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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1921-04-07
MEM TIJDJA A CIMET

a Csonka Magyarorszagon el6 ro-
konainak, hozzatartoz6inak vagy
ismef6seineke K0nnyen megtnd-
hatia, hogy ba felkeresi Mih6k
Sander 336 West Federal streti
irodaiat, hol reszletes magya-
razattal szolgalnak.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1921-04-07
ELAD0 FARM

Youngstown es Sharon koz0tt egy
53 akeres farm elado. Pompas fekvesii
es 0sszetetelii fold Hat szobas haz
Istal6 es gyiim0lcsos. Marcus h6ban
1000 dollarert arusitjuk, amelynek fe-
lie keszp6nzben fizeterd0. Van egy
akeres elad6 farmunk is OF szobas haz-
zal Girard kozeleben. Igen jo fold. A
villamos kozeleben. Ara $500 dollar,
a mely osszegb6l 800 dollar keszpenz-
ben fizetend6. Cimiink J. H. Murray
& Co., second flocr, Park Theater
Bldg, Youngstown, o. Telefonok: Bell
Main 2O1O. Automatic 2216.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1921-04-07
KIAD0 ttZLET

A magyarsag koreben altalano-
san ismert Szilvassy-fele iizlet elo-
ny0s feltetelek mellett kiad6. IT.
jon vagy j0jj0n erre cimre: 318
Greenwood avenue.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1921-04-07
MAGYAR KOTTAK

zongorara es hcgediire llaphat6k !:
101 magyar nepdal, 4S-as id6k
notai, sziberiai magyar dial, stb.
Megveheti Mih6k Sandor iroda-
iaban, 336 West Federal street.
Naponta delutan 3 es 6 ora k0-
zott biztosan megtalalja az iroda-
jaban.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1921-04-07

Mintha aratnanak.
: Egyik "Spcrt'' dob. mask
'Sztrajkot, "
Lent a Salt Spring r6don,
Es fizetnek, ha vcSztenck
, GavalltroS m0don.
A napokban ottan jartam,
Kugliztam javaba,
NIikor egy kozismert magyar
/ Lepett a szobaba.
! Fogadott egy baratjaval,
Hogyhat lcbitolja,
Ils ha veszit. az OF dollart
R0gt0n kiSMlrkolja.
Megkezd6d0tt a merk6z6s,
Rcpiiltck a babuk.
A goly6k meg ugy dor0gtek,
Mint a harci agyuk.
Fogadjunk, hogy most "spert
dobok,
SZolt a mi haratunk,
A mig mi hata m0g0tt
Figyelmesen alltunk.
A baratumk neki guggolt
A biztos dobasnak,
A nadragjan helyt eneedve
Egy 'likas nyilasnak, "
Az ellcnfel gyufat fogott
Us oda tartotta.
Mig baratunk a goly6jat
Tjedten eldobta.
Tyiih, a bctyar kutyafajat!
Visitott fenhangon.
Orditasat meghallottak
A szemk6zti gangon.
Hi porkolt meg engem hatul?
Hogy a gaz vesse Xxi,
Az ct dollart en- helyettem
R0gt0n fizesse Xxi.
Persze mem akadt gazdaja
A tiizes trefanak,
Icy hat bizony vege szakadt
A Macy fogadasnak.
De mivelhogy a nadragnak
Csunya baja esett,
A baratunk szomszedjanak
Sz0rnycn neki esett.
"Tegye be r0gt0n az ajt6t,
Mem tudja, hogy cug van.
kip0rk0ltek a nadragom,
lst6k ugyse ugy van.
Az utcara mem mehetek.
Merit a szel megfujhat,
A leveg6 minden yukon
Iii mod bebujhat." :"
Icy hat egy zsebkend6t tettek
A kenyes nyilasra,
A baratunk kimehetett
Batran az utcara.
Gavallerosan felsetalt
A Menhetten stritre,
Hogy egy ratjahoz menjen
Rezindzsekes tritre.
De az uton nagy baj tamadt.
Egy kutya meglatta,
Hogy egy feher zsebkend6 van
A nadrag lyukaba'.
Persze r0gt0n odafutott
A kutya ebadta,
A zsebkend0t a nadragb6l
Fogaval kikapta.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1921-04-07
HE1I KR0NIKA
Rigmusokba szedte: O. Ke.

