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Show Friday, March 19, 1926 THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI. UTAH S, rear he could Into the kitchen unobserved. McGee, he reasoned, would still be at the cave on guard duty. He was successful In hie ruse, reach ing the rear of the big bouse without attracting attention. He tried the back door, and finding It unlocked opened It and slipped Inside. The kitchen was a large, pretentious affair, suitable as workshop for large army of servants. It was completely deserted now, giv ing It a forlorn, unpleasant appearance. All the latest appurtenances for cook ing and serving dinners and banquets were present, but without cooks or waiters they seemed a hollow mockery. "What is a home without a cook?" Dick murmured In passing. He entered the butler's pantry the big, commodious kitchen, and nearly ran plump Into a pair of d flour and arms. Alice Cutler, under the stress of necessity, was making tentative experiments In cookery, with her sleeves rolled up to her elbows, showing a pair of plump arms, and a fancy boudoir cap covering her head. An ample apron protected her dress. Her cheeks were flushed to a rich carmine, with small patches of flour and dough distributed here and there In Irregular patterns. She glanced up with startled eyes, and then, as calmly as If meeting an old friend, she said : "Well ! What Is want now?" "To see you, first," he said, "and, second, to see Doctor Alster." "What do you want to see Doctor f Alster for?" she queried. "To find out what sort of a man he Is to see If he's for you or against you." She was quiet for a long time, watching and appraising him. Finally, she nodded her head. "I'll take you to him," she said quietly. "Perhaps you're right. We ought to know whether he's for us or against ua. I have my doubts sometimes." on secrecy, no Indian, sent with sup-plito the Windigo down river, no member of a search party could be allowed to escape and bring the news to Laflamme. That would remove the element of mystery spoil the plan, which had for its object first, the es by approaching from the Cip mW Ethejert f dough-covere- CHAPTER IX Continued 9 He was not greatly alarmed by what lie saw. On the contrary a smile parted bis Hps. Alice Cutler and Mr. Blake tad halted directly beneath him, so near that he could have dropped a pebble upon their heads or touched them with a long pole. They were silent for a few moments, but It was the silence of an awkward pause between bits of unpleasant as Dick soon discovered. Miss Cutler finally broke It "I'll go back now, Mr. Blake," she said. "There's nothing more to be said." Teering over the ledge, Dick could see the man hesitate, and then sud- denly extend a detaining hand. "One moment, Miss Alice," he protested. T don't want this to be final." The girl shrugged her shoulders, and turned away. "But It is final, Mr. Elake," she added. "It's absurd to think I'll change my mind. Why, I never dreamed that that you'd seriously think of such a thing. It eeems almost ridiculous to me." Dick could see the face of the other flush and darken. "Why should It seem ridiculous to .you !" he demanded sharply. "Is It because you're rich, and I " He .Stopped, and then added eagerly, "I told you I was rich, or would be soon, Hiss Alice. I didn't emphasize that nough, perhaps. Well, then, If you must know the truth, I shall have enough to support you In the style you've always lived in. I may be as wealthy as your uncle. Who knows?" She turned, with an amused smile on her face. "Do you think It's because of that I've refused you?" she asked. He hesitated a second, and then answered abruptly : "Yes !" "I'm sorry," she replied, shrugging ber shoulders, "that your estimate of me Is so low. No, Mr. Blake, if you were the richest man In the world the answer would be the same. I do not love you, and that tells all." This seemed like a blow between the eyes, for be recoiled a step, and looked dazed. Then an ugly expression came into his face. "Do you love any one else?" he demanded roughly. Alice Culler drew herself up and tried to freeze hlin with a stare. "It's needless to say, Mr. Blake, that you're forgetting yourself. Such a questk n Is an insult. Let me pass, please." "Do you love that cub you smuggled aboard the yacht and turned loose on this Island to spy on me?" he asked, stepping In front of her to block the way. second his blazing eyes and For flushed face startled her, and the answer that sprang to her Hps died unexpressed. "Oh, I know he's here," he continued, sneering. "I've met him on the Island. If he's your lover. Miss Alice, you'll have trouble In finding him." "Whom are you talking aboul?" she managed to ask. For reply, the man smiled craftily, with a gleam of triumph fn his eyes. "Very odd that you shouldn't know," be said finally. "Very Innocent, aren't you, Miss Alice! You haven't seen him since that day he fished your hag out of the river? You didn't send him down to the yacht with a fake package so he could get aboard and hide? Of course not. You're Innocent of " "I'lease stop, Mr. Blake 1" she