Show Th The Valley of V Voices LAFLAMME SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS WIth David halfbreed halt half breed Ire d guide Kuldo Brent Steele of or the American Museum or of o Natural History Is traveling In northern Canada By a stream he hears Denise daughter of or Cot Col Hilaire St Onge Once factor at Walling liver play the violin superbly lie Introduces In- In Introduces In Introduce himself and accepts ts an Invitation to make mal e the post his home during his stay slay He lie finds ands the factor worried and mYR ed edThe The log IOK chateau le Is I Ireal a I real home From SL St Onge he learns of or the mysterious creature of or evil the Windigo Indigo and the disappearance ot of a canoe and Its ltd crew with the seasons season's take of ot furs Then at night the gives a weird performance Even Steele Is mys ms mys titled David Steeles Steele's Indian and Michel St Onge's On-e's On es e's head head ratan head man leave for tor the scene of ot the canoes canoe's dIsappearance In an attempt to solve the mystery St Ongo Onge tells Steele that Lascelles the com com- company's company's pany's manager at Fort Albany seeks his ruin In order to compel Denise to marr marry him to save gave her father tather Steele and Denise fall fail In Inlove inlove Inlove love Steele finds ands the track ot of the huge huge and much lIke a bears bear's David finds ands the same thing thine Tete Boulc Tete-Boule Boule Indian In St Onge's Onee's employ Is caught listening to Steeles Steele's talk with David and Michel and roughly handled CHAPTER Continued IV-Continued IV Continued 9 What hat you told me une has been heen respected re- re respected re respected sir Interrupted Steele Irv Ir- Irritated Ir Irritated at the manner of or the older man Yes monsieur mollified the fac fac- factor factor tor we have ha found you OU a gentleman But tut for a time I suspected you tou of being a n member of the provincial pro po- po police po police lice and mal that would have complicated ma matters What ha do t you ou mean menn Why h if It it were ever er known upriver up ricer rl er that the lie police had stayed here herewith with me rue for some some time before acting against Laflamme the post might be burned over o our heads hads They are a ala la less crowd erod ero d monsieur According to your stor story you oU are bound to lose the post whatever happens Yes 1 es but there is Denise I dont don't understand nd Monsieur Laflamme has lias n never er stopped at an anything He Ile might not stop there flere You mean that Is lie lie Is In love loe with Mademoiselle St St Onge Precisely And ml might ht attempt to take her herb herby herby by b force lie Ill might attempt anything ITe He has never respected the Is law law is a desperate man But BUl the they would hunt him down lie Ill could not get away in this tills coun coun- country trw try He lie would be Le a madman to 10 at- at attempt attempt at attempt tempt It Ill He Is a madman monsieur Steele was tempted to laugh h in the face of his Ills host lIe He would shortly have hm-c the opportunity o of Ing this ma madman with his Ills own eyes St Onge On-e certainly was painting him in strong colors But the they III had I is antlered from t the point I lia liaa have ha a asked you for your ur con con- confidence confidence he began gan abruptly If Il you ou cannot see tour your wa way clear to allow me to aid you vou u I shall h r regret ret It lie Ill was thinking of tile the girl up at the 1 house Monsieur Steele we have haye decided that you ou deserve esene our confidence 1 and I but Lut I fear It will do doDo dono dono no Do good now The They have ha got bot us liS They The They demanded the American Yes and the lie blood mounted ll to St On Onge's es e's bronzed f face as HIS he talked I told you ou that Lascelles had pur- pur pur rued m my dau daughter since the lie wi winter liter we spent at Albany And now with willi the disappearance of or this tills fur the post can an lie he closed as It shows a loss un- un under un under der dr lII my management He lie can force ruin service me from the company's service me In Prance France I have ha no property left it t is all 1111 gon gone and I am ant an old man monsieur The face of St On Onge e wis v Is yellow and w n 1 But you you iu will not consent to your our the vehemently protested younger Iran when lie he was interrupt interrupt- interrupted ed with Alt All monsieur you OU do not know h her r I fear that already nh-eady she slie ma may Ilc ne in- in involved in involved herself herself I have just earned that she he sent a letter by the the last canoe to Albany Steeles Steele's depp deepest st Instincts revolted re at atI atthe atthe atthe I the thought thou It was as 1 r lIe able Small mall wonder he hind hall font her playing her ller heart henrt out at nt the th e rapids He lie knew now just what hat hopelessness hope hopelessness what heartache la lay the Farewell she and played ed on the th p hilt To shield her fathers father's old oltI ar aCl e from fron the bitterness of oC failure aryl arl pos los possible sible penury here In this tills new v land she hud had dell deliberately offered to tf destroy de de- destroy destroy stroy that glorious of a hers-a tt t last capitulated to tills slits his Intriguing cur cu t of oC an un Inspector Hut But that Is