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Show I I THE R!T1.I.ETIN R'W.HAM. UTAH lniM Men g ' 1 By GICRCE MARSH WCft 11 ;' INSTALLMENT SEVENTEEN 0Y SO rAB: Six men trv- - and Blalie, ball-bree- guide, poilng at nlncent borne and meet Ltse, bis itep- - CkibougamiQ trail and (Is aurveyora, arrive at Nottaway to tnvea- - daughter. Finlay la.Ua la love with ber. . Later they were report- - tif ate. Iiadore, rich far mas. It thought Tbey learn that Isadore'i men with eal Murder it tuipected. to have made a gold itrlke and alma to e are bunting them. Several lay, brother of one of the tlx; keep proipeetora out. Later, they vlilt weeki later Lite went swimming with me, Mounted Police offlcers, Isadore, rich fur man, at bis mag-- Corlnne, ber mother. ; followed Corlnne into the change into a bathing suit dered bow far she could how much Corinne really 1 addled slowly up the shore e. The nose of the boat slid sand. Dropping her blouse is In the canoe and adjust-ubbe- r cap, Lise stepped out shallow water followed by Walking out to her knees, e a long, shallow dive and ay, revelling in the refresh-es! f the water. go so far, Lise!" called "Stay here with me! I'm go out there!" rnld back. isn't it, after this heat?" me, stretching on the sand, s'd brought our lunch!" thoughts of the girl were :k t hundred feet away, at of the beach. Had Finlay and left a note for her? was she to get it? aded out and plunged in trimming in a wide circle water opposite the quartz be edge of the beach and walked past it Her heart picked up its beat The an oilskin wrapper was rhe letter was there! 'olned Corlnne who said: w, this morning I asked he was going to bring "And the Indians leave their ca-noes at the clearing?" "Ah-hah.- " "So we land on the opposite side of the island, behind the tent?" "Yes." "Then Garry and I wait at the edge of the clearing to back you and Wabistan up when the trouble starts?" "You are in de bush by big Jack-pin- e. It will be black dere. Dey will not see you but you see and hear dem." "Red." said Finlay, "this whole show is going to depend on the breaks we get. Blaise thinks it can be done. I'm not so sure, but it's worth trying. If it doesn't work, we're in a trap. We'll never get off that island. But unless something happens pretty quick we can't last much longer on this lake, anyway." "You're right chief," admitted Red. "If Blaise is wrong, God help us! But what a dog-fig- it'll be there in the moonlight! "It's one of the boldest and clev-erest ideas I've ever heard of," said Garry. "We may have trouble Jus-tifying it at headquarters but we're committed now." "I'll say it's an idea. But it may lose us our jobs, chief; and you close to promotion!" "Our Jobs won't be important If thev bury us. Red. Tonieht three their agony. Demons and fiends screeched and bellowed in a mad cacophony of horror. At last a voice rose through the octaves to a wail which chilled the blood as it died over the moon-bathe- d forest A silence so tense that it vibrated in the ears like sound, followed. Then a sepulchral voice startled the cowed Montagnals. A spirit was speaking! "Montagnais, I come from the spirit places at the call of my broth-er, Kinebik. I have traveled far from the land where the sun sleeps. My brother's heart is sick. The lit-tle children are bewitched by the Evil Eye of the white men and die. Drive these white strangers from Waswanipl or the women will wail in the tipis of the Montagnais through the Long Snows!" Suddenly the painted walls of the medicine-lodg- e visibly shook and swayed. The conjuror was about to invoke another spirit voice. A low cough was cut off short and the skin tlpi was again motionless. Presently, a voice so shrill, so penetrating that it tortured the ears, quavered over the clearing. It soared thinner and thinner. Then it descended to moan and roar like a March drifter on the barrens, later to drop lower until it boomed with the sudden thunder of ice split by frost Then the voice cut high and clear through the silence. "Montagnais, igainst Finlay for murder went south. Do you knovt said?" i guess." id it wouldn't be neces-i&- " that Finlay would disap-uppos- e. Lise, I'm afraid ere. I'm going to make ndell take me back with ant to get out of this and d,!too!" t up. Her dark face was taut and desperate. "You what Jules told me about idell?" . was rotten! And I think Itl He's as hard as stone, idell comes, you sleep with nder the pillow!" arid I'll use it!" v you would. He's vile drunk and you know how nk. He's due in a week." s planning how to get the served. At last she had She rose, took her blouse s from the canoe and re- - neck band of her bathing led it around her hips. I have heard the voice of Kinebik, the Wabeno, who speaks with the split tongue of the snake. It was no spirit who talked. The voice was his own. He is a false shaman who destroys the young men with the whiskey of There were startled murmurs of dissent The voice went on. "The white men were sent by the Fathers at Ottawa. Isadore fears them for he has broken the law and given whiskey to the Montagnais. If the white men are killed, the red coats will come and the Mon-tagnais will be punished. The chil-dren are no longer sick. There was no Evil Eye. It was the lie of Kine-bik, Isadore's servant Why dees he not answer? He is here in the tipi. He is afraid and is silent for he knows he has lied. Even now Tete-Blanc-is here with whiskey to de-stroy the young men!" The clearing was in a chattering uproar. In the murk Finlay apd Red waited the outcome with