The Dolores star., 1922-12-08

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I can =rt some help
-Dls-rr.elre,Is WhoT
Harry HarkIns Hes q big Cor
nlsiraar. with a large musthcae verg
rsi face about sixty year Did I
should !utse--
-Walf q minute Raryiweli's eyes
sarrUwe't -Afat hs .h- fellow sr-
rested in the Blue Poppy rIns toe
night q the Old Times dancer
Yes
and you say he's dlsaDpesret7
When does his trial come upE-
a week from tomorrov.~
and he's disprpeare!- A slow
stale came over the other mans IIQs
I don't think It VIII help much 10
1art any relief expedition fur him.
The thing 20 DO Is to get q picture
and a general des rription and send II
around to the police in the various
parts Of the country, ThatTl he the
best way 70 find him.
FaIrcnlId's teeth Eriftsd, but he
could not escape the force OF the nr-
gument from the sherff-s standpoint.
For moment there was silence, then
the miner came closer 70 the desk.
Sheriff" said he as calmly - pos
sihle you have perfect right 10
give that sort Of view That's your
hCsiaess-tp suspect people. However.
some sort OF an accident happened at
the mine this afternoon cave-in or
an explosion that tore out the roof
q the tunnel-and ! am sure that my
Partner IS wandering among the hills.
VIII y0u help me to find hImT"
The sheriff wheeled about in his
chair and studied moment. Then he
rose.
Guess will" he announced at
can't do any harm to look for him,
anyway"
Half an hour later. aided by two
deputies who had been summoned
from their homes. FairchIld and the
snerlff left for the hills TO begin the
search for the missing Harry Late
the next afternoon. they returned 10
town. tired their horses almost crawl
ing IN their dragging pace after six
teen hours Of travel through the
drifts Of the hills and gullIes. Harry
had not been found, and so Falrchild
reported when. with dropping shoul-
ders. he returned To the boarding
house and to the waiting Mother How
ard. And both knew that this time
Harry's disappearance WIS no joke. as
II had been before. They realized
that back Of II all was some sinister
reason, some mystery which they
could not solve-f0r the present, at
least. That night. Fairchlld faced the
future and made his resolve.
There was only 4 week now until
Harry's case should come to trial.
only n week until the failure of the
defendant 10 appear should throw the
deeds Of the Blue Poppy mine Into the
hands Of the court to be sold for the
amount OF the bail. And in spite of
the tact that Fairchild now felt his
mine to be a bonanza, unless some
sort Of miracle could happen before
that time the mine was the same as
lost. True, II would 90 to the highest
bidder at public sale and any money
brought in above the amount of bail
would be returned to him. But who
E'HIu D' Alihl bltitI " no
get the mlne-perhaps for twenty or
twenty-five thousand dollars, when It
now was worth miIlionsr Certainly
not he. Unless something should hap
pen to intervene, unless Harry should
return, or in some way FaIrchild
could raise the necessary five thou
sand dollars to furnish cash bond
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Blue Poppy, he was no better Off than
before the strike was made. Long he
thought finally to come to his conclu-
sion, and then, with the air of a gam
bier who has placed his last bet to
win or lose. he went to bed.
But morning found him awake long
before the rest of the house was STIR
ring. The first workers on the street
that morning found Fairchild Offering
them six dollars day. And by eight
o'clock, ten of them were at work
In the drift of the Blue Poppy mine,
working against time that they might
repair the damage which had been
caused by the cave-in.
That day and the next and the next
after that, they labored. Then Fair
child glanced at the progress that was
being made and sought out the pseudo
foreman
''Wlll 1t be finished by nightY" he
asked
Easily"
VERY well. may need these men
to work on day and night shift-Tm
not sure. I'll be back in an hour"
Away he went and up the shaft, to
travel as swiftly as possible through
the drift-p!led road down Kentucky
gulch and to the Sampler. There he
sought out old Undertaken Chastine,
and with him went to the proprietor.
MY maine is Fairchild. and I'm in
trouble" he said candidly. 1--WE
brought Mr.. Chastine with me because
he assayed some of my ore few days
ago and believes he knows what it Is
worth. I'm working against time to
unt nd J,II