storing loft, thecandlaa lighted row on row of otter and mink, fisher hanging from the rafters. "Here's his whole last year's trade!" cried Steele. "He's never shipped it I" The yellow light 'of his candle lit eyes snapping with delight, as Michel looked at his chief. "Much fur here for M'sleu St. Ongel He bo happy man, now. De pos* not close." "Yea, they will trade it at Walling River, unless—'' The Indian waited, wondering at the qualification—"unless Lascelles refuses to sign s certain pa per." "Ah-hah I He not get her—now !" The grave eyes of the Iroquois ques tioned Steele's. "Not If ! can help it 1" Satisfied, the Indian turned to ex amine the fur. Steele began counting the rows of rich pelts, In an endeavor to make a rough estimate of their value. He bad reached the far end of the loft when the dim light of the candle fell on some bulky shapes on the floor in a corner. Curious, he bent over the lashed bundles. On the can vas covering of the nearest there was lettering. He lowered bis candle to read it "R—F," he said aloud ; then, with a gasp, "Walling River I" "Michel I" he called, "Revtllon Fré tés, Walling River I Well, I'll be— The fur-packs from the lost canoe! Murdered—ambushed, they were, for the fart" Michel knelt beside Steele. "By gar! our fur I" he said, peering at the wrap pings. his voice hoarse with excite ment. "Dey keel our men at de Devil's mile I" The muscles of his lean face knotted. "But Laflamme ees dead roan now. Tonight Daveed take his trail." They rolled out the fur-packs with the eighteen thousand dollars In pelts, which bad left the post in the spring only to vanish on the lower Walling. "M'slen St Onge be happy man dis night eef he know die." "He'll know it as soon as one of the boys can reach him," replied Steele Jubilantly. "We'll send him this pres ent in the morning." After the gray days the sun was Indeed breaking ; through. She seemed nearer—more possible of attainment, there in the dark fur-loft at Ogoke, than she had been for weeks, to the man who tolled for her. In the morning Steele gathered his red henchmen together in the trade room and talked to them, through Michel. y (TO BE CONTINUED.) I To know the proper definition of everyday «pbstances Is sometimes very useful In argument The latest for steel and cast iron are given us by a Japanese chemist In the Imperial Uni versity of Tohokn. Steel be defines as "an Iron-carbon alloy with a con tent of carbon lying between 0.035 and L7 per cent." Cast iron fcr similarly "an Iron-carbon alloy" but with a car bon content of "between 1.7 and 6.7 per cent" Cast Iron and Stmml Sunlit Minds Studies by physicians and scientists in England reported at the congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health, held at Brighton. England, in dicate that sunlight, "either nature] or artificial, when properly administered, have s definitely beneficial effect on mental activity," It was found that children handicapped In school work by illness, when cured with the aid of sunlight caught up with and eve* a OM/ distanced their classmates. 4 L SUPPORT HALL TO 5fT - ® WATCX PPE T How to.Erect an Outdoor Aerial. The outdoor aerial Is conceded to he the most efficient In that it transmits to the set a stronger signal than either an indoor aerial or a loop under equal conditions. The ideal outdoor aerial for receiv ing Is a single wire from 50 to 160 feet long, including lead-in. installed 10 to 20 feet higher than surrounding buildings. The aerial should be erect ed so that one end comes near a win dow, to provide a short, direct lead-lu. The aerial should not be near trees, telephone wires or high-tension wires. When necessary to pass a telephone wire the aerial wire should cross as near at right angles as possible. The aerial wire should never cross either above or beneath a power line. When near a power line erect the aerial at right angles to avoid Inductance noises. Supporting wires for the aerial should extend several feet from the supporta. Large porcelain Insulators, prefer ably of the corrugated type, should be used. The lead-in should be as direct as possible, but should be kept from the building a, distance of several Inches up to the point where It enters the window. The Important features of the out door aerial as shown in the diagram are: =? A—Aerial wire. B—Tension Insulator. C—Tension Insulator.'"" * D—Supporting wire. B—Supporting wire. F —Screw eye. O—Screw eye. H—Continuation of A. I—Lead-In bushing. J—Lightning arrester. - K—Ground wire. L—Ground clamp. At a distance greater than 50 miles from the nearest powerful broadcast ing station an aerial of 150 feet, in cluding lead-in, will be found to give FOREFATHERS OF RADIO By GEORGE LEWIS 0t Th* Crnlrr Radio Corpora Mas. While wireless telegraphy soon be came quite well established, communi cation across the Atlantic ocean being proved practical as early as 1001, remained for an American to make the developments which made radio tele phony possible. Lee DeForest was that American. He developed the "audlon" ■5 III ill / Lee DeForest, radio tube, now In almost universal Q se as a detector and amplifier of radio signals, and as a generator of oscillations