ra A Tur Traders Experi With Sapte Indians | The spring of 1908 found me in tharge of one of the remote trading 'posts of the Hudso: ted in a tracklezss wilderness 800 miles inland from the western | red During the whole winter te sole dompanions been half-breed dog drivers, employed by the com- a few scattered families |}, pany, of Cree Indians' who made a living by hunting and killing moose and 'deer for their own consumption and trapping furs, which they bartered me in exchange for various articles of clothing and so forth. Spring having arrived, all the In- dians, with their aqnawe and fami- lies, had come into the post from their far-off 'hunting grounds, and were now camped in their wigwams on a high ridge about a quarter of a mile to the rear of the fort. The following day all the hunters were leaving for their final spring hunt, which consisted of overhaul- ing their traps and shooting any beaver, musquash or other game | the they could find. As the spring hunt is usually the best of the season, _man' ex- pected to return in the course of a couple of weeks with a good catch of peltries. One night about a week after the hunters had left, one of my half- breed employes, McKay by name, came rushing into my room to in- form me that some of the pr eein whilst out outting dusk, "had seen a "devil, which "had pursued them very close to the en- pthent. McKay further stated that the whole camp was in an up- oar. The Indians, I should explain, bhre--like most natives--very super- stitious, with strong leanings to-|¢ 'ward the supernatural. They have 'B very firm belief in devils, and in 'a kind of cannibal spirit which they 'eall a weetigo. One has only to lmention in the hearing of an In- dian that he has seen a weetigo to 'urn a whole camp green with fear. I took a stroll over to the camp, 'accompanied by McKay, the half- 'breed, to investigate the matter. With the eyo of one wigwam all the rest had been deserted, and \the whole campful of women and 'children were assem \birch bark covering, < of the dwelling of an old m nas, = aithough, as as the est, was, by singing; | ng on a rum and sundry , endeavo \vil away. The same thing occurred night ter night, the whole camp re- aining awake all night and snatching a little sleep in the day- time. In fact, so fearful were the Bquaws that even in the daytime they would not venture into the surrounding forests for firewood, except in bands of eight or ten. About the sixth day after the sup- sed appearance -of the devil, my trade opponent, a half-breed who was in charge of a fur trade post in opposition to a Hudson Bay Com- pany, visited m tween him and myself, as at all Hudson Bay and free traders, a very keen rival- ry existed, each of us endeavoring to obtain all the = we could for our respective firm , the free Gader: appeared to ex pe be as badly scared as the other In- dians, and in a conversation I had with him he showed a very strong disposition to leave the vicinity and remove his wife, family and_ be- longings to the bosom of a small is- land a few miles out in the adjoin- ing lake, where he thought they would be safe from the terrible wee- tigo. Desity how things were shaping, 'I did everything in my power to lay upon his fears. Finally, as he plas on the point of taking his de- parture, he told me that should gnything more be heard of the wee- tigo during the night he would parry out his intention of moving put pate the lake without further After the trader had left an idea pecurred to me, which I lost no time In' putting into execution. The sun was setting, so that in about an hour it would be dusk; so, sending for my two half- breeds, McKay and Nazie, I informed them of what I intended doing. My intention was to work upon my rival's fears, so as to cause him 'to leave his post. In a couple of gays the -hunters would probably return, and with the free traders nway I should undoubtedly gather jn most of their furs. Accordingly,. giving out that we were leaving for a duck hunt, I had my half-breed companions embark- in a canoe, and after an hour's paddling beached the canoe about a mile in the rear of the encamp- ment, hig was hidden from view by a strip of woods skirting the Dacetuate Quickly pressing through the woods, we emerged into a flat pwamp, plentifully covered with illow growth. It was now dark, pa t the conical wigwams could be seen dimly outlined against the sky t three-quarters of a mile dis- ' Bugrything in camp was ery quie ward | ped his lantern and made off for the under the b tf is reg the de-| Then, uttering one or two piercing We cut a couple of long willow sticks and seoured <leatem,, ich bush 'wo 'lighted the lamps, ies handkerchiefs eee dul which caused them to a du sited hp glare. Everything was deathly. "quiet as we