The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23

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xfrofh the ore sheds into the cars"
II began to see more crOokings In
the sacr3lcIal road over which Grand.
father SJasper had been led many
more and mere-devious ones
TN that case, even the low.grnde
Cinnabar would come a bit nearer be-
ing bonanza, wouldn't itr' / asked.
"She sure. would, Stannie. That
long. hard wagon haul to "Tropia was
what was putin the cuss In the cost
| o. handlin'."
And with the railroad right at the
door. SO to speak, II might even pay to
recapitalize at three-quarteS Of q mil
lion and drive that long drainage tun.
mel we have been figuring on?''
"Soniethin' like that; yes. Can Won
see any furder into the. milestone? I'll
say I've got about to the end of INV
sQuintin." - us" ~
refilled my pi,4' and did bit Of
ccogitating. Suptosing L had been the
boss fgurer ini the. bunch that did
Grandfather Jasper the honor to blk
him; as conscienceless as that pirate,
| whoever he VAS, and In the SECRET Of
the conditions as Daddy had Just out
lined them, what would I. have done? ?"
= The answer came as pat as you
please. With a-railroad, in prospect
which would turn a. small profit into
big one. should quite probably
] nave shut the mine. down to wait until
III could hear the whistle Of the .locomo.
tive. -.
This conclusion led promptly land
|. logically to another. SSupposing, at the
mo4snt, wheA;' had dacided upon the
shut -dowp.a some, dodderlng old gentle
man hal .aloagsffhd- offered to
buy the. migc?.. Add, sss a corollary,
the suggestion that the water problem
Was dHfly growing more ipsistent, with
the ultimate threat. Of flood. AS an or
!, ,dinary. sarden:variety mining shark.
| what would have done?
| That answer came pat, also.
should have taken the old gentleInan's
money. trusting to the rising flood to
make him sick Of his bargain In due
course of time and thus willing to sell
I TOut for anything he could get.
II .oeiieVe | have, It d9ped out"
{!told Daddy aFrfie end Of the cogitatinu
,pilfe@;: add then''I passed the infer.
| ences> along to him. The immediate
effect wos to evoke couple of his
quaint substitutes for profanity.
Observation-Disclosures !" he ex.
cfaimed; I'll be ding -swizzled II I
'd6h't believe you've struck the true
lead, .Stannie, my son! II you have.
here'sr what follers: Charley. Butler.
tons here ITO do the dickerin' for that
same old high-bindlI -Cinnabar outfit
that did your grah'Idfw' up. They sold
! for half a million y 30 und now they're
willin' to buy back for thirty or forty
or hfty thousand, BY Jezebel! lust
khew that slick=tongued rooster was
uyin to work some skin camel"
Yet lie is going to marry your
daughter" I put in grimly.
Al this the old man turned gloomy
serious In the batting Of an eye, draw.
Ing his mouth down ut the corner and
/ sucking hard at the pipe which had
long since burned out.
That's been a-pinchin' me like a
tight boot, Stannie," he admitted. "If
you'd ast me afOre he come, I'd "a
told you she hadn't morsel O. use
for that con-dummed bloShard. But
just you look at the way things are
stackin' up now! He's snoopin' 'round
her mighty near all the whole time
and she hain't never once give me the
wink TO send him a-kitin like I'm
itchin' to!"
lie told me to look. l had been look
ing until my eyes ached. The indi-
cations We're all one way, tons of
them; with only one little impulsive
Kiss TO put In the other pan of the
scale. l didn't tell Daddy about the
KISS; but ! did tell him that Jeanie
mad told me not to sell the Cinnabar.
"So?" he commented. livening I'D a
, little. THAT brings on more talk.
Reckon you can make out to hang onto
the old cows tail for a spell longer7"
took time to consider my answer.
I've been wondering II. all things
given their due footing, 1t were worth
while to hang on, Daddy. As matters
stand now. Bullerton Is stuck unless
l sell out to him. II should take my
foot In my hand and walk out, he'd
he left up In the air. But. on the 9TH
erh hand. there's Jeanie. II she's go
| Ing to marry Fullerton, why, that's a
horse OF another color. I'm not enough
of dog-in-the-manger to bite her nose
off to spite Bullerton's face"
'"Um." was the grunted response.
Then. with side swipe that wasn't
I looking for: Charley Bullerton's been
! hintin' round that you're tied up with
a. girl back. East. Is,that sd ?-otr is It
on'y another one o. his frllly .lfesT'..
laughed.
II wish I knew, Daddy; I'd sure tell
| y"u II I would anybody. We were
really engdged-the back East girl and
I; but f>don't think we are now, and
l don't think She thinks so. Anyway,
she called it all off when we found out
-a-Ar thought we rfuuhd -outaithat my
sEfandfather. hadn't,lGft me anything
In his will. She's like Jeanne says she
Is, you know: she's got to marry,
money"