The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-07-15
Dali 0ranE The -sthr With difficulty

Dai. Drank The stun With difficulty.
much obliged" he muttered ihickly.
J--lels see, did | whip-how did Il
end7 He didn't lick me, did he--thst
fellow Ball?"
"Be shore didn't" smiled Moreland.
-Not by . big sight. He fell out fust
His own pap won't hardly know him.
Bill"
News travels rapidly In the big hills
3 Tbe Merchants began TO gather ~ the
home ~ their chief TO see the man
WHO had whipped Black Adam Ball !.
every Norclaud able to walk came 10
ses Bill Dale. For three hours he was
iionized. but b. didn't enjoy H.; the
water Tad left many pains In his
chest, and his head ached duly. and
his hands sim felt ~ though the bones
were shattered IN them.
Came thundershower that after.
noon AMI the mountain evening fell
with chill. A fire was made in HE
wide stone fireplace In the guests
room. ard when supper was over the
family gathered there with Dale. who
refused ia ue sept In bed
After a few minutes ~ silently
watching rroissou. shadows NJ acroSs
the hog walls. Dale said to John More.
land
"If your brother David could know,
don't You think he'd want YOU to get
the value DOT ~ the co0li"
John Marcland bent forward &" rest
hIs chin in his hands. His sober grey
eyes stared thoughtfully toward tie
FIRE
81 amt never looked NJ II that.
AWAY" be sAid.
'"rhats he right wey to look ~ IT,"
declared Dale. But you shouldn't
sell the property ~ IL U.s."
The momtaIueer turned an nqur
inr face toward h. guest.
How in ihunder could handle II
cf | didntT
"Why not bet me develop IL fur
,ouf" Dale said earnestly, eagerly. u
wont charge you anything above ey.
penses Hnd ! Won't be eNuavasaut."
ITO take considerable money 10 >tu,r
things a-moNln' Have You got IT.
asked M'folard
No, tu' : can get It, Almost any.
body wouId ~ willing to lend money
on 50 good q 'hlng as this, ykuow"
For liii'e while NorcIaud SCI there
mud looked >quartiy at bale. Who 10
turned ms gaze without elln %
ninchlup The hilman vas trying &C.
find mou,e
"llow ru..os II at Won Who amt
kuowcd ~ tut Two days" he le-
Inanded "rar ice 80 much Interested
IN US?
The gueslor S"mnuded II sJrs.viu
forvaId answer. Dale realized that
there was but one way In which he
could give satisfactory explanation
and that that WIS by telling the truth
but not the whole truth, rs he
surmised II. for then his efforts would
20 for nHught.
1Oreiand was speaking again, Rud
HIS eyes were brighter now.
ia agree at David would wsnt Us
to develop the coal. ef he could know.
It's like light a-breakin' 10 nue.. But
that coal is sacred 10 us. Bill Dale,
and atcre ye 60 any tu'tber III haf
to ax ye to tell me al about yeself.
A city man up here In the Wilderness
u don't look spIcIous, Bill, mebbe.
6ut-well, J hopes ye can pardon me
~ sxin' II. I shore got to be keer.
nil about Brother Davld's coal. Adele
IND the bcysN 10 out and lssye tsst
r,1s two IN here; ind when we're s.talf,
M to me lt's the same 40 talkin' to .
tombstone 90 fer as tellin' 10 con.
sarned. Addle, honey; Luke, you and
Chile
Grs. horeland and her sons aross
and left the room, closing the door be-
hind them. Bin Dale paced the floor
arms folded. brows drawn. Finally he
talted before the Moreland chief.
"There's nothing I'm ashamed Of, !
guess" he said. 81 don't like TO tell II
simply because ! don't like TO tell II.
But-I'll do IT,"
lie sat down In his sheepskin-lined
rocker, lay back and closed his eyes
as though 10 visualize the story, to
live II over.
Maybe It's mol very much in my
,faypr, John Moreland," be began. u