The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09


 
 easrn il osoloea FrEaay night ras. E6s dollars along: yos1i be met their and ca hand ft over.
 Below was rude drayzing of eof-
 Petersham read the nobe out to 5oa md myself
 Where'a ButIerss calrn 2. hs asked
 T know fl, z satd Novennbs But- lers catrn is on a h1I about tzo n1tle- west of here z
 ..T suppose ysu won't gore said
 With the money9 Certainly nef
 You can hardly go without at
 why not z
 Ton wsss1d be shot dcgVn
 d talk to the rufians dvst and fhen if there was any shooting, suess I'd be as much ln it as they yzoalds
 T suggest that we all tree sss said ,. But Joe would have n0ns of etig plan.
 There's nothing to be snsd nE saaat Mr. QnariEch. You bet these 1sIlassH keep . pretty bright lookoue If they saw three of us cozning tayd shoot as Ike as not.
 T was thinking might sIlp Iiaft along to But1er's cafrn and nnsyns st look at inc felias.''
 .Nors saId Petersha1n decidedly. won't eSTlow lt You say yourself you would Se shot.'
 T said we would get shot not us alone. Three men can't 60 ausst where enc cAn.s
 And so finally. 1t was arranged, though not without good deal of ars gument with Petersham.
 That's dae reElow,' rsrked Ps tersham.
 nodded
 s1The kind Of fellow who fought s7ith and bettered the Iroauois at theIr ctin game I wonder what he viii zee at Buffers catrn
 It was past midnight when Jca ap peared again. Petersham and bOth asked for his neWBs
 November shookt his head f1sFe nothing to tell; nothing at all. ! dune see no one.
 Where were yougr
 Lying down on top of the caizzn 3s self There's good corners 10 #
 sTou could see well round then, and if any one had come you would not have failed to observe them"
 Couldn't be too sure. There Waa some dark times when the moon Was shut in by clouds They might "a come them times, though don't thialr they did. But I'll know for certain soon unless it comes on heavy rain. There's a fine little lake they calll Buffers pond ID there. You take your nshpole, MT ouaritch, and we'll go over at sunrise and you t1y for some Of them trout while take scout round for tracks"
 This we did, but search as Joe would he failed to discover any sign at alL He told me this when he Joined ma at breakfast time.
 After I had caught nice stEDg o trout we walked back to Eslmack-. circIing round the house before Ee en- tered it. The sand lay gs1ldistuFbed b. any strange footstep. but when we goo in we found MT Petersham in stato Of the greatest excitement.
 .One Of the bIackmailera has had c long talk with Puft1ck.. 1. he told us-
 seWhat9''
 Incredible as it sounds, t is soH
 ~But when was this7p
 Early this morning some lime aftr CT you and Joe started. This ls how 1t happened Putt1ek had 5uat got m ana gone 0OFFm sVKzEl a G1n C1 Eelsal4 tlllli some spare canvas and tin to mend that canoe we ripped on the rcck yes terday. In fact he had only just be- gun working when he was startled by 8 voice ordering him to hold up hi1 Iands.T
 By love, what nextg'
 s.Why, he held them up- He had no choice. And then a man stepped out from behind the big rock that's just above where the canoe lies.
 .T hope Puttfck recognized him.
 ssNo. The fellow had a red handler chief tied over his nose and mouth Only his eyes showed under the brim of felt hat that was pulled low down over them He carried rifle. that be kept full on Puttick's chest while they talked. But I'll call Puttick Re can finish the account of the anatr himself. That's best"
 Puttick answered to the call, and after running over the storys which was exactly similar to that we had just heard from Petershan. he con lznued:
 sThe tough had a red banker tied over his ugly face, nothing but his eye showing He had me covered with hfs gun to righfx all the time.
 sWhat kind Of a gun was ttss.
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