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IM te Ml SYNOPSIS BR If-w jtlmMlf ul iJcVctV *. ir Sr.V? aKSs^a •srlj fK r S2.S ? /u°K 0 ; t ‘? u i r i’ - *•*•1*® jg^^-^nasssr^*^ that Laac«Ues, tha comp* ***y^ayr at Fort Albanv m»«u rata ui ordor to com ... company « Albany. Beaks his pel Denis# to mar* rat* ry him tamure her lather. CHAPTER III.—Hear In r K m*> arlrkllm •t. that uncommunlcatlrs. BR IV.—T#t«-Boul#. Indian la *.• •• caufkt listsnlnar ^ ■w5* l *w WU J^ DmT, « » nd Michel, ronahlr handled. Steels learns Loals Laflaaune, factor at Oyoka, ,0 -^fSirtSS. X£^SSf,X% SiT ^■paaMhly (or saa shells. David and ^Bphel are suspicious of him. CHAPTBR ja -Laecell.. Tl#Ha WaU- tas River. He jeers at stories of the •Wla*l»°. To hts consternation, De nise tells Steele she Is Laaoellee' fiancee. TBR V1L—Steele, David aad CHART] _ __ . kOehel learn te visit oa the trail of the reate te Nepl(< an Ollbway camp, — Wind iso." and ea ’eplfioa. CHAPTER Vm.—Talk with the OJlb- ways confirms ths suspicion that Plarra — -Boi ‘ ■PL-nad TTnts-Bouls bis acoom' - “Wladlso; la beard le jllce. a sated, hat '« allias River wltf messap es. fixes le. la aa affort to hold the terrified ladl- •»«. tehee the trail of the WladtsA" ultheat resale CHAPTER IX.—Steele aad David start far Nepicoa At Ovoke Lafiamme travelers. Michel returns te welcomes the travelers, eeemlasly Uar*la« wHk eerprtee of the - wTa- *1*0 aad the loan of St. onse'e fur caaen. Steele meets Rose. Leflemme't Misuses, whs Is Introduced by La- Hamms as bis sister CHART BR X—Rose com#e to Steele la hie cable te urte him to take her sway from Lafiamme The letter ap pears and Is overpowered and bound by David, who would have killed him but for Steele. The two men eec-epe, Ira via* Rose David tells Hteele La- flamme caused the death of David's brother, aad the half-breed bee swore to have hie life. Lafiamme e men am bush them, but the voyasere escape by runnln* the Fryla* Pan rapids, a feat lined Im deer i possible CHAPTER XI.—From Neptnon Mteele uoes east, retbrnln* with e bloodhound with which h« hopes to trail tbs "Wla- <tl*o' David and fitesls *o back to Wallin* River, where they had been given up as lost, drowned in the Pry- In* Pen fitesls la myelltUd by Denises told reception. CIUPTKK Xll —Steele finds himself utterly at a loss to account for In-nls*’* changed attitude, and with a heavy heart he. with David. Michel, and the bloodhound, leave to hum the W la in *0.* CHAPTER XHI—fit On*ce Is d-i oysp from Wallin* River b> a forged letter la his absence Daftanime rotusa to the post to urge Denise to listen lo his suit. She repulses him. Prenaled. after teuntln* her with lovlna Htevle. whom he declares would have run away with Hone, he smashes the Kiris beloved violin and esc a fee ^ CHAPTER XTP—The hungers hear the "Wtndlco'' and loose the blood hound on Us track. The creature kills the do* and gets away. Neat day they hear aernams from a trap, and find Pierre. Leflammes henchman, gro tesquely disguised, deed In the snow. The mystery of the “Wlndlgu" Is sd. Lafiamme had used It to frighten Indians Into deserting fit Onge trading with him ayogoke ^ I The h him at < r.i-glee1s CHAPTBR"XT.—Steels and bis two friends secure the promise of the In-* dlans. who, now that they know the (treaded • Wlndlgo'' was an Invention of Lafiamme. are eager for vengeance, to help them rid the country of the tfader, and plans are mads. CHAPTER XVI.—At Wailing Rlvsr Denise pines and fades. Her father learns shs has received a communica tion from Rose Lafiamme, placing Steal# In a had light, and she believes it. She Insists that having given her word, she will carry out her promise to marry Lascelles. Tete-Bouls at- tampts to shoot Michel from ambush.* and Is killed by the latter CHAPTER XVII.—Lafiamme hears of ths death of Tete-Boule, and the de fection of hts Indians,Wvlth the realisa tion that his downfall Is at hand. Steele, with his party of avengers, ap proach. Lafiamme and his chief part ner In crime, Antoine, escape. CHAPTER XVUI.