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LACE CURTAINS 2.1: yds. long 40 ins. wide 50c pair 2% yds. long 42 ins. wide 75¢ pair 3yds. long 47 ins. wide $1.00 p lit 3 yds. long ~17 ins. wide $1.50 pair All curtains have the new finish- ed top. Fine English Crepes. White'aud fancy 150 per yard Grey Cppton §heeting 2 yards w. H. BEAN Big4 New Spring Goods The Demand for Gr . tes of the Do you Want 3 Position when you complete a Course ‘3 fle Sells Cheap Machine Oil. Harness Ou, Ame Grease and H00' Ointment. go to S. P. SAUNDERS Mount Forest Business College BIG4 YOUR BOY ELLIOTT lhe Harnessmake W: as 916 e it out. Lucky the bullet hadn’t touched any big artery. Next morning I crawled up the hill and lit signal smokes till Puttick came. He brought me in “I suppose Puttick had a look round for the tracks of the fella who gunned you?” asked November. “He did, but he didn’t find out noth- ing. There was a light shower be- tween dark and dawn. and the ground on the hill above there is mostly rock.” Such, then, was the story or our coming to Kalmacks, and for the next two or three days we spent our time fishing in the streams. the only move in the direction of the main object oi our visit being that Joe. whom Linda insisted upon accompanying, walked over to Senlis lake and had a look at the scene or Worke’s accident. The old tracks, of course. were long since washed away, and I thought, with the others, that Joe’s visit had been fruit- less until he showed me the shell oi an exploded cartridge. “The bullet which went through Bill Worke’s leg came out of that. i found it on the hill above. It’s a 45.75 cen- tral fire rifle, an old ’76 model.” “This is a great discovery you and Miss Petersham have 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 this.” Joe indi cated the exploded shell. “The moun- tains is full of 45.75 guns. 1876 pat- Hie Face Was Like That of Some Medieval Prisoner. {Yes Mr. Petersham,” said he in an- swer to a question. “When you went away last fall I did think things was settling down a bit. but a week ago while Puttick was on the eastern boundary I thought I’d go up to Senlis lake. where last year Keoghan had the brook netted. l was making a fire to boil my kettle when a shot was fired from the rocks up above, and the next 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 heart just as easy as in my leg. I tied up the wound the best way I could. new star; 'ébfif"fiére"w;§t iii: ; After 1 had caught a nice stung oi and threw a fine stock at them caliber ! trout we walked back to Kalmacks. . . rifles on the market. A few dollars cu'cllng round the house before we en- would bu one, so there’s one in pret- 3 "3M “- The 88116 lay undisturbed by t! nigh every house and two and ' any “We fOOUBtep. but when we 801 three in some. Howsoever, it may be I in we mind Mr. Petersham in a State useful to know that him that shot Bill of the greatest excitement. Works carried that kind 0‘ a rule. I “One of the blackmaflera has had a ”A.” right," 881d 1- “By the We Joe. there’s a side to the situation I don’t understand. We’ve been here Still. we’d best keep it to ourselvel. wmdofwhuompntthoaooom mailtheucrlmlmbmdmndincot mums-gunman.- “That’s a fine fellow.” remarked Pe tersham. I nodded. “The kind of fellow ,who fought with and bettered the Iroquois at their own game. I wonder what he will see at Butler’s cairn?” It was past midnight when Joe ap- peared again. Petersham and I both asked for his news. “I said we would get Shot, not me alone. Three men can’t go quiet where one can.” And so finally it was arranged. though not Without a good deal of ar- gument with Petersham. November shook his head. “I’ve nothing to tell; nothing at all. I didn’t see no one.” “Where were you '2” "Lying down on top of the cairn it. self. There’s good corners to it." “I was thinking I might slip right along to Butler’s cairn and maybe get u look at the fellas." ‘There’s nothing to be gained by that. Mr. Quaritcb. You bet these fellas’ll keep a pretty bright lookout. If they saw three of us coming they’d shoot as like as not. “You could see well round. then, and 21' any one had come you would not have failed to observe them.” “No!” said Petersbam decidedly. “l \\ on’t allow it. You say yourself you w ould be shot.” “Couldn’t be too sure. There was some dark times when the moon was shut in by clouds. They might ’a’ come them times. though I don’t think they did. But I’ll know for certain soon unless it comes on heavy rain. There’s a fine little lake they calls Butler’s pond up there. You take your fishpole, Mr. Quautch. and we’ll go over at sunrise and you try for some of them trout, while I take a scout round for tracks.” “I suggest that we all three go." I said. 'But Joe would have none or this Petersham read the note out to Joe and myself. “Where’s Butler’s cairn?” he asked. -._“1 know it." said November. “But- ler’s cairn is on a hill about two miles west of here." “I suppose you won’t go '2” said I. “With the money? Certainly notl" “You can hardly go without it.” “Why not?” “You would be shot down.” “I’d talk to the rutfians first and then if there was any shooting. i guess I'd be as much in it as they would.” -‘--“â€"-¢~ “I can t think or any.” “What about the sand?” “The sand?" I repeated. “Yes. haven’t you noticed? I got Mr. Petersham to have two loads of sand brought up from the lake and laid all round the house. It takes a track wonderful. I guess it’s pretty near impossible to come nigh the house without leaving a clear trail. But the first rainy night, I mean when there’s rain enough to wash out tracks." “They’ll come?” “Yes. they’ll likely come.” But as it happened Joe was wrong. I believe that his reasoning was cor- rect enough. and