not nil all went tin oil St It Onge On e Shortly before your our fil at al a 1 canoe brought this tills letter from fou Steeles Steele's lean face Itice lighted wIth curl curi curiosity as he started to read real the letter lette r handed him In ti by the factor Then the l ii e muscles of his jaw jaw- bulged is his teeth t ground In anger nn er Monsieur St F t ling Ricer For the thir thil d last time I am nm a m writing you OU In t i attempt tV tOJ J tak e you gee nee ee the lie light II-ht us a sensible man I 1 have hav reason renson to 10 o know that Lascelles I Inow isnow is isnow s now rendy randy to tn force Corce your OUr hand The Th e post hulls 1111 proved a failure as us h he 1 In n 1 it If should and fiu p hn row now ao w By GEORGE GEORGE MARSH MARSHA A Author of Toilers Toiler of o the Troll Trail Tho ho Whelps Whelp 1 of the Wolf Vol oU Copyright by th the Penn P nn Publishing Co CoW W IV N U Service to 10 decide between lea ln leaving the com com- compan company company pan pany or giving your dau daughter to n a aman man you dt despise The orrell offer I have p trade made to you OU I rev reo- re repeat peat pat From Irom O Lake Jale we can keep the lIlon He Freres and the Buy lay company out oat of the lie Walling River RI valley alIe mid and control the lie S Swift ift Current and Drowning River trade Irude as ns well In five years ears we will sill retire rethe rich I 1 offer oner your daughter a name hone hon honored hon hon- honored ored for tor generations in Three ers Although I have ha spent m my life In the North m my education has been of th the not cst not picked up In the barrack room like hike that of or le Ie Colonel the lie time tine has come when y Oll ou are forced to make n 11 choice be bo h- h ht between t teen tween us Join with m me and In a n few years ars your our daughter will live lI In luxury In i n Montreal or Qin e cc and your Jour old age will iII be he provided prodded for choose Las Lag cellos celles anden and M en II will never ne see the lie Ice break up on the Walling Wailing for your year In Indians In- In Indians will leave la you ou I T have ha loved 1011 your our daughter since I 1 sa saw t her lier nt at Al AI Al- Al Albany ban b bany atty and can males make mal her happy Con Con- ConsIder Consider Consider bC sider carefully before before you YOU decide to tt be- be become be become C come ome the do dog of Lascelles lIes I If It Is to tobe tobe obe be that rat of or n sous sous I d dwarn warn you ou now roc that you will find m my arm long Until the lie snow files Hies I will walt wait for your our cano canoe LOUIS LAFIA LAFLAMME Steele returned the letter to St Onge with the lie comment Monsieur y ou were a n soldier of or France FIance To a aletter aletter letter like this tills there thle is but out one reply reply- reply f for or a n soldier There was a glitter In Inthe inthe the eyes es of the American as ns they the met those of oC the fine lie older man anon For n a soldier repeated the French French- Frenchman Frenchman man with excitement there Is hut but butt butr r t u uv v r t tr r T a F eG c S o But But That Is Ic Not All Went On St St Onge one ODe reply On guard I would kill her with my own ova hand before ln 1 giving her h er to that renegade Why there Is n a white woman now at and and to write this tills Insult I I The American leaped to his feet Colonel lie he cried Laflamme says you yon wont won't vont see the Ice leave In the Wall ail Walling ing Lets Let's call that bluff 1 With your our leave lea Ill I'll come back on the snow and well we'll watch snatch the lie Ice go out together The of oC the lie t too t 0 men roen met ns as then silently pledged each other Then Steeles Steele's face sobered as ns his lils mind turned to to- to the greater problem tJ that t confronted him nut But bow Lascelles-bow how does docs know so much about shoot him was ut at Fort Albany four yeal'S eats ago agn attempting to male make a deal wIth Ln Lascelles He lie was as suspected of tr trying ln to lure him from rom the ne lIlon Frees Freres employ It was ns there he first saw sas Denise enise Since then he has lias writ writ- written written ten us many litany letters Once Onee lie he stopped here hert on his way nay wa up river anti and threat threat- threatened threatened ened to 10 o tithe take her awa away J by force if It she shedid did not listen to hint She Slie lives In inconstant tant constant ln fear far of f him That explains e much mach replied Steele And nd flit letter sill she sent SlIt to when Lascelles when dl did It go o r Ilo With thE search earch- pary parly lart from A Alban- Alban Lon Long before you ou reached readied here here-as here as match as two weeks eels And tills this letter evidently e accounts for her lier depression her depression her sadness Yes Tills This matter and matter and her fear of La tI a She Slie believes belie that lie III keep I his It f word try word try to use force forro As Asfor fn fear the letter she refuses to 10 t loll ell 11 me what she he wrote but out I can guess And of course Lascelles will show up here before the river closes doses since she ha has lias at nl 11 last t lI listened to him tier r Inexplicable there Is li i no way out tor 01 the lost lot was ns non no clear lIr is scalp I 1 fear fear- fear But Hut what dovon do you Jou von Intend to do