hoisted the lighted lante our heads and emetaaly them to and fro Suddenly the stillness was rudely shriek swung lowed by the most awful uproar--a medley of short cries, screams and |! i the wailing of children. Occasionally igniting a quantity of gunpowder, we would hold the two lanterns side by side in the smoke. To the overwrought imagi- nation of the Indians on the ridge good the two red lights no doubt ap- t peared to-be the weetigo's eyes. Suddenly the uproar subsided considerably, and we could distinct- ly hear the voice offs man, who ap- peared to be addbeutiee the wo- Peancily the voice stopped and uproar recommenced louder than ever. We still continued at varying in- tervals to swin air, occasionally moaning an aa as we did so Suddénly McKay shouted that there was s0 y moving in the darkness ahead. 'Hardly had he spoken when there was a fiash, fol- lowed by the report of a rifle and a ery came from McKay ase he drop- woods, quickly followed by Nazie. I lost no time in grabbing thé two lanterns, dropping them into a hole in the swamp, and following the others. Just then the gun cracked again and a bullet whizzed _ my head--far too close to be mfortable. Meanwhile, I could = the frightened cries and iota n of ao and Nazie in the ead me; they a ookiniis feoughk: that the real devil was af. i nt incensed by our mum- "3 }reaking from the woods, I rush- to the beach, only to "find my half-breed friends afloat and pad- dling away for dear life. Calling em to w for me, I rushed waist-deep into the water, and was hauled into the canoe In the meantime the heavens had ecame overcast, a) occasional flashes of lightoing Spel be ong "atibhgh ae us to discern a birchbark canoe far out in the lake being propelled oe in the direction of Dog Island. I chuck- led, for I hdd no doubt that it con- tain , the free trader, and his y. Upon disembarking at the fort, we immediately ran over to the en- campment, to find everybody in a state of the most extreme terror. One young man, it appeared, upon seeing the apparition, had uttered a shriek and immediately fainted. The camp was still in this furere when old Piskonas, the medicine man, returned, carrying a » Winches- ter rifle in his hand y it was he who had shot ergs us. a ementels upon his arrival in the tigo, whereupon the devil had Enoteed him down and fled shriek- ing into the forest. Nobody sus- pected us, for everybody thought we had left on a duck hunt, but had returned owing to the wet. Next morning I learned that, sure enough X., upon the reappear- ance of the devil, had immediately locked his store, transferred his wife, children, 'and all his belong- ings, to his canoe, and left for Dog Island. As night approached there were unmistakable signs of excitement and fear among my Indian friends, and shortly after dusk two Indian boys came rushing into the house to say that the devil was about again, as the women heard him. Rising from my chair, I picked up my Winchester, and, having filled the magazine with cartridges, again walked over to the camp. Immediately the story of the wee- tigo's reappearance was shouted in my ears from a dozen quarters. Thereupon I informed them that I was golng to see if I could not kill the devil himself. Half-a-dozen dif- ferent voices immediately dinnéd into my ears the best and most ap- prov a of dealing with weetigo. With. "my rifle under my arm L strolled down the trail in the direc- tion from-which the latest sounds were supposed to have come. Pene- trating for some distance into the woods, I stood awhile and waited. shrieks, I commenced firing my rifle as quickly as I could eject the ex- ploding cartridges. Thus, I dis- charged ten or twelve rounds of am- munition into the air, accompany- ing the shots with the most blood- curdling of yells. Having emptied-the magazine, I slowly retraced my steps towards the camp, whence I could still hear. lanterns over | i our lights in - i During the fa tolbwing day hunters returned with .rem: too ready to heard of how I Saver squaws and papooses from | vil. X.did not show up for days, and I need hardly say that time I had purch hair of fur in ti This inform in gloomy 'llonae aot td in his own mind, perhaps," whether or not he had been wins. For a long time' after this, $ rence I was known among dians of that. district as "the | white man who killed the devil, « ze. a> A CLEVER YOUNG | Hon. Wilfred Gariepy, Member of the Alberta Cabinet. "Biography. should treat of: ives of those whose worth, morally, and intellectually, mands the unequivocal r the public, which is a diser. ing factor and invariably i guishes the ring of the true jfrom the dissonance of the brass. In the possession of admirable qualities of mind and heart, in holding marked precedence as a distinguished mem- ber of the legal profession, and in being a man of high attainments and distinguished executive ability, Mr. Gariepy challenges attention as one distinctly eligible for represses. tation in this compilation, while ie Jed him, they did 7 & above was written Mr. 