Show we follow By Bret ate HE it four men inea the Zip Coon ledge had B ut jot to their There was ws tie the u ual 9 hesitation which s apt ant jo sit t 1 taking up of ot LW regular on monotonous shown In thIs 11 lu scrutiny of n a picks r ji solemn iC h it Ing or weighing or O a drill One member he in a funny paragraph He h found in tho sv t rap of wrapped around jus his cheese shamelessly sat down o finish it of the prospecting pan thrown at him by another They Had taken jp p their daily routine of mining life like schoolboys at their th tasks said sd Neil Ned Wyngate joyously recognizing a possible further Interruption Interruption tion Blamed If f the express rider aint coming her hr wit w shading e eyes e with his a is he h gazed over the broad sun bakel Of broken flat tl em aim an tie high road alt all luok d ip up and saw the tho figure of a Than man with a bag thrown over his galloping to toward ward wad thorn U It was an event as thir letters usually left at the at th cross eroes I vr something was goin to hap pon ild I feel a bit like this imming H Mere r s one of or the number ran off to the horseman horsman They l him hm until th thy y tho latter d rein OP up tn nl i hand n a brov nr envelope to m HI r who wh rm rin br tick L with wt it A to the as the hc horse rs rsm m In n TI jr li away H A 1 t i gr from hs ha 5 said ud handing ft to th man n id bf n r fhe th crap rp of pai paper er wa waa a were v r expensive In those day w th the Tn r of rhe rIi Zip Tip on l Ledge edge Thoy burning with curiosity yet a sin thing Accustomed ax a nd been to life ifs of oC brotherly famil and unceremonious MS this pot por ju manage from the outside world t ti joa recalled their old formal formals s They looked away re elver et f the telegram and he ho hoI I part an apologetic p nit nw bo boys s as he lie broke the oo wa was another which seem d di i a i h interminable to the tho waiting part tT r Then the voice of Wels Is in quit a natural tones tone saId paid By gum That 3 fur fOnny n Read that Dexter ri ad It out 1 iid o l cl r Rire the foreman took the if le n m from froni Wells hand n I 1 Ii i 1 as a Your uncle Quincy t IH Hi v merd iv l you sol solLi sole Li ir attend vou OU tomorrow for In i attorneys tamer to en Cr tho th miners lightened and t tied to Wells But his Lace face kod lay w congratulate you ou Mr Walls I fi 1 i it with affected p yu f u uncle may have been H I H i go gos 9 with the prop k v he c Lord or Very lf faco I II an zIn to laugn f This was wa that Dexter n 11 and senior V t there cack eack V jF 1 you C u t r it 3 Jackson T 1 a ih 11 hr n ir ma i oo 0 boys there then 1 I I t W I mean I le all that a sell I grap 9 expensive I II e v boys Ive v though I t dont know II him be ho deed dead But his hist t i i isted of 01 a size I Ir r c i i i a jed td out long agoa rum ram ti t 1 jL v U sheds heds called a co go and H kind of market garden of cr at Ut three a 5 re ree where he reared and aol vegetable ble ld He lie wax was always noor ana n as tor lug it said me yr 1 youre boen said S ir That 3 h wey find every crack I I h d stuck Lull full of greci S L of deposit a and anda id a I lust and coin burled buried all over 5 w v And of course no on onIt oni It of he lived ved all allt t never let fet anyone get nto his hI bt n nearly starved starred himself Lorl res hundreds of such world is full of m mf f Wm d In anti and I tell you what t conn urn over with von the poe sIon and just pro prof lf b amed shanty shant pig sties for f I n nand and wont 1 r nt it Jack keens ons tad really tiT r the B rf ell en eni i presently 1 t t bo boys s ar arTt ikee 3 ha t spotted ni tny I LolI v S repeated Rice and B Ti k it vf f IT that s the tre place t I itoh here and a God Goda C a ou ki ow I 1 on en Hp Zip Coon Ledge t v t f I k Ive vt Hollow and it ItaI aI no ni KOO gul l had eer yet et ett t that h hut ut lisa of PC now nOsy said asid iv c I ul tiJI draw It all lurk whoa coming r a i i an ji hot bet your life I k M this trouble f fn 1 U n in it Anyhow 11 v k r w v and call It half L r ur ir S i to ILk his baronial 1 i keye kye Hollow Hollos Well Jut at the cross crost crossL v L nip flit and a quiet game I it eys nse I It t I good for that he here heS S re And speak r minded man and US prost prest I If Jackson would k oat air that tele teleS S ut h k of his while were weri at 1 r r do th something for L Un credit With LI m ni some new plant C ugh the ln n if Tomlinson produced A it b Zip p Coon Coonc c rr n advanced ut Iu In as us po to infusion of ci I i til tile corn com comEt Et Vt t b by offers of machinery and nd It was deemed expedient en Rice Rica hat to prevent th tho j jUr r of t any more accurate In Ini i ti tn n regarding Aa ou property r xi day the Ui lawyer lawyor be met li hi bv l ne of the members past S ib liD j dge Id let you go he sid said Ja Jackson k n only U it wont wout do for that d j skunk of a to think oure youre r jiM abe want to rub ni into int him ate art in the haJ haic Jt out ou yer y of l Reft ft U nand ut a fortin f ii nr r Ur ls into now ant and antS S 11 ii tI i t n along ip c c r nm It t hurL fr tint ip ipa u a big i lif r m oh that timi hand band o ot yut No Nob o b 11 dy di would lare to yo Indeed this idea was carried Out ut with such men el Lb the next day that Mr th Attorney was considerably