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The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-21
THE CROSS-CUT

forget Squint Rodaine and his chalky-
faced son; down here they could feei
that they were working toward a goai
and lay aside the handicap which
humans might put in their path.
Day after day of labor and the III
dentation upon the cave-in grew from
a matter of feet to one OF yards.
week. Two. Then, as Harry swung
his pick, he lurched forward and went
TO his knees. "Tve gone through ne
announced in happy surprise. i've
gone through. We're at the end OF It ]!
Up went Fairchild's carbide. Where
the pick still hung in the rocky mass
a tiny hole showed, darker than the
surrounding refuse. There was JOY
in Harry's voice as he made momen-
tary survey.
'It's fairly dry be'ind there" he an
nounced. "Otherwise we'd have been
scrambling around in water up to our
necks. We're lucky there, any'ow.
Again the attack and again the hole
widened. At last Harry Strengthened.
1--WE can go In now," came finally.
"Are you willing to go with meT'
"You mean"
But Harry stopped him.
"Let's don't talk about it till we
ave to. Come on"
Silently they crawled through the
opening, the silt and fine rock rafting
about them as they did so, to come
upon fairly dry earth on the other
| side. and to start forward. Suddenly,
as they walked along, Harry took the
lead. holding his lantern far ahead OF
him. with one big hand behind it, as
though for a reflector. Then, just as
suddenly, he turned.
Lets 60 out" came shortly.
| "Why?"
"It's there!" In the light of the
lantern, Harry's face was white, his
big lips livid.. Lets go"
But Fairchild stopped him.
Harry" he said, and there was de-
termination in his voice. "if it's there
we've got to face it. Don't yor
think that certain people would make
an investigation If we should happen
to quit the mine nOw?"
"The Rodaines!
| Exactly. And how much worse
would 1t be for them to tell the news
than for us!"
Nobody as to tell it" Harry wa!
staring at his carbide flare-"there':
wye"
"But we can't take it, Harry. IL
my fathers letter was the statemen
that he made only one mistake-tha
of fear. I'm going to believe him
and in spite of what / find here, In
going to hold him innocent, and In
going to be fair and square and above
board about it all. There's nothing OF
my conscience-and / know that if m,
father had not made the mistake o
running away when he did, ther
would have been nothing on his"
Harry shook his head.
"'E couldn't do much else, Boy. Re
dame was stronger in some ways the
than he is now. That was in differen
days. That was in times when Squin
ROdaine could ave gotten a 'undre
men together quickern cats win
and lynched a man without i'm 'avin
a trial or anything. And If I'd bee
your father, I'd ave done the same a
e did. I'd ave run, toO-'e'd ave pal
for it with is life If e didn't, guilty 0
not guilty. And" he looked sharpl
toward the younger man "you sa
to 60 on?"
"Go on" said Faifchild, and h
spoke the words between Tight
clenched teeth. Harry turned his ligf
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-21
CHAPTER xI

They started forward then. making
their way through the slime and silt
Of the drift flooring, slippery and wet
from years Of flooding. On-on-they
stopped.
Progress had become impossible. Be
fore them. twisted and torn and piled
about In muddy confusion, the tim
bers Of the mine suddenly showed In
q perfect barricade. supplanted from
behind by piles Of muck and rocky
refuse which left no opening to the
chamber of the stope beyond. Har-
ry's carbide went high in the air. and
he slid forward. to stand moment
IN thought before the obstacle. At
place after place he surveyed it. finally
TO turn with shrug of his shoulders.
'It's going to mean mOre'n month
of the 'ardest kind Of work, Boy" came
his final announcement. low 1t could
ave caved In like that is more than
i know. I'm sure we timbered 1t
good"
There was only one thing to do
turn back. Fifteen minutes more and
they were on the surface. making
their plans; projects which entailed
work from morning until night for
many a day to come. Harry reached
for new az and indicated another.
sven cut ties FIRST" he announced.
And thus began the weeks of effort.
weeks in which they worked with
crude appliances: weeks In which they
dragged the heavy stuIls and other
4imbers into the tunnel and then low
cred them down the shaft to the drift,
two hundred feet below, only to follow
them In their cOunterbalanced bucket
and lahoriously pile them along the
sides of the drift, there to await use
later on. Weeks In which they worked
A mud and slime. as they shoveled
ont the muck and with their gad hooks
tore down loose portions OF the hang
sne wall to form r0adbed for their
new tram.
It was d slow. gnlling progress. but
they kept at 1t. Gradually the tram
lipe began to take shape. pieced to
retAer from old portions Of the track
which still lay In the drift and supple
mented BY others bought cheaply at
fAat graveyard Of miners hopes-fhe
1unk yard Ia Ohadi. At last Il was
1,njshed; the work Of moving the heavy
1Smbers became easier now as they
were shunted onto the small tram
sruek from which she hotiy had been
disnantled and trundied along the
rails to the cave-in. there to be piled
= readiness for their use. And Anal
1y
4 pick swung In the air. to give
4crth ! chunky. smacking sound. as II
struck water-softened. spongy wood.
The nttnck against fhe cave-in had be-
-. 4 fp0t II ! time they tore away
- I'D. broken. splinteretl timhers and
- rocky refuse which lay piled be-
1nnd esch shlvesed beam; only to stop,
enrsy awny the muck, and then rebuild.
CD apo damp. II The moist cir q the
1usol ny l4lsoretI. bit there was 2
- Il h ~ Dewn here theJ could
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-21
QheKitchen
Cabinet
,o,, western Newspaper Unlon.)

