The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, December 09, 1926, Image 7
SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I.—With David. balf-brMd
S ulda, Brent Steele, of the Amerlean
luaeum of Natural Hletory, la travel*
lav in northern Canada. By a stream
he heara Denlac. daughter of CoL
Hilaire 8t. Onge, factor at Wailing
Hirer, play the violin auperbly. He
Introduces himself and accepts an in*
vitatlon to make the poet hi* home
durtar a hla stay. From St. Onge he
learn*, of the mysterious creature of
evil, the "Windlgo,” and the dtaan-
pearanoe of a canoe ahd Its crew, with
the season’s take of furs.
CHAPTER II.—Steele hears the ‘Win*
dlgo." David and. Michel, St. Onge'e
head-man, leave for the scene of the
canoe's disappearance. St. Onge tells
Steele that Lascelles, the company’s
manager at Fort Albany, seeks his
ruin In order to compel Denise to mar
ry him to save her father.
CHAPTER IIL—Hearing her violin
playing, Steele realises that Denise Is
sacrificing a brilliant musical career to
eomfort her father. David and Michel
return, but are uncommunicative.
CHAPTER IV.—Tete-Bqule, Indian In
St. Onge's employ. Is caught listening
to Steele's talk with David and Michel,
and roughly handled. Steele learns
that Louis Laffcmme, factor at Ogoitsw
has made application to her father for
the hand of Denise.
CHAPTER V.—Pierre. Indian from
oke, visits the Walling River post,
tensibly for gun sheila. David and
Ichel are suspicious of him.
CHAPTER VI.—Laaoelies visits Wall
ing River. He jeers at storlss of tbs
■‘Wlndigo.** To his consternation. Ds*
Biss tells Stsels she is Lascelles flgncse.
CHAPTER VII.—Stesle. David and
Mlchsl Isavs to visit an Oilbway ramp,
oa tbs trail of the "Wlndigo." and sn
route to Neplgoa.
CHAPTER VIII.—Talk with the OJIb-
ways confirms the suspicion that Plsrrs
.. * *hy and Tete-Houle his accom*
|»Mea. The "Wlndigo’’ 1s heard and
huated, but escapes Michel teturos to
Hailing River with messages Steels,
In aa effort to hold the terrified Indi
ana. takes the trail of the ' Windlgo,*’
without reoull.
.CHAPTER IX.—Steel# and David
•tart for Nepigon At Ogoke Laflamme
welcomes the travelers, seemingly
learning with surprise of the "Wla-
dlgo- sad the loss of St onge a fur
coitoe. Steals masts Rose. Lsfiamms's
n istress, who is latroduisd by La
ss hla sister
CHAPTER X.—Ross comes to Steels
In his cabin, to orge him to take her
away from La flam me The latter ap
pears aad la overpowered and bound
by David, who would have killed him
but for Steele The two men eatnpn,
leaving Hose David tells Hteele La-
fl-mme caused the death of David's
brother, and the half-breed has swora
to have hts ltf>- latflamnis's men am
bush them, but the voyagers escape by
running the Frying .Pan rapids, n feat
deemed impossible. .
CHAPTER XI—From Neplgoi. MteoU
*<•*• east, returning with n bloodhound
with Which he hopee to trail the Win-
uigo.’* David and Steele no back to
Wailing River, where they had been
given up na lost, drowned In the Pry
ing Pan Steele la myatlfled by Dealae's
•option.
<CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK)
CHAPTER XII
The following morning lit* < oitn» ll
of war ilfet in lit** slun k of MU-hel
where, as the Iroquois wns unmarried,
there would lie Do interruption.
“Now. Michel.** suld Sieele, “I’ve
kept my word and route loo k on the
flntt snow and I've brought a hound
that will help us If we,huve the luck
to bear that Windlgo again. I've also
(Drought tlKute."
g|*eaker stripped I lie lashings
a canvas-covered bundle, which
livid had carried in from the sled
the night previous, to reveal to the
curious eyes of Michel two massive
engines of torture, their sttel Jaws
bristling with tefHi.
“By gar! Bear trap!” exclaimed
the Iroquois, black eyes glittering.
“Behueles. aren’t they ? (loti help
the brute they close on !’*
Then Steele lifted six smaller hut
no leas wicked-looking devices, de
signed to snap on and hold* In vlse-
llke grip the paw ’of the unwary
prowler which stepped in them.
“These are the strongest wolf-traps
made, and I doubt if any Wlndigo
could get out of one, unless he
gnawed his leg off.” •
“Now, Michel, before making any
* plans, I am ready to hear what you
promised to tell me when I returned—
what you told David and feared to
have me know,”
“Dat ees right, m’sieu. You keep
de word an’ cum back to tight wld us.
Leeateu!”
