The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-12-29

enoH'e,O" e~e SVoehlng mad hanno..,
was strong upon me when descs Ss1s
the ladder. Nenoet
In the living roory. found . MT.
sOber-faced old Daddy putting sne
fast on the table. ''eaE
TITS just you and me for !,
mornin', Stannie," he muttered ,. ua
plates for two; and his mild ola nl
looked as II they were about n ,
a bath. ""
"whatr" exclaimed. "Has RIM.
ton goner' "er
"Uh-huh; bright and ear,v-,,.
day, l reckon; leastwise, | dIdn, wv .oN
him when he went" ny"
But where's Jeanlei She ism, 49,
Is she7"
He shook his head dolefuIy.
"No: she-she's gone, too
"Not with Bullerton3" ! Rasnea
"It sure does look that.away 81.
ME. She LEFT a III note on tho ,ss'.
for me, a-tellin me not to WORRY ~
and sayin' needn't look for bsr ,~
l saw her ag'ln." Wv
At first | could hardly believe m,
own ears. II was so incredibly ON, !,
keeping with Jeanle as had no..
idealizlng her.
Are you going after themT' a
handed.
"What for?" was the despondon,
query. "'Tain't morsel o. use an,
way you look at It. Jeanle's a WON
an growed. and she don't have to hav.
the old daddy say she can, r a.
mustn't Besides. they was probabl,
pitchln' out to catch one o. the earl,
trains-there's one each way. east ana
west--aDd them trains We been eoDs
couple o. hours"
Daddy had done his best with m,
breakfast, but don't recall any meal
of my life that ever came so nea,
choking me. told Daddy about the
smashing OF the machinery, and tn,
proof had that II had been a piece
Of sabotage.
Reckon maybe he allowed you'd And
out he done II and try dogfall 4
somethin' with him to pay him backl"
Daddy queried.
II don't know" / confessed.
l went on eating In silence or rath.
er trying to eat, and turning over the
puzzling and bad-tastlng questioning
In my mind. How could Jeanne 70 on
with Fullerton. knowing him to be the
scamp he WASP And why, II she had
been meaning all along to do this thing,
had she blocked his game by telling
me that wasn't to sell him the Gin.
nabar?
II was In the midst OF these re1ec.
lions that CHANGED to feel In the coat
| pocket where had been carrying the
deed turned over to me by Daddy
Hiram; and for the second time that
morning nearly choked. The pocket
was empty!
whats hit you now, SOM" Daddy
inquired; seeing my jaw drop. sup
pose.
THE last thing there was In the boz
that could fall out and hit me-" CUR
gled. "Bullerton has stolen my deed
to the Clnnabarl 7"
"The mischief he has Plum sure
you hain't lost 1t out o. your pocketr
We made sure, without the loss Of
moment; looking in my loft sleeping
place and In the mine buildings. The
deed was gone. safely enough, and w
both agreed that Fullerton had haC
plenty of chances to steal II. Wearing
overclothes while was working abOu
the machinery, had often left M
coat hanging In the cabin. AS a mat
ter of fact, l hadn't worn 1t at all OF
the previous day.
"Well. Daddy" said /, after the pro
longed search had proved futile
where does this leave meT
Threshing the facts out, we sOol
found where It left me. Grandfathe
Jasper. as you may remember. hal
made no mention Of the mine. or. 10
deed, OF any legacy to me In his VII
as Il had been pr0bated; there was N
need Of 1t because he had alread
decided the Clnnabar to me, and at ID
time OF his death II was nc longe
among his assets. Moreover. his law
yers had told Fullerton (accordlng Z
Bullerton's story told me In the Pun
man sm0kerOOm) that there yes o
record Of any mining traIisMcto
whatever In his papers. Therefore !
the absence Of the memorandum whic
my grandfather had given Cousi
Percy-and which Percy had d0uo'
less carried with him TO Chlna-ther
was nothing but the deed to show 10
my ownership; absolutely nothing
At that, the loss OF the deed wouidn
have been fatal II the document hn
been properly recorded. II hadn
been. And now. with the unrecorde
deed gone, there was nothing to prov
that ] had ever owned the Cinnaba
The loss was total-wlth no insu
ance.
Daddy Hiram was shaking his hea
sorrowfully after we had run this h'
bunch OF straw through the threshll'
machine.
With things looking as blue as VI
III NaaNH