Show GIRL vr WA D lit FRANCIS L YNDE CO BY SONS SYNOPSIS chaiten I 1 under him hi grandfathers will stanford broughton society idler finds and hla his share hare of 0 the estate valued at something like WOO ties in a safe rafe re 1178 po altory tory latitude and longitude described bed and that Is in all it may be didenti fled by the presence r nearby ot of a brown haired bux blue eed benco d girl a piebald horse horsa and a dog with a split taie face hall black and halt hal white stanford at first regards the th bequest do a a loie joke but alter after consideration sets out to find his legacy CHAPTER ilon il II on his way bay to denver the th city nearest the meridian described in iti his Is grandfathers will ft stanford hears hear from k fellow traveler a story having to do w with I 1 tit a hooded flooded mine III Thinking things ov over or no lie begins to im alfine thiern thera may be llort borna in e thing in hla his grandfathers bequest w worth h while his idea finally centering on the possibility of a mine as a sate safe repository torr recalling the narrative on the tha train r he ascertains that his follow fellow traveler was waa a mining milling engineer charles charies but lerton Bul lorton refuses him information but from other courtes es broughton learns learna enough to make him film proceed to LO placerville erville in the he lied desert CHAPTER ivon IV on the station platform at atropia opla just as aa the train pulls out stanford seen bees what hat appear to he be the identical aroe and dw dr described in ills lit girand grandfathers fathers mill ill impressed he leaves the train at the next stop angels Ili pre he binda that atropia was originally pla c ervill e his destination unable to secure a conveyance at once to take him to Ilac Pla orvllle corville a con tion car and escapes leaving the tin pr pre esclon islon on tile the town In marshal arshal beasley Dea that he Is s slightly sightly demented As the machine beglin to gather anther speed I 1 looked back what I 1 saw was waa plenty aplenty a three men one ot of them 11 Z w et U N what I 1 saw was plenty aplenty a whom I 1 took to be the telegraph operator up in lily its slit rt sleeves came running up lip the station platform the shirt sleeved man was yelling and waving something that glistened in the sunlight next I 1 heard the distance diminished crack of a pistol ind and it a blunt nosed bullet sang bang a whining little littie lullaby to me as it tore past I 1 flung up an ail arm to show the pastol 1 is tol 1 t firer that lie he had missed and thet then I 1 tile the sa all car swung a around the shoulder of the nearest hill and angels became only a backward flitting memory wal CHAPTER V the magic triad driad 0 kotc 6 te E topped stopped before I 1 could reach my goal was im iio purt part of my lily plan so I 1 opened things up and gave the little three airee vi wheela heeke d dinky ull till tile the gas it could use keeping a sharp lookout ahead and meaning inclining to pull up lip a little way short of the graveyard city abandoning the err car find and making the actual approach on oil fout foot judging front from the way the scenery was raring racing backward I 1 estlin estimated ate d that the little car must lie doing at least thirty miles to tile llie hour which meant forty minutes or it 11 matter to cover the twenty one miles if opposing train or trains lils whatever they might be would mi LP ep out of my way tor for those previous precious forty min mill minutes I 1 pushed the small motor to its ita limit and was waa getting along beautifully until suddenly on a grode grade that was a bit steeper then than usual fit lu popping exhaust quit short olt off the th engine slowed down hnz the car squeaking and grinding came to a n stand on a low embankment between two of the hill cuttings there anything very comell bated about the little motor anti and I 1 soon goon discovered that a broken ignition biri wiri v va am what lind had killed it there cdx wn a small toolbox under all the xea ea tand in the kit there was a par pair of pliers but sometime tit and this I 1 w a aane a n I 1 of thern them ri a hit bit of material Is tf 7 ax as the tools to work alth with tho the broken eirv was waa too short to lo cou I 1 pie tip lip again and there on nn inch of spare wire wice to be found tit in tile the kit I 1 they say that necessity Is the moth er of invention indention but ill 11 defy anybody to invent a piece of wire lit in the middle of the great sahara ahara desert every minute I 1 was expecting to hear the rumble end arid roar ot of it trian in III this extremity it was a little desert zephyr that gave me ine the great gnat mon A gentle breeze came adi ie sl hing up the draw froat souie bune overheated area out bis beyond ciul find finding no 10 frets on oil the barren bairen hills it sang its little song in the thickly clustering teh grap II 11 wires on oil the poles anby why rull rul buiel L I 1 I 1 said to myself in self here was mas my lily ware ire 1 miles find miles of it all I 1 hid had to do was to climb up and get it gentle reader I 1 wonder if youve oue I 1 ever tried to climb a telegraph pole without the contrivances that a lineman buckles upon ulion tits his feet if you ha rent tile the advice of tills this amateur Is dont n dozen times I 1 shin shinnied