The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-16
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CHAPTER /. 49, Under his grandfathers
Will, Stanford Broughton, society idler. mas
his share Of the estate valued az some
thing like $4,000. lies In a safe feposl,
tory latitude and longitude described, and
that is all. II may be Identified by the
presence nearby Of a brown,haire dd D mith
a split face, half black and half white.
Stanford at first regards the bequest as a
joke, but after consideration sets out TO
find his legacy.
U.-On his way to Denver.
the city nearest the meridian described In
his grandfather's viii. stanford hears IRON
a fellow traveller a story having to DO win
a flooded mine.
Iu-Thinking things over. he
begins to imagine there may be something
In his grandfather's bequest worth whlle'
his Idea finally centering on the posslolllIy
OF a mine. as "A safe repository Recail-
ing the narrative on the train. he ascertaihs
that his fellow traveller was a mining ehsl-
neer. Charles Fullerton. Fullerton refuses
him Information, but from other sources
Broughton learns enough to make him pro-
coed to Placerville. In the Red desert.
CHAPTER 1V.-On the station platform
at Atropia, just as the train pulls out,
Stanford sees what appear 70 be the iden-
teal horse and dog described In his grand
fathers will. lmpresser, he leaves the train
at the next stop, Angels. There he hnds
that Atropia was originally PlacerVtlle, his
destination. Unable to secure a conveyance
at once to take him to Placerville, Brough-
ton seizes a construction car ana escapes
leaving the impression on the town marshal,
Beaseiey. that he is slightly demented.
CHAPTER W Pursued, he abandons
the car. which is wrecked, and escapes on
foot. In the darkness. he is overtaken by
n girl on horseback. and II dog. Atter
he explains his presence. she invites MIN
TO her home. at the Old Cinnabar mine' tc
meet her father.
CHAPTER vi. - Broughton's hosts are
Hiram Twombly, caretaker of the mine
and his daughter Jeanne. Seeing the girl
Stanford Is satisfied he has located his prop
--..y 49,. IAaa not VnEnnl hIa tdAntlfV
VII. Next morning. will
Hiram. he visits the mine. Hiram asks hin
to look over the machinery, and he does 80
glad of an excuse to be near Jeanie. In whom
he has become interested, and he engages II
the first real work he has ever done.
CHAPTER collaboration and Hiram
get the pumps started, but are unable tS
make an impression on the water. But
Twomblys. visits the mine, He offers &c
drain It In consideration of Broughton's CIV
ing him ffty-one per cent or the property
Stanford refuses. Then Fullerton offers &c
buy the mine outright for $4,000. 1t had
cost Broughton's grandfather more than hall
a million. Stanford again refuses.
CHAPTER IX.-Jeanie cautions Brough'
ton against selling the mine. under any cir
cumstances, and, apparently In a spirit Of
mischief. allows him to kiss her., After q
conversation with Daddy Hiram, Broughtor
decides he will stick to the property.
x.-Nex day. during Stan
ford's tenn porary absence from the mine. al
enemy, without doubt Fullerton. wrecks the
pumping machinery. Broughton decides e
have II out with him next day.
CHAPTER Kiln the morning he finds
Fullerton and Jeanne have disappeared, ap-
parently eloped. He also discovers thai
his deed to the mine has been stolen, and
as " has not been recorded, he has no proof
of ownership. Mysterious actions OF the dog
cause Hiram and Broughton to take the
trail in search of jeanne.
CHAPTER XII.-They find Jeanie's pony.
aka,1anaI hat M truna nf the girl When
they get back to the cablne. Fullerton Is
there, apparently awaiting their return.
CHAPTER XIII. - Believing Jeanie to
have gone with Fullerton, the sight OF the
man Is too much for Broughton, and he uses
him roughly. Broughton denies knowing the
whereabouts OF Jeanne. Broughton orders
him off his property. and he departs vowing
Vengeance. Satisfied Fullerton means mis-
chief, Broughton and Hiram fortify them
selves in the mine shafthouse and prepare
for a siege. Fullerton comes with a crowd
of desperadoes and on their refusal to va
cate. begins an attack.
CHAPTER XIV. - During the day and
night the two successfully defend the shaft
house against attacks, including an attempt
to drown them out.
CHAPTER XV.-Almost ready TO give up
Broughton Is heartened by Hiram's asser'
ton that the sounds of the firing must have
reached Atropia, and an investigation partS
will soon appear.