American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1920-04-24

| A"e SUM- now very low, shone fu,,
INTO the Interior. 1t revealed cavern.
GUS oepth, whose recesses were lost IN
gloom high arch. and the remnon,s
OF many fires on the granite slohs ,ha,
paved y almost as regularly ms those
OF city sidewalk. Somebody had
cninpeu mere for long time-pos-
sipIy jacques, though he must have
burned whole cord Of wood, to Judge
from the charred remnants that were
scattered everywhere.
LOON! shouted LATE, pointing.
Inc ground was covered with frnr.
ments OF some sort of ore, and tro,,
OF cuips and dust led out of the mouth
OF tne cave into another recess among
the rocks. Among the brambles. nm.
der q roughly constructed roof. was n
small hand machine, consisting in the
main OF two steel rollers. white with
crushed rock.
LOOKS like hand flour.mili." said
Lafe. u thought maybe II might he
gold. But It amt gold. Ailuvial's
washed In stream, and quartz gold
has to be got with cyanide"
A pick next caught their eyes. Some
body, or party. rather. had been work.
ing ut the rocks. apparently to take
samples Of some GRE; but there was
certainly no gold in the Laurentian
granite.
Suddenly Lafe uttered an excIamn-
ton ana, STOPPING down, picked up
matted handful of some fibrous. wool.
like material that had been stuffed
into cleft He pulled out yet anoth.
or handful, and more and more-stiff
wool. yet of a stony consistency--spun
stone, II such a thing were possible.
ROCK flax" he exclaimed. 81 seen
IL down Thetford way years ago, Mr..
Askew. Look therel The cliffs alive
with IT."
Asbestos !" cried Hilary.
"A regular asbestos quarry" said
Lafe. There's thousands of dollars
worth here. Look at III"
Hilary could see now that the coarse
hbers ran through the side Of the cliff
In every direction. They were SO
blended with the notified stone that
ne had not even noticed them.
THAT accounts for everything" he
said
YES, Mr.. Askew. I guess Brous-
seau wasn't paying all those hands ut
Ste. Marie and pretending to work his
limits just to jump your timber rights.
knew he had something up his sleeve,
but didn't know what. I knew there
wasn't no gold round here"
$50 that's why he wants to get me
out OF the way"
"That's the whole game, sir. He
knew you'd hit upon this mine sooner
or later, though he'd left the island
of the map Of the selgniory. Lord,
what fool was not to have known I"
There's more to II than that. Lafe.
That's why he tried to draw US of the
scent on the subject OF the river boun.
dairy. He thought that II he could get
into fight with US over that we
woulfnt- be thinking of the island.
Ana mW mine belongs to Rosny. No
wonder Brousseau wants the seign.
ioryw
Its as good as play said LATE. 2
1T gives us the trump card" said
Hilary. ut means that he'll lose his
hold over him. and-well, LATE. feel
too happy to say any more about It." %
LATE grabbed him by the hand.
"We've won" he said ecstatically.
sand now l guess we'd best be start
Ing for the boat"
They retraced their steps along the
trail. II was u nervous experience.
with the thought that old Jacques
might be lurking in the bushes nearby
However, by the time they reached the
little open space they satisfied them
selves that he was not following them.
We've passed our landing place."
said Hilary.
Looking out across the gray waters
he perceived, close at hand. and ap-
parently beached on the shore. the
white sail OF sl0op. II seemed TO be
the vessel which they had seen earlier
that afternoon, lacking toward the
south shore.
The men looked at each other. and
the same unspoken question was In
the eyes Of each. Then LATE grabbed
Hilary by the shoulders.
'See here" he said. 1--WE amt 60
ing to stay and fight Brousseau's gang
just for the fun of II. I guess it's
Pierre and Leblanc In that boat all
right, and that they're on their way
home. We beat II for ours as hard as
we can go-see? You amt fit to do
no more fighting anyway" he pleaded.
"And I won't. no matter what happens
that's straight to you. I'll fight any
man with fists II l got to. but I'm
darned II I'll stand up against that
scum with camp knives"
You're quite right, Lafe," answered
Hilary. "Come. let's get 10 the boat as
quick as we can"
But as they started there rang out
woman's cry, Again came the scream;
and In an instant, forgetful of their
resolution. they had turned and raced
back along the trail.
Not many steps. and, breaking