Show ct r the girl giri a 11 horse holes e aad aa n d 1 FN a dog t 1 I fbi 1 I I 1 7 by F FRANCIS LYNDE I 1 I 1 J vm 11 by br ch re boos SYNOPSIS CHAPTER I 1 L under hl his grandfathers will stanford droughton brauhton society wilar finds ands his share of the estate emote valued at Some aing like hofmo 44 oui lien iles in a safe re POIL toly latitude and lungi longitude tude do scribed ascribed bed and nl that Is in all it may be fled by the th presence nearby of 0 a hatred haired blue tied eed girl a piebald lionso and A 1 dog with walh a bulit face halt half black I 1 and halt white while stanford at first regards th the bequest sit Is a joke but after consideration sots et out to and ills 1118 legacy CHAPTER 11 aion an his bis way to denver den V e the wl he city nearest uie the meridian described deac ra fi hla Is grandfathers grandfather lil stanford hears I 1 from born a follow fellow traveler travel r a story lory having to co 40 with a flooded mine CHAPTER ill HI Thinking things over he h be girma to imagine there may bo be some in hla his bequest worth while his hi idea finally centering tn on uie los possibility 0 of a mine as a safe aae repost repository torf recalling U the narrative aUve on the train he ascertains trel hl his fellow traveler wa was a mining engineer engina r charies Cli urles but arton ati ton Bul BuIl letlon letton refuses him info rma awn ivoti but rein other sources learns eno nuuuli it to make him proved proceed to plate by v ill t in the th rod kd desert CHAPTER IV on the station platform 11 t alto Ali JL tt at as the train pulls pulla 0 out ut sefor ottoo appear to be the 1 iden den mai hersti hr and ahei atei du described in hi his UI impressed pressed in he leaves atle th main at th the axt stop angels there b he bluds that atropia was originally ville hit his destination unable to alli etwo a at once to take him so ka it broughton Br oulton seizes a con steese tr cun ir r and escapes ea cap leaving the irn im pr liin on a ur the towo town marshal beasley atit be e to I 1 slightly demented cil AFTER he abandons the th CT car which to 1 wrecked and escapes on mt foot W the darkness hi he is 1 overtaken b by a L gart on OB horseback and THE dog aft atter or r 1 lis lie slip albut hla his presence title ahe in elite him to hr her horrie home at tits the old cinna bar anine to meet her father CHAPTER VI Brough tona torla hosts are twombly caretaker of the mine VO we lit dauthier dauth ter jeanlo jeanie seeing the girt St auford a a 0 rd Is ig Eatla ned he has located his pt r c oft r ty but does doe not reveal his identity CHAPTER VII next morning ian arram hn he visits visit the mine hirano hiram asks mm it IT an to to look over the machinery and he does doe so eo glad of an excuse to be n near e ar jeanie in whom ho he has become becom inter bated and he engages in the erst real work h ha ever done ne CRAMER CHAITER VIII broughton and hiram got get the pumps started tar teil but are unable to chako an impression on the water but bul 62 an ad old friend ot of the 7 twombly alas visits lt the mine he offers to t cirtin it in consideration of broughton tons atrin hm fafty ono one per cent of 0 the ny Atan tord refuses refuges then duller LQ L y aiters to buy ali m mine outright for Q rw it hall had robt cost Brough toWs grand erand 1 oLar moro more than half a stanford again refuses CHAPTER IX jeanto jeanlo cautions cant ions farough ton against bellint the mine anler rny any an and apparently in a spirit of allows him to kasa her after a movers with daddy hiram Br oulton ton decides ho he will stick to the die property CHAPTER X next day during burin stan fords ford temporary absence from the mine an sinewy without doubt fullerton Bul lerton arik lh tile pumping machinery dealdea to loave it out with wilh him next day atia CHAPTER TER XI ln in the morning ho he finds fullerton Bul lerton and jeanie have disappeared I 1 areal y eloped he also dis discovers covets hai ha U lna dead to the mine has been stolen and i aa it has ha not been recorded he lias has no ll 11 0 f of ownership mysterious actions of the dog cause eliam HI am and broughton to take thu the trall trail in search of jeanie CHAPTER XII they find Jean Je anies lea pony abandoned but no trace of the girl any when hen they got get back to the cabin bellr ton t 0 n Is in there apparel apparently antly awaiting their r return CHAI CHAPTER CHAITER TER XIII Bel Believing leving jeanie to have hav gone ath with fulerton Bu lerton ton tile the of 0 the tn a an lj is LOP much for broughton Brough lon and his b uon u hwn him roughly denies ky ux the whereabouts of je jaane aw st urn him oat his propel I 1 ass ba b lis 4 maCIA t vow vowing I 1 IS vengeance ame salis balig na roil means mischief ml chief raa RW aror brilty fortify themselves ir fr tile the nuiji ohm and prepare