The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-12-16

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4 sudden impulss SEEMED to sweep
The man. Invoiuntarily his hand felt
eee The pisto, ct bic hip: he whiried
toward the door. The woman clutched
his arm. He caught the appeal IL her
eyes; bowed his had: turned hack to
tAs tah's.
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beea, fan seoush Of meaning. Of hu-
naa Interest, 70 anyone able 70 trace
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hfo-thrsads q tie sctses: the two
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stvss read
N WOMAN wsnt hack 10 hse chair
81 rss1Ded NJ quick. nervous rock.
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nsttsrs1. ny poor. peer cousin I
WHAT Dsst have besa her fatsi"
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tAsaeAtfal. hsr faes peepped II Ase
palm ne man stood By the table.
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"Its ~ Dan peoaissd - 70
speas1ng wftA bin toaisAt."
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asd answered The hall: came hack |:
sajd ~ tsakettls Oh the Ore; closed
~ 6anpse q he stove: and saulEsd
he easdje.
New. nsthss. doot attempt to
e;ear away ths dishes. Leave them
IN ] get baek. m only b gone . III.
~ WHINE"
1As womaa made 10 answer. TAe
~ MASK still lying upon he table
eaaght bis ~. Rolling II up. be hid
Il under . looseasd chink In the cabin
wall. picked sp his hat and started
tse the door; hssitated: came hack to
~ rocking chair.
Yen won't be-afraid-r'
9he looked up ct him In quiek sur.
psiss. 4 haK frown clouded the lustsr
q her eyes.
what Q question r
He turned and left the cabin: closed
~ door after him and strobe down
tAs slope In the houseboat.
Ths men who hunted the river niue.
~ along the Wabash before the days
It tAs button industry hunted II for
~ psasl sometimes found Embedded
beeWeen IT. aesh and shell. straggling
- and down the streams, often singly,
eemetimes In crews, they were . shift.
lsos, nery. reckless breed-of feather
With the Buccaneers Of other days. and
led on By The same lure: chance
Aing at fortune. A pearl Of great
value was sometimes found-eveu run.
ming well up into The thousands. But
the chance Of finding such pearl was
small. etill there was the chance. and
Il IL surprising what 4 certain type
OF msu will endure for such q chance.
when the ame ends might be At.
tAined, certain and sure. by patient In.
dustry.
A sSixxled old river man sat with
the nose Of his skin damned up on the
gravel by the bow Of the houseboat
when the Pearlhunter came down the
slope. The Boss they called him. the
river men. because In his long years In
the industry he had managed to
scrape together an "outht" md work
. crew Ut "clammers" too poor to hunt
alone. His hands were stiil upon the
ears. The Pearihunter pushed the
boat OF and spnns In. directing the
Boss to row around by the stern Of the
houseboat after the nsh spear b. had
been Ming that afternoon.
"Ees y'u'vs moved" the Boss Oh
served % the ski6 slipped out into thu
stream.
"Aethes's cough" Was the answer
s1he tAsaght Il would help her to Gel
10 there under The trees"
'That eoash-it1l git away with e.
n shs hsin't ksssful. She ouyhta havl
medicine"
Il teaA ~ - but shs won't hav>
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