Michel filled his pipe x Jit it, • and
hastily opening the door, circled the
cabin to assume himself of absolute
privacy. Then he began.
“Yon t’lnk de tarn you meet ma’m’-
selie below at de rapids dat she was
Alone?”
“When David and I were packing
up to the post!”
“Ah-hah! WaL Michel was dere.”
“What d’you mean?** asked- Steele,
pussled. “Tou were taking car# of
her?”
“Yea.”
she know ttr
§ fl’he Iroquois shook hla head. “She
know.”
' -What were yen afraid at so near
the poetr
Antoine P
The ‘half-breed nodded. \
“What would he be doing at Wail
ing River?” But Steele already half
guessed. * ^
> “He cum once een de summer^-he
cum wld ’noder man to tak’ her to
Ogoke.” * )
“What? You mean to say that La-
flamme was grazy enough to try to
take her by force? Nonsense, Michel!
St. Onge would have hud the police
at Ogoke within a month.”
“Eet was crazee t’lng to try—but
he try eet.” L
“8t. Onge never told me this,” said
the provoked American. “It explains
her fear when sh* saw me that day.”
“She nevaire know Iteeg Antoine
try to get hex but she have fear.”'
“So you liave*always taken cure of
her since the visit of Big Antoine?
Tell me about It.”
“Eet was las’ June, after dut Indian
curry letter from Latiamme. lie tell
me Laflamrae was coin’ to get
ma’m’selle, soiuetaiu. So de nex’ tain
she go to play at de rapide, Michel
ees dere. After long tarn I hear
somet’lng move een de hush. 1 wait
an’ see dls Beeg Antolne^-he watch
her but she don’ know; she play de
feedle. I don’ wan* to scare her so
I walk on de portage wld de l*eeg
whistle so dey hear me an - get out.
I follow deni tru* de bush an’ een
little tam on de riviere ’hove de poa’,
see Beeg Antoine talk to *noder fel
ler.”
MMiel Btop|»ed. relit hla pipe, and
smiled tantalizing!) at the Interested
•steel e.
“Eor heaven’s sake, go on! What
did you do? Why didn’t you drill both
of them?*'
Michel blew a cloud of smoke be
fore he said:
“You see dls Beeg Antoine at
Ogoke?”
“Yea.”
“Wsl, he move heea head when I
shoot. Eet was bad s^ot.”
“Re It was you who gave him that
se«r?“
“Ah hah!”
“What happened to the other man?”
“He did not move." said the Iro
quois, grimly.
“You hit hlmr ,
“Beeg Antoine go hack to Ogoke
alone.'*
“And they never came again?”
“No, hut we had fear."
There waa a hard glint In the eyes
of Sieele as he turned to David.
“David." he said. "1 owe you sn
ii|iolog). When we had tlmt snake In
our hands we should have finished
the Job. It would have been hfld
self-defense hy any decent Jury."
!>av!d lifted hla wide shoulders.
“We feenlsh dat )ot. souiCtam, boas."
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As Steele had foreseen, the run
ning down of a beast patrolling a
country of the size of the Wailing
Uiver valley was clearly a matter of
chance.
It was decided that Steele and
David, with the bloodhound, which
they sere anxious to test on the
snow at once, should work over to the
Medicine hilla and Thantoni lakes
district with the purpose of quieting
the Indians, if iNissihle. and holding
them In the country, as well as of
waiting the possible reappearance of
the night wallet. Michel, with Little
Jacques, a Krench-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 audi dread duty.
»vere*to palrol the Portage Lake coun
try as far ns the traplines on the. Lit
tle Current and the Drowning. Both
parties were to report buck at Wail-
: ng 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 n week for news of the oth
er, and whither St. Onge wotfld send
any Information from the post down
river. In- this manner they could
(•over a great area of the lower Wail
ing.
The plan of campaign settled with
tlie hearty approval of 8t. 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 Jfiws would yawn un
der the snow for hla unwary feet—
Jawa, which, if once shut, would hold
their victim in grip of steel until the
freezing death brought swift relief.
Before he started, Steele returned
to the boose. At breakfast Denise had
been gracious, affable, but impersonal,
and Steele felt that the mood ef the
previous evening still poeoeaoed her.
Se, justly heit he made no attempt to
plead hla case or correct the Impres-
dag oa the bench, to • low latfig
Ogoke; under the pretense of. se'
information, hatf’met Hose Lafla.
secretly, only to etenpe anrpris*
detection by the alertness of
t watch-dog. David. That the sltw
•hsped Itself in the mind of the smart
ing Steele; aad, as it is ever w'lth the
unjustly suspected, he had, with a
brave show of indifference, hardened
his sore heart to the suffering girt
whose turden was already sufficiently
great
But. her welfare demanded his early
depurture- from the po^t and the man
whose thoughts site tilled, left her that
morning without an attempt at de-
fense or explanation.
