Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-07

lie 6Fifted away at the time of the
strike, and lost sight of him until the
other day, when lie told me he had been
working on the Grubstake for month
happened to run across him again this
morning, just after I had made those
assays; it flashed across me at cnce
that he was the man for us, and 1 made
kim an offer on the spot"
(which he accepted?"
Not exactly. He said he wonld
give me an answer tonight; but am
pretty tolerably sure of him. To man
with passion for bucking faro, fifty
dollars in cash is a powerful persuader.' -
cit is; but I wish he had not taken
time to consider it, just the same" the
lawyer dryly returned. ''And did you
get him to admit anything?"
"Only as silence-and an eloquent
grin-gives consent. said that knew
they were on our ground, and he did not
deny it; he said he did not feel like
talking then; he wanted time to think
it over; but feel sure from his manner
that it is all right"
"And Brigham-have you seen him
lately?"
mo; 1 did not think it adv Dsable to
be seen camping on his trsl con.
tinually; but sent him note 10 meet
me here this afternoon"
''He has not been in"
$50 inferred; but I will ride up t.
Tomtown from here and look him up.
1 have been feeling tolerably sure OF
him since our last talk; he seemed per-
fectly satisfied with the terms I Of
fered and talked in the fairest possible
way; but don't like his not coming"
Hes as slippery as an eel" declared
the lawyer, disgustedly. eff you get
hold of him you had better take him
back to the Gulch with you tonight and
not lose sight of him again till court
opens. Then if you can secure the other
fellow for an alternate in case the ras-
cal elects to go back on us the last min
ute, we may be reasonably sure of some
thing. But if you are not dead sure Of
your new man, I think we would still
better go for an examination of the
mine''
''We should probably have to ask for
4 continuance of the case if we did"
returned Neil. in interrogative tone.
well, as late in the day as this-per.
haps," answered Bartels.
(Which would probably be refused
if the judge has been approached by
the other side,'' Neil bitterly rejoined
And, anyway, as 1 said before, ! would
rather take my chances than delay the
trial by an hour. It has been hanging
over me long enough. While, more
over, feel perfectly sure of being able
to buy up this man Baker, even if $50
turns out to be too little. I will have
both him and Brigham here at your
office by eight o'clock tomorrow morn
ing-I swear it," Il look in his eyes which
amply Endorsed the words.
"All right. If you stick by that, !
think we may count on an easy victory"
Bartels said, cordially, as the young
man took his leave.
A couple of hours later, that same
afternoon, Dorothy Meredith, knocking
at her fathers door to see if he were
ready to go to supper, found him clos
eted with the superintendent of the
mine
Come in for moment; I'll go down
with you presently" he said to her;
and then, waiting till he had seen the
door safely shut and the girl quietly es-
tablished in chair, he resumed the
conversation she had interrupted. you
think he'll take the bait?" he asked of
McCready, cheerfully.
"Oh, sure" returned that gentle
man confidently. Hes got onto the
fact that we're shippin' some mighty
rich truck, n he's so bent On KNOWN
where it comes from that he'll take any
chances to see with his own eyes.
'Twon't take no persuadin' to get him
down-you bet"
And what do you propose to do with
him if you get him." demanded the
colonel, with sharp glance.
well, 1 hadn't got that fur" Nc.
Cready returned, grinning in his face.
1T might be u good chance to crowd a
little experience under his hat as would
do i'm heap of good. I'd ruther like
to serve i'm the way that top-lofty
mimi expert got fixed out when he
come with his order from the court, last
spring, when the Wine in the second
level had been left open, kinder acci-
dental like. You mustn't go in there
says I, stoppin' him. You have no au-
thority to hinder my goin' where
please, SIR says he, independent as
though he owned all Denver N had
mortgage On the earth; I've got an or.
der from the court, sir sayg he. Well.
you'd better not go in there, just the
same says I, aggravatin'lihe, KNOWN
L was jest eggin' of him ca. I shall
go where 1 d ahem!" anG McCreadY
paused embarrassedly, suddenly res
that he must choose his
words before the young lady, whose
interest in the story he found greatly
fattering. "'Well, 1 shall 20 where ]
like, sir says he, moseyin' straight fo1
that Wine; m the next thing there
he was, kerfump, at the bottom of that
I5-foot hole with his order from the
court-'n' dislocated shoulder! Geeb
how he did swear as we was hoistin'
i'm up!-but there wasn't anothe;
straight face in the mine" And Nc
Cready roared for the pleasing reminis
cence.
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