Show T T dul er aro I 1 V a I 1 iq GEORGE MARSH copyright by service penn pann pub co 00 FROM THE BEGINNING NNING jim stuart ha fur with hi his headman 0 boniar rescue aurora LB leblond lond dauth daughter tar of 1 stuart Zt uart rival in business bi utne from an a overturned art umed eano 1 la the ali lake lak sir she proves prove harm companion aaa d stuart 1 b naturally attracted jim or andrw andrew Ch blessed at t stuarts stuart trade showing bowan bow tn allow all him at hl his aqui one ene year to make food an aa indian to amboh jim an anil a 0 onar r th attempt tt pt falli 1 end and jim A take tr the idi to 1131 leblond Lt Blond aft hearing th the tory story leblond discharges paradis jima jim and aad aurora ac knowl df their mutual loaf love though aurora in if r ri turning to winnipeg andl and jim has ha planned a cano trip to make I a cormal appeal to 1 the tb indians indian who h bt be persistently fd to t blade their heir furs furi with him H he finds find that th be their to die dl as ack them from trading with stuart faridi faridie die maa jim and omar again but the ahry are not ha harmed farind rind emu cuu holf half breed ties of f S stuart art leave oa journey hah they hop p will result to tn the overthrow of 1 J 1 naw indian medicine di 11 ina man in a the pay par of pared lt camping for abo he night the trader and ad omar roll their blankets blanket in the shape of men ip tn beside beld the tb fire and bid enrby by indiana attempt to knife the th men man supposedly up poudly in tb the blankets blan lut jim and ht his friend attack and kill the them jim uc fully treat the th infected arm ano of 1 auw squaw thereby gaining a friend frid fri d they tet set out to find their ally emu on hi his way down the river emu frustrates attempt to te top step or kin kill hint him cornered by ener the veteran 1 domn a successfully run tb the win alfo rapids feat believed to be b Impo CHAPTER VIII continued 14 now how did he be do it cried jim elated with the good news now where are paradas and paradis ls returned and the th families of four of those who went with him are asking for or their sons but he will not speak but Jin gwak what does he say saya to la he afraid of this medicine merlein man who ran the rapids to reach lif him 1 I ne ho tells them that his magic will destroy the stranger did you see your son yes tes he said that paradis and two others saw this shaman drive two men with their canoe into the rapids but garadis has clocea their lips two more who hunted for the white trader on the lake have vt returned amill omar grunted ne weel wait long tam for dem 11 par far into the night the three discussed the situation omar wished to go in search of esau at once but jinai objected there Is inow cow fear in the camp of paradis ls the young men are worried about this strange shaman from the west let me go again to the fishing camps and talk to the people the time Is not yet right for you to show yourselves to the ojibway 11 but we must find esau lie ile may needs as urged jim 1 I will find him and return in two sleeps bleeps to this place said the old man as he stepped into his canoe chafing under the lack of action imposed upon them by the old indian jim and omar spent two more days in hiding on the alie second night jinai returned and the news he brought quickened the blood in the veins of the two who listened 11 jinai told them that some come 0 of the older indians had demanded that prove his superiority over the stranger whose magic canoe had been seen on the lake and so BO word had gone out to the people of the sturgeon lakes that tile the shaman jing wak would erect ills his medicine lodge at the great medicine stone and prove his magic stronger than that of the sorcerer who had bad come among them only to hide bide esaus smoked him good old esaul heres his chancel cried jim but what under heaven Is he going to do omar we go and see grunted the halfbreed CHAPTER IX P for or two days canoes from the four foni winds had passed the hiding biding place ol of jim and omar on their way to the medicine making beside the mammoth boulder known as the great medicine stone As he sat watching the moving canoes through his binoculars jim wondered how in the face ace of the odds which confronted him the little old man hoped to outwit the sorcerer what could lie ile contrive before these gaping red men to make the fakir Jin gwak a laughing stock in the eyes of his own people and in omar jim found no comfort E esau sau do not mak de beez bees medicine we nevalee see home 11 purifier further than that omar would not go CO what Is he holding so closely behind those stiff lips of his jim ruminated rumina ted lie certainly has some idea about what esau will do when the twilight died and the lake lay muffled in shadow jim and omar slipped flipped their canoe into the water and started for tile the island A few hours now would tell the tale jim tendered if this was the end in the mad hope of saving sunset house he ha had put aside his love for the girl who had b begged eg ged him to stay and now on the desperate chance of esau winning over the indians indiana by some sleight of hand hana some artifice of the conjuror learned from hs his father they were giving garadis odds of ten to one in a knife fight in the darte dark at last off tte tile shore where