Graham guardian., 1922-02-03
COPYRIGHT BY CHARLES sCRIBNER's SONS q
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I.-Under his grardfather'a
will, stanford Droushton, society idlerl
so%.thinx @ m sEs like ..aooo o' lies ess IN .sfs re-
oository." latitude and longitude de-
.eribed, and that is all. II may be identi'
dsd by the presence nearby OF brown'
haired, blue-eyed girl, piebald horse,
and dog with a split face half black
and hnlt white, Stanford nt first regards
the bequeet az Joke, but after considera-
ton sets out 10 hnd his legacy.
CHAPTER lion his way to Denver,
the city nearest the meridian described
In his grandfather's will, stanford hears
from fellow Traveller story having 70
do with Hooded mine.
CHAPTER I1l.--Tilnking thinGs over.
ie begins to imagine there may be Bo7stN-
hing in his grandfather's bequest worth
while, his Idea finally centering on me
possibility of a mine, as Il safe reposi'
,ory." Recalling the narrative on the
rain. he sscertains that his fellow tray-
4er was u Mining engineer. Charles Bui'
erton. Bullerton refuses him intorma-
ion, but from other sources Broughtcn
learns enough to make him proceed 10
Placerville, In the Red desert.
CHAPTER Iv.-On the station platform
st Atfopia, Just as the train pulls out,
Stanford sees what appear to be the iden-
tical horec and dog described In his
rsrdfather's will. Impressed, he leaves
The train at the next stop. Angels TheTe
ho nuds that Atropia was originally
Piacerville, his destination. Unable to
secure a conveyance at once to take him
10 PlRcerviile, Brouslton seises q con-
utrcs:ion cav and escapes, .s:Aving the I'M
Vess!oh or ia town marshal. Beasley.
hat he u slightly dementea.
CHAPTER v.-Pursued. he .abandons
The car, which 10 wrecked, and escapes on
loot IN the darkness, he Is over;aken
by girl on horseback. and THE dog.
Nfter he explains his presence, she In
yites him 20 her home. at the Old CHINA
bar mine. to meet her father.
CHAPTER vI.--Brouyhton's hosts are
Hiram Twombly, caretaker OF the mine.
and his daughter Jeanne. Seeing the girl,
Stanford Is satisfied he has located his
IroPer,y. sus te~s not reveal his identity
CHAPTER VII.--Next morning. with
Hiram, he visits the mine. Hiram asks
him 10 look over tho machinery, and he
does 60. glad OF an excuse to be near
Jeane. In whom he has become inter.
ssted, and he engages In the first real
work he has over done.
CHAPTER vIIr.-Broughton and Hiram
get the pumps started, but are unable 10
make an impression on the water. Bui-
ierton apparently an old friend of the
Twomblys, visits the mine. lie offers
to drain II in consideration OF Trough
TONS giving hm tfty-one per cent of The
property. Stanford refuses Then Buller-
;on offers to buy the mine outright for
10000. II had cost BrouRhton's grand
father more than halr million. Stan
'ord again refuses.
CHAPTER IX.--Jeanie cautions Brough-
ION against selling the mine, under any
circumstances, and. apparently In spirit
- all D., 10 L. har fia.
4 convsrxatiop with Daddy Hiram,
Broughton decides he win stick to tho
property.
CHAPTER x.-NeXt day, during Stan
ford's temporary absence from the mine.
an enemy. without doubt Bulierton,
wrecks the pumping machinery. Brough-
ton decides to have II out with him next
day.
CHAPTER Kiln the morning he finds
Bullerton and Jeanle have disappeared,
apparently eloped. lie also discovers that
his deed to the mine has been stolen, and
proof of ownership Mysterious actions
OF the dog cause Hiram and Broughton
u .-,:. .kA '-an IN search of IAa'Is
He didh't try very hard to dissuade
me, and q minute or so later | was
crawling down the shaft ladder in the
habilIments that old Mother Nature
gave me. II was my first exploration
of the sliaft, and | was surprised to
find II so well and tightly timbeTed
boxed" is the better word, since the
timbering was really substantial
wooden box built within the square
outlinings of the pit. Common sense
told me that this must have been done
TO prevent the caYlng in OF the sides;
and afterward | remembered wonder
Ing, at the time, that the shaft should
have been sunk in caying material
wler the remainder Of the bench upon
which the buildings stood appeared 10
I've little else than solid rock.
by feeling with free foot could
determine that the pump suction pipes
went on still farther. and then the
real adventure hegan. The ladder
suddenly gave out. quit. ended There
were no more rounds below the one
upon which ] WAS standing. That be-
ing the ease, there was nothing for it
but to dive, feet foremost, and taking
deep breath, let go of the ladder
and began TO swim downward. Almost
before | realized II | was fighting dcs-
perately for dear life. One Of the big
suction pipes had taken hold of foot
and leg, like tcntacle of an enor-
nous octopus, and was unable to get
loose.
After all. II was Daddy Hiram who
saved my life. Suddenly the thunder
Of the pumps, mngniiied a thousand
fold for me in that icy pit Of death,
stopped short and the mechanical
Squid let 20 of my leg, With lungs
bursting ! shot TO the surface and
weakly clutched the ladder. Framed
In the square Of daylight dozen feet
Framed in the Square Of Daylight
Could See Daddy Hanging over tho
Mouth Of the Pit
overhead | could see Daddy hanging
over the mouth OF the pit; saw him
and heard his shouted words: Freeze
20 The ladder, boy--I'm a-coInin' down
after ye!'
| was frcezlHg ull right, in both
senses OF TIE word, hut ! found breath
20 warn him back, and presently man
aged 10 crawl up the ladder and roll
out upon the shafthouse floor. In.
stantly the old man po,nced upon me,
buTctlng, sIapping and rubbing. maui
INK me worse than any Turklsh,nth
pirate would have dared TO. II wac
keen torture, but II turned the trick
and by the time was able to breathe
comfortably again, | had acquired