'Garies has more than ever won for hims@lf a place on the merit roll of tin- guished men in the Province @ Al- berta. In 1913 he was the sudiess- ful candidate for the Legislatuffe as representative for Beaver er, one of the northern constituegcies of Province. In Novembep of last year the subject of this Grief sketch was sworn in as Mini of Municipal Affairs for Alberta, re-ele y, acclamation as 4 - ber for Beaver River in Dectilber of the same year. Born at Montreal on March; 14, 1877, the son of Jos. H. Gariépy, the young man was educated at St. Laurent College, Montreal Semi- nary, Laval University, and finally graduated in law from McGill Uni- versity. Going to Aiberta in 1892, young Gariepy was associated with his father in business in Edmonton. Ill health prevented him from tak- ing up his chosen profession' till 1903, when he began the practice of law under the firm name of Tay- lor, Boyle, and Gariepy, afterward Gariepy and Landry, and finally as at present, Gariepy, Giroux, and Dunlop, of Edmonton. Mr. Gariepy was an alderman of his city from 1907 to 1910.. He is a director of Edmonton -- Chil- dren's Aid Society, president of the Alberta Union of ici secretary of Edmonton Canadian Club, and president of the French- nadian ngress of Alberta. In 1904 he was a school trustee, | time. * s | circuitous and doubtless occupied several months. Jesus was going before pedioagens and they were. amazed-- esus mingled 80 freely with his disciples that on this occasion, when he walked apart from them and did not communicate his thoughts, they were surprised and were unable to explain. his manner. No doubt his mind was occupied with things which he knew they could not clearly under- | stand, and with which et would . probably not be in sympa' hey that followed were disciples, meanor, and though they follow- it with fear. He took again the twelve--Becom- ing aware of the effect on the disci- ples produced by the strangeness of his manner, Jesus again joined the .|company of the disciples and began to share with them his thoughts re- garding the crisis awaiting them at Jerusalem. Matthew says that he took the disciples apart, that is, away from the rest of the followers. An This is the third time that us had announced his passion to the "Glasiplen The details aa given here and in verse 34 correspond so closely to the events which later took place, that it is possible the writer recorded his later clear un- derstanding of the import of what at- Jesus said, rather than the impres- sion made when the words were spoken. St. Luke says, "They perceived what he said.'"' If we suppose Jesus to have spoken at the time in 'vei ecy, we can better understand the,inconsiderate demand made by James and John. The chief priests and the. scribes --Representing the Sanhedrin, or the governing council of the Jews. ore s council were tried the more important cases coming under the Jewish law. -- Shall: Betree Bim, onbo. the Gen is 1 Te convoy a ses boas hairigns Teal ace peteis the Tews te execute it reeerved to it- a death sentence ; it ~|self this right. 34. Scourging--with a whip of many lashes--was an invariable ac- companiment of crucifixion. Jesus would naturally expect to mock- , because his claim to be a king would excite the ridicule of the sol- diers and the unfriendly people; but this prediction as a whole seems to rest on something more than ordinary foresight, since no one could know definitely what the Ro- man governor would do, and the definite time of the resurrection 4. 21 we learn 'that 'these brothers were fishermen, that they were mending their nets in their boat on the Bee of Galilee when Jesus had called them, and that they had left partners with Simon and Andrew, who were called at about the same Their mother was named Sa- lome' (see Matt. 27. 66; Mark 15. 40). She was one of the women who followed Jesus in Galilee and ministered to him of their substance (Mark 15, 41), and igaoas think, she was a sister of the mother of Je- sus, Comparing the two references above with ohn 19. 