Graham guardian., 1922-02-10

will. Stanford Broughton. society idler,
inds his share Of the estate. valued at
.o.sory ,SaenF st ststs % sna ls' lGnsituas G s de-
scribed. and that Is all. II may be idenu'
| ned by the pSesence nearby OF q brown
haired, bluo-syed girl, a plebald horse,
and half white. Stanford at first regards
the bequest as a Joke, but after considera-
ton sets out TO find his legacy.
CHAPTER lion his way to Denver.
| the city nearest the meridian described
in his srandfather's will. Stanford hears
from fellow traveller story having to
DO with hooded mine,
CHAPTER III.--Thinking ;hinxs over,
ne begins TO imagine there may be sSsst>-
hing In his grandfsther's bequest worth
while, his Idea finally centering on the
possibility OF a mine. as safe reposi-
tory" Recalling tho narrative on the
rain. he ascertains that his fellow trav-
eler was Q mining engineer, Charles Bui'
lerton: Bullerton refuses him informa-
tion. but from other sources Broughton
learns enough to make him proceed to
Piscerville, in the Red desert
CHAPTER Iv.-On the station platform
at Auopia just as the train pulls out,
Stanford sees what appear TO be the iden-
ticsl horse and dog described In his
the train at the next stop. Angels. There
he nnds that Atrop!a was originally
Placervillo, his destination. Unable to
TO PlacorvilIe. Broughton seiEes a con-
st-I,e.ion car and esca pes, Saving the i'm
rSession or .hs town marshal. Beasley.
dat ne 10 sishtiy dementee.
CHAPTER v.-Pursued, he abandons
the car, which 10 wrecked, and escapes on
foot. In the darkness, he is oyertaken
BY girl on horseback, and THE dog.
After I've explains his presence, she In
y!tes him TO her home, at the Old CHINA.
bar mine. to moet her father.
CHAPTER vI.-BrouEhton's hosts are
Hiram Twombly. caretaker OF the mine.
and his daughter Jeanie, Seeing tho girl,
Stanford 10 satisfied he has located his
property. bnt dsss aot reveal his identity,
CHAPTER vu.-Nsxt morning. with
. Hiram. he visits the. mine. Hiram asks
him to look over the machinery. ana he
Jesnle, In whom he has become inter.
ested, and hs engages In the frst real
work he has ever done.
CHAPTER vIII-Broughton and Hiram
get the pumps started, but are unable TO
make an impression on the water Bull
lerton, apparently an old friend of the
to drain Il in consideration OF Brough-
properly. Stanford refuses Then Butler
10000. II had cost Broughton's grand
father more than half million. Stan
ford again refuses.
CHAPTER IX-Jeanie cautions Brough-
ION against selling the mine, under any
circumstances, and apparently In a spirit
OF mischief. allows him TO kiss her. After
Brcughton decides he win stick to the
property.
CHAPTER x.--Next day, during stan,
ford: temporary absence N, from n,stne ans Mine
wrecks tho pumping machinery. Brough-
ton decides to have It out with him next
day
CHAPTER Kiln the morning he finds
Bullerton and Jeanie have disappeared,
apparently eloped. He also discovers that
HIS deed TO the mine has been stolen, and
proof OF ownership. Mysterious actions
Of the dog cause Hiram and Broughton ,
- t.A. .h- t-sn In search az T-sc's
CHAPTER xlI.-They IH,S .'eauie's |
pony, abandoned. but no trace OF the girl. .
when they get back to the cabin, Butler
ton is there, apparently awaiting their
return.
CHAPTER XIII.-Beleving Jcanie TO .
have gone with Bullertcn. the sight OF
the nan Is too much for Broughton, and
he uses him roughly. Bullcrton denies
knowing the whereabouts of Jeanle.
Broughton orders him off his property,
and ne departs vowing vengeance. Salts
and Hiram fortify themselves In the
mine shafthouse and prepare for a siege.
Bullerton comes with crowd Of desper-
ADDE'S and on their refusal to vacate, be-
gins an attack.
l passed through the cabin to the ,
Out-kitchen and while I was kinding ,
II fire in the stove saw Daddy with
an armful Of hay and peck measure
of oats, tolling the little horse down
the path back to the cabin TO disap-
pear with II in the direction of the
gulch where the abandoned Little
Jeanle" claim lay. ] had the coffee
made and the bacon fried by the time
he got back, and after we had eaten
he bIoSsOmed out in an entirely new
role--that of commander In chief.
"This Is movin' day, Stannle." he
announced briefly. "If you'H dig up
all the chuck and canned stun you
cnn find and tote II over to- the shaft
house, III fetch the blankets and the
cookin' tins"
obeyed bllndly, and entirely with
oIt prejudice to a lively curiosity as
TO what this new move might mean.
While was emptying the kitchen and
pantry the old map unearthed another
rife from the closet under the loft lad.
der, and with II a box OF ammunition;
and ] observed that this second gun,
like the one he had carried on our
pilgrimage OF the night, looked as IL
II had been freshly oiled and rubbed
up every day since II had left the fac
tory.
You'll have lot Of talking to do
presently" warned him. "You seem
TO forget that you haven't yet told me
what's biting YOU"
Maybe there amt nothln' bltln' me;
maybe Pm just gettin' sort o. old aud
skeery. But it's this.away. Stannle,
son: Ever since your gran'paw gave
me this here watchin' job. and since
heard tell how them Cripple Creek
Short-card prtlsts sOcked II tn him 'on
this Clnnabar deal, been lookln' for
trouble. hnln't been easy about them
Cripple Greek holdups nary day
since your gran'paw told me to stay
here and hold the fort for him"
You thought perhaps the original
owners might try to grab the property
by force?"
Daddy looked up at me from under
his bushy eyebrows.
Pears to me like you've got n
mighty short memory, ssmc way. Stan.
uie, Have you done forgot that bunch