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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH Scraps ; CHAPTER Y Continued . : . by' GEORGE. MARSH Capyrfzht by Penn Pub. Co. Q with you to gat Omar In OJIbwa. lie Is a liar, and LeBlomL Is through .with him; he has. sent him away to the south. You will see him rl more. "Paradees plays your fur," went. on At the words, the Indians exchanged surprised arid puzzled lucks. For 'a time the older man smoked .In Rilence, his eyes on the fire; then he addressed You do afoolish thing to come Jim. to the Pipestone country.. Tire hunt, . era fear you. Do I look like oneto be feared? I demanded Jifn opening his arms. come from the old company.who gave you and your fathers honest guns qnd blankets', flour and tell, before poisoned your hearts against us. I- come here now to seek your .friendship and kill the lies of tills Paradis. This moon, In the south, he tried to have me shot, and his master LeBlond has sent him' away. If I say but the word the fathers In Ottawa will send men and take him to the railroad to be punished. . As Jim spoke the Indlnn'.g small eyes .probed his frank features as If attempting to measure, his .sincerity. You seem to speak with a single 4oifr eyes tongue, said the OJIbwh. Are not the eyes of a liar, but the hunters fear They say you are the friend of demons. I came to warn you not to Journey Into the Pipestone country." ' What Is your name? asked Jim, .impressed by the speakers sincerity. My name Is Baptiste WagoJh. This Is m.v son." Where Is the .shaman,' Jlngwak?" asked Esau, abruptly. Wagosh scowled at the question. He looked hard Into the swart faces of Omar and Esau thrust toward him, Why do you ask?" ' "Itecause," answered old Esau with, a grin, be Is a false shaman, a wabeno, and Is paid by Taradees.- - to keep the trade for Lelilond. Wagosh and his son exchanged significant looks. Jlngwak Is a big medicine' man, replledtha older mnn, quietly, this Is his country. Go back to Mltawangagama, before It ts too .. CWNU. Service) .FROM .THE BEdlNNINC. - . ' Humo j only-childre- d ' . . . . Hard, to 'tell Jim sauntered to .the old Indian its he'talked- - rapidly to the group bf curiwhen Esau .returned with a lighted . ous and awed squUws-nea" the tipja. candlq. 'Not a mafk-- he announced;. dey You have ' seen many long snows hear come and gO," he said InrQjibwa. You . want to steal her, but Smoke-liof detn too quick.". have, lived long nd seen Well,' we know now whf.rt to expect many men. '.Look at me! Do 'I speak ' from the Pipestone ebuntry," s'qld Jim. with' a single tongue? The old Indian met Jims eyes with gloomily, with a shake. of his head. candid pize: He removed the pipe he IK) you suppose It was that Wahail filled with Omars- - tobacco, spat, . gosh? ' TTinow the face of the dqg-wathen "lie de know said No," Otnur, replied: .' white man. In my youtti I voyaged . here. "Wed better paddle straight tp the .many long snows for the old company Islands In the morning anjl talk .to down at Fort Hope on the Albany. There I leafned from the Oblate father them as If nothing, had happened. 'Ah-hawe go tode camp, first that there is no truth Jn medicine men. But the. people here .will not listen tlng. I see wat dat Wagqsh say.w to me'." By sunrise they were on their way. As the strange canoe, approached tbe They believe this Wabeno, Jing' groups of wak'? fishing camp on . shawled women gathered In front Yes,, many believe him and the Frenchman, Paradis. tipis. Men. visiting their set In the- channels, stopped their work, Jim Was stirred by the open speakto Tall to each other, curious of thq ing of the shrewd pld m'an. Here was For the a possible ally, lid must be culti.Identity of the strangers. .canoe of a' white man .hnd seldom vated. . . nosed Its way over the waters of the' What Is your, name? Ovide Zotaire, they called' me at Pipestone lakes, deep In 'the hehrt Fort Hope; my father was half A rabble 'of wolfish 'dogs iijet. the . French." canoe as It' slid Into the beach of an Where Is this JJngwak, now? Island. Leaving Esau In the boat-- , He summers In the Sturgeon river with the challenging Smoke 'who, with