that it was the fear of leaving such marks as would enable us to gather something of their iden- tity that kept the enemy from pinning upon our door the letter which finally arrived prosaically enough in a cheap store envelope that bore the Priam- ville postmark. The contents of this letter were as follows: Petersham. you go alone to Butler's cairn 11 o'clock Friday night. Take the dollars along; youl be met their and can hand it over. Below was a rude drawing of a cot- long talk with Puttick.” he told us:â€" “What?” “Incredible as it sounds. it is so." “But when was this?” “Early this mornlng, some time an er you and Joe started. This to how it happened. P'uttlck had just got u: and gone down with a tin of rosin and some spare mm and tin to mend thatanoowsrlppe‘d onthsrockyes m, .In fact. he, had only m n. This we did. but search as Joe would he failed to discover any sign at all. He told me this when he joined me at breakfast time. fin. an. 'r r‘. ‘ “You will force me to pay the mon- ey. then." said Petersham. “though I am well aware that this demand will only be the first of many. Whenever these blackmailers want $1.000. aye. or $10,000. they know they will only have to ask me to supply them. But I can’t risk youâ€"I’ll pay.” I. who knew Joe, was surprised to hear him offer so definite an opinion in such strong terms. but Linda clap- ped her hands. “It’s all nonsense. Isn’t It? Why, It any one attempted to hurt me Joe would make him regret it wouldn’t you, Joe?" She flashed him a glance of her glorious eyes. Joe turned to Petersham. “It you climb down now I'll be right sorry I ever come with you. I don't hold with backing down under a bluff." “I’d sure try to hard enough.” re- plied November. “And now. Mr. Qua- ritch. I’ll ask Ben here to show me just where the fella stood when he held him up this morning." So Joe went down to the brook. and I went with him. We were soon be- side the canoe which Puttick had been mending. “Good heavens! Even the most hard- ened rutfians would not hurt a woman. You don’t think it possible?" Peter- sham turned to me. “Here’s where l was. and there’s where he stood,“ said Puttlck. pointing to a small mass of rock close by. "And there’s the place I set down my watch.” November glanced o'er the details and then followed the bank of the brook for some distance. Presently he “There ain’t much fooling about these mountain men." l‘uttick answer ed bitterly. “And now 1 says mis to you, Mr. Petersham. and 1 can’t never say nothing stronger. If you’re mind- ed to stay on here at this place. you must pay if you don’t want Miss Pe tersham hurt or killed.” “My daughter?" “That’s how 1 read It. What else could he mean? He said you’d be sor- ry all your life." “I think that Linda runs a very great risk by staying." “Then she shall go.” But when Linda was called and the facts made clear to her she absolutely refused to leave Kalmacks. “Did you strike his trail?" asked Put: tlck. “No. the stones lead rlght away to the lake. and like as not he came In a canoe.” “Like as not.” agreed Puttick and resumed his work on the canoe whic! had been so rudely interrupted earlier in the day. We found Linda in the living roon arranging some fishing tackle. She a: once appealed to Joe. "UmJoglwantmu-yoomea mono English lure: Mr. Quanta!) 28V! CHAPTER XV. The Man In the Black Hat. B were silent for a moment. Then Petersham turned to Puttiek. “What do you think of it. Ben? You have some experience of these squatters up here Do you think they mean business?" “Left no trail! How’s that?” cried Petersham But Joe interposed “You mean he kep’ to the stones in the bed 0’ the brook all the time?” “That’s it. And, anyway. If I’d get fooling lookin' for his tracks I’d ’8’ got a bullet in me same as-Bill Worke,” ended the little man. “They’re all watching for us.” hear in a way that’n make him sorry all his life. And as for you. Ben Put tick. you take a hint and advise old man Peter-sham to buy us off. and he can’t be too quick about doing it either. If he tries to escape we’ll get him on the road down to Priamville.’ Alter he’d done talking he made me put my watch on the canoeâ€"that I’d turned bottom up to get at that rentâ€"and warned me not to more for half an hour, When the half hour was up I come right away and tell you." “Tall or short was he?” “Medium-like.” “Which way did he go when he left you?” “West: right along the bank.” “You followed his trail after the half hour was over?" Pnttick opened his eyes. “He didn’t leave none.” Puttick answered to the can. and after running over the story. which was exactly similar to that we had just heard from Petersham. he con- tinned: “The tough bad a red banker tied over his ugly face. nothing but his eyes showing. He had me covered with his gun to rights all the time." “What kind or a gun was it?” “I didn’t see; ieastways i didn’t no “Well. had be anything to say?” “He kep' me that way a minute he- tore he started speaking. ‘You tell Pe- tersham.’ says be. “it’s up to him to pay right away. Tell him unless he goes at once to Hauw’s cairn and takes the goods ano leaves them there on the big flat stone by the rock he’ll hear from us afore evening. and he’fl “By Jove. what next?” “Why. he held them up. He had no choice. And then a man stepped out from behind the his rock that’s just above where the canoe lies." “I hope Puttick recognized him.” “No. The fellow had a red handken chiet tied over his nose and mouth. Only his eyes showed under the brim of a felt hat that was pulled low down over them. He carried a rifle. that he kept full on Pnttick’s chest while they talked. But [’11 call Puttick, He can finish the account or the aflair himself. 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