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2 TILE WINGHAM TIMES, APRIL 14, 1896,
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04. of the
By A. Conan Doyle,
• • ee• ere ee
down the street.
"If the launch is above water the
will find her," said Home, ae he ros
from the table and lit his pipe. -The
eau go everywhere, see ever3,thie-
overhear eyervonea 1 exp,N:t to hen
before evading that: they have epotte
her. ln the meanwhile, we eau
nothing but await tesults. We cane
pick up the broken trail until we lin
either the Aurora' or alr. Mortice;
-Smith."
"Toby could eta these sera a, I that
say. Are you going to bed, °Imes
"o; 1 am not tiredI have
curious ronetitutim. I never remen
be feeling. tired by work, thoue
edleneee exhausts mo completely,
ant go it to ;.anoke and to think ore
this queer business to which my fal
client hat; introduced us. If ever ma
hal an easy task this of ours ought t
be. Vaooden-leggea inn are not
commen, but the other man must,
shoula think, be absolutely waive."
"I eat: other man again 1"
• "1 hero no wish to make a rayster
of lata—to you, anyway. But yo
must have formed your own opinion
Now, to consider the aitta. Dimmutiet
footmarks, toes never fetterea by boots
naked feet, stone -headed wooden mace
great agility, small poisoned darts
What do you make of all this?"
"A savage!" I exclaimed. "Per
haps one of those Indians who were th
associates of Jonathan Small."
"Hardly that," said he. "Whe
first I saw signs of stango Weapons
was inclined to think so, but the re
markable character of the footmark
caused ine to reconsider mi- views
Some of the inhabitants of the Incline
Peninsula are small Men, but non
could have left such marks as that
The Iliacloo proper has long and thi
feet. The ndal-wearing Moham
Medan has the great toe well separate
!from. the others, because the thong
commonly passed between. These littl
derts, too, could only be shot in on
way. They are from a blow- ipe
r.
dark and trouble.
"You have slept Rounaly," he said.
3'."1 feared that our talk would wake
• you."
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