When 1 was younger ''o VA
Quent hoord Great
The Married Bunch. and nearo o'e"N
Argument rao. and
About the Fearful Price OF Esss "AN
How o,,v of a
To Get a Dollars Work OUT -
Cent
A.a when asked Of them tneif
Recompense, uo.n,ns
what did they Get for keep'ns
Down Expense ..,,r~
Oh many a cup Of Coffee stesnins
not. ~ THAR
xust drown the Memory OK 1heih
Insolence. ~ u..d
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-21

before him. and once more shielded
It with his big hand. A step-two,
then:
.I.ook-there over by the foot
waIl!"
Fairchlld forced his eyes In the d.
rection designated and stared intent
". At first 1t appeared only like q
succession Of disjointed. broken
stones. lying IN straggly fashion along
the footwall Of the drift where It
widened into the stope. or upward
slant on the vein. Then, II came forth
clearer. the thin outlines Of something
which clutched u the heart Of Robert
Fairchild, which sickened him. which
caused him to fight down sudden.
bnanIcky desire TO shield his eyes and
fo run-a heap Of age-deDuded bones.
the scraps a. miners costume still
clinging to them. the heavy shoes pro
trudlnx IN c0snicslly tragic fashion
over I,ony< feet; huddled. cramped
skeleton Of ! human being!
Thcy could only stand and Sfare 1t
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-21
CHAPTER XII.

Again there was long moment OF
silence, while Harry stood paving at
his mustache and while Robert Fair
child sought to summon the strength
to do the thing which was before him.
All the soddenness of the old days
had come back to him, ghosts which
would not be driven away; memories
of time when he was the grubbing,
though willing slave OF victim OF
fear-of a man whose life had been
wrecked through terror of the day
when intruders would break their way
through the debris, and when the dis
covery would be made. And it had
remained for Robert Fairchild, the
son, to find the hidden secret, for him
to come upon the thing which had
caused the agony of nearly thirty
years of suffering, for him to face the
alternative of again placing that grue-
some find into hiding, or to square his
shoulders before the world and take
the consequences.
There was no time to lose.in making
his decision. Beside him stood Harry.
silent. mOrOse. Before him-Fair-
child closed his eyes in an attempt to
shut out the sight of it. But still it
was there, the crumpled heap of tat
tered clothing. and human remains.
the awry, heavy shoes still shielding
the fleshless bones of the feet. He
turned blindly, his hands cropping be-
fore him.
Harry" he called. Harry! Get
me out OF here-I-can't stand it!'
Wordlessly the big man came to his
side. Wordlessly they made the trip
back to the hole in the cave-in and
then followed the trail of new-laid
track to the shaft. Up-up-the trip
seemed endless as they jerked and
pulled on the weighted rope, that
their shaft bucket might travel to the
surface. Then, at the mouth of the
tunnel, Robert Fairchild stood for a
long time staring out over the soft
hills and the radiance of the snowy
range, far away. It gave him new
strength, new determination. His
eyes frightened with resolution. Then
he turned to the faithful Harry. wait.
ing In the background.
There's no use trying to evade any
thing, Harry. We've got to face the
music. VIII you go with me to notify
the coroner-or would you rather stay
here?"
"Tll CO."
Silently they trudged into town cnt
to the little undertaking shop which
also served as the Office of the coro
ner. They made their report. then &C
colnpanied the officer. together will
the sheriff, back to the mine and init
the drift. There once more the!
clambered through the hole in th'
cave-in and on toward the beginnin,
| Of the stope. And there they pointet
out their discovery.
i A wait for the remainder OF tina
day--a day that seemed ages long,
day in which EObert Fairchild fOunt
himself facing the editor Of the Bugle
and telling his story, Harry besid
him. But he told only what, he hat
found, nothing of the past. nothing o
the white-lraired man who had waitet
BY the window. cringing at the slight
est sound on the old, vine-clad veran
da. nothing OF the letter which he hat
| found in the dusty safe. Nothing wa
asked regarding that; nothing coul'
| be gained By, telling It. In the hear
Of Robert F4fschild was the convic
| tion that somehow. some way. his IA
| ther rms innocent. and In his braiI
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-21