tIn mon arnn- 1111 monsieur 11 You Yuu must have han some plan ly demanded StEele What bat cnn can an I T do Ive I've told her hr that flint I shall nest ne er consent C to it t that I 1 would kill IIII her and myself first was no solution of or tills this this problem lem feu In the mind of the lie American It t tas as n n seemed hopeless Indeed If f she slie refused to listen to lI listen listen- to hel ter fatter futher slue she surel surely was seas too proud to tn Interference from a n stranger Sh She hod had hurried burned her bridges es yet so JI thIng mull milt 11 be done done done so to pre vent ent her des self n t hat I And then he lie rem ml n a star was ns this tills Wind y r CHAPTER V The following morning the three thre-e friends rh were loading their canoe pre pre- preparatory prey to ascending the river rI on n round of oC the fall camps of or Indians trading at the post when the flush lush or of orn ofa I n II paddle far upstream aroused their Interest Dat ees queer commented Michel scowling darkly Eef Laflamme come conic to mak trouble he be weel fin nn plent plenty here hert At the mention of oC Laflamme Davids David's small eyes es narro narro narrowed sed ed the muscles of his thick laid forearms rillS worked nervously as though lie Ill already felt his fingers ers at the throat of oC the trailer trader free Steles Steeles curiosity was I keenly arou aroused ed ifor for tor It was too late Inte in the year for the canoe of a I trading hunter to visit the post this tills boat boit was undoubtedly from What new scheme had La-damme La La- La Laflamme flamme in n mind It would be be our weeks before tile the winter would break the the limit he lie had Imd given gl St St Onge for his answer It was as not lon long before the hard hartl hard driven driven n craft was close enough to Ills dis disclose lose dose but a single lc occupant And shortly as It neared the he shore Michel litchi called calls Bojo Bo joI I j ho-j jo bo-jo Pierre I Wat nt you OU duo do here so far from de Feather lake The Indian grounded g his Ills heat boat on the beach and shaking the hand hantl of ot man the headman replied in n Ojibway as David Da- Da David vid Id and Steele joined them I Bo jo Bo jo Michel l The hunters at the ther lakes are leaving for tor the I Medicine l Hills countr country For three nights nights nights- the ho holed howled led on the burnt ridge by b Big Feather lake The people are weak with fear fear the they will willot not n ot trap there this winter I Did you hear the yO voice lee of the Win Win- digo PIerre Michel gravely No I was netting whitefish at nt the tho Lake of or the Deep Water Wate When I Ire re returned re- re t turned to the camp the they were leaving There will be no trap lines in that vat val ai- ai aile Iley le h ey this long sno s snows Did the tale tl e people see the tracks ot of the WIndigo No r their blood was cold In n their v eins They did dal not stay to look for forn forn forn n troll trail Wh Why should they The They were afraid a fraid But h why lid did you yon leave len your our family for the to cat eat and come tiers here last spring you traded your fur Ul at rasped Michel l so BO savagely sa a tint that the backed away for tor the boned rawboned ran Iroquois was feared the thelen length len h of the Walling Wailing I need shells for my gun bun and Is far weakly replied the other his eyes shifting uneasily The swart features of or Michel twisted with anger You lie lle you JOU have ha plenty plent shell he replied fiercely returning to for Steele Steeles Steele's s 's benefit You ravel el t here liere to oak mak trouble wid id your Leeg beeg talk of or de o And thelong the thelong Ion long arm of the exasperated headman shot out n 11 crushing blow In the face of the As tIle lie Indian staggered back Lack with witha a cr cry from the attack attach of the Infuriated Infuriated infuriated IroquoIs Steele stepped between them and pushing Michel DIchel aside or ordered or- or t dered sternly enough h The cowed coned Indian nursing his Ills bleed bleed- bleeding bleeding ing lips and protesting its Ills Innocence left the men area on the beach and rand joIned the post p st people who were excitedly discussing the coming coining of the stranger er erand and his reception at nt the hands of Evidently you OU dont don't like that PIerre lall laughed hed Steele What made you so mad I 1 tink lie he cum eum here to talk to Teter Tete- Tete-Boule Tete Boule was the significant cant reply Dey heel el mak de tie medicine tonight to scare de indigo What hat Is lie he a a shaman shaman a conjuror too loo lie Ill claim he ees beeg heeg medicine man one of tf de so I tink he lie put puttie de devils een me now Then l related what hind had passed between him and Pierre But hut you oU cant can't blame bionic him bin for fear far fearing lag ing In the o or for or coming coning here hereIt It Il it is nearer his hunting grounds than Ihan O ole The fie Inscrutable faced Steele with snapping e eyes es Many l lon long lonz snows fall sene de tic Jibway say starve star out ont en tI de aling rl Maybe ten ten ten-mn ten maybe bc more mort Many Inn die nil tat tru dean dees ee eat Ilat lun long I snows s for pet set was de year ear of lIe do rabbit pla plague ue and derc dere were no moose e 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