Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-01-12

Forth and back he moved. apparently
following lines Of tracks which the
drenching rain Of the previous Gay
had almost obliterated, until, indeed'
after ten minutes. he gave 1t up.
"Well, WE'LL" said he, In his soft
cadenced voice, "he always did have
the luck" "-''
"Who?"
"The robber. Look at last year! Got
clear every time"
"The robbers" I corrected.
"There's but one," said he.
"Michaels mentioned two voices, ana
the man in the mask stepped into sight
at the same moment as the nre giint'
ed on the revolver Of the other man
in. the bushes"
without n word November led me
70 the farther side Of the dead fire
and parted the boughs OF spruce
which I had previously seen him eA-
anime. At height Of less than fve
feet from the ground one or two twigs
were broken, and the bark had been
rubbed near the trunk.
HE was mighty interesting man.
him with the revolver" November
threw back his handsome head ana
laughed "There was only one chap'
and he fixed the revolver here In that
fork. It was good bluff he played
on Dan, making him think there was
two agin him! The rains washed out
most Of the tracks. so we'll 60 up to
Camp C and try our luck there. But
first I'd better shoot a deer, and the
bows II think only come to carry them
some meat. as l often do when i XIII
anywhere nigh the camp"
As we made our way toward e, NO
vember found the tracks Of young
buck which had crossed the tote road
since the rain, and while waited ne
s,,nped away like a shadow into the
Wild raspberry growth. returning twen-
tv minutes later with the buck upon
his shoulders.
On reaching Camp G November sold
his deer to the cook, and then we weht
m the office. The men were all away
at work. but we found the manager 10
whom November told his news.
noticed, however, he said nothing OF
his idea that there had been but one
robber.
THAT Just spells total failure" re-
marked Close when he had finished.
November assented. "Guess we'll
have to wait till another chap is held
up" said he.
"You think they'll try their hand at
1t again?"
"sure. Who'd stop after such sue
cessT
I'd be inclined to agree with you If
Il wasn't for the fact that the men
won't leave singly now. They're scared
to. A party of six started this after
noon. They were hoping they'd have
the luck to meet the scoundrels and
bucking how they'd let daylight into
them II they did But Of course they
won't turn up-they'd be shy Of such
a big party" .x,
"Maybe," said November. with
your permission, Mr.. Close, me anu
Ouaritch'll sleep here tonight
"All right But can't attend to you.
I'm behind with my accounts, ana
must even them up If 1t takes all
night"
"And there's one question I'd like to
have an answer to. It's just this: How
did the robber know that Dan Michaels
was worth holding up? Or that he was
going of on the spree? He must have
been told by some one. Blackmask has
got a friend in Camp G all right That
is, unless
"Aye, unlessT repeated the manager
But November would say no more
An idea had come into his mind, but
Close could not draw 1t from him; yet
could see he had entire trust In the
taciturn young woodsman.
Next morning November seemed In
no hurry to go, and shortly before the
midday meal a party Of half dozer
men rushed into the camp. They weft