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Show T THE BINGHAM NEWS y Rimrock Traill peared do doabt as to her willingness She admitted tbat she had been some-times "lonesome" at the school. After thut Molly's letters were prime events at the Three Star. She wrote every week telling of life at the Keiths'. Miranda nnuie up the quartet to rend them. Molly wrote: "It Is full of excitement, tills life at the Keiths', and they are Just lovely to me. There Is a lot of com-pany always at the house and every-one seems to be enjoying himself, but somehow It strikes me as not quits real. I want to be back where no-body pretends. "I'd give anything, sometimes, for a good gallop through the redtop and sage and rabbit-brus- h on my pony." There was more talk of dinners and dances, of receptions and thea-ters, with mention of Donald Keith here and there, chat of new clothes, kind words for the elder Keiths. "Don't think I've changed," she said. "I'm the same Molly underneath even if I have been revamped and deco-rated." The famous White" Gold prospec-tuses and advertisements duly fol-lowed the news stories, , Casey Town boomed with some bonu-fid- e strikes that sent Keith's stocks soaring high. The porphyry dyke at the Molly mine began to yield rich results almost from the first, and dividends were paid in such quantities as to stagger By J. ALLAN DUNN . Author 'A Mm t. Hi, Matt." He. Copyright, 18a, by J. AlUn Dunn CHAPTER XV Continued. 12 "My name's Keith, Wilson Keith." said the other. "I'm a mining promo- ter. I'llmsoll had agreed to sell me his Interest In certain claims which showed well In assay reports. They alone were Insufliclent to interest, me. When he wired me the news of the general strike, the prospect of development opened and I came on. You seem to have blocked the deal. However, I suppose I'llmsoll can be located later. Have you any Idea where he might be found?" "It w'udn't do you one mite of good," said Saudy. "Pllmsoll didn"t own those claims. Didn't have an Interest In 'em. Tried to jump 'em, an' did the Jumpln himse'f. I heard some eastern folk had been samplln' ore an' I saw some signs up on the Casey claims. Those are the claims I'llmsoll tried to sell you, I reckon, for cash, flggerln' on the deal goln' through quick. He 'lowed he'd grubstaked Casey, which was a plumb He. I'llmsoll's got nothln' to prove his end. From now on he won't try to. The claims belong to Molly Casey, the same beln' my legal ward." "Ah I" Wilson Keith's eyes grew keen and cold. "Have you any interest In them yourself, Mr. Bourke?" "Me an' my two partners of the Three Star ranch own one-ha- lf Inter-est, equal with Molly," said Sandy eas-ily. Ills eyes matched those of the pro-moter and held them for a second or two. The thought passed through Keith's mind that Sandy's Interest, and that of his partners, might have been ob-tained from the girl tinder false pre-tenses, but he was very far from a fool and, among the things he saw In San-dy's eyes, It was clearly written that here was a man who was both abso-lutely fearless and absolutely honest hard time of It along with her old man, compared to what them soft-skinn-snips must have bad. How 'bout It, Saraf ''Sounds good to me. What do you think, Sandy! It's up to you as her guurdecn." "It sure sounds good," said Sandy. "Seems like this Mrs. Keith must be a prltty tine woman to think of takln' Molly Into her own home. I'd be In-clined --to put It this way : If Molly cottons to the Idea, let her hop to It." "Mlrandy ain't brought over the butter jet," put In Mormon, with a glance at his partners that was half shamefaced. "Why not git her opin-ion! Takes a woman to understand a woman. She'd sabe this letter a heap better'n we c'ud." Sam winked covertly at Sandy and shoved his tongue In his cheek. "That's a good Idea, Mormon," said Sandy. "Never did find out Jest what hap-pened to that last wife o' your'n, did ye, Mormon?" asked Sam, "Never did." "That's too bad." "Why!" "Gen'ral principles." "Speakln' wide, the weddln' cake of matrimony has been mostly mildewed for me," said Mormon reflectively, "but I've alius had an affinity fo' the sex. I ain't like Sandy. Nature give him nn Instinct ag'ln' 'em, as pard-ner- He was bo'n lucky." Hut Sandy had gone out. Sam and Mormon trailed htm and saw hlrn, walking toward the cottonwood grove with Grit at his heels. "He thinks a heap of Molly," opined Sam. "I reckon he sure hates to lose her, if he Is woman-shy- . 