| Show FRANCIS LYND 0 BYC LES S SONS SYNOPSIS CHAPTER I 1 under hla his grandfathers grandfather 11 stanford broughton society lalar finds his share ot of the estate valued at something like ilea in a tory y latitude 1 and longitude described bed and that la Is all it may be identified b by the he presence nearby of 0 a brown ible haired blue eyed argence d girl a piebald horse horae and a dog with a split face ace halt half black and halt half white stanford at first regards regard th in bequest ile as a joke but after consideration sets eau out to find we hit legacy CHAPTER il 11 on hla his amy ay to denver the city nearest the meridian described described in his grandfathers will ill stanford hears from a 4 fellow ellow traveler s tory story having to no do with a flooded mine I 1 CHAPTER III Thinking things over he begins begin to imagine there may be something thin in I 1 his Is is grandfathers grandfather bequest worth while hi his idea finally centering on tile possibility of a mine as a a safe repository recalling the narrative on the train he ascertains that his fellow traveler was wa a mining milling engineer charles Cli arlea but bul torton lerton fullerton Bul lerton refuses him information but from roro other sources broughton Brou eliton learn enough to make him proceed to placer v tile in the red desert CHAPTER IV on the station platform at abito Ali rata opla just as tile the train pulls out I 1 Stal stanford ifor sees vitial w hat appear to be the identical horse and sr er described in its il grandfathers will he leaves the train at the next net stop angels there he finds that atropia was originally hit his destination desU nation unable to cure a conveyance at once to take him to P is corvIlle broughton belies a construction st car and escapes leaving the impression pres slon on the town marshal beasley that he Is slightly demented E CHAPTER he abandons abandon the car which Is wrecked and escapes on toot foot ID in the darkness dar knoss he ile to Is overtaken by a fr on horseback and THE dog alter A 1 ter he a eap exp explains ain 1 1 his presence she in vries him to her h home me at the old cinna bar mine to meet her father CHAPTER VI hosts are hiram twombly caretaker of the mine and his daughter daugh tir jeanie seeing the girl stanford Is he has located ills his property but does docs not reveal his identity CHAPTER VIZ VII next mornine ivien I 1 hiram he visits the mine ahli ini asks I 1 him to look over the machinery and he does fco bo glad of an excuse to tie bo ne arar ar jeanie in whom he has become inter sated ested and he engages gages in the lirot real work he has ever done CHAPTER CH AirEn vill broughton and hiram got get tile he starter started but are unable unah e to make an impression on the water but bul lorton lerlon apparently an old friend of the ys visits tha th mine lie ha offers to drain it in of blought tows tons giving lim hm fifty one per cent of the property properly stanford refuses biln buller ton offers to buy dip mine outright tor for it hart had cost grandfather more th than an halt a million stanford again re refines fies t I 1 charter IX cautions broughion L n against soiling the mine under any and apparently in lna a spirit or oi allows him to her after a with veddy niram hiram pro uelton decides he nill suck stick to the property CHAPTER X nt not day during stan fords temporary absence from rohe the alno in an eneny tt t T wit without bout do doubt urit Buli erlon ciol W alie pumping puni pins machinery 1 arouh r ou gh ton decides to have it out with hlin 1111 i next day 1 CHA arr jiin the morning lie ha Sul lerten and jea feinle ile have delsapio dl rill ril app 11 eloper lie he also ethdl h his 1 deed to the ine i ne has beon stolen and as it has ha not heen been recorded lie he sla tins s no proof of ownership actions of the dog cause heiam and brought on to take the tran trail in search of jeanie jeamo cit CHAPTER APTER wilthey find jeanie jeanlee Jean lef pony abandoned but no trace of iio ho karl irl kny when hen they get back to the cabin buller baulier ten to Is there apparently awaiting then return CHAPTER CHAITER XIII Believing jeanie to have gone with bu lerton the bihl ol of til the nan n n la a too much tor for broughton and tie be uses use him broughm bentee know 1 the whereabouts of jeanie tan orders him oi oil his pru property raj he departs crp arts voga vowing ng vengeance ven geane satis am eb s d brierton me mealii ana mischief broghton nin hiram fortify themselves in the rib rb it and prepare tor for a siege blown bomes ath w th a crowd of desper doj boj ard ara on shelf to vacate betit berik an attack CHAPTER XIV durina During the day and nd the two successfully j deferia defend the harth against attacks including an latempt to drown them out CHAPTER XV Almost al oat ready to give p Brou gliton lo in heartened by hirame Ill rams that the sounds sound of 0 the firing oust have reached atropia opla and an ieves party till tit soon oon appear CHAPTER xvi the siege continues fullerton Bul trul lerton larton vainly endeavoring to induce hiram imm to abandon broughton lie he finally announces his hill purpose to destroy the ahe je rt houge with its defenders defender they de fy y him CHAPTER Using dynamite the xi have twombly and broughton roughton li lt it last gaill