The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1904-09-16

only a short time ago, trying t.
induce him to release the mine fol
flve thousand, believing it to be
exhausted. Some of the mel
heard you talking to each other
and you said that the mine was
not worth the cost Of u pickax
Now"
AS your brother has re.discov.
cred the vein, richer than ever"
finished Graw, coolly, 1--WE pro.
pose to operate II ourselves. But
we are not so hard as you think,
Miss Killian; and we really feel
for your brother. You may tell
him that II he will turn the mine
over TO W at daylight tomorrow
we will pay him back one.half the
years lease-S5,0OO."
"And let him lose the other IF.
teen thousand" flashed back
Joyce. no; thank you. We will
hold the mine until the very last
Ino nec' NJ the lease"
But once uItside she wondered
If she had done the very best she
could. Would not the ~, thou.
sand-but no, he would not agree
10 that. Like her, he would rather
fight TO the very last ditch.
She must do something. how.
ever. Her brother was down in
the mine, working 6ercely with
his men at the almost pure vein
which the explosives had discov.
cred, and believing that she would
return with the new lease. ONLY
ten more days, and he did not
know II. What could she do?
Before she had gone hundred
yards she knew. and instead Of
keeping toward the stores she
hurried 10 the only printing Office
Bedrock contained. An hour
later the town was conspicuously
posted with:
Men wanted AT Snake Rock mine for ten
days Wages. ten dollars a day. pack niue
seven"
Ordinary wages for good labor.
crs were three or four dollars per
day. Bosses and superintendents
did not average ten. In an hour
men were leaving regular jobs Of
work and ruthlessly breaking en-.
When Joyce finished
her necessary shopping and start.
ed for home she found siragglers
aud groups with picks and shovels
scattered along the trail for two
miles or more. hut she reached
the mouth 81 the mine first. and
sent an imperative summons for
her brother 10 come 10 the sur.
face. When h. joined her. n half.
hour later. ~ men were waiting
for jobs, with 30 more hurrying
up the SLOPE. and between the 80
aud Bedrock several hundred
more.
The regular force ~ the mine
was less than a hundred men: but
the next morning halfa thousand
names were on the pay roll. divid
I'd into day and night shifts, with
n hundred more who we're owners
" pack mules. Every working
space large enough for man had
It's laborer with pick or shovel.
dynamite or ear; and every labor.
Pr. under the stimulus 81 the ten
dollars u day. was working with 4
hcartincss that had never been
his before. \ great stream ~ ore
rolled MP out If the mine 10 the
backs of the pack mules. and on ~
the shelter at Bedrock. whence
came certificates IT credit with
figures that would have staggered
u mine owner " moderate ideas.
Bnt the owner II Snake Rock did
not SEE them, lie was down In the
mine, working and watching day
and night 10 sex that the great
stream should not lessen In pro.
for even IN instant.
Joyce insisted IN q share In the
work. and remained NJ ~" mouth
NJ the mine with book aud pencil.
keeping y rrrrrd " the stream
US II tlowcd past and Il WIS she
who took charge II the credit slips
ne they ram" In. hut even to her
Inexperienced EYES the figures
brought an odd look ~ amazed
delight that grew stronger day
by DAY.
So a week wcnt by, eight DAYS.
nine days, and the tenth was near.
ing its closc when her brother