Bizony annak j6 ideje,
Hogy kr6nikat irtam,
Azota meg bizniceltem,
Ugy, a hogyan britain.
A 'stappolo jnni" felvett
Tagjai soraba,
En- is odaallhatok most
Az utica Sarkara.
Mem dolgOznak a magyarok.
Sziinetel a munka.
Most mar inkabb kenyer van csak,
Mem pediglen sunka.
Maskor husvet el6tt van bolt,
Most pedig utana,
Pcdig hat az ilyen b6jt6t
Vigye cl a kanya.
A hegyen lak6 magyarok
huglKODa JarnaK,
Ugy kaszal jak a babnkat,
Mintha aratnanak.
Egyik "Spcrt' dob. mask
'Sztra jkot," "
Lent Salt Spring r6don,
Es fizetnek, ha vcSztenck
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-01
Mortgages and Loans

HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY 70 ioaa ga.
 out on first and second mortgages see me before looking elsewhere w. Ge1aso GeI Iineburgh 952 Main St. RzIoS WE SPECIAAIzE in rent collections a ana ra mortgage loans, insurance ana caio takinE of property. Snow & Goidmaaana ma IS Fairfield Ave. Room 20l. Bar o.ss-s
 MORTGAGES AND LOANS nSoNFY TO LOAN ON MORTGAGES; 1E GAN SELL YOUR MORTGAGES EoR CASH WE GET RESULTS: IcARROLLSTATE REALTY CO,i SS
 MAIN ST
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Farms For Sale

500 FARMS FOR SALE. with or with
 out stock and tools' .3T 3,I will af 9Sehange dpsa James Lynch, 1917 Main St.. cor. Grand.
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.Amusenents

5NSS A PLEASANT evening at the AT cade Bowling Alleys, 56 John Sl. Warren Connor. Prop Barnum 5L..
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-01

A,,+ornobile Repairing in all LIS us hnIoI1e 1a,9nnhes Lighting and Ignition; BaI. teries repaired and reehargsSdP S Png myiifftd fitted. RndV and Fender repairs, Carbon ouFna 1Ils ing, Welding ,a and dbef9zshand. brnzhIagd Estimates c3st qoa,9t,1iy 4h piyen. All work by expsEs Automobile Machinists lStS Ss5 Strs es
 Ave. Stratford- Phone strl'ioi ITS2aI.
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Restaurant
Real Estate Wanted

TF TT IS REAL ESTATE CT business
 o1nortIIuities you want to buy sell inouire David Apstetn. S72 Stillman St
 Tel. Bar. TOSS. U17all-- STEPHENS' BUSINESS EXCHANGE. SaiI Finds of insurance. We can sell your business If your house is .. for so5 Tiherty Bldg Bar. 1es9- 29ati'
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Auto Accessories
ALTO TRIMMIH

AUlTU IlINIVHIANO Tons Cushions, Curtains anu Shp aId AcpS, canvas work, coverings a.iu Gge c. Loseno, 104 French Is,'
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PHONE
 BAR. 1908 FOR RATES
Services Offered
dRS E P SMITH

MRS. E.. P. SMITH peautv Parlors, Room PIP, Warner BldE., s3 Fairfield Ave. Open Monday, " eonSSs 4sSs
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Help wanted-Male

~ A M aTcD-ReliabIe man 10 acf as D.a 1ar trict Superintendent to book oroeIs na no Fruit and ornamental Trees. eents: Rof ex- Ehrubery and engage suo.as5 suaa5v Apply at once Fruit Growers Nurseries. 5monIis
 ark New York state. oo0--A-
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Poultry and Supplies

ETOTCE EGGS. Barred and Wni.s WIn1as
 Hoeks idsn BTOwR wWyandottea. hed6aFns sse
 ting nre0aid s1 75 Schanzel & IoWei-
 HiIisfde Ave Bar. 5ss0-5: 9loa B. DON'T GRoWL if your 51ens arst doh,t tob Fasd lagi
 fnT hest results. Standard Fsed Co.,
 inc, 1884 Main St. Barnnm szo- sYRAGOLD SCRATCH FEED Par and NAT, Rrg
 Mash Also all kinds of Seeds, MIaI1 an5 Hoos Joseph Breiner, 2S55 ai. . GaId Ave Noble 434. hl9o
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Insurance
Investment

