Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-17

ness relations Mir Petersham is pow nr Go be rec5oned with. at home he eX- l>ts for the sole apparent purpose of carrying out his charming daughters wishes. 1t is a delightful house to go to for they are the happiest people know.
 found myself the only guest, which surprised mo. for the petersham man. sion has reputation for hospitality.
 James. 1 want you to do this for me want you Co persuade pop not to do something
 "Iy persuade himg You don't Hpcd me for that-you. who can make him do or not do anything. just as you wishr
 "l thought could, but 1 find can't"
 "How is that?'
 Well he is set on going back to Eolmacks"
 "Ealmacks? | know it is the place Julius Fischer built up in the noun tains He used to go shooting and fishing there'
 "rhat 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 a stream tumbling past the very door. Father bought it last year and with it an the sporting rights JuIWs Fischer claimed. The woods are fuli of moose. and there are beaver and otter. and that's where the trouble came lu
 "But Fischer had trouble from the day be went mp Co shoot at Kalmacks He had Co run for it, so ] was told Didn't your father know that? Why did Mir Petersham have anything to do with the placer
 "Oh. 1t was just one of pops no. rions, I suppose" said Linda, with the rather weary tolerance of the modern daughter
 They are dangerous lot round there"
 He knew that. They are squatters jumpers who have squatted among those woods and hills for generations Of 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"
 "It would be-" l commented. could without effort imagine Julius Fischer's views on compensation, for ! had met him in business.
 Well, father went into the matter and he found that the squatters had a 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 their rights. or what they considered to be their 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 fa. ther's game wardens had been shot at"
 Shot at?'
 Linda nodded the Greek head l ad- 1 mired so much.
 Yes. Last autumn father put on a couple of wardens to looS after the game. and they have been there all i winter From their reports they have got on quite well with the sQuatters, and now suddenly for no reason that 1 they can guess. one Of them, William Worke by name, has been fired upon in his camp"
 "Kiled2" I asked
 No. but badly wounded He said he was sure the bullet could have been put into his heart just as easily. but it was sent through his knee by way of a notice to quit, be thinks Those folks up there must be half savages."
 ''rhey are, but that's not all Three days ago a letter came. meant for fa- i ther. but addressed to me. Whoever | wrote it must have seen father and [ knew that he was not the kind of man | who could be readily frightened, so they thought they would get at him | through me. It was a horrible letter" The words were written upon a sheet torn from an old account book. They ran as follows:
 You, Petersham, you mean skunk | Don't you come in our wods unles yor | willing to pasy five thousand dollars. Bring ! the goods and youl be told wher to put iL ] SO it will come into the hands of rters. l Dollars ain't nOthin to you. but they can l keep an expanding bullet out yor hide. 'Do you think it is hoax?"
 "Well, no, l can't honestly say I do.'
 (Which means, in plain language, that if father does not pay up that S5,- GOO he will be shot"
 Not necessarily. He need not go up ! to Kalmacks this fall"
 But of course he will go! He's more set on going than ever You know fa- ther when he's dealing with men, And he persists in his opinion that the let ter is probably only blun" I considered for a little before ! spoke. Linda. have you really sent for me 10 try to persuade your father | that it would be wiser for him not to | go tO Kalmacksf" i Linda's lip curled scornfully. "I should not put it just llke thatl can ! imacine fathers answer if you did 1 I'm afraid it will be no good letting you say anything you don't know how"
 "You mean that have no tactT She smiled at me. and ] instantly forgave her. "Well. perhaps I do. but i you know it is far better to be able to I give help than just to talk about it. | Father is determined on going to Kal. 1 macks. and l want you to come with