as W h en- first
picked, is the fol-
low ing: Take
three quarts Of
vinegar, one cup
full Of water, one
cupful ach Of
dry m us ar d,
sugar and salt.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-21
Crazy Laura.

little mining camps which skirted the
town. Everywhere were black crowds
under the faint street lamps. The
basement of the courthouse was illu-
minated; and there were clusters OF
curious persons about the stairways.
Through the thrOngs started Harry
and Fairchild, only to be drawn aside
by Farrell, the attorney.
"I'm not going to take part in
this unless l have to-" he told them.
1T will look better for you if it isn't
necessary for me to make an appear
ance. How do you know but what
Thornton Fairchild was attacked by
this man and forced to kill in selfde-
fense? It's q penitentiary offense for
a man to strike another. without suf-
ficient justification, beneath ground.
And had Sissie Larsen even so much
as slapped Thornton Fairchild. that
man would have been perfectly justi-
| fed in killing him to protect himself.
Guide yourselves accordingly-and l
| will be there only as a'spectator, un-
less events should necessitate some
| thing else"
They promised and went on. some
what calmer in mind, to edge their
| way to the steps and to enter the
| basement of the courthouse. The
| coroner and his jury, composed of six
miners picked up haphazard along the
| street-according TO the custom OF
| coroners in general-were already
present. SO was every person who
possibly could cram through the doors
| of the big ROOM To them all Fair.
child paid little attention-all but
| three.
They were on back seat in the
long courtroom-Squint Rodaine ano
| his son, chalkier. yet blacker thar
ever. while between them sat an ole
woman with white hair whichs strag
gled about her cheeks, woman witt
deep-set eyes, whose hands wandered
now and then vaguely before her; 6
wrinkled woman. fidgeting about OF
her seat, watching with craned necl
those who stuffed their way within
| Tie dlTcdOy CI0mlhCu fOOih, hSA SS "
never still, her lips moving constant
ly, as though muinbling some never
ending rote. Fairchild stared at her
then turned to Harry.
YWhpis that with the Rodaines!
| Harry looked furtively. "Craz!
Laura-his wife,"
"But-"
"And she )ain't ere for anything
good!" Harry's voice bore tone o
nervousness. "Squint Rodaine don
even recognize 'er on the street-mucl
less appear in company with 'er
Something's 'appening!"
"But what could she testify tot"
"'Ow should | know?" Harry sal
it almost petulantly. Il didn't evel
know she"
I "Oyez, oyez, oyer 1t was tn
bailiff. using a regular district-cour
introduction Of the fact that an In
quest was about to be held. The crowd
ed room sighed and settled. The core
ner stepped forward.
"We are gathered here tonight t
inquire into the death Of man sur
posed to be L. A. Larsen, colnmonl
called 'Sissie.' whose skeleton wa
found today In the Blue Poppy mipt
As sworn and true members OF tn
CORNERS jury. charge and comman
von in the great name Of the SOvereig
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-21

