The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-12-08
(Copywright, 1914, by Harold Mac
Grath,)
CHAPTER 1.
The Mystery OF The Spotted Cola.

CHAPTER /.
The Mystery OF the Spotted Collar.
Or the side of the rugged mountains
a black velvet hole yawned Bubble
lay strewn about the lodges To a
laymaH this rubble would have ex-
plaiBed nothing; to miner it would
have Instantly explained the nature OF
NE hole. Presently burly man
emerged from the hole, squirting. He
eyed the lump OF quartz in his hand.
Always a little, but not enough to
nnAks it worth while. 1t might have
rua ten or, twelve to the ton. But
what capitalist would interest himself
II such dribble? The prospector flung
he quartz upon the accommodating rub
ne and leaned disheartenedly against
he log support to the entrance of
he mine Every bone in his body
AoAed and every nerve responded. His
grab stake was fast dwindling, and in
aAother four days he would have to
~ some thirty-two miles to the
nearest town for supplies.
Bone! He had paid $500, every one
of them earned at the risk Of his neck
~ this damnable hole in the ground
he filled and lit his pipe and fell to
dreaming what he would do when he
struck it rich.
" and by the dreams faded and the
G1eer realities returned He rose
laasly and carefully picked his way
aewn TO the Irishman's shanty The
two Of them shared their noon on
piaAeAnt days.
"How's she comin'?'
al Il str Hro n Or
sR1&vhile strong man of the Eclipse
e1rs4s.
We'll, well, it's peggin' away that
Dr1nge it. l found lump t'day that
aaAH look so bad ] should say that
she'll run fifteen to the ton. l guess
them wild-catters are tn chaps that
nsake the real spondulix-widders an
Asrks an childer."
Tmtnor shrugged and munched his
eAos of bacon and after an hour or
- returned to his diggings.
n Trainor's life there had been but
timing monotonies. He had been a
sa1aor In the South seas, lumberjack
IN the north, cowboy, a fireman on a
North Atlantic liner. He had come
Aum a poor but respectable Ohio fam
~ His father nor his grandfather
lad ever stepped beyond the state
boundary lines; but in him there was
4 rsversion to the type Of pioneer who
lad established the Trainor family
when Ohio was wilderness. He
could not settle down; he must be on
The move continually, and when at
length he joined the circus he found
thak roaming uncertain life much to
h4s fancy. There he had met Mimi
Koans, known on the hand bills (for
Autographs were far beyond the reach
q this circus) as Mimi La France,
world renowned tight rope walker.
Remarkable as it might seem, these
two loved each other fondly, and one
dag the lust to wander died in the
mans heart; and he wanted a roof
ever his head, children about his knee
sid money in his purse. When the
opportunity to go hunting for gold
came, he hesitated not an instant.
He had been hammering away at the
grim Hnyielding rocks for eight
months, making only such short trips
10 town as were necessary for food
Perhaps the rubble extracted repre-
scented a thousand dollars, perhaps
less. He was discouraged.
One day he staggered out into the
brilliant sunshine. A lump of quartz
was elutched tightly in his hand
When he grew accustomed to the daz-
zfng light he turned the stone over
and over, his heart beating as it had
never before. There were veins in 1t
broad flakes of it; gold, gold! He
stood there several minutes, enthrall-
-. with a tumble of dreams revolving
in his brain. Then he let out a yell
: tha4 could be heard across the valley
Dewn the rubble he dashed, risking
10 neck dozen times.
Donovan! Donovan!" he cried.
The old Irish prospector came out
of his hole blinking.
I've got it! I've got it,"
Donovan snatched the quartz from
tAe hand of his friend.
''Holy Virgin, we've struck it! If its
~ like that, ye're a rich man. Man
nan, there's a hundred dollars in that
lump alone"
Trainor collapsed on pile OF
worthless rubble and laid his head on
his arms. He had done it, all in these
few months. He was rich, rich. And
III his dreams were going to come
true! The Irishman gazed down at
I'm ruefully but philosophically
"A An me that's been prospecting
sty years an amt hit my pile yet!
Wei, God bless we, man. I'm glad We
get T. An now let's go take a look
like all men who suddenly stumble
1poa a virgin fortune, Trainor in
stantly began to plan how to protect
it. He had some bank attorneys draw
~ papers leaving the mine to his wife
IN ease of her death to his child, to
her husband 1t was understood that
the brother-in-law keene, should never
be able to touch it. These western