The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-18

remarked. some OF them nave
grown to be shippers. haven't
they7'
only two, Of any importance, ="
replied the superintendent: the
Ruby. In Ruby Gulch. and Elem.
lsters Wlre-Hiiver. Mt Little Butte.
You couldn't call either OF them
bonanza, but they are both ship
ping fair ore In good quantities.
"f1emister," said the president
reflectiyely. He's a character.
Know him personally. HowardY'
"A little" the superintendent adj.
mitted.
"A little Is a-plenty. II wouldn't
pay you 10 know him very well"
laughed the big man good-natured-
~. He hag a somewhat paralyz-
ing way OF getting next 10 you fin.
anciaiIy. | knew him In the old
Leadville days; a born gentleman.
and also born buccaneer. IL the
men he has held up and robbed
were to stand In a row. they'd fill
a Denver street You say the Wire.
Silver has turned out pretty wellgF
Very well indeed. | believe.
Flemister seems 10 have money 10
burn"
lie always has. his own or some
body eise's. The way he got the
Wire-Sllyer would have made
Black Beard. the pirate, turn green
with envy. Know anything about
the history OF tho mlne'"
LIdgerwood shook HIS head.
We'll, do. just happen 70. You
know how II lies-on the western
slope OF Little Butte ridge7'
yes"
THAT IL where II lies now. But
the original openings we're made
on the eastern slope OF the butte.
They didn't pan out very well. and
Flemisicr began 10 look for a vic.
tim 10 whom he could sell. About
that time a man. whose name |
can never recall. took up n claim
on the western slope OF the ridge
directly opposite F1emister. This
man struck II pretty rich. and F1em-
lister began TO bully him on the
plea that the new discovery was
only continuation OF his own vein
straight thru the hill You can
guess what happened"
"fairly well" said Lidgerwood
"fiemlEter lswed the other man
out"
He did worse than that; he
drove straight into the hill. past
his own lines. and actually took
the money out OF the other mans
mine to use M fighting fund. I
don't know how tho courts sifted
IL out. finally. But Flcmister put
the other man TO the wall In the
end. There wss some domestic
tragedy involved. too. In which
F1emister played the devil with the
other mans family: but don't
know any OF the details"
At luncheon iAdgerwood was
made known TO the other members
OF the privxte-car party. Jefferis.
tho curiy-headed coliegian, laugh
ingly disclaimcd relationship with
anybody: but Miss Carolyn noty
confessed that she was = cousin,
twice removed. OF Mrs. Brewster.
When the table gathering was
complete. Eleanor Brewster and
Van Lew sat together and were
apparently absorbed In each other
TO the exclusion OF all things ex-
trancous. Jefferis stu had Miss
Doty for a companion.
Following dispersal after the
meal. Lidgerwood strolled out to
tho observation platform OF the
Nadia. Miss Brewster was sitting
in one OF the two platform camp
chairs. and she was alone.
sit down and tell me how you've
been enduring the interval" she
said. IT is more than a year.
isn't IT."
Yes. A year. three months, and
eleven days" He had taken the
chair beside her because there
seemed TO be nothing else 10 do.
How fundamentally exact you
arel" she gibed. Tomorrow II will
be year. three months, and
twelve days. How many times
have you fallen In love during the
one year. three months. and eleven
days7"
His frown was almost a scowl.
rs II worth while 10 make an un.
ending Jest of Il. Eleanor
a jest?-of your falling In love,
No. my dear cousin. several times
removed. no one would dare TO Jest
with you on that subject"