10 Hukitli Pnch»ni - . - - -.-^ Continued On the weed IT? slipped mit a re ▼olTer. But quick as was Hani's lt*rd to carry o-.;t the impulse of his Joe's was quicker. He knocked the revoN-er from Planjt's grasp. ""You treacherous fnitb? V\>!!. we hare a reply to that too. \*> offered to jiive up the sir for JIOVOOO. now we make the price •iswwor "I'll never pa* a cent of it!" shouted 'Fl«ui. When TOU come to chauge your mind." replied tlie kidnaper e the explo R!«n of a thunderstorm. Pli-.ai opened v >ou Joe. November faced the storm with ao eutirely placid aspect until I besan to wonder at his patience. But when at last he spoke tbe otl»er fell dtintb as if Joe had struck him. "That's settled. M- F'anx You're doue with me and I've done with yon Now quiet down and out!" Piani opened his iips as if to sneak. 4 ut. seeing Joe's face he h's Blind a'-jd rushed from us into the darkness. At once Joe pot out tte Hfh; -l We can't trust Plans just at the ni unent He's fair mad. but we''! have hiai back In half an hour to show bim the nay back to he remarked * '.h a cbockie. And to fa:t this WHS exactly wl-.> Itapprceri. It was a sir lined but si, * very reseiitfu' Placx whom we es «orted through tbe dark WOHIS O. our w»v back to our oarer> -ioe ms examine t ie tracks of ilk i'doapers by the !;«hr of tie lanter" wb'ch he had csrrifd with h.m. As had beer the case by Moosesf.su.. lake, so now we fottnd the traits very clear near the waterside Joe studied them for a long time Well, you're out of it so* at atn rate." said T "And what abotit u>y promise to Calvey?" he renxned "I'm deeper in it than ever. I>e got to find Miss Yir girny sure." "Tou can't tra.k her because of that threat in tbe letter to Plans'" "That's so. but I'll be speaking to V'ss Virg nny before ■>* nicbt.' •aid Joe quietly, B >- having madethia dramatic anuoanceacetit wou d he say n-.ore. The next morHrsg Joe w?* eariy astir. ~"«Vhat are you to do today?*" aaai I. "I'm going to find ont the uauie of *be man that has M ss Virgirny hid away If you'll wait here. Mr. Qunr i'ch. I'll come hack as soon as I've •lone if. You've got your rod and taere's plerty of fish in the Ir.ke.'" With that I had to be content. Be fore startirg Joe had aid a bet witn me that he woj'd come ba '• w -h the name of ber abductor, and I was won dering what >* he bad to go upon. Hardly any that 1 cocld think of—tbe rrall of the two D:»*n srxl the gulden hair, very little more. About 2 o'clock I beard November hail me. "What about tbe !*»»' I called on aight of him. 'Who pays?" "Y'ou pay. Mr. Quarfteb." said Joe. -Why. who is it. tiien'?' "A fellow ca! ; »d Hank Ha-per'' "Wfcy. I've beard of him. He pass es for a man of h:«h character."* Joe 'arjphed. "Alt tbe same, be s the «*bap who doce it." s*'d be. "I expect fre's her up at hs rav 3 0 n Otte brook.'' "Loot here. November." I said "Tou tell me Hank Harper is in the kidnap leg business and f bei eve you, i>e eat:se PTP never knov n yon speak without soi-d facts behind yon. But 1 think »ou owe me tbe who'e yarn ' Joe pulled out his ripe. "AM right. M- Qaaritch To at the begin tuns There are two o* them. One's this man Harper. I don't know who tbe other is. and it don't much matter. Tf we find Haroer we find hi« partner Well. Miss VIRGIADT was Sshing wbec they stole down crmn be» and carried toer o!T I've already r©!d yon what happened until they t,K>k to tbe canoe. They paddled across ttje lake and the two men got out. ieavinc Miss Virgin iiy in the canoe to paddle herself round and land elsewhere." But surely she could havt I cried. "She was coder their rifle* and had to do exactly what abe was ordered. I found where she'd lauded and follow ed ber tracks to that little waterfall stream, and it w«s there I found the golden hair. So far. you see. every thing fitted iu togeiaer as good as the jaws of a trap, aud the message on the bit of paper about a ransom carried It further on So did tbe talk we had with Harper—it must have been taiiu did tbe speaking—at Black lake. When I knocked up Piaux's re volver I was wonderful sorry to trove to do it. but a promise Is a promise, and he'd passed his word for a safe conduct. After, when my eyes fell upon tbe trail left by Harper's part ner. I know I never done a belter act* iu nay life It give me a start. I can teil you. Mr Quarttcbl You see. all the was -j n the middle of tbe uioccaslon. The heels-and toes were hardly marked at all." November looked at me as if expect ing me to see the moauing of this