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PORTLAND LABOR PRESS
JulhiH I' is, her claimed. The wood» are
run Of moose. and there are beaver and
'•Iter, and that » «here the trouble
I rluuivlii* | need not go, but will pick
Mr Petersham." said be In an
awer to a question
'When you went
away lust fall I «11,1 think things was
settling down a bit, but a xveek ago
» b ile Puttick w.i« on the eastern
boundary I (bought I'd go up to Seulls
b ik e , »here last year Keoghan had the
brook netted
I was making a fire to
boil my kettle „lien a shot was fired
from the rocks up ataive. and tile uext
1 knew was that I was hit pretty had
through this knee
"It « a s coming on d irk, and I rolled
into a bush for cover, but whoever It
were didn't fire at lue again. I don't
think lie wanted to kill me. If he had
he could have put the bullet Into my
heart Just as easy ns in my leg. I tied
up the wound the tiest way I could
ler*a cairn 1» ou a hil' about two mflaa
CHAPTER XV.
west of here '
C.lUit- lil ”
Th» M an In the Black M at.
'I suppose you won't go?" said I.
Hut Hat her had irouhle from the
L were silent for a moment.
“With
the money? Certainly uotf*
'la y In w e lil u p I o s h
I l l , -n Peti-rshatn turned to
lout at Kaluiacka
“You
ea.,
hardly
go
without
IL”
look
at
that
magnificent
young
H e h a d (o i n
P u ttic k
tor It. »o I wus told
man
“Why not ?"
Didn’t y oui • a ilie r know th at? W hy
" " lu it do you think o f IL
"You would la- shot down."
H In c h one'?” | a»ki*d innocently aa
d id M r P etersh am have
You have «mne experience of
anything t> I i aught bight ot Nox ember's tall fig
"1 <1 talk to tin- rutliaua first and then B
do w ith the pia.
ure awaiting us
If there was any shooting, I guess I'd llie s ,- squatters iq tn-re l>o you think
Ibex m ean busiu«-»»?"
Oh. It was Just
be as much In It as they would."
of imp's uo
"How many men In sight answ er my
I here aiu t much fooling about
J
K'“ d U u , la ' " ,lb tb e <j,* , r | ptlon'? ' She re to rt,<1 “O f COUFM
I suggesi that we ull three go." I
these mountain nun." Puttick answ er
said.
eary toieranee of the modern 1 mean the woodsman. Why. he's
dauglitei
"And no«- | says thia to
Out Joe would have none of this ed bitterly
coining tills «ay
I must apeak to
"They are a dangerous lot round him."
you. Mi. Petersham, and 1 can't never
plan
there.
"There'» uotbing to be galued by say nothing stronger If you’re tulud-
Before 1 could answer she had Jump-
tie knew that They are squatters '"d Htfbtty to the platform und. turning
th a t Mr. Quurltcb.
You bet theae e,| to stay on here at this place, you
fellas'll keep a pretty bright lookout m ust pay If you dou't want Miss Pe-
— trappers who have squatted among
'b”‘ "Hh a childlike expression In
It they saw three ot ua coming they'd | terahnui hurt or killed."
those woods and hills for generations ber l,|,,e *>'«•- »aid
“My daughter?"
shoot ns like as n o t
Of course they Hunk the country be
can you tell me how many tnln-
"That's
how | read It
What else
"1
w
a
s
thinking
I
might
slip
right
utes
this
train
stops
here?"
longs to them Pop knew that, and in
along to Butler's cairn and maybe get could he mean? He said you'd be aor
his
opinion
the
compensation
Julius
It
don
t
generally
stop
here
at
all,
C o p y r ig h t . 1 9 1 3 ,
ry ull your life"
a look at the fellus."
I Is e h e r offerisl and gave them was In hut they (lagged her because they're
B y H e t k e t h P ric h a rd
"Good ti,-livens' Even the most hard
adequate ”
“No'"
said
Petersham
decidedly.