drawn guns. "My people, the true spirit has spoken and has gone! Why has not Kinebik answered? Have his words choked in his throat? Follow me and ire you doing?" demanded im suit's not dry. I'm go-ea- d it on that hot rock." iped the suit to her knees, it, got into her slacks and e bjouse. Then she took the rock and spread it to in 'Corinne rose, turning and went to the canoe, tied under the rock and irrapped note inside her lich was tucked into her vay back to the post Lise the wrapped note inside with every stroke of her t comforted her. Hurry-roo-she opened it and "What are yoir doing?" demanded Corinne. more may be snuffed out on the Chibougamau Trail." The Waswanipi wilderness dozed under the spell of the full August moon. One by one, dark shapes of ca-noes crossed a shimmering ribbon of moonlight bound for the island of the Medicine-Ston- e. Long since Wabistan and his son had left. Garry and Red stood on the shore, silent. Finlay was won-dering if the plane from the south was anchored to the buoys in front of Isadore's wondering if he would ever again look into Lise Demarais' dark eyes, when Blaise touched him we shall learn!" The old man strode boldly to the medicine-lodg- e. Crawling into it from the rear he drag-ging a limp shape. Wabistan rolled the body on its back. The moon-light shone full on the glazed eyes and the swollen face with protrud-ing tongue of Kinebik. The chief turned to those who had had courage to follow. "Look, Montagnais, the lies of Kinebik have choked him! The spirit has punished him for speaking with a split tongue!" Two men pushed through the cir-cle of gaping Indians and bent over the conjuror. One of them, with white hair and features knotted with rage, turned to the group and cried in Montagnais: 3irl: back but they've been , so hard that we haven't iaylight. At least twenty e been combingtheshores r'us. We move only at an't write what I want to "note might be found. I ?ou where I am or meet Next week "look for a bag with clothes the word. Courage! All out if you are brave and re. I'm still living those rrts on your beach. 1 love Ipemarais! If Blondell Ore you hear from me, "end always carry your 0 be patient and wait for ;e. It will be soon. Cour- - I love you! feart! "Garry." . on her bed and tieer joy. He hadn't d her. 1 HAFTER XVII I w orange ot a moon that the indigo ridges be-ni-was full. The Wabistan had the medicine-lodg- e was front of the .great Medi-- n a clearing on a certain was one of the many fe the old sorcerers had I spirits. 1 tent close to de scrub," fined, "so he go in and f not see him." the mob will all be in rt hear the tent?" asked y ate their supper in I camp. ;nt but he will not let Bear," said Blaise. "De ly and will not talk if are close," he added iace. I s on the shoulder. "All right!. We go!" The three men left their rifles in the Peterboro beached at the foot of a steep bank and worked across the small island. "What a mob!" whispered Red. "Must be fifty or sixty! . Where's Wabistan?" "I don't see him, but he's there somewhere with his friends. .He'll talk when the time comes!" Near the Medicine-Ston- e stood the conjuror's tent. "There's the medicine-lodge!- " muttered Red. "Small, isn't it!" "Red, I think I see Batoche the bird with the hat pulled over his eyes!" "The Isadore mob's all there, backing up Kinebik!" "We've got to get closer," whis-pered Garry. "If anything starts we're too far away." Inch by inch the two worked near-er to the clearing drenched with light. "Look!" Red nudged the man be-side him. "They're passing a bot-tle!" Suddenly, silence dropped like a blanket over the clearing. The faces of the Montagnais were turned to-ward the medicine-lodg$- . "Kinebik's in the tipi. Red! See it shake?" Shortly there rose the muffled beating of the conjuror's caribou-hid- e drum accompanied by a low sing-son- The shell-rattl- e joined in and the beat quickened. The lis-teners in the clearing strained for-ward where they sat Louder crooned the voice of the shaman in a rhythmic chant. The sorcerer was a superb mimic. His voice ran the gamut of the voices of the night. The voice again ceased, and the audience sat in awed wonder. Then from the tent drifted maniacal sob-bing. Creatures in torment shrieked "Montagnais, you are fools! Kine-bik was strangled! It was the plot of the white men!. They are here on the island! Hunt the men who killed Kinebik!" "No!" shouted Wabistan. "It was the good spirit that choked the lies in Kinebik's throat!" Instantly a milling mass of Indians surrounded Kinebik's body. There were cries of, "Kill the white men!" answered by shouts: "It was the work of the spirit! Kinebik was a false shaman!" In the gloom at the edge of the clearing two men with cocked pis-tols listened. "Wabistan is safe!" said Finlay. "He doesn't need us now! Tete-Blanch- e will soon start to hunt us! We'd better meet Blaise at the canoe!" They moved swiftly across the Is-land but Blaise was not at the canoe under the steep shore. Finlay was cold with apprehension. "What could have happened. Red? 