gasp when the rescuing parly from atropia ALro opla pill irrl ves headed by yr beasley Be abler who ho is daddy hirama hirai pins nephew with the party I 1 is jeanie As art an of her she hands stanford tile hla led to the th old cinnabar which she had taken to have re recorded cordA precaution he h had neglected beasley arrests broughton for the that and destruction of 0 this he cors con cUon car CHAPTER avni A charge of dynamite aimed by fullerton Bul lerton at the shad allart house exploded explode Mn in the mine and the my mystery to of sho ui flood Is revealed revca leil ane water hu had been dealt introduced into the shaft and arrangements mude to keep it thera her with the object of 0 discouraging and ultimately reeling freezing out ou V tons stanford and hiram discover the method aid nd destroy it broughon brou aton announces announce a hla his intention ot of fa the mins mine alt it a 1 l daddy hiram ILS as hl his a partner aw ani j beasley as his foreman the matter of 0 the construction car being fOr forgotten to Us sov algut il gut jeanie in incurs lotten uros broughton to promise not to prosecute Bullert po the only oril lifer erics being that she loves love the follow CHAPTER With uie the ih ot of beasley broughton interests capital ital in the mine and the future of 0 tk s old id clo clis seems assured CHATTER ills big debt aeb to i hiram and to jeanie for or the th recovery ot 0 if i his him property pra perty broughton Pr casura the girl he will not prosecute Bul lorton but sh she inoa ilni not appear rapear particularly grateful finally the true situation a apparent arent toi to it any y one lose less deeply in love loveana ant possibly lon 1 dense dawns on stanford a nl d and h he realizes that he has found ag the girl I 1 the 11 ve and nd the dog and particularly railroad station this either cither with or without Je jeaniel anies consent I 1 li clit know and forbore to risk ask and the harlequin raced faced dog was ready leadir to trot trat at the donys heels cut but the blue eyed maiden had shut herself up in her room and I 1 thought she going t to 0 come out and see me ott off at the final moment however after gensley beasley had already steered his bis no nag across the dump head bead and find I 1 was mas about to climb into ray my saddle she ahme came to the cabin door and was both curiously embarrassed ond and a bit breathless please one minu minute tel 1 bhe she begged ft and nd as I 1 took my foot out of tle the stirrup do you know what they have done with nith with with fullerton Bul lerton I 1 helped out no I 1 dont know but bet I 1 suppose taken him on to the county county bent seat sit at copna colah with the others then then pl please ease let him got go I 1 it if you refuse to prosecute slake make yourself entirely easy I 1 broke in a bit sourly maybe ill agree dot cot to play the part of the dog in the manger thank you so much I 1 she murmured and then she backed away quickly and went in and on through to the kitchen leaving me to follow beasley Be asleT which 1 I 11 with ith tile the humor telling me that of all the puzzling unaccountable things in a world of enigmas enig mas a iNot comans womans nans vagaries were mere the least understandable for after ill was said and done and after all that had happened and been made to br happen ippen it seemed to be palpably up ap faient that twombly was as still la in love with the jeet f CHAPTER angels desert ana and urban our four stopover stop over in angels friend Ilea I 1 easl rys anil and mine was ns of the shortest our bu business bubines sines with father william liam dabian was tile merest travesty upon concluded it trial lit at law anil and wes was dlly there would he no passenger train rain uliter omi teasley r e ansie find ani i resumed our places in the calwise and in due dua time were sot set I 1 down in brewster the alie breezy little metropolis of park tire here my captor and friend tip earel 1 l to lie be very much sit nt imirie hi ine ile he took me to the bast hotel where lie was grouted g feted with anina ama fitti I 1 vile by a clerk who liuo life it ilia dla biond UK big enough to serve for a loco ol 01 motive tire headlight hands billib lh o mv ink to a r of rent gentlemen lemen it in thip the lobby and pre cave me m orders to go up lip to our rooms irid ani talie rake a w wali lelh tit preparatory ep to ti meeting a certain baill friend of Ns his at al lii the in ceta con contingent alij its being able to anund up the 6 iliene lend T n time for the feast it still wanted anted c r half hour of the luncheon time when I 1 de benth d to the golphy A little before one n rensley beasley fame came in with a middle fiddic aged man who ho looked it us it if ht he might have been the retried inn manager nager if t a WIN west show not long haired or ir any anything thing like but with aub the lie cool eye and bronzed weather beaters ace of one who bo lived under house bouse elofs iby when circumstances forced him film to A moment later I 1 was saak ing hands with mr william starbuck mine owner ranchman a director in the brewster national bank pi president of the tha lewster B commercial club and the prime mover in a lot of other civic activities too num rous to mention I 1 may pass lightly aver over the events of the three days following days in which mr