Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-03-18

Ang RiVerF but steele already ndii
guessed
"He cum once cen de summer-he
cum wild 'noder man 10 tax, her to
Ogoke"
.What7 You mean TO say that La
famine was crazy enough to try TO
take her by force? Nonsense. Michel
st. Onge would have had the police
at Ogoke within a month"
"Eet was crazee ting to try-but
he try eet"
est ONCE never told me this said
the provoked American. "It explains
her fear wnen she saw me that day"
~She nevaIre know Beeg Antoine
cry to get her. but she have fear"
$50 you have always taken care OF
her since the visit OF Big AntoineY
Tell me about it."
"Eet was las June. after dat Indian
carry letter from Laiamme. He tell
me Lafiamme was gOin' TO get
ma'm'selie, sometam. So de mex tam
she go to play at de rapIde, Michel
ees dere. After long tam hear
something move cen de bush. wait
an see dis Beeg Antoine-he watch
her but she don know; she play de
feeble. / don wan to scare her so
walk on de portage wild de beeg
whistle so dey hear me an get out.
follow dem tru' de bush an cen
little tam on de riviere 'bove de pos,
see Beeg Antoine talk to 'noder fell
Ter"
Michel stopped, relIt his pipe, and
smiled tantallzlngly at the interested
Sreele.
"For heavens sake. go on What
did you dor Why didn't you drill both
OF them?"
Michel blew cloud of smoke be-
fore he said;
You see dis Bees Antoine at
0goke7''
"Yes."
"wal. he move hees head when
shoot. Eet was bad shot"
$50 1t was you who gave him that
scar?
"Ah-hahl"
"what happened TO the other mang"
HE did not move" said the Iro-
quois, grimly.
you hit him7"
"Beeg Antoine go back to ogoke
alone"
"And they never came again r.
No. but we had fear
There was a hard CLINT IN the eyes
Of Steele as he turned to David.
David" he said. 81 owe you an
apoIogy. When we had thst snake in
our hands we should have finished |
the Job. II would have been held
self-defense by any decent jury"
David lifted his wide shoulders.
~We flemish dat jOb sometam, boss"
AS Steele had foreseen. the run
ming down Of a beast patrolling q
country Of the size OF the Wailing
River valley was clearly a matter of
1t was decided that Steele and
David, with the bloodhound, which
they were anxious to test on the
snow at once, should work over to the
Medicine hills and Phantom lakes
district with the purpose Of quieting
the Indians, If possible. and holding
them In the country. as we'll as Of
waiting the possible temperance Of
the night waller Michel, with Little
Jacques, a French-Cree. sent from Al
bany to work at the post after the
loss Of the fur canoe, and the sole In
dian to volunteer for such dread duty.
were to patrol the Portage Lake cOun-
try as far as the trapIlnes on the Lit
tie Current and the Drowning. Both
parties were to report back at Wall
ing River In two weeks. In the mean
time a Jack pine at the junction OF
the STOPPING with the main stream
was chosen as the message center TO
which a man from each party was to
return in a week for news Of the 9th
or, and whittier St Onge would send
any information from the post down
river. In this manner they could
tower great area Of the lower Wall
ing.
The plan OF campaign settled with
the hearty approval Of ST. Onge. the
traps were divided between the sIeds.
loaded with supplies for two weeks
II the beast. initiating that terror Of /
the northern trapper. the wolverine, !
continued robblng the trap-llnes. some I
night relentless Jaws would yawn I'M I
der the snow for hts unwary feet
laws, which. II once shut, would hold
heir victim IN grip Of steel until. the I
Ireezing death brought swift relief q
Before he started. Steele returned D
% the house. At breakfast Denise had
,een gracious. affable. but impersonaI, 9
ind Steele felt that the mood Of the 4
previous evening still possessed her.
%. justly hurt. he made no attempt to &
,sead bis case or correct the impress T
lion she had patiently suffered herself
. nonrish-the belief that he had g
lightly gone from her revelation Of
ne sseFet pinees 81 her heara. that
las cn gAs baaeh. 20 low intrigue At q