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Show TH? WEEKLY THE CROSS-CU- T HKFT.F.X. KAYSVTU.F. They, turned for he mouth of the tunnel, sliding ato g in the greasy muck, the torch ettl ngulshed now. A moment of watchfulness from the pover of the darkness, then Harry pointed. Op the opposite blllTtb figure of a man had been outlined for Just a second. Then he had faded. And with the disappearance of the watcher, Uarry mrdgetLhls partner In the ribs and 'went foVth Into the brighter light. An tsonr more and they were hack In town. narry reached for his mustache agaln. Go on down to Mother O ward a" he com minded. Ive got to wander around and say owdy to what's left of the fellows that was ere when 1 was Its been twenty years since Ive been awny, you know," he added, "and the si a ft can wait," Fairchild obeyed the Instruction, looking hack oier hi shoulder as he walked along toward the boarding house to see the big figure of hla companion loitering up the street, on the beginning of hU tour. The blocks passed Fairchild turned through the gate of Mother Howard's boarding house and went to his room to await the call for dinner. The world did not look exceptionally good to him; his brilliant dreams had not counted upon the decay of more than a quarter of a centurv, the slow, but sure dripping of water which had seeped through the hills and made the mine one vast well, tnstead of the free open gateway to riches which he had planned upon An hour of thought and Fairchild censed trjlng to look Into the future, obejlng, Instead, the Insistent clanging of the dinner bell from downstairs. Slowly he opened (he door of his room, trudged down the staircase then stopped In bewilderment. Harry stood before him, In all the splendor that a miner can 1TAII. Fairchild finished Ids meal and waited But Harry talked on. Foreman and BUI left the d ntng room again to make a report to the narrow, faced Squint Iiodulne. Harry did not even m.th-them And as long aa a man stayed to pwer h'a queries, Juat so long did Harry remain, at last to rise, brush a few crumb from hla lightning like ault, press ,hls new hat genth upon Ids head with both hands ami siart forth once more on hla rounds of saving hello And there wns nothing forTalrchltd to do hut to wait as patiently as possible for hi return The afternoon grew old Harry did ot come hack The sun set and din was served But Harry was not u ere to cut It Dusk ciime. and then, over (he continued absence of hi even trie partner, Fairchild start- "Its hla partner She moved forward then and Fair child went to meet her. Pm sorry," ahe aald. and extended her Cooper hand, Fairchild gripped It ea And I gtlU love your he boomed.1 Co artaeq Ofc a he caught the gerly. jjttla, laughThank yon, But It may not he ai ing woman In hla anna Even If you bad as th rumors." Nervous and Dizzy, Every-Hun-g me did run off and wouldnt go back I hope not." Then quickly ahe to Cornwall Seemed to Worry Me. withdrew her hand, and somewhat ahe him pushed Ftraway Tbonium flustered, turned aa her companion How 1 Got Wefl and slapped hla cheek - grZOmS--- Ms Kotxrt lerii playfully ( closer. "Maurice, this la Mr. edged In wat like the tap of drk period uKht breeze Fairchild," ahe announced, and Hi Ijtrwffl, Indiana. My back which for almost thft. Against Then granite. tumed. Harry aufferdo nothing but stare. She bad I could not do my washing. I waa alM could him csumkI hu I hinted at tn a 'At ?u looked at the miner knew hi name! A second more and ways tired out and The question brought back to m Tnt Uft r th alder Fr- had no ambition, waa It waa explained: "My father knew hla the happenings of the morning and ditsy nervous which lao Informs Robert 'well." father very owner of a mlnln claim and and the of memory the man everything, who had T think my own father waa jLlwada. nd drUln ,him tc seemed to worry mo trailed him. He told his story, while te Beamish, a lawyer. too, wna