78.01 0.00 0.00 10.56 1.15 1.78 0.00 0.00 4.52 se- ed , the stem each every rd of ay ‘But, November,” I said, An ’ 0 November Joe The Detective of the Woods — By HESKETH PRICHARD Copyright, 1913, By Hesketh Prichard “Puttick never left the house, for you remem- ber you found no tracks on the sand. How, then, could he let them know?” “I guess he waved a lantern or made some other sign they'd agreed on.” “But why didn’t you tell me all this at once?” exclaimed Petersham. “Because I weren't sure. Their not going to Butler's cairn might ’a’ been chance. But this morning, when Put- tick comes in with his yarn about the man with the red hanker across his face that made him hoid up his hands and threatened him when he was mending the canoe, I begun to think we shouldn’t be so much longer in the And when I went down and dark. ®You'd. best - join your hands above your head, Ben Puttick.” Rad a look around by the river, I knew. at once his story was a He; and that he'd got an interest in scaring Mr. Pe- tersham away.” “How did you know that?’ “You - mind Puttick said the fella come just when he was beginnin’ to mend oe? I took a look at the work he’d done ‘on it and he couldn’t ‘a’. got through all that under an hour. He's fixed a little square of tin over the rent as neat as neat. And then wasn’t it queer the fella should have come on him there—a place he wouldn't be in not one morning of a hundred ?’ “You believe he made up the whole story? And that no one came at all?” “I'm pretty sure of it. There wasn’t a sign or a track and as to the fella’s Jumpin’ from stone to stone, there's distances of fourteen and sixteen feet between. Still he might 'a’ done it. or he might ’a’ walked in the water, and I were not going to speak till I were sure.” ; “Go on. We're still in the dark, Joe,” said Linda. “Well, Miss Linda, you remember how Puttick advised Mr. Petersham to pay or go, and how I told him to stick it out, and when I'd given him that advice, I said to you that I was going across to Senlis lake, and asked Mr. Quaritch to tell Puttick. I thought there was a good chance that Puttick would put on one of his partners to scare me. You see nobody knew which way I were going but you and him, 80 it'd be fair certain that if I was interfered with it would prove Puttick gull ; “That was clever, though you ran a horrible; risk.; Was: there any: partica- lar reason why you chose to go to Sen- Us lake?” “Sure. I wanted to see if any one had been ‘over there looking for your brooch, On’y us and Puttick knew it was lost, and you’d said how your fa- ther had paid dollars and dollars for it. . When a thing like that's lost } woodsmen go miles to try to find it, and Puttick must ’a’ told the Tomlin- sons, for there was tracks all around our fire where we boiled the kettle.” “Do you think they found my brooch?’ “Huh! No. I pick’ it up myself five minutes after you drop’ it. I only kep’ it, pretendin’ it was lost, as a bait like. I've told you what happened to mre coming back and how I had to shoot Dandy Tomlinson. His shooting at me after 1 was down give me a sur- prise, for 1 didn’t think he’d want to do more than scare me, but I guess it was natural enough, for Puttick was gettin’ rattled at me always nosin’ around.” o ‘lear. Novembe=, and It's all very clear, November, a we know everything except who it shot Bill Worke." “TI guess Muppy man.” “What makes you think that?” “Bill wis shot with a 45-75 rifls Toinlinson’s th Both Puttick and Dandy Tomlinso carries 30-30's. Muppy’s rifle is 45-75.” “How can you know what sort @ rifie was used to shoot with? Th Rullet was never found,” said Linda. “I picked up the shell the first tim { was over with you.” “And you never told me!” said she “But that doesn’t matter. What I'n really angry with you for is your mah ing me promise not to g0 out yesterda and then deliberately going out youl self to draw thelr fire. Why did yo do it? If you had been killed I shoul never have got over it.” “And what 'ud 1 have done if you’ been killed, Miss Linda?” . “What do you mean, Joe?” said Lin da softly. “I mean that if one of the party were with got killed in the wood while I was their guide I'd go righ into Quebec and run a boarding hous or become a politician. That's all I’ be good for!” CHAPTER XVII. The City or the Woods? LTHOUGH Dandy Tomlinson’ bullet had passed through Joe’: shoulder, it had left a very ugl: wound, but the young woods man’s clean and healthy life stood hin in