country, three-sleeptoward the big stiff mane and hared fangs, answered water. the snnris of the Indian huskies, Omar Have- you ever Seen this French' and Jim stepped ashore. . . man, Paradis? late." . We are from the Lake of the Sartd was. here the last long he Yes, The blood darkened the bronzed face Beaches," announced Jim In OJihwii a snows; he came-witGo of jlm Stuart as he replied: to an old Indian, with face seamed .tell the OJIb-wa- s does What Jingwak back and tell your people that the with wrinkles, wlio left the group of find the post .of the old me about old company traded with their fathers women by the tipis and met them.-company to. keep them from bringing fathers, and wishes to trade with wish to speak to the .hunters who me their furs? them. I have come to talk to them as trnde there. Send word to the other Old Zotaire laughed as he replied : their friend and will not, be driven Islands." . He says that the good spirits he talks out by this false shnman, this waheno, With face Immobile as .stone,'- the tell him that the House of the with Jlngwak, who Is paid by the French." grizzled veteran scrutinized Jim and Setttlng Sun Is the home of devils, With muttered the Indian Omar through- - keen, mink-lik- e eyes, lie says you have the evil eye. . . and his son went to their canoe and before he replied. the people believe him? .And Into the paddled away gloom. What are your names?" he. asked Some' do, but not all. Well, what dyou make of It?", quietly. ' ' What do you think? . asked Jlin of his friends. You think "I am Stuart, of .the' old company," a liar. ParaIs ii theyll do as he said try to driv.e us said Jim, and this is Omar, my head dis Jlngwak hia Jessikib, filled with tobacco tipi keeps out of the country?" man." There was a shrewdness, an . and flour. Eef dey tlnk we got devil wld us, Intelligence In the rugged features of at Omar, who listened heem wid us. Jim dey might try sometlng, all hah." the old mail which Impressed .Stuart, beside glanced Pnradees and Jlngwak got plentee face of. the half-breeThe him. "Well, are we going to.be dflven and he wondered If he, too, were un' of fren up dere, added the brooding The muscles black with was rage. out by this Jlngwak? ' der the spell of Jlngwak, the sorcerer. his . Omar. square jaws bulged as his teeth Omar spnt Into the fire afid puffed You have Journeyed far.. What . In for trouble on the' SturWere as crunched. little Ills eyes snapped, fora moment before answering. Esau have you come to the Pipestone to lie 1'eaned toward the old Indian. You geon, I guess. But I'm going, tor find and Omar tak good care ov dis Jing-watell us? that crooked fakir, trouble or bo siiow me-- de- - trail to de Sturgeon nevnlre fear dnt. Hut we want Irritated by the calm insistence- of riviere? . Ive got Just trouble, snapped Jim. ' de fur dis Jong snows so we go the OJlbwa, Omar broke In, You will one year to get-soof that ur, or blood-fille- d Into the Zotaire calmly gazed easee. hear when you have called the hunters . quit. features of the Youre right, Omar, well go slow.' together. Send these boys here with For a space,. Omar looked-a- t hjs disIs aui an old man, and it far, he Theyre wild and superstitious these word to the other Islands. ' couraged chief, ns he sat, elbows on The weathered skin of the Indians answered, people. They might even ambush us head In hands.' Then the half, knees, A look of satisfaction touched If we dont handle them right Weve face crensed with a dry smile ns he breed rested an Iron-harhand on In our canoe Is Omar's fierce eye's. Who are you to give orgot a tough job ahead of us, but Its countered: he said: as Jim's We shoulder, flour, ; tobacco .and tea. You are a Cen dees countree and hunt for stay the only thing thatll save Sunset ders In the Pipestone country? dat man he wise and said sigfriend, House reaching these Indians. Omar laughed goodnaturedly as he until de ice drive us sout-- . Jingwak The old company will not nificantly. Jim rolled tip In his blanket to passed the Indian a- plug of nigger-heaBut suppose we do find him, howre . ' forget Zotaire." My father has swallowed the struggle with the problem which faced