Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-25
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II there had been a dozen of the
bombs raining down 1 don't believe
the threat of them would have kept
us from bursting out Of our dodge
mole to go and see what had happened
III the mine shaft. But before we
could determine anything more than
that the mouth of the shaft was COM
wreckage, and hat the mysterious Nj
ga roar, dWindled somewhat, but
yet holloway audible, was still going
on under the concealing mass OF
broken timhers and sheet-iron, there
was a masterful Interruption. Shots.
yellk, shoutings and hot curses told
Us that a fierce battle Of some kind
was staging itself just outside of our
wrecked fortress; whereupon Daddy
hiram began paving his way to tina
door,, yelling like q man suddenly
gone dotty.
That there's old Ike Beasley-
dad-blame his I'D hide!" he chittered.
There amt nary mother man in the
Jlrnanyonis at can cuss like thai
He's come with a posse, and they're
layin' out Charley Bulterton's crowd!"
Their was a fine little tableau
spreading itself out for us when we
had clambered over the wreckage and
had Withdrawn the, wooden bar and
eNo go ooSA "ANCs OAA0S LII
had called the turf and named the
trump. The large, desperadoish-look-
ing mar who had once interviewed
me at Angels, and a little later had
paused in his combing of the noun
talns in search of me to usurp my
place at the Twomblys breakfast
table. this bewhiskered giant, with a
goodish bunch of folowers-hard-
boiled to a man, they looked to be-
had Qvprnyvrln5 - (.i- Ito a.
Would-be Jumpers and were hand
cutting them with a celebrity that was
truly admirable. And Reasley, him.
self, square-jawed and peremptory,
was showing Fullerton up against the
SIDE OF the shaft-house. swapping the
irons upon his wrists and c~ounselIing
him, with choice epithets iHtermin-
gled ITO save up his troubles land tell
them to. the judge.
As We emerged from our wrecked
fortress, other members of the posse
were scattering to round up the out
lying bomb-throwers, who had appar-
emily taken to the tall timber in a
panic-stricken effort to escape. Down
on the bench below there were horses
and horse-riders: and among the
horses one whose boyish looking rider
was just slipping from the saddle.
While l was wondering vaguely why
the Angels town marshal had let a
mere boy come along on such q battle
errand, the boyish figure ran up the
a n darted in among US to fling
itself into Daddy Hiram's arms, CUR
gnng and half crying and begging to
be told IT he was hurt.
didn't know at the time how much
or how little the big marshal knew OF
the various and muddled inducements
which We're climaxing right there in
The early morning sunshine on the old
Clnnabar dump; but I do know that
ne quickly turned his captures over
to some OF his deputies and had them
promptly hustled down stage and OF
scene. While this was going on /
wa merely waiting for my cue. and
l got It, or thought l got it when the
! BOY who wasn't a boy slipped from
Daddy's arms n faced me.
I'm not hurt. either" I ventured
to say, hoping that the brain storm
had subsidized sufficiently to make me
VISIBLE. Welcome home, Miss Twem-
ciy-.or should I a Mrs. Bullerton 2"
The look she gave me was lust
pain deadly; You wouldn't think that
violet-blue eyes could do it, but they
can. Then she drew a folded naner
from somewhere inside OF her clothes
n held It out to me.
There Is the deed to your nina.
~: brongnton," she said nippipxly.
and with a fairly tragical emphasis on
the courtesy title. you woaldn't
! take y trouble to go to Copah and
get It recorded. 80 I thought I'd bet
ter do It. hope you'll pardon me
some"
II was the s,tper-climax Of the en-
tire Arabian Nights business, and be.
cause my feelings would no longer BE
denied their Iightful fling. I rat down
on 2 shaft-house doorstep and
shouted and laughed like ) fool But
after ALL It WAS Mr.. Isaac Beasisy'
deputy sheriff ana marshal Of AnreIs,
g put The w~eathsr-yAnc. % e.
speak, upon the fantastic structurs.
7 been lookin' 'round for YOU I
Ilght mart Wills" re told me srpfly.
sWhen q set plun' ever yapf isuSh
ana feel that you're neaAini VtfiS
ssaasay eyar the bills fer exercise Won
can canl4 along with me ana ~ d
taal q eteaAp' that yatiscsA nsy.
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