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Show THE WEEKLY KEFLEX. KATSVW.T.K ITT AH, n value ef lb the various Ioppy mine tortured Ilk men who ore as th weight wer brought N nd samples r chained In be sight of gold Lira carfrom the dusty, offer dirty, th For It. cannot reach A queer ried always the hint that wealth was rooms of the Sampler proper. fellows old Into eyes tbe cant Re light Ihere, somewhere, that Squint Robert of those Into looked as he not could but that they lain knew ft. Dy Courtney RyJey Cooper find.lt. Either that or flat failure. Fairchild. CHAPTER XtV Continued. It'a there, well find It If we E.tlier wealth that would yield Squint get em too high!" be adCopyright by Uuls, titvi C. Insi 11 have to work our fingers to the twine, monished. Fairchild stared. hundredfold for bis purpose, or tor one a If we have to starve and die there of cheer nm tn "Whatr sneer that would answer their offer him. Th Rodaine Imd known of Hits they dont even take the trouble to well find It!" "Ilojies. Ive seen many a fellow And each man gritted bis to sell. trike lone before he ever vent to mine. That 1. unles they run With that determination, he wrnttn teeth and said come In Just like you. Ive been ber In But they nothing. Igh Oiet office la They had wait- silver" he picked up a chunk of the lied, ttf awake In the morning filTed worked on. thirty year. They call me Old Coder-take- r ed lone enough to have their assays ore frmn the muck pile where It .had with n desire to reach the mine, to Chastine!" October gave up Its fight. Th first made end bad completed their flrat been dejsislted and studied It claw sharp-edgeita at vitals with the Fairchild find laughed. th to Intently day of November eauie. ablxnrat to the suieiter. There waa But Fm hoping "but I dont are any pure aSIver drill, to awing the heavy s edge chamber a wide, vacuous thing now, no aeotewlty that they buy the Blue stick Ing out In tlda stuff." until bLs shoulders and back ached, "Tep, Son." Undertaker Chagrin sheltering stone and refuse and two fppfi mine. Therefore, waa H simply over his glasses. "Toure Just looked Hut It must te here somewhere. I to send Hie roaring charges of dyne more. men nothing notlter trick to break him. to lead don't know mite digging deeer and deeper Into struggling almut mining laMws and moped like all tbe rest. Toure hoping. Trdt anything his ceased him up to a point of high expects bui dont vein sometimes r out and let tbe old Undertaker pinch off that thinning vein. And Ilarry was his forehead, dripping from the best (ions, then, tilth a laugh at his beside hint every step of the ay. and then show up later on?" a look at er." - tabor. have frenziedengendered by $ throw him down sen in? A day's work, the bomn'ng "Sure they do ometlmes. But Ita Sobered now, Valrchlld reached for charge, moment, thru: Ilia shoulder straightened a thejr a gamble." and they returned to the Slope to find his tobacco can, which had been Harry." readied the outside air, end he moved "Thats all we've had from the be- that the vein hud neither lessened nor stuffed full of every scrap of slime Aye." Unless you see the name BaJer done Te Harry ta he told him hla con- ginning, grown greuter. Another day and one he and Arry had been able to that side, Ilarry." other the after "Fm going or on tablet yOU are nIJ? lab man Corn The package boMmd jecture. "And ft'e about all were going to after that.,. The vein remained the Weve teem playing a half horsed game drag from the powder bole. Evidentto hi head. sumc. ave any time utdea something bobs Product ly, his drill bad been la tbe ore, whathere." scribed by physician over twettr "I never thought of It that wye I up amblon like." Squint Rodulne bad established bis It was, for some time before he ever been that. "Ive Boy." thinking be agreed. "Hut It could explain a lot years and proved safe by tulfiioi Then, by common consent, they laid office In small, vacant store build nx "Then Fm going to tackle th foot realized It; the can was heavy, exef things. They. want to beat ua and away their on Colds the main Headache afreet; and Fairchild wall. I'was at the bank today." working clothe and left ceedingly heavy, giving evidence of (hey don't rare 'ow. It urta