The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-27

cani mean that NOBODY would be
brute enough to kill Miss Virginny!'
AS we walked PLANK gave us the fol
lowing facts: It appeared that he had
been spending the last two weeks IN
Ii log hut which had been lent him BIZ
d friend. Mr. Wilshere Els household
consulted of one servant his daugh
terss Nurse middle aged woman whom
they had brought with them from New
York two guides and hancock. On
the PREVIOUS day Miss Virginia had
taken her rod after lunch, as she had
often done before, and gone or to the
river 10 fish
AT 5 went to join her. She was
not there. Her rod lay broken, and
there were signs of struggle and the
tracks OF two. men. / shouted FOR Ed.
the oil guide. He came running down.
and = e took up the trail It led US
taraiealt over to ALooseshanlS lake The
rlfaars had put her In our own canoe
slnd gtIne out on the lake.
Plank paused and presently contin-
ned:
I'VE went round the lake and found
tnl the far side the spot where they had
lpaachtsd the canoe. Leading up into
tile W Gods from that point, we again
struck the trail az the tw,, men, but
my daughter was no longer with them.
| When they left the canoe they We're
going light. They must hate drowned
! her Id the lake It's cIelr enough.
! Presently siw something floating on
the water. 1t was her hat.
Had Miss rirginny any je'welry OH
har?' asked joe.
"a witch and necklace
what value ~
Seven or eight hundred dollars.
'l3uh.s said November rshectiveIy.
ard what did you do after ilnding her
| hat.,.e'
1--WE trailed the two Wilkins until
they got on to some rocky g.otind It
was too dark then to do more, so we
returned. Five thousand dollars liz you
lay llandi; on them. he said.
BIZ the river the traces were 80 plain
that any one could read them the
| slender feet OF the victim and the
1 larger footprints OF the two men. The
fishing rod. snapped OF toward the top
i OF the middle joint. had been left
| where IL had fallen. It seemed as II
the girl had tried TO defend herself
with it. Next we went to the lake.
November literally nosed his way
along. The moccasined tracks iDf the
two men showed family here and there
on tile softer parts Of the ground
Looks as If they was toting some
thing. said Joe. They must III car
ried her. Stop. They set her down
here for spell"
Another moment brought US over the
rise and in sight OF Mooseshank lake
l halted invoIuntarily The place seem
ed created for the scene of tragedy.
i November had pushed on to the. spO.
where footprints and other signs show
ed where the men had entered the ca
noe The deep slide Of a mecca sined
foot in the mud seemed to tell of the
effort it required to get the girl EN-
parked
-gThey took her out on the lake and
murdered herr groaned PLANK. Drag
ging? There's no use dragging, that
water goes plumb down to the root OF
the world. ?
/ after THAT We Went dEUuMA W lie
other side of the lake and saw the
beached canoe The two sets OF moe.
casined tracks showed clearly on the
strip of mud by the water, but were
soon lost In the tumbled debzis OF d
two-year-oId stony landslip over which
trailing appeared quite impossible. No
vember was busy about this landing
place for longer time than / expect
ed, then he crossed the landslide al
right angles and disappeared from oul
view. Soon he came hHrrying TO
ward u.s.
s.She isn't dead
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