Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-19

"Ycs. haven't you noticed? I got Mir petcrshnm Co have two loads of s8nd brought up from the lake and laid Ull round the house It takes a track wonderful ] guess its pretty near impossible Co come nigh the house without leaving a clear trail But the first rainy night. l mean when there's rain enough to wash out tracks"
 They'll comeT'
 "Yes. they'll likely come"
 But as it happened Joe was wrong. l believe that his reasoning was cor rect enough. and that it was the fear of leaving such marks ns would enable ms to gather something of their iden- tIty that kept the enemy from pinning upon our door the letter which finally arrived prosaically enough in a cheap store envelope that bore the Prlam- vile postmark The contents of this letter were as follows;
 Pctersham, you so alone to Buffers cairn n o'clock Friday night Take the dollars along; y0ul be met their and can hand it over.
 Below was a rude drawing of a cof. fn
 Petersham read the note out to Joe sud myself
 Where's Buffers cairng' be asked
 "I know it" said November. But l.e's cairn is on.a hin about two miles west of here"
 "I suppose you won't go?' said I.
 with the moneyI Certainly notg "Nou can hardly go without it."
 "Why not?'
 "You would be shot down."
 'I'd talk to the ruhiaus first and then if there was any shooting guess I'd be as much in it as they would"
 "I suggest that we all three go." said.
 But Joe would have none Of this b'an.
 There's nothing to be gained by that Mir Quaritch You bet these feIasl keep a pretty bright lookout If they saw three of us coming they'd shoot as like as not
 "l was thinking might slip right along to Buuers cairn and maybe get a look at the fellaS
 "Nor said Petcrsham decidedly. 'I won't allow it. You say yourself you would be shot'
 "I said we would get shot, not me Eione. Three men can't go quiet where one can"
 And so finally 1t was arranged, though not without a good deal of ar- gumcut with petersham
 That's a fine fellow remarked Pe- tersham
 nodded
 "The kind Of fellow who fought with and bettercd the lroquois at their own game. ! wonder what he will see at Euucr's cairnT
 It was past midnight when Joe ap- pcared again Petersham and both asked for his news.
 November shook his head. "Tve nothing to tell; nothing at all didn't see no one.'
 Where were you?"
 living down on top Of the cairn it. self There's good corners to it."
 You 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 was some dark times when the moon was shut in by clouds They might "a come them times, though | don't think they did But Ill know for certain soon unless it comes on heavy rain There's a fine little lake they calls Buffers pond up there. You take your lshpole, Mir Quaritch. and we'll go over at sunrise and you try for some of them trout while l take a 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 me at breakfast ume.
 After 1 had caught nice string of trout we walked back tu Kalmacks. circling round che house before we en- tered iL The sand lay undisurbed by any strange footstep. but when we got in we found Mir Petcrsham in state of the greatcsr excitement
 "One Of the blackmailers has had a long talk with putuck" he told us.
 "WhutT"
 Incredible as it sounds. it is sO."
 But when was thisF'
 Early this morning some time aft CT you and Joe started This is how it happened. Puttick had just got up and gone down with a Gin of rOsin and some spare canvas and tin Co mend that canoe we ripped on the rock yes terday In fact he bad only just be- gun working when he was startled by voice ordering him to hold up bis hands"
 By love what nextY
 Why. be beld them up He had no choice And then a man stepped out