The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-08
CHAPTER Kill.
;rda Da%araharo

known by the picturesque
name of Silent Water
= 'Spect you'll be back again. Mr..
Quaritch, as soon as you've fixed them
new mining contracts. and then. may
be, Wen try a wolf hunt There's
tidy pack comes out on the Lac Noir
ice when it's moonlight"
But the shackies of business are not
so easily shaken off. and the spring
had already come before another va
cation in the woods had begun to
merge into possibility. About this
time Linda Petersham rang me up on
the telephone and demanded my pres
ence at lunch
But | am engaged" said L What
is it2"r
Il will tell you when you come.
want you"
| made another effort to explain my
position. but Linda had said her last
word and rung off. | smiled as | call
ed up the picture OF a small Greek
head crowned with golden hair. a pair
of dark blue eyes and a mouth wear
ing rather imperious expression.
The end of it was that / went. for
have known Linda all her life. The
Petersham family consists of Linda
and her father. and though in bust
ness relations Mr.. Petersham is pow
er to be reckoned with. at home be ex-
lists for the sole apparent purpose of
carrying out his charming daughters
wishes. 1t is delightful house to go
to, for they are the happiest people l
know.
l found myself the only guest. which
surprised me, for the Petersham man
sion has a reputation for hospitality.
james. l want you to do this for
me. | want you to persuade pop not
to do something"
81? persuade him? You don't
need me for that-you. who can make
him do or not do anything. just as you
wishv'
81 thought could. but find can't"
How is that?"
well, he is set on going back to
Kalmacks."
"Kalmacks? | know it is the place
Julius Fischer built up In the noun
sains. He used to go shooting and
fishing there"
"That is it. It's place you'd love-
lots of good rooms and standing way
back on a mountain slope. with miles
OF view and stream tumbling past
the very door. Father bought 1t last
year and with 1t all the sporting rights
julius Fischer claimed The woods are
full of moose, and there are beaver and
otter. and that's where the trouble
came in"
But Fischer had trouble from the
day he went up to shoot at Kalmacks
He had to run for it. SO l was told
Didn't your father know that? Why
did Mr.. Petersham have anything to
do with the placer
"Oh. 1t was just one of pops no
lions. ! suppose" said Linda, with the
rather weary tolerance of the modern
| daughter.
They are a dangerous lot round
there"
-He knew that. They are squatters
-trappers who have squatted among
those woods and hills for generations
Or course they think the country be
longs to them. Pop knew that. and in
his opinion the compensation Julius
Fischer offered and gave them was in
adequate"
at would be-" | commented.
could without effort imagine Julius
Fischer's views on compensation. fol
| had met him in business.
well. father went into the matter
and he found that the squatters had 8
| good deal to be said for their side OF
the case. so that he did what he
thought was fair by them. He PAID
them good high prices for theirNrights
or what they considered to be theiI
rights. for in law. of course, they pos
seSsed none. Every one seemed pleased
| and satisfied. and we were looking for
ward to going there this spring for the
fishing when news came that one of ia
| theirs game wardens had been shot at ;
'Shot at?'
Linda nodded the Greek head | ad
! mired so much.
Yes. Last autumn father put on {
couple of wardens TO look after the
game. and they have been there al
winter. From their reports they hav,
/ got on quite we'll with the squatters
and now suddenly. for no reason tina
| they can guess. one of them. William
Worke by name, has been fred upon ii
h his camp"
+ killed. | asked
mo. but badly wounded He said b,
i was sure the bullet could have beer
/ put into his heart just as easily. but i
L was sent through his knee by way of ;
notice to quit. he thinks"