Show we 11 in 21 by V CL FRANCIS S an dog LYNDE copyright by Cli charles arles scribner a e bona sons THE girla synopsis under his grandea there ther a will stanford broughton estate valued at something like 40 les 1 es in a sate safe repository latitude and longitude described and that Is all it may be didenti fled by the presence nearby of a brown haired blue eyed girl a pie bald horse and a dog with a spilt split face halt half black and hall half white stanford at first regards the be quest as a practical joke but after consideration seta sets out to find his legacy on his way to denver stanford hears from a fellow ellow trav eler charles fullerton Bul Bui lerton a mining engineer a story having to do with a flooded amne m ne me ale guesses at the possibility of a mine as a e safe afe repos tory fullerton Bui Bul lerton refuses him information broughton starts for placerville erville in the red desert at atropia just as the train pulls out stanford sees what appear to be the identical horse and dog de scribed in his grandfather grandfathers s will impressed he leaves the train at the next stop angels unable to X secure a conveyance broughton seizes a track inspection car and escapes leaving the impression on the town marshal beasiey beasley that he is Is demented pursued he aban bar dons the car which Is krecl wrecked CHAPTER V cont aued 3 gentle reader I 1 wonder it if you N ie e iver tried to climb a telegraph pole rit without hout the contrivances that a line can nan buckles upon his feet if you caven t the advice of this amateur Is 1 dnn don t half a dozen times I 1 shinnied BD ID to vol I 1 aps the height of a man mans s bead head only to come slid ng down again on a run at last by a series of inch anes I 1 contrived to get within arm arms s reach of the lowest crosspiece I 1 tiers hers to in hand I 1 strained for the nearest tylre it and began to twist it back and forth to break it not to let me miss any of the thrills it was at the precise instant of the V vire wire breaking that my straining ears caught the sound they had been lis its ening toning for a far away drumming rum ble that seemed to come from nowhere to in particular then out of the same indefinite came a warning that was ras still more un able the long Iong drawn blast of a loco motive whistle I 1 didn dian t climb down that pole I 1 came down like tl ti e time ball on the flagstaff in washington at high noon Alore over I 1 struck the ground run fling as one might say all thoughts of df tinkering that confounded motor had vanished and my one great object in life was to get the car off tl it e track before a worse thing should happen I 1 was doing fairly well with the lifting ind and tugging when the enemy hove in eight sight less than five hundred yards way away and that all either at precisely the same instant as if it had been timed by the same mechanism thit wit had brought the freight train here came a wild engine around armind the curve curne in the opposite direction with its whistle valve vahe held open and making i a racket to wake the dead the be lie reft motor motorcar car riders had found a locomotive co somewhere and were chasing me one mad heave at the stranded gas oine car a mighty boost that got ail all but one wheel of it in the clear and I 1 was gone streaking it like a jack rabbit for the tail tall timber only tl it ere wasn gasn t a stick of timber nearer than the slopes of the back grounding moun fains one glance over my shoulder as I 1 fled showed we what I 1 was in for that the story was to be immediately continued in our next both engineers tried to stop did stop in time to avert the greater catastrophe three op or four men jumped from the freight and twe two from the wild ild engine to come tearing after me I 1 fancied I 1 could give them their moneys worth at that game being in pretty fair training so I 1 pitched out to try to turn the hypo theory into a condition it was a great race through one gap and into another we vve went rent mak ing figure eights arkind tie lills tills and back again dodging into new ravines and out of them into others circling 4 among great sandstone boulders tl at took all sorts of w N eird sl apes in tl e passing gl n apse I 1 don t know just ho v long tl e chase listed but it was long enough to give me a very considerable degree of r re for the nerve nerie and persistence of those highly indignant rall roid men e must I 1 lave ave been miles aw away ay from the scene of the disaster w when hen I 1 final ly left them behind and lost them ihben I 1 looked back and found self alone with tl it e solitudes I 1 sat do don nn up on a flat rock to gasp and lat laigri 6 it I 1 lad ad all ben so go sur supremely remely ri I 1 culous and so beautiful in keeping with tha the reputation I 1 haj hal left behind me at angels tl it I 1 felt sure tt ti at no v noth ing less than a verdict of expert alien allen ISIS woul I 1 ever serve serne to convince nce these red desert f it 11 tl it at I 1 w was as anyel ing but an escaped lunatic after to tite breath n ng spell I 1 kept on bp the valley I 1 lead ead na ri g a away ay from ti tie e setting sun gun an I 1 feeling certain that t soonee or later I 1 must come out some L where in tl ti e neighborhood of atropia two hours later I 1 came into a sort of an excuse f r a road being