The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-11
eopyrisht ~ ". O. Chapman.

his worda After that ne sobsres
down and began TALKING more serious
pid really undsrstnnd bow 10 Get .
spring gunf told him no: and Their
be explained hoe he had . friend
from India Who bad often used then
60 hin iacknis whether I ga righi
or wrong. the fact is that I alreec
10 Get the sun whsn be sent me the
instructions.
We'll sir. his letter arrived yus
tsrday morning with careful little
plans and all. loaded my sun with
buekshot and carried Il down 20 me
causevay shortly after dusk ! hae
lost several more ducks each day. and
ny mind vas made up 10 have that
old wren. nxed the rua. with .
thread Of strong cotton across ths
path end ruund the trigger. rou mas
think I took . wicked risk. bat I hae
hardly ever known any one 90 pass
along the caunsway m the daytime
far less at night Yst. Tor anfstys
sake. ] meant 10 tnks n NJ agnin a
dGwn.
4 walked home and saf smohfna
my pipe for a while but I vas wor
red and disturbed. eouldnt set q
from my mind that there Waa DANCES
IN that surfing sun left 10 itself a. .
were Even " baEEsd the cid vtxsr
some one might hear the shot ane
ind the body. A dead ION wculs
make me a marked nan amongst I'll
the hunting people about d.dnf
iike that thought neither. At last
couldn't stand u no lcoger. and ssi
co back 20 the eaussway. waa mors
than halfway when 7 heart the ahot
and that set me running When 7 saw
the 'oiicsman vas nightly afrsid
he could 30 fnding the vixen dead
That's why lied 20 him"
4 know the rest. wArner.- HaN
Peace hut want Q few dstalla Daa
you zee any sign 81 another manr
10. eir"
swhsre vas Str Andrew hnf-
ms chest. sir; he 60, n Fun m tns
chest
So Understood A curious sle
walton 81 the muEEie. shf Did yUu
expeos = fox over I've feet highf-
Peace brought 0ut the words VITA
snap. but TIE keeper answered him
without hesitation
That IL che point STR ne said
That 70 Why am not responsible fos
The masters desth. 7 Get the sur
AZ q level q eight inches from ths
Eround. which reckonsd wouid taks
the foK about ths shoulder Some
ore altered the elevation Of the mas
ale after had gone-
The second forksd stsck that sup
por'ed the gun vas m the mud. Might
n not lave sunk under the weight
and thus raised the murzlsY~
NO, ctr. ! had pushed n through
the mud down 20 the gravel n vas q
good foot deeper when I went % looh
az a. A man nust have used great
force 20 set n 90 far throagh the
gravei"
what became Of the gunr-
AFTER thgy carried SIR Andrww
svay. must have gons OF my head
Tor awhila. What would they say 10
me for setting such q tran for my mas
teri That was The oniy thing
ooald think about ran bach and
pulled up the sticks. and carried sway
the sun 10 the cottage here
But you saw the poiioemnn arrsst
the man whom We may presume 30
be the murderer
Yes. afr; bot I waa too Wild %
reason II out made up my mind
this morning 20 tell them ali about d
at the inquest That - the truth."
~pid you use the punt last nightr-
NO, cir. n must have been the
man that was caught ! missed her
thls morning. and after q search
found her IN The reeds near ths ialand
where she had driftsd Though I
don't zee bow you could have kn0wn
anything about the punt air
The ironshod pole bad chippsd TIE
landlngetaaa The ether man had
ferried himself across rather THAI uss
the oaussway. And nov please fetch
me the plans and the gun
When Warner returned Peaos
slipped The enTelope into his pocksa
ana examined The Weapon with great
care. Swapping the lock twica
"fo0 had snaed the trigger. ear
Yes. aiF; thought a light pull
would b best 20 I oiled and Ioossbse
the screwa-
Tie little mac handed n back &c
BIN and turned away. staring over
the lake towards the distant wood
lands. WITH HE hands clasDed bshind
his bach
That fellow. sir-Ne must have
done a. don't yva thinkf- aaksd the
undsr-kssper
so u would sesm. wnrxer.- said
Addington Peace ever he shcaidgr.
u vas eleven o'clock on the fotlow
ing day when Peace vas announced
I vas sitting n the Garden Of ny
frfsnd's cottage smoking my pips and
reading the paper. From w'thin the
via cara fha anunf of whfnfIfnn that