nied UP un to perhaps tile the height of a minis mails hend head only to come sliding dowa again 1 on oil a ru run n at last by it series of inch j ines I 1 contrived to got get within arms reach of tile the lowest cros crosspiece alece illers in 1 I strained tor for tit the nearest wire it and began to twist it back and forth to break it not to let tile me PINS miss fitly any of tile the tit thrills rills it at alif tit instant of tile the wire bi caking breaking that my straining ears caught tile the sound they hall had been 1 en fig telling for a far faraway away avav drumming rum ble that seemed to come from now nowhere hue in particular then ott oat of the same mine indefinite cattle line a warning that was stilt more able the long drigun blast of a loco motive mothe whistle I 1 t climb town down that pole I 1 calm down donn like tin the time bill ball on oil the ho in washington at if high noon moreover mort oscr I 1 haruck cli the ground run nang us its one might suy say all of tinkering that confounded motor had find my lily one great giat object in life was vis to get file cur car olt off the track before it worse thing abing should I 1 was mas doing fairly well fill the lifting and tugging tile hie enville hove in sight lc 10 chilli le hundred away any and that all elther at t precis ly the lie saine instant us its if it bad been timed liv by tile inn inri h hat flat had brought the freight fitl Klit tin an n here h re lame a alf mound the curve curp lit ii tile the appos lie ile Il with etli its wills whittle tle valve vale held beld open ail and i making inking a rin ini t to A nl the dawl 1 tho l 1 lie reft i motor cm in hail ball fillol fIll f ll i 1 lo 10 1 IP ind were chil shig tile allt I 1 I 1 1 t I 1 II 11 I 1 lit 1 1 ollin or 1 it ii tit lii 4 r 1 1 ahai il i vot lit fill all I 1 lit K t nit mie pl f I 1 w it fi in ill tin till aivar ii air and ami I 1 uns ittle iii ti 1111 i liti it alze at jail ajnik r enli 11 ll 11 it t for i tin till fall only binl there it II it t it 11 slid ol oi ti ili i IK iii i ih in 1 t i r m in ling IM 1111 tm lie glance over ou ni fit shoulder dei as I 1 led fell shamed idio td me ine what eliut I 1 aimi i lit in for lint hat the story avna w it to he w linn i in ill pill oui next both eligil leers tell to stop ild did ht seq i lit in little to inert avert 1 aler i III must t till I 1 vi fol 01 four taen jumped froin ciuni abe freight anti two to front from the wild engine to ome coine tearing aftel me file I 1 fum falle lid led I 1 could give thein their nio neis worth nt lit that game being in pretty fair tri so I 1 out to try to to turn tile hypo hipo theobal theory lato into a condition condit loii it was H R great race through Ih rough one gap and into antl another we went mak ing figure eights around the hills and back again dodging into new nen ravines and out ot of th them ni into others circling among great sandstone boulder boul deia 8 that took nil all sorts of weird shapes tit in the passing glimpse I 1 dont know just how ho long the clias lasted but it was long enough to give me a very ery considerable degree of re for the nerve and persistence of those highly indignant rall railroad rond men we must have hedi been miles ava away from the scene of the disaster when I 1 finally left them behind and lost them when I 1 looked back and found myself alone with the solitudes I 1 sat down domi up on a flat fiat rock to gasp and laugh it had nil been so supremely ridiculous and tin ao beautifully in keeping with avith the reputation I 1 had left behind me at angels that I 1 felt sure that now no 11 nothing th to lesa s than a verdict of expert alien lats would ever serve sene to convince cited desert folk that I 1 was ans anything an thing but an escaped ped lunatic after tho breathing I 1 kept on up the valley kllc headlee away awn from the setting sun and nd feeling certain that 1 sooner or later 1 I roust come out some i where in the neighborhood of atropia opla two hours later I 1 T t cattle came into a sort of tin an excuse for it a rord being pretty well winded by the stiff climb out or of the canyon canton ravine I 1 snit sat down at the roadside to rest a bit and to decide which way I 1 should go to the right or to the loft left just fig as I 1 wits was malding up my mi mind I 1 heard a patter of feet and a dog barked A mott moment lent later I 1 see the beust indistinctly lie ile hall had been corn com in ins up the aront roal 1 and had stol stopped irid at khz sight or scent of me since ince a dog argued tit alie 11 proximity of a log dog owning being I 1 called coaxing coating ly here towser bere conte coine on old fellow fellom n boyl and the cur tous tiling filing about it la Is that lit lie lid did it running up n little way and stol stopping pIng and finally liin lly corning coming to ti squat before me file anil and to lift a paw fur for me file to shake I 1 jollied a hit bit und and ut let him nose me to tits his hearte he arti content then suddenly as if lie tall lind discovered it long lost ninster finster nin ster lie broke wany anti began to leali anti anil dubief around nip me barking it a furious and hilarious welcome in ili the of this hubbub I 1 heard aloof bents beats anti the squeaking of saddle leather and the lie tings dogs owner rode up ill at first I 1 thought the