Gunnison news-champion., 1922-03-03


went on eating IN silence, or rath-
er trying 20 eat. and turning over the
puEELlnE and bac-ta sting qusStIoaIEzs
II my mind How could Jeanle 70 ofr
aiih BlHersUn- knowing him 70 be the
sEzEp he uas1 And Shy. II she had
BEEN m-sH.uE all along to DO this thing.
had sas blocked Lls game BY telling
me that wasn't 10 Seli bin the Cln-
uahGrE
Il VAS IN the midst q these rensc-
t.0us that ! chanceI 70 feel In the coat
pocket where had be.a Carrying the
tssI turned over 20 ne By Daddy
Hiram and foC Tie ssognd time tizai
morning uearly choEs-l Ihs pocket
sas empty
What's 1T yU- uVU. soar Daddy
.rgglrrd: sevszg ny Jaw drop, sup
pc-e.
Tie las; thIu. there was 10 the box
hat c0gld fall out and ~ ne / eur
slvL -EuusTtBa has stglea ny deed
20 the Clnuabarr-
The uisghlef hs has Plum sur.
sou Eaiut lost u oct o y0ar pocket =
We made SURF. without thr loss OF
4 moment. looking 10 uy loft s.-~pins-
place and In the ullae buildings The
deed was sgu-. safely enough, and Ne
both agrv-i that ElIgrJpa had had
plenty % chaHrvs l. steal h. Wearing
0yerclo,hss uhle I sras su-zlus aboCi
the InaehlH-ry, ! had utI-u left ny
coat hanging ln tie cabin A. a mat
ter ot fact hadn't uoEu il at all on
the previous day.
wei. Daddy. sad l, after the pro
Logged sea=yh had proved futile.
where dos taLs leave uvT
Thrvsl.us the facts ogI We suon
f0uud uhsrr 90 len me Grandfather
Jasper. Es yCl may remember. had
made 10 mention % the ul8-, o. in
deed. o, any Legacy 20 me 10 his win
a. i had bssn pruoaErt, there was DO
need q IL b,czgs- h~ had already
decided the CnuahaT 10 me ana at the
tine q hts death u Eas 90 longer
Hluung his assets Moreover. his law
yrrs had told B1I-rt0z IaecurilnE TO
EuIcr,rus story told re In the Pull.
man StuoEeropruI that 'h.re wss no
rerDrt Og any mining transaction
whatever in hls papers- Therefore, IN
The absence Of The memorandum which
my grandfather had Eiveu Cousin
Pcrry-and which Percy had Doubt
l-ss carried with him 20 CliHa-there
sus nothing bot the deed 20 sisUw for
ny ownership: absolutely nothing
At that the loss Of the teei wouldn't
have besn fatal II the document had
been properly recorded Il hadn't
hssn. And n0w. With the gnnrcorded
deed gone. there was Ho,h,nS 20 prove
that had ever owned the CguEsh1r,
Tr~ loss vas fotai-vIth Do insgr-
Hnce.
Daddy Hiram WIS shaking his head
soSruwfully AFTER wc had rJD this last
bunch q sgrav through the thFessias
machine.
WIKI ;hiurs looking as hlae a. the
r'ucst wbEJStcrs that ever clicked
upon scyths. We tried TO settle upon
some line ot aetion- CoPah uAs the
county seaL ard the obvious rrst step
would have been for ne 20 70 ihrrp
Crr search In the county rea0-tS f1r
evidence of the sale q the uine 20 my
grandfather. BE; the u.nutr sholld
show flyself 90 the raIlroat I'd bs
Habbed for the theft q that internal
Inspection car. u.atdy oGerea 10 ~
In my place. bat that alternative dI5at
appeal TO ne at all l knew perfectly
well bow helpless he'd he IN any such
lawyerliks search as would have to be
made In n. coUaSy recorders otsce.
Being s,opced o- short In every
other dlrecticn. we finally graStiatst
over to the shat,-hoase and went to
work IN an Aimless sort os fashion
gathering up the ~r-ckAxe OF the
smashed scar train szd putting things
shipshape again With steam up. we
turned the machinery over Q sew
times. irxr 20 see that everything was
IN workIaS ccier again. and threw n
the clutch OF the c~utrttrsais, merely
for the satisfaction OF hearing the
aood rushing through the oGtiet wnen
the pumps we're going AZ fnn spesd
went to !ocS down the shaft As b.
to-e. whea we had rrn the pumps for
a week on end. ihsr~ was a slight dis
r--hance OF TIE water. b.. rc.hlaS
noV~. Ny u,skeshIfr .oat-and-p1Iiey
gauge shsxed 20 change IN the ievei
Szadeciy 4 freak notion se,re. ne
that I'd Ike TO know tcsc what was
going &C down IN those black DEPTHS
INTO which the Suction pipes Of The
big pumps ls-i
Daddy, Fz SoiHg 70 ~ 70 End oct
surreshirs-- declared and forthwith
began TO strip ux ciechss e5. We've
sesn the water coming our at the stA-
er end % things and row. by George.
/ mean 20 make sure that his Spln, f
AZ this end"
He ditnr ~ yery hard 20 d1ssuate
ne. and minute oe 50 later was
crawling down the shaft ladder n the
hasninsntS that Old Mother NatE-e
gave ne. Il Was NY trss exploration.
ot the shztt, and vas surprised 20
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