”1
expecting passengers Can 1 help you
won’t allow it. Y'ou say yourself you ened ruffians would not uurt a woman
Il
w ould be." I commented.
1 a n y . miss?"
You don t think It iM>»siblei" Peter
would t-e shot"
"It’s very kind of you ”
«m id without e f f o r t imagine Julius
sham turned to me.
K on iin u ed from I.a il W eek !
"1 said we would get sh o t not tne
1*¡s e lle rs view s on com pen satio n, for
At this uioinent 1 appeared from the
*1 thluk that Linda runs a very great
car
Hello. Joe!" said I “How are
alone Three men cun t go quiet where
I h a d m e t turn in business.
risk by stay lug ''
things'?
one
cau
"
""'ell. father went Into the matter,
“Then sin- shall go "
-G e t out or here." lie cried, “or”—
"AH right. Mr Quariteh There'»
And so finally It was arranged,
and lie found that the squatters had a
I, paused on catching sight of .loe and
But w tien Linda wus called and the
two
slick
backboards
with
a
pair
of
though
not
w
ithout
a
good
deal
of
ar
good ileal to I,e said for their side of
,y « r lf
facts made clear to her she absolutely
gument with Petersham.
the ease, so that he did what he horses to e a c h waiting and a wagon
refused to leave Kalmacka
i'll go If you wish it." said Stafford thought was talr by them
The
"That's a fine fellow .” remarked Pe
He paid ette lit for the king o’ Russia
You will force me to pay the m on
!,r gerously. "hut If I do It’ll lie to re- them good high prices for their rights, road lictxvecn tills und the mountains
tersham
ey. then.” said Petersham, "though 1
rn with the polio«-.”
I nodded
or what they considered to be their is flooded by heaver working In a hack
And look here. Mi. Dutchman.” rights for in law. of course, they pos wntei Is,tit ten miles out. They say
“The kind of fellow who fought with am well aw are that this demand will
only be the first o f many
W henever
lake in Joe gently. "If It comes to sessed none Every one seemed pleased we can drive through all right
Miss
and bettered the Iroquois at their own
these blackmailers waul ll.UUO. aye.
hat you'll get put nxvuy for a fifteen , anil satisfied and xve were looking for- Petersham needn't fear getting too
game
I wonder what he will aee at
1 or SlO.ntM). they know they will only
ears' rest cure, sure."
Kutler'a calm?"
ward Io going there this spring for the wet."
have to ask me to supply them
But
"How do yon kuow my uame?" ex
" ho aré you?" Iiellowed Jurgensen, j fishing when news cam e that one o f fa
It was past midnight when Joe ap
I can't risk you—Pll pay."
lie ’s the man that told me your tile rs game wardens had been shot at-” claimed Linda
peared again
Petersham and I both
Joe turned to Petersham
"If you
“I heard you described, uilss," re-
«¡o- was weakly and spilled the water
"Shot at?"
asked for his newa.
pllisl
Joe
gravely.
climb down now I'll Is- right sorry I
..... the kettle when she lifted It. for
L lt.d u nodded the Greek head 1 ad
November shook his head. " I ’ve
Linda looked at me.
found her tracks at my place by the mired so much
I nothing to tell: uotbing at all. I didn’t ever come with you. 1 don't hold w ith
backing down under a bluff."
"Good for the old uiossbaek!” said I
•■?«• He'» the man that discovered
Y <‘s Last autumn father put on a
see uo one."
Her lips Itent into h sudden smile.
i I. who knew Joe, wus surprised to
x at log ends in Aleut Sam ’s fire on
couple of wardens to hsik after the
“Where were you?"
I hear him offer so definite an opinion
Uh Island when r e knew Sam had game, and they have lieen there all "You must lie Mr November Joe. I
''Lying doxvn on top of the calm It
I In such strong terms, hut Linda clap
■ x with him
He's the man I ow e ax inter I* rout their reports they have have heard so milch of you from Mr
self. T h eres good corners to IL"
i |>ed her hands
.« lo t io ”
got on quite well with the squatters, Quariteh."