OVER sso5O net proIts on inses1menr st mn Drove I !"' Facts ts Is From United States govern: ment experts and bona 1initea hes fo few
 A Porter, 100 Broadway. New hoIN
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Animals

PERSTAN KITTENS, Gold Fish, Plant Globes All kinds new seeds. Brldge- port Modern Pet Shop, Broad an6 EIi,n IF Sts Bar. TIT. A1edll-
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A MT A rm
Rubber Stamps

RTRRfSR STAMPS made by us are re. iiabis. We carry a complete inc eh Stsnfps. supplies, ink pads, daterss rco- har ttype etc. The Schwerdtle Stamg 1le Co ll1 Cannon St v
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Roofing

ROOFING & REPAIRING
 Neponset product used Slate surface Waodin & JankovSh1. cor Grand ana P00ETNC-An kinds of roofing and re- Daring. Fanton & Roberts. so4 West
 Ave. Bar. 1852 Formerly H. C, Gousd-
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Awnings
Cleaners and Overs

REPRESENTATIVES, and gents clothes cleaned or dyed Gloves cleaned, SC per pair. Cleaning and dyeing oi all all kinds. 16S State St. opp. Br1osepor' TONY DESPAW = Ladles' and Men 2 custom tailor. Cleaning. dyeing ann repairing. Suits pressed BOG 6z2 So9.1 .1 Ave Bar. 10S7-5- l-AlNs
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-12-23

their cooking fire was now burning
briskly and they were apparently max
ing leisurely preparations to eat. 1t
fairly made mi schoolboy furious to
see those fellows calmly getting their
noon meal ready and ignoring my
warning.
"Hand me up n of those dynamite
cartridgesl !" l barked at Daddy HI
ram; and when he complied, 1 lighted
a match and stuck 1t to the split end
of the fuse. There was a fizz, q cloud
OF acrid smoke to make me turn my
face away and cough, and then a
frenzied yell from the old man..
''Throw it-g ood-gosh-to-Frida -
throw It'll"
1 contrived to get 1t out through the
window opening in some way, and lost
my balance on the earth bags doing it,
tumbling awkwardly into Daddy's
arms as l fell. C%oincident with the
tumble, the stout old shaft-house
rocked to the crash of an explosion
that was still echoing from the cliffs
of the mountain above when the sour
fumes of the dynamite rose TO float in
at the window holes.
"G-good ~gizzardsr suffered Daddy
Hiram, did you reckon l cut them
fuses long enough so t you could hold
ZEN in your hands and watch 'em
burnT'
what do I know about fuses?" l
asked, g~rinning ut him. Then l mount
ed the breastwork again and looked
out, prepared to see the entire land
scape blown into shreds.
Aside from a few sheets Of CORFU
gated iron tori from the roof of the
adjacent ore shed, the landscape APP
peared TO be fairly intact and still
with us. But down on the bench be-
low, the lately kindled cooking fire
was burning in solitary confinement.
The raiders, to a man, had disap-
peared
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CHAPTER XIV.
Applied Hydraulics.

They've skipped" I reported TO
Daddy, as l climbed down from the
earth sacks. land that shows us the
quality of the humanity stuff we have
to deal with. Fullerton will never get
that bunch TO rush us in the open"
That's something gained, anyway"
said the old nan land ever III bit
helps. But if they amt goin' to take
it standin' up, we got to look out for
Injin doin's; the snake-in-the-grass
kind. Charley Fullerton amt goin' to
quit none so easy"
Nevertheless, for an hour or more,
1t looked as II the jumpers had quit.
In due time the cooking fire in the lit
tie glade burned out, and no one
came to rekindle it. Around and about
the solemn silence Of the mountain
wilderness rlnged us IN, and ii was
hard to realize that the siege had not
been abandoned-though we knew well
enough it hadn't.
We put In the time as best we could,
tinkering up our defenses and trying
TO provide for all the contingencies.
For one thing, Daddy found a big
anger and used it to bore loophOIes at
various places through the wall, by
means of which we could command the
approaches to the shaft-house on two
of the three exposed sides. Eastward
ly, the blacksmith shop interviewed be-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-12-23
"PLL E You'll"

