The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23
(Conai.ued from last week.


thing passed OF an usual and Tor anv.
thing that Jeanie said or looked there
.seohe nave been any bench beside
tne shafthouse door ands the dream
neory had been playing with might
nave been the sober, fact. An hour
iater. after I had gone across 10 the
mine. Fullerton came over, to, dig me
out. as before.
"Forty thousand. this ::nifninc," he
announced as clipper ~ an English
: sparrow over an unexpected heap of
street sweepings. "Say, Broughton.
can you AFFORD to let. your capital
shrink at the rate Of ten thousand dol.
lars day7 II you should ask pse, I
should say not"
xou never miss what yen haven't
nsd 1 shot back. There are no
saxers ON the floor this morning"
rhight-o; it'll be thirty thousand to-
morrow. yop must remember. At that
rte youil BE. owing me quite q chunk
OF money by this time next week.
THAT'S about, all I have to say-e,.
eepting one more little thing: No more
emmy little .tete-a-tetes In the star.
Hsht. oid man.. or ! shall be Obliged to
put the Cad to you; the railroad cad.
you know"
made me so boiling hot to have
MIN admit, thus badly, that he had
been spying upon Jeanie and me the
previous evening that I could scarcelv
see straight.
THAT will be about enough =, r
.kea told you the other day
that there were limits, and you've,
walked up and looked over the edge
Two or three times. You may think
you nave as many lives as a cat. but
doubt it,"
he laughed and threw sfpes> she, :la.i
pei or his coat to show ms a reguls.
tion six-gun slung by shoulder strap
under his left arm.
you pulled hammer on me yester.
day. lie said, letting the laugh lapse
Into grin that showed his fine month.
iul OF teeth, land you probably didn't
know that-you would have been q dead
man before you could swing It. oh.
yes could do it, and any .coroner's
jury In the Red desert would acduit
me; dangerous lunatic-self-defense
you know. That's word to- the wise
and 1t ought to be sufficient. But I
have a better llfe-insurance policy than
any that the six-gun could write me:
you're In love with Jeanie Twombly>---
in spite OF that girl back East and be-
cause you are, you are not going to
make her widow before the fact.
You're not selling your mine for fortv
tnousand-cold cash-this morningr',
Not this morning or any other
morning" -"
"GOOd. I can AFFORD to stick around
here few days longer, l guess-at
the rate Of ten thousand dollars day.
30 long," And he picked his way out
OF the clutter Of the shop and went
across to the cabin--and Jeanie.
Later, along In this same day, while
Twas standing, at the shaft mouth and
staring down at the water that was
keeping me out Of my heritage. Dad
dy Hiram came up.
"StiA a-puzzlin' over It, Stannie?"
he asked. in the sympathetic tone that
he always used when he spoke Of the
Great Disappointment.
There's nothing to 1t, Daddy"
gloOmed. "Bullerton has me by the
neck, and he knows It,"
He tiptoed to the door and peeped
out.
you've heard 'em say at curiosity
killed cat" he said. out Of the cor
ner Of his mouth; "well. the cats a.
comm. Skip out O. that other door
Stannic. and hit for the timber ri
ketch up with you in a little SPELL"
didn't know exactly, what he was
driving at until after l got clear Of
the mine buildings and was climbing
the slope Of the mountain above. Then