“We were going up the river at
once, mademoiselle. I want you to
know—in case anything happens—and
troubl$ that I have done what I
could.”
The sober ey'es of the girt grew
wistful. She started as if to speak,
then turned her- head, while be
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
his 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 hWe 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. SlcK at heart he
turned away to the w aiting dog teams,
which, followed by the blanketed
bloodhound. Jingled out of the clearing
and down to- the river ice on their
strange quest. And, until the bend
shut them from sight, a knot of |M>st
Indians in aw-ed'wonder watched the
sleds speeding south. For that men
should thus calmly set out In search
of a horrible death was a matter l»e-
yontf their ken.
One morning, a week later, Steele
was frying moose steak In his eniup
In the spruce, on the Little Medlclpe
river. Three days Iwfore, David had
Mtarted with the dog* for the rendez
vous nt the mouth of the Stisiping
river where (from Portage lake) word
Uhl lie left oh a pleee of hirrh hark
he pnrtner of Mlrliel. In the Mett
le hills the friend* had found most
of the Indians hack on their Iraielines,
but uneasy and iVarful of Hie early
return of the Windlgo, and the condi
tions along the Phantom chain of
lakes were similar.
As Steele sat hy hi* lire eat lug hi*
breakfast of moose, bannock and tea.
the nose of Wlndigo. the hound, lying
at hla aide, lifted to sniff the air
Then a low nimble swelled hla black
throat.
“What’a the matter, old hoy? Smell
something?" Ami Steele (ailled the
dog’s wrinkled forehead.
The wind Mowing upatreaui again
brought the message, and springing to
hla feet, the hhsMlhound ran toward
the river, sucking in the biting air
through quivering nostrils, then raised
his head In W deep thr**ited hny,
t'urious. Steele left his breakfast to
follow the dog to the river Ice. where
already hi* heavy vnh-e t*waned out
Upon the silence of tlie frozen forest.
For a *|mce he mired downstream
at a dark ohjert moving up the white
trull, then exclaimed:
’•That’s I »ii\ Id ’ And he's pushing
the dogs for sll there** In them. News!
He* heard from Michel.”
Kunnihg to the tent. Rteele hastily
got hi* hag* ready for a *wlft return
•lownrlver. then returned to the Ice.
In a matter of minu*es. Ihivld. with
face circled hy the lYost from hla hot
breath, drove his light sled up to
Hteele. the nose* of hla dogs white
with rime.
“flet de stuff on de tied, queek !"
cried the excited OJIbway. “Here ees
de waird from Michel!” And he thrust
into Steele’s hands a roll of birch hark
on which, In the syllable writing of
the wood* Indian, wa* burned the
message from Michel. In OJIbway, left
at the Jack pine hy Little Jacques.
“Tome to Portage bik\ fas’,” rend
David over Steele’s shoulder. ”Plen-
tee work for de dog! Michel.”
In his delight, Steele slapped the
heavy caribou-skin capote of his friend.
“The Windlgo’* loose over in the val
ley !” he cried. “When can we get
there. If the snow holds off?’’
"We camp at Portage Ink’ een free
sleep—mebbe two. De dog* ees tired.
I leeve Wallin’ Riviere onlee one sleep
back,” replied the OJIbway, making
the hags fast with the sled lashings. ^
Througli the day the team hurried
past the silent spruce-clad hills of the
valley of the Little Medicine."Through
the day the men cast anxious looks nt
the black cloud-banks hovering In the
north, for no snow* had fallen In a
week and it wa* overtime. T6 his de
light, Steele had already learned that
the dog could easily hold to a fresh
trail over the ice or hard snow, packed
by the wind. But a fall of new snow
oa‘ c tflp
the Wlndigo might not stay
country. V "• >
-That night they camped on tha
Walling, and In the mohtfag parted
on up the Stooping river trail to port
age lake, following tha Med tracks of
Little Jijeque*. Still the aftow Reid
off. but Portage lake and Michel ware
fifty miles away.
In the early afternoon of the aae-
nml day from the Walling, when the
narrowing of the river and the break
In the hills ahead indicated their near-
ness to their goal, the snow they
feared began to fall. Shortly Little
Jacques’ tiled trail grew fainter and
fainter on the wind-packed anow, and
vanished., And l^y the, time the team
turned Into Portage lake and sought
a camping place In the thick aernb
back from the shore, men and dogs
were sheeted In white.
“Well, we’ve lost again!“ said
Steele, hitter with disappointment.
“We know bettalr w’en we eee
Michel” replied the philosophic In
dian.
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Soon. «* the early November night
shut down, like a blanket, on the
white l^ke. the birch logs blazed higii
before the shed-tent and the tea pall
and the kettle of moose stew were
simmering ove** red coals.
