The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-07-25

C&uuIVK DSU tllArH AUtA AftttFtNbN
wxs approaehing---in q siranger.iiks
manner--a ticket Of some sort held
before her.
-rardan me- III hegan. "hnt weald
you care TO buy 4 ticket 20 the ola
Tines danceY lt's sort of munIci.
pal thing. gotten up by the bureau af
mines 10 celebrate the return " Ill.
yer mining
"Bns--rm afraid I'm net much %
dancing
~you innt have to b.. Nohosiyii
dance much~except the old-fashloned
afsalrx You see. everyheiy's supposed
10 represent people OF the DAYS when
things were booming around here
There'll be nddle orchestra. aad =
dance caller and everything ike TINT.
and a bar-~-hut cf course rherc1i oAiy
be Initiation liquor But she added
With quick emphasis. ''thefsll be = lot
Of things really r~a, resi kenn am
roulette and everything Ike thar. aisd
everybody In the costume of thirty ~
forty years ago. Don't seu want 70
buy = liekcts IT'S she last oas I've
got r she added prsttliy.
"when's II 70 bes~
"a week from tomorrow night. Are
you going 20 be here that loagr'
She realized the slip of her tongue
ana eolored slightly Fasrchild. rvcov-
) cred now. reached Into a rocket end
carefully fingered the hiiis there.
Then. with . auick motion. ns he
drew them forth be covered a ten,
dollar bIii With one dollar note and
thrust ihem forward
'-yes. III take the ticket-
She handed II 20 him. thanked him.
and reached for the money. A. u
pnssed into her hand. corner Of the
ten-icIlar bill revealed itself, and she
hastily thrust II toward him az
though 10 return money psId BY uals.
take. Just as quickly. she realized
has purpose aud Withdrew her hand.
sOhr' sli~ exclaimed. aimQst In 4
whisper. Il understand She flushed
and stood a second besitant. iiussered,
her big eyes almost childish as they
looked up into HIS. ''you--you must
think I'm cad'~ Then she whirIei
and left the store. and a slight smile
came to the lips OF Robert FaIrchiid
az he watched her hurrying across the
street Ke had won tiny victory. al
least.
With a new enthusiasm. creates
desire than ever 10 win out IN the
fight which had brought him 60 ohadl
he hurried 10 the courthouse ana fhe
vnrlous feehnicalitIes which must be-
COPIED with before he could really call
the Blue Poppy mine his own.
X was easier than lie thought. A
few signatures. and he was free ~
wander thrvngh town 20 where idlcrs
had pointed out Kentucky gui,h and
20 begin che steep ascent up the mar
row road ON % tour of prospecting
that would preecdc the more iegai and
more safe s. stem of surreyer
The ascent was almost sheer IN
places for In Kentucky gnlch ths
hills huddied close 70 the iittle towi
and rose in preciplteus incllnes ~
most before the city Mnai,s had beer
reached lie stepped aside TO allow
the passage of nrpzia.len aufomabIl'
trucks. loaded until the springs hss
| fatfened and until the engines howIes
with their compression ~ they xough
| TO hold back their burdens on IN.
steep grade. And II was an tle stoos
there, watching the big vehicles frave
down the mountnin side. that Fair
child caught glimpse OF human
figure which suddenly darfed behind 1
clufnp Of scrub pine and skirted fal
70 one side. taking advantage Of ever,
covering. A new beat came Int
| FsirehIld's heart. He tecH Ia sise road
again. pioddine upward. seemingly 4
man entirely befeft OF suspicion.
quarter of q mile he went. half
4 Once. AZ the rpsd turned beside 4
| great rock, he sought rs shelter and
looked back. The figure stiIl vas fol
lowing. running carefully nov slon:
/ the hank Of the strenm In an effor'
| 10 gain m much ground ~ possible
before the return OF the road 10 oper
/. territory should bring the necessity ol
caution again.
| A mike more. tn<n. again In the sheI
ter of rocks, he swcrved and sought |
hiding place. watching anxiousiy from
I his coneealment for evidences of dis
covery. There were none The shad
ower came on. displaying more an'
more caution - ~ sgpsosriAed ~
rocks. giancing hurrieiiy about hin
~ he moved swiftly from cover q
1 cover. Closer-cioser- FaircIsitl
represeed Z gasp. The man wan Old
almost whifehsired. with hard. knot
ted hands whieh seemed ~ mtABd on
from his wrists: thin and wiry witt
I the resIltency thot outdoor. hnrdene'
muscles often dye TO aes. and viii
face that held Fairchiid almost hyp
notfsed u was like hawks; book
beaked. colerlen. tonsless In al 81
| | pressions save thar " inaiiciou
tenacIty: the eycs wsse slunted anti
they r<sesmbled those of some fantas
tic Chinese image, while just sbov
the eurvIng npse : blue.whtfe sca
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