Synonsis. Under his grand
fathers will, Stanford Broughton
society idler. finds his share OF the
estate. valued at something like
$40. 900. lies in a safe repository"
latitude and longitude described,
and that is all. 1t may be identi-
fed by the presence nearby of a
brown-haired, blue-eyed girl, a pie
bald horse. and a dog with a split
face, half black and half white.
Stanford at first regards the be-
quest as a joke, but after consider
alton sets out to find his legacy.
On his way to Denver Stanford
hears from a fellow traveller,
Charles Fullerton, a mining engi-
neer, a story having TO do with a
flooded mine. He has a "hunch"
this mine is the safe repository
of the will. Fullerton refuses him
information. On the station plat
form at Atropia, just as the train
pulls out. Stanford sees what ap-
pear to be the identical horse and
dog described in his grandfather's
will. Impressed, he leaves the train
at the next stop. Angels. Unable
to secure a conveyance, Broughton
seizes a track-inspection car and
escapes, leaving the impression on
the town marshal, Beasley, that he
is demented. Pursued. he aban-
dons the car. which is wrecked,
and escapes on foot. In the dark
ness he is overtaken by the girl,
the horse and the dog. After he
explains his presence. she invites
him to her home. at the Old CHINA
bar mine. Broughton's hosts are
Hiram Twombly, caretaker of the
mine, and his daughter Jeanne.
Stanford does not reveal his iden-
tity. Hiram and Stanford go put
tering about the mine. Stanford
gets interested in the work and
falls in love with jeanne, who saves
his life. Fullerton shows up at the
mine. He offers $4,000 for the Gin
nabar. Stanford says mo" Bull
lerton makes threats. Somebody
throws a monkey-wrench into the
pumping machinery. jeanne disap-
pears. So does the deed of the
Cinnabar. Stanford does up Bull
lerton in a go-as-you-please scrap.
Fullerton says he and Jeanne went
away to get married and she dis
appeared.
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until you get back to your army. II
you or any OF your men are in sight Of
Clnnabar. property ten minutes after
you reach your camp, we open fire."
Since the truce was thus definitely
ended, we retired into our fortress and
put up the bars. AS we were closing
the doors and making everything snug
| asked Daddy what kind of human
timber Fullerton was likely TO have
in his army, and II there we're any
chance that his boast about having
deputy sheriffs in the crowd was TO be
taken at its face value.
There's nothin' TO the deputy brag.
Ike Beasley is the chief deputy for
this end o. the county, and he'd be
here himself if that was a posse com
mytaters down yonder. AS for what he
has got, there's no tellin'. Most likely
he's picked up a fstful o. toughs and
out-o-works down in Angels. There's
always plenty o. drift O. that kind
hangin' round a mimi camp"
"Fighters?" l queried.
ooh, yes; 1 reckon soft fghtin'
comes easier than workin'."
With the doors shut and barred I
climbed up on our breastwork to bring
my eyes on a level with n of the high
window holes. The ten-minute ultima
tum interval had come 10 an end, but
the raiders were making no move to
vacate the premises. On the contrary,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-12-23

