The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-12-30

| heavy vein 81 riches above him
-woulcn', {; knock your eyes %?
he exclaimed. beaminS. Tia; veins
certainly Eve feet WIDE
-And two hrndred dollars to the
ih<..- added FalrchlId- laughing M
x0oder Ko<taIne wanted IL
I'm sye so,- long time Of COO
zraiulafOry ceiebrstlsn- then Harry
led the way ~ the far end 81 the graf
cavern. -'Ere II ls.- he znn0un I'D.
as BE- pointed 10 what seemed 10 b<dt
o. them nerer to be anything more
than a assure 10 the rocks. lis Tbs.
thing that saved my life
Fairciild stared Into the darkness Of
III. hole In The earfh. n narrow crscx
Ia the rocks barely large enough To ~
iou = human form to squeeze within.
He laughed
You must have made yoarsekf
pretty small. Harry
What? When I went through there1
Sye. could ave gone through the eye
Of q needle. There we're sig charges
Of dynamite just shout to go OF behind
me.-
Again the men chuckIed rs they
looked At the assure. .. natural. usual
thing In 4 mine. and often leading. a.
this one did. by subterranean breaks
and slips to the underground bed Of
some tumb!inx spring. Suddenly. how
ever. FsIrchild whiried with = thought
Harry. wOnd~s-enuldn't II have
been possible for my father to hsre
escaped from this mine in the same
usy7
-E must ave-
and that there might NO. have
been any killing connected with Lar
sen It all? Why couldn't Larsen have
been knocked out by . flying Stone
jus, like you were, And WHY
sc might Of. Boy But Harrys
voice was negative. THE only thing
about 1t was the fact that Jour father
'ad bullet ole In Is cad" Harry
leaned forward and pointed to his own
scar. 1T it right about ere. and
glanced
But the gun. We dent hnd any"
-'E 'ad II with I'm. It was SissIe
I-srsens. No. Boy. there must ave
been . hEht-but don't thiAk that I
mean your father murdered anybody.
II SIasie Larsen attacked I'm with a
gun. then e 'ad q right TO kill But
~ I've told you before-there wouldn't
ave been q chance for m to prove Is
story with squlnt working against
In" He ceased and perked his head
toward the bottom Of the shaft. listen
fr9 No. I~ sTNHase
thingr'
II thought 70. Like . woman's
voice"
"Listen-there II IL aEainr
-Sir. Fairchild!-
They ran tn the foot Of the shaft.
and Fairchnd cupped his hands and
called:
"who wants meY'
cts me-" The voice ~ss palmer
nova VOICE that Fairchild recog-
nized Immediately.
"rm-rm under arrest or some
thing mp here" was added with .
laugh. "The guard won't let me come
down."
"wait. and I'll raise the bucket for
you. All right. Guardi" Then, blink
ing with Surprise. he turned to TIN
staring Harry. Its Anita Richmond"
he whispered.
The bucket was At the top now. A
signal from above. and Faircbild low.
cred II. to extend a hand and to aid
the girl to the ground, looking At her
with wondering. eager eyes. In the
light Of the carbide torch. she was the
same boyIsh-appearinG little person be
had met on the Denver road except
that snow had taken the place Of dust
now upon the whipcord riding habit.
and the brown hair which caressed
the corners Of her eyes was mois:
with the breath Of the blizzard. Some
way Fnirchild found his voice, lost for
q moment.
"Are-nre you In troubleT'
"No." She smiled at him.
But out on night like this-in a
blizzard. How did you get up herer'
She shrugged her shoulder.
II walked Oh" she added, with q
smile, ut didn't hurt me any. The
wind was pretty stiff-but then I'm
fairly strong. I rather enjoyed IL"
"But what's happened-what's gone
wrong7 Can help you with anything
or"
Then II was that Harry, with q roll
u his blue eyes and a funny waggie
OF his big shoulders. moved down the
drift toward the Slope, leaving them
alone together. Anita Richmond
watched after him with smile. walt
Ing until he was out Of hearing dis
lance. TEen she turned seriously.
Mother Howard told me where you
WERE" came quietly. 1T WINS the
only chance I had to see you. IL
maybe I was 4 little lonely or-or
something. But. anyway. l wanted to
nee you and thank you and"
Thank me? For what7"
For everything. For that day on
the Denver road, and for the night
after the Old Times dance when you
/ came to help me. IL haven't had nm