the rejoinder, and I had awful pains and Mother Howard listened, her arms Bobert hla claim, a JIT the eyes of the two men met for an In my rtght aide. I f BmJ u at Ohadi, Hathirty-!Vcrossed, her head bobbing, and while In lust did fait badly about four not The conflict dot girl also u from Denver. Harry, hla big grin still on hla lips, seem to notice. years and could not him axatnst a certain man. took In the details with avidity. Then do my work aa it ed uptown 1 sold him a ticket this Rodalne. hto father, morning to should have been the grin faded. decides to to to Ohadi The usual groups were in front of the dance, not knowing who he waa -from Denver done. I saw Lydia E. SiiJroad'w Ohadi Lea go up there," he said quietly. the aee and before him Thru . to the stores, father happened pass largest of ,rL apparent1? SJJchlld aw'81 Pinkhams VegeThis time the trip to Kentucky them Fairchild stopped table Compound ad of haste, to change a tire rf-to-. gulch was made by skirting the town; When she has left, lo any of you happen to know a vertised ao much and it did so many peoIn goon they were on the rough, narrow fellow named Horry Harkins?" he aherit and a posse appear, ple good that 1 began to take it myself. ... rtf a bandit. Fairchild. I am feeling fine now and every one tell Into roadway the leading aked somewhat an The mountains anxiously aa the to them A long time me they never saw me looking ao well. I wer In was A At at the affirmative they walked, had taken. last to miner live on a farm, do all my work, and hava 3m FslrchtWgirlla warmly greeted In the shelter of gtop the stretched a out foot rocks It and where nhadt surveyed three little girla to take care of. 1 am boardlng-kMHoward, Fairchild had ahadowed his pursuer, .Mother" for hla father, sake, studiously recommending this medicine to my and to glance carefully ahead. No Ain't seen him a toes about five friends and know it will help them ft lloward Fairchild one was In sight. Harry Jabbed out oclock." he said at last "He waa Juat Mra. Herbert they use It like 1 do. iTr,. something of the mystery a big finger. Slneeted with th disappearance It. R. 8, Box 7, Larwill, Indiana. to the mine then. Lonu, starting up . wisate Larsen, bis father s eo-To the mine? Ttiat late? Are you That '8 It," he announced, straight Many women keep about their work to tbs mina He meets the ! when It la a great effort. They are ala 'end sure?" denies hsd assisted, hut the tired ouj and have k arobitkm. I to Well ways Anita duuno. May have been goThey went on. Fairchild with a gripIdentity. Bhs When you are in thia condition give It moods Rich CaVt to daughter, his at I All ing throat that ('enter Judge ping would not City. say. to attention. Fairchild claim. hla prompt know la he said somethin' about goin' ting down. Tills had been the hope of his E. Flnkhama Vegetable r0On Ro- Take hadowed hr t Lydia th In mine earlier th' afternoon, father and here his father had met a Squint Compound, for It la especially adapted from descriptions a He swerved an' long about five I seen him starting what? to correct auch troubles, as It did fog quickly Hnd up Kentucky gulcb Mra. Long. stopped, facing the bigger man Who's that?" The Interruption Harry," came sharply, I know hnd come In a sharp, yet gruff voice. CHAPTER VI Continued. that I may be violating an unspoken Why, ot Couraa. Fairchild turned to tee before him a promise to my father. But I Rlroply The Visitor-;-Yopoor mant Did man return a he the made trip, cant stand it any longer. What hap tall, thin, wiry recognised, Quickly be In your window burn flume put they tur-figure, with narrowed, slanting eyea, pencil here? There was some sort of grossing the little bridge over the io tub you keep know. and heading tragedy." aqd a scar that went straight up hla Clear creek holent The iniuafe Nom. They trust to He had bought a new suit, brilliant forehead. He evidently had Juat Half toward the