Licking Valley courier., 1922-01-19

We'll now, I'm dingedr" ne re-
: Snedsmpsing,S Long as Ege been
monkeyin' round mines and arch, 1t
never once come to me to wonder about
that !"
-.sSpgaktg weodsn hssils ditfe:.
renewed that other impression, tfefath-
er two.of them; one Of having the fsel-
! ing that was shut'-fn a tight box at
.,thS, ipomentsOf the .Aercest struggling,
and the other Of fancying that 'had
|. felt a swaFling thrush. Of the LIQUID fec
as, well es the sucking outfush. But
the. recollection was so confused that
= attached no importance to It. when
u man Ii fighting FOR his'life ten or
twelve feet under water. pipe-dreams
: are.ndthingt to the things he can Inn
/. agine.. >, n,
1t was while We were sitting at the
shaft-house door. hammering away at
! the: old puzzle Of why the water level
never varied 80 much asi . fraction Of
an inch In the shaft, In vet seasons or
.dry:-as Daddy testified It never did
ana @hy the subtraction Of two six
inch streanlSati;a velocity sufleient to
STIR up a vefitable whirlpool at the
/. suction intakes should make no i'm
precision. ppen u, that I began to mo-
tice the queer actions Of the pie-faced
collie, barney. First he would come
and stick hiS cold moss into my hand; ;
then he'd tr6t 'oyer to the cabin and
back, and maybe loaf q little way down
the road toward the bench level. Com
.ing around to the shaft-house again,
hs.d Sit beside Daddy Hiram. yavnins
/ and psntinsas II he were waiting M
patiently for''us to stop talking. and
:paytsOme attention to him.
Poor old aBaFney's homeslck, and !
don't blame, him." said. "rm feeling
good bit that way, myself, Daddy"
Then to the dog: sCome here, old
boyp 80. - .,ai..4
The collie came to lick my hand, and
while. r was pettinE him found 4
.pretty bad gashsjust behind one Of his
"see here, Daddy" l broke cut /;
"the dogs Aurtl' y
We examined the wound and decided
1T once that twas not q bite. II was
bruised cut. looking n II It had been
made by some blunt Instrument or
weapon. had q hot.nash. vision of
FULLERTON kicking the dog with his
iron-shod heel in an attempt to drive
''him back home, and It was - real that
| couldn't shake II of.
:. when 1t began TO- grew dusk In the
shaft, house we shut up shop. and went
over to the cabin to cock aar supper.
The dog went along bpt evidently With
! reluctance. While we were crossing
'the dump head he turned back and
'|a0nce.more started OF down the road
toward the bench below. but when he
found that we were not following him
he. came to heel again. Still, neither
Of us had dog sense enough to guess
what was the matter with him.
| Daddy Hiram and l. being merely
stupid humans; were commenting upon
liis' queer actions, and laying them ia
Jeanie's absence, when. again the dos
started. of down the road. looking
back, and barking when he found that
we we're still sitting on the doorstep
+ At that, since even solid ivory can b
I penetrated n Che wouId.be drilisr ell
stays'oi thesjob long enough, We Anal
ly caught on. - a. 'f+f
"Say, Stannie l--he's a-tryin' to tel
,ds ITO come. onw~ Daddy exclaimed
STARTING to his feet "Methuselah-to
1 gracious did it have to take US hui
endurin' afternoon to yhgger out tha
'E,-lnuch dbg-talkT'
1T looks that way" admitted: but
now, having "hggered" It out. we'mad,
no delay. Daddy got his rife and cart
ridge.belt, and told. me to take Jsapie''
pistol for myself--whieA ! aids An'
thus equipped we tsok the TRAN, In
dian-filIng down the nountsin road h
the darkness, Daddy Hiram. with hi
gun in the crook Of his left arm, set
ting the pace. and the collie ruanlnI
on ahead to point the way.
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