25, "his mother's sister' is generally taken to mean Salome. int John's omission of the name of his own mother is similar to the indirect way in which he refers to himself as "the disciple whom Jesus loved." If the supposition that Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Salome, the mother of James and John, were sisters is correct, then Jesus and these brothers would be cousins, and this relationship ~ may have seemed to them to justify their re- quest for special recognition in his kingdom. It also helps us to umder- has been elected every year since. In 1907 he was president of St. Jean Baptiste Society, and in 1911 a Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus. He is a member of three clubs, Edmonton, Northern and Canadian, and a Roman Catholic in religion. The new Minister has a pleasing manner, and on a-recent tour of the Province with other Ministers of the Legislature he made many friends: He is brimful of humor, bas a good command of Englist: and as a platform and 'earuieare he speaker is yery | Mr. Gariepy is searvied and has three sons and one daughter. His| rest home is at 537 Hardisty Avenue, Edmonton.--Max. McD. in Star and 'Week! y- & 3 | their 'books, professedly or actually re- ligious, which through Sunday school, parish and other libraries, or by actual purchase, find their way into the home. This religious reading may be thought to a large extent poor in quality and worse in effect. Yet it may: be No one properly understands the problem of home religious education who does not give a large place to the power--the vast power, actual and votential-- of the religious periodical and book press The causes which have worked for the decrease of parental instruction in religion have not wrought ° the same havoc with parental instruc- tion in morals. , Unquestionably there is much moral training in the home. It may not, be of the formal sort, not as deliberate in purpose, nor as conspicuously labeled as was the older instruction, but as real, as purposeful, as wholesome, and as resultful as any that has preced- Truthfulness, Sobriety, cleanness in speech, unselfishness, service, good manners, these and all other virtues are taught in Christian homes to-day as earnestly and possibly as effectively as in any other day. Sometimes, as we study the moral situation of the present, there comes the fear that our dis- tinctively Christian ideals of virtue and conception of right and duty are giving place to the Grecian. If such be the fact, then, of course, the moral training in the home must suffer a like deterioration. But this hardly enters into our present problem, and the fact remains to cheer us that the home is an active and potent force in the moral de- velopment of the children. These considerations--the icuous absence of . il inside the AY ca LESSON by a fire the encampmen 'i i Vee eae INTERNATIONAL LESSON, ae SRS. ce! had tba an JULY 2. |The Home Should. Have Christian Parents Who" vil aad 4 : Know God and Are Under the Power ao an once 7 TI.--Greatness Through Ser- ia __ of the SPIE. : pga viee. Mark 10. 82-45. Golden a ' fe SS TS fe ik ae a BN my Text, Mark 10.. 45. ' i + lag Es there is a considerable amount of | for the lect of t which "Verses 23. And they 'were ow the li erro realy aoe reg foo bit: cues or bert 2 air 'y ope up to Jerusalem--The | home aye "be said to Be tigliceouly date tha power bullel would. ; dis S| responsible. There. are a large |of the reli press for home .re- The : esha at number of religious newspapers, a ererd walt ane and manifest mee word for a moment. O and lessons which were given dur- =. Macad pens ot xeliaioes 3 prea iiss bs gern now actually given-- , Spapers, a e ti aie the yells of Se ing Christ's.last journey from sphere of influence for these papers se considerations at least must be kept prominently in mind in any attempt to'solve our problem. "The best way to secure good health is to select your grand- father," and way: for @ child to obtain the wisest and most resultful home training is to be born into the society and under the transforming influence of a Christ- ian mother and a Christian father. The Piety of Parents must not be artificial, nor senti- mental, nor intellectual, nor form- al, nor supramundane, nor unmind- ful of the value of wise means. It must be all that it is possible for, human piety to be--warm, thought- ful, sympathetic, unselfish, tactful, real, genuine. But what I am now saying is that there must be such piety. It is indispensable if there is to be any effective repring of the child in religion cone the agency of the home. The besetting sin of: today is the leaving of God out of the --- The dangerous heresy' o the notion that men may find God without Jesus Christ. The begia- nings of both are to be found in the home, even Christian homes. Through the neglect by parents of the outward formalities of religion in the home, as seen in the family altar and a blessing at the table, through the more serious neglect of giving religious instruction, through the fatal neglect of show- ing in character and corfduct to their children that they know God, that they regulate their lives by His will, that their supreme de- sire is to love the things He loves and hate the things He hates, that Jesus is their Saviour, Friend and Lord of Life--through this neglect the children grow up in the sin and heresy of heresies; God is not in their thoughts and Jesus Christ is not in their lives. The home Tee - rist is enthroned and. God 'Known is the home in which mon and religious education is best pro- moted and perfect fruit.