Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-02-12

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"When David and l were packing
up to the postY'
"Ah-hah! Wal, Michel was dere."
"What d'you meanY' asked Steele,
puzzled. "You were taking care of
herY
"Yes."
did she know itT'
The Iroquois shook his head "She
not know"
"What were you afraid Of, SO near
the post?"
"Beeg Antoine"
Steele stared in amaZement at the
speaker. big Antoine! You mean
Laflamme's mantle one with the
scar on his face?"
The half-breed nodded
"What would he be doing at Wall
ing RiverT" But Steele already half
guessed.
"He cum once cen de summer-he
cum wild 'noder man to TAX her to
Ogoke."
what? You mean to say that La
famine was crazy enough to try to
take her by force2 Nonsense Michel!
st. Onge would have had the police
at Ogoke within a month"
"Eet was crazee ting to try-but
he try eet."
"St Onge never told me this" said
the provoked American. ut explains
her fear when she saw me that day"
"She nevaire know Beeg Antoine
Try to get her, but she have fear"
n $50 you have always taken care of
her since, the visit of Big Antoine?
Tell me about it."
"Eet was las June, after dat Indian
carry letter from Latiamme. He tell
me Laflamme was goin' to get
ma'm'selle, 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
l 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
ler"
Michel stopped, relit his pipe, and
smiled tantalizingly at the interested
steele.
"For heavens sake, go on What
did you do? Why didn't you drill both
of them?'
Michel blew a cloud Of smoke be-
fore he said:
"You see dis Beeg Antoine at
Ogoke"
Eyes"
"Wal, he move hees head when l
shoot. Eet was bad shot"
$50 1t was you who gave him that
SCARF"
"Ah-hahW
"What happened to the other manT
HE did not move" said the Iro-
quois, grimly.
r."You hit him"
"'Beeg Antoine go back to Ogoke
alone"
"And they never came agalnT
"No, but we had fear"
There was a hard CLINT In the eyes
of Steele as he turned to David.
David" he said, II owe you an
apology. When we had that snake In
our hands we should have finished
the job. 1t would have been held
self defense by any decent jury"
David lifted his wide shoulders.
1--WE flemish dat job sometam, boss"
AS Steele had foreseen, the run
ming down Of beast patrolling
country Of the size Of the. Wafling
River valley was clearly matter of
chance.
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 well as OF
waiting the possible temperance OF
the night waller. Michel, with Little
Jacques, a French Gree, 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 traplines 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
er, and whittier st. Onge would send
any information from the post down
river. In this manner they could
cover q 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 sleds,