oth toy by tile of ot nit his Kl who cur curI I titi t y indifference i gur j Jackson 11 t the or Jackson himself lf a lui ho ad 1 to ii be ostentatiously called from rm TU work on oil the tho ledge to meet mett him and ad even x U hint him sn in the ln ol Of am p vl into s Ue attitude bo ta ed ISIS his rt a at ut bin obliged tt to bother Mr We Wet t at aPt affair of f such secondary Import be Wan vas obliged to carry out th iii of Z the law last U Vt h Lt vt do ito you the tho estate la is orth rth asked Welte cr e l lI I l not think that tho house IM UI and sac th thi land would bring moio mor tire ii r x submissively el elT A T i ht ho lin f of Zip Xii e it taree um sum but th they v 1 11 not Show It You see continued Ir Twigg if a ca aae e of wilting property Iron from its obvious or IT heritors ten b a beneficial grant I tak tuk it that you ud your jour untie uncle were nOt particularly at leu t so I d when I made the will and hit his v I object to disinherit his only ith whom be had some I urn wh ud left him to live with M lik lat 13 tv t f e Mr Morley Brown v a is t e and ari residing in tn tnT ti T township ship Perhaps you remember remembert t I lady TL k w n fl bId a dim recollection of 3 m a red hatred haired girl girland and an art equally unpleasant memory of this uncle who was and had never taken any notice of him There may be some attempt to con contest test tho will continued Mr Twiggs as ac tho disinheriting of an only child chila and anil a daughter offends the sentiments of the plo and of judges and jury And the lakes such a wilt will Invalid unless a aIs ais Is given Fortunately your uncle his reasons on record I have havea a copy of the will here and con can show you the clause He took It from his pocket and read as follows I exclude my daughter Wells from any ben bennt nt lit of this my will and amid tests testa testament ment for the reason that she has volun voluntarily tartly abandoned her fathers roof fo for forthe the house ot of her mothers brother Mor Morley Morby ley by Brown flits nas preferred the tho fleshpots of Egypt to the virtuous frugalities of her own hom end and has discarded the humble friends of her youth and the associates of her Lather father for the und and slavish sympathy of arid position Jn in lieu thereof anti and as aa compensation therefore I do hereby give and bequeath to her my full and free permission to gratify her frequently expressed wish for another guardian in place of myself and to become the tho of the tho said Morley Brown with the privilege oi of assuming the of Brown as said You see hs lu continued as the young ladys present position IB is a better onis than it would bo be If she were in hot her fathers h huse use and was evidently a com coal compromise promise the sentimental consideration oC of oCher her toeing being and penniless falls falK to the ground However as the s sis is small and might be of little account to you if you vou choose to waive it I daresay wo WIt may make some arrangement This nut an utterly unexpected Idea to the Zip Zi Coon company and I Vela was for a tt moment silent But BLIt I Dexter Rice wa was to the emergency and turned to the astonished lawyer with sevire dignity excuse me for in out but as the senior partner of this yar yer Ledge and Jackson Wells yet yer beth H 5 most Important member affects his on this claim affects us usAnd And we propose to tD carry out this yet yer will With all Its dips and spurs and angles I A As the Twiggs front from fromI frontI I one to the other A i continued Ez Es far farI I an ac we kin tl this little game fame fameI I Its the lust punishment of a highflying I girl as breaks her pore eJ old fathers father s hear and the reward of a young feller fIer ez has hasbin hasbin bin to our knowledge ez cx devoted a nephew as they make em Time and time again around our camp lire at night heard beard say kinder to t himself Had and kinder lo to us its Now I wonder wha gone o old Uncle Quincy and ho he heI I sat down lev a square meal or ever rose from a square game but what he ailus said if 11 old Quince was only hare now boys I d die happy I leave It to you gentlemen if that Jack Jackson son loft Wolfe gait all the time There was wasa a of assent and an affecting corroboratIon from Ned Wyn Wyngate Wyngate gate of that thai ws was him that was Jacksy all the Indeed indeed ild lawyer nerv nervously nervously I had bad quite the Idea that there wits very vera little fondness Not on your side not on your side aIde Said Mid Rice quickly Uncle Quincy may not have anted up in this matter o nor apr seen his nephews rise You know hOw haw it I Is yourself in these things being a lawyer and a man Its nfl all allon on one side aide generally Theres always one who loves and sacrifices and all that and theres always one who rakes in the pot the way o 0 the world and why continued Rice abandoning his slightly philosophical attitude and laying his nis hand and yet with a singularly significant grip on Wells arm we say suy to him hang on to that will and Uncle memory And we bay hev to say it For hes that tenderhearted and of mone monni having his own share in this ledge that cf ci that girl came to him hed let her take the prop and let the hull thing slide And then hed remember that he had rewarded that sal gal that broke the old mans