--Rev. George B. Stewart. ae reat ey eee . stand how their mother could come to Jesus with @ si r request (Matt. 20. 21). The fact that Jesus, while on the cross, commended his mother to John supports the theory that they were related We would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall ask of thee--This demand seems most in- considerate, especially since .Jesus had just spoken of his approaching trial and. suffering. It shows that his teaching could not have been clearly comprehen 37. The disciples may have taken literally Christ's words about the twelve thrones (Matt. 19, 28). 38. Ye know not what ye.ask--In imagination, nearness Christ meant honor. Jesus knew that it meant suffering. Are ye able to drink the cup that : drink {This is am figurative ex- ression, referring to peeks in life,".as sed the psalm- ist says, '""My cup runneth over. Jesus means to.ask James and Jobn if they are able to share the neces- a sacrifices of his portion. To be ig er with the baptism that I am baptized with--Another figurative same thought, with the added thought of the overwhelming power of the c ity awaiting them. 39. Though understanding so little of the meaning of Christ's questions, James and John replied, We are able, and Jesus took them at their word. He knew that they would have to share his sufferings, and notwithstanding their inability to comprehend his teaching, their shortcomings and their faults, Jesus believed they would out vie- torious, and he did not discourage ut treated. them as men worthy of respect. What a tower of strength it must have been to them later, when the dark hours came, to remember the confidence that Jesus had had in them! 40. Places of honor in Christ's kingdom are to be attained, not given away. They have been pre- pared for those who are fitted for them, and influence counts for . began to be moved with indignation--James and John were introducing political method for their own advancemept. The ten naturally resented this. 42. Jesus called them to him-- He had been speaking to James and John bp Hearing the objections rt of the other disciples, he call them to explain to all the twelve the broad principles upon bom greatness in his kingdom Lond it over them--The rulers a lords or masters, and the peopl< become their servants to do, their the | men become free. will and to minister to their plea- sure. 43. But it is not so among you-- In Christ's kingdom greatness is not won by competition and self- assertion, but by working for the common good; by making a state of society in which the strong help to' bear the burdens of the weak, and the welfare of every individual is considered important. Minister--One who serves, ehoglt this word does not indicate his re- lation to the person whom he serves 44, " Servant--That is, bondser- yant, one who is under obligation holds a personal relation to to|these whom he serves. This posi- tion in Christ's kingdom is higher than the ion minister, who does not hold the personal relation- ship. 45. For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but' to minister--The Son of man is not ex- empt from the rule stated. "His kingship is also that of service, and not that of lordship." To give his life a ransom for many --Christ's life is the price by which This was true of his life in a sense in which it is not true of other lives, though world has not been without its heroes and heroines, especially on the mission fields, who have given their lives that others might live fuller, truer lives. *. . se _ ¢ PERSONAL POINTERS. Prepared chalk covers a multi- tude of skins. Note carefully the pen who owns a soft, persuasive voic Spoiled children oot foolish par- ents are often found in the same house. -If a young man has money to burn any number of anxious mo- thers try to hand hinf a match. An evening call is productive of much pleasure--if not when you come, at least when you go. Anyway @ man never sits down on the floor when he puts on his hosiery. Success may not depend so much upon what you do yourself as upon what'you can*jolly others into doing for you. ----__ r___---- A palatable way to serve cold boiled range * to put. them through the si Season t well with satene "and salt; form into cones and br>wn in the oven. When pressing tucks in crepe de hine use a piece of tissue paper be- ween the iron and the right side. The tucks can be seen and at the same time protected. . brings férth its most 2 > -