Graham guardian., 1921-12-30
SYNOPSIS.

haired, blue-eyed girl, piebald horse,
and dog with a split face, half black
the bequest as joke. but after conslders-
ton sets out to find his legacy.
CHAPTER lion his way to Denver,
the city nearest the meridian described
In his grandfather's WILL Stanford hears
from a fellow traveller story having 10
do with flooded mine.
CHAPTER nl.-ThinNing :hlpSs over,
he begins TO imagine there may be sos.;e-
thing in his grandfather's bequest worth
while. his idea finally centering on the
possibility OF mine, as a 'sale reposi-
tory" Recalling the narrative on the
rain. he ascertains that his fellow tray
eier was mining engineer, Charles bul-
erton. Bullerton refuses him intorna-
ton, but from other sources BrouBnton
learns enough TO make him proceed 70
Placerville, In the Red desert.
CHAPTER Iv.-On the station platform
ut Atropia. Just as the train puls out
Stanford sees what appear TO be the iden-
tlcnl horse and dog described IN MS
grandfa Tiers will. Impressed. he leaves
the train at the next stop, Angels. ihere
ne finds that Atropia was originally
Placervile his destination. Unable TO
secure a conveyance at once to take nm
to Placerville, Broughtnn seizes con-
st="-t'on car and ESCAPES, '<I"ins tue I'M
~ression ~ re town marshal Beasley'
,i.at ne Is slightly dementsS.
CHAPTER V.--Pursued, he abandons
the car. which is wrecked. and escapes on
foot In the darkness. he is oyertaken
by a girl on horseback. and THE dog.
After he explains his presence, she IN
vites him to her home. at the Old Cinna-
bar mine. TO meet her father.
"How did you guess 1t? was, in
deed-for q very short space of time
this very day--a member of the An
gelic band And If you should ask me,
| might say that | feel rs though had
walked most OF the way here from
Angels. I--I-my car broke down, you
know"
"Yes," she said: ~ know"-just as
If she did Then: Lean at least tell
you where you are. This is the south
ern slope Of Cinnabar mountain. This
road leads ON down to Atropia, about
three miles below"
eyes; Atropia was the place was
trying to come at
She stopped and appeared to he think
ing about something. Then she said:
"Really | think you would better
not 20 to Atropln. It's-well, It's
quite long walk"
"The walk doesn't specially appal
me. I've done so much walking this
afternoon that few hundred miles,
more or less, In addition wouldn't he
worth mentioning But for some other
reasons"
Eyes: for some other reasons" she
said, repeating II right after me. Then :
"I--we--Daddy and |, might give you
some supper and put you UP for the
night, if-lf you wouldn't mind sleep
Ing In the--in the loft"
My Lord hadn't so much as seen
her face clearly yet, but | could have
worShiped herl She had just come
from Atropia, and she knew OF
course, she knew. That little dry-as'
dust hamlet must have been sizzling
for hours with the wire news of the
escaped lunatic who had allGhted In
Angels only to light out again with q
stolen inspection ear. And In the face
Of all that she was willing 10 take
chance on me. II she had only
known that ! would checrfuIly risk
sleeping i'm the cCllar-to say nothing
Of lOft--rathcr than lose sight OF
her hut she was going on 4 bit
| brcathleSSly: at Is only short mile
To our cabin and--and IL you are very
tired. | might let you ride Winkic."
II shall he most dclighted-to walk,
| hustcned to say.
straight on up the roa,i, them" she
| directed.
We had traverSrd possibly half OF
the promised mile In plodding silence
when we came to a place where tn,
grade was so steep that 1t cut what
was left of my sca-level wind to tn,
small end of nothing.
| "Stop a minute and get YOU
breath" said the pony's rider; anC
when had halted: you are not useC
to these high attitudes, are ypuT
"N.nOt SO that any one would re
mark It," ! gasped. How high NJ
are we?n
"About five THOUSAND feet. The min,
| 10 'NbN'iN IVY 'if'uSttlAu Hull
dred, 7 believe"
There 1t was, you see: THE MINE
Pardon me-" blurted out 'bu
would YOU MIND telling me II your eye
are hlue?"
Her laugh was like drink Of COO
spring water in The middle Of no
summer day; refreshing, YOU know
like that.
~ sup-pup-pose my eyes ure blue
people tell me they are"
"Thnnk YOU" returned. "rhere 1
only one other little matter and tha
can very well walt untll we are-er-
bit better acquainted, you know
Shall we 60 Oh. nOw?"
She spoke to her pony and we wen
on. Ahead of us and dlag0nally up
steep slope could see the dim shape
OF number OF buildings, all darL
Then we came 10 great dump, look
Ing as II the mountain had ut on
time opened to pour out cataract O
broken stone
/. Beyond the dump there was anothe
building with light In II; and as th
, dog ran ahead OF us, barking. the flg
ure of u man Sllhouetted itself In tn
open doorway.
"lIerc we are and you are welcom
TO the Old Cinnabar," said my con
pnnlon TO me. Then she "hOO-hoo-ed
Chcerily 60 the man IN the do0rwa