a person the mine, to wander down the gulch rould see. aa he went to and from hla Tootbach Unof something at least But Lumbago purity Teh." , te be disappointed Hat' It I Hatchs asd to the boarding house. After din- work, a constant stream of townspeodertaker Christine shook his bead. Rheumatism hundred. Is two balance Just "My aald'cmBd a good 'ead on ner they chatted a moment with Moth- ple as they .made that their goal Neuralgia Pain, pn Cant tell," he announced. Feels Hurry clawed at his mustache. goal Tli a fa it lot 'a go back to the er Howard, then went upstair, each there to give their money Into the "We're looks black and all But Accept Tackle that Tablets heavy, tb end. Bayer of Boy. nearing Blue Poppy man and to to his room. An hour luter Harry keeping of the It might not ha anything but straight Each unbroken foot only. well." the eon tab package Hack they went, once more to knocked at Fairchild' door, and ru- trust to the future for wealth. It no more. Fairchild with lead with a sprinkling of allrer. And proper directions. suld Handy boxes They the ehafh oner more to follow le red, the galled ralrclilld. It made bis hate drew his drill frmn evening paper In hla hand. twelve tablets cost few cents, the "swimmer or then again" Che trail along the drift toward the " Tire more that nice," stronger, thnn ever. As for the girl to something He also sell bottles of 24 and his about with tinker began hoi gists and straightforward powder opening of the Mope. And there, he announced, to an Item on who was named as vice president-- lie ne pointing a out from coop dragged Aspirin is th trade mark of Bay where loose earth covered the place the front saw her, day after day. rltTng turned fur to the other side of the pottery, page. It was the announce, somewhere and various Manufacture of Monoacetlcacldester prepared where a skeleton once bad rested, rnent that a grand Jury was through town In the name automoMIe whlre powders. Then he turned to Salley llcacld. Advertisement. FalrrMId took otf bit coat and rolled to be convenedgeneral on the late In the summer and that he had helped the furnace, with Its up ' la sleeves. road. But now ahe did not look that one of Ita tasks would be to week No man live a useless life. Be m and filled a container "with the draft, ..llflrry." tie an Id, with a new deter- to unravel the mystery of the murder at Idm; now she pretended that she serve as an example for other ta contents of tobacco can. the this look vein like of Hlssle Larsen I doesn't mination, did not see him. She. had gone over avoid. Let er roast. announced. he Son," much, and the mine look worse. Hut Fairchild rend It with morbidity. to the Rodnlnes. ahe was engaged to "Thats the onlyway. Let 'er roast It yoe're gam. I'm game, and we'U Trouble seemed to have become chalky-facethe more marry and while Its timing hot, well, yoa work the thing until It break ua" than occaaloual, and further .than that. son and she was vice president of cool your heels," Kidney just "You've aald It. If we lt enytblng, It mining corappeared to descend upon him at their while the eccentric Long fin and well If we can turn out five watting Fairchild did even not strive the times when he could least re- poration. old assayer told doleful rales of other Never thousand dollars' worth of stuff be- just sist It. He made no comment; there to find meaning for It all; women men who bad ale of other days, fore the trial come up, then we can wa are women, and men do well somelittle that he cotild aay. Again rushed In, Just like Fairchild, with ell hit under the direction of the he read th Item and again. Anally to time If they diagnose themselves. their sample of ore, only to depart court; turn over that money for a rush turn the The summef began to grow old. nd page and breathe sharply. with the knowledge that they were bond, and get the deeds bock. If we Before him waa a aix column adver- Fairchild felt that he was aging with Arplicxnt tor Insurance Often no richer than before, days when the cant, and If the mine peter out, then tisement, bank The were It deposits In the thinning, the strike announcing news of the demonetisation of silver we aint lot anything but a lot of Rejected. Silver Queen mine and also