Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-05-13

yeung. So- 4 came about that when
Dams train stepped at Cheyenne. Re
found a Telegram waiting him:
ANY relation 10 Dan Failing q the
rmpqua dividefs
Dan had never heard 81 the imp
qua divide. but he couldn't doubt but
that the sender Of the wire referred
20 his grandfather lie wired In the
affirmative. The head Of the Chamber
Of Commerce received the wire. read
II. thrust IL into his desk. and IN the
face II really important piece OF
business proceedsd to forget. nll about
II. Thus II came about that. except
for one thing. Dan Failing would have
probably stepped of the train at his
met. The one thing that changed sais
destiny was that as meeting OF
certain widely known fraternal er,ter
the next night. the Chamber of Com
merce crossed trails with the Frontier
In the person Of another old resident
who had his home In the farthest
reaches of the Umpqua divide. The
latter asked the former To come up
for few days shocting--the deer be-
ing fatter and more numerous than
any previous season since the days OF
the grizzlies.
TOO busy. I'm afraid the Cham
her of Commerce had replied. "Rut
Lennox--thnf reminds me- Do you
remember old Dan Failingf'
Lennox probed back into the years
for n single instant. Strengthened out
all the kinks OF his memory In less
time than the wind straightens out
the folds of flag. and turned a most
Interested face Remember him T. he
exclaimed. II should say ! do" The
middle-aged man half-closed his pierre
Ing. gray eyes.
Listen, Steele.' he said. 81 saw Dan
Failing make n bet onre. l WAS Just
a kid. but / wake up In my sleep to
marvel AZ IL. We had full long
glimpse OF a black-taii bounding ny n
long slope. II was Just spike-buck.
and Dan Failing said he could take
the left-hand spike of with one shot
from his old Sharpe's. Three of us
bet him--the whole thing In less than
two seconds. With the next shot.
he'd get the deer. He won the bet.
and now II ever forget Dan Failing.
/ want TO die"
you're Just the man TIM looking
for, then. You're not going out TIL the
day after tomorrow
mo"
ION the limited. hitting here tomor-
row morning, there's n grandson OF
Dan Failing. His name Is Dan Fail
Ing, too. aud he wants to 20 up to your
place to hunt. Stay all summer and
pay board"
Lennox's eyes said that he couldn't
believe 1t was true. After n while his
tongue spoke. too. "Good Lord" he
said. II used to foller Dan around
like old Shng, before he died. followed
| Snowbird. or course he can come.
But he can't pay board"
1t was rather characteristic of the
mountain men--that the grandson of
Dan Failing couldn't possibly pay
board. But Steele knew the ways OF
cities and of men, and he only smiled.
"He won't come. then" he explained.
Anyway, have that out with him ut
the end of his stay. He wants fish,
ing, and you've got that In the North
fork. Moreover, you're thousand
miles back"
"Only one hundred, II you must
know. But Steele--do you suppose
he's the man his grandfather was be.
fore him--that all the Fallings have
been since the first days Of the Ore
gon trailf IL he is-well my hats
Off to him before he steps off the
train"
The mountaIneer's bronzed face was
earnest and intent In the bright lights
of the club. Steele thought he had
known his breed. Now he began to
have doubts of his own knowledge.
''He won't be; don't count on it, he
said humbly. "The Failings have done
much for this region. and I'm glad
enough TO do little TO pay 1t back,
but don't count much on this eastern
boy He's lived IN cities; besides, he's
n sick man. He said so In his wire.
You ought TO know 1t before you take
him in"
The bronzed face changed; possibly
a shadow of disappointment came In
to his eyes. "a Hunger. ehT Lennox
repeated. "Yes--it's true that II he'd
been like the other Faillngs he'd never
have been that. Why, Steele, you
couldn't have given that old man a
cold IL you'd tied him in the Rogue
river overnight. OF course you couldn't
count on the line keeping up forever.
But I'll take him. for the memory OF
his grandfather"
you're not afraid tor"
afraid, hi He can't infect those
two strapping children OF mine. Snow
bird weighs one hundred and twenty
pounds and Is hard as steel. Never
knew sick day In her life. And you
know Bill, of course"