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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. SPANISH FORK. UTAH .Tik ValSsy- CABINET , - Author of Toilers of the Trill . W. H. V. Service) The Whelps of the . . Wolf (Copyright by tha Pans Fubltahlnf Co ) SEASONABLE CHAPTER XVI 2S- f, v Continued - At length, by a supreme effort, the tinder man reached the knife beneath his back with the hand of a pinioned ? arm. With a heave the hand was free , , and the blade turned Into the body - above him. But In a flash the right hand 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 Jong lingers of Michel clamped on the throat of the man in whose bulging eyes shone the fear of the death which neared. "Dls ees for herl snarled the head-.maas he struck with his free hand the purpled face. "Dees ees for me! and he struck again. Slowly the bloodshot eyes of the assassin, who had so confidently shot from the arubush, 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 ' i s the snow. Picking up his rifle and slipping his mittens ; bands Into the rabhlt-sklwhich hnng from his neck by thongs, ' Michel bent and closely scrutinized the knotted feature of his enemy. ' Satisfied with Ids work, he rasped: Tete-Boul"Bo-Jo- I You are poor shotl You mnk no more trouble een dls valley! and started for camp. lie found his friends at breakfast. Silently he accepted the dipper of steaming teh and the heaped plute of fried moose and beans, and began to . . n el cat. , Well, what luck, Michel? Are they still leaving? asked Steele, when his eyes suddenly focused on the shoulder of Miehelsenpote. Whcre'U you get that tear?' . the Iroquois was woodThe face-oen. "I meet old Men een de bush. f Ah-hn- Curious, Steele rose and examined -- - his friend's shoulder, Why, there's caked blood here! You have been shot at!" he cried. Take off that coat I Not a mark on him his tongue out and his eyes bulging like a pikes you Ambushed 1" squeeze In your hand "So they got him, too?" nodded La ' flamme, chin on chest. Its no good, I tell you," whined Antoine, his voice vibrant with panic. That makes nine nine who have gone out. Itll be our turn next Tonight I leave for the Rouge." The hard eyes of the trader, lined by worry and red from deink, lit with contempt'. Youve gone like the rest. Why didnt you run away with Rose? Want to desert sixty thousand dollars worth of fur, do you? The heavy features of the other filled with llood at the taunt. lie leaned and struck the table with his fist, overturning the bottles. . Soft, am I?. he snarled, because I leave this hell before they close In and take us hnng us from the rafters here or cut our throats, you call me soft! I tel! you we're done I They caught Pierre and the whole valley's after us. Theyre out there now, waiting." He pointed a shaking finger toward the forest. It may be tonight they come., . Ruined by ihe mystery the menace of the Inscrutable forest from which no man returned, which for weeks had ringed the post, sopping the nerve of his people until they fled In the night, Laflarnme sat, numb with despair. Slowly the whisky from the overturned bottle dripped to the floor. Then he That tale Tete-Boul- e snid: brought was true. The men from down-rive- r we sent to the Jackfish to stop him lied." Antoine nodded. Steele got through and enme baci on the snow," continued the trader. The police are not In this. Theyd I come straight here." . , Tills' Steele caught Pierre himself, " When the Indians added the other. learned how we had fooled them, they took the trail. The whole valley was ours until he got the Windlgo." Suddenly the speaker faced the door, lisWhats that?" tening. As the two watched the door apprehensively, It opened to admit a with drink-sodde- n ftfee. "Wlmt you eat tonight, m'sleu?" The dull eyes of the cook shifted uneasily from Antoine to his chief. - "You here still, Philippe?" sneered Laflarnme. "I thought you and Jean would bit the Rouge river trail when It got dark. All the rats have left. Theyll hang on while the whisky lasts, muttered Antoine. ? You find The face In the half of the cook, mottled-gralight, turned to the man who hud gone out that morning on the trail over which none had returned. lie found him with his tongue out." Laflarnme laughed bitterly. You'd make a pretty picture, Phil Ippe, hanging from that hook, with your throat cut. Youd bleed straight Scotch; you've lived on it for months." The stark terror In the eyes of the seemed to appease his chief, who wtnt on: "Weil have bacon and potatoes If they give us time to eat them. Bring that Jug. The Jug was placed on the table between the two men, and the cook, niut teiing incoherently, shuffled to the 1 Wen I feenlsh de moose nnd bean, laughed the stoic. "Hoes gun shake wen he Are!" To his relief Steele found that the bullet had grazed the shoulder blade of his Mend, barely breaking the skin. When the scratch was dressed. l gave him the story of the ambush. With the sting of the bullet across Indian his shoulder, the 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 hurt. Sprawled on hU face, a knee drawn up to give for a lunge, he hud waited for Ihe man In ambush to approach within reach, llad there been two, Ir would have been n knife fight, with the odds heavily against the man compelled to start from the soft snow, . "Good old Michel 1" applauded Steele, us the Iroquois finished. They caut heat you He was scared when lie fired. Had you ever seeu this Indian before?" Mil hoi's black eyes snapped tun;, talizingly, os he played on his chiefs door. curiosity. Two left, out of the lot; nnd they Wul. he look lak man I see one for the whisky!" commented stay tarn." filling n glass and shoving the Traded once at Walling Uiver, you Jug across the table. "My friend. Ill mean? give you a toast, lie added, as the ! he come to de post." Antoine gulped down When?" his that d d American drink, "Muy "He wus dere dls summer. He got rot In h I!" leg Ink how lev simwslme. llees eye Lnfluinine' glass was nt his lips look lak tie mink, lie a chorus when of howls rose from the "You mean-go- od Lord! It