Graham guardian., 1922-02-14
SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER I.--Under his grandfather's
will. stanford Broughton, socitty hler,
finds his share of the estate, valued. az
something like $4,000 lies In safe re-
9ository," latitude and longitude de-
seribed, and that is all. II may be idenu
hed by the presence nearby OF a brown
haired. blue-eyed girl, piebald horse,
and dog with a split face, half black
and half white Stanford at first regards
the bequest as a Joke. but after considera-
ton sets out to md his Legacy
CHAPTER lion his way to Denver,
the city nearest the meridian described
In his grandfather's Will. Stanford hears
from a fellow traveller a story having 10
do with q flooded mine,
CHAPTER fIl.-Tninking thipGs over.
ne begins to imagine there may be sosle-
thing In his grandfather's beQueSt worth
while, his Idea finally centering on the
possibility OF mine, as safe repoSi-
tory" Recalling the narrative on the
train. he ascertains thar his fellow trav-
cler was IniniugNensineer, Charles BUS
lcrton Bulisrton refuses him intorma-
iion. but from other sources BrolS iiton
learns enough to make him proceed 10
Plscerville, In the Rod Sdesert-S - :. .
CHAPTER Won the stati6n.pl pletform
at Auopla, just as the train pulls out
stanford secs what appear to'be the tden-
teal horse and dog described in his
Erandfather's Will. Impressed, he leaves
the train at the next stop, Angels. There
he hnds that Atrop!a, was originally
placerville. his destination. Unable 10
secure a conveyance at once to take him
TO PlacervilIe, Broughton seizes coa-
stT1=::,on car and escapes, leaving the I'M
weston 90 .ss .o%n matshal. Beasley,
ikai he II slight,y demsniss.
CHAPTER v.-Pursued, he nbandons
the car, which 10 wrecked. and escapes on
foot In the darkness he'is oyertaken
by a girl on horseback. and THE dog.
After ne explains his presence, she In
vltes him to her home. at the old China.
bar mine. to meet her father.
CHAPTER vI.-Broughton's hosts are
Hiram Twombly, carctaker OF the mine,
and his daughter Jeanie. Seeing the girl,
stanford is satisfied he has located his
property. srt SeNs not reveal his identity
CHAPTER vI.-Next morning, with
tfiram, he visits the mine. Hiram asks
him to look over the machinery, and he
Jeanie. In whom he has become inter.
ested, and he engages In the llrst real
work he has ever done,
CHAPTER vIIl.-Broughton and Hiram
get the pumps started. but are unable to
make an impression on the water, Bul-
isrton apparently an old friend of the
Twomblys, visits the mine He offers
to drain il in .consideratlon OF Brough.
ions giving hm hfty-one per cent of the
properly. Stanford refuses Then Buller~
ion offers TO buy tile mine outright for
S5OQo. II had cost Broughton's grand
father more than half a million. Stan
ford again refuses. r
CHAPTER IX.-Jranie cautions Broush-
.oa against selling the mine. under any
circumstances, and apparently In spirit
OF mischief, allows him 10 kiss her, After
conversation with Daddy Hiram.
Broushtcn decides he, win stick to the
property. r. y
CHAPTER X.-Next day, during Stan.
lords temporary abs>nc from the mine,
an enemy. without doub. BullertOn,
wrecks the pumping machinery. Broug-
ton decides to have 1t out with him next
day, al
CHAPTER Kiln the morning he finds
Bulierton and Jeanne have disappeared,
apparently eloped. He also discovers that
his deed to the mine has been stolen, and
as II has not been recorded. he has no
proof of ownership. Mysterious actions
Of the dog cause Hiram and Broushton
to ...:. th- trail In search of I~en'$
CHAPTER Xll.-Tney ni.o tsanies
pony, abandoned, but no trace OF the, girI
when they get back to the cabin, Butler
ton is there. apparently awaiting their
return.
CHAPTER XIII.--Believing Jeanie TO
have gone WITH Bulierton. the sight OF
the man is .tcgs much for Broughton. and