Grand Forks herald., 1922-03-14
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Und er his erandfathers will, Stanford
Eroughton society idler. f1nds his share
tude and longitude described. and that
is all. It may be Identified by The pres
eyed esed e pepad pt SSrsa ad a ' do
with a spill. face. half black and half
| white. Stanford at first regards the be.
quest as q joke: but after consideration
sets out to find his legacy.
On. his way. to Denver. the city near
est the meridian described IN his grand
fathers WILL Stanford hears from fell
Thinking things over he begins to
imasine there may be something. in his
| idea finally centering. on the possibility
of a mine. as safe repository" Re-
calling the narrative on the train, he
a mining engineer. Charles Fullerton
! Bullerton refuses him information, but
from other sources Broughton learns
enough to make him proceed to Placer
+; on the station platform at Atropia.
/ Just as the train pulls out. stanford
sees sees what what ag appear to be the identical
| fathers will. Impressed, he leaves the
train at the next stop, Angels. There he
; finds that Atropia was originally Placer
a onveyance. at once to take hin, to
! Placerville. Brouehton seizcs a con-
struction car and escapes, leaving the
! impression on the town marshal, l3eas
| CHAPTER V.-Continned.
| I-why-dear me! Don't you know
where you are ?"
! mot any more than a harmless,
necessary goat, l assure you"
! I couldn't be certain, but thought
she took a little firmer hold upon her
bride rein.
Did you---did you come from An
sels?" she asked in sort Of awed
little voice
How did you guess it? was. in
deed-for very short space Of time
this very day-a member of the An
gelic band. And If you should ask me,
I might say that feel as though
had walked most of the way here
from Angels, I---I-my car b.oKu
down. YOU know Cel
Yes" she said. II know'-just as
ii she did. Then: II can at least tell
you where you are. This is the south
ern slope of Cinnabar mountain. This
road leads on down to Atropia, about
three miles below"
Yes: Atropia was the place was
| trying 20 come At"
She stopped and appeared to be
thinking about something. Then she
said:
Really, I think you would better
not 60 to Atropia- It's - well, it's
quite a long walk
The walk doesn't specially appal
me. I've done SO much walking this
afternoon that few hundred miles,
more Or less, in addition wouldn't be
worth mentioning. But for some other
REASONS"
Yes, for some other reasons" she
said. repeating it right after me.
Then: "I-we-Daddy and I, might
give you some supper and put you up
for the night, if--if you wouldn't
mind sleeping in the--in the loft
, My Lord! hadn't SO much as seen
her face clearly yet, but ! cn',ld h,sne
from Atropia, anu 81. =.
course, she knew. That de dry-as-
dust hamlet must have oeen sizzling
for hours with the wire news Of the
escaped lunatic who had alighted IN
Angels only to light out again with a
stolen inspection car. And in the face
Of all that she was willing to take
a chance on me! II she had only
known that would cheerfully risk
sleeping In the -cellar---to say nothing
Of a loft---rather than lose sight OF
her s. but che wA4 going on 4
bit breathIessly: 1T is only a short
mile to our cabin and--And II you are
very tired, might lot You ride Wink
= shall be most delighted -to
walk" hastened to say.
Straight on up the road, then,' she
directed.
\ We had traversed possibly half OF
1 the promised mile In piodding silence
when we came to place where the
grade WAS SO steep that it cut what
was left Of my sea level wind to the
1 small end OF nothing.
stop minute ana get your
breath" !" said tho pony's Rider; and
4 when 4 had halted 3 You are not tised
4 10 these high attitudes, are you?''
"N-not 80 that any one would re-
mark It," gasped. How high ur
are we ~
4 About five thousand feet. The mine
Els exactly five thousand three hun
dred, / believe. liSs
j There It was, you see: THE NINE!
4 Pardon me-" bltiftad out; "but
would you mind telling mo Il your
i eyes are blue r. III l595 sj;ss
1 Her auSli.'wAs like i drink sof cool
spring wAtsr IN the middle ut 4 hot
sufnn3Sr eAy ;rslrsshinG. you know;
\ Ike that ". So, 81.