peculiarity, but I shook my head. "It meaut taat the foot iuside tbe moccasifn was a very little one. a food bit shorter tban the moccasin." "Y'ou can't mean"— 1 began "Yes," said Joe "Tbe second per son at Black lake wasn't a man at aft. but just Miss Virginuy herself." "Well, if that was so. wby. she had the game in her hands then. She bad only to appeal to us— to speak." Joe interrupted me. "Hers was an other sort of game. Y'ou see. I'm pret ty sure that Miss Virginny has kid herself, or. at any rate, consent ed to be kidnaoed She had lust pad died round and joined the two men later, and then when I come to thiuk over it careful I saw how I migut raise the name of the man that was helpicg her. I lit out for Wiisiiere s camp and asked tlie woman if there was anytbinc of Miss Virginny's miss ing from her room. She said there wasn t. Then I saw my way a bit. I was in the woods with Miss Vir ginny iast year, and I know she's mighty particular about personal thinss I don't believe she could live a day without a sponge and a comb and. most of all. without a tooth brush None of them high toned gals can. Un't that so?" "Yes. that te so. but"— "Well." went on November 'lf she went of her own free will, as I was thiuking she did—or eise why did she come to Black lake?—if. as I sny. 1 was right in ray notion and she'd made out the plans and kidnaped herself, the man who was with ber wou'd be only just ber servant, in a manner of speak tne And I wg* certain that one of the first tbiugs she'd do would be to send him to some store to buy the things she wanted most. Sbe couldn't get her owr. from Placx's cstup without giv log berseif away, so she was bousd to send Hank to hike ont new ones from somewhere." "What haupened then?"' "I started in ou the stores rouad about this country, and with luck I stepped int > tbe b»c store at Lavette and asked if any oce bad been buying truck of tbat kind They toid me Hank Harper. I asked just what. They said a bairhrusb. a comb, a couple of tooth brushes and soa:e other gear. Tbat was enough for me. They weren't for Mrs. Hank, who's a half breed woman and don't a:ways rAieruber to clean Berseif o' Saturdays " "I see." said 1. "The tbiti?s were bought yesterday, so :t all fits in. and there's no more left to find out but why Miss Virginuy act •■d the way sbe ha*, aad that we'll know before tomorrow v It was well on toward 10 o'clock that night before we reached Harper's cab in on Otter brook. At first we knocked and knocked in vain, but at length a gruff vaice demanded angrily what we wanted. "Tell Miss Yir ginny Pianx that No vember Joe would like a word or tw . with ber." "Are you drouk." shouted the man "or only crazy?" "I've t-aeked her down fair and square, and I've got to see ber." "I tell you she isn't here." "Let tee in to aiake sure for mv self. ' "If a man comes to my door with a threat m meet him witb my rifle in my hand. So you're warned." came from tbe cabin. "All right, then. I*ll start back to report to Mr. Planx." On the words the door opened and a rivid. appealing face looked out. "Come iu. dear Joe." said a honeyed voice. "Thank you. Miss Yifjtfnny. I will." said Joe. We entered. A lamp and tbe fire lit up the interior of a poor trapper's cab iu and Ht up also the tall, slim form of Miss Virginia Planx. Sbe wore a buckskin hunting shirt beited in to her waist and her glorious hair hung down ber back in a thick and heavy p'ait She held oat her hand to .Toe . with one of the sweetest smiles I bare ever seen or drea tned of "You re not going to give me away, dear Joe. are you?'' said she. "You've given yourself away, bavea't you. Miss Virglnny?" Virginia Planx looked hita In the | j eyes, then sbe laughed. "1 see tbat 1 '' haven't, but can I speak before this HAKRISBIRd ST A K-1N i 1 >KN T. TlhisDAV KVKXiN the dark face of tbe half breed squaw. 1 Hut Miss Virginia showed her complete command of tbe situation. "Coffee for these two. please. Mrs Harper." she cried, and while we were i drlukinc it she fold us her story "Ton maybe heard of old Mr. Sohe! perg r»f the combine?" she began. "My father wanted to force me to marry him Why. he's fifty by the took of him. and I'd much rather drown my self than tnarr.v bitti." "There's younger aud better lookins boys around. I surmise. Miss Virgin uy ?" returned November meaningly. Virginia Hushed a lovely red. "Why. Joe. it's uo use blinding you. for you remember Walter Calvey. don't you?" ■'Surel So it's him That's good But I heard he was out of his busi ness." said Joe with apparent sim ) plicity.' "I must tell you all or vow won t itn derstand what I did or why I did it. My father ruined Waiter, because that would anyhow put off our marriage Then when the Svhelperg affair catae on and he gave me no rest I could no* >ta;id it any longer You see. he is so ilMi !I /I K I auab . 