Show h ia horse d D ag FRANCIS by LY 4 NII D E coper by charles ser abne r s sons sut LERTON AGAIN under tinder his grandea abir i will stanford broughton idler finds his share of the estale estai t valued at something like WWI WIN lies iles in a safe repository lalande 1 and long tuie described aad that Is all it may be didenti awil bv vf the presence nearby of a haired bluee blue e edgal ed g rl ape bald horse and a dog with a t fare face half black and halt half stanford at first regards the be quest as a joke but after cons der aaion seta sets out to find his au Y on bis bla way to denver stanford heirs from a fellow tra traveler Neler charles fullerton Bul lerton a min mm ng engi beer zer ft A etory story having to do with a budded mine rie ile has a bunch this mine 13 1 the safe repository ss 64 the will fullerton Bul lerton refuses him im formation on the station plat form at atrop a just as the train pulls out stanford sees what ap rear to be the identical horse and dog described in his grandfather s will impressed he leaves the train at the next stop angels unable to secure a conveyance broughton seizes a track inspection car and escapes leaving the impression on the we town au marshal beasley that he la is demented pursued he aban dons the car which Is wrecked and escapes on toot foot in the dark cark ness riess be ie in oNer overtaken taken by the girl the horse and the dog after he explains his presence she invites mm to her home at the old cinna bar mine Brough broughton tons s hosts are kilran twombly caretaker of the nine mine and his daughter jeanie ot stanford anford does not reveal his iden hiram and stanford go put bering about the mine CHAPTER VII vil 4 honorable scars if I 1 hid bid been at I 1 I 1 ad invited jeanie twombly to imagine me mere ly an ordinary drifting tourist set foot in tie wills mills ly I 1 y circumstances ever which I 1 had bad no control my cue to 80 be en on my m way ay tl ti e following morning t have been delayed much beyond the appetizing breakfast to which I 1 sat dow dom n a little after seven 0 clock rut once I 1 had reached the end of te v and had no intention of moving on before I 1 could have my ebancu to dig for the pot of gold which is said to be the reward of successful rainbow chasers I 1 was as casting about cor for an excuse to prolong my stay when twombly in accordance with the bit bl it talk wl ich I 1 had bad ON overheard erl icard in the toft chamber took tl e matter out of my hands when we re was about auter mobiles and und such las night vou let an n to me that tha you snowed something gibout mach nerv nerd m was as the m way ay he be gan it if 5 sou oil aln aint t in a bearin hurry to be goin some N heres maybe I 1 could set get ion to hang roith round for a spell and how me how to take a steam engine to pieces so t I 1 could clean it up and beep keep it from coln e to rack and ruin with all the pleasure imaginable I t hastened to say before he could have time ume to change his mind white while the cerulean eked ev ed maiden was wag carrying the dishes out of the kitchen the old man donned overalls and a jumper and a few minutes later I 1 was as introduced to the mine if yon you please or rather to so much of it 93 a was open to any visitor other than a submarine diver my heart w went ent hot in sa y for good old grandfather jasper the scoundrels who had done him up had not been content with merely selling him the gold brick they had let him spend thousands more for tie tl e jump i ump ing machinery after they themselves ies were well assured that he was as merely throwing money away I 1 asked daddy what nhat he wished to do with the machinery chinery mi he ile said he was afraid it might be rusting inside standing unused so long and he lie want mant td to take it apart especially the steam engli engh e so I 1 told him ho v to begin and he fell to work rork but in just 0 few minutes his a with 9 the tools gave me a fit of the willies ll lles see lere I 1 said if aou jouve