Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-09-02

way 0AAc"4l III IT, ~-~-1--IS ANGUISH OF
mind.
had any one ASKED Mashkaugan
what mis- purpose was in ACCOMPANY
Ing the girl ne might have found 1t
hard TO give an ans. yer.
1t had Deen an impulse to whic
he had yielded OlInCly. At bottom
there probably lay an unexpres SEQ
oeSlIc co MAKE some small atoue1aent
for The foul deed when was tortur.
ing ms Conscience.
At this time, however, he onIv
thought of the quest. While never
interrupt1ng his padding, his hed1
constantly turned from side to SIDE.
noUlng every stick anu stone, ever,
shrub and )r-nCh, every track o.
mus&rat OF banks OF the river
After all hour Of such going. duI
ing wnich n9C Wcrd had sao1 u
tween them, they reached the wide
shallow place where the currents OF
the Two rivers ming(e on their way
to tn great bay.
Ameou turned and 10 ked INCUR
incly at Meshkargan with a bag,
g~rd fCce and eyes that we're begin
ming to dull under the intensity OF
her suffering.
"Scarfoce belongs I'D the Utrsk
country" said the hunchback. "He
would not go down the main river
because he would have to retu~
Then he might meet men coming
after him. We go toward Many
Beaver"
The paddles struck the water
again and the canoe veered to the
right and entered the narrower
stream.
An awful WEAKNESS overlook
Ameou. For time she was forced
to stop plying her paddle, but Mash
kaugan kept on as if there were
cords of steel within his great, twist
ed body instead Of the sinews of a
man. After Ameou resumed her
paddle the canoe travelled swiftly
again. though no longer like mad
dening thing.
Finally they reached the outlet Of
Many Beaver Like.
"Petshikatshish! Go slowly" said
the man.
Ameou again stopped padding.
She knew this meant that they must
carefully investigate the shores OF
the lake
"There is man called Atuk camps
on this lake." said Mashkaugan,
during the run of the whitefsh.
After W. look over the east shore we
will continue on to his camp. Per
haps e knows something. 1t is
over yonder where big rocks drop
sheer into deep water"
But Ameou was not listening.
Nothing mattered to her but to keep
rQoving and hunting for her 'Hil@.
hn'
ashore and looked at faint MARKS on
the edge.
first ii he. pushing eff again. But at
the next stop he remained a lite
longer.
Zone man been here" he said.
"Not Scarface!"
They kept on it'll hey ro"chod 4
place where the water was shoal nd
the many reeds made fine lur' r =
pieces for great pike to lie in W.T.
f. passing whitefsh,
p:nkum! Hero y n!" @xcial:
the '-1nch5ack sud6 ally dis ging
PSI lie deem in the water and '-oo
the adWay
great 1Droote birch fl'o
- TIE w.t." short a'er~rr. away
Hr~shEaug2~ 5 kee Us he'd n3te@
th~t the eeds We For'awh 3ent
over. thou.> less f " deer or
cari5oa hid as9~d au~h the
"Cance bee in T. then rul
orain," he ) !, aad Anu nUuded
for she also had been able to see that
the reeds bent in two directions.
Using his paddle as a pole, Mash
kaugan pushed his canoe ashore, fol-
lowing the trail of bent reeds. Soon
the canoe touched the ooZy black
bottom. 1t was forced ashore few
wards and the two were able to land.
Before them was a double track, 60
ing and returning.
"ScArface," said Mashkaugan qui-
city, biting piece from plug OF
tobacco.
Ameou seized the rifle and then
followed the trail for about a hun
bred yards. On a wide bed of moss
under a tree there was a faint de-
preston in the soft surface, as if a
weight had been upon it for some
time. 80,
But who is the other man z"
asked Mashkaugan.
"What other man." asked Ameou,
startled.
She had not been looking at
tracks, for her eager eyes had been
directed ahead in hope of seeing her
chil3.
"Anuun1- man came after Scarface
had gone. See how his tracks over
lie the others in places. The man
bore a load and was very weary, and
his shoepacks were torn. Look at
these marks! The man certainly
took that which was lying on the
moss"
Ten followed the second trail. 1t
was very plain to both, although in
many places none but tried hunter
Of the wilderness could possibly have
followed it.
Mashkaugan stopped again, puz-
zled.
u had thought this man came
after Scarf2ce," he said. yet they
must certainly have met and the
Nascaupee gave him strong drink in
plenty. :,
see for myself that he walks like
a drunken man, swaying from side to
side. And here is fiat stone, con-
venient to put foot upon, yet the
track is in deep mud near it.
'And here is another sign that the
man was drunk, for he has fallen
-, b;c lypaac apd arisen gain with