boarding bouse. Harry chuckled in concealm me honor. Them bars wuh put thera blue, almost electric In Its flashtnesa, rounded the corner tn time to hear the 4lock away be halted, as a woman on Fatrchtld thought, of something to the mosquitoes out. keep he nor been careful as to style. conversation. ha? the veranda of the big, squarely built did not want to tell him. waa merely asking shout my part The cut of the trousers was somewhat I should think sol The Hip "hotel" pointed him out, and the great In bener fifteen lines the Blue Poppy mine.' of man shot the a years alongthe and through mine gate. In the caved gave way figure ef The Blue Poppy?" the squint eyea Not that I My father ran away fore with their peg tops and heavy shouting, and hurried toward him. this towh. You ambMother cuffa. Beneath 'the vest, a glowing, Harrowed more than ever. "You're A tremendous creature hq war, with from shirt glared forth Fairchild, aint you? Well, I guesa which seemed balr and black Howard red face helped him. You didnt come watermelon-pinNeither did my father. Even- from the protection of a purple tie, you're going to have to get along Youra Trying to Insult My Fatharl to scramble In all directions St once, back. A wonderful creation waa on hla head, without a partner from now on. and with a mustache which appeared tually it killed him. the bouse and pointed him out to me Get along without T dented In four places, each separated more even In directions looked "So?" to scamper Harry seriously and A came with to almost crooked amlle the other aa the eon of a former friend of hi. mathematical precision. than hla hair. Fairchild was a large studiously at the-- . young man. "E Funny how those thing happen, Isnt Below the cuffs of the trousers were lips Bell-an-s man; suddenly he felt himself puny didnt write me ofen." Flint !a, unless you want to work shoes, Harry He didnt need to write you. You bright, ton. bump-toeHot Decidedly funny!" waa the caustic were here with him when It hap- was a complete picture of sartorial with a dead man, Harry Harklna gof Relief Rodalne. Sure of the younger elegance, according to his own dreams. drowned, about an hour ago, In the rejoinder pened." cover air of th Fairchild t,o laughed, Blue What was more, to complete It all, Poppy abaft "No Harry shook h!s head. I ELL-AI-M! Intensity. He knew Instinctively that was In town. Whats Mother Howard upon the third finger of his right hand was not to Richmond Anita talking CHAPTER VIII was a diamond, bulbous and yellow told you? 25t end 754 Package, Everywhere him almply because ahe had sold him and throwing off a dull radiance Uke A lot and nothing.' her to dance because a and ticket burnt-ou- t The news caused Fairchild to recoil arc light; full "I dont know any more than she the glow of a And before he father might have pointed him out. Is true, off color to a great end stand gasping. It of flaws. does." a could new voice had cut In, He felt sure that there waa something a diamond nevertheless. apeak, degree, but Hut one of full It And realized excitement, tremulous, else behind it the feeling of a debt Harry evidently "Friends didnt ask questions In which ah owed him, n feeling of com"Ain't I the cuckoo?" he boomed, aa anxious. I might those days," came quietly. panionship engendered upon e sunlit hla "Drowned? I him. I? Wherea at "Aint body?" ave guessed If Id wanted to but I Fairchild stared "How do 1 know?" Bqulnt Itodalne road, during the momenta of atreaa, ad to 'ave a outfit, audidnt want to. Guess nnd the continuance of that meeting dit might as well be now!" he par- turned upon hts questioner. Death only ft matter of short thrift. But If you had?" All I In those few momenta tn the drug foot of tune the shaft. Ita at the of to the the aphrased, Dont wait until pains and ache blue Harry looked at him with quiet, sextette from Floradora.1 saw was hla hat. Whalre you so In- store, when he hnd handed her