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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-12-30
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Hoid-Up.

Beasley left me sitting on the door
step-Tve a notion he had run out Of
handouts, else he might have clapped
a pair of them on melville he start
ed his posse down TO Atropia with the
captured raiders and their leader.
When he came back we took time.
Daddy and / and the big marshal, to
size up the damage that had been
wrought. and beyond that. to dig into
the mystery of the continuous grum-
bling roar which was still ascending
out of the wreck-covered mine shaft.
Beasley stayed with us, waiting. as
l took 1t, to get his breakfast before
he ran me OF to jail, and the three OF
us fell to work clearing away the
fallen timbers and roofing iron. Dad
dy Hiram leading the attack and be-
ing the first tn stick his head through
what remained of the tangle and hang
II over the edge of the shafts mouth.
"Hooray !" he yelled. his voice
sounding as If IT came from the inside
of a barrel and then again. "Hooray.
Stannie. son by the ghosts Of old
Shadrach. Meshach and Abedneeu.
Charley Bullerton's done gone and
done ~eggs-zac'Iy what he said he could
do-dreened your mine for YET Climb
In here and take n look at her. She's
empty-empty as a gourd-but. al
that. she amt goin' to be, very long,
A few more minutes Of the strenu-
Gus toll cleared the pit mouth so that
we could all see. The bomb which haf
exploded In the shaft had wrought y
complete transformation. The stand
ing flood. which all of our pumping
had failed to lower by so
much as a fraction of an inch, was
gone, and with II had vanished the
two big centrifugals. the platform
upon which they had stood. and their
pipe connections. Gone. likewise. was
the greater part Of the heavy wooden
shaft-lining. A little of this remained
the upper part of the shaft. but
from a point possibly twenty-five feet
down, there was nothing but the bare
rock sides Of the square pit swept by
he receding food.
AS for the hollow roaring noise
which had followed the crash of the
explosion, and which still continued,
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'Hooray!" He Yelled. "charley Bull
erton's Dreened Your Mine for Vel"