'Course Molly was Jest a kid. But I don't fancy she'll take the back-tro- ll once she gits mixed tip with the Keith outfit." T ain't so plumb sure of that," re-turned Mormon. "Molly's bo'n an bred with the West In her blood. She'll alius hear the call of the range, like a colt that's stepped wild. He'll drink at the tank, but he ain't for-gettl- n' the water-hole.- " Sandy, under the cottonwoods where the spring bubbled, so near the old prospector's grave that perhaps the old miner lying there could, in his new affinities with Nature, hear Its flow, was thinking much the same thing Mormon had expressed, hoping It might be true, chiding himself lest the thought be selfish. Memories of Molly flickered across the screen of his mind: Molly beside her father by the broken wagon, climbing to get the cactus blossom for his cairn; Molly at the grave; Molly giving him the gold piece; the wild ride across the pass and the race for the train and a recollection that was freshest of all, one he had not mentioned to his the touch drawn and signed and the shares of stock Issued that gave 26 per cent of the Molly property to her and 25 to the three partners. Keith returned to New York with his 49 per cent to weave his plans for the full develop-ment of the claims he had acquired. He had the capital and was willing to put It Into developing the Molly mine If necessary, but It was a busi-ness principle of his never to use his own money when he could get hold of someone else's. He had turned his eyes toward oil of late, scenting quick turns, and this took money. Ills wife took more; his son, Just out of college, took all he could get. Mrs. Keith, he decided, should look Molly up at her school, take her Into the Keith home on vacations, Intro-duce her Into the social whirl. The right newspaper men would see her, meet her, get the story from Blake of her romantic childhood, with photo-graphs of the Western Heiress In the Park on Horseback. Moreover, she could be Introduced to the right peo-ple, that was Mrs. Keith's end of It. Then would come the prospectuses with these extracts of the best para-graphs, tied up with views of Casey Town, with engineers' reports, with stuff about sylvanlte, a masterpiece of romance and Action, peppered with fact. The whole to be titled White Gold. Blake submitted his clever cam-paign, worthy of better things, and Keith approved of It That the part-ners of the Three Star as fifty-on- e per cent owners, of Molly Casey herself with them, should be consulted or In-formed, never entered his head. Blake's campaign was carried out most successfully. Mrs. Keith de-scended overwhelmingly upon Molly at her school, chauffeur and footman on the driving seat of her luxurious sedan; gasped a little when she saw that Molly was a beauty, could be made an unusual one with the right dressing, the right setting. Her brain, which was keen enough In business matters, told her that she could Improve her husband's program of using Molly as an attraction to bring Investors to the Keith residence. It might be a good thing Mrs. Keith was quick at dealing with the future If her son, Donald, fell In love with Molly, the heiress. She wrote to the Three Star ranch, to Sandy Bourke, guardian of "Molly Casey, without Molly's knowledge. Sandy read the letter aloud to his partners. "Dear Mr. Bourke: "I feel that I should write this letter to you although I have never met you, rather than husband, since the He had not seen many such. "I'll be glad to talk with you later," he said. "Just now I'm ravenous. Any place to eat? And does the camp get lip early or just go to bed late?" The remark raised a laugh In the crowd, now milling y about the machine. Sandy recommended Simpson's and pointed It out. Keith, the man with him, his secretary, and the chauffeur, got out and walked stiff-legge- d to their coffee. Sandy introduced Sam as his part-ner, Westlake as a mining engineer and assayer. Keith gave Westlake a shrewd appraising glance, and a nod. "I'm too sleepy myse'f to talk busl- - The Qal W'udn't Promise U Oa t School 'Less We Shared Even-Steven- ," Said Mormon. the Three Star outfit, who saw them-selves In a fair way to become rich. All over the barren hills, where the my question Is one that a woman can handle better than a man that only a woman csn understand and