—David, alone, fol lows Lafiamme, his vepgeance In sight. Stored with oth'er furs, Steele finds those stolen from the murdered crew of 8t. Onge’s canoe. These he restores to SL Onge. The others ars distributed among the Indians^ to be traded at Walling River. David returns with the simple announcement, "My brudder— he sleep soun' las’ night." CHAPTER XIX.—At Fort Albany Steele secures from Lascelles his writ ten promise to release Denise from her engagement to him, under the threat of trading Laflamme'p furs with ths Hudson’s Bay company. < CHAPTER XX—Returning to Wall ing Hirer Stasis Is unable#to assure himself of the certainty that Denise loves him, or If her feelinfr Is simply that of gratitude tor eavlng her fa ther. Steel* away, Dealee receives a letter from Rose LdSamme admitting •he lied la accusing Stsel«Lpf mlscon- rtri feels It is M GEORGE MARSH \ J AUTHOR* OP " TQlLCRf or THE TRAIL * " THE WHELPS Of THE WOLF* jcbPYPtOHT jy the rtww ruEusmw c& CHAPTER XX On* bitter day in th* middle of Jan uary alx lean dogs, heads down. Hipped painfully across the clearing at Wail ing Hirer. At the tall of the sled fol lowed two men. whose haggard eye* and frost-cracked faces bore the scars of the barrage of the January bllg- sards. “We have worried much. Michel and I," said the factor, as Steele and Darld thawed otrt" before the trade-house store. “You struck terrible weather. Did your rations hold out?” “Tea, by cutting them in two,” re plied Steele with a grimace. “We’ll gire you your llll as soen at it can be cooked. And your-miwion— it was successful?” hazarded the curi ous St.vOnge, Ignorant of the purpose of the six-hundred-mite midwinter journey. "It was,” and Steele handed the fac tor the oil-skin envelope. “Read that!" Ht. Onge read the release in open- mouthed amazement: “Men, man! How did you get it?” he gasped. Hteele described his meeting at Al bany with Lascelles. Unchecked tears-slowly gathered In the eyes of the overjoyed old man. "My hoy," he said brokenly, “It would be the proudest dey of my life. You still cere for her. don’t you?" lie de manded anxiously. ’’Too know 1 cere for her” Mteele gently answered, “hut I went tu Al bany for her—not for ni)self. You must promise me that she hears noth ing of this until 1 have left. She would think she had to pay—feel hon or bound. I know her, monsieur. You must not ted her." “But If she cares? I feel, la her heart, that she does," protested Hr. Onge. , "She must be a freo agent.” Insist ed Steele. “I go south aa *«h.d ss the dogs ere rested. I shall talk lo Iter first " “I’m sorry, hut as you wish It. I. shall not ted her." That night, after what, to'the hun gry Steele, was a sumptuous teenl, consisting largely of carlttou. Mt. onge left his guest end dttughier alone. During the meal the girl tmd fur tively noted the frostbitten fingers of the American the dmwn cheeks, black ened und cracked by the wind of the Album trail, the strained hstk in the gray eyes. * Steele had warmed In the sincerity of her Welcome, the evident pleasure In her greeting K\hau»lcd as he was, the days before hU de|»nr- fure Here t«s» few to waste one eve ning by seeking rest, so he watched Iter with htingri" eyes as they talked, wondering whether her heart had changed Hm site gave no sign, and he was too proud to aak. i»n the evening Itefore he left with David for Xeplgon. he again sal alone with the woman for whose welfare he had given the best that was In him— for whom lie had tolled and planned, faced thw aring of the honker and rite" pinch of the aearifig cold; the woman ‘he loved too deeply to make himself the recipient of her gratitude. “You have never told me. monsieur, why you t(s»k that terrible Journey *to Albany” she said, after a silence tn which her black brows were drawn t«e gether In evident abstraction. The man’s eyes softened aa they lingered on the clean lines of her pro file, the