The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-12-01
CHAPTER VII.-CoNTTNuED.

news from the seat of war, he replied
that he had had only conflicting ru-
mors since the night before; but he
expected that when news did come it
would be bad, and he spoke of the
guarded barricades on the one side,
and on the other the armed intimi-
dators pouring into Gem, filled with
oaths and whisky and turbulence.
"And where is my father, doctorP'
Faith inquired
'Mr. Bingham is understood to be
non-combatant like myself; the union
bosses have nothing against him.
at would be more to his credit, per-
haps, if they had" thought Faith.
"And Abby?" said she. 81 suppose |
need not be anxious about Abby?"
Bred and bawn in a brier-patchl'
laughed the doctor. "Abby's in her ele-
mcnt; she has a friend behind every
union gun. She could go through
beg your pardon-through Hades on
the strength of her connections"
When Faith had left the room to
fetch the warm water and the sponges
and few more articles which the doc
tor required, he freed his mind with
great oath:
"Thc old man is beast, and coward
to boot. He's gone on monstrous
spree, and I think it's deliberate, in
case he should be hauled up for aiding
and abetting this nice work that's 60
ing on. There were not II men out of
300 answered to the payroll this morn
ing; they are on duty elsewhere. He
wants to be able to prove an alibi in
the person of the devil of drink that's
in him. He is afraid of his union
friends, now, because they are on top
and they stick at nothing; but he
knows their time is short; he has an
eye to windward."
"And what will become Of herP"
"God knows. She is worse than ia
therless. She cannot stay, yet she can
not go. Here's knot for somebody to
unite; perhaps lover. have thanked
the Lord that my wife is in Spokane,
but could almost wish, for that poor
child's sake, that she were here; then
1 could be a father to her myself-till
we hear from the lover. And speaking
of Spokane" the doctor continued,
"there's lawyer down there who has
been telegraphing at a great rate to
know II Jack Dacey, reported shot at
the Big Horn mine, is John Darcie.
Says your friends are worried about
you"
my friends-what friends?"
"Your folks in England. He says
there will be the devil to pay if Dacey
is Darcie. Says you're great deal big,
ger man than we take you for in the
Occur d'Alenes."
II wish you would wire him to keer
quiet" said Darcie. "Tell him to cable
my people that I'm all right, and ther
to hold his peace"
"Who are you, anyhow. Darcie
What racket are you working? You
may Vas well trust me; the doctor
knows everything and says nothing
you know"
'Im John Darcie, half owner of the
Black Dwarf, and partner of Mike Nc
Gowan."
Anything else?"
Nothing else worth mentioning"
~ 10 SdltSb W l1tUllOl
things, in times like these, to the righ
person."
Every true, doctor. will mention {
| few things that l am not: I'm not
Pinkerton detective; I'm rot a reporter
for the press; I've not run away from
my regiment; I've not hypothecatet
bonds; I'm not raising funds for al
| Irich rnha1liAn.
of DIR. Cronin; and I'm not anybody
lost heir. And I'm going to get ou
of these Coeur d'Alenes as soon as
can get a bond on the one thing her,
that / want"
Which property is that, may ask p
you may ask, but / shall not tel
you"
You are a Scotchman plain enough
by the way you answer questions"
Il need not ask what you are, doc
tor, by the way you ask them; but
take your intention"
| You had much better take my ad
vice, and tell me what sort of lay-ou
you are on. What's your game? Wha
are trumps-spades or hearts? Ar
|
| whats heart solo?'"
"Ah. you don't know the great Idah,
game-the greatest game outl Bette
camp with us five years or so and learl
the rudiments. There are points in sol,
that / can't do justice to in a phrase
but for snapshot, heart solo /
where hearts are trumps, and you pla
the crowd for three times your los
II you lose, and the same if you wir
The idea is, you are pretty deep in
and il you don't make il, and th
widow goes back on you, you're ap
to leave your dead and wounded on tn
field"
There is no widow in mine" sal
Darcie, unless it's the widow at Wind
sor; but not all the sons of the widow
nor all the goods in 'er shop can hel
me If don't make it, as you say"
Il believe it is heart solo," sal
the doctor; you needn't mind confid
ing in me; I've been married only
year."
There is thing should like to con
fide to you on the spot, and that's
letter, doctor. l wish you'd mail
to this bnsybody lawyer to forward TO
me. It's important, II you please"
with pleasure; mail ii with my ow
hands," said the doctor.
That's what ! mean. Where is tina
Chinaboy? He will get il, and | shal
he eternally obliged when the thin