and that would upset him again In his work And there you see H it just where we come In And we say hang on to that will like grim death Tho lawyer looked curiously at Rice his companions and then turned to Verte Nevertheless I must look to you for he said dryly By time Jackson Wells although really dubious about supplanting the or orphan phan gathered the sense of his part partners irs ners with a frank show of ae ce eIson T think J I must stand by the will Th Then n Il have It proved said rising In who meantime If there is any talk of contesting If there Ik ii you might say suggested Wyngate wh I felt he had not had a fair shea in the little comedy je ye might Say to that Ol Old T sic KS of ot a vv brother If It he wants 4 that there are arc four men on ledge and four revolvers ers Wo We are peace peaceful peaceful ful men but when an old mans heart heartIs Is broken and hit gray hairs brought down In sorrow to the grave HO so to speak were bound to Na attend nd the funeral Sabe 1 i ir i r When Mr r Twiggs had departed again accompanied by a to guide him past the of Tomlinsons s grocery Rica hand on Wells shoulder if it hadn t b been n for me son sonny sonny ny that shark would hav landed you into seine compromise with that red haired gal I saw you yomi vv and then I F chipped In I m ma have piled up th agony a little on love for old Quince but If you ungrateful l cub how you ough to hey hev been anyhow Nevertheless the youthful Wells although touched by his partners loyalty and convinced of his own disinterestedness felt a painful sense of ot lost chivalrous opportunity I OB On mature maturo consideration Mt jt was finally settled that Jackson VIl should make his preliminary of his limber alone as It might em t eat ent with the previous indi erent attitude of his partners if they ac him But he was implored to y Id to no blan of the enemy and tt erix make Ms tie visit a secret S SHe 4 He went The familiar tree which had given Its name to Buck Buckeye Buckeye eye Hollow had never yielded entirely to improvements and the Incursions of mining enterprise and many of them had oven even survived the disused ditches the scarred flats the discarded levels ruined lames flumes and roofless cabins of the tho t so that Whop when Jackson Wells entered the wide straggling street of Buckeye that summer morning was filled with the radiance of its blossoms blosso s sand and fragrant with their incense His first visit there ten years a ago o had been beena a purely perfunctory and hasty one vet et ho remembered the tho aas as hotel built in the flush time of itt its prosper ity and already In a green premature decay he recalled the express office and town hall hail also passing away In a kind of similar green the little Tine rine church now overgrown with fern fernand and brambles hd the two or three fine in tb tl outskirts which seemed tOty sucked ve e vitality of the settlement Ono Of these ho had bt told was the property of his rich and wicked uncle hated of his cousins He recalled visit to the departed testators clAIm and market garden and his hip by n nO V means favorable impression of the crabbed old man its as well aa a his r that the cousin he had not seen since h hf f was waft a boy was then absent at thu rival uncle a He nade hl hi way across tiUi road ad to a slope where the themar mar garden Sarden of acres seemed to like 11 a of SI rapids ls to a lit un o ot brook which even in the taE a o showed a trickling rill nIl But lire hare ho lie waa struck by l Kance The garden garton rested in a rich allu alluvial vial SOIl noil and tho quickening Call Cali fornia had far beyond the ability of Its iti late cultivator to restrain or keep It in order Everything had grown luxuriantly and in monstrous size and profusion Th Thu garden had even tres n M d Us its bounds and upon the open road the deserted claims and the ruins of the lie Past Stimulated by the little cultivation Wells had found time to give it it leaped itt its three acres neres and rioted the hollow were sis ra crossing the abandoned sluice peas climbing the court J onse Youse Strawberries matting the th trail while seeds pollen of U It few homely flowers had been blown far and ve Je through the woods By fly a grim satire nature seemed to have been the only tiling that still prospered j in that settlement af man manThe 1 The cabin built of unpainted boards consisted of o a sitting room dining room kitchen two bedrooms all alt plainly although one of the bedrooms was ordered and dis certain signs of feminine decora deera decoration tion which made believe It lad been hK cousing cousIn room Lucidly the Ji slight temporary structure deep traces of Its previous occupancy to dis disturb disturb him with Its memories and for the same reason It t gained In cleanliness and freshness the dry summer wind that blew through It had earned carried away both time the odors and the sense of do even the adobe hearth had no fireside talon tales to te Its wery ashes had been scattered by tho winds and time the gravestone of Its dead owner on the hill bill billI vas I as no more flavorless of hits his personality than was this house In ip which he ha had lived and died Ilie excessive vege vegetation tation produced by tIme the soil had covered and hidden the empty tin cans broken boxes and fragments of |