niaaseg of her dusky hair, for she had asked the question with avert ed face hh If fearing his answer. “I went to Albany,’’ he said, "to test my Judgment of human nature." “And you found—T' “I found—that I was u mind render," •n instant, inarriculafe; the* left him alone. f. * ■ • • • • • • Late in February,- long after the hist of the fur cached nt the Mtooping had been traded wftlTlft. otge, a dog-tenm driven by • strange Indian nrrtyed at Wailing River. To die surprised ques tions of the factor the driver answered duct. Heartbroken, the gtr & lnte to amke amends to Btsele. rlotte, Denise's faithful OJlbway Mrvltor. sends him the meesngn whlen Denise finds herself saable to sead— that Steele baa her whole heart. He hastens to Walling River, and on the aaaM spot wheft le had first seen hie ieve, learns from her llpe that her feet] MHIfei bias la mor* *ri»an grat! [hteele It la the entry late Sead Us Yew Job Work. ‘-w. he answered with a smile. “Is it a very great secret?” she asked with a wistful look In the dark eyes that searched his. ‘‘No, you wifi hear—tomorrow.” ^ “But. tomorrow—you go?" "Yes.” . * “And I am not to know' until you have gone? So that Is it?" “You will understand—tomorrow," he put her off with.- For a long Internal she sat gazing at the rug at her feet, then leaned to ward him, her face tense with feeling. "What must yen think of me?" she demanded. "Yon have planned and worked for us, my father and me— given—given—given I And we—we have set with folded hand* while yon toiled—«nd won. Oh, I want you te know how fine you have been through It all—want yon to eenee my gratitude —before yon go." She had risen end was pacing the door—restraint gone t “I hare been eeHUh Inhospitable." gho etnmMed on, her eyes avoiding hi*, "but f wait Jen to know that there is nothing—nothing which I wlH not do—to prove my gratitude for what yoq bevy dene," ** frrned from him He Had Com# From Nepigort Station With a Package and a Letter Ad dressed te Mademoiselle Denise tt. Onge. v that he had come from Neplgon sta tion with a package and a letter ad dressed tn Mademoiselle Ibmise Mt. Onge. The fnctnr took the long, wood en box and the letter to his gnstters, where he found his daughter with Charlotte In the kitchea. “A packet has arrived from Nep- igoa,” announced the excited Mt. Onge. "with a box end a letter for you, my child." "A letter for me?" site said, a wave of color sweeping her face, while Mt. tinge wretched her curiously. la the living room iHwilae Mt. Oage opened the letter. |Ms*tmarked Kenora. and read: "Medeiuolnellr Mt. onge: "tValling Hlver. "What I wrote you at Ogoke last autumn wrns s lie. I stn sorry. ■*Ro#e 1 termini, formerly La flam me." The iwiper slowly altp|ied from the finger# of the mimbed girl and flut tered to llie floor “What le It? Who la If fromr de mitmled her father. The face of I*enl"«r St. Onge was the color of chalk a" the rained her hope less even. "He went to Albany for me." «die Held, aa If to hereelf. "ami would not tell me I wna free, fearing my gratlmde. And now—I receive thin.” "But what la It?” "Bend for yourself, father.” and the «tnnn*«l girl walked to a window, and gated with dry-eyed euiorm* out on the white valley. "All, I dewerve—all,” she aald. turn ing from the window. "But you are wrong when you think I did not know why he went to AMiwny -I knew. And I knew I was free the night before he left, when—when I tried to tell him -that—I tored-hha. Bat ha ihnaghMt- wns gratitude—thought I w-ea frying to pay. He Is proud—oh. so proud!" "He Is a gallant gentleman, and did not know you cared." murmured the old man. "But what la In thia box?" While the girl at the window gazed op the deeolate hill* a* on the white ruin of her happlnet>*, the factor oimne^the cover of the box. Keuiov- ing the heavy wrapping* of p«|»er pro tecting the contents, he gasped in *ur- pria^ "Mon Dleu, mon Bleu!" The glri turned from her hitter re trospection. x " What is it?