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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<l a wagon
ette St for the kiou o" Russia. The
road between this and the mountain!
i« flooded by bearer working in a back
water 'botit ten miles ont. They say
we can driTe tlirongh all right. Miss
Petersham needn't fear getting too
wet."
"How do yon know my name?" ex
claimed I.tndn.
"1 heard yon described. ml**," re
plied Joe gravely.
Unda looked at me
"Qood for the old mnwabsck*" said I.
Her lip* bent into a sudden smile.
"Ton. mnst be Mr. November Joe. 1
so much of yon from Mr. 1
Q^arlti'h."
/ We went out and loaded onr hae
gage upon the waiting lyiificboards. i
One of theae waa driven by a small,
sallow faced mar. who turned out to
be the aeeond game warden, Pnttlck.
Mr. Petersham asked how Bill
Worke. the wounded man, waa pro
greasing.
"He's coming along pretty tidy, Mr.
Petersham, bat he'll carry a stiff leg
with him all Ma life."
'Ym sorry for that. I suppose yon
hare found ont nothing farther a« to
the Identity of the man who ftred the
«iiotr
"Vothlng." eald Pnttlck, "and not
rtkely to. They're all banded togeth '
er op there.''
f»n whleh cheerful information owr j
Utile caravan started. At T.lnda'a wish
Joe took the place of the driver of
Mr. Petersham's llsrht imported wag
onette. and as we went along she gave
him a very clear story of the sequence
of events, to all of which he listened
with the characteristic series of "Well,'
Hows!" and "Yon don't says!" with j
which he was in tha habit of punctnat- >
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. <tf course, were long sines
washed away, and I thought, with the
others, that Joe's visit had been fruit
less until he showed lue the shell of
an exploded cartridge.
"The bullet, which went through Bill
Wnrke's leg came oat of that. I found
It on the hill above. It's a 45.75 cen
tral (Ire rifle, an old '7B model."
"Thla 1s a great discovery yon and
Miss Petersham hare made."
Joe smiled. "There's nothing much
to it. anyway. She lost her brooch
somewhere by the lake and was lookin'
for it when I found thla." Joe indi
cated the exploded shell. "The moun
tains is full of 48.75 guns. 1878 pat
tern. Home years back a big Iron
mongery store down here went bast
and threw s fine stock of them caliber
UARRKSmiK(r STAIMN DKPKNLtENT, TU KKDAY KVEKI NO, NOVEMBER 24. 1914.
rifles «n the market, A few dollars ;
would bay on*, so there's one in pret !
ty nigh every house and two and i
three In some. Howsoever, it may be
useful to know that bim that shot Bill j
Worke carried that kind e' a rifle I
Still, we'd best keep It to ourselves
Mr. Quariteh."
"All right" said 1 "By the way.
Joe. there's a side to the situation I
don't understand. We've been here
four days. and nothing has happened.
I mean Mr. Petersham has had no
word of where to put the $.">,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.
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BLOW UP OIL SAFE FOR .Sj:)o
Burglars Wait for Fassing Train to
Deaden Sound
j Reading. Pa., Nov. 24.—Early yes
terdav burglars gained entrance to the
! office* of the t rev 1.0vi.-k Oil Company,
in West Reading, i>lei\ 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.. Nov. 24.-Michael'
Pock, of Shamokin, yesterday pleaded
i guilty to stealing a 25-cent pigeon and
j was sentenced to serve 1»S months in
the "Northumberland eounty jail. He
| remarked that he usually made $2 a
j day when he worked, an't that the 18-
jmonths' sentence would mean at lca<t
; |:J00.
Pock has been in jail 18 times, and
j every time lie was committed for pig?on
i stealing.
Fatal Accident at Mine
f Mount i arniel. Pa.. Nov. 24.—Tne
j Sioux colliery, operated oy the Lehijih
Valley Coal Company. was the s.-cik 1 of
a fatal accident yesterday when both
j ri'hs of a gangway caved in and caught
! Jame« R oina ;nii: .fames Davis, miners
o; this place. Rabins was dead by a.if
j to at ion, while Davis was t'a:aiiv in
j jured when fo'.lnd several hours later
! by a rescuing t>arfy.
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Then Celebrants Get So Happy That
One Is Shot
r Pottsville, l'a„ Nov. 24.—f-JaCob Mul
lt>'-k, of Mt*. Pleasant, who »a.s to wed
Miss Ollie Shftitait, of AJlentown, at
Buck Huii, a mining village iH'ar Min
Crsvilie, yesterday morning. suddenly
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weeping before the altar of the Little
Qhure'h, where the ceremony was to
tako plaee.
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The ceremony was then performed,
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brated the event no boisterougiy last
evening that one of the guests, Daniel
pecker, was shot in the right arm.
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