"You could see well round, then, and
"It's ull nouaeuse. Isn't It? Why, If
W e,w en t out and loaded our bog-
tie also." said Jurgensen venomcu»- and now suddenly , for no reason that
If any one I ih ,I come you would not
uiiy one attempted to hurt me Joe
i a« he bowed Ills head. "Vot you they can guess, one o f them. William | gage upon the waiting buckhoards.
have fulled to observe them."
" o r k e by name, has been fired upon In Gin- o f th e s e was driven h.v a small,
vaul your term s'?•' he asked at la st
“Couldn't be too sure
There was j would make hlui regret It. wouldn't
sallow faced man. xvho turned out to
St afford hud Ids answ er ready. "My his cam p"
some dark times when the moon was I you. Joe?" She dashed him a glance
be the second game warden. Puttick.
"Killed?" | asked
shut in by clouds. They might 'a ' o f her glorious eyes
■ «a foxes—that's restoration—and two
"I’d sure try to hard enough.” re
Mr
Petersham usked how Hill
come them times, though I don't think
at yours by way of Interest—that's ret-
"No. hut badly wounded H said '.le
b tltiO ll.”
j they did. But I'll know for ejrtain plied November "And,now. Mr. Qua-
was sure the Imllet could liave been Worke. the wounded man. was pro-
Ant If I say no?"
soon unless it cornea ou heavy rain ritch. l i l ask Ben here to show me
put into Ids heart Just as easily, but It
"lle's coming along pretty tidy. Mr.
There's a fine little lake they calls Just where the fella stood when he
was sent through his knee by way o f a
"Von won't. Where's my foxes?"
Petersham,
tint
he’l!
carry
a
stiff
leg
notice
to
quit,
he
thinks."
Butler's pond up there. You take your held him up .hl» morning."
Jurgensen hesitated, but clearly there
So Joe went down to the brook, and
"'I hose folks up there must be half with him all Ills life."
fisbpole, Mr Quariteh. and we’ll go
mid he only one decision in the clr-
"I’m sorry for that
I suppose you
over at sunrise and yon try for some I went with him. We were soon be
iiinstances. “I hat them In my ken an v ii ires ”
nels," he answered
I "They are. but that's not all. Three have found out nothing further as to
Faca Wa» Like T h a t of Some of them trout, while I take a scout side tbe cunoe which Puttick bad been
mending.
round for trucks."
Medieval Prisoner.
Wire iuclosures?" cried Stafford In ',:IVs a,?o " letter came, meant for fa the identity’ of the man who fired the
"Here's where I waa, and there's
This we did. but search as Joe would
disgust.
I if>er. hut uddresseri to me
Whoever shot?"
Lucky the bullet hadn't touched any
"Yes.”
j wrote It must have seen father and
"Nothing." said Puttick. “and not
he failed to discover any sign at all. t where he stood.” said Puttick, pointing
big artery. Next morning 1 crawled
He told me this when he Joined me at to a small muss o f rock close by "And
They’re all banned togeth
You can't grow a decent pelt In a kl" " Hiat he was not the kind e f man likely to.
up the hill and lit signal smokea till breakfast time •
there's the place I set down my watch.”
igc' snapped Stafford, with the ea- ",11,1
,M‘ ''cailll.v frightened, so f up there "
Puttick came
He brought m t In
November glanced over th e details
After 1 bad caught a nice string of
On which cheerful Informatiou our here."
veriles» of a fanatic mounted upon his , they thought they would get at hint
trout we xvuiked back to Kalmacka, and then followed the bank of the
nbh.v. "You must let them live their ¡ t h r o u g h m e it xv.i< a horrible letter ' little caravan started At Linda's wish
“1 suppose Puttick had a look round circling round the house before we en brook for some distance Presently he
The words wore written upon a sheet Joe took the place of the driver of
natural life as near ns possible or their
j torn from an old a ,'c o u n t hook They Mr Pet, rsliani's light Imported wag for the tracks of the fella who gunned lered It. The sand lay undisturbed by returned.
