Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-02-09

acid and untroubled as IL we hadn't
st lifted million or 30 cubic feet
water out Of it by hard labor
) in mor0se Encouragement / recalled
me few things had learned about
mel mines while was knocking
y he Cripple Creek district
5q.:e Bullert6n. Particular.
y remembered my talk with Hilton.
the man who had finally put me upon
what had proved to be the right track
In the tracing job. He had talked
quite freely. Sometimes the flood was
only the tapping of an underground
stream, as when one digs well: In
other cases-and these were most com.
mon In the Cripple Creek region
the source of the food would be found
in buried lake or reservoir, large OF
not so large, as the luck might have
1t. If the source were lake-so Hill.
ton had said-there was little use in
trying to pump the mine dry.
Mullfng over these discouragipg bits
of Information, was naturally led
back to the Pullman smoking-room talk
with Fullerton. l remembered, with a
sharp little flick of the memory whip.
that he had given an expert opinion,
which, as it seemed, he had backed IN
q year earlier with a thousand dol.
lars Of real money-the deposit in the
Omaha bank made to cover my grand
fathers bargain binder. What he had
said was, I'm reasonably certain that
l discovered a way in which that mine
can be drained at comparatively small
expense" .
Had he really discovered a way?-l
and with no better data than study
of the maps? Staring down at the
black pool which Daddy and hadn't
been able to loVer by 80 much as a
fraction of an inch in q weeks pump.
ing, doubted it.
I was stumbling out toward the en-
CINE room with my head down and
my hands in my pockets when heard
footsteps coming from the direction of
the cabin beyond the dump. Looking
out, saw Fullerton sauntering over
toward the shaft-house. Though
knew that some sort Of q wrangle with
him was inevitable. I was perfectly
willing to postpone It, so edged in.
to the blacksmith shop and sat down
on the anvil, hoping he might miss me
and 60 away. But there was nothing
coming to me on that bet.
Il saw your lead when you left the
house." he began. after he had found
me and had busted of an empty dyna-
mite box for seat. Don't you think
you've played it rather low down on
me?"
How so?"
by taking in my story Of this mine
when l told 1t to you without giving
me hint that you were the person
most deeply interested-since my old
gentleman was your grandfather"
1T didn't strike me that way, and 1t
doesn't yet" l shot back. II notice
you were mighty careful not to tell
me the name of your old gentleman
or rather, l should say, you lied about
it when wired you.''
IAN ordinary business precaution,''
he chuckled. "But we needn't waste
our time pickering over what might,
have been--apd wasn't. / have con-.
tract with your grandfather which is
legally binding upon you rs his heir
to this particular piece of property
always provided you can prove that
you are his heir. What I'm here to
say is that I'm ready to carry out my
part of the contract; to unwater this
mine. What do you say7"
How are you going to do it?'
THAT, my young friend, is particu-
larly my own, affair.""
I felt pretty scrappy that morning;
there is no use in denying 1t.
you're not the only pebble on the
beach, Bullerton," said, looking him
in the eye. What you can
do with this mine, another mining en-
gineer can do quite as we'll; and the
other man will probably be willing to !
do 1t without asking the fenced-in
earth for his reward" . 4Ss s.
"Humph!" he grunted; $50 that's
your play. is lit" Then, after q scowl-
ing pause: You're licked before You
begin. You're lighting without ammu.
milton, Broughton. You haven't any
money, hdtyou'lls lock Z. long time be-5
fore you'll nnd an engineer able to
finance his own experiment on your
drowned proposition s. ~;
That may be-" retorted. ...But IL
you told me the story straight that
night in the Pullman, you can't turn
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