The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-22


enough FOR FIfrh aEenue or anywhere
bur Ike the west Speakfn. II modes
an. srrtes. when I set IN IN I'd IN that
INV Wposrza sur 0r 1Ine. guess
make the jaded sight sers SET I'D an
Il take untice. ehl Someshtn' dOfn' ever
i minute q The cr1nin' q necks. WHAT
y0thtn. saudT. bun the acme q neat
ness an form. as ths Teller said VINO
/ sold Il % ne
Their common peril brought the
friends together again. INTO that close
/ bond which had been theirs without
/ Interruption until this recent change
I In the younger had led him 70 choose
PATHS az vnr1auce with the old mans
7 IDEAS: and now they spoke, heart 20
heart. In the bali serious. half testtng
! uzavz OF old. while beneath each whf-n-
steal irony was that mutual love and
understanding which had eonseerzted
their partnership
Arriving NJ the end % the. road the
vfz1iantes debouched and went into the
darkness Of the canyon behind their
leader. to whom the trails were famtl-
lar He babe them pause finally and
gave bis last Instructions
They are on the alert. 50 you want
to be careful Divide into two parties
and close in from both sides. creeping
as near to the piclrets as possible with
out discovery. Remember to wait for
the last blast When Il comes. cur
loose and charge like Sioux Don't
shoot to XIII at first, for they're only
soldiers and under orders, but II they
stand-1VelI, every man must do his
work"
Dextry appealed to the dim figures
forming the circle
Il leave il to you, gents, IL it amt /
better for me to 90 inside than for
the boy. I've had more experience
with giant powder. am I'm 50 blamed
used ID an near gone il wouldn't hurt
II they did get me- while he's right in
his prime
Glenister stopped him Il won't
yield the privilege Come nOw-to
your places men,
They melted away 70 eacn SIDE wnlIe
the old prospector paused to wiring his
partners hand
I'D ruther il was me, lad but If
they get yOu-GOd help em!' He
stumbled after the departing shadows
leaving Roy alone With his naked
fingers, Glenister ripped open the
powder cases and serrefed the contents !
upon his person. Each cartridge held
dynamite enough to devastate a VIII
- ID
pockets, inside his shirt and every
where that he had room till he was 4
Ourdened and cased in an arnor one
lundredth part Of which could have
blown him from the face Of the earth
10 utterly as to leave no trace except
Ierhaps, a pit ripped ont Of the noun X
atm side He looked to his fuses and 4
aw that they were wrapped in oil y
Japer. then placed them In his hat. \
Having finished. be set out, walking II
With difficulty under the weight he Y
arried
That HIS choice OF location had been
vell made was evidenced by the fact
bat the ground beneath his feet Sion D
away to 4 basin ont or which huh e
led a spring It furnished the drink
u supply OF the Midas, and be knew q
very inch OF the crevice it had worn il
own the mountain. so felt his way D
auti0usly along. At the bottom OF the n
III where it ran out upon the level il n
Id worn considerable ditch through b
We soil, and into this be crawled Oh "
ands and knees. His bullying clothes CT
lndicapped him so that his gait was "
ow and awkward. while the rain had
yelled the streamlet till ii trickted 81
-er his calves and up to his wrists, j
lilIfng him 20 that his muscles cramp- hf
and his very bones cried out with In
The sharp sehist cut into his palms ig
/ they were shredded and bleeding. III
bile his knees found every jagged II
Of bedrock over which he dra-get' "a
mseif He could not see an ARM 70
1gth ahead without rising. and, hav-
2 removed his slicker for greater -
sedom of movement the rain beat =,
on bis back till he was soaked ana
adea and felt streamIets cIeaving rY
between his ribs Now and 4.
ain he squatted upon his launches -
aiming his eyes TO either side The =.
nks were barely high enough to ~
eld him. At last he came to bridge ~,
planks spanning the ditch and was -,
out to rear himself for another look N.
zen he suddenly 9attened into tie NJ,
cam bed, half damming the waters mn
tn his body II was for this he had ha,
wrapped his fuses A man an,
'sed over him 80 close above that be th,
ght have touched him. The sentry hin
lsed few PAGES beyond and accost- WI
another then retraeed his steps He
II the bridge. Evidently this was str
picket line, so Roy wormed his sen
Z forward till he saw the blacker Gun
ckuess OF the mine buildings ti,en pin
" himself, dripping out from the
TX. He had run the gantlet safely
ince evicting the owners, the recefv-
had erected substantial houses IN PF