Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-13

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erly wind these last two days, but
before that the wind was east, and he
camped the first night with his back
to it. And in the new camp one
bed O. boughs is fresher than the
other"
The things seemed so absurdly OBJ
vious that 1 was nettled.
II suppose there are other indi-
cations l haven't noticed" I said.
There might be some you haven't
mentioned" he answered warily.
What are they?"
THAT the man who killed Lyon Is
thick set and very strong; that he
has been a good while in the woods
without having gone to settlement;
that he owns a blunt hatchet such as
we wood chaps call 'tomahawk No
81 that he killed a moose last week;
that he can read; that he spent the
night before the murder in great
trouble of mind and that likely he
was a religious kind O. chap"
AS November reeled off these de-
tails in his quiet, low keyed voice l
stared at him in amazement.
But how can you have found out
all that?" said at last. IF it's cor
rect, it's wonderful"
"Tll tell you, if you want to hear,
when I've got my man-if / ever do
get him. One thing more is sure, he
is a chap who knew Lyon well. The
rest of the job lies in the settlement
of st. Amiel, where Lyon lived"
We walked back to Big Tree port
age and from there ran down in the
canoe to st. Amiel, arriving the fol-
lowing evening. About half a mile
short of the settlement, November
landed and set up our camp. After
ward we went on. l had never before
visited the place, and l found it to
be little colony Of scattered houses
struggling beside the river. 1t pos
sessed two stores and one of the
smallest churches 1 have ever seen.
You can help me here if you
WILL" said November as we paused
before the larger of the stores.
"Of course I will. How?"
by letting 'em think you've en-
gagged me as your guide, and we've
come in to ST. Amiel to buy some grub
and gear we've run short Of"
"All right" And with this ar
rangement we entered the store.
will not make any attempt to de-
scribe by what roundabout courses of
talk November learned all the news
of desolate little ST. Amiel and of
the surrounding countryside. The
provincial police had evidently
found means to close the mouth of
the lumberjack for the time at least,
as no hint of Lyons death had yet
drifted back to his native place.
Little by little it came out that only
five men were absent from the settle
ment. Two of these, FitZ and Baxter
Gurd, were brothers who had gone
on an extended trapping expedition.
The other absentees were Higham-
son, Lyons father-in-law; Thomas
Miller, a professional guide and hunt
er, and, lastly. Henry Lyon himself,
who had gone up river to visit his
traps, starting on the previous Fri
day. The other men had all been
away three weeks or more, and all
had started in canoes, except Lyon.
who, having sold his, went on foot
Next by imperceptible degrees, the
talk slid round to the subject of
Lyons wife. They had been married
four years and had no child. She had
been the belle of st. Amiel. and there
had been no small competition for her
hand. OF the absent men both Mil
Ter and Fitz Gurd had been suitors,
and the former and Lyon had never
been on good terms since the mar
riage. The young Gurd was a wild
fellow, and only his brothers in
fluence kept him straight.
ITO he continued