*’ “Come here!” She joined him and bent over the box. In it* wrapping* lay the ebony • of th ^ ‘Nicoio ense of a violin. On .case letters of gold ape Amatt, Cremona. "An Auiati!" she cried "A priceless Amatt t" Then “Father, father I I am paying—I am paying!" i t he 11 i polled: \ N in h«r Joy. >n, hroiceniy. With feverish haste the key {was found and the case opened. She ten derly lifted the rare handiwork of the world-fatuous maker from Its bed of velvet nod Impulsively careseed it with her cheek. V „ “And he send* no word—ao letter?" cried the perplexed 8t. Onge. ; - She smiled at Mg naivete ‘Tiler* le no word to send, father. He is sorry there, in bis gay New York, for the lonely woman be once knew In the wilderness. Thia," mad abe held aloft the. violla, “la hi* anodyne for the desolate—the syiatol of his pity." o o o • * • • It was May, and Brent Steele had been hard at work at the museum for three months. In March he lid re ceived two letters brought front Walt- Ing River hy the menes^er gent with the violin. The. letter from the fes ter wag ad, tt aright be paaribi* far fliarie to rarialt the valley af the WaOhMK Bn knew the way-aafr-hla fritoda there would live fer that day- the other letterwaa ahortor. It ran/ “Dear Monsieur Steele: “A violin—aad a Nicola Amatt! Your generosity and your thought of nw make these words but fettle things. You, to whom gratitude la dis tasteful, must yet eaduro my heartfelt thanks, not only tor the rare gift, but for the journey you made for my peace of mind through that - terrible wind and cold. The violin wit) ever be a Jiving memory of one who came, a stranger, to two loifely and hopeless creatures, and left them, faring the future with courage. “Denise St. Oage." If only the letter bad given him a sign that xhe wanted- him needed him. Instead of dwelling on tier grati tude. She was so proud end so brave. If only he had taken her in hie arms that last night, and learned from her eyes, the blood in her face, the beet of her heart, whether she was paying a debt of honor or—loved him. Then, late In May, came a letter— addressed by a hand unused to the pen, and postmarked at Nepigoe sta tion on Hie Canadian Pacific. David doubtless had news and some one bed written for him. Mteele opened the envelope aad reed with, lacreaelng wonder and delight: “Mlaeu Mteele— “Iv you weeeb mameel you burs up d*4rall to Walling Reevtr queek. All de long nnow she have play an play de sad museec aa cry on her bed. Wen we go on hill first tarn she lift tier arm to de soul an say. Cuiji bak to me.. Dat mean yon. You rum^ak de win. Michel tak. dls to de railroad, he an me get marry wen msesnary ru*i' In June Charlotte." If was from the faithful OJlbway woman who had for ee long faithfully served Iienlee. That uight rite Montreal sleeper eat of New York carried a men whose gray eye* were strangely happy. A week lateq two friends were pel lag the no*e of a canoe Into the spring freshet of the Jackfteh as If pursued hy a Wlndlgo. Farther os they reck- leeelv ran In succession each white- water of the swollen lloage. Down ogoke. the measured churn swish, churn swish of lunging blade# marked off the mile* to the outlet. Then rid- ihg the flood aster of the racing Wail ing. one afternoon rite caoee slid Into the bench of the poet. In the trade ltou»e Mteele and David found Mt. onge end hi* head man. There were enrprleed greeting*, then: “I have come for her," announced the American. “Where l» she?” "Mlie ha* gone to the- ridge," an swered Mt. Onge with whining eye*. “You will find her with her violin— alone." • At the edge of I he scrub, l»elow the hare brow of Hh* hill. Steele etop|»ed. with a heart which jurred him with He heat. He wanted tu watch her—listen ' to her idnylng l»efore making hie I coming known. With e shaking hand he parted the spruce und looked. Silhouetted against the soft May »ky, she stood with her vluHn. facing from him l’re#enriy she tilted her head end drew