the th ex L octant ojibway were gathered be fore the tire fire the peterboro peter boro drifted in the murk A short distance from the fire dimly outlined la in the shadows at the foot of the medicine stone stood a small cylindrical UPI of caribou hide ornamented with the grotesque shapes hapes of serpents and animals it was the medicine lodge of JIn gwak we wait tor for heem to mak de beeg bee howl den we go fd ashore below here whispered omar can you make out paradis ls replied jim Parade Para dees ea keep beep een do de dark until he see how de magic of work beef eef beet work we have to light fight for eaas 11 presently the rattle of shells mingled with the beat of the medicine drum drifted from the tent the low hum of the squatted audience died the sorcerer had begun his bis invocation of the spirits at the fire swart faces turned gray with dread suddenly out of the hush lifted a voice as from the grave A spirit was speaking the stranger from the land where the sun sleeps to la oo no shaman he came from the trader at the house of the setting sun the home of devils where Is this conjuror aror asked the sepulchral voice who tells the was his bis magic Is stronger than that of Jin gwak my brother ile he Is not here beret I 1 he fears the wrath of Jin gwak the great shaman jims muscles stiffened the moment had bad come it was time to strike but where was esau iles hes not herel beret whispered jim wed better work toward the canoe but the man at his side whose fingers clamped on the horn handle of a knife as he peered at the medicine lodge stood motionless the stranger has the heart of a rabbit ills his mouth Is full of lies he hides bides from the magic of 1 with a glance at the spellbound indians jim took omars arm come out go crazy in a minute it n I 1 well be cut off from the canoe then the iron fingers of biar dug into jims arm as he ni muttered tittered look I 1 beside the medicine lodge stood an apparition from the nodding head above a chalk white mask with eye holes and a grimacing mouth rose the antlers anglers of a caribou on the skin clad body writhed painted snakes at the sash hung the medicine bag find and shell rattle of a conjuror A suppressed ahl ah I 1 swept the startled ojibway the shaman 1 the shaman ill 1 there was a pause wide eyed the electrified indians indiana waited for the funereal voice from the mask 1 I have come oh the shaman from gods lake who fears not your magic Is here beret I 1 but from the UPI of came no sound come forth oh magician with the split tongue I 1 kotchig the shaman from gods lake laughs at your medicine 1 still the lodge of gave no answer prom from the squatted ojibway rose murmurs of surprise why did not speak suddenly in the gloom across the fre sounded heated words jims eyes turned from the horned shape by the medicine lodge an inflamed face lit by the glow faded into info the darkness it was paradis ls does JIn gwak the friend of the trader paradis ls fear the magic of kotchig that he hides ills his face low groans greeted the strange behavior of the mute conjuror in the fen font t I 1 lies iles afraid to come out whispered jim excitedly esau done dona to him the half breeds answer was a fierce squeeze ot of the arm shortly above the murmuring of the indians lifted the voles voice of jinai the rattlesnake the strange shaman has put a spell upon there was a movement in the medicine lodge the door flap was thrust aside and the conjuror crawled slowly out As he rose the rat like ilke eyes in the painted face avoiding the mask of kotchig shifted furtively from side to side aide nes iles quit I 1 esaus got him I 1 we wed 4 better work around behind to hold era en off if they rush I 1 breathed jim no do de indian believe esau wait I 1 itak I 1 talc care of Parade esl look men of the sturgeon on th the great wabeno I 1 jeered the voice from from the chalk white mask as JIng eyes leu fell the rows ot of fire lit faces ills friend the spirit asks me for maglet magic behold the medicine of otcel otchel 11 with an ear torturing scream he stiffened his arms and sliced the air downward to his side bide without blood I 1 have hare taken his earst earsl announced the voice from the mask go to him and behold the magic of kotchig the desperate turned to escape in the blackness of the spruce but jinai and two ojibway were on him and dragged draff fied the panic stricken sorcerer hak ha to the fire pushing aside the long hair which hung to his shoulder ilera ii the rattlesnake exposed the sides of JIng head to the view of the astonished ojibway the ears had been removed close to the skull I 1 for a hushed bushed interval the awed ojibway gaped in wonder at this proof of magic then with a roar there was wag a rush for the impostor imposter wit who 0 had bad deceived them with his boasts boasting ng but the terrified arenc wrenched hed free of the arms that held him and disappeared in the blackness at the same time jim and omar cut back to the shore to head oft off paradis ls but lie he had foreseen defeat and his canoe had lost itself in the shadows furious at having the man who had it a d hunted them slip t through rough h their fingers jim and omar returned to the fire then jinai shouted tor for silence while the triumphant esau gathered the fruits of his victory the last doubter was convinced lie ile had wont won