The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-17
Z WE By Hesketh Prichard
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shots. and. after . minute. Of two
more.
That means luck" said November.
It'll scare our moose. sure. Pity!
He's got q ine set o. horns. morU'u
nfty-six inches In the spread"
How can yor tell that? Ycw
haven't seen himy"
Joe's gray eyes took on the look
now knew well.
TN certain sure they spread not
less than nfty-six and not moron
sixty. Ny! Look out! Tnom
shots has put him back. Hes conans
to us!''
There was a crashing In the under.
Growth sounding ever nearer, ana
soon . magnificent bull moose came
charGinG into sight.
Hes your mooss!" said Joe. a. my
shot rang out. lou hit him fair
again"
The great brute, wsishing ever
twelve hundred pounds. Was oeun.
bling forward IN HE death rush: an
at once he collapsed. and stleAoo
reigned once again In tho forest. We
ran up. lie was quite dead. I turssd
to Joe.
Let's have that nns steel msasur.
ing tape you carry" said jos.
l produced II. ana he ssretchel Il
across the horns.
"Fffty.sight inches" said he.
! looked ~ my hunter.
1T amt nothing but slmplo.~ -
said. II see the scrape OF his hosno
over and over axtn where he paaDsd
between the spruces. You can alVoyU
I laughed. ~Confound you. Jeei
Iou Away 49,
But here I was checked. 1aas,
bans' went the rine In the disesqcs.
and again Bang. bang! After IN inXoP.
val the shots were repeated.
Two shot: going on at steady IN.
servais' said Joe. "Thats . ell eee
S S:'e follow. ESsr sss snsy ~. e again. w'd
We travelled for half IN hour,
guided By the sounds: thea Jos
Here's his traii-a heavy mas net
used TO tho woods"
II can see he's heavy BY the dosp
prints." said ! But Why do you ~
re- not used to woods! He's vsar-
"Sure he is." November Joe peaneeA
70 the trscka. But he's wali1n9 q
his heels and on the sides Of ~
feet. a man don't do that unleao ~
eeet 10 bruised an1 sora."
We hurried on. and soon eamo Il
sight Of . man standing ameQ6 ~
} srss:: We ~ him raies his - -
ITS Pianxi" said Joe IN 0urp11N
"Whatf The millionaire yoU ut
INTO Ne woods with 70 locate ti060R
.Txs Identical man."
A. We approached, Jes hailed him.
, PLANK started. And then bsgAo %
J ". He wss : shici. sSoSiS s:S e sSsCs
! man. hts body set back upon hi ~,
hts big chin thrust forward n . ~
that accentuated the arroganOo e ~
/ bullying lips and eyes.
, Can you suids ne 10 he houso C
Nc %Y.n. S- n,s,x n'' sss 1esi" n
That II lucky. for $50 yOar ADap,
! need u - no nnaa Aas even 1900
Huh! Hew,s thasss s
. 10y ny daughter was murdered yss-
the words made me sasp. aaA net
} Mics virGinny!" cried Joe. ''Ysu
? can't mean that. Nobody would -
/ brute enough TO Kill Mis- Vir0inSIls
Flank MADE no reply, but stared a
} joe IN sombrs and cenvincinS q.
| when did n happsaf'
Some time bsfore 5 o'cloek yeGDsP.
| ~ We walk. I'm stoppinr st NJ.
, shores camp. four milo0 olp09s -
told me you lived round hsss. II I
: oet out 70 ind you"
A. We waIksd PLANK rave u -
following facts; IL Appeared that g
, had oaAn spsndlng the last two Voe1D
IN lo6 hut which had heen leeat ~
BY . friend. Mr., WILTSHIRE. ] %
: household consisted Of one SsevAaS--
bic daushtsSs nuree. . middle-aQl1
!. them from New Yosh-tWo 0ns6oD
and . man cook. On the psov1oon
day Miss Virginia had taken hsssS61
after lunch, - she had often 49,
|! before. and gone on TO the river ~
! hsh. .sI,..
"what hour was II whom che isess.
, asked N0vsmeP.
"Haf. past 1. About . o'closh e. -
; the guides who was cutting woefhoev
s. her rod and was reading . book. ~
! went TO join her. She Was ~
there. Her rod lay bsekea aAd theeo
, wOro Nigns Of o strugU1o oo0 -
trncks Of two men. shoutel for
, Ed, the old guide. He came yunaeeg
! down and va took % tho trstl. IL
! led us straight over TO Nooseahapk
/ Lake. The rufians had put hsr IN
!. our own canoe and gone out on ne
lnk0."
PLANK paused. and presently -.
tinued:
"We vent round the lakc ana e0unA
on the far side the spot WHORE t0oy
had beached the canoe. LoaolNB -
4 into the woods from that point ~
!. again struck the trail Of the TIVE -.
! hut my daughter was no longer vs0
! them"
1 "Arc you sure OF thatf"
, AS certain N you'll - youreelf
later on. From tho river 10 ths laks
the tracks showed they we're car1ylng
( nor. When they left the canoe thoy
0 wero Going light 'rhny must aoee
drowned her In tbs lake. It's 4)enf
enough. Presently I cav aomethoI
floating on the water; Il was her -
o CTo he ContinuedD