Show the cumle of the bow by IRVING ree jan ca ers bachellier BACHELL FER WU COVI rIght by iraq Bac bachiller haller SYNOPSIS nagged rag keil and starving a boy of about sixteen is 1 found in th the woods wooda by a camping party lie has tied fled from his hid b brutal rut father B dat Morry aon ped fed and in n clean clothes the boy shad aher sheridan la in sent to canton with a letter t to dl 0 colonel blake the th cold colonel nel him wife and youns young daughter ruth are im pressed by the boys boy manner lie ile roan to work in tho the village of amity dam jooa am and becomes friendly with a youth of his hl age pa bony on and bumpy brown t tinker I 1 aker an and village go character man hat Morry 0 rr aon n t trie 0 to take hla his on r tack C k to 1 bl 0 own wn rr dl dlo olto lute life lf but to li over overawed awed by colonel blake the dis dl erict attorn attorney a y a and fv his hi father faseas pa out cut of 0 shad 1 ll 11 life shad applies him self olf dill diligently gently to his education ti on love iov for nuth slake blake takei take fiat a hold on his heart in an attack made on the perry family ONCA perry ferry the father in wally fatally hot an and his hi daughter mrs doolittle wn wife 0 of cyru doolittle prominent of shot hot and nd odiously orious ly wounded circumstantial 1 evidence points point to bumpy drown brown an the assa assailant llant and he la Is arrested shad loe hla his job and roea goes to illy live with bony tho the two toys toy seek iek and find and dlf fule a ON the murderer had worn CHAPTER V continued 10 they were weary and soon asleep shad obad was waa up at six fix he got his bla breakfast then put some clothing la in bonya small email pack basket he ha was waa ready to take the stage going south at seven the sun shone warm out of a clear sky it softened the surface of the frozen road and improved the wheeling they reached south nolton dolton the end of the stage line at eleven shad went won it to Hub hubbardd hubbards bards store at a desk sat eat a well vell dressed young lady she turned from her task as the boy entered immediately shad recognized her sho she was the girl whom lie he and bony had bad seen at the door of bum dumpys pys shack one sunday the girl with the haughty manner the handsome eyes and the glowing red checks she was much stouter than she had been good morn morning 1 she said with no change in her countenance what can I 1 do for you 1 I believe you know bumpy brown shad began welt vell what it if I 1 do she answered coldly shad told of his purpose she laughed in the unemotional fashion of bumpas parrot and asked do you think that we can remember the numbers of nil all the rubbers we sell cell and the names of the men that buy them impossible many things were impossible in south dolton bolton it was a little hamlet in the edge of the big woods wooda there were no more than forty or fifty people living in its huddle of small houses youre a good looking boy said the girl where are you going into the woods above mose st germains why dont you stop here a while were going to have a dance and a party at our house the girl had dropped her cold and haughty manner there was nas that in her tone which seemed to indicate that she he really wanted to get acquainted quain ted with him to shad she ah looked very beautiful im sorry but I 1 have to see a man who Is 1 at kildare pond today he said la Is there a livery stable in the place yes soft its just across the street til ill run over there a minute he said aid as he ha left her shad make a bargain with the avery vian man to drive him to moso mose st ger mum a good looking boy sald said where are you got going ng mains immediately after dinner lie ile returned to hubbardd hubbards Hub bards store the girl now looked sad I think that you have been crying said the frank boy yes theres a lot of crying here among tho the women its so lonesome she said eald you get the habit its ita awful to live in the woods 1 I know what it Is ive lived in the woods ray myself self im sorry for you shad nat gat down there and ate a part of hla his luncheon the horse and buggy arrived and tie he set out with the livery nan man on a ten alie up the and plains to the house of mose ilose st germain Ger maln the is home lie ile had 1 guide was at left colonel blake and judge swift in the woods they were hunting mose drew a diagram of tho the trail for shad to tako take with him this Is a reproduction of it save the names 4 L 0 10 camp blumber camp er act 0 canoe diagram ns deep aa 0 kildare pona lie he told the boy to go straight to center pond where he would find st Oer malus canoe then lie he was to cross to a big rock in the far edge of tho the pond beyond which he would find the trail to kildare lie ile mose would take the long lone trail around the pond shad set out on tho the much traveled trail lie ho found the tha waiting canoe and could see the rock of which mose had spoken about a quarter of a mile away on the far shore ills ilia treasures wrapped in his bla sweater were now in the pack basket baskel this ho he deposited in the bow A skillful he be pushed through a border of lily illy pads padg and out into the clear water ile he was well beyond the tha middle of the pond when a shot from the shore behind him shattered tho the silence of the deep vale and filled it with echoes shad jumped A bullet had bad whizzed by his big head and struck the water beyond him and ricochet ted on its surface it had come from froin some point on the shore he had left a bit east of him A thought flashed through hta his brain he rung flung his feet over the stern and dropped into the