appreci-ate. "I have seen your Molly and she has entirely captivated me. She Is really wonderful, with wonderful possibili-ties. I want to take her into my home, Mr. Bourke. I think she feels the need of the companionship and advice of an older woman, rather than that of the girls at the school. "I wish I could talk with you per-sonally about this. Letters are such Inadequate things. But I know, from Mr. Keith, that you have her Interests at heart and so have I. I shall dear-ly love to have her with me, and I feel confident from what I have seen of her, that she will be happier in a home, with some one, who, however poorly, may take the place of the mother she must have missed all these years. "Let me hear from you soon. If my health and other matters permit, I must try to come out with Molly be-fore very long. Mr. Keith has seen this letter and approves of my sug-gestion to have Molly with us. "Most sincerely yours, "ELIZABETH VEJINO.N KEITH." It was a clever letter. There were several touches about It thatatlost amounted to genius. The mother' sug-- partners; of Molly's lips on his as he had bade her goodby. The kiss had not been that of a child, there had been a magic in It that had thrilled some chord in Sandy that still responded to that re-membrance. Miranda, alone in the flivver, a new car of her own, bought with money paid by Keith for her claim, was at the ranch house when Sandy returned. Miranda and young Ed Bailey, accept-ing Westlake's advice, had sold for ensh, getting fifteen thousond dollars to divide between them, refusing more glittering offers of stock. It was a windfall well worth their endeavor and they were amply satisfied. Young Ed had promptly gone to agricultural college. Miranda, Mormon and Sara were talking about this when Sandy came up. "It sure made a man of young Ed overnight," said the spinster. "He thought It out all by himse'f an' nigh surprised us off our feet. We're plumb proud of him. "Mr. Westlake was over day before yesterday," she went on. He says things Is boomln' up to Casey Town. There's been some good Strikes, one In the claim nex' but one to ours. Keith's goln' to start things whlrlln', I reckon." "Mebbe he'll see Molly," suggested Sam. "Though of course she ain't to Keith's house yet." "How'a that?" asked the spinster eagerly. "We are waitln' fo' Sandy to show you the letter," said Sam. Miranda read the letter through twice, folded It and held It In her lap for a few moments. Then : "I don't rightly git the motive hack of this wrltln'. It ain't been sent without one. Mebbe she's Just taken a fancy to Molly, mebbe she's a wom-an that likes to do kind things and thinks Molly'Il pay well for beln' taken up. I don't mean In money, but, If Molly didn't have a show of beln' rich, an' warn't prltty, which she Is, I ain't certain Mrs. Keith 'ud be so eager. I guess It's all right, but, somehow. It don't hit me as plumb sincere." "You'd vote ag'ln It?" asked Sandy. "No-- o. I w'udn't." "I flggered on puttln' It up to Molly." "That's a good Idee. An', as her guardeen, I'd suggest that Mrs. Keith lives up to that e of hers an' make It a condition she brings Molly out here Inside of six months. That'll give time for a fair first futile shafts had been driven and abandoned, buildings sprang up like mushrooms, housing machinery, send-ing up plumes of white smoke that tokened the underground energies. The three partners held consulta-tion as to their disposal of the checks that were sent them. "Molly, she's gettln' the same amount we're split tin' both ways," said Sam, "but somehow It don't seem right to me the way we come In. It was her dad's mine. He found It All we did was to find her an' Grit done that" "The gal w'udn't promise to go to school 'less we shared even-Steven,- " said Mormon. "I see It this way," snld Sandy. "I've done a heap of thlnkln' over the matter. I'm plumb sure that If we-at- l didn't take the money Molly 'ud pull out her picket-pi- n an' say we wasn't playln fair an square with her. I flgger we can do this. We can use the money, keepln' account of It, pur-ti- It Into stock an' Improvements that'll pay fo' themselves long befo' Molly comes of age an' my guardeen papers play out. Thot way we'll have the benefit of the capital an' keep It ready to turn over to her If she ever needs It. I don't believe she'll ever take one red of It. It was a gamble with her an' she's