«¡or suffers.
The pigmentary glands .
, ,,
you?" asked November
a.< fo,,OWs
any strange footstep, but when we got ;
Did you strlk' his tr a ilT' asked Pnt-
Kt affected”-
Í ! ran ""
ouette. and as xve went along she gave
"He did. but be didn't find out noth
lu we found Mr Petersham In a state Hck
him a very clear story of the sequence lug
you
m ean
okunk
Toof! I haf read of all that In 1 Vo1''
There was a light shower be-
you come in ou r w im îh unies y or
of the greatest excitem ent
j "No. the stones lead right away to
■lie book 'Zientirtc Zelectlon Of Color I w illin g to pay five th ou san d doH ar» B rin g of events, to all of which he listened 1 tw w .„ dark and dawn, and the ground
"One of the filackniailers has had a tf"' luk‘’- 1111,1 like as not he came In
with the characteristic series of "Well. |
the hill above there is mostly rock '
1 ',lllls-
I tile Komis and youl be to ld w h e r to pu t It.
a canoe.
tong talk with I'uttick." he told os.
nows!" and "You don't says!" with
Yes." put In Joe. "you read a good so it w ill come into th e hands o f rite rs
Ruch, then, was the story of our
"What?"
D o lla rs a in 't nothin to you but they can
"Like as not." agreed Puttick and
which
he
was
in
the
habit
of
pnnetnat
coming to Kalmacks. and for the next
a while you were at Mr. Stafford’s keen an expan din g hu'et out vor hide
"Incredible as it Bounds. It 1» so "
resumed his work on the canoe which
lag the remarks o f a Indy
He said two or three days we s|a*nt our time
'b e. th a t’s bo —lying In Mr. Stafford’s
“But when was this?"
had been so rudely interrupted earlier
"Do y o u th in k It is a h oax?"
» them, as usual. In a voice which not fishing In the streams, the only move
hntik "
“Early this morning, som e time a ft In tin- day.
" " 'e l l . no. I « an t honestly say 1 do." only empbusized the facts at exactly
in
the
direction
of
the
main
object
of
' Jurgensen raised startled eyes, "You
This Is how
We tound Linda in the living room
'" hieli means, lu plain language, the right places, but also lent an air our visit being that Joe. whom Linda er you und Joe started
me?”
It
hapiientsi
Puttick
had
Just got up j arranging som e fisliing tackle, She at
that
If
father
does
not
pay
up
that
$5.
j
of
subtle
compliment
to
the
eloquence
insisted upon accompanying, walked
"Xo.”
' 00O he Will be shot."
of the narrator
over to Sends lake and bad u look at and gone down with a tin o f rosin aud onee appealed to Joe
How you know then?"
“Hh- J«e. I want to try som e of
i "Not uecess.iriiy He ueeii not go up
When we stop|s-d near a patch of the scene of Worke’s accident The • som e " »are canvas und tin to mend
Joe laughed. “1 guess the spiders i to Kalmucks this fall."
that ,an oe we ripped on the rock yes H>«»e English lures Mr. Quariteh gave
pine
trees
to
partake
of
an
impromptu
o.d
tracks,
of
course,
were
long
»luce
terduv
anist 'a' told me,” said he.
In tact, he had only Just be- i me- I’m going to fish, and 1 want to
'But of cour-c hi* will go! He's more? lunch It was his quick hands that pre washed away, aud 1 thought, with the
tw orklu« W,“*D ht> *»«’ startled by j
this tw o Jointed pole
j set on going than ever You know fa- pared the campfire and hl» skilled ax others, that Joe's visit had been fruit- I
Will yon
r““ | a voice ordering him to hold up his I Ux H for m e? '
[ filer xx he.-i lie's dealing xvith men. And that fashioned the rude t nt comforta
less until he showed me the shell of pands
"I'd like you to rnuke me a prom-
i he persists in his opinion that the let hie seats
It w a s he also who disap
an exploded cartridge
, __
C H A P T E R XIII.
