The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-14

" A. X Leuise tried to call out, but she-was Interrupted by Overland's voice. The kwo men had stopped at the lower side "a the great rock. She could hear, hem plainly although she could not ee them. f"Collie- ie-we're busted. We're done, Ehico. ain't said nothin' to Bill yet. Ne's got money anyway. This here 6nly hits you and me-
 z AWhat do you mean, Red" < ~I mean that the Rose Girl Mining &ompady, incorporated; Jack Summers, presfdent and general manager, don't belong to us and never did. We been Sellin' stock that ain't ours and never was"
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 "I was goin' to write. But ain't noshand to write about business. Writ in' potrysfs bad enough. You recollec' mem papers and that dust Billy tried {o hnd out there by the trackw < "Yes." #
 .Well, found 1t all. Since the com 2any Is worlxin' the claim now and I 3idn't have so much to do I got to 4hinkin' of them papers. went out there, paced. her on down the track, tuessed at about where it was and Hound lem" 3 . N HTound themY Ye 'sYes, sir. There was that little bag almost atop of the sand, account of wind and rain. Then there was red ord of the claim, our claim. It's been a1ed on before. We made mistake 4nd filed on the wrong section. When ne and BiIlyiwent to file noticed the Elerk said something about havin' heiehbors on the claim next, but Has scared of answerin' too many 4uesttons, go I give hiW some cigars < md beat it" 1 T 2 2~Who owns our claim, then?" slg 'sThat's the huser part of it. z You know the guy wS give the water to- tho ono that died out. there. He owns xho claim, or he did. It belongs by x1ghts to his girl now. His name was Andre Lacharme."
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 ssYes; Louise's pa. Recol1ect your x Aoes tellin' us how the Rose Girls \ <Addy was missin' out in the Mojave? Then they was a letter old and most wore ort-from Walter Stone himself. ( llt was to him-her. pa-tellin' him about the little Louise baby and aslkin' ' 6lm to come to the Moonstone and take T Job and quit fprospectin'. That's 1hete we stand" { Louise, breathless, listened and could Got believe that she was real that this z vas not dream. Andre Lacharme Her father!
 1T seen lawyer about it." resumed N Overland "He said 1t was plain enough < tnat the claim belonged to the dead ] pecspector Or his girl, now. You see We worked the claim and kep' up the work accordfn' to law, What we made a1n't ours, but I'm mighty glad it's hers. Course waearned what dust VI dug, all right. Now I'm leavin' it uI t0 you Do we ten her or do we say pothin' and go on Eettin' rich?"
 .'Why do you put 1t up to mel" asked CoIli.. r ~BesD.se, kid, you got the most tt lose. Your chance is about gone witt the Rose Girl if you let go the gold gabes Tho ittls Rose Girl is wise {, She don't give two cents for money But she ain't foolish enough to marry puncher that's worhin' for wages -or Aer uncleG rannb. And when she get, m ma and Rflly made and your shar' phau be rich That won't be no tim, for you to go courttn' her. It ain that you ain't good enough for an! girl. But nowadays ttinsS is different You got to have money" ft
 '"Do you think Louise would talk the money?' asked Collie.
 T don't know. But that ain't il We either give 1t up-0r we don't What do you sayT'
 'sWhy-to tell Louise, of course.
 meant that right along. You ought t
 know that"
 You givin' it up because you hat sore fuss with her or anything lik
 that?"
 ~No, Red. l say tell her because it
 square. Did she stop to ask question ! when was in trouble7 No. She wen
 to work to help me quick. I guess W
 care more for her than a whole carloa'
 Of gold"
 "Weis, I guess, Once wouldn't 's stopped 10 worry about whose gold
 was. But knowin' the Rose Girl 7 knowin' what she is-why, it's makir n ne soft In me morals"
 'What do we do now, RedY
 I'm goin' to beat it. Back to tn
 dusty for mine"
 syou don't have to do that, Red"
 ''That's just why I'm a-doin' it.
 like to do what like"
 "Quittfng now seems like sayin:
 I'm whipped said Collie. "Quittin
 after giving up our money to her look Ike we were sore, even if we do 1
 and smile. She would feel bad, Red
 She'd think she drove us of. Wh
 don't you ask stone for job?" sWhat? Me? After bein' presiden
 of the Rose Girl Mining company, in
 Sayi They's no halfway house for m' ], Irs all or nothin'. Why, I don't eve { Vva the Guzzuh- Could you stand 1t t < sfr
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