Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-01-08
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER with David, half-breed
guide, Brent Steele, of the American
Ing in northern Canada. BY a stream
ne hears Denise, daughter of Col
Hilaire ST Onge, factor at Wailing
River; play, the violin superbly. He
yitation to make the post his home
during his stay. From st. Onge he
learns of the mysterious creature of
evil, the "Windigo," and the disap-
the seasons take Of furs.
CHAPTER II-SteeIe hears the win
digo." David and Michel, ST. Onge's g
head-man, leave for the scene Of the
canoes disappearance. ST. Onge tells
Steele that Lascelles, the company s
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 uncommunicative.
CHAPTER IV.-Tete- Boule Indian in
st. Onge's employ, is caught listening
to Steele's talk with David and Michel,
that Louis Latlamme, factor at Ogoke,
mas made application to her father for
the hand of Denise.
CHAPTER V.-Pierre. Indian from
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 fiancee.
In the opinion of Steele, who kept
vigil with his pipe, beside the snoring
David and Michel, rolled in their
the coming Of the beast to
Big Feather before the freeze-up, was
the gravest menace which the for
tunes Of Wailing River post, and the
girl who had given him until spring
to accomplish the impossible. had vet
encountered. For, as forest fire
runs in dry timber, so rumors of the
bowling of the Windigo at Big Feath-
er would travel from hunter TO hunter
through the upper valley of the Wall
ing. The tale would spread gather
ering horror as 1t went as snoWslidp
gathers momentum, until in time the
whole region learned that a Wfndig0
was loose in the valley Of the Wailing
"a fiend fierce beyond belief and hun
CRY for the flesh Of the OiibWay. Then
would follow, unless the beast were
killed and the terror ended. swift
exodus from the valley of the families
still trading at the post, the resurrec-
tion and revival Of the CHASTITY tradi-
tions surrounding the rapids and the
river below-the end Of the st. Onges
and the post at Wailing River.
Steele's teeth bit savagely into the
stem of his pipe, This might happen
before the freeze-up, and until the
snow made 1t possible to follow a trail.
there was small chance Of solving the
mystery Of the night waillng.
Now, Steele mused, when the men
returned from their hunt to hear Of
the voice in the night from the circle
Of haif-demented women covering
there around the fire, the tale would
stra.ghtway travel to the four winds.
and hardy indeed would be the hunter
Who would drive his dog team this
Christmas down the white valley of
the Wailing to trade at the ill-fated
post. With no Christmas, and little
prospect Of spring trade, unless the
mystery were solved by the running
down of this beast with the miracu-
lous vocal cords, Wailing River was
doomed. Even If Denise married Las
celles In the spring the post could not
be continued under q taboo.
nnro haJ a,x,or,,
should never make the sacrifice, but
the ractor was at his ropes end and
she would override him. She would
not see him disgraced, Her pride
would drive her to it-that fierce pride
Of race. She was thoroughbred and
would go to her spiritual death with
high head, In the spring.
In the morning Michel would go In
search of the caribou hunters, for after
that night the women would not re
main alone at Big Feather David
Would cross to Portage lake to learn
If the Windigo had been heard on the
Little Current. He, himself, would
cover the country back Of the ridge for
Il srail which he had little hope of
picking up, and endeavor to hold the
women at their camp until their men
returned. On the return Of David they
would at once start for Nepigon, leav-
Ing Michel to meet the canoe st. Onge
was to send.
With Michel would GO two letters.
explaining his change of plans The
sole hope of holding the Indians now
was in scotching the Windigo terror
early in the winter by tracking down
the beast on the first snow; and so.
strongly as his heart drew him toward
the post, he made his decision