I lse. Miss IJnda.”
‘ ter is probably only bluff"
“The
bullet
which
went
through
Bill
--Whv
he
h
kVih6*'
‘
peared for a moment to return with
Linda Petersham.
“What Is It?"
,h
601 “ P
“*
D°
I consider,-,I
OVEMBER JOE had hidden me j spoke
"Linda. f|iave you'Vea^v” sent three half pound trout that he had Worke's leg came out of thaL I fouud c t.o,'
“Not to go out nt all today "
taketi bv some w,ft process of his I " on the hill aliove. It's a 45.75 cen from h e h im t , re*' " i ' i u ' an
o ,, t "You don’t think I'm in dnngerT'
farewell at the Mttle siding | for inc to try to persuade your father own from the brook, of which we only tr“ ‘ fire ria,‘-
old '7W «Model "
above where- the c a n V lh ^ " " *
known by the picturesque that it would he wiser for him not to
; "You're lu great danger. Miss
heard the inurr.ur And for all these
1 “*8 Is a greut discovery you and
... hoD i-,1,tick
-
I Linda."
name o f Silent Water
go to Kalmacks?"
■ ..¡^-0
' " Spect you’ll la?
back again. Mr j
Linda s lip curled scornfully. ’ "1 doings he received an amount of open -'Hsa Petersham have made."
The fellow had u red handker
"Then you must go out with me.
Joe sm iled
"There’s nothing much
chief tied over his nose and mouth. Joe. If you are with me they will not
Quariteh. as soon as you've fixed them | should not put It Just like that! I can adiuirntion from Linda's hlup eyes to it.
which scented to me almost exagger s o m e w b X T / ,h e lá'Ze'aTd X
S X “ «
*“ “’W
brt“ dare”—
new tnialng contracts, and then, may- Imagine father's answer If you did
well try a wolf
hunt. There’s a | I'm afraid it will he no good letting a ted
1 of a felt hat that was pulled low down
"Look here. Miss Linda. If you'll stay
“I think your November Joe Is a per for It when I found this " Joe indi ; over them He carried a rifle, that he in the honae Just over today I wouldn’t
i My pack comes eut ou the Lac Noir j y»» say anything you don't knoxv how."
cai,>d
the
exploded
shell.
"The
motin-
feet dear.” she confided to me.
kept full on Puttick'» chent while they wonder hut It might he quite safe for
ice when It’s moonlight."
| "You mean that I have no tact?"
"If you really think that." said I. tains 1» full of 45.75 guns, 1S7« pat talk«! But I'll cull Puttick. He can you to go out tomorrow - and s ta r
Ihit the shackles of business are not
She smiled at me. anil I Instantly
tern
Kume years hack a big Iron
after "
*> easily shaken off. and the spring forgave her "Well, |>cilmps I do. but "have mercy on him! Yon do not mongery store down here went bust finish the account of the iiffair himself
That's besL"
want
to
add
Ills
scalp
to
all
the
otb
liad already com,? before another va- •'ou know- it Is far better to be able to
“Joe, you mean you have dlacover-
and threw a tine stock of them caliber
Puttick answered to the call, and e d " -
ation | q the woods had begun to *-rive help than lust to fall: n lio u t It. ers."
rlfies on the market
A few dollars
, . .
.
.
running slllllll(r
over the (hatn
storv. W< which
“Many of the others are bald.” said *->MUbuy
“No; 1 alu't discovered nothing, bot
merge into possibility.
About this i I’mhor is determined on going to Kal-
one. so th
e re.
one in pret i , after vxartlv.
