The evening world., 1914-02-18
N THE EVENING" WORLD
II M By Hesketh Prichard
AUTHOk OF LION O." Ese..

Huh! . - And no one else
went down 10 tho stronsr roon.''
only Atterson. The second clerk
II IL = rule that no smpioyco may
visit tho strong room alone = re-
manned at the head Of the stairs.
while Atterson descended"
Who kseps the key"
And u was never out Of your pos
session."
Never"
How long has Atterson been with
the bank7" ~
1.-TWO years odd"
Anything ag'in' him bcforof'' q.
"Nothing."
Al this point a cicrk knocked at
tho door and. entering, brought in
some letters. Darris stiffened as no
noticed the writing on one ~ them.
lie cut " open and. when tho clerk
was gone out. he read aloud.
Dear Harris--l hereby. resign
my splendid and lucrative post
ton In tho Grand Ranks Of Can
ada. II In a dogs dirty life: any
way II In no for a man Of spirit.
You can give the weeks screw
that's owing to me 10 buy milk
and bnfh huns for the ,nsxt nlnst-
ing Of directors Yours truly.
G.. J. ATTERSON.
Whats the postmark?" asked Joe.
"Rimouskl. Sunday. $50 A. NJ"
ut looks like Atterson's the thief"
remarked Joe.
i've always been sure Of III" cried
Harris.
II wasn't" said Joe.
"Are you sure of II now"
I'm inclined that way becausc A..
terson had that letter posted by =
con-con--what's tho wordf'
"Con!edsrate7" t.f" Z
you've got Il. lie was seer here IN
town on Saturday. at 1870. and he
couldn't have posted no letter IN H.
mouski In time for the $50 A. N. on
Sunday unicss he'd gone there ON tho
Z o'clock express on Saturday eve
ming. Yes. Atterson's the thief. all
right. And II that really was he they
saw Stoncham ways. Nos Ind tImv IA
get thirty miles Of hush bctw.~n W
and him. and he can 70 rtght III he's
on the Labrador. 7 doubt you'ii ass
your hundred thousand dollars again,
Mr.. HARRIS" Boz 6 .-t-t. ,-
enough 2"
Joe shook his head. "ff you was
TO put mo on his tracss I could" said
he. but up there IN the Laurcntidea
he'll sure pinch q canoe and make
along q waterway"
"H'm!" couxhed .,Iinrris. MY. Ill
rcotors won't want to pny SOD twd
dollars a day for nothing"
his gentle voice. ~ shouldnn "a
thought, tho two hundred times q
hundred Thousand dollars could stand
a strain like thati"",.4,s..r -...,..-...
"Then III sell your services 10 Mr.
Harris here for ave- doilars .. day II
you fail. and 10 per cent ot tho sum
YOU recover II you succeed" =
Joe. looked at me with wide eyes
but he said nothing.
well. Harris. 10 II on or OFF,"
asked. -
"oh, on. I suppose. coaseuad .,os''
November looked at beth OF ~ with
q oro"d s",e' IS sssis ~
Twenty hours iatsf.. Joe. polics
trooper named iIobson apd !. were
deep In tho woods. We had hardly
paused to interview the farulor ~
Roberville. and then had passed ON
down the old deserted roads until ~
last We entered the forest. or. a. II
IL locally called. the BUSH oSS +
"where are you hsadiug forT'' HOB
son had asked Joe.
"Red River. because u II really, was
Atterson the farmer saw. guess he'll
have zone up there" '--i
"why do YOU think thsty'' -,.,,
Lake. and there In several traRpers
none Of them trappers there Aow''iA
July month. 10 ha can steal canoe
easy. Dehides. q man who fears pur-
suit always iikss 10 got Into 3, eountry
he knows. and you heard Mr.. Harris
nay how Atterson had Nshed He'd
River two vacations. Besides"--hsre
Joe stopped and pointed 10 tits ground
.-"thsm's Atterson's tracks" he said.
"Leastways. tta . black fox TO lynx
peit they are his"
nut you've never seen him. What
reason have YOU" 80 dSmes4-
cd HobsOn. ..... .,
when first Wa happened on Them
about four hours hack, white yeu
was liGhtin' your pipe," replied Joe.
'they come out Of the bush and
when we reached near Carriers placs
they went back Into the hush akaln
Then milo beyond Carriers nut Of
the hush they como IN ~ tho road
again. What can that cireuwsventtn'
mean? Teller who made the tracks
don't want 10 be seen. No. boots.
city. made. nails In EN-. rubber heels.
Como on" .-
will not attempt 20 dsscribs our
tourney hour by hour. nor tell how
November held 20 tho trail. followin9
II over areas of hard ground and
rock. noticing . scratch here and .
broken twig there. The trooper. Hob.
son. proved to Be q good track
reader. ..
We slept that night beside tho trail,
According to November. thu thief
was now not many hours ahead of
VS.. Everything depended upon
whether he could reach Rod River
and canoe before We caught M
with him. still II was not possible
10 follow a trail In tina darkness. 40
perforcs wa camped. Tho next morn
ing November Weakened W. at daylight
and once more We haatened forward.
For some time We followed Alter
sons footsteps and then found that
they left the road. The pol!ce ofiicer
went crashing along TIL Joe stopped
him with n gesture,
Listen" he whispered.
We moved on quietly and saw
that. not nifty yards ahead OF US. a
man was walking excitedly up and