The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-21

his dry way He continued to stare
hard mt Close who mt last looked up
and ! could have sworn ] saw Soyem
Der Joe's dark dashed eyelid droop
slightly In his direction.
\ change came over the manager
''Get out of here. he cried angrily
Get ont of here you and your woods
detectiye.' and some uncommon,
warm language charged out at the back
of the closing door
The men who had been robbed and
their comrades closed round as 30
vember examined the boots
Seventeen IN one heel and fifteen
IN the otber-cowhide boots. " Saiu
Chris. That's what he that robbed a.
wore. and III swear to that"
II could swear to IL too. agreed No
yember-
Take them and the sleeping stun. !.
pursued Chris Its silver fox skin
to red on "a conviction. eh. Novem
berTf
Have you sent for the police:'s
Not yet. We'd waited till you come
mp Wen send now
1.-The sooner the better said NJ
vember And whoever gOes1I find
four chaps from Camp r in the hut By
Tideson's bridge. They've orders TO
knock it down and take the roof OF
and carry the stove into ID.
: | listened TO November making this
astonishing statement and hoped !
showed no surprise. What on earth
was the game that be was playing?
Hurry uD. bows and send for the
police or there may be trouDle. Who's
going?"
II don't mind III CO. offered Chris
I'LL start right now. The sooner we
get Mr.-Close safe in jail the better.
We all saw Chris of. and then the
men took us back into the bunk house.
where they ellked and argued for an
hour. November had relapsed into
his usual taciturnity. But when at
length he spoke again his words acted
like a bombshell.
Say. boys" he said. and the ca
dence of his accent was very marked
Its about time We let the boss OUT
Every head jerked round in his di
rection. LET him OUT" shouted 4
dozen voices. Before the police
Gomez
BEST so. replied November In his
gentle manner You see. it wasn't hin
held you up. boys.
Who WAS it them
November stood up.
Come. and I'll show you.
Finally four of Us boarded the biz
canoe and set off
| lost all sense of direction in the
darkness until We came out on thu
banks of the brook near Tideson'.
bridge. We crossed. and all four OF u:
crOnched in the shadow Of brig rocl
not twenty yards from the hut w,
had been forewarned by November t,
keep very quiet and to watch the hut
The pale foreIights of dawn wer
| already in the air when | felt Novem
| Der move slightly. and a moment late
| heard Il stick break. then footballs Of
the bridge 4 blush shadow cam
cautiously down the bank hesitatin
nc every step. but always approaching
tie hut. until ut last 1t passed withi
it. Then u match Jared inside.
saw it BASS the broken window Their
WAS Il pause The door creaked faint
H. and the figure stole out again.
| put out my hands toward Noven
ber-he was gona
Meantime the figure from the hu
was moving up the path to the roa
and second figure was gaining D
outlines as be followed with arms oul
stretched. Then the arms fell. an
there was cry. almost Shrek
When we ran up November was hold
ing Chris struggling on the ground.
Search him. boys said November
Hes got the stuff on him"
ThompsOn's big hand diyed into th
breast of Chris shirt and when
came out again it held a bundle Q
| notes
You smart cuss." said Chris TO Nc
vember Joe
A few busy hours followed. and
was the next afternoon before foun
myself again at Eovembers shant
and asked for the explanations whic
had been nrnrnisad me
The moment | heard Thompson
story. began November. ii starte
me thinking bit. You remember hol
| plain they saw the tracks of the rol
Der. The size. the patch. the exact nun
Der of nails. 1t sort of seemed that
| road agent who went around in pal
| of boots like that was maybe fool O
| maybe laying false trail. As soon a
saw the tracks knew ! wasn't "a
out as TO the false trail. The cha
wanted the tr,ie k seen He Wake
more'n once on the soft ground a-pul
nose"