Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-11
Copyright, lei2 By Heskcth Puchard

N.lNNl llltiA tNA. lF i'' t''iii'A''f fore staullg Joe had laid a bet with ! me that he would come back with the ] name of her uhductor and | was won ! dering what clew he had Co go upon i Hardly any that I could think of-the ! trail of the two men and the golden 1 hair. very little more About o'clock heard November hail me. What about the bet?" | called on sight of him. "Who ulysT' You pay Mir Quaritch." said Joe.
 "Why. who i> u theu"
 "A fellow called Hank Harper
 Why. lte heard or huu. He pass es for man of high character
 Tuc laugucd "All tine same. he's the chap who donp it" said hr "I expect he's got her w, at his cabin on Otter brook
 "Ioos here November" said You, tell iac Hank Harper is in the kiduaU- ing business and | believe you be- cause I've newer known you speak without solid facts behind you But think you owe me the whole yarn.
 Joe pnued out his pipe "All right Mr QuHritch no begin at the bcgiu ming. There are two of them. Ones tbis man Imppr don't know who thp other is, aud it don't much matter If we fad Harper we ind his partner Well. Miss .vir-.uuy NaS fishing when they stole duwu, upon her and carried her oH live already told yuu what happened mtil they took to fine canoe. They laddt-5 across the lake and the two iucu got aut leaving Miss Virgin my lu thr canoe to paddle herself round and land elsewhere"
 "But surely she could have escaped" cried
 "Shc was under their rifles and had iu du cAucth what she was ordered. . found where she'd landed and follow , ed her tracks to that little waterfall l >ucam and it was there found the 1 golden haH-- 50 far. you see, every thing fitted iu together as good as : the jaws of s trap. and the mGssage ou the Nj of paper about ransom carried il f.whrr uu. So did the talk we had with Ilarpcr-it must have hrru him did thc Speuking-at Black lukr. When | knocked mp PIauN's rc- vulNcr was wonderful sorry tu have Co du it. hut 90 promise is a promise. and he'd passed his word for a safe conduct After when my eyes fell upon thc trail left by Harpers part ucr knew ! never done a better act iu my liic lt give me start l can tnu you, Mr. Qu1ritch, You see, an 0hr weight was in the middle of the moccasion The heels and toes were hardly marked at all."
 ! November looked at me as if expect, ing me tu see the meaning of this pcguliarity but shook my head.
 "It meant that the foot inside the uoccu~iou Yas very little one, a -ood bit shorter than the moccasin."
 You can't mean l began.
 Yes, said Joe. "The second per son at Black lake wasn't man at all but Just Miss Nirgnuy herself
 Well. if that was so, why, she ha, thc game iu her hands then. She haC uuly to appeal to us to speak"
 Joe interrupted me Hers was an other sort of game. You see, I'm prct ! ty sure that Miss virginny has kid mapped herself. OF. at any rate. consent rd tp be kiduaped She had just pad died round and joined the two meI Iatcr and then when | come to thinl over it careful 1 saw how l nigh I.4 ..F Itf. .sI helping her. l lit ont for Wilshere' camp and asked the woman if ther was anything of Miss Nrgnny's miss ing from her room. She said thcr wasn't Then l suw my way bil Was iu rhe woods with Miss NiT @uuy asl year. and | know she mi-hty particular about persona things. don't believe she could lN day without sponge and a com and. most of all without d tooth brush. None of theu high toned gal can Isn't that sof"
 "Ies, thut Is so but
 Welt" went on November "if sh went of her own free will, as wa thinking shc lid-or else why did sh come Co Black nke:-if as | say.
 was righi hi uy notion and shed mad out tue plans and kiduaped herself. th man wiio was with her would be onl just her servant, in u luamer of speak ing And was certain that one of th first things shed do would bc to sem f lim tu some store to buy the thing she wiuted most She conduit get he own from PHnX's camp without gi' ing herself away, so she was bound ( send Hank to hibe out new ones frOl somewhere
 (To be cOntinued)