back become Incurable diseases. Avoid eyes. bill. Bhe bad called her And took at the sparkler I Look terested for?" "What would you guess? cod and a the herself painful consequences by taking then, feeling The questioner, small, goggle-eyeat It!" had been she Slowly Robert Fairchilds gaze went that abrupt perhaps But but how did you do It?" came and given to rubbing bis bonds, stared to the ground. There was only one toward ft man who bad helped her out a moment speechlessly. "I thought ' gaspingly. of a disagreeable predicament waa possible conjecture : Sissle Larsen had a he "He from diamond !" the Ornlahmen Installments bought e been Impersonated by a woman. Ten per cent down and me this morning on the Installment prompting her action now; Fairchild out. Larsen had never been seen again burst felt sure of that, And he waa glad of the rest when they catch me. Install plan ! In Ohadi. the fact, very glad. Again he laughed, Itodalne smiled again In his crooked He Jabbed forth a heavy would hate to put It Into mental" Rodalne eyed him narrowly, white and punched Fairchild In the fasldon. Fairchild words," came Anally. Harry slapped finger Th world standard rmdy for kidney.' shrugged hla shoulders. own "That he fault. Wont Sam," your ribs. Where's Mother Oward?,( th It believe him on the shoulder, to this not "I'm vet, bladder and uric add trouble atory going announced curtly. "If he's at the hot I knock er eyes ouj?" National Rtmedy of Holland Mom 1 68ft came Then dont. It was nearly thirty to me, calmly," until Ita proven Fairchild laughed he couldnt help tom of the shaft, your diamonds there Three lse, all droggtota. "Who brought the newe?" years ago. Let sleeping dogs lie. Take It In spite of the faet that five hun- too. AU I know about It la. that I J. t the mm CeM Me41 ea choee hla a look around before we go Into the Fairchild deliberately dred dollars might have gone a long was coming down from the Silver , u4 eceeet ae tontoa tunnel." shaft. Queen when I saw this fellow go Into word : that toward unwaterlng way "A tall, thin, Ogly old man, with They reconnoltered, first on one was Harry he had done enough the tunnel of the Blue Ioppy, He was mean side then on the other. No one wts In Harry squint eye and a car straight In crossing the seas to help him. And all dressed up, else I don't guesa, I Im Any From Cornwall!18 sight. Harry bent to the ground, and already. In the eyes of Fairchild, would have paid much attention to up hla forehead." A flush appeared on the other roans finding a pitchy pine knot, lighted It, and Inconsequential as the mastodonlc Harry was swiftly approaching that him. But ns It waa, I kind of stopped, face. Fairchild saw his hands conblink started within, cautiously to look, and seen It was Ilarry thing before him swooped forward, They place where he could do no wrong. tng against the darknesa who used to work the mine with tract, then loosen. came at Youre Harry," wonderful, spread wide the big arms and then You're trying to Insult my father P outlines of a rusty "hoist," with last. The Cornlshman The HoJol fa luhrirant not ft he pointed to Fairchild "this this" with puffed caught him tight In them, causing the o T Fairchild looked at Your down Into s slanting father medicine or laxatlv cable Its leading fellow father. About a minute later, breath to puff over his Ups like the a be that canaot him "Wouldnt In the rock, showed dimly before pride. hole gripe. blankly. waa In I a heard like somebody yell, exhaust of a bellows. Im a cuckoo!" he admitted. when 1 them s massive, chunky, deserted When yon are constipated, big splash. Naturally rather difficult Job especially Oward? Wherea trouble, then A release, then Fairchild felt bltn-et- f Mother Wheres timbers him?" know The dont In shadowa the not enough of Nature I ran In the tunnel and struck a lifted and set down again. He thing You described him. were rotting; one after another, they I