at the transmitting station, Due to certain- technical difficulties, it was Impossible to send voice by radio from transmitting stations using the old Marconi equipment The radio tube as developed for power purposes. Radio Tub«» That Are Used In tha Modern Seta. supplied s current, however, which could be used as a carrier for voice and music. As developed for receiving pur poses, the radio tube may be used as a detector, replnrtnf the crystal of Picard and the coherer of Marconi's of making the apparatus aa a £)®K SUPPORT the greatest volume and satisfactory selectivity. In congested areas an aerial as short as SO or 75 feet, includ ing lead-in, gives better selectivity and ample volume from local stations. Many radio fans have two aerials, a long one for distance stations and a short one for tuning out troublesome near-by stations. Obviates Necessity of Excessive "B" Battery Questions are frequently asked re garding the use of tubes with a high amplification constant These tubes are primarily designed for use In re sistance and Impedance amplifiers. We quote a few linos from one of Keith Henney's tube articles in the Radio Broadcast magazine. He writes as fol lows: "A low-mu tube will not 'load up' a power amplifier unless coupled to it by means of a transformer. For example, tjte average amplifier to de liver .00 watts power requires at 4east 0 volts variation on its grid. A tube with a mu of 8 coupled by means of resistance Impedance to the amplifier cannot produce s variation of voltage greater than 8 volts and probably not over 6, so that the amplifier will not deliver Us rated quota of power. On the other hand, a tube with a mu of 20, or a tube with a ma of 5 coupled by means' of s 2.T transformer, can easily produce the desired change in input voltage. High-mu tubes can be used as detectors and hence are use ful In vacuum tube voltmeters. Their use In resistance and impedance am plifiers make the latter practical with out Increasing the 'B* battery voltage beyond reason. It must be said here that the mu of such tubes is not the only important constant. The plate Impedance must be conaldered and. like all other tubes, the usefulness of blgh-mu tubes Increases as their Im pedance decreases. "In this question It must be re marked that tubes of 1026 differ from those of 1025 In the fact that their plate impedance Is less. This la due to the use of better filament wire which has a higher electron efficiency. This low Impedance, while It makes good amplifiers, causes trouble when the tubes are used In sets that have 'been neutralized for high Im pedan ce tubes. It is well known that less in ductance Is required In the plate cir cuit of low impedance tubes to make them oscillate than is the eftse with high impedance tubes. On the other hand, once these newer tubes are neu tralized, the voltage amplification and power output are increased." received current capable of operating headphones. Additional tubes may he used as amplifiers, their action being that of relays, releasing current from local batteries when acted upon by the signal. Thus the typical radio set of today employs a detector tube, together with one or more additional tubes as amplifiers. It Is customary to distinguish be tween tubes used to amplify the cur rent before It passes through the de tector and those used to amplify it after it passes through the detector by calling the former "radio-frequency amplifiers'' and the latter "audio-fre quency amplifiers." How to Tell Whether Receiver 1ft at Fault Noise and distortion are inexcusable faults, bat it is well to remember It Isn't always the fault of the receiving set. Background noise which can be heard under the voice, as well as cer tain classes of distortion, are some times actually transmitted and there is little you can do to get away from it This can be checked up by listen ing in to one or two other stations. If the signals come through dean-cut and free from noise, rest assured your set Is O. K. and the broadcasting sta tion at fault. Door Make« Good Frame for Your Loop Aerial A door makes an excellent frame for a loop aerial and it can also be turned to obtain the directional effect of a loop. This type of loop works well, even on distant signala, when ing an ordinary five-tube receiver. About six turns, spaced one-half Inch, will give broadcast wave range when tuned with a .0005 condenser. A small er capacity condenser will require more turns. Insulated wire of No. 18 or 16 gauge works well. Radio Popular in Russia Radio Is becoming popular among the Russian masses. About 1,000,000 home dwellers now' have amateur wireless sets. The government charges a license fee of 50 cents a year for a crystal set and SI a year for a tube a Amateurs are allowed to use transmitting apparatus as well as re ceiving seta. Importation of radio equipment is prohibited, all apparatus being of Russian manufacture. 1 Mt It's easy walla with Alabaadne. Alabasdne is to a dry powder in white and tints. Packed in 5-pound packages, ready for use by mixing with cold or warm water. Full directions on every package. Apply with an ordinary wall brush. 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