Interrupted. "You're getting quite silly. If you mean that I'm pretending not to know tlmt the man who picked my bag from the river Isn't here on the Island, Ml save you further speculation. I know he's here. I saw him yesterday had a talk with hlin. But I didn't smuggle him aboard, nor help blin to get down here. Will that fat-I- s fy you?" "No, It won't!" came the blunt reply. "I don't believe you!" "Thank you!" was the rejoinder. "Now let me pass. I've taken enough of your Insults. When uncle's better " "You'll have me discharged?" "Perhaps." lie laughed In an ugly way. "You won't have the pleasure. Miss Alice," lie sneered. "I've already discharged myself. I'm master down here. Your uncle's dyfng. Doctor Alslcr says It's doubtful If he ever regains consciousness again. We may have to bury blm here on the Island." "Oh !" she shuddered. lie seemed to relent a little, and went on more gently: "I don't want to alarm you, Ml. a Alice, but you had to know the truth. He's sinking rapidly. But he's an obi wan, and hadn't many more years to Ue. We're joung both of us and He paused nd eyed her greedwe ily, "Have you atopped to consider ur position here, Mia Alice?" "What position?" she murmured. "Our position on this Island. Ye're marooned here, and may have to stay here for months. There Is no way to get word ashore, and boats rarely appear off this Island. Yes, we may have to live here for many months before we're taken off. That isn't so bad in one way. There's plenty of food In the house, and we can keep each other company. I shall do everything to make It pleasant for you. In the end you may learn to look at things differently, and " She had stopped, and was gazing half curiously at him, as if he were some kind of new animal she had Just discovered. The expression in her eyes Irritated and then angered him. "If you mean I may change my mind about marrying you, Mr. Blake," she Interrupted, shaking her head, "you're can deceiving yourself. Nothing change that decision." "Not even force?" he blurted out angrily. "Force!" she repeated In an even tone. "What do you mean by that?" Completely losing control of himself for a moment, he clutched her hand and drew her near blm. "I mean that I can make you do what I please here," he replied, thrusting his face close to hers. "You're In my power, Miss Alice. There's nobody on this island you can go to except your uncle, and he s past helping anyone. If I say the word, I can make you my wife whether you will or not. I can " "Oh, you reptile!" came explosively from the lips of Alice Cutler, accom panied by an exhibition of physical force that Blake was entirely unprepared for. She wrenched her hand from his grasp, and throwing all her strength into the effort she sent him reeling backward against the wall of rocks. Before he could recover his balance, she was running in the opposite direction, tripping as lightly over the beach as a child, and with nearly as much CHAPTER X read-Justin- him. "Follow me. Til take you to him." Doctor Alster was a short, thick-se- t man of perhaps forty, with black hair and beard, and dark, shifty eyes. Dick's first Impression was not very favorable. When he stepped forward to meet him, the eyes under the shaggy brows widened in surprise, and then narrowed swiftly to small pin points. "I'm glad to meet you, doctor," Dick said, advancing with extended hand. The other grunted and stared back suspiciously. "Who are you, sir?" he demanded truculently. "A friend of Miss Cutler's. You heard her say that." "But your name?" "For the present, names are Immaterial. I'm greatly concerned about Mr. Cutler's health. How is her "Bad, sir very tad," was the reply, accompanied by a solemn shake of the head. "Can I see Mr. Cutler7" Dick asked. "See him !" repeated Alster in surprise. Then, frowning and shaking his head, he added, "No, sir, I couldn't grant that request. It might prove dangerous to him In his weakened condition." "If he's unconscious, what harm could come of It? You can't surprise or shock an unconscious patient." "He might regain his senses for a moment, and the sight of a stranger " friend." "Well, even a friend he didn't expect to see here might give hlin a "No, It Won't!" Came the Blunt shock that would kill him." "I Don't Believe Youl" Reply. (TO BE CONTINUED.) a man. as folBlake to speed essayed Varies low, but her long lead 'In the race to Day's Length the house discouraged him, and he in Different Parts If you met a man, and he casually stopped midway to vent his wrath In muttered threats. remarked that he ate 315 meals yesDick had once thought of Interfer- terday, you would either be amazed ing, but when the girl defied the man, at his appetite or take hlra for a and threw him backward, he felt like hardened romanclst. But the man applauding. "Don't believe she needs may lie from Spitzbergin, where they me yet," he grinned. "Psychologically have a day three and a half months in that would have been the wrong mo- length. ment to butt In. Women don't like to Atid on the whole It would be wise. be helped in such affairs until there's If one should undertake to do certain