water and none too quickly another ball had whizzed through the air above him in a rush of sound reaching up he seized the tha gunwale and keeping the canoe between him and the direction whence the shot had come swam with his free arm the shooting ceased the man whose rifle had been aimed at him was no doubt seeking a more favorable point of attack shad with the skill of a lad whose cradle one may almost say had been a canoe in water made swifter progress than his enemy had thought possible ile he got beyond tho rock roch and ashore seized his pack basket and crept into the thicket dragging it beside him now covered he arose thrust his arms through the basket straps and ran lie he was about a mile and a half from center pond when he came to the abandoned lumber camp on mose st germains chart it stood in a little clearing his clothes drained and warmed by his exercise were beginning to dry the first drops of a cold rain were falling night was coming on ha could just dimly see the outlines of the log structure he know that its roof covered with tarpaper tar paper would protect him it ltd did in a moment the air seemed to be filled with tho the downpour of cold water shad stood by one of the window embrasures embra looking out at the storm the rain turned to sleet and stopped suddenly the clouds passed the moon was peering through the tha treetops in tile tho east shad had stepped toward the door ready to go on his way when he saw a man with a rlee on his shoulder stealthily approaching the camp he seemed a man of prodigious size bigger than any ono shad knew the boys boya heart be beat at fast the stranger crossed a wide path of moonlight that cut the shadows As he did so shad observed that his face was waa covered with a handkerchief the man was entering the doorway when shad leaped through ft a window opening in tho the rear of the shack and ran A conviction had come to the boy that he was waa the man who had been shooting at him else why did he be cover his bis face shad reached the trail and ran like a scared deer he was soon at his bis destination a mile or so BO farther on lie he felt sure arld ana with good reason that he be had seen tho the murderer of oscar perry CHAPTER VI the robbers and the revolver wi en shad arrived mose blose st sit ger acin who had ad reached kildare pond before befaro the III sipro began was serving supper to colonel blake and judge swift I 1 tra im wet said ald shad as h wout went and stood by tho the stove 1 I had to do some swimming and there was a lot of water in tho the bushes come right upstairs ive plenty of clothes for or you said colonel blake soon shad was seated at tho the supper table in dry clothing and slippers tell us ua what happened to you and why you are here said the colonel shod shad began at the high point IQ in hla his adventures somebody shot at me when I 1 wax was out on center pond the bullet at al most took the end off my no noe I 1 was wa I 1 slipped dipped out into the tha water another bullet whizzed above abort me I 1 got the slant of em cm when they hit the th water I 1 know knew about where the th shooting hooting came from I 1 made for tho the canoe and hid myself behind it and towed it ashore I 1 ran up the trait trail ilk like a scared buck binck I 1 know knew why that man was shoving lead at me he wanted to get me tin an the things in that pack basket before I 1 could sea iea you what have you pot got there T the tha colonel asked shad told of what he and bony bad learned of the man under the broad brimmed hat hastening down the road to ashfield of their searching for and finding tho hidden handkerchief and tints hats of the group of men at the westminster hotel and of bonya boastful words in their presence of 0 doctor gorsos suggestions regarding the revolver and the rubbers of tho the big 9 man who followed him to the lumber camp shad proudly unwrapped the pack ages in his basket and laid them bo be foro fore the astonished officers of the law colonel blake drew a chart of the road and river from ashfield to mansions CC 1614 where broad arm ed h I 1 was coye 0 ho and re fa fr 11 to id to 0 doall ti ty DO bolcom amity dam reproduced her herewith and with shads chads help located browns cove and the points where the hats hate and the handkerchief were found looking at the chart the judge said the handkerchief and slouch hat bat were found where brown might have hava hidden them in going to hla his boat boal wo wa must keep browns motive la in mind yes but I 1 have not been aulta satis satisfied fled with browns motive 1 said flail the district attorney the sheriffs sherif rs reports and my own observation and the evidence of this boy indicate that he la Is a harmless and lovable old chap of a rather admirable spirit shad told the story of tho the missing ring ho he added Th attl why I 1 am here well boy your heart and your work are a credit to you said bald the colonel you have faced me around judge this Is no lo such easy problem as we tho thought we wa have to look for a deeper man than the tinker and a deeper motive than mero mere resentment it Is extremely improbable that two bullets could have bt n aimed dt dl erectly at the boy by accident if tha man mail pit at the old lumber camp was a benighted hunter why has he not shown up here he ha came cama out of the trail from center pond it lends leads directly to food and shelter in this camp the judge asked assume that he was trying to kill the boy why would he have followed mm dim to theold the old lumber camp after circling the pond hei ha would havo have knowd kiowa that he was too far behind the boy to catch him TO EM BO |