J ha(J
If you stay in the way I ask maybe 1
titiie Linda Peterslinin rang me up on u ttiek s. a n d I xvant y o u to ,-ome with she. "His hair would furnish a dozen | Q n‘K» every house and two and j just heard from Petersham, he eon
of them!”
shall." Joe took up his hat.
ihe telephone and demand«? my pres | us "
I three In som e Howsoever. It may be , tinned
“Da?" I cried
ence at lunch
“ Where are you going, November?”
useful
to
know
H in t him that shot Bill
C H A P T E R X IV .
'The tough had a red hanker tied
"Naturally. I'm going "
Hut I am engaged." said I
“What
Worke carrirel that kind o' a rifle over his ugly face, nothing hut IDs eyo» I asked
M en of the M ou ntain».
1» It?”
"But It is absurd! Your father wouHl
"Over to Sculls lake. Mr Quariteh.
Still, xwe'd tiest keep It to ourselves. showing. He had me covered with his
O the afternoon passed away, and Mr Quariteh."
Will you see Ben Puttick and tell him
• will tell you when you come. I never allow it!"
gun
to
rights
all
the
time."
hs It became late we entered
“ He can’t fir,-vent It. dear J a m e s ,"
I won't be back till Intelsh and wlU he
*'i*nt you."
"All right." said I
"By the way,
'•YVhat kind of a gun was it?"
great tracts of gloomy pine Joe, there's a side to the situation I
res,k the potato,** and the cornflour
' made another effort to explal-i my she said softly “I don’t for a moment
"I didn’t see; lenRtxvu.vs I didn't no cakes ir I don t get back to time? Mlae
woods A wind which had risen don’t understand
ItMtion. but Linda had said aer Inst suppose ttiat even the Kalmacks people
We've been here ' tlce.”
Linda, xvlll you please tell every one,
would
attack
a
woman
And
father
Is
with
the
evening
moaned
through
""rd and rnng off I sm lX l ns I ,-ull
four days, and nothing has happened.
"Well, hud he a n y th in g to say?"
even your father, that you have a
",l up the picture of a small Greek all that I have in the xvorld I'm go their tops and filin g the dark WHters I mean Mr Petersham has had no
"He kep me that way a minute be m ighty-painful head and that’s why
of innumerable little lakes against word of where to put the $5.tKK> black
'■nd crowned with golden hair, a pair ing
fore be started speaking
You tell Pe
you're stay lug in?"
"Then
I
sti|.|,osc
|
shall
have
to
go
their moss bordered shores
<lf dark blue eyes and a mouth wear-
mail these c rim in a ls are demanding of tersham. says be. 'It s up to him to
“Y es. Joe. " said Linda
too. But tell me what purpose does
I
noticed
that
Puttick
uualting
his
him."
"y a rather imperious exprestuon.
pay right away
Tell him unless he
your father think he xvlll serve by an rifle and laid It among the packs upon
After J o e s departure- I took a book
"Maybe there's a reason for thaL”
Hie end of It was that I went, for I
goes at once to Butier’s cairn and und sat with It In the veranda, where
tiertaking this very risky ex|»edltlon?” the buckboard beside him. and when
"1
can't
think
of
any."
'«'e known Linda ull her life. The
takes the goods and leaves them there I was joined lu due course by Linda
“He believes that the general feeling ever the road dlp|>ed to a more than 1 ! "What about the sand?"
«erslinm family consist» of Linda i up at Kalmacks Is In Ills favor, and
on the big flat stone by tbe rock he'll , and Mr Petersham
usually soniln-t defile tils eyes, quick I "The sand?" I repeated.
hear from us afore evening, and he’ll
' 11 her father, and. though In bus! the shooting of the warden as well as
and restless as those of some forest
“Yes. haven't you noticed? I got hour In a way that'll make hitu sorry
'C o n tin u e d nexi w e e k ’
relations Mr. Petersham Is a pow I the writing of this letter Is the work animal, darted and peered Into the
Mr.