well V in led by the tiff climb out of fo me canyon ravine I 1 sat daw itt E the BMW roadside to rest a bit and to decide which way I 1 should go to the right a or to the left just as I 1 was making makin g up my mind I 1 heard a patter of feet and a dog barked A moment later I 1 could see the beast indistinctly he had bad been corn com ing up the roid an I 1 ad slopped stopped at the sight or bu suj t of me since a do i i etith lt d I 1 lie I 1 pt axim ty of a dog 0 nt i ing in I 1 u an b ing I 1 c lied coaxing I 1 h V here fon ser heie come on old cello fello tl at s I 1 boy I 1 and the cur ious tl it ig ng about it Is thal e did it rui rut n ng n up a little tt iby ay iy an I 1 stopping ard 17 lly ily c nin 0 squat before 11 e n ian 1 to lift A pi i v fr me to sl ake I 1 jollied I 1 im a bit ai at d let him nose L to L b I 1 then sud lenar is s if I 1 e h I 1 shoveled led a long lost m ter I 1 e I 1 roke iway ivay and began to led leal i and dai i around me barbia barking a furious and hilarious welcome in the midst of this hubbub I 1 heard hoof beats and the squeaking of saddle I 1 leitl er and the dogs 0 oner N tier role up at first I 1 thought the dimly outlined stetson figure in the saddle was that of a boy but it was vas a woman s oice noice and a mighty pleasant one that called to the dog down barney and behane yourself A hats the mat ter with you sir sirl I 1 I 1 stood up and pulled off my cap im I 1 m chiefly tie tl e matter I 1 said your do dog seems to think he knas me and I 1 in awfully borry ahat his memory is so much better than mine you d think anybody would think that a woman riding alone in the dark on a solitary mountain road would be handsomely startled to say the leist least at seeing a man rise up fair ly under tier ber horse horses s nose but it if my little lady were ere scared seared she certainly didn dian t parade her fright barney is such a foolish dog some times she said apologetically he lie has a double brain you know half halt of it Is good natured and silly and the ou ott er half Is well it s the dog had come around again wagging his tail and at that magic word half I 1 looped to let him stick his cold nose into my palm the act brought me near enough to enable me to see him better and I 1 had to clap a hand mer oner my mouth to keep tron fron shouting out and scaring searing the entire combination into a wild stampede for if you 11 II believe me the dog was my dog one half of his face was wl ite ito and the other was so black that tha t ft it merged and faded harmoniously in to the night I 1 I 1 know I 1 said straightening up again my brain acts that way vay too sometimes then pardon me but would you mind telling me the color of the horse you are riding the young woman laughed and her laugh was just as jolly and pleasant as 1 ter er speaking voice winkle Is what the cow men call a pinto a calico horse she answered promptly sure I 1 I 1 bellowed I 1 knew it I 1 and the horse shied and the dog barked in sheer sympathy ihen I 1 apologized please forgive the explosion As I 1 said a minute ago my brain some times acts like barneys barneis half of it being good natured and silly and the other half well well we 11 omit the description of the other half for the present it if you 11 permit me may I 1 er or will you have the goodness to tell me where I 1 am I 1 why dear me I 1 don t you know where you are lot not any more than a harmless nee essory goat I 1 desure you I 1 be certai certain but I 1 thought she took a little firmer hold upon her bridle rein did you ou did you come from an gels she asked in a sort of awed little voice how flow did you guess it I 1 was in deed for a very short space of time this very day a member of the an aelic band and if you should ask me I 1 might say that I 1 feel as though I 1 had walked most of the way here from angels I 1 I 1 my car broke down you know yes she said I 1 know just as if she d d then 1 ia I can at least tell you v w I 1 ere you are this Is the south era ern slope of cinnabar mountain th s roa doai I 1 leads on do down n to atrop a about three miles belov I 1 es an aalop op a NN was as the place I 1 was tryl ig to come at she st plied and appeared to be think ing about so u netting betl ing I 1 then hen sl st e said perlay I 1 1 k you bould better not go to atropia it its S w well ell it its S quite a loi lot g walk alit lie ile walk t specially appal me I 1 ve done so much walking this afternoon that a fe fen hundred miles i 0 e or less in add tion wouldn t be worth n entson ng but for some other leasot s yes for some other reasons she slid repelling repe biting it rigl rigi I 1 after me then I 1 ie we e daddy and I 1 might give ghe nou 1011 s ue tie supper and pit aou a up lip for the t if if you NN wouldn t mind sleep ii it t in tl 11 e in the loft my I 1 ord I 1 I 1 aan t so much as seen her face clenti yet but I 1 could I 1 ive worshiped I 1 er i ste e had just come from atropia and she ki e v I 1 of course she knew that little dry as dust I 1 amlet must I 1 lave ane been sizzling for hours with tie wire tie levs vs of the escaped lunatic who had bad ai at 1 I ted in angels only to light out again with a s stolen inspection car and in the face of all that she w as willing to take a chance on me I 1 it if she had only known that I 1 would cheerfully risk