The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-17

one tent cover. tnaf fney cuf me WOOD
Cor their IRE fin that marsh we visited |
and that they were here FOR day.
perhaps two.
"0ne was here for three days. the
other one night. corrected November
@How can ron tell that
November pointed to thG ground nc
the TAR side Of the fire.
'sTo begin with. 10. had his camp
pitched over there = said he: then, see
ing ny look OF perplexity. be added
pityingIy: We've westerly wind
these last two days. but before that the
wind was east. and be camped the drst
night with his hack to Il. And fn The
new camp one bed o. boughs u fresher
than the other
The thing seemed so Ahsurtily Oh.
vious that was nettled.
4 suppose there are other indications
haven't noticed said
There might be sonic you haven't
mentioned. be answered warily
y hnt are they e
THAT the man who killed Lyon iii
thick set and very strong: that he has
been good while In the woods with
our having gone 10 q settlement; that
he owns q blunt hatchet such as we
wood chaps call 'tomahawk No. q:
that he killed d moose last week; thar
be can read: that be spent the night
before the murder In great trouble or
mind and that likely be was q religious
kind o. chap.
Az November reeled OF these details
An his quiet. low keyed voice ] stared at
him IN amazement
But how can yon have found out all
that7t said &C last. liz It's correct
It's wonderfulF'
'.I'Il tell you. IL You want 70 hear.
when I've got my man--if ever DO
get him. One thing more IS sure. be u
chap who knew Lyon well. The rest
| or the Job lies In the settlement Of &C.
Amiel. where Lyon lived. :
We walked back to Big Tree portage
and from there ran down in the canoe
TO st. Amiel. arriving the following
evening. About hair mile short Of
the settlement November landed and
set up our camp. AfterWard we went
on. | had never before visited the
place. and found it 20 be little col
Ony Of scattered houses Struggling be-
SIDE the river. It possessed two stores
and one OF the smallest churches i
have ever seen.
You can help me here if you Will
said November as we paused before
the larger Of the stores.
'.Of course will. How r.
4 BY letting en- think you've engaged
me as your guide. and we've come 10
TO St Amiel to buy some grub and
gear we've run short OF z
All right. And with this arrange.
ment we entered the store.
will not make any attempt To dc
scribe by what roundabout courses Of
talk November learned all the news
of desolate little st Auiel and of ths
surrounding countryside. The provin
cial police had evidently found means
70 close the mouth or the lumber1acl
for the time at least. as no hint b
Lyons death had vet drifted back d
his native place
Little By little It came out that opl,
i've men were absent from the settle
ment Two Of these, Fitz and Baxte
Gurd. were brothers who had gone d
an extended trapping expedition Tn
other absentees were Highamsor
Lyons father-in-law; Thomas Miller.
professional guide and hunter. and
lastly. Henry Lyon himself. who hal
gone up river TO visit bis traps, starr
ing on the previous Friday. The othe
men had all been away three weeks o
more. and all had started ID canoes
e except Lyon. who. having sold hi.
/ went on foot
/ Next. By imperceptibIe degrees. tn
, talk slid round TO the subject OF Lyon
wife. They had been married fou
!. years and had no child She had bee
! the belle Of st. Amiel. and there IA
been no small competition for he
, hand. OF the absent men both Mine
!. and Fitz Gurd had been her sutton.
and the former and Lyon had neve
been on good terms since the marriage
The younger Gurd was d wild fellow
and only his brothers influence ker
him straight.
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