The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-25
c-tsTEs iii-cea.ns.s.


Thez DAB esnse taek - ttafs -
s,-sssDgsDeo. - vas igifF gt6er
e,yrefe 81 ~ earrs-d tlsfs uaingi ~
B@sdSs htss sfpy3 Soiln 5ofsianS - -
Bisi1 ). ofss AsD1 q bgrd oDrfaifiuE
tef hsf@ brew fiisf his wife fs1 prs.
Iarsd. Crsssy Hesk ber n9u -. aD6
Nrs. NofeisrS stol.1 Dof far saay
'-Iiiis hsrsJi - lrol,s fO o. ] mink.
ssid Horeisrf. noddlng towarG iis
iON1 10 biz hand fis vsit D'sr aud
Pot 90 arm arOBBG Dsis's sbD1iders
and bsipeo him 30 sii up
Dale drank The stur With dlficuify.
'siBeh oJiiged+ y b. fnBfiefel ihiekly.
"I-lei's 80. 90 ! phlp-h0w did II
endf Hs didn't lick ne. did he-ibsi
fsiioB BaiiY~
He shore didn't smiled NOreisnd.
"NOt by . big sight. IIe fell Out fusi.
His oNn pap won't hardly knOx him.
BlIf"
Ssws travels rnpidiy ln the Big Mills.
Tie ADrsiands began 20 gafher ~ the
home II their chief ~ see tbe fnsn
who bsd whipped Black Adam Ball
ever NOreltnd nbis 20 walk rane 20
Gee Bfil Dale. F0r three hours De WIS
IOnlzed. bat be didn't sBj0y ii: the
water had len many pains N his
chest. AMI his head sched duly. and
bis hands stil felt ~ though the bones
we're shattered IN them
Came q thundefshONer that after
with cbli 4 FIRE vas made ln the
vide stone fireplace 10 tho guests
room. and when supper vns over the
family gathered there with Dale. NhO
refused 20 10 kept IN bed
After few Minutes Of silently
watching grofesque shadows glf scrO.s
the log walls. Dale Sald % John More.
Lnd
~ your brother David could know
don't you think he'd vhnt y0u 20 get
tie value out ~ the cOaiT"
John MOrelhbd bent fOrwnrd 10 rest
bis chin IN bic hands. His sober grey
eyes stared tboughifuily toward the
fre.
Il amt never looked at n that.
syHy.' be said
That's The right way 20 look NJ H."
declared Dale. but you shouldn't
cell the property ~ Il H."
The mOunfnineer turned an lnqulr-
ing face toward his guest
How IN thunder could handle II
H didntT
why not let me develop II for
your Dale snid earnestly, eagerly Z
won't charge you anything above ca.
penscs and ! won't be eItrnyagnnt"
md take c0nsid'nble money 10 start
fhlngs a-mOyln. Have you got itT
ssked Morelnnd
no. but I can get a. Almost sny-
body would be- willing 10 lend nancy
on ~ good Thing az his y'khOH q"
For n little while M0rclaDd SAT there
and looked squarely at Dale. who re-
,urncd his gaze without slgu Of
fuchinR. The hillman was tr5 lng 10
fHd motive
How comes n 'ut you. who aih't
Snowed " but twO days" be de
msnded, "can be- ~ much Interested
in usi'
The question demanded straight.
forward answer. Dale realized thar
there nss but one way IN which be-
could give satisfactory explanation.
and that that WAS by telling the truth
but not The whole truth ~ he
surmlssd II, for then biz efforts puld
60 for nBuglt.
Moreisnd wss speaking again. and
bis eyes were brighter nov.
Il Agr,s 'at David would want us
90 develop the cont ef bs could know.
It's like Hight a-breakin' 10 me. But
that coal n sacred 10 us. Blll Dale
ard afore ys go any futher ~ hSf
90 az ~ 10 tell zoe oil about yeself
"A city ran up herr IN the wilderness
q don't look s'plciOus. Bill. mebbe
but--weli. bvQes So can pardon me
TO AKIN Il ! shore gOt 10 be keer.
ful about hrothsr Dayld's coal Addie
end the boys'll 80 out and leave Jest
us two In hsse and when ye're atBlk.
I'm 20 me IA the same as talkln' 10 a
t0mhst0Es 10 for as ,ellin II cos