pro pire for a R WIS fie ah ath a crowd of desper neat aroa rj so D their refusal to vacate be cipris an attack CHAPTER XIV During the day and night the th too ionia successfully defend alii hat thour against attacks including an attempt to drown them out C CHAPTER XV almost ready to give up to 1 it heartened Oart ened by mrs II Irama ans the aund of the firing have reached roA ohel atropia aaro atro pla opla and an laves party till soon appear CHAPTER XVI the continues Bal oun lerlon erion vainly endeavoring to ind induce uce hiram to abandon broughton me he final I 1 ly announces his bl purpose tio to destroy the kilthou Kir thou with wit its it defender def oride they defy him C dynamite the boots bol belgers losers gers have hav twombly trembly and broughton Brough too at their last gasp when tile the rescuing parly from atropia strives headed by Ij roughton aho h lj Is daddy hirame nephew with aho the party parly Is jeanie As an explanation of her disappearance she mile hands stanord Stano rJ hla ants deed to ur the old cinnabar she hal had taken laken 19 have recorded jed a precaution ho he had neglected arbesu broughton tor for the th theft and of 0 the construction st car i i CHAPTER A chorge charge of dynamite to I 1 to aimed b by cullerton Bul nul lerton fit at the sh abatt aft house exploded explode g in the mine and the mystery t of lh the flood Is roneale 3 the water had him ers beon be into the shaft a h aft and arrangements made to kop keep it there th era with the object of ind and ultimately out brough I 1 tons grandfather stanford and discover the method and destroy it brou broughon haon cron announces ounces his intention of 0 N VS the mine with ith daddy H hiram iram 11 i N 4 i his partner and Dolas daulcy leir os as it his I 1 a fore ore j r ro the matter of the construe construction Llin car to tile his intense v tig forgotten disgust att no 1 indu cop broughton to promise not to procure pro cute orton the only possible inter Infer tn cro e being that she bho loves the illow follow CHAPTER wibb ui the all aid of amsley broughton interests jib ID the mine and the fenre of ur th old OH cla seems eema assured charter Ms his debt to hiram and to jeanie for or the recovery of I 1 I 1 his file pr property orty broughton assures asgur ft ur es the girl I 1 he h will not prosecutor prost prose cuto Bull bularon ron but 0 ehe he into n nl ni I appear f grateful ful finally ux the true a tuition tua tion ap apparent rent to i any on one tells deeply in love ond on ti possibly lema dense dawns on stanford Stant oril ana lie ho rr ron ollien lIzes that h ha hi has found tho girl cirl the h hn flo ite and the dog and particularly tieu ZI tu I 1 F r 1 I 11 lut go 0 o to atropia as he be ex Poel peeled pil ino no to site she continued cAir calmly nTy 1111 1 I took the lie old haversack trail across i i the mountain to greaser creaser filding aiding I 1 ikney knew that the celiah train would a top stop there on tin the atack when I 1 got i I 1 ds a as tho lenvi cemack ack I 1 thou thought glit I 1 hoard heard somebody Ici lowing me I 1 awni and know mint to do I 1 was aft tild my copying of the deed hail had abeen been discovered in and that the hie original bouhl he taken iway away from me inc so RO I 1 hurried to in hide the refit deed tile the old haversack tunnel seemed to be a good place but while I 1 was in there barney began to hark bark aud and I 1 looked out and sa saw vv flint the lie noise I 1 tin and heard had been ande liy fly a stray cow from one ot ol tile foothill ran ranches clies so I 1 re mounted and rode on to catch the train to copenh at greaver siding I 1 tried to make barney lend lead the pony home and bernoy tried his heft best to 10 lo do it IL nut but winkle wanted to craze and I 1 had to go off a anil d leave them when CM tb train came till all I 1 except that hot I 1 had to wait two days lay at my cousins in comah before I 1 could get the deed back from the recorders office they were awfully slow about it ft I 1 it quite all I 1 amen amended dett you told me how you happened to come back with beasley find and his posse 11 tent was just a coincidence I 1 reached atropia on the early morning train trail anil and met mr bir beasley and nd ills his men just as they were starting up tho la mountain cousin ruddy buddy fuller had told me how he had telegraphed to angels for mr air bensley beasley and I 1 was scared to death of course bebau because ae I 1 knew what it meant so I 1 borrowed the Ilag gertys pony end and came along with the alie posie there was silence for a little time such tl lence ns As the clattering and hammering of the carpenters and stearn steam litters fitters permitted then I 1 said and when you got here the farsi first thing I 1 did was to call you li mrs firs but bul lerton I 1 dont blame you yon for not being able to