the Imw ecrowa the strings. Faintly drifted down to him the haunting minor* of the "Klegle" he first henrd at the rapid*—the sym bol of her fear* and deepalr. Than, oi a sudden, the far call of errant Canada* I roke In on the strains * of the violin. The girl stopped short off and searched the *ky for the wedge of gee«e. Out of the south she saw them coming and opened her arms. Then, aa the violin changed Its mood —broke Into her own, "When Mpring Come* North," he noiselessly ap proached her. Mho finished, and as the laat of the- flock - panned overhead, waved her how. “(loodby! goodby!" she called, as the wanderers faded Into the north. "I have fol leered them hack to you," spoke n low voice behind her. The girl turned startled eye* on the man who stood smiling. Over her throat and face up to the dusky hair mounted the blood. "You!” site faltered. “It’s not a dream?" "I have come hack.” he aald, “for your gratitude.” "My gratitude?” Sbf smiled through mist-veiled e?e*, as he stood beside r." "You ask no more?” And she wfig tn his anna, his face burled In the I nrill bg ni lor the purpose of for 19*7. Only will be returned per cent penalty nddnd for not mak ing roturno on or Wforn February 20th, 19*7: Blnckvttle, January Stk# 1927. Elko, January 7th, 1927. Dunbarton, January 10th, 1917. Hilda, January 12th, 1927. KItac,. January 14th, 1927. Mercfitus, January 17th, 1927. Meyer’s MQ), Jsnunry 19th, 1927. Robbing, January 21, 1927. Seven fines, January 24th, 1927. WilKston, January 26, 1927. Respectfully yours, W. H. MANNING, Auditor, Barnwell County. DOAN’S ”0* M raven hair. . •'Denize! Denise!’’ She raised her flaming face to hie, and there on x the hilltop they stood, oblivious of the world. "Do you think this gratitude?” shs murmured at length “No—paradise V “At last —my spring—Rm corns north," she sighed, "after [THE END] flow Doctors Treat Colds and (he Flu To break up a cold overnight or to cut short an attack of rrippt, in fluenza, sore throat or tonsillitia, phy sicians and druggists are now recom mending Calotabs, the purified and refined calomel compound tablet that give* you the effects of calomel and salts (ombined, without the unpleae ant effects of cither. One or two Cahilahe at bed-tin: with a swallow of water,—that's all No salt*, no nausea nor the alightcv interference with yew eating, worl or pleasure. Next ino. ninf your co!c ha* vanished, your zyat«.r u thoi oughly purified and ynv xre feetiii fine witn a hcfirt; appetite f >r fcreel fa*L Eat whr.1 ,wu plcunt,—r*- -a* ger. Get a family package, contnw.ini full directions, cnly u5 cents. Ai an; drug store. (aiv) No Rod Tap* HARLEY ft BLATT. Attomeys-fttLaw - BamwelL S. C. KODAKERS! Seng year Alma la an for ing aad printing. One day Write far Lollar’s Studio 1429 Main COLUMBIA SOUTH Ws sal NOTICE OF SALE. WHEREAS, on the 6th day of January. 1927, Mrs. M. I. Walker, landlord, caused a distress warrant to be issued • gas rut a certain stock of goods and fixtures in the store located on Main Street in the town of Barn well, formerly occupied by W. A. D. Blackwell, doing business as Barnwell Grocery Company; and WHEREAS, the five days have passed in Which the said W. A. D. Blackwell, doing business aa Barn well Grocery Company, is allowed to replevy the said stock of goods by filing his bond in accordance with law, and he has faded to do so; NOW, THEREFORE, the under- signed, P. 0. Beasley, the duly ap pointed agent for the landlord, Mrs. M. I. Walker, will eril, on the 27tb day of January, 1927, at twelve o’clock noon on the said day, or as soon thereafter aa possible, to the highest bidder far tosh, in paresis or in bulk, the said stock of goods con sisting of canned goods aad other ar ticles, together with the fixtures con sisting of show csss, ioe-box scales, there being a mortgage on the P. 0. BEASLEY, Agent. Jan. J2, 1927. ft i Prescription far Colds, Grippe, Flu; Den gue; Bilious Ferer sad Malaria# It Kills ths Germs wpx&tag'