suction-pipe octopus were instantly
translated into facts. l could have
sworn, then, that there was a bottom
In the box, and there was q bottom
And that other impression-that | had
encountered an inrushing stream OF
ice-cold water In the chilling depths
here was the stream; a foot-thick,
never-failing cataract, pouring In
through a perfectly good and substan-
tial conduit of ~twelve-inch iron pipe
In a flash the whole criminal mys-
terry involving the ostensibly flooded
mine was Illuminated for me. Haul
awayl" l called to the two above ;
and when they had drawn me up to
the pits mouth and l could get upon
my feet. l yipped at Daddy and the
marshal to come on, and led them In
an outdoor race along the mine ledge
to the eastward; a hundred-yards
dash which brought us to the banks
of the swift little mountain torrent in
the right-hand gulch.
A brief search revealed precisely
what / was expecting to find; what
anyone in possession of the facts pre-
cedent would have expected to find.
In the middle of a small pool slightly
upstream from the path level-a peck
eted bit of water neatly screened and
half hidden by a growth Of low
branching spruces-we saw a cone
shaped whirlpool swirl into which a
good third of the stream flow was
vanishing. Below this pool an appar-
emily accidental heaping of rocks
formed a small dam which kept the
reservoir full.
Without n word, Daddy Hiram and
the Angelic marshal plunged reckless
ly into the stream ard with their bare
hands tore away the loose-rock dam.
With the removal of the slight barrier
and the consequent clearing of the
course of the stream, the pocket reser-
voir Immediately sucked dry. the inlet
Of the c%ataracting pipe was exposed.
and the secret Of the flooded Cinnabar
vas a secret no longer.
The scheme which had been elab-
rated and set In motion to soak
Grandfather Jasper was a premedi-
ated "holdup." The Cinnabar. in op-
and producing TO lis capacity.
vas worth. so Beasley asserted. all
hat my grandfather had paid for II
md more. But with the branch rail !
Dad built TO Its very door. its value
would be doubled. Two alternatives
iad thus presented themselves to the
who were Cripple Greek
mining spectators who had bought IL
stock at E. low figure while the
naln vein was as yet unexplol'ed: the,
ould go on mining the ore and sto;
ny II against the time when the raj
DAD. with its co~st-reduc,ng adva
ages. should come alnrc: or the
ould suspend operations for the sam. !
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boiled to a man, they looked to be-
had surrounded q fair half Of the
would-be Jumpers" and were hand
cutting them with a celebrity that was
truly admirable. And Beasley. him
self, square-jawed and peremptory,
was showing Fullerton up against the
side Of the shaft-house, swapping the
irons upon his wrists and %counseling
him, with choice epithets lntermin-
gled, to save up his troubles and tell
them to the judge.
AS we emerged from our wrecked
fortress, other members of the posse
were scattering to round up the out
lying bomb-throwers, who had appar-
emily taken to the tall timber in a
panic-stricken effort to escape. Down
on the bench below there were horses
and horse-holders; and among the
horses n whose boyish-looking rider
was just slipping from the saddle.
While / was wondering vaguely why
the Angels town marshal had let a
mere boy come along on such a battle
errand, the boyish figure ran up the
road and darted in among us to fling
itself into Daddy Hiram's arms, CUR
Cling and half crying and begging to
be told If he was hurt.
/ didn't know at the time how much
or how little the big marshal knew of
the various and muddled inducements
which were climaxing right there In
the early morning sunshine on the old
Cinnabar dump head; but l do know
that he quickly turned his captures
over to some of his deputies and had
them promptly hustled down stage
and off scene. While this was going
on l was merely waiting for my cue,
and | got it, or thought 1 got 1t when
the boy who wasn't a boy slipped
from Daddy's arms and faced me.
I'm not hurt, either" I ventured
to say, hoping that the brain storm
had subsidized sufficiently to make me
visible. welcome home. Miss Twom-
bly-or should l say Mrs. BullertonY"
The look she gave me was just plain
you wouldn't think that VIC
eyes could do 1t, but they can.
Then she drew a folded paper from
somewhere inside Of her clothes and
held 1t out to me.
There is the deed to your mine,
Mr.. Broughton," she said nippingly,
md with a fairly ~tragical emphasis OF
the courtesy title. "You wouldn't
AXE the trouble to go to Copah and
get 1t recorded, so l thought I'd better
10 1t. l hope you'll pardon me for be-
ng so forward and meddlesome."
1t was the super-climax of the en-
ire Arabian-Nights business. and be-
my feelings would no longer be
lenied their rightful fling, l sat down
the shaft-house doorstep and
and laughed like a fool. But
Ifter all, 1t vas Mr.. Isaac Beasley,
sheriff and marshal of Angels,
Who put the weather-vane, so to
peak. upon the fantastic structure.
Il been lookin' round for you q
light smart while" he told me gruffly.
When you get plum over your laugh
feel that you're needin' a little
ashay over the hills fr exercise, you
IN come along with me and go to jail
r stealin' that railroad car"
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CHAPTER xvI.-continued


Now the presence of a wagon on our
bench at this early hour in the morn
ing might mean either one of two
Numerically opposite things: Our
deliverance; OF the upcoming of re-
Inducements for the raiders. We were
not left long in doubt. Shortly after
the rack-rack Of the wagon wheels
stopped we heard footsteps, and the
hair stiffened on Barney's back. Next
we heard Bullerton's voice, just out
side and apparently under our window
openings.
"Broughton |" the voice called; "can
you hear me7"
$50 well that you'd better keep out
of range" l snapped back.
"All right-listen. You've got to get
out, Broughton-that's fiat. / haven't
wanted to go to extremes. For per-
fectly obvious and commonplace rea-
sons I don't want to have to kill you
to get rid of you. But we are not 60
ing to gentle you any mor You've
already hurt four Of my men, and two
of the four are crippled. The next
time we hit you. it'll be for a finish"
Eyes," said l.. you brought the
new club up in a wagon, didn't your"
He ignored this.
1--WE could starve you out If we
chose to take the time. l know pretty
well what you've got to eat-or rather
what you haven't got. It's your privi-
lege to take your life In your own
hands, Broughton; that's up to you.
But how about the old manT"
"The old mans a-plenty good and
able to speak for hisself" yapped
Daddy. you do your durndest,
Charley Fullerton !"
"AIl right, once more. You'll zeal
from us directly, now; and as / said
before, we've quit gentling you. That's
my last word"
For a time after this the silence.
and the darkness, since II was the hour
before dawn, were thick enough to be
cut with an ak. But the dog was
more restless than ever, and we knew
that something we could neither see
nor hear must be going on. After q
while / asked the question hat had
been worrying me ever since I had
the wagon wheels.
"What did they bring up in that
wagon, Daddy-a Gatling?"
"The Lord only knows, Stannie-and
he won't tell" was the old prospector's
made with no touch of ~irreyer-
,nce; and the words were scarcely out
If his mouth before q thunderbolt
struck the shafthouse.
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XVII.
lit for Tat