e got another pair of oNe overalls ralls and a jumper n suie lop op I 1 have hane he admitted end th t v u as ho v I 1 disco erel ered my first real J b of I 1 of cst pst to goodness vv ork lne e stud at it until noon dasas g ind seti ping rust and pol pot b mins 1 ing a bi I 1 oil it an I 1 incidentally find bag ing tic it c n acl act in a great deil deal bet ter C liti n tl t in it had any right to be after st indin idle for so long a time of co ire I 1 bunged my soft thuds all ui UT aid ni d got as dirty as a pig i d all that but tl if at first fore boon moon is v mien lit ten down domn in my life as one tf of tl it t t n i st enjoo ible I 1 ve N e ever known kanom n ana an NA evl I 1 en baldy da idy hiram called the sow I 1 lit tit a d v e went ment across to it tie e cabin to w m up for dinner I 1 was mas I 1 tl ii 1 that forenoon meas tired ored about the only useful he f day s welk I 1 id d ea ever er done clone and the afternoon made anade it a full day sly say lt it was hv greit fm itoi the first time in an idle I 1 a epy go bucky I 1 life ife I 1 I 1 ad a job with c object in view leiv and ad a d a teen keen ambition to see it through I 1 A wis Is thirstily thir still L t gei to get blat tl at machinery in shale ana and to start tl ti ose old he pumps and tl if is n spite of dadd III ram s acl ua anted assuras ces that it goulda woul dai t flo do nt u good a tall tal I 1 turina a haid corking interval internal of ro wee a number of tl inga ings lad I 1 ad one gue was a pisit from the be 4 looking Ane Anell lican can who had Impre impressed Red me m with the he fact that he be bacik aged to the ancient and honor able order of tl if e saher er star 1 ave to tell ab ut that visit because it proved what a tremendously luck thin thing it was for me tl U at I 1 I 1 lad ad fallen among fr ends it w was as tl it is way may on the second diy daiy ot of my stay in tl it e I 1 blosom osom of tl e tn thom om fly I 1 ly I 1 noticed that a battered sun e ing instrument a transit which as I 1 lly ly a left over ON er from tte it e time alen the cinnabar was a working arro with in engineer to figure ut its d ps and angles had been ma moved ed fi aiom om its place in tie it e corner of tie livirt rom and was cas stood upon its three legs at a mili square win min do v which hleb NA look looke I 1 out over 0 er tt 11 e plateau bench of tl it e mountain to the south eastward ca two mornings after wild nd I 1 found out the amly aid wherefore nhe of tie old trans t ind its set et up as an engineer would sa daddy hiram and I 1 were winding stin ding with fill our backs to it tie e hearth fire waiting malting for breakfast to be put on the table when rhen jeanie came in from the kitchen with a great stack f hot batter cakes As she darted out again after tie tl e coffee and bacon she he paused just a fraction of a second to put I 1 er eye to the telescope I 1 didn dian t see what kind of a signal it R was as that ste sl e passed to diddy daddy hiram but chite whatever ever er its nature it made him get action in a tearing hurry up into the loft with you quick stannie lel I 1 he ripped at me and as I 1 went rent stumbling up the ladder in blind obedience I 1 saw him hastily helping his daughter to remove remone my plate knife and fork spoon coffee cup and chair in other words to obliterate swiftly and completely all signs of the pres ence of a third member of tl it e famus in a in nute or so there was R as a gruff hail froni from somebody outdoors and dad dy got up to go and look out why hello ike you old geezer he called wint wl at under tie tl e shinin sun tetel es you up on old cinnabar this early in the mornin light down and come in you re just in the nick 0 time or bre breakfast alfast while I 1 was cudgeling my brain in a vain effort to recall what it if any memory association there should be awakened in me by the of an ike person this particular isaac pre dented himself at the cabin door and clumped in with the stiff legged walk mall of a man