American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-01-20
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CHAPTER L-Young Carlyle wilburton
DAIe. or Bill Dale" az he elects to be
John X. Dale, arrives at the Hallway
switch, in eastern Tennessee, abandon
ny q life Of idle ease-and incidentally q
PRIDE, Patricia Clavering, at the altar
determined to make his own way in life.
he meets Babe" Attleford, typical
nountainssr girl; BY. Heck, = c6arac-
lands home, Moreiand is chief Of his
"9lan," which has an old fsud with the
L4ttlefords. He tells Dale of the killing
% his brother David M0reland. years
man named Carlyle. Moreland's descrip-
ton Of Carlyle" causes Dale to believe
the man was his father.
CHAPTER u.-Dale arranges to make
his home with the Moreland family, for
whom he entertains a deep respect
-QHAPTER In.-TaIking with Babe"
nttleford next day, Dale 10 ordered by
Black Adam" Bah. bully Of the district,
spiritedly. me they fight. Dale whips
the bully, though badly used up. He ar
ranges with John Moreland to develop
Davtds coal deposits. Ben LAttleford
meet him with his followers next day, Ia
battle. Moreland agrees.
CHAPTER rv.-Durins the night all
the guns belonging to the Littlefords and
the Morelands mysteriously disappear.
V.-Dafe arranges to 20 to
en- IN at to secure %% money for the min
weapons, which the women had hidden,
and line up for battle. Babe In an
effort TO stop the fighting, crosses to the
Moreland side of the river, and Is acci-
d~entally. shot by her father and seriously
wounded.
aid, John Moreiand, Ben Littieford and
Dale convey fBabe," unconscious, to the
city. Doctors assure them she is not
seriously hurt. Dale meets an old friend,
Bobby McLaurin, who had married
Patricia clavering. Telling his father of
David Moreland's coal, the old gentle
mans actions convince his son of his
fathers guilt in the killing of Moreland.
CHAPTER Wilt is arranged thai
Babe is to stay with Mrs. McLaurin
er's proffered financial aid to develop the
mine, interests Newton Wheatley, CAPT.
talist, who agrees to furnish the money.
Dale realizes he loves Babe"
Hes here now" answered the ma
jor. Hes been here for three days,
and he's been working devilment fast.
He was up here last summer, trying
to buy the Moreland coal for a song ;
he knows all the people, you see. AS
500 as he landed here on this pres
emit trip. he found out about your In
tentions. Then, at night, he freed
Adam Ball from his tobacco barn pris-
on, and went home with him.
"Well, BY Heck followed them and
did some eavesdropping-poor BY has
his strong pointsI" the major went
on. "Goff learned that Adam Balls
father knew about the coal vein long
before David Moreland discovered 1t
and got lawful possession of the noun
tain. Then Golf made the Balls be-
lieve that they we're due a big share
Of the proceeds of the Moreland coal
1t wasn't very hard to do, | guess. The
Balls, this set, at least, were originally
lowlanders; they took to the noun
tains. l understand, to keep from be-
ing forced to fight during the Civil
war;"
'Goffs idea" muttered Dale, sis to
get the Balls to scare me into selling
instead Of developing, ehf"
Exactly" nodded old Bradley.
'HThen he would settle with the Balls
by giving them a dollar or two a day
for digging coal; perhaps he would
put them Off until the mine was
worked out for half Of that. and then
skip. Anyway. Golf would come out
at the big end"
II see," said Dale.
"If there's anything that 1 can 90,
at any time, you won't hesitate to let
me known" said the major.
ave., /, nonstdar uouroaIR o%tounav
and legal adviser for the Moreland
Coal company, Of which l have the
honor to be general manager" smiled
Dale, IF you WILL"
Major Bradley's voice came happily,
my dear boy, / am glad to accept
And there shall be no charge for any
service that / may render"
They were not long In reaching the
green valley, which lay very beauti-
full and very peaceful In the warm
light of the early July sun. The soft
murmuring Of the crystal river and
the low. slow linking of the cowbells
made music that was sweet and pleas
ing.
Suddenly John Moreland stopped,
uttered a swearword under his breath,
turned and went back to Dale.
"The's a man a-waitin' on US ahead
thar. Bill" he drawied. eat We shore
wan to watch like a hawk to keep
him from a-steaiin' the eyeteeth out
o. yOre head. His name is Hender-
son Con. and he wants coal"
They went on. Soon they met a
nan who, In clothing and manner
made Dale think of stories he had
beard and read OF Mississippi river
steamboat gamblers of the long ago.
His eyes we're black, and as keen as
q pair OF spear-points; bis mustaches.
too. were black. and they had sharp.
upturned ends like those Of a Mephis-
to. The major had said that he was
a smooth article; he certainly locked
f.
BE met John Moreland with an oily