we going to- break bis hold on the Gradually the bark canoes from the Indians?. him, while the voices of Omar and fins of a dore and they prick his. Esau, smoking by the dying fire, throat. There is tobacco and tea In. fishing camps assembled at the Island Leave dat to Omar and Esau. where Jim and Omar waited. Some reached his ears In muffled monotone. the canoe. Send for the hunters. .. What dyou two Intend to do? You came were men of woiwenas the and. fornmn But desperate forward ordered the present With a grin, the old kill lilm, you know, you old can't " tunes of Jim Stuart and Sunset House, some boys, who stood near the group with friendly and shook wolf. Youd ruin me if you did. And hands . with the strangers. Others lie shortly found himself back on the listening to the talk with hushed Intheyd get you before you got out sand beach at Mltawangagama, gazterest. to take Stuarts message.-Wha- t hung back, conversing In whispers, if Remember, you've got a family." Info dark the their faces him? of think Has of Aurore picturgrave, questioning depths ing dyuh of Omar black as The twinkled eyes LeBlonds changing eyes; watching Paradis got him.?" whispered Jim to ing their misgivings'- concerning this white man from the House of the they met the sphinxlike gaze of the the sunlight caught In the meshes of Omar. , old Indian. Esau and Omar find her thick hair, listening to her low wabeno. feex to dat laugh. But Jim saw little hope In the situ--' Long since, the embers of the fire ation. He had recklessly undertaken had grayed and died, leaving the camp Ox-Tea- m Loss to double the trade of Sunset House Overhead the night had In gloom. within the year by getting some of thickened, masking the stars. Through the Pipestone and Sturgeon river fur Where there are no big draft horses, under. the. strain all heighten the efthe spruce no air stirred. Like a blanket, the murk had settled upon the mule Is the only real rival' of the fect. The countryside has lost one of from LeBlond. But would these Ojib-wa- s trade with him when he stole a the great lake. Except for the heavy ox In farm work. Mule breeding. In' its' charms since oxen went out of breathing of three mufTled figures the South and the Importation of the fashion. Besides, skill In driving oxen march on his rival and came to them on the snow In December? However, five big breeds of horses from north-- , there was no sound. Isbeeoining one of the lost arts. Curled near his master, nose burled western Europe into the Lnited States, But they nre altogether too slow for there was but one line of action open this fast age. While we like to look at present, and that was to visit them, under bushy tall, Smoke dreamed of rather than the Invention of the tracsnow-sho- e rabbits leaping before him, tor, finally displaced the ox as a source at oxen, we-arcertain that we should show himself, and talk to them as he had talked to the fishing camps up the of lurking timber wolves and the of power on our farms and In our lumnot like to ride behind them. We prewhite sterns of fleeing caribou. Then, ber camps. fer to go whizzing In an automobile, so lake. Then the thought of the girl of a sudden, his visions of the chase The passing of the ox Is one of the there seems to Jbe nothing to be done who had begged him to stay at' until she went south faded and he stirred uneasily In his penalties of progress. It is one. of about Jt.. But we cant help feeling his drove a faint sound our drifted cases quest from his mind. esthetic where present we those feelings lose that sleep. Presently something by being so terWas he ever to see her again? Would to his pointed ears, lie slowly lifted are sacrificed to productive efficiency. ribly progressive. Irogress, like every she come back in the spring? If she his head. Ills black nostrils quivered, Oxen at work are more decorative other good thing, costs something. did, she would find a defeated fur but the air told him nothing. than horses, mules or tractors. They Exchange. trailer, out of a Job, who had had the Again his keen ears caught an algive one the Impression of Irresistible boldness to make love to a girl who most