who rho has ridden I 1 orse or bael far and I 1 ard I 1 knew then why rhy I 1 should have been able to dig that mem ory association this was nas mr isaac beasley my angelic friend of tt e ovel grown silver star and the unshaven uns haien countenance huh he grunted them cakes shore hore do look mighty righteous to me I 1 I 1 been ridin sense two tm 0 hours afore sun up wild goose chase clear over ON er on toiler t ott er side 0 lost mountain couple 0 prospectors blew into angels day afore didday and said they d seen that con clammed lunatic that got 4 y up in the loft with you quick ea e he Y plied at me loose from us and busted bulted up a car f r the railroad tl it em 5 idael acids said they d seen reen him in the lost creek placers A ic 1 ncy ney R ild daddy hiram as innocent as a two A eels soll of I 1 iamb lamb yep atiat it at feuer feller it tat at stole an in spec tion car and got it smashed up and then took to tl if e hills you min t seen anything of him have ye nary a lunatic said daddy 11 ram calmly his ills breakfast eaten frien isaac slowed no disposition to I 1 lurry a vay much to my chagrin he took time to smoke a leisurely pipe with mith daddy hiram and to ask ark a lot of indifferent quest questions jons about the drowned mine hain t heard arm yer jovn ers yat have ye hirama he be wanted to kno v af teras it seemed to me the s abject hid been pretty thoroughly talked to beath T aearl ear I 1 did didia 13 s reply made as to 1 one with whom tie tle matter had been canvas canvassed ed before bothin but tl it at clappin from some newspaper news piper back east tellin tell in about mr dudley s passin out hind a curious somebody don t tell ye so methin ain aln t it it tie e marshal put in looks tile e the I 1 airs d be either bishin r cuttin I 1 alt aft on thi here cinnabar la layout out not as ltd itil do cm em any g od if they did didn dian t any letter come with N fill tl it e new newspaper shaper piece a pei pet scratch hereabout lere about m was as ti tie e enN envelope elope posted NA in ton ui said I 1 to ma myself self I 1 hive h ive you cousin percy 1 for some reason best known to yourself you d dant t watt wat t daddy hiram to get I 1 old of grand father jaspers proper ad address dressl ills pipe sn RD oke I 1 out tl e n anshil prepared to take horse daddy went with ith him to the far s ie of tie it e dump aid ar d tl e murmur of their voices cane can e to me in diminishing cadences after a bit daddy came back and called up to me in the sing song son of the miners after tl it e final blast I 1 as been fired A a I 1 11 I 1 over stani ie I 1 reckon reelon 5 3 e cm cin come cown no v and get you some breakfast break fist jean e served me in silence when I 1 took my place at table and tl if e g od old man o 0 stood in tl if e doorway keepin g natel as I 1 made no doubt a possible second tl ought return of friend isaac tl e bristle bearded throughout tie working day which followed folio follo Ned ed ie le never male the lightest slightest reference to the episode of tl it e morn ing ind and truly I 1 think the whole inci dent would have been buried in on by those two simple minded souls if I 1 hadn haan it first spoken of it myself this I 1 did in the even ng of bf the same day wl ml en daddy had gone to male mal e his entirely useless t round of the mine property As on most evenings eten ings jeanie sat at her corner of the 1 earth knittl rg and I 1 was mas filling a bedtime pipe jeanie I 1 broke out I 1 w u ish you d tell me why you and bour our fati er ire so good to me ho N do you ou know tl if at im I 1 m not the crazy criminal tl it at oti ott er people bel bet eve me to be I 1 d d steal the car and get it arnast ed you know you are not a criminal crimi nil and I 1 am sure yoi 0 I 1 di in t mean to get V tie 6 car emasi smas ed besides you had taken talen shelter under our roof you are true I 1 laughed Is iq that if tie e co cobe le in tl tie e west your code to defend ana anybody body who has eat en salt mith ith