sleeping in the cellar to say noti gotling ing of a loft ratler rati er than lose loge sight of her but she was going on a bit breathlessly it Is only a short mile to our cabin and and if you are very tired I 1 might let you ride winkle I 1 shall be most delighted to walk I 1 hastened to say straight on up the road then she directed we ive had traversed possibly half balf of tl tie e promised mile in plodding silence when we came to a place where the grade was so steep that it cut what was left of my sea level wind to the small end of nothing stop a minute and get your breath said the pony s rider and when w hen I 1 bad had halted you are not used to these I 1 agh altitudes are you N not so that any one would re mark it I 1 gasped how high up are we about five thousand feet the mine Is exactly five anad three bun hun dred dmd I 1 believe there it w m as you see THE MINE I 1 pardon me I 1 blurted out but would you mind telling me if your ees are blue her laugh was like a drink of cool spring waitr in the middle of a hot summer day refreshing you know inow like that I 1 sup pup pose my eyes are blue people tell me they are think you I 1 returned there is only one other little matter matte and that can very well wait until we are er a bit better acquainted you know sl all we go on now she spoke to her peny pony and we went w ent on ahead of us and diagonally up a steep slope I 1 could see the am shapes of a number of buildings all dark then we came to a great dump look ing as if the mountain had at one time opened to pour out a cataract of brol en stone beyond the dump there was wa s another building with a light in it and as the dog ran ahead of us barking the fig ur ure e of a man silhouetted itself in the open doorway here we are and you are welcome to the old cinnabar said nay my corn com panion to me then the khe hoo boo hoo boo ed cheerily to the man in th the e and slipped out of her saddle letting her pony PODY stand while she led me across to the lighted lo 10 log built cabin CHAPTER VI the old cinnabar daddy here Is a man I 1 found down at sit the head of antelope gulch he had lost his way so I 1 brought him home with me was as the simple man ner tier in which she launched winched me and I 1 to feind ind myself shaking hands with an elderly man who looked as it if he be might be a farmer or a miner or something of that nature ou will know what I 1 mean flannel shirt trousers tucked into boots iron tron gray whiskers all over his face an eye as mild as a collie dog dogs s you done plum right jeanie he remarked and then to me come right on in stranger ard arid be at home j N Z A little later the girl returned to set the table it if you don t see what you want ask for it after which he went to take care of the piebald pon the log cabin proved to be primitive only on the outside the interior was i dream of cozy homeliness A hang bang ing lamp lighted it and in its mild glo i I 1 had bad my first real look at tl e girl she beautiful in any show girl meaning of the word she was something far better e piquant charm ing A round little face wind tanned to a tint as del cious as the blush in the heart of an apple app leblo blossom asom a jolly bit of a nose tip tilted enough to be speak a healthy sense of humor a mouth neither too large nor too small upheld by a firm round chin and the chin upheld by an extra firm little jaw As admitted her eves were blue the blue blat tl at shades into violet and they were wellsey ell set wide apart and perfectly fearless the kind of eyes fit to match the straight lined brows that usually go with them I 1 sat before the cheerful blaze chuckling quietly to myself over oner the mad adventures of the day and their highly romantic not to say miraculous outcome beyond all manner of doubt I 1 had bad stumbled upon the three tails mans of cousin gercys cryptic letter by the most marvelous marve Fous of acci accidents denti I 1 had discoN discovered ered the girl the horse and the dog do and it the remainder of of lescys letter were to be taken at its face value I 1 should now be in touch w with ith my legacy As to the character of that lega legacy cy II 11 ere could be no further question grandfather jasper had bad left me a mine and I 1 was fully prepared to find it the drew ned tied mine of fullerton Bul lerton a story what I 1 might be able to make of it was a matter which could well be postponed to anoil er day just as I 1 reached this postponing conclusion the girls girl s father came in v up a chair on the opposite side of the hearth and began to make me wel come in a mild mannered way saying that they t have much company and were always master glad to see a new face he ile did not ask me any troublesome questions and begoni telling me his name which was hiram twombly did not volunteer any in formation about himself or his daugh ter nor did he explain how they came to be living in so much comparative comfort in such an out of them the w ay place A little later the girl returned to set the table and presently we had supper it was an amazingly good me meal at crisp bac n fried potatoes hot biscuits and honey and coffee that was most delicious in spite of the condensed milk which was made to wye as cream after we left the table the blue eyed maiden cot got housewifely busy and the old man and I 1 sat before |