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He is a sturdy. hard working. ild chap wit.* put? up a good tight, ami so • we need to conserve all our strength | aud body heat and be constantly 011 ' guard, or he will best us. \V hat we want to select now fi>r our j diet is energy producing tood. Meats in the sha|>e of vegetable and meat stews, r< a.st- with gravy and potatoes, j and baked beans and pork with browu j bread or fried mush and syrup, hominy or buckwheat cakes and honey all t;;ste j just right when the wind blows cold. The desserts that will taste best now ; ate not the ices, creams and gelatines j ive enjoyed so well a short while bacK ' but ri -e pudding, bread pudding and suet, pudding with hard sauce. And ' baked apples, too. they are good at ev- 1 erv meal and our most wholesome fruit. Here are tbe directions for making 1 the real Boston baked beans, rich and dark in color and moist and sweet tast ' ing. For a family of (he three pounds, or j three pints of Navy beans will be a, good amount. Soak.over night or par- j : boil for an hour in water containing a i pinch of soda. I think it better to parboil or blanch the beans as they are j sweeter and better flavored than when i only soaked- Plaee iu a stone baking crock or in i I a heavy well covered baking pan. The ( self-basting roasting pans are excellent j for baking beans quickly and well. The ' tireless cooker i* good, too. but of course the bean- must be started in the oven anil well on the way to cook before they enter the cooker. After the beans are in the crock or baker, mix, in a separate bowl, one tea spoon of pepper, one tablespoon of salt, 1 one-halt' cup of Xew Orleans molasses, one-fourth of a teaspoon of soda, and a cup of hot water. Pour this mixture over the beans. Cut fat pork into small squares and mix in also. You mav use bacon or fresh pork if you prefer. Some persons | object to pork in any food and these ' may use veal. It gives a delicious fla vor to the beans and makes a pleasant change for all families but if you do | use tbe veal add a half a cup of butter to the mixture of molasses and season ing as veal lacks fat. Pour on more hot water until the beans are covered with it. See that the I lid tits securely and bake, without rais ing the lid. from four to eight hours. If you desire tomato sauce on the beans add it when they are almost done, pouring it over the top. A njee, mild catsup makes a good sauce for this. I am sometimes asked if the beans can be baked on the shelf of the fur-1 nace. Sometimes they can, and it is a good place for them for the heat is ■ steady an*] sure. But the heat must not ! be too intense or the beans will cook too fats, and be dry. Another thing, all furnaces do not have the wide iuner shelf that the old-fashioned coal fur nace has. 1111111111 H— ll ■■ 111 !■ IIIWWI mi rnnwi MI ■—in \ The classified columns of the Ntai'-lndepend- h ent will help you in your selection of a house, i j apartment, office, lot, farm or parage. j The Best & Most ' j ; arc advertised in Harrisburg's (j reat Home Xev.spaper, The Star-Indepen 18, 20 and 22 South Third Street j Phone, mail or bring your Want Art to the Advertising Dept Bell Phone :I2Bo—lndependent, 245-240 | TWELVE YEAES FOR MURDER ' j Couft Fixes Crime at J Second Degree when Defendant Pleads Guilty ! Wilkes'fiaire, Pa.. Nov. 17.—When 1 a .jury had been selected to try Angelo ! (iengo yesterday for killing Alex Man-is. , at Dirpunt, on June 13 last, the dc'fenee ' eotere.l a plea of guilty and the Court i tiled the crime at second degree mur j-Ur. Gengo was sentenced to not' less ; than ten nor more than twelve years in the Ka9tert> penitentiary. The de- : fense first offered to plead guilty to ! manslaughter, but the f'oart refused to I accept it. Gengo an 1 a bov were quarreling oti 1 the street. Maiek upbrai'led Gcngo anil I the latter pulled a revolver and shot Maick. ; Sunday Ball Fines Stand Scranton, Pa., Nov. 17.—Judge Ed wards yesterday dismissed an appeal j from fines imposed on* K. J. Coleman, ' part of the Seranton Baseball j Club, for attempting to play a game of professional baseball here on Sun 'lay.