good stead, and the process of heal ing went on rapidly. We had fetched a doctor from Priam ville, who left a string of instructions which Linda carried out as closely as she could. Indeed, she would have de voted most of her time to Joe, but hi managed to make her spend a good part of each day out of doors, Some times he wonkd beg for a fish for his supper and she must catch it herseli to prove how well she had profited by his teaching. There were half a hun dred things he suggested, not one of which was obvious or trifling, until 1 marveled at his ingenuity. “You are finding the time long, Joe? I said on one occasion. “No, Mr. Quaritch, the hours slip past quick enough. I've never had a lie-by and awhile for thinking since 1 been a man. There's a good few puz- zles to life that wants facing one time or another, I s'pose.” “Which puzzle is it that you are fac: ing How?” “Mr. Petersham wants to be the mak- ing of me.” “Then you're about the luckiest young man in this hemisphere.” “Just so, and I feel his kindness is more’n I deserve. He'd make me head warden here for a bit first and then send some kind of a professor to teach me how to talk and fix me up general- ly.” He paused. . - “Well, that sounds very reasonable,” I commented. - “And after they'd scraped some of the moss off me he'd put me into his office.” I hid the astonishment I felt at this. announcement. ‘After that it'd be up to me to make 20. He’d help all he knew.” “It sounds a very brilliant future for you, November,” Joe was silent for a moment. - “It does, Mr. Quaritch,” he said at length |- in rn different tone. “And it gives me something to think about. So they ‘caught Muppy all right? Him and Put- tick 'll find prison a poor place after the woods.” “I can feel for them,” said I, “for I am leaving the woods tomorrow my- self. I must get back to Quebec.” “Huh, yes! There's no call for you to stay longer.” “As to that, you'll be here for qoite awhile yourself.” He made no reply, and when I turn- ed from the window to look at him he ‘was lying with his eyes closed, and, thinking he was tired, I left him. At the end of the south veranda was situated a small detached room which we had turned into a workshop, and early the same afternoon 1 went around there to repair a favorite fish- ing rod. The veranda was empty as I passed through it, but presently Peter- sham joined me. “That fellow November Joe is an in- fernal fool!” he said presently. “He is a dolt without an ounce of ambi- tion!” “In his own sphere”’— 1 began. “He is all very well in his own sphere, but he should try to rise above It.” “He has done uncommonly well for himself so far,” I said. ‘“He has made good use of his brains and his experi- ence. In his own way he is very, very capable.” “That is true enough, but he has got about as far as he ean go without help. As you say, he has done all this for himself. Now, I am ready to do'a good deal more for him. I'll back him in any line of business he chooses to follow. I owe him that and more. Heaven knows what might have hap- pened to Linda but for him.” “You owe a good deal to November.” “I. am well aware of it,” replied Pe- tersham. “I am convinced T owe him Linda’s life.” | Something in his tcne showed me his further meaning. 1 dropped my fish- ing eod and stared at him. I knew Linds bad enormous influence over her father, but this was beyond imagina- tion. “You'd never allow it!” I exclaimed. “Why not?’ he retorted angrily. “Isn't Joe better than the Hipper dude? Or Phil Bitshelm or than that Italian count with his pedigree from Noah in his pocket? Tell me, where is she going to find a man like Joe? Why, he’s got it in him to do things— big things—and I hope I’m good enough republican not to see the injustice of nailing a fellow down to the spot where he was born.” “But November would never dare look so high! He’s modest.” “He'll get over thai!” “lI deubt it,” I said. “Besides. you are reckouing without Linda. How do you know that she’ - “Niuturally I don't know for sure about Linda,” he answered shortly; then, glancing at his watch, he got up. “Just about time to get my mail ready.” We had been speaking in low tones, for the subject of our conversation naturally did not lend itself to loud talk, and besides, during the last quar- ter of an hour or so a murmur of voices from the verandah had warn- ed us to be careful. We had not shut the door leading to the veranda, as it was the only one, and we needed it open for