spreading and the vein was thinning with It down town the little swooped upon opra and time. Hut 'ere goe. Well the word that Slowly but urely, fought, the like some black tornado, closing down double Jack. I've got a big 'a miner Judging from reports from druggi trip' of puy ore In the rock wa would be formed, one milcompany tbe mines, shotting tp the gambling who are constantly in direct touch with 'ere. Tou 'old the drill for awhile and lion In Soon out. would come th pinching U to the mine stock, halls and great saloons, nailing np the the public, there is one preparation that (uni It. shlle I sling tli sledge. Then edf, the other torepresent be subscribed to ex- time when they could work It no has been very successful in ovrrcomiBf even of the Sampler, for year doors, th 'a take you miner and Ior 'ave ploit this new find aa It ahould be ex- longer. And then but Fairchild did these conditions. Tha mild and h.i to come. mercy on my anda If you ml." Influence of Dr. Kilmers Swamp Boot ploited.'" Glowing words told of the not like to think about that lie turned to the furnace and took toon realized. It stands the Fairchild obeyed. Ilnur after hour September enme, and wlth the highest hr of the Sliver Queen. Ofpossibilities out ' the pottery dish In which the it remarkable record of tureen. (hoy worked. Then, a the afternoon fices bad been opened ; everything had grand Jury. But here for one was An examining physician for one of tin grew lain, Ilarry disappeared far hern sample had been smelting white-ho- t planned In advance and the ad- a alight ray of hope. The body of Life Insurance Compamea, now. down the drift to return with a handprominent He cooled and It with tinkered twelve men and true wore themgood vertisement written before the town an interview on the subject, made tha aa Ms ful of greasy, 'randlellke things, was chemicals lie fussed with his aware of the big discovery op selves out with other matters end adtonishing statement that one reason vfaf In waxed he his scales, he adjusted glasses, wrped pnjer, so many applicants for insurance aw n Kentucky gutch. All of It Fulrchlld journed without even, taking up the "I knew that dynamite of youra road coughed once or twice In an embar- jected is because kidney trouble ii with a feeling he could not down mystery of- the Blue Ioppy mine. But rassed manner; finally to turn to common to the American people, and tha couldnt le shipped In time, ap J a feeling that Fata, somehow, waa the Joy of Fairchild and Ilarry was Fairchild. . Urge majority of those whose application bought a Utile up ere," he explained, deullng th cards from the bottom, In the long, legal phraseare declined do not even suspect that they aa he cut one of the stick In two and he Toung It mnn," ain't queried. of the was the Jury's report that trickery and treuchery and ology "This Stuffs Chang'd Color. t with a pocket knife and lull the plm-any of my business, but where'd you have Uthe disease. Dr. Kilmer a venomous nature were the necessary recommendation that this Important on sale at all drug stores in bottles to one aide. Then out entne a coll of this ore?" get of two sizes, medium and Urge. Ingredients, after all, to success. He subject he the first for Inquiry by the handier, where the sloping foot wall Out of my mine, the Blue Poppy!" fuse, to be cut to Ita regular lengths finished the last line, looked at the list next grand inquisitorial body to be showed for a few feet before It dived However, if you wish first to teat th and Inserted In tha Sure you aint been visiting? ronvrned great preparation send ten cent to Dt. and the threat still re- undor the mock and refuse. Spot after of officer, and gusted. Kilmer k Co, Binghamton, N. Y, for a What do you meanr Fairchild Capa of fulminate of mercury, Ilarry spot he pMspected, suddenly to stop For there, following one another, mained. sample bottle. When writing be sure asd was In tiowlng Ida contempt for the danger him at and wonderment bend forward. came staring last an At But before the two men were now oua things by crimping them shout were three numes. two of which Fair realities which were Old Undertaker Chastine rubbed hi mention this paper. Advertisement. worse even thnn exclamation, surprised, wondering; child