eagerly the mercurial red men waited while the great shaman kotchig removed ills his costume Then Esau addressed them golva back to gods lake he told of the respect for fair dealing in which the indians had held the elder stuart and his son eon the devil story of JIn gwak the liar ilir which had kept the hunters from the post was the invention of paradis ls to hold the fur trade and the lie frenchman they would never see again esau told them if the people wished it he would come each summer and make medicine at the great stone and soon in the little moon of the spirit when the trails were broken for sledding he would bring flour and trade goods for those who found the journey too long to tile the house of the sunset in turn jim an dOmar spoke to the hunters warning them their that thac garadis was now an outlaw and inviting them to sunset house then shaking the band of the indians some of whom stuart lad bad reason to bellere believe had bad fought him and ana omar on the portage trall frail jim and ana hla his men headed back to ca camp m P As his paddle tore the water he laughed tn in his relief and joy weve 1 W weve 0 ve wont won I 1 ayou hear down there in the city im coming back to you girl ive won ill 1 0 0 0 a you foxy old devil 1 you tou deserve the tha victoria cross ill 1 for the twentieth time jim hugged the lean frame of the grinning esau as they stood at their campfire camp fire you sou knew before we left tile the post that was this mabwa without ou t ears you had run out of wolf river years ago but how in thunder did you find it out you never saw him wen I 1 hear dat and para dees scare de hunter from sunset house wid devil story I 1 remember dot dat ees do de same talk dis lakwa mak at do da wolf riviere den some indian tell me dat wear hees bees hair verl ver long lakwa would do dat to hide bide do de ear he lose ah haht bahl wen ven de people here tell me ma wat vat he look lak den I 1 know he ees lakwa and you played him like a master I 1 walt wait till the story reaches pipe stone I 1 guess andrew christiee christies Chri sties eresil open when he sees gees the fur far get tor for us by this nights work and the grateful jim again hugged the tha old man whose smoke tanned face like old leather beamed with his content the strange shaman beaman from the tha west 1 chuckled jim you clever rascal I 1 when saw that the man who took his ears at wolf river had bad called his bluff he hung bung to that lodge of his like a fox to his bis hole I 1 do you suppose ho he had guessed before this who you were debbe so BO jinai say dat Para dees look hard tor for me before beet grow dark I 1 know he do dla din so BO I 1 land on oder der side ide an n cross crosa do da island tru tro do da bush 1 1 I certainly thought wed hare bar to fight esau why you tell me about this Jin gwak did you cut os 02 hla his ears no U wan good frien of me at do de wo wolf if rivien he do that replied the old man and he met jims incredulous grin with the guileless look of a child and you ran those rapids esau sau told of hla his meeting with para d als Is 81 and d ills his men which had bad forced him it into the of the windigo go now OT you got through the lord only knows 1 and you did it for me I 1 the ey eyes ea of the old man were bright 1 with I th em emotion fotion for you and your fader I 1 tell heem wen he coln to die not worry I 1 tak care beem 11 and you TOU have you and omart bless your old honest bones 11 lmh I 1 grunted omar bitterly but I 1 let dat Pnra Para dees get in the morning the peterboro peler peter boro from sunset 1 house started on the long trall trail sou south th up the great lake on the way t to the inlet traveled the canoe an j interval of mellow days the early in than dlan summer of the far north would i com companion pardon it up the sturgeon to the tha pipestone Pl lakes at the foot of the big rapids of the sturgeon jim looked for and found the footprints of smoke the absence of rain and the dropping of the river had left the last traces of the friend he bad lost a as s clear cut as on the day a after the fight on the portage goodby good by smoke said jim gazing through eyes blurred by many a poignant memory at the footprints of the dog he had fed from puppy hood jim never had it a better friend than you all you had you gave him and now hes bes going home without his dog goodby good by smoke I 1 CHAPTER X nard hard as they bad raced the coming coining winter south through tte tle Pl lakes long since deserted desert pd by the indians the men from sunset house found that the moccasin telegraph had been even more swift for ono one day as they followed the inlet of the last of the chain they overtook a canoe anxious to speed the news of jing waits downfall omar ran the peter boro alongside the traveling birch bark barac at his mention of the defeat of the sorcerer and his bis friend paradis paradela Pa the men in the boat nodded in affirmation atchle the great shaman from gods lake took his ears said the older indian Is a liar n ile has left the country now lives at the lake of the sand benches Bea clies announced omar do the ojibway believe he linex with devils the indian shook his head it was the lie ile of aln wak and paradis ls the trader in ill the little moon of the tha 1 spirit I 1 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