The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-03-02
CHAPTER XIV.

4 A sleepless night had old John Fol-
som, and with the sun he was mp
again and hnrriedly dressing. Noise
covered, for as he issued from his
room into the dina light of the upper
hall there stood Pappoose.
"Poor Jess has been awake an hour"
said she. We've been trying TO see
the troops through TIE glass. They
must have started before daybre5k,
for there's nothing on the road TO
Frayne.'' n.ta u7Fi Wal ar
at disappeared over the divide three
miles out" he answered vaguely, and
conscious that her clear eyes were
studying his face. 81 didn't sleep
well, either, We shall be having
news from Hal to-day, and the mail
rider comes down from Fraync"
She had thrown about her long,
loose wrapper, and her lpstrous hair
tumbled like brown black torrent
Down over her shoulders and back.
Steadfastly the brown eyes followed
his every move.
1T is an hour TO breakfast time.
daddy dear, let me make you some
coffee before you 60 out"
What? Who said | was going out ?"
he asked, forcing a smile; then, more
gravely: Hl'll be back in thirty min
utes, dear, but wait a moment |
cannot. l want to catch n man be-
lore he can possibly ride away 90,
lie bent and kissed her hurriedly,
and went briskly down the stairs. In
the lower hall he suddenly struck n
parlor match that flared up and IL
lumined the winding staircase to the
third story. Some thought as sudden
prompted her TO glance aloft, just in
time TO catch glimpse of a woman's
face withdrawing swiftly over the
balcony rail In her hatred of any
thing that savored Of spying the girl
could have called aloud demand
10 know what Mrs. Fletcher wanted,
but strange things were in the wind,
as she was learning and something
whispered silence. Slowly she re-
turned to Jessie's side, and together
once more they searched with the
glasses the distant trail that dis
tinctly visible now in the slant OF the,
morning sun, twisted up the north,
ward slopes on the winding way 90
Frayne. Not Whit OF dust could
they see. uff .,fsNf,e,s
Meantime John Folsom strobe swift
ly down the weliknown path 10 the
quartermasters depot. a tumult of
suspicion and conjecture whirling in
his brain. AS he walked he. recalled
the many hints and stories that had
come 10 his ears Of Burleigh's ante.
cedents elsewhere and his associa-
tions here. With all his reputation
for enterprise and wealth, there were
shady tales OF gambling transac-
tions and sailed mines and wstered
stocks that attached perhaps more
directly 20 the men with whom he
foregathered than TO him. a man
Is known by the company he keeps"
said Folsom, and Burleigh's cronies,
until Folsom came TO settle in Gate
CITY. had been almost exclusively
among the "sharps," gamblers and
their kindred, the projectors and pros
pectors ever preying on the unwary
on the outer wave Of progress. With
IN the past six months lac had seen
much OF him, for Burleigh was full OF
business enterprises. had Investments
everywhere, was lavish IN invitation.
and suggestion, wns profuse In offers
OF aid Of any Kind ~ aid were want
ed4f lie bad gone 50 far as ~ say that
he knew FROM experience how with his
wealth tied up In real estate and
mines man often found himself in
need Of few thousand In spot sssh.