The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
ILLUSTRATIONS
Van Nice

that he had not placed an impairment
In the way of Harry's recovery by not
telling what he knew OF Crazy Laura
and her ~concoctions, began his task.
Midnight came and early morning.
With dawn, the figure on the bed
stirred slightly and groaned. Fair
child looked up, to see the doctor just
entering. IN y ,@s
II think he's regaining conscious
ness" 5g6a,' H.. fa< y
Good" The physician brought forth
his hypodermic. "That means a bit Of
rest for me. A little shot In the arm,
and he ought to be out Of danger in a
few hours"
Fairchild watched him as he boiled
the needle owe the little gas Jet at
the head of the cot, then dissolved a
white pellet preparatory to sending a
resuscitory fluid into Harry's arm.
you've been to Judge Richmond's?"
he asked at last. b
"Yes." Then the doctor stepped
close to the bed. 1--we just closed his
eyes-forever."
Ten minutes later, after another ex-
animation of Harry's pupils, he was
gone, a weary, tired figure, stumbling
home to his rest-rest that might be
disturbed at any moment-the reward
of the physician. AS for Fairchild, he
sat a long time In thought, striving to
find some way to send consolation to
the girl who vas grieving now, strug-
Cling to figure a means Of telling her
that ne cared, that he was sorry, and
that his heart hurt too. But there
was lone. "
Again a moan from the man on the
bed, and at last a slight resistance to
the sting of the batteries. An hour
passed, two; gradually Harry came to
himself, to stare about him in a Won
dering, vacant n and then to
fasten his eyes upon Fairchild. He
seemed to be struggling for speech, for
coordination Of ideas. Finally, after
many minutes -
"That's you, Boy?"
Eyes, Harry"
'But where are WEI"
'We're in a hospital, and you're
Knocked out. Don't you know, where
you've beenT"
81 don't know anything since I slid
down the wall"
"Since you whatT
But Harry had lapsed into semi
consciousness again. And it was not
until late in the night after the rescue,
following a few hours of rest forced
upon him by the inferno, that Fair
child once more could converse with
his stricken partner.
tits something I'll ave to show you
to explain" said Harry. IT can't tell
you about it. You know where that
little assure is in the 'angfng wall,
away back in the stope?" II.
eyes" .
\"Well, that's it. That's where I got
out" ~
"But what happened before that"
"What didn't 'appen" asked Harry,
with a painful grin. "Everything in
the world 'appened. but what did
the assay shown - "
Fairchild reached forth and laid q
harfd on the brawny one Of his part
ner. s.~ : ~. ~. e. 49,
"We're rich, Harry" he said, "richer
than I ever dreamed we could be. The
ores as good as that of the Silver
Queenp
sThe bloody ell it isl" Then Harry
: dropped back on his pillow for q long
time and simply grinned at the cell
ing. Somewhat anxious, Fairchild
leaned forward, but his partners eyes
were open and smiling. "Tm just let
ting it sink int" he announced, and
Fairchild was silent, saving his ques-
lions until ut" had sunk. Then:
"You were saying something about
that fssureT =
'But there is other things first.
! After you went to the assayers, ]
fooled around there In the chamber,
and I thought I'd just take a flyer and
blow up them 'oles that I'd drilled in
the 'anging wall at the same time that
I shot the other. So I put in the
powder and fuses. tamped 'em down
and then I thinks, thinks !, that there's
somebody moving around in the drift.
But / didn't pay any attention to IT.
you know. I was busy and all that,
and you often ear noises that sound
funny. 50 / set 'em off-that is, I lit
the fuses and I started to run. Well,
admit any more'n started when
bloeyy-y-y. right In front OF me, the
whole world turned upside down, and
I felt myself knocked back into the
chamber. And there was them fuses.
All OF 'em burning. Well, r managed
to- pull out the one from the foot wall
and stamp itsout, but ! didn't ave time
to get at the others. And the only
place where there was q chance FOR
me was clear at the end OF the cham
Der. Already I was bleeding like 4
stuck hog where d whole arr noun
tain 'ad &c me on the 'ead, and I
didn't know much what \ was doing. !
Just wanted To get BEND something
that's All \ could think of. 40 / SHE'D
Tor that assure ID the rocks and
craWled back IA there, trying To
squeeze az far along as I could. And
ores the funny part d, til kept on
goinsi'
whatfr Sz
on going. ia always thought
Il vas Just 4 place where the angling
wan IA slipped, md that II stopped
fsw feet back. But Il don't-it goes
"a. craWled along Il ~ fast ~ I
couldI was about Wooxy. anyway
ana ~ ANA IN 1 card the shots q off