stir until well mixed and then tlrOD
in the small, freshly picked and per-
feet green cucumbers-the smaller in
size the better, but it Is well to have
them uniform in size. Larger cucum-
bers IL the seeds are tender will keep
well put up in this way
Mustard Pickies-Take equal uuan-
titles of small cucumbers, the largest
sliced, green tomatoes, caulisiower
picked into flowerets and small button
onions. Keep them covered with strong
brine for twenty-four hours, using one
cupful of salt to one gallon Of water.
In the morning scald the brine and
pour 1t boiling hot over the pickles.
When cold. drain thoroughly and pre-
pare as much vinegar as needed to
cover. To one quart of vinegar use
one cupful of brown sugar., one-half
cupful of -four, one-fourth Of a pound
Of good dry mustard. Boil the sugar
and vinegar, then mix flour and mus
tard with, little cold vinegar and
pour into the hot vinegar; cook for q
few minutes, then when smooth porr
over the pickles.
Tomato catsup.-Put bushel of to-.
matoes. skins and all. into a kettle.
boil until tender, then put through a
coiander to remove the skins. Mix
one cupful of salt. .wo pounds Of
brown sugar, half an ounce of cay-
enne three ounces Of allspice. the
| same of mace and celery seed. two.
Ounros nf cinnamon Ala two c,,~,&.
Of the best vinegar, cook until thick.
strain, reheat and bottle.
1t Is we'll to look at jars Of both
fruit and pickles from time to time to
be sure that they are In good cOndi-
tion. Keep in cool. dry place.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-21

.ent OcCaSlOI1diiy'
YOU can have fresh
trout fried, broiled, or
baked in cream you
might not care for saie
mackerel, but 1t IS q
delectable dish when
well and carefully cooked
and served.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-21
MORE ABOUT BREAKFASTS

As for meals, let US begin at tns
h.gtnning. and serve something diner
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-21
PicKLINc TIME

A nice crisp cucumber pickle which
will keep year and be just as fresh
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-21

A flash Of harmless lightning,
A mist of rainbow dyes.
The FURNISHED sunbeam brighten ening,
From flower to flower he Nias.
While wakes the nodding blossom,
But Just too late to see
That lip hath touched her bosom
And drained her nectary.
John b. Tabb.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-21
"PIease come to Denver at
once. Have most important
news for you.
tTO BE coNrINUED.)

The average man has to change car
very freqnently ON the road to success
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-04
MASKED MEN ROB- BANK.

Eureka, Calf, May 9.--Two
masked men held up the Bank Of
Fortuna today, and escaped with
$4,000 and took to the hills. A
posse In pursuit is reported to
have surrounded them,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-04
PATRONS DAY FRIDAY
ATT THE HIGH SCHOOL

The high school will be glad to
welcome patrons and all others in
terested in the work of the school
Friday when, in addition to the
routine work of the class room,
two special programs will be Civ
on. The first will be held in the
auditorium AT 1915 and will be a
debate on the question: Resolved,
that Great Britain should give In
dia home rule" The debaters
have been chosen by elimination
contests among pupipls in the jun
Tor English classes and in the de-
batting societies. The affirmative
team is composed of owen Marion,
Helen Schneider and Earl Marcus:
the negative, of Josephine Miner.
Hazel Freed, and Erma Wegs. In
the afternoon at 2:30 fashion
show" will be put on by the sew
ing classes in the auditorium to IL
lustrate the practical and esthetic
value OF their work.
In addition to regular classes in
academic subjects, visitors will in
spect the work of the art class
which meets in room 209 on the
second floor. Those of a mechan-
ical turn of mind will find enjoy
ment In an hour spent in the print
shop on the first floor where the
High School Record, the annual
La Reata and blanks for schoo,
supplies are printed by the pupils;
and in the manual arts building
where some classes are making
hardwood furniture. while others
are studying auto mechanics, pat
tern making for iron castings anG
mechanical drawing.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-04
RICH LANDS IN
LOUISIANA ARE
BEING FLOODED
BaCkWaters From the Mis-
sissippi River and It's
Tributaries Are Spread
ing in Eleven Parishes.
(By The Associated Presso

