10 tlieWoods —' COPyri * ht Heaicth Prichard Continued "tie?" I cried. •'Naturally, I'm going." "But it is absurd! Your father would I never allow It!" "He can't prevent it, dear James," ! ehe said softly. "I don't for a moment suppose that even the Kalmacks people j would attack a woman. And father Is all that 1 have in the world I'm go j lug." "Then I suppose I shall have to go too. But tell me what pun>ose does | your father think he will serve by tin- 1 tlertaking this very risky expedition?" "He believes that the general feeling up iit Kalmacks is In his favor, and tiie shooting of the warden as well as ' the writing of this letter is the work j of a small band of Individuals who! ■wish to blackmail him. We will be! quite a strong party, and he hopes to j discover who is threatening him. By ; the way. didn't I hear from Sir An-| drew McLcrri'l; that you had been in ! the woods all these last falls with a wonderful guide who could read trails 1 like Uncus, the last of the Delawares. j <>r one of those old trappers one reads ; of lu Fenireore Cooper's novels?" "That's true." "What is his name?" "November Joe '' "November Joe," she repeated. "1 j visualize him at once. A wintry look- j ing old man. with tray goalee and ! piercing eyes." I bnrst out laughing. "It's extraor dinary you should hit him off so well." I "He mtisrt come too," she com wanded. On Friday I got Joe, who arranged to •fleet u* at Priamville. the nearesi | point on the milway to those inotiti j tains In the heart of which Ihe estate 1 ■of Kalmack* was situated I myself 1 IT IT .mixed to accompany the Peter ; • haras !nt<> the «torr of our journey to j Trinmfllle 1 ueod not go. but will pick j tip the sequence of events tit tie ttio- j went of our arrival ut that enterpris- j lug town, when Linda, looking fro in j the car window, suddenly exclaimed: "Look at that magnificent young j man!" "Which one?" I asked inuoceutly as I caught sight of November's tall fig- j lire awaiting us. "How many men in sight answer my i description?" she retorted. "Of course j I mean the woodsman. Why. he's! coining this way. I must speak to i him." Before 1 could answer she had jump ed lightly to the platform and, turning to Joe with a childlike expression in her blue eyes, said: "Oh, can you tell me how many rain utes this train stops here?" "It don't generally stop here at all, but they flagged her because they're expecting passengers. Can I help yon any, miss?" "U's very kind of you." At this moment I appeared from the mr. "Hello, Joe!" said 1. "How are things 7" "A U right. Mr. Quaiitch. There's twn slick buckbonrds with a pair of horses to each waiting an ing the remarks of a lady. He said them, an usual, in a voice which not only emuJianlr.ed the facta at e*aetly the right places, but also lent an alt of subtle compliment to the slorinene* of the narrator. When we stopped near a patch of pine tree? to partake of an impromptu Innch It was his quick bands that pre pared the campftre and his skilled as that'fashioned the rude bat comforta We seats. It was he also who disap peared for a moment to return with three half pound trout that he had taken by some swift process of hi? own from the brook, of which we onlj heard the murmur. And for all these doings he received an amount of open admiration from Linda's blue eyes which seemed to me almost exagger ated. 4, T think your November Joe Is n per i feet dear," she confided to roe. "If you really think that." - said 1 \ "have mercy on him! You do not! want to add his scalp to all the oth I ers." "Many of the others are bald." said® she. "His hair would furnish a dot en i of them!" CHAPTER XIV. Men of the Mountains. SO the afternoon passed away, and as it became late we entered great tracts of gloomy pine woods. A wind which had riser with the evening moaned through! their tops and flnug the dark waters of innumerable little lakes against their moss bordered shores. I noticed that Puttlck unslung his ] rifle aud laid it among the packs uponl the backboard beside him, and when ! ever the road dipped to a more than! usually somber defile his eyes, quick ! and restless as those of some forest | animal, darted and peered into tin shadows. The light of the sun was 1 fading when there occurred the one in cldent of our Journey. It was not of j roal importance, but I think ft made an impression on all of us. The road along which we were driving came suddenly ont into an open space, and here in front of a shack of the rough est description a man was engaged in cutting logs. As we passed he glanced up at us. and his face was like that of some medieval prisoner—a tangle of wild heard, a mass of grayish hair j and among it all a pair of eyes which j seembd to glare forth hatred. There was something ominous about the j wolfish face. It was'already dark when we arrlv ed at the house, a long, low building ol surprising spaciousness, set literally among the pines, the fragrant branch es of which tapped and rustled upon the windows We went in. and while dinner was prepariug Mr. Petersham. Joe and I went to the room where the wounded game warden. Worke. lay upon a bed smoking a pipe with a candle sputter lug on a chair beside him. "Yes. Mr. Petersham," said he fn an swer to a question. "When yon went sway last fall I did think things was settling down a bit, but a week ago while Puttick was on the eastern bouudary I thought I'd go up to Senlis lake, where last year Keoghan had the brook netted. 1 was making a tire to boil my kettle when a shot was fired from the rocks up above, and the nest I knew was that I was hit pretty bad through this knee. "it was coming on dark, and I rolled into a bush for cover, but whoever it were didn't fire at me again. I don't think he wanted to kill me. If he had he could have put the bullet Into my 'mart just as easy as in my leg. I tied 'ip the wound the best way I conld Lucky the ballet hadn't touched any big artery. Next morning I crawled np the hill and lit signal smokes till Pnttick came. He brought me in here." "I suppose Puttlck had a look round for the tracks of the fella who gunned you?" naked November. "He did. but he didn't And ont. noth ing. There was a light shower be tween dark and dawn, and the ground on the hili above there ts mostly rock." Such, then, was the story of our coming to Kalmacks, and for the next two or three days we spent our time fishing in ti»e streams, the only move in the direction of the main object of onr visit being that Joe. whom Linda Insisted upon accompanying, walked over to Senlis lake and had a look at the sc«ne of Works's accident- Ths old tracks. ,000 black mall these criminals are demanding of him." PSH X I A4A ' His Face Wat Like That of Soma Medieval Prisoner. "Maybe there's a reason for that." "I can't think of auy." "What about the sand?" "The sand?" I repeated. "Yes. haven't you noticed? 1 got Mr. Petersham to have two loads of j sand brought up from the lake and laid | | all round Hie house. It takes a track j | wonderful. I guess it's pretty near | impossible to come nigh the - housi j without leaving a clear trail But the first rainy night. I me::'i when there'- '•ain enough to wash out tracks." "They'll conic?" I "Yes. they'll tfl;elv «'onie " To Be Continued. Foley Cathartic Tablets Are wholesome, thoroughly cleansing, j i nnd have a stimulating effect on the stomach, liver aud bowels. Regulate you with no gjipiug and no unpleasant after Stout people find tliev give immense relief anlei\ open ;hr> safe with nitroglycerin anil get awav with almost S2OO, leaving behind a lot el" drills and other tools. To dea lo i the sound the safe wa> covered with w;-t horse blankets, and these and a freight train passing nearby, made their work practically safe. County Detective st.raub and the city police are investigating. A series of safe-blowings has prevai.ed through I out this city and county. PIGEONS HIS PREFERRED LOOT ' Eighteen Times in Jaii for Staaliiig Them, Though Cheap Sunburv, Pa.. 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