Petersham
to
have
tw
o
loads
of
■
all
his
life
And
as
for
you.
Beil
Put-
r l”
reckoned with, nt heme he ex- of a small band of individuals who
shat’ .iws
The light of the sun w as sand brought up from the lake and laid tick, you take a hint and advise old
’
fo r the ,x ile apparent purpose of wish to blackmail him
We will be fm’ing when there occurred the one In
YVHAT RED CROSS SEA LS DO.
all round the house It take» a track man Pet« rsi am to buy ua off und he
# |i.'itig out his charming daughter’s quite a strong party, and lie hopes to
I guess It's pretty near can't be too quick about doing It either
It was not ot I i wonderful
A,ll's It is a delightful house to go discover xvho is threatening him. By ddeni of our Journey
E very Red ( rn ss ( h ris tm a s Seal
real importance, tott i think It made Impossible to come nigh the house If he tries to ,-scape w e’ll get him on
" f" r they are the happiest people I the way. didn’t I hear from Sir An
I th a t is sold is a rea l bu llet in th e
an Impression on all of us The road without 1,-nvlng a clear trail But the the road down to I’riamvllle
»now
After
drew McLerrlck that you had been in along which xve were driving cam,- first rainy night. I mean when there'»
tie done talking he mad,* me put my ’ lig h t a g a in st tu b e rc u lo sis. T h ese seals
1 ¡ouud m yself the only guest, which
" o o d s.a ll these last falls with a
rain enough to wash out tracks.”
stidde-nly
out
Into
an
open
space,
aud
watch on the ca n o e-th a t I'd turned last y e a r help ed to su p p o rt th o u sa n d s
•"»■I'rised .
for the IVtersliam muii- wonderful guide who could read trails
“They'll come?"
here
in
trout
of
a
shack
of
the
rough
bottom
up to g-t nt thnt rent— and 'o f n eed y tu b e rc u lo sis p a tie n ts an d to
bas 11 reputation for hospitality. , Uke t’ucaa. the last of tin- Delaware*»,
"Yes. they'll likely come."
est description h man was engaged In
warned
me not to move for half an gixe th e m a ch a n ce fo r life. T hey
■’•''Hies. | want you to do this for or
those old trappers one reads
But
as
It
hapiM'iicd
Jo,-
was
wrong
cutting
log«
As
we
passed
he
glanced
hour
When
the half hour was up I I p ro v id ed for m any v isitin g n u rses,
a,P . 1 want
you to
to persuade
nersunde pop
non not
not l,f 1,1 I'cutinore Pooper's novels?"
—- you
w hose h u n d re d s of th o u sa n d s of visits
I
believe
that
his
reasoning
wa»
cor
come
right
away
and tell you ”
up
at
us.
and
his
face
was
like
that
of
"That's true."
d" '"«uethlng.'
b ro u g h t in s tru c tio n an d elice r to tin
rect
enough
and
that
It
was
the
fear
"Tall
or
short
w
as
he'?"
some
medieval
prisoner
-
a
tangle
of
ti,.,.',
1 |(ersua‘l« him?
You don’t
"What Is his name?"
m erotis p a tie n ts. T h ey h elp ed main
of
leaving
stn
ii
marks
ns
would
enable
wild beard, a mass of grayish hair
"Medium like."
“Novemls-r Joe "
hiii i'! P f<>r Hn*t—you. who can make
ta in d isp e n sa rie s in s c o r e s o f riti, «,
us to gather something of their Iden
and
among
It
all
a
pair
of
eves
which
“Which
way
did
he
go
when
he
left
"November Joe,” spe repented. "1
tro n i tlic A tla n tic to th e Pacific,
tlty that kepa the enemy from plnnlug yon ?"
" ' I* ,1<,t nuJ’ta *nS- Jl,8t as -vwu visualize
him at once. \ wintry look seemed to glare forth hatred. There tllHin our door the letter which finally
xxher, th o u s a n d s of co n su m p tiv e pa
‘‘West: right along the bank."