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By KATHLEEN NORRIS ,,rT""HREE years ago, I when I was 18," writes Janine, "my chum Maude and I thought we were deeply in love. Ou,r two boy friends took us everywhere, dancing, skiing,' to movies and night clubs, and we felt there was no harm in the in-timate relationship that nat-urally resulted. I can truly say that no thought of hesita-tion or guilt ever crossed my mind. "When I became engaged last year, however, I told Dave of that early affair. He immediately assured me that he was no angel and had not expected me to be one, and that he felt that sort of thing ought to be forgotten. "Maude was also married some weeks ago, and after ,her honey-moon she and her husband came to us for their first dinner party as married people. We had a table of eight and everything went perfect-ly, except that Dave began to tease her., and to my horror mentioned the; name of the man with whom Maude had been in love and asked her if she ever saw him. "All this mystified Maude's hus-band. Maude called me up in a perfect panic the next day, saying she had not told Rod anything of her early affair and that Dave had simply infuriated her by his teasing talk. Immediately I told Dave he said that he would of course not go on with it and added that he would never have thought Maude was that sort of a girl. ITS NOT FUN No one not even the teaser himself escapes the conse-quences of the hints that are dropped "all in fun." It's not fun for anyone concerned, when a husband begins to suspect that the jokes about his wife may have some basis in truth. It's not fun for any-one, when a wife loses her best friend because her hus-band just can't resist the temptation to make personal remarks. Kathleen Norris be-lieves that those who enjoy teasing others have in their makeup a streak of real cruel-ty. "Teasing," she says, "is in-nate cruelty seeking an out-let." Don't be deceived by the fact that it is supposed to be a joke. to sting and hurt under a merry mask of fun. It is always "just fooling." When he carelessly and laughing-ly has threatened the actual founda-tions of a marriage, as Dave in his light-hearte- d banter with Maude, he retreats, coward-fashio- Dave pre-tends not to realize that he may have started suspicions in the mind of Maude's husband. May Regret Her Secrecy. You were smarter than Maude in that you made 'a clean breast of your own early weakness in the safety of engagement days, when Dave was so anxious to win you that nothing you could have done as a girl would deter him. Maude chose to keep her secret, and she may yet live to regret the deception. You had better Hive uo the hoDe Caused a Quarrel. "You can imagine how this made me feel! I was so mad that we had what Dave called our first fight, but we got over it and were friends again and decided to forget the whole thing and start fresh. But a day or two later he asked me how long my intimate relationship with my first sweetheart had gone on. I answered only for about three months, and nothing more was said. "Yesterday morning the paper mentioned the fact that Maude is on the women's committee to pro-vide amusement for the men in camps, and Dave made a sneering reference to it; he said this was only in fun. But later Maude sent me a brief cold note, saying that they could not come to a buffet party that we are giving after the big football game, and I know they have given two dinners at least in the last month, but we have not been asked to their house yet I am afraid David has carried his fun too far. of continuing your friendship with Maude; young wives almost always have to sacrifice their school-gir- l friendships to the claims of hus-bands, and you will be no worse off than the others. Make new friends, devote yourself as I am sure you are devoting yourself to the full-tim- e job of keeping Dave happy and building for you both a sound and successful marriage . , But if he continues his teasing, and extends it pretty generally to all your friends, one way to spike his guns is to acknowledge cheerfully that David isn't happy unless he's teasing someone. Say something like "He'll tell you that your children are undersized, Tom, and that if you'd been as smart as he is you wouldn't have had to pay that speeding fine, and that he knows you and Betty came here to dinner to get our insurance, but don't take it seriously. Dave is a darling in spite of it all." No Perfect Solution. This makes what ammunition "Maude is my oldest friend, and we have talked for years of the pleasure we would have as brides doing our shopping and discussing our housekeeping together. Can you make any suggestion that may save me from losing her friendship and influencing Dave not to tease her or remind her again of the past? A Fatal Flaw. A teasing husband, my dear Janine, is a much more serious matter ' than it sounds. Impulses toward murder, theft, arson and forgery are kept in order by the few, and by a man's natural fear of punishment. But teasing is a fatal flaw in the relationship between married persons, and I don't know of any cure. Teasing is innate cruelty seeking aa outlet. It veils its intention Dave has in store decidedly wet But it Is not a perfect solution. There is no perfect solution for so serious a fault except the solution that must come from the tease himself, a gen-uine resolution to be considerate of the feelings and misfortunes of others. 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When did Benjamin Franklin receive his first airmail letter? 8. "Aye, tear her tattered en-sign down!" is a line from a poem about an American warship named what? The Answer$ 1. Denver, Colo. 2. The air in the pen (if pen is but partially full) expands, caus-ing a leakage of ink. 3. Egypt. 4. William McKinley. 5. Nickel and iron. 6. A strong flavored tobacco. 7. In 1785, when in Franca. It was sent from England by bal-loon. 8. The Constitution ("Old Iron-sides"). Charm of Life Illusion and wisdom combined are the charm of life and art-Jos- eph Joubert. |