full this mornin', and he's got that to
make him spitey. Wen be hearin'
from him as soon as he gets things
yanked round into shape to suit HIM"
Still, as time passed and nothing
happened, 1t looked less and less like
ly that we were going to have to fight
for our holding ground. l don't know
to this good day what made Fullerton
50 slow in bringing up his army, but
it was high noon, and Daddy and /
were eating a cold luncheon, with the
shaft-house door-sill for a seat, when
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wire into the gun-Darrei and was Inn
paling one of the dynamite cartridges
on its projecting end.
LIT skyrocket." he chuckled then.
with quaint humor: "You stand by
with a match. Stannie. and let's see
w~hat-all's gOin' to happen. When |
say the word, you stick your match to
the fuse"
Heavens maybe l didn't enjoy a de-
lightful little spasm ms l got a fash
light mental picture of that old man
fumbling around with a lighted cart
ridge at the muzzle of his gun. trying
TO poke cartridge and gun-barrel
through a hole In the door that couldn't
possibly have been over two and a
half inches in diameter-and in the
dark, at that What il he shouldn't be
able to find the hole In time? Or if he
should succeed In finding 1t and the
rifle bullet should jam on the wiref
Or any one of d dozen "ifs" that might
fail to rid us of the deadly thing be-
fore it should go of and blow us to
kingdom come?
But there was no time TO haggie
about II, and the whang of another
high-powered bullet on the iron roof
over our heads speeded things up.
"Do your do" Daddy muttered and
l struck a match, sheltered the tiny
flame In my followed hands until it
got going good, and then, with a silent
prayer that Daddy might not miss the
hole, stuck the blaze to the frayed end
of the powder string.
Coming all three together as II
seemed to me, there were spittings like
those of al angry cat, a puff of chok.
ing powder smoke, and the crack of
the rife. For just about three seconds
nothing further happened; but at the
fourth second or thereabouts-oh, boyi
The cabin was stoutly and solidly
built Of logs, as / may have mentioned.
but in the flash of the rending eXplo-
sion we had a glimpse of doors and
windows caving inward and a section
of the spllt-shingle roof leaping toward
the spacious Ornament on high.
"Now, durn ye," was Daddy Hiram's
morose comment. made with an eye to
a peep-hole, nov, durn We, maybe
you'll let folks sleep peaceable for a
little spell !"
OF course, in the darkness, made
thicker by the cloud of dust the explo-
sion had kicked up, we couldn't tell
what had become of the cabin gar
rison, or whether or no we'd killed all
or any of 1t. But the immediate re-
suit was perfectly soul-satisfyiDg.
There were no more root lombard
ments, and after we had remained on
hour, Daddy sent me to the blankets
for my forty winks; did this, and after
ward played q low-down trick on me.
For, what with the previous nights
broken rest, and the more or less ex-
citing and strenuous day. l slept like
a tired baby, and when | awoke the
sun was shining In at the two high
window holes at something more than
an acute angle. and Daddy Hiram was
making coffee and frying bacon and
baking pan-bread over a chip fire
built on a piece of boiler iron we bad
turned down for hearth purposes the
previous evening.
The old angel took my reprOach-
full abuse for his u~nselfshness quite
good-naturedly, as he did most things.
and made his report of the nights
doings. Up to midnight there had
been nothing stirring; but after hat
there had been noises on the black
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CHAPTER XIIl.-continued.

I passed through the cabin to the
out-kitchen and while 1 was kindling
a fire in the stove / saw Daddy with
an armful of hay and a peck measure
of oats, tolling the little horse down
the path back to the cabin to disap-
pear with 1t in the direction of the
gulch where the abandoned Little
jeanne" claim lay. l had the coffee
made and the bacon fried by the time
he got back, and after we had eaten
he blossomed out in an entirely new
role-that of commander in chief.
"This is moFin' day, %Stannie," he
announced briefly. eff you'll dig up
all the chuck and canned stuff you
can find and tote 1t over to the shaft
house, III fetch the blankets and the
cookin' tins"
l obeyed blindly, and entirely with
out prejudice to a lively curiosity as
to what this new move might mean.
While l was emptying the kitchen and
pantry the old man unearthed another
rifle from the closet under the loft lad
der, and with 1t q box of ammunition;
and / observed that this second gum,
like the one he had carried on our
pilgrimage Of the night, looked as If
it had been freshly oiled and rubbed
up every day since 1t had left the fac
tory.
You'll have a lot of talking to do
presently l warned him. you seem
to forget that you haven't yet told me
what's biting you"
Maybe there amt nothin' bitin' me;
maybe I'm just gettin' sort O. old and
skeery. But it's this-away, Stannie,
son: Ever since your gran'paw gave
me this here watchin' job, and since l
heard tell how them Cripple Creek
short-card artists socked it to him on
this Cinnabar deal, l been lookin' for
trouble. I hain't been easy about them
Cripple Creek holdups nary a day
since your gran'paw told me to stay
here and hold the fort for him."
"You thought perhaps the original
owners might try to grab the property
by force?"
Daddy looked up at me from under
his bushy eyebrows.
"'Pears to me like you've got a
mighty short memory, seine way, Stan
mic. Have you done forgot that bunch
o. huskies we saw campin' out in Ante
lope gulch-as we come along by there
at daybreak this mornin'? l didn't like
the looks o. that camp much at the
time; and / liked ii a whole lot less
after we got here and found Charley
Fullerton sunnin' himself on the door
step. Made me sort O. perk up my
ears"
"But, see here, Daddy" I thrust in,
IF he's got my deed. or has destroyed
1t, why"
"Why, he has as good a right to he
Cnnahar as the next one that comes
along, is what you're goin' to say.
amt %disputin' you for a minute. But
afore ne can have 1t, he's got to take
1t, hain't he? And we've got two NIGH
ty good III pieces of artillery that says
he's goin' to have one joyful old time
a-takin' 1t; that is. If you're Of the
same mind that l am"
BY Jove! ! wanted to put my arms
ground the old Spartan and hug him
AS I've said, there were ten or a dozen
In that bunch we'd seen in the
gulch, and he was calmly proposing to
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-12-23
The Girl, a Horse
and a Dog ,s sgsy.!:!9z!g

