Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-06

s.l.,nr o. the suprrasItIen MIne.

N~NAAN~%ANN@
sailing OF the supcrstttion Mine.
Outwitted IN his effort 20 obtain pos
session Of the coveted right-ofJway rec
ords and defeated once more In hts plans
through the failure Of Spike to betray
those who had befriended h m, seagrue's
wrath concentrated on Spike ~ being
chiefly responsible for his discontinue.
But sanding IN tho room which had
iust been the scene OF his last defeat
seagrue felt that he could At least enjoy
revenge. Helen. storm and Rhinelander
were stili fac ne him. with Spike near.
and the sheriff was Just leaving the
room when seagrne called to him. As he
did 20. he drew from his pocket a worn
pamphlet and handed Il SYSTEMATICALLY
10 the sheriff. There's something Of in
terest to you
''whet do YOU mean2" returned the Of
ficlal. iocularfy lie glanced at the
pamphlet saw set forth on the cover a
reward Of $500 offered for the appre-
hension OF So Ike and he laughed; I'VE
see these things every day" said he
handing Il back 10 seaErue. "It / wero
80 chase up all the pointers get like
that. my salary wouldn't buy my gaso-
line"
You don't have to burn any gasoline
20 get this money" retorted seagrue.
your man l. right herA."
"where7" demanded the sheriff.
akeptlcally.
,seasrue po nted to Spike 'TAat il
the man. he said. coldiy.
Spike decided the game was up. lie
made a bolt for the door. The sheriff
stopped him.
The moment was an unpleasant one.
Helen was furious. "of all the mean
things you've ever done" she said 10
seagrue, hotly. ''thls IL about the mean
est. / should think You, would want 70
20 and hide yourself." she exclaimed
with cult M emphasis, from the sight
Of All living men"
stung seagrue retortee IN like: THAT
Sounds fine from your lips Miss Helen
Holmesl It's new role for YOU 70 be-
come the champion Of prison birds like
fhis fellow" lie nodded insoiently to-
wards Spike. Especially" he added,
'since this very nan'-ho pointed a
finger reientlessly at spike-"this very
man. he almost Numbered. was Inn
pIlcated IN the death Of your own fatheri'
He meant. with his retort. to beat poor
Helen into the ground. He almost did 20,
Breathless. unable to speak. she looked
helplessly from Recuser TO accused. storm
and Rhinelsnder stood spellbound. star
Ing at seagrue like one etuned. Helen
could only gasp: MY fatherr'
Yes, your father" repeated Dnagrue
anEriiy. How dc you like YOUR here
now he concluded tauntingly.
Helen looked toward Spike
He could not speak to her. He could
not even look NJ her He only turned 4
the sheriff and In a voice such as n,
man ever had heard from him before
muttered: Tim ready"
This sheriff led him from the room
Helen. with Rhlnelander ana Storm
silently followed. leaving seagrue. as n
turned again 70 hls window. 10 his owl
reuectiona Nor were the loss OF tn
records and his excoriatlon by Helen tn
only mlsfortunes that were 10 come 4
him that day.
He had long had control OF a valuAbl
Kold mine IN the Superstition range. an
10 his hackers he had enlarged NOR
than once with enthusiasm on the proba
bility that their investment in this min
would make all Of them more none
than ever had been taken out of tn
Superstition mountains. But the day be
fore. drillers working IN the main tunns
had stopped suddenly before the roc
wall they were penetrating. One OF then
after consulting in some excitement wit
HIS fellows. called the foreman
What's up7" demanded the latte
Eruffiy, when he reached the drin bal
terry
'Everthlngs up" responded the maj
bluntly. ITS all up with thls mine an
this outfit, and you and me. boss, rigl
here"
The foreman looked grave and pat
few hurried questions. lie examined n
rock carefully. To his inquiries the me
had but one answer The vein pinche
out right here"
The foreman showed his worry as h
stood contemplating the fault. He Dire
from his pocket a book and hnrriedl
scratching note on a blank lea
handed u 70 q man and bidding MI
hurry with II, turned again 20 the drill
ers 70 investigate. Seagrue was returniu
from the bank when the mine messeng,
stopped him In the street Of Las VEGA
This NJ. seagrue9" he demanded,
SeaErue nodded curtly what do ys
WANT
For answer the man } nded him
soiied letter. seagrue. tearing open a
envelope. read;
Dear Sir Can you come 10 the mil
a. onees Vein has pinched out IN ma
woykinRs. 8 ROE"
seasrue. startled a. the last sentenS
eoiieyed questions AZ the messenger. II
man could confirm the intelligence
what he. himself. had seen before lea
ing the mine. and seagrue. telling hi
70 hunt up Bill and bring him 90 Il
assay office in Main street. hurried bal
% the bank.
Biii reached the assay office slmo
e. soon - his employer. Seagrue {
rtcfed him 10 go ger the ear and as n
left. sesErUe's assay expert. an old chu
Of bis In Ocesnside, came out Of Il
inner office.
TO him sesGrue explained Is hurrisd
- possible what had happened w