The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-09-06

you dd-we1l. that's just the thing I
would ave done. Only" and Harry
was staring lugubriously at the vein
above him, 'ft's going to take us a
long time to get two hundred thou
sand dollars out of things the wye
they stand now"
But we're going to keep at it,
Harry, sink or SWIM
You know it,
1.-THE Rodaines have hit-maybe we
can have some good luck too
1.-THE Rodaines?' Harry stared. alt
whatT'
1.-TWO hundred dollar a ton orer
A long whistle Then Harry, who
had been balancing single jack, pre-
paratOry to going back to his work,
threw 1t aside and began to roll down
his sleeves.
Were going to ave a look at it."
"A look? What good would it-T'
"a cat can look at a king" said
Harry. ''They can't arrest us for 60
ing up there like everybody else"
But to go there and ask them to
looh dI IueII EiCllSS-
There amt no law against It'll"
He reached for his carbide lamp,
hooked to a small chink Of the hang
ing wall, and then pulled his hat over
his bullying forehead Carefully he
attempted to smooth his straying mus
tache, and failing, as always, gave up
the job.
I'D be 'appy, just to look at it." he
announced. "Come on. Let's forget
90 they are and just be lookers-on."
Fairchild agreed against his will.
Out of the shaft they went and on up
the hill to where the townspeople
again were gathering about the open
ing Of the Silver Queen. A few were
going in. Fairchild and AIRY joined
them.
A long walk. STOPPING most of the
way, as the progress was made
through the narrow, low-roofed tun-
mel; then a slight raise which Travelled
for fair distance at an easy grade
at last to stop; and there before them,
damned between the rock, was the
strike, a great, heavy streaking vein
nearly six feet wide, in which the ore
stuck forth In tremendous chunks
embedded in a black background
Harry eyed it studiously.
you can see the silver sticking
Quit" he announced at last. It's won
derful-even if the Rodaines did do It.
Come on, Boy, let's us get out Of ere
I'll be getting the blind staggers If ]
stay much longer"
Fairchild accompanied him word
lessly. 1t was as though Fate had
played deliberate trick, that it might
laugh at him. And as he walked
along, he wondered more than even
about the mysterious telegram and the
mysterious conversation of the greasy
Barnham In Denver
For once a ray of cheer came to
him. The Rodaines had known of this
strike long before he ever went to
that office in Denver. They had wait.
ed long enough to have their assays
made and had completed their first
shipment to the smelter There was
no necessity that they buy the Blue
Poppy mine. Therefore, was it simply
another trick to break him, to lead
him up to point Of high expecta
tons, then. with a laugh at his dis
appointment, throw him down again
His shoulders Strengthened as they
reached the outside air, and he moved
close to Harry as he told him his con
lectures. The Cornishman bodied
his head
Il never thought Of 1t that wye! y
he agreed. "But it could explain 10,
of things. They want to beat US and
they don't care 'ow. It 'urts a person
to be disappointed. That's it. I al
yves said you 'ad a good cad or
you! That's it. Let's go back to the
Blue Poppy"
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