real danger. But" musing seriously work to receive so much a day In pay"I'm afraid It's coming when she'll ment, to understand Just where the need nil the help she can get." work Is to be done, or one might have Blake's revelations concerning af- to labor 1814 hours at Stockholm, if fairs up at the house had disturbed It happened to be the longest day of hlin. If Steve Cutler whs unconscious, the year, or all the time from May 21 slowly dying without chance of regain- to July 22 If in sume parts of Norway. In Petrograd the longest day Is 19 ing his senses, what companionship had the girl? There was Marie, her hours and the shortest 5 hours. In maid, but Dick knew she wns in love Finland there Is a 2 hour day. In with Blake, and more or less Involved London and at Bremen the longest day In the plot. There was Doctor Alster. Is IC',4 hours; at Hamburg and Dant-zl- g 17 hours, and nt But what sort of man wns he? Washington about So far Dick hadn't met the family 15 hours. physlclnn, and there ncemed to be a ray of hope In the thought that Alster Cartridge for Camel would prove a friend and help to Miss Camels represent the most valuable Cutler. "I'll have to get In communi- possession of the people of Abyssinia cation with hlin," he muttered, "and because they provide menus of transestablish some sort of entente oordlale. portation, without which life would be Between lis we might put Blake and In Jeopardy. In Commerce camels are McCee to rout.' used many times as the equivalent of With this Idea In mind, he waited money, only under extraordinary ciruntil Blake left the beach, and then cumstance will a man dispose of tils slipped down the rocks to the level camel, us collectors of the r.oos of the Following a wide circuit that lei) world buvc learned. But Doctor Heck to the rear of the cliff, he worked his found ride cartridges were engerly way grndtinlly up to the hoiis. nsine sought, and whs utile to secure six every mutton to conceal himself lip, dromedaries for the Berlin Too by exhind trees and shrub. IIi theory whs changing lf cartridges per drotm-dai?- , ' i .iti.siiicr" ur-i-l that Blske would be In ' u ii' he-lo- Jl Ji WmMy llMmV? W' Mffif (IvV it. V..fy'-C'OPYRl0HCHAPTER XV GEORGE MARSH AUTHOR. OF self-defen- "THE WHELPS OF THE WOLF THE PENN PuBllSHING T Continued "We have sent for you to look with your own eyes upon this robber of the trap-line- s and denier of the night; this dog whom Laflamme, the trader at Ogoke, sent to fill the hearts of your women and children with fear. "At his great post on Lake Ogoke he would welcome you at the spring e trade, but Black Baptiste, and and the others, would soon be among your tiph3 offering the water that burns and fills your heads with fire, to your women and your young You would trade the pelts men. which you tolled for through the moons of. the long snows for this stinging water which steals your senses. And when he had your fur, he would give you a little flour and tea, and some shells for your guns and send you away. But," and the voice of Michel rose in hoarse crescendo, "your women and children would weep through the freezing moons for the trade goods and the flour which Laflamme cheated you out of with his magic water. This is why he sent Pierre, here, to drive you out of the country of your fathers." "Ataia! tiwe! It is so! He speaks the truth!" shouted the inflamed hunters. circle of swart-face- d "You ask why this white man," continued Michel, "comes to this country in the freezing moon and brings the dog with the great voice to hunt this Windigo," and the Iroquois kicked the frozen shape at his feet, "when he lives far In the South .and will not suffer from what Laflamme does to the Ojibways. This is his answer: "In the moon of the gathering of the wild rice, he, with David, here, Journeying from Wailing Itiver to Nepigon House, stopped at the post of Laflamme. There was trouble and because they were friends of M'sieu St. Onge and knew of the water of fire which the Fathers at Ottawa have forbidden the traders to give the Ojibways, Laflamme sent his men to murder- them at the falls of the But these men you see Jackfish. here, who have trapped the Windigo of Laflamme, laugh at the white-wateThey travel In a magic canoe, and because their shells were stolen by Laflamme, nil except one, and their guns empty, they could not fight, but with that shell shot one of the dogs of the trader. Then they ran the great strong-wate- r which the canoe of no Indian has ever passed." An undertone of surprise and admiration followed the words of the speaker, for there were some In the audience who knew the Frying Pan on the Jackfish. "This is why they ask for ten of your best young men to join them in avenging the death of your kinsmen. They and I, Michel, whom you know, have sworn an oath that this Laflamme shall not see the snows fade nor the ice rot at Ogoke in the moon of the breaking of the snowshoes. We have given our word, each to each, that not again shall he steal the pelts of the Ojibways with his magic water. If you are men you will send us ten of your young hunters with their dogs, that