lubricating liquid la proAbout feet match. down, twenty pulled hard at his breath. In th bowel to the the And duced "descripbeneath caved and recognized you bad cracked could see the water waa all riled up, What's the matter with you?" he waat soft and food tb the tion." above, earth of the giving new on waa and a weight hat floating around Doctor exclaimed testily. prrocrib was Youve made s tunnel an eerie aspect, uninviting, moving. The Maurice! girl Stop Itt" top of It. That's alt I know. You can becau mistake!" Najol "Don't Rodalne aleeve, at ahead. do as you please about your diamond. tugging dangerous, Harry peered act like It bllmed Tb If I aver bellowed a say anything more. I'm sorry" and as bad as It looks," came h 1 a natural I'm aint the "It Just Information,' you t giving rnado-Ukvoice. Bilme! You look after a moments survey. "Its only lubricant nnd He turned sharply and went on she looked at Fairchild with a glance t like lm!" Its thua replace that ere at the beginning while Sam the Jeweler, the rest he could not Interpret that anything then, right But youre mistaken, old man!" It. Try tt tft- coved. "But that doesnt do us much of the loiterer clustered around him, like this could have come up, "Bllmed If I am so caused am it has If I came again. good." equally looked appealingly toward Fairchild. f oure your dads own boy ! You look you embarrassment." not?" Fairchild was staring we doT he walled. Wbstll Why Just Uke 1m! Dont you know me?" Youll get a little embarrassment "I don't know Fairchild turned. with him, on toward the dsrkness of He stepped hack then and stood about you hut Im going to the mine.1 out of It yourself before you get the farther recesses. "If It Isnt caved grinning, hts long, heavily muscled In farther back, we ought to be able "It wont do any good bodies dont through." Rodalne was scowling at arms hanging low st his bis Coat. this It may never float If It get him. Again Anita Richmond caught to repair sides, spot." mustache trying vainly to stick out In But Harry shook his head, caught down tn the timber som- hla am. more directions than ever. Fairchild Maurice! Stop It How could the ere, vein the Into We didnt go ewhere, hbed a hand across his have been premeditated when he to ad we thing briWe a to bucket . Have figured he explained. organize eyes. even know your father? Come didnt or later, "Touve got me! came at last. ave a shaft anyway, sooner gade." It wa a suggestion from one on. The crowd' getting let' In s go underiand of the crowd. stoplng You cant do thicker." "Tou dont know me? Onest now, mine go down on a vein, you know. not the Argonaut borry "Why man obeyed her The narrow-fareont you? Im Arry! Dont you Touve always got to go up you cant pump? They aint using It" and they turned command, Thats together know now? Arrv from Cornwall I" If dont. you ThU time Go get It I Go get If! get the metal out lb to the street to avoid the conout look now and -shaft wo this we wall little of the It the jeweler. dug why to veer Tell em Sam Ilerbenfelder sent you. stantly growing throng, and at It!" CHAPTER VII show. the toward to the picture torch He drew the flickering See 25c, OisfMet 2S ae4 50c, T.lono 25c. Theyll let you have It." Carbide light had begun to appear It came to Falrchll'd'rhen the sen- - edge of the shaft snrl held U there. Another suggestion, still another. I along the street, aa miners, summoned Fairchild beside fence In hla fathers letter Soon men began to radiate, each on regarding staring downward, came by hurrying gossip mongers, came for below there wneone vho would feet mission. The word passed down. the hurry to his aid him. Twenty reflection wnrd to assist In the search for the of the flaring hen be needed a miner sliver Store loiterers street. him, the references the glistening man. High above the gen Fairchild glanced .cf Beamish, and spends a great part of Ms leisure time missing the alusion of Moth- - flame. Water! I