a thoroughbred sport. But, In case anything, ever turns up, or she glti married, we'll have It handy." "Flgger she's goln' to marry that young Keith? I sure hate to think of Molly hltchln' up with a tenderfoot But I subscribe to Sandy's scheme on these here dividends of ours." "Count me In," snld Mormon. And so the affair was settled. Of I'llmsoll little was heard. The gambler hud deserted that profession, and stayed close to his horse ranch. It lay alone, and few visited It save I'llmsoll's own associates. Rumors drifted concerning I'llmsoll's remark-able herd Increase of saleable horses, but unless proof of actual operation was forthcoming, there was small chance of pinning anything down In the way of Illegal work. Wyatt once, staggering out of some blind pig In Hereford, babbled In maudlin drunk-enness of his determination to go; even with I'llmsoll for stealing his sweetheart. For Wyatt. for the sake of the girl, had gone back to Plun-soll- 's employ. (TO RE CONTINUED.) ness, said Sandy. "My two pardners are In the same boat So, If you-al- l want to look oveh the camp ag'ln, Mr. Keith, an' talk business with any one you find awake an' wlllln' I'll prob'bly see you befo' nightfall. You know where the claims are." Keith stood for a moment In the door of Simpson's, looking after Sandy. "A fairly slick article, the man with the two guns, Blake," he said to his secretary. "But he's straight" "And mighty hard to bend," added Blake with a yawn. "There were only a few old-time- In the crowd, Blake," said Keith. "A heap of people hear of a gold rush and think It's always a Tom Tiddler's ground, like washing out the rich sands of Nome. They'll be glad to sell and take shares for cash." "Ought to change the name of the camp," suggested Blake. "Dynamite Is known as an exploded prospect." " "Thought of that," said Keith. "How about Casey Town, after the original discoverer, who always believed In the place, but lacked the money for devel-opment, and wouldn't take In a part-ner? Picturesque and good stuff for the prospectuses. You might send off gome stuff about that, Blake, work In this Sandy Bourke and I'llmsoll affair. Good, lively publicity stuff, we can use again later on. Romance of Casey's daughter. Wonder where she Is?" He lapsed Into silence, swallowing his coffee In gulps. Sandy and his companions found Mormon asleep on the Bailey claims. Miranda brewed coffee, and they told her the news of I'llmsoll and the ar-rival of Keith. "It's too bad you didn't run Pllmsoll out of the county, or the state," re-marked the spinster. "If that man Keith wants to buy my claims I'm wlllln' to sell. Mllkln' Is more in my line than inlnln', I've decided." "Let's hold a pow-wo- before we turn In," said Sandy. "Westlake, what do you know about Keith? Anything?" "I've beard of hltn. I Imagine he started out as a promoter rather than a developer. He has made some lucky strikes. There Is no doubt but that he can float this proposition on a large scale, induce others to put money Into It. He'll put the camp on a working basis. If the gold's here that will be a sound one. There is no doubt In my mind that Patrick Casey picked the best side of the gulch. The Indications are In sight there. 1 would say sell these for cash, holding out on price unt'l Keith re-fuses to offer more. He'll come back for a final bid. But let him organize with your claims. Those claims are the big bet of this camp, and he knows It." "Fifty-on- e per cent an' the name's Molly Casey, then," said Sandy. "What's more, you're t be consult-ing engineer or whatever they call the fat job, Westlake. I'm dawg Hred. Sam, let's shack over to our claims." Sandy. Sam and Mormon refirned to the Three Star with the papers M IS She Wrote to the Three Star Ranch, to Sandy Bourke, Guardian of Molly Casey. gestlon, the need of companionship and advice from an older woman, all went home; though It was some time before the trio entirely absorbed the meaning of the glossy phrases and glib vocabulary. The letter passed about In silence after Sandy hud read It, Sam and Mormon plowing through the maze of the fashionable script. "Reckon she's right," said Mormon. "Molly's different She had a mighty trial an' yovf can see right then fo' yoreself how It's work In'." "That's a plumb fine Idee," sold Mormon, looking triumphantly at his partners. 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