Gunnison news-champion., 1922-04-07

hHukiu' % that
Then you DO believe that Jeau,
went aIrh Fullerton ?
~Ign8as Lac there amt nothing .r-.
i-f' % believe ~ asserted dolesur.r
"L"os sr il for yourself. son: sa~r
ba-n gone three whole days II shs
had1f gone With hlm-sud the god
Lord only knows where sIs. she cugTf
have Sone-dpu't you reckon she'd y.
b1cu hars here long afure ihisT =.
JSfHHui-. v- h.--n Ie'rIH' the wish g.
UB-' run Away With the had 20 b.
reckon ge just -; 70 grit cur teen
son and tough li 0Ei the ba-t we ra1
During this walt.n. interval. which
--su"d like hours and was prutabIy
only few minutes. we W,F. IBo1usu
'arly expecting another crash. I; did
not c"ar but In due oours. OF time
ue heard a stir outside and tl-u
voices. aud one of the voices. which
was not LuIIertDu's said: -I-u bet
that ca'trifse smoked 'eEn out good an
plenty csg.u- Gimme tn AT. Tom. TIL
W~ bust open the door an have .
squlu' at EN-
Just az that moment = submer. .ius
UFye Uf depression surged over ID.
and showed me down SO deep that
think Ius~lbly II BGIlertou had called
out and drmauLrd our surrender !
should have teen tempted 10 tell h!B
that I vas not 20 much OF q h.. a.
no; 10 know when had enough. But
the old uHu squerzed IN beside me M
der the arobsL boiler plat. was made
Of better nb-r. he was game 60 the
last hair 10 his beard With a Wild
indian yel> he hunchcd his wlnch,.s,.r
into position and fred once. rwlrr
thrice. Hr the door as rapidly a he
could pump the r.loadlns lever.
\ SCATTERING fGslllade was the ryply
,u this. but the aim was bad and the
only result was TO set the air Of our
prison fortress 10 buEZlng as II Il
swarm n Hu.ry bees had been turned
Ions" on US After this, the rHld"rs
withdrew. 80 We judged; at all events.
IA" sIlouc. Of the dark hour before
dnyhreak shut down upon Us again.
and once more wc had space In which
20 gather our minds" hs Daddy pui
H.
I, may be n dastArtly confessipl U'
weakness 20 admit Il. but am frs,. to
say that the prolonged struggle was
gradually undermining my nerve. II
Fullerton had made up his mind 80
write OF the loss Of the mine building
and machinery, It was battle lost fDr
u. Il could be only n question OF
little time. and enough daylight g" Dn.
able the bonbcrs TO throw straIeht
until "a" should be buried In the WRECK
Of the shHfthouse and hoIst--and with.
out ID" privilege OF dying In good
old-'ashloned, s'and-up hshi
Al ~ this I hastily pointed ont to
pnddy Hmm, adding that, for JeanIr's
sake. II FOR no better reason, he uaht
tn take his chauC. OF staying upon
earth. As long rs ! live shall
always have a high respect fur the
wrath Of a mIld.mnnnercd man. The
old pruspector was fairly Berserk
mad foamlng al the mouth. and short
or dragging him ont by main strength
there was no way OF making him Let
go.
"No. sir: | done promised your
gran'pAw at I'd stand by for him. nnd
he paid me money for doln' H. When
them helllons get this here mine
they're goin' 10 dig hole somcwheres
and bury me afierward." Was all
could get out OF him.
We were not given very much more
time for discussion. or for anything
else. The first faint graying dawn was
coming, and with the partial tighten.
ing OF the inner gloom. We craned our
necks-like douhie-headed turtle
peering out OF Its shetland got a
glimpse ~ the damage don. By the In
itial thunderbolt. We saw /, without
shectlron roof directly over the hoist
and shaft mouth. Knowing the use
and effect Of explosives pretty well
Daddy said that the bomb had gone OF
prematurely: had exploded before II
had fairly lighted upon the roof.
III It hadn't-if II had been iayin
OH the roof when 1; went or-we
wouldn't be iookin' up at that hole
right now, Stannie. my son. We'd be
moggin' up the golden stair and avon
derin' how much farther II was to the
New Jerusalem, and what kind O.
harps they WAS go!n' TO give US when
We got there. We sure would"
We didn't keep our heads out very
| long. While We were staring up at
the hole and at the patch OF sky be-
| yond II, a small dark object with n
srnoke-blue comets tail trailing be.
hind 1t crossed our line OF sight, and
We ducked and held our breath-or al
least. | held mine. The crash came
almost Immediately, and 1t was fol
lowed in swift succession by u second
and thru. Luckily none OF the
| three hit the shaft house, nor. Indeed
/ FELL very near to Ii: and this uncer-
iainty Of aim told US where the attack
| was coming from. The bomb throw
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