Imperceptible sound. The great power. There Is something primitive Wooden Leg Uninturable could only pity him. As the quiet lake dog rose to his feet, his back hair about' the way they are yoked and . The Supreme court of California went rose colored under the flush of stiffening, his nose testing the air, as their power applied. Their very slowhas decided that a workman cannot the he listened. Then, satisfied, with a ness the way they lean against the collect a workmen's afterglow, and the shadow-packecompensation liof the adjacent shore of the roar he leaped toward the lake. There yoke, and the way the yoke creaks spruce ability benefit for Injury to a wooden mainland was a muttered warning, the sound of deepened from purple to In the case of John Driscoll, a leg. violet. Jim smoked with his bitter moccasined feet, the churn of paddles, teamster, whose wooden leg was brokTouching as the husky reached the beach to thoughts, while Omar and Esau talked en when his horses sided and threw sentimental a In was The landlady snarl his challenge to the unseen enetogether In low tones. Then, as his him. The case was bitterly fought, mood when dinner was served. clouded gray eyes lifted from the emmies who had faded like ghosts Into Tills Is the anniversary of the three judges dissenting from the mabers of the supper fire Into which he the gloom. Then Omar? grasping his jority of the bench. It was gun, followed by Esau and Jim, death of my poor, dear uncle," she loss of an artificial member urged that had been staring, a cold nose touched was a real reached the shore. sighed. "He was a sea captain, and his hand and a massive, hairy head disability. The majority held that a Seizing the dog by the nose to choke went down with his ship this day five decision favorable nudged his arm. while a pair of slant to the workman and twenty years ago. I was only a his yelping, Omar listened, head close browu eyes sought his. would open the door to claims for to the water, to get the direction of child when he went away, but I reHello, Smoke! Jim circled the to crutches, eyeglasses and the retreating canoe; then fired twice. member he gave me a pet lamb as a damage neck of the dog with his arm. Smoke false teeth. Take dat! he muttered. parting gift." loves Jim, even If he's a poor fur man, cutlamb his boarder Esau. a were The regarded candle, "Light They and a fool t'o love her. Out To after the canoe when Smoke heard let with mournful Interest. As If sensing the mood of the man he murmured Then, on the other hand, a bachToor, dear lamb! them, said Stuart They may have vhn held his devotion, the dog whined. "And youve killed It elor's life Is Jist one undarned thing Jils ted ruined her! reproachfully. tongue caressing Jim's hand after acothcr. Boston Transcript at last! Already Omar was groping with his (TO BK CONTINUED.) - Keeps Skin Young u Devils. From the actions of the mefr and squaws It was evident to Stuart that Jiiigwaks effort's, successful . as they had been In keeping the trade of tl.ie'se people from Sunset House, had failed fear of him personally, except among the most superstitious. Far tat his request, they had come to' look al him and listen to his words. After passing tobacco t.o the men, But 1. said It wps Important that Jim told .them that their fathers for. you got your wife to wrap your neck two, hundred years had traded with: up In 'flannel," went on 'the medical .the 'old company, and always had re- man sharply, ceived fair treatment.. To' save them stammered VI. know, floetor, but from a longer journey south, the old the patient company had built a post on the Like And she was to bathe the spot with of the Sand Beaches, and wished to Lias she boric," went on the doctor. trade, with them. But Iaradis .had done It?. come among them with lies which No, doctor, murmured, the other. would believe, fin his pay. .. Then why not?" snapped the. docwas a false sha.man who lived' on the tor. .' ' . . bounty of the North.West company. havent gert A wife, came the cool As Jim mentioned the name of Jirrg- - f ' repjy. wak, from a 'grump of young men in the rear of the OJibvvasrose groans GOOD WORK ' of protest. ! is