“If the old hoy Is loose now, he'll
appear and sing again somewhere.
There’s some connotation In that,”
dropped Steele, as he filled hla pipe.
“We strike hees trail yet, •you nev*.
aire—” David broke short off. to rise
n'ad peer suddenly Into the wall of
murk hemming In the Are In the
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acmh. then walked swiftly Into
blackne«w beyond the find# of
from the fire.
“What la ll, Ihivld?” called the man
at the fire. Hut there waa no re-
Npoti-tq from the other who had faded
Into the night.
The excited dog* broke lain a
chnm* of howl* tn the art-miipanlment
of the ha«* of the hound There wa*
aonielhinz oat there In the «now-cur
tained glrinni. Hteele rone to hU feet
Then a voice called: “Bo*-)o! Ihi-
1 veed!” And he knew that Michel had
found them.
"Hello, Michel!" he cried, ahaklng
the IimimI of the Iroquoi*. who pro
of* led David to the camp-fire. “We
did our heat to heat the snow here,
hut It waa no use. Now tell ns shout
It!”
Heated with hla friend* by the
flaming birch log*, the headman told
hla story
When he and Jacques reached the
LlttJe furrent, he had found all but a
few of the most timid hunters on
their trap-lines. There had been ru
mor* Nfloat In the valley of the howl
ing of the beast at Big Feather, hut
the I’ortage lake hunters had refused
to IlKten to an Indian who claimed
that he had heard the Windlgo, In
September, on the ridge acroa* from
Wailing River post,
"Dat Pierre, he try do good Job.”
“It wa* Pierre, was It?”
“Ye*, lie try hard to ware dein on
de Little Curren’, too."
But to the surprise of Michel, he*
returned fo Portage lake to find a
camp of hunters he had left hut two
day* before, wild with fear and pre
paring to leave the country. For. in
id* absence, the Wlndigo had flllerf
the night with horror lYom a nelgii-
borlng ridge. Michel had lost no time
in finding the trail and following it
down to a creek where he lost Itfon
the ice, and although he followed the
stream for mites, failed again to pick
it UP- Then he sent Little Jacqnes
with the message which David found
at the rendezvous.
‘‘Wall, he’s lu this country and we'H
keep after him,” said Steele, when the
headman had finished his story.
There was nothing to do but patrol
the country, following the trappers’
camps, in the hope that some night
luck would strike them, and they
should wake from their warm robes
to hear the voice.
As Steele rolled himself in his
blankets under the shed-tent by the
fire he wondered If the girt mt, Wailing
River, who had ao lightly weighed him
and found him wanting, had paaaed tn
consider whether the choice of a wia-
tar «r toil with the dogs, oa the
ef the Mudfish's Bay waterahed, rath
er than the aRernetjve of the eoft Ufa
between the ages of 21 and 66 yean. All
of 21 and 00 even -nr* liable to poll tax ef 11.00.
Aarual capitation dog license of $1.26 por
of January, osx all dogs, male and female, old aad
pup (See Acta 1924, No. 066. at pope 10M >
It ia the duty of oarh school trustee In
that this tax ia collected or aid the Magistrate ia
the proviaions of thia Act. «
* Drafts will not be drawn for taxes with receipts attached.
Tax receipts will be released only upon legal
orders, or certified chocks.
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erty in Barnwell, residential and bminefii, 7
Loins procured promptly at lowest cost
Allendale, Bam bars and Barnwell Counties.
THOMAS M. BOULWARE
Attorney-at-law • Barnwell, S. C.
NOTICE!
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Against Hunting, Fishing and Trapping
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Any person or c person* entering upon the land* hereinafter referred to,
situate in Barnwell, Richland and Red Oak Townships, for the purpose of
| hunting, fishing or trapping, will be prosecuted to the full extefct of the
I law:
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L. W./Tilley 200 Mrs. Jane R. Patterson 1,000
Sue* Ford 130 J. M. Weathers bee 1 672
Mrs. Flossie Smith J. 1,000 Billie Jenkins go
Allen Eubanks 130 Jessie Middleton 300
Jce McCreary 200 J; W. Newton ,245
Harriett Hutson 175 /Estate of H. A. Patterson 1. 2,000
J. M. Easterling 800 Joseph E. Dicks —2^ 800
W. H. Duncan —405 R. C. Holman 400
F. H. Creech r 45 A. A. Richardson —-l: 2,000
Mrs; Kate M. Patterson 2,500 Lemon Bros. 160
Mrs. Annie P. Easterling 502 8. B. Moseley 80
Duncannon Place 1,060 Mrs. Lena Davies 90
G. ARTHUR EVANS,
ANGUS PATTERSON.
Managers.
I Barnwell, S. C., Nov. 22. 1920, f ^
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