’ ’bought I could, but I find I can’L" Uig old man. with gray goatee and was something ominous about the
arrived prosaically enough In a cheap
“Yon followwl Ids trail after tbe tie n ts rec eiv e d fre e tre a tm e n t aid
Wolfish face.
How I» that?"
( piercing ey es."
and adxicc. T h e y p ro x id ed th e - t ie . in«
store envelope that bore the Priam
half hour wa» over?"
It
was
already
dark
when
we
nrrlv
I hurst out laughing "It's estrnor
'll. he |s S),( on jroinj. hack to
vllle postmark
The contents of this
Puttick open,si tils eyes " H e d id n 't io p u rc h a se m illio n s of copi, « of rii
e
d
at
the
house,
a
long,
low
building
of
■xaiinack» "
■Unary you should hit him off so well."
ctllars. p am p h let« and o th e r liter:,
leave none."
surprising spaciousness, set literally ‘etter were ns follows
"He must come too." she com
•In
U’."< k s' 1 know it is the place
tu r e w ith w hich th e public ha« been
I'r
te
r
s
lia
n
i.
you
s
«'o
ne
to
B
u
tle
r
’»
"!«eft
no
trail'
llow
'»
(fiat?"
cried
among the pines, the fragrant branch
kill. 1 i'i<'her built up In the nionn- tiinnded
c a lm l l o'clock F rid a y n ig h t
T a k e th e
e d u c a te d a b o u t tubercolosi«. Thex
Petersham
es
of
x
x
Inch
tapped
and
rustled
upon
On i'rldny I got Joe. who arranged to
do llar» a lo n g , youl ba m et th e ir and can
( l . .
>l»ed to go sliootMig and
But Jot- Int« rfs-sed
"Y’ou mean he b a s e e s ta b lish e d aud helped to main
hand It o re .
tiicct us nt ITIamxllle. the nearest the windows
"'ng there "
kep'
to
the
stoio-s
in
the
ls-d o' tbe ta in m o re th a n .kill open air school«
We xv,-nt in. and whlh? dinner was
Below «a» a rude drawing of a cof
lot , /
' t s 11 P*ace you'd love— •olnt on the railway to those moun
fo r c h ild re n w h o need open air t r e a t
lirisik all the tim e’"
preparing
Mr
Petersham,
Joe
and
I
good rooms and standing way tains in the heart of which the estate wen! to the room „ her,- the wounded fln
"That's It
Xml nn.vway. If I'd got m ent. T he«, are just a texx of th e
t .
I myself
Poier«r? • m read the note otr to Joe fooling lookin' for his tracks I'd 'a' got xx ay« in w hich th e $4.sti 000 received
•' '• mountain slope, xvith tulles ,f Kalmacks was situated
of x |,.w
irrauged to accompany the Peter gam e xvardeii YVorke lay upon a ls-d and tn?«.
and
a
stream
rumbling
past
a bill'd In me same as Bill AY'orke,” la st y e a r xxa« , \p , -tided. T his y ea r
the
smoking a |?l|?e with a candle »putter
“ AVI» re- « B u tle r's cairn ?" he asked.
t. r
dnoT Esther bought It Inst ilia ins
S u rely
e n d d th,- little man
"They’re all •i m illion d o lla rs is needed
ing
on
a
chair
beMlde
him
Into the story of our Journey to
"I kn „ >i said November “But- 1 watching for ua."
"llh It .all fhp »porting rights
any «me can h e lp by Imxing at le ast
te n «cals.
November
Joe
The Detective of the
Woods
Bv HESKETH PRICHARD
u p th e
stqueu, e ot eveuta Mt the uio-
u iiu t o f our a rr iv a l a t th a t e tite rp rU
tug t o « 'i. « h e n l.in d a , looking fro m
tile :ir rin d o w . sudd,
y e x c la im e d :
w
N
S'
t