The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-09-08

The three trotted their horses up to
them, and, catching sight of the coffin
upon the sleigh. the inspector dis
mounted. He looked hard at Wilton.
and suddenly he recognized him.
'It's VIII Carruthers" he ex-
claimed, staring Into his face In bewil-
derment.
Wilton got up with an effort. "Morn-
ing, Jack" he said wearily. "Yes, it's
I. And here's Miss Mcdonald. You
know her, think?"
The inspector turned his puzzled
glance on the girl. Mechanically his
hand went up to his cap In salute.
Then he looked at the sleigh again.
"And this is--was Joe Bostock," said
wilton; and all at once, In the reac-
ton from the nervous tension, he felt
the tears streaming down his face, and
could hardly keep his lips steady.
my God I" muttered Quain. "An ac-
cident, wflT
"Shot" shouted Wilton. "Some
sneaking dastard's bullet In the bush.
Shot Mt my side The bullet broke my
arm after 1t had passed through Joe's
heart, and his blood and mine were
mixed together. 1t didn't need that
for me to know that I'll hound the
murderer II 1t takes me to my dying
dayw
"Joe-Joe dead! I" whispered Inspec-
tor Quain, half unable to realize It
Joe had been very living personality
In Clayton. "And murderedi" he
added. Then:
"Where are your breeds"
"Gone! But they didn't shoot Joe,
either by design or accident. That's
story you can learn from Andersen,
at the halfway cache"
"That's where we're bound for"
said Quain. "We're looking for"
Sand by the way" said Wilton with
a mirthless laugh, as the relative un-
importance of the fact struck him. 'I'm
under arrest for having murdered
joe"
Quain looked at him keenly, and
then turned his glance upon Molly In
inquiry. 1t was plain that he thought
Wilton was raving. '~Q
"Thats true" said Molly. "A SER
geant and a constable from the Pas
followed us up to Andersen's and
placed Wilton under arrest yesterday
morning"
The inspector rubbed his nose in
perplexity. "If VIII had told me that
wouldn't have believed him, Miss
Mcdonald" he said. Describe those
policemen to me, please"
"The constable was short and dark.
stocky In build. The sergeant was fair,
with long mustache-"
"Bit Of squlnt~ ~
"a cast In his left eye. His name
is Peters. The other one Is named
Myers. You know them, thenr
"I do" said Quain softly. "Peters
IL Jim Hackett, and Myers Is Tonquay,
a half-Frenchman, from the eastern
townships. They were discharged
last year after a short time Of service,
as soon as their records became known,
and they got away, taking their uni
forms and equipment with them.
They're wanted for cattle-stealing
Job and impersonating members Of the
force. SO that ends that trouble,
WILL"
Quain nodded to his men to dis
mount. "Get the sleigh In to barracks
as quickly as you can," he said. "and
notify the coroner. guess half
days extra leeway won't do that pre-
cious pair much good. Miss McDon-
ald--win, old man, you can manage
to ride in. can't your
Wilton, staggering to his feet. set
his face In CHASTITY grin. I've held
on" he muttered. II guess can hold
on for two hours more. There's big
ger thing behind this than you--or T.
know just now. I'm going on ahead.
I'm all right, and you won't stop me,
JackT
Austin Phayre, the president Of the
Bank of New North Manitoba, stood
at the table. He was man Of about
fifty, with gray. waxed mustache, and
pompous, and he was immaculate In
his black cutaway. with the expanse Of
white cuff and tall collar.
"Mr. Chairman he said, "some of
us shareholders have requested that
the meeting be called in order that
we may obtain certain informa-
ton from those best qualified to Inn
part II. MS to the prospects Of the Mis-
satib line, concerning which disquiet-
ing rumors are afioat
"You have before you a statement Of
our financial position. II Is not the
most satisfactory one that could be
Imagined. OF total capital of nve
million dollars, nearly one-half has al
ready been disbursed. The estimate
before you provides for nearly two mill
Hons more to be distributed over grad
ing, tracls-layfng, understands, tele-
graph line, bridging and balIasting.
Meanwhile. unexpected difficulties have