had expected. But the other on (he fuae with Ids teeth, while hands his I" big apron and continued "Hurry They were, president and general threuts, and Harry turned from' his Milk of human kindness should sot to look over sitting on a small pile of muck hla glasses The Cornlshman bl work left one and afternoon to voice manager, R. B. (Squint) Rodulne; staging late be turned sour by ingratitude. Son for Hut caution. begged nearby, Whatll you take for the Blue walked to Fairchild Ilarry . side. The Maurice Rodnlne; the most Important of that Is to be expected. only grinned behind Ida Mg muatuche and poppy Son mine. man tomor-mw,- " Well start younger po'nted. firjst vice president Miss Anita and went on. "Da you ever fill up drill hole with Why It's not for sale." he announced with a Utile sigh. Natnlle Richmond Out came hit pocketknlfe again na Sure it aint going to be soon?" cement?! he In asked. the The wall. vein's After that, Fairchild heard little ung'ng he slit the waxed paper of the gelat"Not as 1 know of. Why?" Then Fairchild Absolutely not that Harry anld as he rambled on pinched down until we aint even getinous stick, then inserted the cap In "Theres one." Fairchild raised his caught the queer look In the mans about plans for the future. He sat and ting day Inhorers wages out of It (he dynamite. One after another the What do yon mean by all gad and chipped sway the softer sur- eyes stared, until finally Ms partner aald and It'a October now." dbargea were shoved fnto the holes, these questions? Is that good ore face the of s I rock, t tubular October proleaving October nnd and on left winter the Morn. or Isnt It?" Ilarry tamping them Into place with a That name rould menn only one the way. October and only a month tuberance of cement extending. HaratM rod. Instead of with the uamil Son, Just one more question and I stared. ry until when the time Ilarry must fno, woods affair, hla mustache brushing thing; that she Imd consented to be- a "What the Moody ellT he conjec- hope yon wont get mad at me. Tra on four sepnnite charges, any a partner with them, thnt they come Jury Ida shoulder aa he turned to explain funny old fellow, and I do a lot one of which might send hlin to Cunon tured. "D you suppose " Then, with Bellans (he virtues of dynamite when handled had won her over, after all. Now, of a things that dont seem right at sudden for the rest Drill Ids s of resolution; even a different light came upon the f'Jty there! days. water Hot by an expert the beginning. But Ive saved a few bit and hopes luy Inert. lie was only Gad uol? off to one side ""Ul all In the wye you do It he meeting with Burnham In Denver and Sure Relief now because a great, stmtig, drill there. It seems to me Slssle young bloods Uke you from trouble announced. If you dont strike fire a different, view to Fairchild. Whnt working man had come from Larsen put old or something 1 more than once. Tou aint been If ahe hud been playing their game all with a ateel rod. Its fine." remember." cant Cornwall him to was and help But.drllL It cant along? What If she had been merely willing "Hot If you do?" 'You mean " do any arm." It lo ont to fight end. the a tool October for If ahe what had sent them; 5$ end 75$ Package Everywhere "Oh, then P Ilarry laughed. "Then Just exactly what I said wander-In-g nnd the The announcement had said that gad chipped sway the rock. IF Bower and funeral after Farrell at their direction, to lenrn a certain eround somebody elses property girl would be married In the Soon the drill was biting Into the sureverything he and Harry knew? Had (heyve finished picking you up." and ticking up a few samples, aa It a girl who never looked In face of the foot walk nte fall, not another the time friend lawyer played Quitting . One fter another he pressed the In an effort to buy the Ids dlreetton any more, who had alcame; the drill was In two feet, and In were, to mix In with your own proddynamite charges tight Into the drill ship racket. lowed ber name to become affiliated the morning, Fairchild went at his uct? Or planting them where they hole and tamped them with muck Blue Ioppy mine? with thnt of the Rodnlnes, now near- task aguln, pounding away at the long, can be found