That word "thunderbolt" is hardly
a figure of speech. The thing that hi
US couldn't be compared to anything
milder thar thunder and lightning
There was a flash. a rending, ripping
oar as II the solid earth were split.
ting In two, and the air was filed with
flying fragments and splinters. Air, ]
say, but the acrid. choking gas which
filled the shafthouse could scarcely be
called air.
"Dynamite-that's what they fetched
In that wagoni !" gurgled the old man
at my side, and I could have shouted
for Joy at the mere sound of his voice,
since 1t was an assurance that he
hadn't been killed outright.
"It's only a question of a little time,
now, Daddy" 1 prophesied. "what
you said yesterday-that Fullerton
would try to get possession without
destroying the property-no longer
holds good. He has evidently decided
that we've got to be ousted, even at
the expense Of building a new shaft
house and installing new machinery.
Why has he changed his mind, when
he knows that he could starve US out
In a few days?"
II been thinkin' about that, right
pfntedly, Stannie. Shouldn't wonder
II sometimes In the wind-somethin'
we don't know about"
''Then there's another thing" / put
I'm. "Supposing. just for the sake of
argument. that our first guess was
right: that he did take jeanne to
Angels three days ago and that they
were married there. You know your
daughter, Daddy, and l know her, q
little. Nobody but an idiot would sup
pose that she'd live with Fullerton as
his wife for a single minute If he
makes himself your murderer"
1T sure does look that-away 10 a
man up a tree" admitted the stout
old fighter.
I'm hanging on to the little hope
like a dog to a root, Daddy" | con-
fessed. IF l can only keep on belIev-
ing that they're not married, l can put
up a better fight, or be snuffed out-if
/ have to be-with a good few less
heart-burnings."
But at this the old man. who, no
longer ago than the yesterday. had
seemed to lean definitely toward the
no-marr:age hypothesis. suddenly
changed front.
Don't you go to bankin' on any
thing like that. Stannie. son." he said
In a tone Of deep encouragement.
Charley Bullerton's a liar, from the
place where they make liars for a
livin', and faint goin' to be nc trick
for him to make Jeanne. and Il
lot o. other folks. b1ieve that we
blowed ourselves up with our own
dynamite. No, sir; don't you go to
Sankin' on that"
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CTo BE c~oNTINUED.)
A Freak Dinner.

Freak dinners. says London Sketch,
are no new invention; they are as
old ms the first rich and greedy men.
One that took place some generations
was held al Carlton house. Pail
Mall. There we're over 1000 guests,
md the Two chief features Of the oc-
''sio we're Rig Sam. n porter eight
eet high and a marble canal down
~ eente~ o. The high table filed with
Wing god and silver fish.
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had withdrawn the wooden bar and
flung the door wide. Daddy Hiram
had called the turn and named the
trump. The large. desperadoish-look-
Ing man who had once interviewed me
at Angels. and a little. later had
paused III MS combing of the noun
tains In search of me 10 usurp my
place at the Twomblys' breakfast ia
BILE, this bewhiskered giant. with a
goodish bunch Of followers--ha n
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-09
Shut-ins Witness
Are You a Mason?

Or. Frank X. LOope. director gen
erai Of the sbut.ins Of Seattle and
editor Of The stars Sunshine
Smiles department. with three other
HhutiBn. was the guest of Mr.. Drake
Of the Are You q Mason" players
az the Masonic temple Thursday. His
compa MONS were Mary r. Porter.
4. A. Adams and n. 4. Jennings. But
terworth A HonH contributed an am.
buianee for transportation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-09
University Legion
Sends Lorenz Wire

University post Of the American
Legion today Joined up with The
star and others Interested IN the
relief Of suffering crippled children
and sent Dr. Adolf Lorenz. knifeless
surgeon OF vienns. n telegram urg
ing him 10 come 10 Seattle while In
America.
In accordanc. with decision
reached by the executive committee
u the post "Wednesday night, the
Telegram. addressed 20 Or. Lorenz nj
the Hofpitai for Joint Diseases, New
York city. was signed and sent BY
DR. n X. Benson. post commander
and head Of the chemintry depart
ment OF the University OF Washing
ton.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-09
Auto Truck Loggers
Form Organization