stand up to them, as confidently as If
1t were all in the days work.
Il get you now, Daddy" l said, "and
mind is mine. Wen give them the best
we've got"
/ thought the two old-fashioned guns
and Jeanie's pistol promised a poor
chance for an effective defense; but
Daddy Hiram proceeded to show me
that we had at least n other re-
source. In the mine stores left behind
by the former operating company were
two boxes of sixty-per-cent dynamite,
with fuse and caps, and Daddy pointed
out that there were good possibilities
wrapped up in the greasy brown-paper
cartridges If the enemy should come
close enough to let us use them.
Il believe you had this all doped out
In advance, Daddy" 1 said, when he
had a neat little row of the cartridges
laid out on the floor. But surely you
didn't expect to hold out alone If those
sharks sent a crowd of Jumpers In to
run you Off"
MT anu Jtdllt, nC coiu ShhPtJ'
WED "a done our level best; and the
angels couldn't do no more than that
Here, unless the old man was sadly
mistaken in his daughter, was another
and wholly u~nsuspecter side of the blue
eyed maiden displayed for me. l tried
to imagine Lisette helping her father,
or me, or any lone man, to defend a be-
leaguered mine against an armed at
tack. 1t was so funny that l shouted.
do you mean to say that Jeanne would
shut herself up in here and load the
guns for you against a mob of mine
jumpers?"
He looked up with a prideful sparkle
in his mild blue eyes.
"You don't half know that little girl
O. mine, yet, Stannie, son." he said
earnestly. And then: "She's the only
boy | ever had, you see; and she haint
had any mother since she a remem-
Der. Maybe l hadn't ort to taught her
to ride hawsses and shoot, and them
things but it seemed like l had to-"
"You haven't made her one iota less
womanly-or lovable," l FASTENED to
say. Then 1 blurted out the thing that
had been weighing on me ever since
we had found Fullerton loating on the
doorstep: "Do you suppose they could
is there any way they could have
been married yesterday, Daddyf"
"Uh-huh / reckon there was. They
might "a gone on down to Angels.
There's a justice O. the peace down
there"
1t still lacked a full hour of noon
when we got our preparations made
and were ready to stand a siege. Then
we waited. and waited some more and
after a while l began to grin. What
if we had stampeded ourselves need
After all, the men W. had seen
in the deep gulch might really have
been tramps. and not a Fullerton army.
Would the mining engineer, u%nprinci-
pied as he doubtless was, go to the
length of trying to dispossess us by
force? The more 1 thought Of 1t, the
more unlikely it seemed.
81 guess maybe we were scared of
a shadow, after all, Daddy" 1 said.
"Bullerton has had time enough to
bring up his army, If he has one"
81 amt %countin' much on his backin'
down." was the drawing rejoinder.
'Ye see, l know Charley Fullerton of
old; keen KNOWN him ever since he
first busted into the mimi game.
That was over in the Sagauche. He's
an all-'round cuss, but he's a slayer. Be
sides, you roughed him up sort O. hurt