The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-07
FORBIDDEN VALLEY
b. WlEn,w By,,ow lnowe'ut

The main building was tum bling
to decay: briar and vine covered the
slave quarters :the prison house had
been struck by . blast Of lightning.
No tepee or cabin stood near the an.
cient post: its very vicinity va.
stunned like a haunted place.
Paul started driving tent pegs.
Curt stepped inside and began ex.
aiming their dutfle. to MAKE sure
he had overlooked no label or initial.
ing which might give them away to
. suspicious prowler. While be vas
doing this. he heard Paul stop pound.
ing and say Bon soir" to someone
Glancins out the nap-fr0nt ne sawa
girl go past. carrying . dsh rod.
cseel and canoe paddle.
He had only : neeting glimpse q
her, but that glimpse made hin
straighten up and stare. She vas
wearing q blue corduroy dress. laced
moccasins, Z tam. and . sweate!
blouse with one elbow worn through.
Her hair was . brownish golden:
she walked along With . lance-like
erectness OF body: and her tace-he
saw It only in pro6le-was 50 beau.
tiful and so strange IN its type Of
beauty that he kept staring through
the fap-front for moments after she
had gone by.
When be finished and went ont.
side she vas already out upon the
lake in a birchbark canoe. skirling
toward q cluster Of wooded is!ets
halt q mile offshore. Trouting. 10
guessed. II she vas anything Of q
fisherman she ought to snag some
big ones il the shadows around
those Islands: but from the avs.
| ward way she handled the paddle
she was plainly tenderfooI
| He turned to Paul. who vas watch.
ing her too. who Is she, d'yol
know"
a stranger 70 me, to my regret"
Curt smiled at his rapt gaze. "Yo1
ind her pretty. don't you? As pretty
as p'ute Regina Ducharme q: Eo.:
Chipewyan:"
Almost"
"Hunph! That: a big admission
from you"
1.-THE girl disappeared among the
l Islands. Curt went on With the
camp work. Bending down Z near oy
sapliog. he tied their grub pack 70
the top Of It and dipped the sap.!ns
up again. safely cachins the supplies
from stray huskieS.
| He stepped back into the timber
to find Z dead birch for fuel The
tropical luxuriancs OF the woods
amazed him. even though be tad
made trips up juneau way and
knew the "drizxle country we'll
| The pines and cedars we're lordly
things eight feet across the STUMP
and towering above two hundred.
4 The air was heavy With the cdos
Of sun mer flowers banked II great
heaps IN the open spots. The noss
under bis feet Vas like walking On
three inches Of softest plush The
whole woods was dominated b!
moss. It earpeted the ground s1d
windfau logs. ran over the bollden
and up the tree trunks. and hang
in festoons from the branches.
I'm plain lucky. hs thought
gratefully. TO be hunting Karaksaa
in country like this.
: he pushed over Q dead o.-ca.
dragged It back to camp. and tod
Paul: .rd better step ont 70 to
: trading store nov and get the haas
Of things there. 30 that tonish. se
. can put across the Job We talked
about While I'm gone. you can o
bringing our canoe from the pier.
81 When he returned. halt Al hoSs
: later. Paul was standing on the land
!, wash. The young Canadian beckosed
[ him down.
i, THAT girl over among those IS
, lands = likely to experience tro1o.s
, il Ne don't 60 over there
whats up?.
Il PAM told him. 4 few minutes a1es
the girl had padded in among tho
islands. one Of those hali.oreeos
j had come down the shore. furuYey
|, secured : canoe. and slipped across
) the water on her trail 10 va
drunk. Paul added
Il Curt looked ont q those lov GIN
masses and svors IN psspisnv. !.
J b went over there and tntsrferea
] 10 vosld make a enemy Of tnss
half.breed. and 4 vas bad policy
1 70 have enemies q Russian LaS@
81 The girl should have known better
!. than to wander away 1t twiiis''
) when irresponsible men were LOAF
) Ing about the eosl-
Fl But still. she Vas . girl. alone ous
therA -.
tI On the rocky DIP Of a fstn%
!. where the waves tapped close 70 uel
| moccasins, Sonya vas having nns
luck With the BUTTERFLY lure vnes
1 old John Paxton had made Tor ne''
!. II forty minutes che had eaates
i elevea trout. some q them % us
) that their hills stuck out q ~
/ creel.
II She vas conscious of no danse"
! fcosyrisAe, 1855, NA1isa ,. xeis~N
Curt. temesssw, sakes- Hasy