The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16

GUilipalts 49,. LIS Ne PiUSPSa 49, 49, to~f 1
When the water debacle came, the TACT
OF II was carefully concealed from
him and he was generously permitted
10 come to the rescue--which he did
by paying fabulous sum (Schehera-
zade did not know how much) for his
fellow-stockholders holdings. In other
words, they had sold him gold brick
soaked him for a final cleanup on
doomed mine. That was about all
there was to It.
ibid my--did the old gentleman you
speak of ever come out here himselfY'
She nodded.
"Once that we know off; that was
after 1t was all over and the place was
deserted. At that time Daddy had
taken up claim just west OF here In
the next gulch and we were living In
this cabin; squatters, guess you'd
call us. SO we camped down.
"That was quite right and proper.
And this Mr.. Jasper Dudley he didn't
turn you out when he came, did her
''Oh, no, indeed; he was very kind.
When he found that Daddy's gulch
claim wasn't going TO pan out any
thing, he said he needed a caretaker
here, and since that time he has sent
us money every month. But now
suppose 1t will all be different. Mr..
Dudley is dead"
/ "But the heirsf' | suggested.
/ 1--WE don't even know who they are.
When Mr.. Dudley went away he left
a sealed envelope with Daddy. He,
said he might come back again, some
time, but If he didn't. or couldn't, Dad
/ dy was to keep the envelope and give
/ 1t to his-Mr. Dudley's- representa-
tive, whoever that might be-"
Talk about plots thickening! This
one was already as thick as molasses
in the dead of winteri
i "How were you TO know this repre-
sentative If one should comet" edged
in cautiously.
81 don't know" she replied simply.
81 should suppose he would be able
to identify himself In some way,
though; shouldn't you? That is, If he
ever comes"
i sure; nothing easier, Of course"
| agreed; and then, since we seemed
to have scraped the bottom of the Gin
nabar dish clean / switched off to
something else.
4 ''When we were coming up the road
while back, Miss jeanne, you gath
cred the impression that was crazy
man, didn't your"
Didn't you try to give me that Inn
pressionT she countered.
II fancy I didn't have to try very
hard--inasmuch as You had been
spending the afternoon In Atropia."
She forced queer little laugh and
bent lower over her knitting.
"When you were in Atropia, did you
see or hear anything of the other crazy
MANI"
SIS there another one?" she asked
bit breathlessly.
81 was told so in Angels this after
noon."
SIS this other man friend of
yours?" she wanted to know.
"You could scarcely call him that !:
Eve met him only once He is min
ing engineer and his name is Butler
ton-Charles Fullerton"
If had reached up and got her pis-
tol out of it's holster over the mantel
to bang it off into the fireplace she
could hardly have been more startled.
! "Ch-Charles Bullerton?" she STAN
mered. "Is Mr.. Fullerton hereT
mot here, exactly, but he was in
Atropia two days ago. Do you, by
any chance, happen to know him?"
"Oh, yes; qufquite we'll"
Ihen, naturally, you know best
whether or not he is in my class--the
crazy class, mean"
once more she let the blue ewes
drop to her knitting, and If wasn't
mistaken the pretty lips were twisting
themselves In sort of wry smile.
The last time saw him he told
me he was crazy" she admitted.
Isn't this delightful" murmured
Buiierton is crazy and I'm crazy
perhaps we are all bit crazy. Dc
you know. Miss Jeanne, that / have
come thousands of miles to find Won ?,
ITO find me?"-tle blue eyes were
r as round as the full moon.
: even so; you, your horse and youl
; dog. Would you-er-would Won per
5 NIT an exceedingly personal question
Remembering always that 1t Is mn
oy man who has lost his wits7 Hay,
4 you a small brown mole on your lief,
: shoulderT
She biushed very fetchingly; ever
e the handsome mountain wind tn,
. wasn't brown enough to hide It.
Il think you are crazy--completel,
crazy"
certainly am; there hasn't beer
the slightest doubt of 1t since-weIl
a since about two weeks ago. when
$ started to hunt for you and a Die
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