Tong Jack" Ward has feflRned
as manager Of the Trout Lake Tim.
Der company 90 organize the truck
loggern OF the Northwest into a pro
tec,ive association, which has for
its motto. a square deal for the
truck logger and n united effort 20
get a." The headquarters Of the
new orRn nlzaIon will be az gss Col.
man building.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-09
Women Are Snobs
in Awarding Prize

NEW YORK. Dec. s-Thc AVID
of trophies BY a yomen's comu0zf
50 stores declared the best kept
the exclusive Long island suburb I
Forest Nus Gardens has caused
row Some proprciOrs claim the
are sighted for spite.
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We Make Our Own
SAUSAGE
FRESH DAILY
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Babies Escape Death
When Roof Falls

ftAMsGATE. England. Dec. g.
The two infant children 81 Mr.. and
Airs. Thomas White were asleep IN
their bed when tho roof collapsed
The ttmbera smashed the bed. bu,
neither child was injured.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-09

TAcoMA.-olinge NoEcl. Indian
girl. convicted IN Nome Of man
slaughter. refused admittance az Me.
Neil island because there are no
quarters for women. she viii he
taken 60 ponltentiary at Canyon city.
Cole
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-09
No Tuition Fees
in Servant Schools

LONDON. Dec. Owing 20 the
inferior quality OF domestic help. tn.
central committee on women's train.
ing and employment has opened 20
schools 20 train women as servants.
Tuition In free.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-09

A gang 81 boys who laid down an
egg harrage on the home OF L. Roise.
1910 Fifth ave. W.. were sought by
police Friday. Roiae said the boys
bombarded the place for half an hour
with hen fruit OF doubtful quality.
keeping the family inside until the
bal tile was over.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-09
Man With Gift of
Cab Wins Contest

HouNsLoW. Eng. Dec. s--ssv.
eral wsm.n competed In fast.
speaking contest here. but all were
defeated by a man. N. J. Mas got
frs, prize with 2at words In 10 sec.
onds
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-09
Boycott Britishers;
Indians Arrested

CALCUTTA, Dec. e.-mdian cx.
tremists have declared boycott on
all British goods. Tho general un.
rect IL increasing ana hundreds have
been arrested.
Morris tribune., 1921-02-18
W Hrolnd the County

carrying mail for A. G. Olson a few
days this week.
Mrs. Paulson and the ninth grad
ers went to Morris Friday evening
to attend the basket ball game be-
tween Morris and Benson. They all
had a very enjoyable time. They
made the trip by sleigh.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. N. Staaf are the
proud parents of a baby girl who
arrived at their home on Sunday
morning.
Paul Thompson went to Morris to
have some dental work done.
Mrs. Adolph Meyers and daughter
Juanita transacted business in Nor
ris Monday.
Mrs. Robert Smith and son of
Morris came up Monday to visit at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Ben
Smith and family.
Dick Bloom of Herman was Don
nelly business caller on Wednesday.
J. P. steinfort left for the Twin
Cities the first part of last week.
E. w. Peck left for the Twin CT
ties Saturday night on business and
to attend the Hardware Convention
that is held there this week.
Mrs. J. P. Steinfort was confined
to her home several days this week
with la grippe.
DR.. Caine was a Donnelly profes-
sional caller on Thursday.
The school faculty was enter
tanned at the Tosney home at a six
o'clock dinner on Saturday.
Morris tribune., 1921-02-18
DON'T RISK NEGLECT