lie a shouted .a but ;. youth .It the voice of Zotaire lifted above the clamor of disst'nt. Bisan ! Keep quiet ! commanded . the old man. You listened to Paradis when he said that this man who gpeaks had the Evil Eye anjl talked with devils. Now listen-thim, find. Judge for yourselves who peaks. with a double tongue." Jims lieart leaped at the 'old Indian's defense of him. . Here' was a friend In need. Then Jim told the Indians that he would come In DecemMy husband is better to me. no.w. ber, 'the little moon of the spirit, with s loaded with' honest' trade-goodthan bfi was .even tefole .we were married. and. save them the lpng-trlHow remarkable. south. Have the years . . . At the announcement there was a changed hlnl So? No, I have changed hiin, he is nodding of heads among the older men, hut from the rear of the assembly, actually afraid to be otherwise. . IloWever, groans and when Omar told them of the disgrace Future Possibilities of Paradis by his own chief how hie t least you are credited with makhad been sent to Nipigon, a. hush fell ing another splendid speech. audience. ' upon the swart-faeeYes, Sorghum.. sighed Senator hands with most Of the Its all good praetjee. Shaking older men and women, Jim returned For whaf? to the canoe, to find Esau and Omar "Future possibilities. If all this :alk of indiscriminate salary reduction squatted on the beach, watching Zo1 may have to taire trace with his fingers a .rough amounts to a'nythi-ng- , sketch of the trail north to the Stur seek better pay in private life. Im geon river. practicing hard, hoping Ill be able to Through the afternoon the three make good as a radio announcer. friends paddled down 'the first of the Washington Star: Pipestone lakes and made- - camp oh an island near the outlet To the north lay other and larger lakes of the IVe bert. Pipestone chain, which formed of the Sturgeoh river. What about, dear? I wonder whether Im really the Eating their supper of bannock, fried pike, and tea, they considered the situmoney, youve ever only, girl whose ' ' ation as they smoked. loved. . Too had old Zotaire wouldnt come He seemS with us, regretted Jim. to have Influence with these people. He had fear to travel to de 'Stur-- . He tell mb geon, replied Esau. dey might keel heem'. eef dey foufl ll At h. far post. Sunset House, In the Ceiladian north, Jim Stuart, trader fh 'charge., with hia headman, Oirar, rescues a fir I from an overturned canoe in tha lahe. She. ia Aurora UDIoaj, daughter of Stuart'a rival in tha fur business, in. a spirit of fun, aha and Jim arrange to exchange notet on a certain island. LeEHond, with Paradis, his half-brelieutenant, arrives in seaiftl te missing girl. Paradis displays pnmity toward Jim, thoug is Lelilond acknowledges bis debt of gratitude. Going 'to tha island to see if Aurore has left the promised note, Jim is ambushed by Paradis and forced to travel toward tha Uillond post. On the way he overturn the boat, leaving bis enemy on the beach. Jims superior, Andrew Christie, displeased at Stuarta- - trade showing, allow Paradi bribes an Indian to ambush him, at his request, one year to make good. Jim and Omar, Tba attempt 'fails, and Jim takes tke Indfan to LeBlond. After and Aurora arrange a rendezvous, Jim hearing tba story, LeBlond discharges Paradis. at which they acknowledge their mutual love, though Aurore is returning to Winnipeg, and Jim has planned a canoe trip Jo make personal appeal to the Indians, who have persistqptiy refused to trade their furs with him. IVIercoiizedWax hands over the upturned peterboro on the beach, seeking possible damage, the-face- s your-medlcin- . gill-net- - Indo-Cljin- a which ti.ie reptiles were taken. Snakes destroy many rats and other rodent pests, so this conditioadoes not seem unlikely in vi&w of the fa.ct that 36,, 750 pieces of reptile skins were Imported to this country from French. a In the final Ijuartel of last year alone. Indo-Chin- Salt Lake Citys ;I fewest Hotel HOTEL TEMPLE SQUARE 200 Tile Baths 260 Rooms Radio connection. in every room. RATES FROM $L50 - cat-call- Just oppotit t Mormok TabcrnacU ERNEST C. 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