easily by a prospective And here Fairchild smiled grimly, wrapped In a newsjwper that he t the task of Are Usually Due to ing their two drill with strokes that had buyer?" dragged from Ida Idp pocket Then From the present prospects, ft would million. October completing I Fairchilds chin liehlnd set. and his arm them seem only muscles, not the that the guln would have been he tit the fuaea from Ida lump and Constipation For a long moment, Fairchild said Intense driving power of hope. A foot moved slowly. Then he laughed. No Mend a second In assurance thnt they all on his aide, for certaluly there was When yon are constipated, FU give you my word I nothing, then as Harry came from the he progressed into the foot wall aud havent not enough of Natures all were spluttering. heeB he said. singing, he moved to the older mans changed drills. Three Inches more. My "Now we run F he announced, and lubricating liquid 1 prv I drilled a hole tn the side. and partner Then dneed ia the bowel to keep they hurried, aide by side, down Hie foot wall of the atope where wo were T I didnt quite catch the Idea." the food wasto soft and "Ilarry!" drift tunnel until they reached the came at lust. Harry minted with LI working, hoping to find the rest of a "What moving. Doctors prescribe appeoedr The tone of vein tftafl. "Far enough," suld Ilarry. sleds: e. wa pinching out on na that Nnjol bees use it acts like Fairchilds voice had A long moment of caused the salting. Then this natural lubricant aad And we Vein. this been Cornlbhmuu got stuff. Is It to lean from hts staging It noticing the any good?" (he earth quivered and a muffled, thus replaces it. keeps furnng to the left. It struck nnd run to Fairchild's side. That Isfjt good?" Again Old UnderIs booming roar came from the distance. Nnjol toe that It might ave branched off person had cupped his hand aud was taker Chastine looked over his glasses. not lubricant Ilarry stared at his rartddc lamp. from the main body and that theres holding It beneath the drill hole, while "Thats Just the . trouble. medicine or Ita too a "One," he announced. Then, "Two." so h'gger vein over there somcYres. Into It he was pulling the muck with good Jt's so good that It seems theres laxative Three, four and flve followed, all Well ave to Just make cannot the a gripe. something IL almut for and It. Son. funny scraper try at it. that counted seriously, carefully by Ilarry. staring Its our only chance." Tit Is stuff" changed color!" be stuff assay within Try it today. gram, almost, Finally they turned hack along the of And the ore we If to fall find It Hour? exclaimed. out looks theyre taking It ot the drift toward the atope, the acrid odor like" If It aint there were whipm-d!Let me see!" The older man took Silver Queen!" of dynamite smoke cutting at their It was the first time that Hurry had a What that?" Fairchild had nostrils aa they approached thw spot leaped portion of the blackish, gritty ma forward said the word and grnsped the other man Fairchild "Seriously, and held It close to his carbide, where the explosions had occurred. li pretended not to hear. Instead, be looks like something it looks like by the shoulder, his eye sglenra. his Tli ere Ilarry o In silent conlempia-tlowhole being up a drill. looked at its' Mint, something!" His voire was picked with excitefor a long time, hiding UU high, ex- ment "Tou're trembling then started toward the small not kidding me about over the pile of ore thnt had biHn forge cited. finish the ole and Jam Ill which they had erected Jut at the Toure Fure youre sure?" torn from the vein above. enough dynamite In there to tear the foot of Urtle the raise Ttoy, to youve got bonanza. If this the Inside out of It Fit give Vr ell. leading It aint touch," came at last. Not A RAT STOHV holds out. It's almost Identical. I never atope. There Harry Joined him; to- Hut In the niorea arf a ton. We wont get rich meantime, take you that saw two samples of ore gether they heated the long pieces of down to, the at that rate. And besides "ho looked that were assayerl more alike. teel and their pounded Lets see. the Blue fare biting we aint even going to he upward to the shurpnesa necessary to drill ng Uorry s right up Kentucky gulch not CHAPTER XV gfttlng