Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-01-22
SYNOPSIS

Ing In northern Canada. BY stream !
Hilaire St. onge' factor at Wailing
River, play the violin superbly He
introduces himself and accepts an in
durns hs stay maE' Rs FsoS S0Ss st. s onge he
tSaGnS svi the % w Wndgo gsrS9 and 'tsVs tSs disap
pearance of q canoe and Its crew, with
the seasons take of furs.
CHAPTER II.-Steele hears the Win
head-man, leave for the scene of the
canoes disappearance. st. Onge tells
Steele that Lascelles, the company's
manager at Fort Albany, seeks his
ruin in order to compel Denise to mar
ry him to save her father.
CHAPTER III.-Hearing her violin
playing, Steele realizes that Denise Is
sacrificing a brilliant musical career to
comfort her father. David and Michel
return, but are uncommuntcative.
CHAPTER IV.-Tete-Boule,I Indian in
s steees taR With is Davd and
and roughly handled. Steele learns
that Louis Laflamme, factor at Ogoke,
has made application to her father for
the hand of Denise
Ogoke. visits the Wailing River post,
ostensibly for gun shells. David and
Michel are suspicious of him.
CHAPTER vI.-Lascelles visits Wall
ing River. He jeers at stories of the
"Windigo." To his CONSERVATION, De-
Mise tells Steele she Is Lascelles hancee.
CHAPTER VII-Steele, David and
Michel leave to visit an Ojibway camp,
on the trail Of the "Windigo," and en-
route to Nepigon.
CHAPTER VIII-Talk with the Ojib-
ways confirms the suspicion that Pierre
Is a spy and Tete-Boule his accom-
Nce The "Windigo" is heard and
IISted, but escapes. Michel returns to
W--Ling River with messages. Steele
ans, takes the trail Of the "Windigo,"
without result.
CHAPTER IX.-steele and David
iearning with surprise Of the Win
sagoe dgo a9a s1ess the mess ess of Rose St. 4n fgE
mistress, who is introduced by La
famine as his sister.
"What's happened" Steele's blood
heated at the possible harm to David,
outnumbered ten to one at the trade
house.
Laflamme raised deprecating hand.
Nothing, nothing at all. I'm glad Of
1t! Your man cracked some Of Bap-
tiste's fngers-just squeezed his hand
and Baptiste had enough. He always
was a bit yellow"
"But will Baptiste follow this up?
l don't want trouble here. Where Is
David now?" Steele was relieved; he
had feared the worst But that meant
that David and he would leave the
post in the morning. He knew his
half-breeds. 1t would be dangerous
to stay-and as yet nothing had been
learned from the girl.
IT sent them all to bed. Baptiste
won't follow it up. Antoine Is with
him. I'm boss here" laughed the
trader.
Then Steele was aware Of the at
tention of a pair of shining eyes. "Ah
1t was magnificent, monsieur-the way
you looked" said the girl. "Your eyes
were like your name-of steel"
~ "You are embarrassing, mademoi'
sselle"
"You must excuse Rose this eve
ming" said Lafiamme with grimace.
"She has not seen white man in a
yearl Not but what she's sincere
but whisky makes her think out loud
doesn't 1t. Roster"
If the glitter of black eyes could
have killed, Lafiamme would have
met sudden death. Instead, he re
filed the glasses, while Steele's minC
was busy with what the Frenchman's
return from the trade-house haC
checked the girl from disclosing. L
Pierre were Lafiamme's man, as he
seemed to be, Steele was curious t.
learn what tale the Indian had brough
from Wailing River concerning th'
lost fur canoe and the Windigo terror
He finally decided to drive straight a
the point with the hope that the cir
would drop something.
did l tell you this afternoon tina
} heard Windlgo at Wailing River?
he began.
"What? You a scientist, mean t.
tell me that you heard Windigo-'
creature Of Indian myth and supersti
tion-a bugaboo of the medicin
man?"
Steele grtnned with delight into tn
traders puzzled eyes. II certainly dc
/ was walked by his bowling on tn
ridge across the river from the post.
Lafamme smiled, suggestively tar
ping the bottle at his elbow, as h
teased: "Scotch is a wonderful stim
ulant to the Imagination, monsieur"
"You know that the Indians al
tribute the loss Of ST. Onge's fur cano
this summer to the same devil?" cor
tinued Steele, watching Roses face.
"The loss of their fur canoe" erie
Laflamme. "YOu mean to say that s.
Onge didn't get his fur to Albany thi
year?"
mot a skin," said Steele. This wa
news that Pierre assuredly woul
have brought from down river. The
he caught q furtive signal from til