wasn't ? cried the surprised Amer- clearing. The sturtled eyes of the men met ican. ' "Ah halt I" admitted the bend man. across the tuhle. "What's that?" demanded the trader, slowly lowering his blowing a cloud of smoke from his 4 gbns, untouched . I tlnk mouili. Let was "The dogs hear something out Cliurlotte be happy squaw, tmw. The hoarse voice of the other "He found your trail leading to the there! as lie went to the door. lake ami took a rlmnce you would qmtvered From the murk, the whimpering of baektraek which you did. Delight the owed huskies reached the strainInshook Steele the hand of the eilly ears of the two nt the door, who dian until the sore shoulder pro- ing stood, nerves strung with suspense-o- ne tested. thought In their brains, Tomorrow night we go to de pos, Then from the Invisible forest Yes, agreed Steele, Ids eyes rerose a wall dcnion-llke- , flecting the Joy of victory, hard won. the voice of no clawed creaSend ono of the boys for David r.t ture of the night to die uway, Into once. , silence. "They have emne!". warned Antoine, CHAPTER XVII seizing the arm of his chief, "Quick! Harness the dogs while I Behind the slab counter lathe trade-roo- get the fur nnd the grubl" wus the at Ogoke a man sat at a table. low answer. On the tuhle stood u glass nnd two The nerve (if Lnfluinine had snapped. bottles one empty. For hours the Ruling desperately against the dosman hud not moved, except to fill and ing hi of n ring of ruthless toes, Andrain the gin. is. Although It was toine caught and harnessed the dogs. barely three o'clock, candle lanterns At the trade-housdoor, grub-hug- , dimly lit the room, for the sun lutd robes, and the precious pack of black died In cloud banks and the light hud fox were thrown on the aled. The failed early. In the nlr outside there whip cracked at the head of the leud-dowas snmv nnd the night would he "Miydie, Peter ra ped the thick. Frenchman, and the team plunged Into The yelping of dogs aroused the man their collurs at a gallop. Then the from his bitter thoughts. The door voice of a dog driver out on the lake of the room opened anil a bulky figure trull drifted hack through the thick entered. The muscles of his handed night . face, disfigured by n long gear, "There go the Inst of the ruts!" muttwitched nervously. In Ids eyes was tered Lullumtiie. "Now the ship can enr. And they lashed the awtrt, sink." "I found hint," gasped the big man, lentil out to the lake lee, and In French, breathing hard, for lie find through the gloom llml masked the fared the dusk to the post. "Oinked t Rouge river trail. half-bree- - MU-lie- cool-heade- d d Tete-Boule- y pur-chas- half-bree- 1 d "Ah-hnh- nerve-shuttere- d I Tete-Boule- Tete-lloule- be-yo- Idodd-freezin- e six-do- CHAPTER XVIII From the blackness of the clearing Ogoke rose a low whistle which waa answered from the gloom behind the traders quarters, wbera the kltch en windows shone, yellow patches In the thick dark night ' The whistle was repeated and, simultaneously, swart faces appeared at the windows of both buildings, Eyes, glittering with hate and the pent excitement of the stalk, searched he 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. "1 knew you would stampede them, Michel," said Steele, looking quizzically 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 Neplgon had struck. Like a hound at leash he yearned for the Rouge river, trail and tho man who traveled It. Steele gripped the hard hand of his friend, In silence. There was nothing to say no turning the OJibway from With a word to his hearts desire. Michel, David left them to get his at dogs. What shall we do with last years hunt. If we find he hasnt shipped It?" ' queried, Steele. Give ect to de Indian. Dey trade eet at Wailing Riviere.". "Yes, he got most of it with his whisky by fraud. It ought to go back . tothem". v To the surprise of the men as they reached the loft, the candles lighted row on row of otter nnd mink, lynx and fox, marten and fisher pelts, hanging from the rafters. Heres his whole Inst years trade!" cried Steele. "He's never shipped it!" The yellow, light of hla candle lit eyes snapping with delight, as Michel looked at his chief. . Much fur here for M'sleu SL Onge! He be bappy man, now. De pos not close." Yes, they will trade It at Walling River, 'unless " The Indian waited, unless wondering at the qualification Lascelles refuses to sign a certain paper." i ! ne not get her now!" The grave eyes of the Iroquois questioned Steeles. Not If I enn help It! Satisfied, the Indian turned to examine the fur. Steele began counting the raws of rich pelts. In an endeavor to make a rough eHlmate of their value. ' lie had reached the far end of the loft when the dhn light of the candle fell on some bulky shapes on the floor In a corner. Curious, he bent over the lashed bundles. On the canvas covering of the nearest there wus lie lowered his candle to lettering, rend it. It F," he said aloud; then, with a gasp, Walling River!" Michel!" be called, ltevlllon Fre-reWell. Ill be-- The Walling River! s from the lost canoe! Murdered ambushed, they were, for the fur! Michel knelt beside Steele. "By gar! our furl he said, peering nt the wrappings, his voice hoafse with excitement. "Dey keel our men nt de Devil's mile I The muscles of his lean face Knotted. But Laflarnme ees dead man now. Tonight Da vend take his trail. s with They rolled out the the eighteen thousand dollars In pelK which had left the post in the spring only to vanish on the lower Walling. "M'sleu Ft Onge be happy man tils night, eef he know dls." "Hell know It as soon as one of the boys can reach him," replied Steele Jubilantly. "Weil send him this present In the morning. After the gray days the sun wus Indeed breaking She seemed nearer mote through. possible of attnlnment, there In the t dark at Ogoke, titan she hud een for weeks, to the man who tolled for her. In the morning Steele gathered lit red henchmen together In the trade-rooand talked to them, through g Ah-hnh- s, fur-pack- fur-pack- fur-lof- 1 Michel. 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