The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-12-16
Daddy and | Were Eating When We
Saw the Army Coming.

men came ON, leaving their guns be-
hind. There was a climb of about
thirty feet, maybe. coming up from
the bench to the ledge upon which the
mine buildings stood, so we got fair
ly good look at the peace party before
it came within talking distance. Bull
lerton still had slight touch of the
wry-neck, and the devil-may-care
iauntiness which had been his chief
characteristic as a guest of the Twom-
blys had been wiped from his face and
manner like a picture from black
board.
AS the three of them topped the rise
in the ore road / reached behind ME
and got one of the Winchesters.
That's near enough!" / called out.
DO your talking from there. if you've
anything to say
The delegation halted and Fullerton
took paper from his pocket.
I'm serving legal notice upon you.
Broughton," he said, waving the paper
at me, land l have two witnesses here,
as the law requires. | represent the
Cinnabar Mining company Of Cripple
/ Creek. You are trespassing on our
property and l am making formal
/ demand for possession"
$50 that's the new wrinkle, is lit" !
laughed II was hoping you might
/ spring something little more original
How are you going to prove owner
/ ship?"
..'fhe burden of proof isn't on US !;
it's on your he ripped out. You
| haven't a shadow of claim to this
mine. I've got your sO-caued deed
i right here"-and he shook that at US.
Its a forgery; a clumsy. childish
forgery that wouldn't impose upon a
blind man! We can send you to the
rock pile on the strength of it if we
want to-"
Since he had stolen the decd oct c:
my pocket, l thought, o. course, that
he was just blufinS about its being a
forgery re nIJs. have known per
fectly we'll that it wasn't. But Daddy
was whispering in my ear as he sal
behind me- Something like this
"Gosh-all-Friday, Stannie, he's got you
goin'! He's made copy o. the deco
and throwed the riginal away-burnt
it up, r somethin'!"
You have il all your own way, Bull
ierton-or you think you have | tolC
him; and If / didn't get all of the self
confidence into the words that / trieC
10. | am persuaded that he didn't know
the difference. Il might even conced'
that you have everything but the mine
itself If you want that. you ma.
come and take it but you'll permit ma
TO say that when you break into thi'
! shaft-house there will be fewer peopl
alive on Cinnabar mountain than Their
8 are at the present moment. / shall
quite possibly be one of the dead ones
but before go out l shall do my bes
: TO make you another"
'All right" he snapped back
: you're speaking for yourself, AM
that's your privilege. But how abou
: you. Twomhly? This is no quarrel o
yours Suppose you go over yonder t
your cabin and stay out OF the fight
Nobody wants TO hurt you"
I That put it pretty squarely up {
4 me. TOO, so | turned TO the old man a
: my side.
Its good advice. Daddy" said
: "and this isn't your quarrel. You
better duck while you can"
Daddy Hiram made no reply at a
10 me: didn't pay any attention to M
Instead. he stood up on the dOor-si
and shook his fist ar Fullerton.
Il been loolSin' for you and you
sind of crowd for a year bacl
Charley Fullerton, and DRAWN pa
Tor doin it, he shrilled -Stanni'