th CucFjM?" of voice could be eral "Aint conglomeration In simply watching the crowd go Unwarfi to a faithful friend. toward his partner. of the Instigator of heard the cries he about it, Sfifa the excited the to know anything I Jcln throng, dont I knock er eyes out. heavy voice boomed: activities. Bam Ilerbenfelder, bemoan should-thinthat Oward. Wont "You know me now, eh?" Groups, n route to the picture show, said at last. "But I now?" trouble." and stopped to Ing the loss of hla diamond, ninety per Yoa bet mean Youre Harry Harkins!" would And he boomed forward toward the decided otherwise t -Ingnhrioijs-TlmThe .crowd cent of the cost of which remained excitement. the had of learn Artlns It Is! I come Itentvr agreed Harry'nnnerd feet d'.niDg room. tA find there men be OS soon just looked to he paid. Hastily he shot through ,s I git the cablegram I" siafta two ly- V In other day, to shake hands vhiekfned. Suddenly Fairchild known VAkrijRS the crowd, organizing the bucket hrt off it 's the-edrift a a of feminine running "The cablegram?" to bang them on the ip sharply at the sound and 4W.p nd IIA1R BALSAM them with news for of hethe end guile I, more searching feet unnerd o lofce. and 8il" Harry pnwed at Ms cpfttijrFftjit2 for a couple t i to right Bllndeye Bozeman -- 4 Bslnrsfl Argonaut pump, which hud not yet r v vein. Four 'unnerd hack, over their "Wh.i ts the ri!att?r? frftded Hfttf hunched mustache. From Mr. Beamish. fore Tt to Bill Grrasd &mvty sitting 4 arrived. Fairchild .M iftai ivu 7u know. E sent It. Bald youd feet of water, Ow much money are Taylor ,X "Harry Harkins got drowned." All turned and F.iMSsgu'ned, pee ftmetn-'-ff starved up the hill, a few Ufl willingly the news was dispersed, Farte.j ere all alone. And I you gotr carbide their Onrm miners, col 5W lamps swinging hnndred e ocldn t stand eye were searching now in j Fairchild' "About twenty-fivn maize tn, loift no favorites In his " em caM. by and let you do that beside them, following biro. W ftl rTU 1 feet, Mikft ftaialtc wv bto. by Libie of the UlMtght from the faint street over I am f the leaned lars." he Jovially masgist. his r axeman and Bill, after he had dls- hoiha. Then they centered. It was Ilarry reached forin timewaving export.', the long trip fform. of Anita Richmond, landing st the edge Howard rnss the ocean, haven his Mother 1 before ts he the rared At to Bm. thankful Uatt you at It. staring and" a miner. f the he crowd, pulled questioning his of sanction I riy Thoughtfully eon her receive'! .2 am!" said Harry again, itch foe being th man you are!" n -downward. whit that enough?" 75c at ilotti; 85e by mail. Ai Irew meanwhile Happily he boomed while beside her was a thin, youthful non in dr a father, 1,8 d reached New York Drug Concern, New Yorx the information that fa.nbild counterpart of the veranda now, moren five urr.fni. rorth Just a moment of B.iue Maurice B.odalne. t the work got to N aint l :EDhack were CONTI BE l he (TO diking for a moment, then own etc. pvkm o wavrr.o. from to c aint enough. Les go hick to town, B1 m'ne and that they already fineries, then the mlaer'a hand pointed Writ fai trm t .ml will to, where Mother Howard It P'fpPT lUini. acvrtt this la alao Silence around toward piace her. to Faircnild aa he turned golden gort Zt ll tjir .uuvuis. lo O eves glowing, in the parlor. dont like to stand . d made a trip of inspection. water la a ole. Uin at look end jmd out both arms. 11 mraw graj-hatre- r arryi Red-face- JrtW L d, . i Fair-chil- d !r ZLiv ALWAYS TIRED 110 AMBITION e Fair-chil- vu d s home-comin- g !bs Rlch-Lm- d. 1 u ; 1 Relief Sure UlDlGESTIOri 1 FOR k 6 itr d water S 1 TOO LATE age-whiten- ten-dolta- r d COLDMEDAL asESSfo Sls-sl- 11 Not a Laxative liar-kins- aP e r 1 - d by-h- Cuticura Talcum is Fragrant and Very Healthful urried !Tr .) won-cetf- ai - -- !r HIMDEnCORMS. - D him-wl- f 1 hard-face- fg I " wi I - C O L - O sore burns cuts d . 1 '. Hf. |