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not thoroughly understood
what this Is all about Ii beyond
me. Only. II this law minnow has
| gone as far as this :. We've got 10
get at the bottom of II : You know
that as well as do. HilIiard. natural
| Iy. The boys as wild as a hawk.
Heaven knows how far he'd go out
side. This has got to be cleared up J
We've got to pound some sense into
| him. We"
HIIliard was smiling vacuously; now
that the blow had actually fallen. and
the complaint officially lodged. he felt
deliciously relaxed, content. Before
he could oontrive a reply Waring was
| strident again.
Yes" The students voice was thin
with acerbity. "Yes, you think you're
| pretty smart-all of you. Don't you?
| / come In here to do you kindness
that anybody else. II seems to me
would take as favor. and you and
Angela jump all over newly doesn't
he deny 1t? That's what ] want to
know Why doesn't he say some
thing7"
Cullen looked at Hilliard and made
a swift deduction. and spoke it.
"He's waiting for the rest of 1t. Go
on-you're only half through the yarn
| you told u.s.
"Oh. very WELL" Waring gathered
courage. you can have all you want
maybe more than you want. You'd
have had IL sooner II you hadn't start
ed yelling at me. I know what I'm
talking about; you people don't seem
to realize I'm In the lawl / don't go
off half-cocked. wrote to law firm
| in Butte, Montana, that's what did.
| found out what was the biggest firm
| there, and wrote 'em letter. They
answered it. too. / got my information
right from the ground. I've got let
ter that says"
Cullen swayed forward, his hand
outstretched. palmupward, in direct
challenge of Warnings truthfulness.
where is it?"
The boy withdrew a step and STAN
mered: 81 left It home"
''Oh, you did" Cullen's laugh was
singing. That's likelyl'
Eyes. that's exactly what l did !
Think I'd bring an original letter out
of my ofiice-let 1t out of my hands
until it's time to make Ii of record?
Not on your life I've got it all right
1t says the Silverbow Mining corpora
| ton owns some acreage. fast enough
but there isn't mine on it"
Cullen vented his abandon of rage
on the empty air.
well, who in the devil ever said
| there was?"
"Why h. didn't you?" The appeal
was to Hilliard; and it was made in a
tone of astonishment which would
been tragedy behind 1t.
NO" Hilliard shook his head.
You can't accuse me of that, at least.
The only mine we ever mentioned
was one in prospect. always said 1t
was prospect. with an old shaft on
1t 1t. didn't L? And so it is But an
old shaft isn't producing mine, nee
essarily. And-please let him finish.
Mr.. Cullen !"
well -" The boy had twin disks
of hectic fame in his cheeks. "That's
only detail, anyway they said
1t was undeveloped they
said the shaft had been abandoned
more than two years ago, because 1t
wasn't worth much of anything"
Cullen's hands were closing and un-
closing alphabetically.
For Heavens sake. who ever said
it wasn'ti two years agol We all
know that Give us some news
young man, give us some news ~
Waring was breathing hard, and his
interest had switched to Angela, who
stood adamant. Indeed. he was sud
denly transformed to the status of d
suppliant rather than that of a prose
cutting witness.
well e. they said 1t was offered
-. two years ago . . to anybody
who'd take 1t . for ten thousand
dollars :. and nobody'd take 1t as d
gift :"
"Oh, good LordT Cullen was near
to bursting. Doesn't the fool know
what a prospect is7 Hasn't he seen
the reports? And still he"
And =. and the land next to II
was :. had a mine on 1t, the XLNC
mine. that's in pretty fair shape, bu,
that didn't signify anything. :" He
paused for a moment. "And there
hasn't been any work done on 1t, tc
speak of. for two years. . And the
corporation report got shows that q
fellow named Martin Harmon's the
president of it, and Harmon's a cheap
Wall street man in New York. The
Butte people don't consider him re
liable. And I've written to him foui
times-and he won't answer"
"Ah" said Hilliard, startled.
'Well?" Cullen repeated his chal
lenge.
That's ALL" He gnzed beseechingly
at Angela who shifted and turned ha,