Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-06

you 10 HSht out with me 10 the mine p
And when the expert asked how soon
they should start. seagrue answered.
AT once"
While the mining man was getting his
hat and coat. BILL and Lug appeared
with the car. The next moment the four
drove rapidly away.
At the mine the foreman was stiil ex-
aminlng the walls. lie looked at his
watch and directing the men TO look
after the work. he left the tunel to see
whether his messenger had returned lie
had hardly reached the surface wnen the
car with seagrue and his party drove up.
Alightng. the new arrivals lost no time
In following the foreman into the tun-
mel, He showed seagrue the lost seam.
The latter examined the spot carefully
and turned TO question the head driller.
This man pointed to the last spot al
which they had got high grade quartz.
The expert stopped and took up "a hand.
ful OF rock from the ground, Answering
seagrue. In reply TO a hopeful question,
he shook his head. Il doubt vers much.
said he, after the two had csnvassed
the matter from all sides, ~ II u possl-
bic TO recover the vein"
| AZ the entrance 20 the shaft. seaRrue
dismissed his own two men and turned
to the expert. They talked together a
few moments. The mining man saw
what was IN Seagrue's mind and was not
surprised momnet later TO hear him
Soy, without further beating about the
bush; "if ! can get bidder for the
mine. IN pay A0O for a good report
on +" 4"
seaxrue never would have ventured
such a proposal TO one he was not sure
Of. But, like most OF tho men seagrue
did business WITH this particular fellow
had his price. lie affected to consider the
proposal ''of course" he musod. III we
could recover the We n there Is a mine
there yet" He looked toward sesErus
for approval OF this sef-evldent PROPOSE
tlon.
seaErue nodded In kind. Each under
stood the other as they left the scene 10
Eether. And summonlng his men. BIZ
and Lug. and getting into his motor car
with the expert seagrue drove away
toward Las Vegas. The machine wal
stopped q tile distance from Rhine
lander's camp and seagrae on a scratch
pad wrote a note to Amos RhlnelAnder
Giving this 20 Lug. he directed him I,
deliver Il. lie then told BIN 90 driv,
back 20 town; there were still few de
tails OF the dishonest arrangement to h,
discussed and on these seaErue and IN,
expert agreed dur ng the drive TO IN,
city.
Helen. cut to pieces over the dlsclosur
OF Spikes completely in the death OF he
father. returned with Rhinelander am
Storm TO the construction camp. storm
offered such consolation as he could, bu
a. Il
rel Il to him when Rhinelander directe,
, him 10 see about getting the.men 20 work
Rhinelander himself. was watching IN
, progress OF the construction little Will
+ later. when Lug handed him seagrue'
note;
Dear Rhinelander-With a cutoff
a We cannot operate the Superstition min
prof tahiy. This would make a good IN
! vestment for your company and AT
: giving you the first chance to bid for 4
Yours. sEAGRUE."
= Rh'nelander. somewhat pushed rea
! tho note over two or three times. n
dismissed Lug with the verbal messas
}. to seaErne that ne would look into 1
e and calling Storm and Helen nto confer
Z enee. Rhinelander read them the not
= and It's contents were put under dlscui
n sion.
= do you suppose" asked Rhlnelande
( that he means what he sAys3"
1T might be" ventured Helen. r,
4 fiectiveiy, Certainly we know he
: about defeated IN his construction rae
i And II he's beaten on the railroad prop,
n sltion. why shouldn't he want 20 get Al
Z Of his mining property
The Superstition mine" ohserv.
, Rhinelsnder. hiss always been 500
a produeer"