light and air. Petersham walked toward it, but, instead of step- ping out, he turned and laid a hand like a vise on my arm. = “Quiet! Quiet for your life!” he whispered. ‘She must never know we were here!” “But, Joe, you're mistaken, Joe. 1 wish it!” It was Linda’s voice, shy and trembling as I had never heard it. “Ah, that's all your great goodness, Miss Linda, and I haven't earned none of it.” I pointed frantically to the door. We must shut that door and shut out those voices, but Petersham swore at me under his breath. “Darn, you know {Nose hinges screech like a wildcat! It can’t be helped, for it would kill ber to know we heard a word of this.” We crept away into the farthest cor ner of the workshop, but even ther phrases floated to us, though merciful ly we could not hear all. “But father would help you, for you know you are a genius, Joe.” “All T could ever do lies in the woods, Miss Linda; woodsways is the whole of it. A yard outside the wood and the meanest chap bred on the streets could beat me easy. [I can’t thank you nor Mr. Petersham the way I'd like to. for my tongue is slow.” Here hia voice fell. “But if you hate the city life so much you must not go to the city.” It was Linda again. ‘Live your life in the woods. I love the woods too.” “The woods is bieak and black enough to them that's not born among the trees. Them that’s lived outside allus wants more, Miss Linda.” A long interval followed before the voices became audible again. “Oh, no, no, Joe!” Petersham elutched my arm once more at the sound. “You're so young, Miss Linda, you don’t know. I'd give my right hand to believe different, but I can’t. It wouldn't be best—not for you.” November's tone moved me more than Linda's passion: He was a man fighting it out against his own heart. I knew well the power of attraction Linda possessed, but somehow I had ' not guessed Low it had worked on Joe. I'had. Ind cd “been right in so far that he had not ¢ oe amed of aspiring to her; neverthe! =: the episode would mean pain and ‘o~x to him. I feared, for many a di: Once m.- ' heard him. “Don’t you think 1'll be proud eve hour I have to live that you was s good to me, Miss Linda? I shan't ney er forget it.” “Joe, 1 think I hate you!" she eried And then tlie quick tap of her footstep told us she had run into the house. There was absolute silence for a min ute or two. At length Joe sighed hea fly and with the slow laborious mon: ment of weakness went to his roon. ‘When all seemed safe Petershain ii: I stole out of hiding like thieves, aun though we exchanged no word, Pete, sham was swearing violently under hi: breath until he shut his office door. Rather to my surprise November Jo¢ came out for awhile after supper, be cause he said it was my last evening at Kalmacks. Neither he nor Lind: gave any sign that anything unusua had passed between them, Indeed. We were gay enough, and we had Charle,. Paul in to sing us some French-Cana dian songs. After saying goodby as well as good night to Linda and her father I follow ed Joe to his room. “I won't wake you up in the morn ing, November,” I said. “There's noth ing like rest and sleep to put you on your legs again.” “I’ve been trying that cure, Mr. Qua: ritch, and I won’t be long behind you.” “Oh, where are you going to?” “To my shack on Charley's brook. I'm kind o’ homesick like, and that’s the truth.” “But how about Mr. Petersham’s wish to give you a start in his business in New York or Montreal?” “I'm not the kind of a guy for a city, Mr. Quaritch, All the chaps ’'d get turning round to stare at the poor wild fella, and I'd sure be scairt; to sleep in one of them up in the blue sky houses anyway!” He laughed, “But you would soon be used to city ways and perhaps become rich.” “That was what the mink said to the otter: ‘Go you to the city and see the sights,’ says he, but the otter knew the only way he'd ever see the city would be around some lovely gals neck.” November Joe had no idea how far I could read into his fable. “And what did the otter say?’ “Huh, nothing! He just went down his slide into the lake and got chasin’ fish, and I guess he soon forgot he missed seein’ the city all right.” “And how about you, Joe?" “I guess I'll get chasin’ fish, too. Mr. Quaritch.” When I arrived at the depot at Pri- amsville in the morning, to my sur prise I found November Joe there be- fore me. “Why, Joe!” I exclaimed, “you’re not fit to travel.” “I thought I'd go on the cars with you, Mr. Quaritch, if you'll have me SOMERSET COUNTY COAL PRODUCTION. There was a material increase in the production of coal in the 20th bitumi- nous coal district, which includes all of Somerset county south of Holsp- ple, in theyear 1914, according to fig- ures compiled by Mine Inspector Fletcher W. Cunningham, of Somer- set, The gain over 1913 was 262,647 tons, notwithstanding the general bus- iness depression of the year. The fol- lowing comparative table shows the producttion of the various companies operating in this district in the year 1913 and 1914, respectively: Consolidation Coal Co. 1,952,760—1,99- 0,638. Jenner-Quemahoning Coal Co. 918,259 and 932,035. Quemahoning Coal Co. 631,480 and 669,193. Brothersvalley Coal Co. 488,083 and 550,481. Somerset Smokeless Coal Co. 483,327 and 505,767. Knickerbocker Smokeless Coal Com- pany 241,906 and 311,128. Baker-Whiteley Coal Co. 201,627 and 200,265. Somerset Mining Co. 186,700 and 232,- 467 Stauffer-Quemahoning Coal 038 and 143,468. Grassy Run Coal Co. 145,618 and 121,- 602. Atlantic Coal Co. 141,561 and 232,832. Reading Iron Co. 138,330 and 152,783. Enterprise Coal Co. 101,684 and 91,674 Keystone €oal Co. 84,611 and 27,429. Meyersdale Fuel Co. 69,834 and 52,160. Standard Quemahoning Coal Co. 56,- 000 and 36.550. Quemahoning Creek Coal Co. 55, 431 and 63,650. Randolph Coal Co. 54,983 and 61,153. C. J. Rowe & Bro. 49,703 and 40,459. Hillworth Coal Co0.46,596 and 74,186. W. A. Merril & Co. 47,760 and 24,353. Graham Coal Co. 40,320 and 19,0.2 S. M. Hamilton and Co0.33,588 anu 39,- 944, Elklick Coal Co. 31,860 and 28,715. John W. Wills Coal Co. 31,345 and 20,300. Co. 182,- Stoner Coal Co. 31,287 and 22,645. Hammill Smokeless Coal Co. 27,396 and 17,785. Brandenburg Coal Co. 26,716 and 7,678. Fisher Smokeless Coal Co. 28,500. Federal Coal Co. 23,455 and 22,544, Listonburg Coal Co. 21,370 and 21,251. Hocking Coal Co. 18,700 and 21 ,997. W. A. Merrill and Son 12,395 and 18,033. James Harding 11,679 and11,463. Boynton Coal €e.11,500 and. 23,000. Mountain Smokeless, Coal Co. 6,953. Margasst-Smokeless Coal Co. 4,213 Somerset Fuel Co. 3,250. Coal Co. 3,100 and 450. Garrett Coal Co. 2,459 and 20, 600. Ivy Ridge Coal Co. 2,201. Hirsch Coal Co. 000 and 7,850. John C. Ream 000 and 17,161. ‘Maher Coal Co. 000 and 4,791. Wilbur Coal Mining Co. 000 and 41,130 Ajax Consolidation Coal Co. 000 and 9,402. Totals, 6,643,466 tons m 1913, ~ and 6,906,113 tons in 1914. : Gain in the year, tons 262, 647 Employed inside mine, 1914 Gainfor year 1,126 Employed in all (inside and outside mines) 8,515 Gain 1,366 WELLERSBURG. Mrs. G. A. Tressler spent Sunday with her brother of Allegheny. Mrs. B. C. Weller after having spent several months with relatives at Mill- stone, Md., has returned to her home in this place. Mr. Frank Paul, of Mt. Savage pass- ed last Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Paul. y Quite a number of people from town attended the entertainment held at the Cook school Saturday evening, February 13th. Mr. G. W. Witt and daughter, Miss Edna, were callers in Mt. Savage on Friday. . Mrs. W. H. Delbrok, a few days ago, slipped upon ice about one-half mile from town and falling dislocated her right shoulder. She is recovering from the accident very satisfactorily. Mr. G. W. Witt and Mrs. A. Gless- ner were business callers in Cumber- iand on Saturday. Mildred . Mullin, . the 5 -. year-old daughter of Druggist and Mrs. John Mullin, well known resident of Som- emset died in the Hommeopathic hos- pital, Pittsburgh, following an opera- tion on her throat. A pathetic feature of the case is that the child was taken to the city by her father without the wife's knowledge that an operation was to be performed, and the little one’s death was entirely unexpected by Mrs. Mullin. Terex a gouou wany wumes 0 ¢cnange before we gets to.Silent Water, and I’m not so wonderful quick on my feet yet.” He soon grew strong again, and he wrote me of his trapping and shoot- ing, so at any rate he is trying to for- get all that he renounced at Kalmacks. But will Linda have no further word to say? And if she— I wonder. { THE END. RIERA TIRE WAT TEIN ATELY Sta 0 EIR SOON Er SR TT TU Olid yen ory for Fietcier's DNR BRE Oty ~a LY SAN Gi CNTR SUNNY Naa ll A JR The ind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of —=s and has been made under his per= LT or sonal supervision since its infancy. 4 Allow ne one to deceive you in this. 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