The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-03-06


II vss . private ea,ri showing The boz
inss through The bonndsry to the busy
Bee snd the ssssys averaged $500 pcr
ton. Ryan whis,led soitly. slipped The
paper To bic pocket. closed the safe and
tossed The Keys on the dak Grsitoa had
taken the sou,h road TO Ripple, snd Pc,
didnt wsnt 10 mes. him, 90 be climbed tho
dump 90 the north aide Of The shah sue
hurried dosa the bill. A whistle footed
up the canyon.
That mn.t be The III 40.
He rashsd down the rocky pathway,
elin bips bovldefs, ,dodgins sprue, s,umps
shdins 90 the dry pine needles, until be
reached the depot
Going to Daatop. Mr.. Ryan, dnsied
the sivtion seent
Yes, solpsd Pat btesthlessly,
The msn pushed down the tisnsl lever,
and the roar Of the onsomins train lessen
cd rs u swupe round the b;nd. slowed
down and stopped. Pat jumped In, the
conductor raised the green A,s, the loco
motive snor.sd loudiy, spd the siiitsriOs
tracks shat out from beneath.
Up on the miner ii 'se = msn vas run
ming. wsvins ffsntically Pat rscos niEsd
him. bal the IL 45 thandered on through
the capyoo.
AT Daoton depot tuo hours later Ps.
me. Cnibbsr,, the chiei telegraph Opera
tor.
Hello, Ryan Business brisk At tho
miner
nothing doing At ell. jnst been fred.
Went q Job. theni Borke quit this m mofp
ing. Come risht over now. Aud The 81
fable operator ,rsbbed Pats arm and led
him into be tfiiee
Ryss understood the work He had
served bic time o. the Western Union. He
thanked Cathbeft, threw ofI bis Iscket and
sst down bcfors the machine. Tick - tick
A message vas claiming interpretation:
Hssgsrt, Boston Block. Dabton.
Excavations 10 wettern eection start i'm
Immediately. GRAFTON.
Pat knew the western section to be
worthless, The blue print and the tsls
gram confirmed his suspicions- Grafton
ton vas going TO steal. % the stroke Of
6 he boarded q car at the ONCE door and
got of st o milliner's store.
He had scarcely released the spring
doors when girls voice cried Pstsyl and
. pair OF soft arms we're round his neck.
pulling bis bead forward and down on the
sr,incisl violsts on the counter.
The greetings over, Mary surprised bin
with unexpected news,
Mothers just had = proposal. Patsy,
The gentleman comes tor bis snswer TO
night.
Who 10 in
Mr.. Grafton.
Whstl gsspsd Ryan,
Nov be understood Why the msn waved
90 frsnticslly: Hesvsnti II he had osusht
the train. there wsuld bsvs been no tele
gram: he'd have arrived here ahead OF me,
thought Pat,
Neat afternoon Grafton called 90 the
widow, bat he did not stsy long Later
he boarded The Santa F- for the Psciho
oosst. and Hsgsart nevel saw him sssin.
In The underground shsmber Of the
Evening Star the black dimonds had pisrc
Cd through fourteen feet Of solid rosk,
and the rich vein Of the Busy Bee showed
up richer every foot. The machine wss
still droning noisily when Ryan aud bis
attorney entered.
Stop thst drill shouted Ryan.
Jack sIripg up.
Yen cart come 10 here; it's GfsftonS
ordersi he rosred.
You're not likely to tsks farther orders
from Grafton, said Ryan quistly.
The Cornishmsn's fscs went white.
What -d'you mean? he stsmmsrsd.
/ mean the games up. answered RysD.
Jack stopped the drill, and the Evening
Star closed down.