you I 1 sl thinly it would be any bod bode s code iou lou and your lour fall er were mere expecting this man pe isley to come here look ing tor for me daddy thought he might just nap hap pen along e are only four miles from from atropia you know and was as that tl it e reason you put tie oil ol 01 transit at the windom so au you n igl igi t match for him of course 0 I 1 Y jove joe another bomin any oth er woman in the world I 1 thought would lave lae la e let some little shred of sentiment show sl e couldn coulden it have helped it gut but this one didn dian t A boy couldn coulden t I 1 ave looked me in the eyes ekes any more frankly and squarely than she di I 1 wl en she said of course since I 1 hid eaten tl ti air breid I 1 wis is for so long as I 1 chose to stay a member of the clan it N as near tl 11 e end of tl e fortnight an I 1 dal da 1 lj 13 hiram and I 1 had scoured and rubbe I 1 ai d scraped and reas semi senit ie le I 1 tl it e ei g i e and pumps and were finishing the cl eining of the boil boll eis these were pretty badly rusted and soiled cited and to do tl e job prop properly eriv R we e lid I 1 id taken it tie e manhole heids heads out of the I 1 oles left to give access to the li 11 herfor ot tl it e sl ells an I 1 ha I 1 I 1 ad a go I 1 squabble squab lle ae as to wl ml let ich of i is sl ild lid era k I 1 ins ie to d di tl it e scrap ing D addy g upon d ing 7 it be ni 11 1 e is 1 ie le p pitted it ted ut he maethe was the emilli man and I 1 arguing tl if it I 1 sl RI ol 01 I 1 I 1 I 1 eca ise I 1 w n as the 3 oui out ger and str sir i ci ei 1 1 settle lettle it anally R we e fl ppe I 1 a coin 01 e of tl it se re inch R ide copper pen nips file thit D iddo add carr ed for a pocket pk pic lind L e ind I 1 ion on the toss loss tl TI e 3 b N I 1 t t ex a I 1 11 I 1 n c but I 1 got along ill rigl t until we cime to tl e last of tl it e 1 I 1 found tl it at tl it e repair erh I 1 t 11 I 1 at s me p tin e inserted a cour cou ie f extra stav ro Is so tl if it tl if ere is little enough room left in tie if e oil of I 1 steel shell for a pr fessl ml nil toiler toller in akey to wriggle about in to siy i oti oil ing f a husky boms 0 ing chip m wl I 1 0 t pr pt ed tl it e beam at aroun I 1 a h in ired ai at I 1 re ei ty pou Is 4 I 1 lust just tl if e sime I 1 mide sl ift t knock tl tie e R arst of the scale off and it 1 I ND so ti atiat at it could be basl cd ut from lei w and was mas bicking out I 1 n ake my escape wl en I 1 found that me tie of it tie e extra stay rods m was as I 1 ose at nj asking arking daddy screwed screed up the i iut ut on it tie e hutst ie to of the b her tier hei hell I 1 to tighten ti herd e r d and tl if en passe pisse I 1 tl it e wrench in to me so thit I 1 could up the nut on the insi ie le to tl it is S od diy daiy I 1 d n nt t know j what nhat d d happen but iguess guess the big S wrench dust n have slipped off tie nut not mi alile ile I 1 was lulling n it anllo v soi e it it g hit me a stunt in cr crick ick over tl it e eye and I 1 pron pron pity faded taut yut blink like a penny enny candle in a gust a of ft ind 10 wi va ell en I 1 came tame to i itself i self again it v a as night and I 1 was ling ui ire el an I 1 in a real rest bed in a room tl at mas as total ly unfamiliar in tie tl e I 1 I 1 gokh g gl iss chich hung on tl it e apor te wall will I 1 got a of rn myself self ith till a regular turks turban f bilte wl ite stuff woun I 1 around mj head and hae i angled t co cover er one en ee e when I 1 shined leanie jeanie popped in from ere to ask what she could do for me whit was nas it I 1 askel aske I 1 an all earth quake daddy you lit vours yourself elf with mith a u wrench rench does it hurt much no nov N Is bisot ot mot moie e tt it an fin I 1 1 avii g gas a S und t oth pulled no but I 1 mast was t si ie tl leb e b il 11 er I 1 hov ilov did iou to get me out sl SI e turne I 1 her face av awa fi an I 1 even m with ith one en ce e I 1 could 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