The Holbrook news., 1922-10-20
CHAPTER VIII-continued.

Fairchild turned at the entrance of the mine and waited for the first of the miners and the accompanying gleam of his carbide Then they went within and to the shaft, the light shining downward upon the oily. black water below. Two objects floated there. a broken piece of timber, torn from the side of the shaft. where someone evidently had grasped hastily st It in an effort to stop a fall. and a new, four-dented hat. gradually be- coming water-soaked and sinking slowly beneath the surface And then. for the first time, fear clutched at Fairchilds heart-fear which hope could not ignore
 There's his hat" It was a miner staring downward.
 Fairchild had seen 1t, but he strove to put aside the thought
 True" he answered, but anyone could lose hat, simply by looking over the edge of the shaft. Hary's a strong man. Certainly he would know how to swim. And in any event he should have been able to have kept afoat for at least few minutes. Ro- daine says that he heard a shout and ran right in here; but all that he could see was ruffled water and a float Ing hat. T." Then he paused sud denly. It had come to him that Ro- daine might have helped in the demise of Harry,
 Shouts sounded from outside. and the roaring of a motor truck as 1t made it's slow. tortuous way up the boulder-strewn road with it's gullies and innumerable ruts. Voices came. rumbling and varied. Lights. Gain Ing the mouth of the tunnel, Fairchlld could see mass of shadows outlined hy the carbldes. all following the lead- ership of a small. excited man, Sam Ierbenfelder. still seeking his dia- Iuund
 The big pump from the Argonaut tunnel was aboard the truck. which was followed by two other auto ve- hfcles, each loaded with gasoline en- zines and smaller pumps A hundred men were in the crowd, all equipped with ropes and buckets. Sam Herben- felder's pleas had been heard. The search was about to begin for the body of Harry and the diamond that circled one finger. And Fairchild has tened to do his part.
 Until far into ths night they worked and strained to put the big pump into position while crews of men. four and i've in group, bailed water as fast ss possible, that the aggregate might he lessened to the greatest possible extent before the pumps. with their hoses. were attached. Then the gaso- line engines began to snort, great lengths ot tubing were let down into he shaft, and squirting water starred down the mountain side as the task of uIwatering the shaft began.
 But 1t was slow job. Morning found the distance to the water length ened by twenty to thirty feet, and the bucket brigades nearly at the end of their ropes. Men trudged down the hills to breakfast, sending others in their places. Fairehild stayed on to meet Mother Howard and assuage her nervousness as best he could, dividing his time between her and the task be fore him. Noon found more water than ever tumblihg down the hills the smaller pumps were working now in unison with the larger one. After nOOn-and most of Ohadi was there. Fairchlld could distinguish the form st Anita Richmcid in the hundreds of women and men clustered about the opening of the tunnel. and for once she was not in the company of Mau- rice Rodaine He hurried to her ard she smiled at his approach.
 Have they found anything yet?"
 ''NOthing-so far. Except that there is plenty of water in the shaft I'm toying not to believe it."
 'I hope 1t isn't true" Her voice was tow and serious 'Fatlrr was talking 70 me-aboCt you. And we hoped yOJ two would Succeui-this time"
 Evidently her 'ather had told her nore than she cnred to relate. Fair e.iid cauE.,t the Affection in her voice