william starbuck cli who seemed to be known to all the old timers in brewster as aa nilly filly and to the generation as uncle bly baij bij labored untiringly in my belal behalf procured me ohp the necessary essary credit I 1 at the he natrona Na teof tlona helped me nip in uie oe ordering pt pw new machinery helped beasley to i small rustle up 4 a small army of 0 alce to go ahead of us to the cinnabar and pirl last but not least rodde made my deac with the railroad company in ui milt mat ter of the stolen and smashed inscoe tion lion car this being a thing lie he was nas easily able to do because lie ho was the brother in law once removed of the railroad companas comp anys vice president and general manager on our last day in brewster and a aa 9 a part parting ing favor I 1 asked starbuck Star burk how I 1 should proceed in regard to quashing the Indict indictment merIt against fullerton Bul lerton anil when I 1 did so lie he gave me a shrewd look out of the flie cool gray eyes with ith a gentle uplifting of the shaggy brows if you are determined to lo let Bul letton go all you have aye to d dy la IS to do nothing it if you dont opium lo 10 colah to prosecute him and ills his would be wine mine jurn jumpers pers the case against then them will ill be dismissed as a matter of course but really you know you ought blit to make inake an example of them in th tho circumstances I 1 cadd I 1 returned so we lot it go at that and nit an hour later beasley neasley andi were on wt way nay back to atropia and cinna bar mountain CHAPTER cousin percy wires it was on the evening of the fourth days absence that beasley arid and I 1 left the train tit nt atropia and took the troll trall in rc arse for flir a return to the high bench on in old ell babar jl ensley alding it borrowed horse anti and I 1 etiny p ny which daddy had sent dola down n to tile lie by ones oneat bf abe tie newly imported ted workmen 11 just ns as we were leaving the ho rail ad station buddy fuller the operator rail mil out to land me a telegram since it wo wa too dork to sec bee to rend read it and I 1 opposed up posed naturally that it was nothing more important than tt a bid front froni ome oni um chinery firm anxious to supply our needs I 1 thought it might wall wait stuck it into my pocket and promptly forgot it IL our folk ns as we rode together up the now familiar troll was chiefly of b business the business of reopening the mine and it was not until wu ne were nearing our destination that the ex er mars marshai laJ said still stick ln in your crow craw that you aint a coln to pop the whip at charley Bul fullerton lerton it Is I 1 answered well now why by not hotl principally because I 1 have promised somebody that I 1 prosecute not lit twombly hed never lost you to do anything like that no not daddy hiram lie ile press the matter any further and we rodo rode on in silence leuce sl As ae A e approached the neighborhood of the mine evidences of the activities began to manifest themselves daddy hiram met us at the door ot of his newly repaired cabin across the dump head and insisted upon taking care of the horses beasley and I 1 washed up nt at the outdoor bench and basan lavatory and when we went in jennie had bad supper ready for us she sit at table with us from which I 1 argued that she and her father had already eaten and I 1 thought she purposely avoided me avoided meeting arny eye at least I 1 wonder at it ner her poti position tion as I 1 had it figured out was rather awkwardly anomalous by this time I 1 had fully convinced myself that she was in love alth ith culleiton Bul Bui leiton and was probably engaged to lie be married to him and that it was only her native honesty that had driven her to take sides against him lit in the struggle for ahe the Cli ambar prompting her to 10 do the one tiling thing bad knocked his bis ne ap barlous scheme on the head namely the recording of my deed kitt knowing whig nothing but hard work daddy hiram was as running the deep well himself him belf or ruther rather the night shift on them find and about ten oc nc lick lock just os as I 1 had made up ill my mind to go to ile bed and let the re palting ac 11 take care of cf I 1 saw leavle going over to the boller boiler shed alb a put pot of freshly nude mide colff coerte for lier her father here was my chance I 1 A 7 if I 1 1 7 P I 1 it I 1 I 1 1 ll 11 0 it I 1 jai 4 lets have it out jeanie I 1 said thought so BO I 1 waited add her ns as she came back lets hie hat it out jeanlo I 1 bald which I 1 confess wua us a sort of brutal way Y to begin on the woman I 1 loved cloird and yet tile the only u way ay if I 1 was as to go on oll that tha the he bf belonged lo 10 another uan num we ran eun at least be good firle cant wo we 0 no ko she returned with a queer little hrim of f her ber predty lips anti anil it illish hash of the blue eyes fsr ya afraid we e can cant t even to lr that or i ali lisia csc any csore mr broughton it wis aukward nw kwapil I for both nf if UK its standing before the opel 1 I ddn thor dor arid and I 1 poi tiled to the bench re daddy illium was wont to anile hla hh eeik evening ing pipe lit in good weather wont you hit awu bilau e can call sort n if flail fiall it out dut I 1 begged its no i ue lileto li slip object ed 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