forgive me jeanie girl honestly I 1 dont it was worse than a crime she averred aver reil solemnly it was a blunder what made you do it 7 tartly partly because I 1 was nas n as a jealous fori fool hut but mostly because I 1 was wag sore and sorry and disappointed I 1 thought Buller tort had bad beaten me to it no to she said quite anderly an herly it ens miss bliss randle handle who bent beat you to it t I 1 capped gapped there were tremendous possibilities in n that cool answer of berz prodigious possibilities lint bayl say I 1 hurst burst out I 1 leil fezi you flint lisette had pushed me overa band inn long ago 1 I know she was sensible enough to so wo I 1 that hat you find and she live on fon licit nothing hing a bear ear nut but now that y you 0 u tire rich or are going to be tom im sure iou are not going to be less generous than she was what if slie she did take your ring olt off in a moment rit of aits di t and knowing tant you buy her hats you can call lie ito i very cry sure she tit it on again as soon ns its your butk burk was tur noil ried there we loto were ere no sooner over 0 one hurdle before another laid and a higher one must jump up tip I 1 groaned find ami thrust my hands into my pockets A paper rustled and I 1 drew it out it was the telegram bodily fuller bad handed me still unread I 1 opened it half absently holding it down doti so that the glow of tho the nearest flare fell upon the wil willing then I 1 gave a little yelp sunil sh allowed owed hard two or three blines and nearly linked choked doing it and read the tiling thing again after all of which I 1 said as calmly as I 1 could put lit in sr spile ate of all that I 1 tin and tod you abolia alnette Ll sette you asked me once to lis you Is is it lugtu nice of you to remind me of it site she inquired reproachfully it be in ordinary clr cir cum it would be beastly but listen jennie jeanie you been road clear through lu in reading a story to liae hole a coin coincidence coincided ciden cc rung in on oil you aulien you knew perfectly well that the tiling thing poli sibly have happened so pat in he nick of time I 1 to 1 I I 1 suppose I 1 have yes well dont ever let it disturb you again because auie tile the real thing Is 1 a I lot more wonderful and unbelievable you know listen to this its a wire from my co cousin lisin percy tile hie one who sent me out into thu the wide mide valde world to look for a girl a horse and a ls dog and boho ft ho isi is the only human being outside of colorado who knows where I 1 am likely to be reached by telegraph ile he Is in boston ston and this Is what he says saya recalled home when we reached honolulu outbound out bound lasette and I 1 were man mottled led today congratulate us I 1 for a minute there was a breathless port eort of pause and I 1 broke it IL Jo Je Anle atile dear it jutt just common honesty and good fulth faith that made yon take all these chantes chances with till the deed and with Bul culleiton leiton yes im commonly honesto honest said tile the small voice at my shoulder cullerton Bul Buti lerton erton is a shrewd smart letlow fellow I 1 went oil ill to suy say that lie he never biado lucli h a boneh cad break as I 1 did the ru morning orning lou auie aue luck buck you must think something of lint or you have asked tile me tacit not to prosecute cute him for or trying to m murder yo your father her and me site klie looked don doin ul lit her pretty feet which mere ere crossed aroi hed 1 I think a little something ot of myself om said with ith small breath between tile the walda 1 I owed that touch much dont you think it if 1 decele bira outright im ni afraid I 1 did let 11 blin deceive so that made me file responsible in a way and I 1 let you send semi him to jail could I 1 IA I 1 but what about me are arc you going to KL nd me file to a worse place than iliin any jail jall fur tur that aliat Is 18 liba abatt the bola vide mide world Is going to be to in me e without yu Jefin le var I 1 her angi oer was just ju it like her she f turned mid and put lut up lip tier her face to roc me and sald kahs tile ine again att biln stannie St annle and though all the cil carpenters rp enters on the job looking on as aa I 1 suppose they to locie by this time mile I 1 took her in my inns arm it wits a short it sort of had to jq in tie tic circumstances I 1 it wa 4 over I 1 folded percy gercys 8 tely giam took out my pencil and with the lie oear gail looking on printed my reply on what was left of the message blank this Is what I 1 said rhe fame saime to avit have found the 0 the IT II and the he D and mitt jeanee and I 1 are to be married as an soon its as we voe can flud find a minister incidentally don tally I 1 hae learned how to work hope it will be a comfort to you to grandfather jasper it if he Is whore where lie can bear of it and to all concerned V L |