New orleans, La, May S.--Re-
lief problems were increased to-
day with crevasse and backwaters
from the Mississippi river ana us
tributaries continuing to spread IN
eleven parishes of Louisiana, mum
dating territory far removed IRON
the spillways in the embankments
of the great river :,
Points in Rapides and AVoyelieS
parishes, sixty miles distant from
the Mississippi river, reported that
water coming through the crevasse
at Ferrioay naG Joined with pack
waters of the Red River basin ana
were encroachlng upon rlch farm
lands in that territory.
Below New orleans, water pour
ing through the break in the leVee
at Peydras had driven everything
within miles of the levee north
past the Lake Borgne canal at Nio-
let ana was creeping into an area
hitherto thought safe from the
flood Sea guns novcring far back
from the road in the neighborhood
of the national cemetery at Chal-
mette indicated that foreign water
had reached that point.
Relief parties working out OF
Harrison burgh continued today
to bring IN flood victims scattered
throughout Concordia and adjoln-
ing parishes. 1t is estimated that
more than a thousand persons are
being cared for at that camp.
There are probably 1000 more at
other camps established in the
flooded zone affected by the Fer
riday break and backwaters from
the rivers in that part of Louisi'
ana
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-04
M'ANDREW'S BODY IS
PLACED IN RECEIVING
VAULT AT WASHINGTON
cBy The Associated Press

Washington, MAY 3.-Another
comrade from France joined
Americas unknown hero in Ar
lington National cemetery today
when the body of Major General
James A. McAndrew, chief OF staff
of the American eXpeditionary
forces during all the days Of its
fighting was laid in the receiving
vault with full military honorg.
A squadron of cavalry and
mounted l.nd escorted the flag
draped casket from the War COL
lege, where it had rested in state
all night under guard OF the
bronzed khalsi-clad men Of the
line, motionless beside the bier Of
n fallen leader, to st. Patrick s
church.
Behind the casket walked two
high officers of the A. Il. +. as
pall-bearers, and then the widow
of the dead soldier OH the arm of
General Pershing.
Secretary Weeks and all high
officials and officers of the war
department were present at the
services and the department was
closed until after noon in special
mark of honor to the departed
chief,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-04

ing completely to pot while lying
idle for periods of years.
This senator, who comes from
A state where the question of
Japan is ever in the minds of the
people, said that the people Of
his part Of the country We're alive
to this fact. They felt that the
United States might just as we'll
scrap five Of its big fighting ships
as have that many out Of COM
mission and unable to render
service when that service was
needed
All of this, it is understood,
was communicated to the White
House. President Harding saw
the justice OF the situation. The
going counter to its own leader
ship in the house of representa-
tives and the possibility or fail
ing to have the senate ratify the
naval treaty. Even if the opposi-
ton which would have sprung up
in the senate had not been strong
enough to defeat the treaty, it
would have caused a big break
in the ranks of the republican
majority there, a thing which
naturally the president was anX-
ious to avoid.
in the dilemma President Hard
ing, whose own views were OPP
posed to having idle and under
manned vessels, went before the
members of the house Of repre-
sentatives, and by his influence
secured adoption of the anger
personnel for the limited American
navy,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-04
LAYTON RETAINS HIS
TITLE AT BILLIARDS
LRY Tho AssocInted Prcss.I

scdalia, Mo, May S.--Johnny
Layton of this city, retained the
worlds three-cushion billiard
championship here tonight by de-
feating Charles McCourt Of Pitts
burgh in the third and final block
of their $50 point match, so to So
in 81 innings.
Layton mace a high run Of s,
and McCourt's high run was r.
In the first eleven innings of the
final block, the champion made a
score OF %.
Tonight's playing by both cham
pion and the challenger was the
fastest and most interesting of the
match.
Layton announced he will not
again defend his title until he
meets Pierre Maupome Of Mexico
City. the next challenger in line.
Maupome challenged the champion
some time ago. The time and
place of the next match will be de-
cided later, Layton said.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-04

London's police today costs near
ly as much annually as did the
whole of the force in England and
Wales before the commencement
of the war in 1914.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-04
RUSSIAN DEBT TO U. S.
MAY BE ONE BILLION
DOLLARS, is ESTIMATE
Dry The Associated Press,

New York, May 3.-Russia's OBJ
legations to the United States were
estimated at from $500, 900, 900 to
E,OOO,O0 10000 today by local bank
ers who have been making a close
study Of the proceedings of the
Genoa conference. While accurate
statistics are not available at pres
ent, this estimate is said to include
that country's debt both to the
United States government and the
private American enterprises and
banks. Russia's debt to the United
states government is slightly more
tnan $210,000,000, including two
advances under the Liberty loan
act. The first advance to the
kerensky government was s97,-
100000 and the second $90,229.750.
NO interest has been paid on these
obligations.
Obligations of private bankers
are estimated at in excess of $751;
000, 900.