The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-02-18

was in it. When did you begin to sus
pect him?''
Last night. when Mr. Pctersham
didn't go to Buffers cairn. The fellaS
who promised to meet him never put
in there either. That was queer, wasn't
it? or course it could mean one thing
that some one had told 'em that Mr.
Petersham weren't coming. There was
only us three. and Puttick knew Sc
Puttick must a been the one to tell"
But November" l said. "puttick
never left the house. for you remcm-
Der you found no tracks ON the sand
How. then. could he let them know"
II guess he waved a lantern OF made
some other sign they'd agreed on
But why didn't you tell me all this
at once?" exclaimed Petersham.
Because weren't sure. Their not
going to Buffers cairn might IL been
chance. But this morning. when Put,
tick comes in with his yarn about the
man with the red banker across his
face that made him hold up his hands
and threatened him when he was
mending the canoe. / begun to thinl;
we shouldn't be so much longer in the
dark. And when l went down and
had a look around by the river. | knew
ut once his story was a lie. and that
he'd got an interest in soaring Mr.. Pc
tersham away
GLOW did you know that:'
you mind Puttick said the fella
come just when he was beginnin' to
mend the canoe? | took look ut the
work he'd done on it and he couldn't
"a got through all that under an hour
He's fixed a little square of tin over
the rent as neat as neat. And then
wasn't it queer the fella should have
come on him there-a place Ii"
wouldn't be in not one morning Of a
hundred!"
You believe lie made up the whole
story? And that no one came ut all?"
I'm pretty sure of it. There wasn't
a sign or Il track and as to the fella's
jumpin' from stone to stone. there's
distances of fourteen and sixteen feet
between. Still he might "a done it.
or he might a walked in the water,
ana | were not going to speak till
were sure
GO on. We're still in the dark, Joe"
said Linda.
well, Miss Linda. You remember
how Puttick advised Mr.. Petersham to
pay or go. and how l told him to stick
it out. and when I'd given him that
advice. said to you that | was going
across to Senlis lake. and asked Mr..
Quaritch to tell Puttick. thought
there was a good chance that Puttick
would put on one of his partners to
scare me. You see nobody knew which
way were going but you and him,
SO it'd be fair certain that if | was
interfered with it would prove Puttick
guilty."
THAT was clever, though you ran a
horrible risk. Was there any particu-
lar reason why you chose to go to Sen
lis lakey'
"Sure. l wanted to see if any one had
been over there looking for your
brooch. On'y us and Puttick knew it
was lost, and you'd said how your ia
ther had paid dollars and dollars for
it. When a thing like that's lost
woodsmen II go miles to try to find it.
and Puttict must "a told the Tomlill-
sons, for there was tracks all around
our fire where we boiled the kettle"
"Do you think they found my
brooch:"
Huh. No | pick it up myself five
minutes after you drop it. ] only KEEP
1t, pretendin' it was lost, as Il bait like
I've told you what happened to me
| coming back and how had to shoot
Dandy TOminson. His shooting at
me after was down give me sur
prise. for | didn't think he'd want tc
do more than scare me. but ! guess II
was natural enough. for Puttick was
gettin' ratified at me always nosin
around"
"It's all very clear. November, and
We know everything except who it was
shot Bin Worke.'
Il guess Muppy Tomlinsons the
man"
"What makes you think that?'
bill was shot with Il 1915 rifle
Both Puttick and Dandy Tominsol
carries 3O-3O's. Auppy's rifle is ,
1910"
How can you know what sort o1
rife was used to shoot with? The
bullet was never found" said Linda.
81 picked up the shell the first time
l was over with yor.''
and you never told mel" said she
But that doesn't matter. What I'm
really angry with you for is your max
/ ing me promise not to go out yesterday
and then deliberately going out your
self to draw their fire. Why did vol
do it? If you had been killed should
never have got over it,"
and what 'ud l have done if YOU'D
! been killed, Miss Linda?'
what do you mean. Joe?' said Lin
da softly
II mean that if one of the party
were with got killed in the wood:
! w bije I was thai, rl,iIa IA on RICH