klinl outlined 4 stetson batted figure in ili till iho saddle was t bilat of a hoy boy 1111 hut it was as a voice ail end ft a mighty pleasant one abat called to the hie dog down DOMI 13 barney arney olid and behave yourself chats tile the mutter matter with you ou sir I 1 stood up till find pulled off my cup clip im ill cli chiefly lefly tile the matter I 1 sald your dog seems to 0 o think lie he know tile me und and ini im n fully sorry that his lat lory Is 18 so antich better than linn think anybody am body would kulil think that it boninti riding ildon alone in ili the dark on it a Holl tury mountain rond road would be handsomely startled to tle least nt fit seeing sec liiK a mun rise up tit fairly under tier horses nose hut but it if mv m little lady and afif scared blie bile parade tier lier fri fright glit ani 1 11 1 ney lie Is such sui h if a f P sh ish log dop sometimes tila 1 13 1 1 she he said ellov ti cally it HP has baa it double brain you know hulf of it is good natured und and silly billy and the other half Is well n ell its the dos dog had come arotine again wagging ging ills tall find at that magic ord half I 1 stooped to let lafin stick slick ills his colt cold now nose into my lily palm palin till alii net act brought rite nio neur near enough to enable me file to see him better aind I 1 had to clap it hand over my to keep from froin shouting out mild find scaring the entire luto into it a wild ald stampede htam pede to por for if believe me file the lie dug dog was af my iny dos dog one half of ills his face was white arid and tile the other was 0 w o black that it merged and tin faded harmoniously into the lie nighal 1 I krow OM I 1 said straightening up lip again my lily brain acts that too thel Il pardon illarion ine but would you hilad telling tile me thi the olor of the horse you are riding 1 l tile the young oung laughed lauy lied anti and her laugh was as just us its jolly and pleasant us as tier her speaking voice ule winkle tb ili laut tile he cowmen cow men mell detill a pl patito tito a allro chilleo borse she answered promptly sine I 1 tel owed 1 I knew and the horse shied and tit thu dog doe barbed burked lit in kieft then I 1 apologized please locse I forgive 1 he abe explosion oslon As I 1 said it a ny my lily brain some lilies acts like illie names na meis liala ot of it being good natured till and silly hilly and the other lulf 1 alf well atell well vell ollila the tie de of the other halt for the pie sent if permit me ine may I 1 or ei von ou lave have alig goodness to tell me it diore where I 1 nm fill 1 I liy hy dur inel me dont you know where liebic iou ou are aie enot liny lily moi e a 11 ba imless fusai gott goat I 1 assure you ou I 1 be certain but I 1 thought site she tool took a little firmer hold upon her ter bridle rein edid idid did you ou tild did you come from f rom angels els ole flie aanet in ill a sort of owed awed little le how llo fill did ou fliess it I 1 vas as in nili i it very short libit space of time little fills very ei flay laa tri elliber of tile lie angello blind and if you ou should ask nie me I 1 highl mi ay that I 1 feel as aa though I 1 hat had i i biked aked most inot of the way ay here from ar ai 0 ai 1 I 1 I my var aar broke down don you iou know cs site said 1 I know just as aa if slie she fill did then 1 I can nt at least tell you iou chete libie you lire fire this Is the southern slope of Cin cinnegar mountain this road mad lends on down don to atropia opla about thi ilina vo miles below aclo yes was the place I 1 was trying to conle come at site stopped and appeared to be thinking about then slie site sat said Ite Ilen lilly lly I 1 think you would better bette not go to t atropia opla its well its quite a long walk the walk do esitt specially appal me ive done so much walking this afternoon that a few hundred miles more or less in tul llalon ile be worth mentioning 1 iset ut for some other reasons x yea for foe some other reasons slie site said repeating it right after roe me then 1 I nv we daddy and 1 I iii might glit gle give you some supper and put voll ou up lip for the night if if 1 you mind sleeping in the in the loft sly lord I 1 I 1 so much BI as seen her face clearly yet but I 1 coul could I 1 have worshiped her site she had just conte come from atropia opla and site she knewl of course cours i she knew that little dryas dry as ns dust hat hamlet filet must have been sizzling for houra hour with the wire news of the escaped lunatic who had alighted in angels only to light out again with a stolen ii car and in the face of all that she was willing to take 1 n i chance on me mel I 1 if the he had only k known th that t I 1 would cheerfully risk sleeping in the cellar to ruty nothing of a loft rather than lose lome sight of if her but she bhe was going on a bit breathlessly it le IB only a short mile to our cabin arid and if you tire very cry tire tiled I 1 might let you ride winkle 1 I shall he mot most delighted to walk I 1 hastened to say straight on up tip the road then she ahe directed we had fill traversed merged possibly half of the promised mile in plodding silence when we crime came to a place where the grade grad was so go steep that it cut w what hat was left of my sen sea level wind to the ho end of 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