Don't neglect constant backache,
sharp, darting pains or urinary dis
orders. The danger Of dropsy or
Bright's disease is too serious to
ignore. Use Doan's Kidney Pills as
have your friends and neighbors,
Ask your neighbors. A Morris case.
Mrs. H. sherwood, 10 w. 7th st.,
says: "Many a night I lost my
sleep on account Of the pain in my
back. was dizzy and could see
black specks before my eyes. Rheu-
matte twinges were very painful,
especially in damp weather and my
kidneys didn't act right at all.
read about Doan's Kidney Pills in
Doan's Directory and went and got
some at Sylvander's Drug Store. Four
boxes removed the trouble and OF
late I haven't been bothered"
6Oc, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. z. rs.
Morris tribune., 1921-02-18
FOUR CORNERS NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Woodky and family
visited at Gust Podratz's last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Lawson, Martin,
Tillie and Christine Larson, Lena
and Alice Benson and Mr.. Jesness
spent Sunday afternoon at the A.
P. Strand home. 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Podratz and
daughter Ella called at Paul Zahl's
Sunday evening.
Richard Kopitzke who has been
sick with pneumonia is recovering
rapidly.
A number of relatives and friends
gathered at the Theodore Stork home
on Monday evening to surprise Miss
Lena Stork on her birthday. Every
one spent very pleasant evening and
wished Miss Stork many more happy
birthdays.
Ole Thorstad and family attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Johnson on
Tuesday.
A number Of pupils of Dist. 40
have been i'll with the grip.
Miss Gyda Strand is helping Mrs
A. G. Jesness this week.
A number of the young folks from
this community attended the Valen-
tine social given at District IA last
Friday evening.
Miss Margaret Thorstad spent Sun
day and Monday at her parental
home.
Morris tribune., 1921-02-18
WEST DARNEN

Mr.. and Mrs. Art LePage gave a
dinner Wednesday in honor of their
cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Schoenefeld.
Miss Mary Spalinger attended the
Junior Prom at the Agricultural
School Saturday evening.
Miss Ann Jergenson, who spent
several days last week with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. F. Huebner Jr. and family,
returned to Morris Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art LePage and fam
lily, Arnold Huebner and Jay and Guy
Newell spent Sunday afternoon in
Horton with Mr.. and Mrs. John
! Huebner.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Schoenefeld
of Wentworth, s. D., are visiting at
the A. F. Huebner, Sr. home this
week.
Mr.. White of Knoxville, Iowa, ar
rived last week for visit with his
son, Mr.. John White.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy George were
Morris callers Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Huebner Sr.,
Fred Huebner and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Schoenefeld visited at the Paul Zahl
home in Swan Lake Sunday.
Miss Grace Newell and Miss Mary
Spalinger gave a six o'clock dinner
Monday evening in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Schoenefeld of Went
worth, s. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Rohde and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. A. F
Huebner Jr. and family spent Tues
day evening at the A. F. Huebner
Sr. home.
Morris tribune., 1921-02-18
SOUTH DARNEN

Laverna Noh1 is able to attend
school again after few weeks ILL
ness.
Wesley and Arthur Armstrong
have been ill with the measles.
John Luthi was business caller
in Morris this week.
Bert Rotramel called at Jack
Fitzgerald's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Nohl called at
Morris Saturday.
Chas. Sloneker called at VIM.
Sloneker's in Horton Sunday.
Mrs. P. J. Coleman has been quite
sick for the last few days.
Miss Martha Stettner has arrived
from Elgin, ILL.,, where she has been
staying. She will leave soon fol
West Bend, Iowa, to stay with hel
brother Otto.
Clint DeCamp is making prepar'
ations for moving to the e. N. WooC
farm in Horton.
Irwin Sloneker has been quite sick
for the last few days.
Morris tribune., 1921-02-18
HANCOCK
From the Record

Mrs. Ransom entertained a num-
ber of lady friends at her home on
Wednesday evening, in honor of her
guest, Miss Mae Dye.
The Masonic brethren are plan
ming on big family party for the
members of the Eastern Star and Ma
sonic lodges and their families to be
given on the evening of Feb. %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Christensen
were very pleasantly surprised at
their home last Sunday evening when
about sixty-five of their friends came
in to help them celebrate their Silver
Wedding anniversary, and it is hard
ly necessary to say that every one
present had the finest kind of time.
George Metzger returned on We'd
nesday from a fishing trip north. He
| took up a load of oats and feed to
Aitkin county and on his return
brought back load of sawdust and
what fish he had caught. We had
fish for supper, thank you, George.
Morris tribune., 1921-02-18
NC LAKE

Peter Linstad was Norris caller
one day last week.
Mrs. Peter Linstad spent Sunday at
her home.
Ole SyVerson spent Sunday at
Hawkenson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Handorff
spent Thursday evening with Rich
ard Toms.
Lester Wellman and Arthur Hawk
enson called at Hawkenson's Sunday.
Lois Miller is ill with the measles
this week.
Geo. Wellman was Morris caller
one day this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Tom and
family and Emma Anderson spent
Sunday evening at Rina Toms.
Agnes Christensen spent Saturday
with her sister, Mrs. Peter Linstad.