they may trap these wolves In their den and the skies above Ogoke may 'redden with the flames of the post where the Indian Is cheated and turned out to starve." ! "Ataia! Enh-enl- i Yes, yes, we will do it!" shouted the aroused hunters, at the conclusion of the appeal for aid. Thin the American addressed the Indians, while the man from Nepigon put his words Into their native tongue. "You have beard the words of the head-mafrom Wailing Itiver. He Is my friend and he speaks for mo. My is far in the country to the Muiitii. but I shall not return until tliis trader, Lnflamme, who du als the ojibways '.villi his whisky. Is driven from Ogoke. He may have sent others to howl In the night and terrify your women. We must hunt them down. At Wailing Itiver lives an honest trader who gives you full value In flour and trade-goodfor your He is the friend of t lie OJili-waSend us your ablest young men. who can shoot straight mid do not fe;ir the men of Laflamme. that we may rid the country of this wolverine. that you may trade without fear at the post at the rapids of the Wailing." l'.iick to their wintT camps went he tale of the Indians with Windigo, Pierre, while the for Little waited three friends Jacques, and made their plans. In three days the ('roe arrived, tram loaded driving a plodding He handed Steele with provision. The American thrilled two litter. ns he saw on one his name written In a f"tuit'ine hand, but be opened the oilier first and read aloud to his friends, As St. Onge narrated how TeteBon e. Ln fin mine's spy. had lured blm way from the post with the forged An-toin- . Dick thrilled a little when she used the word "us" ; he had distinctly used the singular pronoun, and It was her own choice of the plural. He reasoned that, consciously or unconsciously, the word Implied a trust In him that he had not dared to believe before. He watched her graceful movements, as she cleaned and washed her hands and arms, dried them on a roller towel, removed the apron, touched her hair g with deft hands, and then, after her boudoir cap, nodded to "a .voices ; Ca message from Michel, David raised his mittened fists in helpless rage. "By gar, an" I had heem een dees hands een dees hands !" he cried, glaring at Steele. As he read of the fury of Laflamme, culminating in the wreck of the violin, Steele's hands shook with his wrath then pity for her swept him. "Poor, poor girl !" he murmured, "She .has lost everything she Is indeed alone." "Well," he said to the others, "the debt grows larger, my friends. Remember the violin, David, when your time comes !" Then Steele opened the letter from Denlse, which ran: "My dear Monsieur Steele: "Our hearts are filled with happiness at your success. After the toll and the danger, you have won, and I thank you for your goodness to me and to my father you, a stranger. who might have passed on, and for It was a house of despair gotten. that you found, and you brought hope. Already you may have guessed, mon sieur, that we have feared all along that the Windigo was the creature of Laflamme. But there was no proof. "You are going to Ogoke, Monsieur Steele, on a desperate venture. It may be that we shall never meet again. For this renson you will un derstand when I say that you are a very gallant gentleman that we I, shall never forget. Bon chance ! "Denlse St. Onge." Steele again read the letter, seek ing what was not there. At last he folded it and turned away to hide his 1 six-do- I dog-tea- d half-bree- half-bree- d Wailing. As Michel desired to see his chief at once, Steele left in the niornlrg with two men. In the thick timber of a little valley five miles back of the post, Steele d A found the camp of Michel. well-travele- trail to the country hunted by the post people ran within a mile, and was constantly watched. Here they had picked up the prisoners brought back by David, and, as I r. s stampeding of Laflamme's "bush" Indians through superstitious fear concerning the fate of their friends. Much as his two swart lieutenants would have welcomed open war with Laflamme, they agreed that the siege of Ogoke must be one of secrecy and craft. Once the Indians deserted, it would be possible gradually to pick up any hunting parties by closing In and sending men to watch the trails near the post, until Laflamme was to leave, or they driven in took him. With the post deserted, the Ojibways of the upper valley would bring their fur to Walling River for the Christmas trade, and St. Onge' future was assured. For tvo days the Impatient men from the post, waited for a eighteen miles up the lake, to pass the outlet. Then Michel and David, taking Wagosh and two of the hunt- ers, started through the forest to lo cate a camp near Ogoke, from which all trails taken by hunting parties to the back country could be watched, for Laflamme would need much meat to feed his people. Days passed with no news from Michel. Steele was disturbed, but he had three men out hunting meat and could not leave the outlet Then, one afternoon at dusk, David came in be hind his dogs. Ahead of the team, breaking trail in the new snow, d and walked a sinister-facean Indian, shoulders and elbows thrust stiffly back, and Steele saw that their upper arms were bound together with rawhide. "Where did you pick these up?' asked Steele. 