The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-22


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his son Caleb STARED for C&r1erxvfIl-
"a foot sr6 IN the oicsr rnxn's p,ocket
rzs xo1sy su,fcent 20 buy tie tkings
tS&t were needed.
Dale and Hayes sef cut for TIE DOrth
sDd q David NorsIsD6's mountain
and each Of them carried q hsn6-sx
for making stakes
IL vas not often that the quiet Hayes
p<rIsIuec himself 70 90 into rspture=
sFsr anything: however. be vent IN
70 rzrfure~ over the Moretsrd coal
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pr0p1ssiso1s he had ever seen II
uss 70 voDoer that HsudsrsOn Coz
wss os,srrnlrec 10 get p1.ssssioo Of
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Then they went 10 gork.
BY sund0En two days later they had
chosen the route for the nzrrou-gsuge
rziirOxd and set stakes accordingly.
Hayes told his general manager ths;
with 8 good force Of men the last rail
could be put down within two mOnrhs.
During those two days they had
several times seen HeDdersOn Coz 10
COMPANY With Black Adam Ball and
some % his relatives once they had
come upon Con talking earnestly with
Ssul IlttisfOFd. the biz. bearded. gsuDt
brother Of the LlttlefOrd chief. Hayes
reminded Dnls Of this. and said TO
him further:
"GOn will have the ltflefOrds on
his SIDE The rrst thing you know /.
Maybe some Of the Litflefords. as well
as so1ns Of the Balls. knew about this
coal bef0re David Moreisnd got his
mountain By states grant at few cents
per acre. II yOg1l take my advice. Mr.
Dale, yOu'l make friends Of these two
sets just ss quick as you can"
Dale thrust his hand-sr inside his
belt and turned 10 the mining expert.
'.Dyou know. wss thinking OF that
same thing when you spoke" he re
piled. -And ! believe 1 can manage IL.
now that Miss LIttleford's accidental
wonndibg has given the old feud such
big blow. I'm fairly sure can man
age II 50 far as Ben Littieford IL con-
eerned SIS John that's going 10 be
hard 20 bring 10 tAw. He should be
home this evening. II he's had good
luck. and III tackle him as so0n as he
comes"
Together they started across David
Noreland's mountain. walking rapidly.
with Dale leading.
Darkness came down on them when
they had covered half the distance
The great bemiocks and pOplars
loomed spectral and gAunt In the early
starlight The almost impenetrsble
thlckets Of laurel and ivy whispered
uncanny things. and their seas OF pink
and snowy bloom looked somehow
ghostly. Now and then there was the
patterng Of some little animals feet
on the dry, hard leaves OF bygone
years A solitary brown owl poured
out its heart in weird and melancholy
cIles 10 thr hlsht u iofeu- Ahffc Nhs
the faint. faT-on baying OF q hound.
and the soft swish OF 9 nighthswk's
wings.
Men from the core Of civilization
mus; feel these things Of the wilder
ness.
Suddenly Dale drew back and stood
still. In the trail ahead. standing as
motioniess as the trees about him, was
the tall ngurs Of man. IL was almost
as though he were there to bar the
way.
The two went on slowly. The ngure
didn't move. Dale spoke, and the form
came 10 life. II was BY Heck he was
leaning 90 the muzzle OF his rifie.
-irs you, IN II. Bill. old boyf- He
yswned siuggishly. Il was s-wsitin'
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