Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-24

me that the robber whoever he was,
couldn't operate far from camp. Then
the drugging settled it. Don't you re-
member the kettle had nothing in it,"
| would have spoken, but November
held up his hand.
No, / know Thompson hadn't filled
it, but he hadn't cleaned it either. We
woods chaps always leave the tea
leaves in the kettle till we want to boil
up the next brew. So it looked queer
that some one had washed out that
kettle. Now, if the robber come from
outside, he'd never do that, no need to.
He'd be gone afore they could suspect
the kettle. No, that clean kettle said
plain as speaking that it was one of
the six.
Now" went on November, when
l knew that, l knew a good bit, and
when l saw the scratches on the rock
| was able to settle up the whole ca
boodle-Chris put that stuff in the tea,
and as soon as it sent them off asleep
he picked the money off them. Then
he went down to the brook, taking the
kettle, the big boots and something to
hold a pack of stones with him. He
waded out to that fiat rock and wash
ed out the kettle; then he filled up
his sack with stones and put on the
boss big boots. After that he had no
more to do but to walk up to the hut
and back again, laying the false trail.
After that he waded out to the rock
again, so as to leave no tracks and
changed back into his moccasins went
to the hut and to Sleep"
But the scratches on the rock?
What made them?"
The nails in the boots. Chris drew
up his feet to fasten up the boots and
the nails slipped bit on the rock"
But the time November. You said
the robbery was done between 2 and
in the morning. How did you know
that?"
BY the birches. He'd turn to the
light to put on his boots. and the moon
only rose above them trees about 2.
Till then that side Of the rock was in
black shadow.
And the stones in the pack?"
The heel tracks was good and
marked. You yourself noticed how the
chap walked on his heels?"
Yes"
THAT told me. A man with weight
upon his back always does it. And
when l saw the stones that had been
raked up out Of the river bed why,
there it was like print and palmer
that the robber was light man. That
got me as far as to know it was one Of
two men did It, Chris and Bill Bavers
isn't sizable, either Of them; they're
smallish made. 1t were one or other /
knew. Then whichever it was after
he got the money what did he do with
it?"
Took it with him or hid it," said /,
as November seemed to expect a reply.
when l comes to think 1t over l
was pretty sure he hid it, cos If there'd
happened to be any argument or quar-
rel or trouble about it there might "a
been a search, and If the notes had "a
been found on-one- Of them they'd have
dropped him sure. Next point was
where did he hide it? There was the
rocks and the river bank and the hut.
But it was all notes, therefore the
placed have to be dry, so pitches on
the hut. That was right, Mr.. Qua
ritch?"
Il couldn't have guessed better my
SELF" l said, smiling
November nodded. so up we goes
to c., and there we finds them moss
backs accusing the boss. Chris put
the boots back in the shack and the
bottle on the shelf. An old grudge made
him do it. But | couldn't tell which Of
the two small chaps it was at that
time. So / set the trap about the lum-
bermen breaking in the hut, and Chris
walked into that. He knew If the hut
was took down the notes 'ud be found
You'd think the ground was hot under
him until he starts to bring the police,
and him the LATEST fellow in C! The
minute he offered to go l knew l had
him."
And you still think Chris robbed
DAM"
Il know it. There was 1927 that can't
be accounted for in the bundle we took
off him, and 1927 is just what Mr.
Close paid Dan.
(To be continued.)