The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-08-12

| "'at Tn pTnmD fool en0dgH 10 give
my find away TO nothin'? l been pore
all o my life, mlster"
How am Ia know" frowned Dale
shat you've really got fnd2'
"Ye'd believe yore own two eyes
wouldn't yey'
yes" Dale agreed, I'D believe my
own two eyes. of course. What's your
name, and where are you fromY'
what do | git outen It? don't
own the mountain lbs In. but II shore
can be bought 70 fifteen cents a acre
And nobody knows about II but jest
me. II lays closer TO the railroad an
this here Morelanu vein, too. What
do ! git outen II, inlster?"
The mountaineer semed more hon
est than ever, but Dale was stlll on
his guard. He as I'd again:
whats your maine, and where are
You from?"
This time The answer came readily I:
My name It's W. Turner, aud I'm
from Turner'S Lauir, Madison county.
state q Nawth Ca'liner. But my fnd
II amt nOwhars clost TO home. 'Tain'f
no moren about two hours o. walkin'
from right here, mister. Ef you'd Jest
up and 10 Along wi the, I'd show IL to
We"
Dale considered. There might he a
considerable vein 81 this new coal
Even II he was sent TO the state peri.
tertiary for term OF years. Hayes
was entirely capable of carrying on The
mining operations.
I'D Ike 10 take my mining man,
Hayes"
mo" quickly objected Walt Tur-
ner. 81 don't want nobody else 10
know whar It's AT but jest YOU and
me. That away, We see, ef I'm treated
crooked I'll know edzactly who done IL
and I'll shore Kit YOU But ! heerd
tell At you was pow'ful square, mis-
ter"
Gould get back here before night
fallY'
Turner'S eyes lighted. shore"
''Then lead the way" ordered Dsls.
Walt Turner from Turner's Laurel
Madison county, state of North Caro-
lima. crossed The little creek on stones
aud went straight to the northeast.
missing the Ball settlement 10y good
mile, ana hard on his heels followed
the Moreland Coal company'S stalwart
general manager.
The way was exceedingly rough.
The two men climbed rugged cliffs,
threaded dense thickcts of great laurel
mountain laurel. sheep laurel. and
huckehrrry bushes. They were one
hour IN Al stretch OF woods where tl"
hemlochs. poplars and hickories stood
80 thickly that the inlerlacing branches
overhead shut OUT completely the light
OF the sun aud half the light of day.
Fearing - panther, or a. wildcat, hai"
kept his revolver looSenrd and ready N
It's holster. Walt Turner armed liu'-
self with 81 long stan-for snakes, he
said; and then he proved IL 10y Killing
a RATHER that had eight rattlcS to it,
tail.
Blu; they travelled rapidly, noiwith-
standing ihe Tact raat tie going WAS
difficult, aud two hours after the be-
Coming q !hs llplc Journey Dale saw
before Iiil i small and almost circular,
level.bottomed basin walled in 10y low
cliffs. A small creek ran through ibis
basin and made Two easy ways Of cn.
trance. In the hollow they saw clumr>
OF laurel and huckleberry bushes, ana
wild grasses kneehigh; toward the
center stood a solitary big and gnarlcd
black walnut tree.
They entered al the point AT which
the creek ran in. and Went 10 the wal
nut Tree There Turner halted and
faced HiI Dale with peculiar CLINT
in his eyes. Dale was looking at ne
rugged walls of stone, aud 80 The
thick green forest that rose above
them; he was muvelng as only 81
true lover Of beauty can mavei III
the wonderful grandeur Of 1t az
Walt Turner. Of Turner's rel
opened his sli! Of q mouth and spahe,
Here's tie kitty" .. &c
Dale was brought out of his On
loym5nt most rudcly. From behind
clumps az laurel and hucNeherry
bushes. from the TAN grasses, from
everywhere seemed from nowhere
there ,I~.ng dozens OF Balls aud