'Dey hunt een de beeg spruce bush near de pos" Then Steele learned, while David ate his supper, that with the aid of their skinning knives as threats, the latter and Michel had finally forced to talk. The failure of the Pierre, wno had been away a month. to return to the post was worrying Laflamme. Two' men, one following the other, had been sent downriver to learn what had become of the two The first scout now was Windigo. long overdue. Already some of th Indians had left in the night with their families. The others were ready to stampede. Something was the matter in the lower valley of the mm efiw the post depended for meat on the moose of the region beyond, here the crafty Michel knew he would get the searchers sent by Laflamme to find And when. In the missing men. time, the search party In turn disappeared Into the mysterious maw of the wilderness, the Iroquois was satisfied that a nameless dread would enter the hearts of the people of Ogoke. Already six men had gone out from thu post, never to return, and when they had got this search party, be told Steele, he doubted If an Indian would dare remain. TO HE CONTINUED.) The Three Friends Waited for Little Jacques and Made Their Plans. from his curious disappointment friends. No, he mused, It is only too true. She has, as she says, forgotten nothing. Love at First Hand Great Thing in Life First' love comes before the age of It is the only love entireknowledge. ly unencumbered with Ideas and preconceptions. How little it has to do I with It knows no Shortly, each day was marked by terms.words, Iswith talk It the thing Itself from the arrival of galloping dog teams from the east, south and west, driven which terms and Institutions have love at bv lean, Ojibways, keen grown up. First lovers get for the adventure picked men, chosen first hand. Instead of getting first the Idea of romance Into which to try to by their people for their endurance on the winter trails, their proved nerve, fit themselves and other people, Louise Cenand their "bush craft." When the Inst Townsend Nlcoll writes. In the seldom talk. get They tury. They come In, Jacques was sent team had In other ways by being down river with a letter and orders acquainted to meet the party later on the Upper near each other, by looking at each of supplies. other, by softly, shyly touching hnnds. Walling, with a sled-loado things together play games, his outlined Steele then plan to the They run races. As watchful as small aniIndians. each ubout Dividing Into four parties they were mals, they learn minutely to proceed up the Walling valley by the other. But they do not talk. different routes to avoid betraying In They give each other things, always fair exchange, and wear them out their purpose if seen by any of carrying about. When they must It was probable with people. know facts to supplement their findthat the trader had tent more than one man to spread terror of the Win- ings, they ask short, blunt questions. Opinion and discussion have little digo through the country, although there was small chance that he bad play. at ogoke another Indian with the Made Millions Laugh marvelous Imitative faculty of Pierre. The real name of the famous circus Therefore on their way to the lake, the hunters were to visit the trap- clown, Dan Rice, was Daniel McLaren ping camps to learn of the possible and he was nicknamed as a chili for activity of other night howlers In the an old Irish clown. He began his proand region, whom they were to hunt down. fessional career as an acrobat ownSoon, when their man failed to re- clown with Seth B. Howe, circus s turn, the people of Laflamme would er, 1845. He was a partner In fipauld-Ing'circus until the outbreak of the taste t heir own medicine. Fear of the unknown fate which had overtaken Civil war. After the Civil war he was Pierre and the rest would slowly chill financially unfortunate, but was entheir blood. And when their search gaged by Adam Fore t ugh at a salary $:i.",iO a year, afterward Increased parties did not come back, their of hearts would soften as the Ice rots to $1,0i0 a week. He retired from the under the April Min, and the Inillnn Ftnxe In 1S2. He was exceedingly followers of the trad- lavish with money for charity. On and er would steal away In .the night as one occaion he gave President Linmen slum the smallpox. Then It coln $.".2,XK) for the benefit of wounded to an rush the soldiers and their dependents. He died matter would le easy wild-lookin- g d half-bree- post, take Laflamme, Big Antoine and Baptiste, and send them to the railroad for trial. Including the Indians which David and Steele saw In October, they estimated that Laflamme had twelve or fifteen men at the post. As the suc-- ( ess of the whole venture depended in February, V.niO. Monkeys Popular Pets In Paltiinl nearly every hut has one or two monkeys chained In ttie doorway, sod the natives walk about followed by monkeys attached ts long coir ropes. |