that pretty sum. Its pinching In the bard rock of the banging wall, 'erT far from the Silver oat." tempering them in the bu let of wait? Then there must be Fairchild followed hi gaze, to aoe Fairchild did not hesitate, Kcrap-In-g Queen. ter near by, working silently, hlouty tremendous Mg rein concealed the torn rock above him only a narthe watery Into around there hampered by the weight or defeat. a tobacco can, heconglomeration row etreak now. fully an Inch and a hlthrew on coat one half of usomewhere that splits, Anbaratnok Ttaa, I They were being wluped; they felt and ran for the half narrower than the vein had been running through the ItMma Electric Fana Co., shaft. . Then he mountain In It In every atom. of their beings. Hut one before the powder holes had been Sirs: Mr. Robert T. direction himself up, singing, nd dived pulled and th Aabarato Tvaw. cam Is or, other they had not given up their r.giit- into the fresh-madU could meao only one thmngh on the th ether ajr sad wonted enP1h a drifts of a new side. cutting thing: He Finished the Last Lin flrilled, oppit, J. Two blows were left In the kill looks It and a I eold him s ho StmT like bet bad been played and lost, Gasped. rat, struggle. storm as le started toward Bw Pews Asd he pot eom t11 town; for you. San. How peaches and creaa nmi two Mows thej meant to strike a btecalL thnt stht ssd the neat fiat the vein had beetf one of those little to show now toward thick Is It T" nor did he stop to invesr.gate the "T possibility before the end came. The next mornb be tnoad I dont know. We Just bl rat. freak affair that start out 1th much of the Blue footprints of some one who happened t ecosd tnefat he pot cot foor nwTT Ioppy ever being worth ing they started ut their a rut drill In aeera eolt tbe to there and this Is Mm with peel, os them, nod task, promise, had passed the mine a short give hoj of eternal anything near the figure which he had momiTi he found ewrantecs each drilling lodes at points five feet evidently of the scrapings." richea, and thro gradually ds indie to teto offered for lh And time before. s total ef eeotz-omnhtnp If that yet. In Hot bunging wait, to send h8Vm,t rot fct0 11 slrh end there were loU Into town and through it to the nothing. Harry shook hU head. offer bad not been made as some sort apart all. that he did not And. In them ns far as possible, then nt ."tr wont last." Tht te some hig rat tnlw scrambling building of the Sampler, thcinar. It te eo. Jont ttooocht vM N.t "hot more than two or three more where the main products of the mines my ha. ie let foe knew that poor ret p In a shot since Tve ny the rook and Shota," Falrrbdd agreed. te amod of OhadJ found their been gnr. stor.g before gotheir work at drlll.ng that they n ight TO BE CONTINUED., fceepectfttlly, KENNEDY BROTEES "You cant tell about that It may I uireUld ing to the smelter. Titer he swung took hope. suddenly He muck the run dint way all through the mountain clenched bis hands refuse. And day after wide the d.tor and away turned to 'the little nnd he spoke, to Day a ZZc Box Today The Cntt English -- 4mt w lists day. each, without mentioning p to K four Inth veto? Tou cun himself, to the darkness m on the left, the sanctum Way. Camigfc to KIS SO to 169 Itoto and a to of His voice ct! the (he er. was tortured by the thought w go Dp Cie tn the Argonaut tunnel and Flopped , fVvfit of dlacoursgement that wer uli t klTt th almost tottering old man when you Mt vtflti And of t! at offer of riches, that ujy sf erb who granfophon I .with pwdrm, lKje?fisttd ether r' a doven of them things that spirits neigt.Ws about hla; wandered about his rmttow among test t for Uamtiy a Wh ous proffer f wealth fog the Blue brick. U. n Ster tube tad buttons' as he figured Ttijn, lntf ad u the Magic Shop, PAST GUT CRO spun Lto-fille- c, "It It Say Bayer and ry In-nre- r. Fair-chil- jj 15). do-ren- d iw ( re-tlr- e Ih-n-v- hlgh-cblmney- hook-mme- d Thousands Have Trouble and Suspect It -- ithey jr I - short-lived- Swamp-Roo- eopper-covere- d Fair-Chil- r secretary-treasurer- single-jackin- g 1 Relief Sure FOR IUD1GESTI0II good-nigh- 6 Fair-child'- high-grading- ?" Skin Eruptions six-foo- high-grading- ." 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