Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-04-06
SYNOPSIS.

.t GHA H9 1.55Under his grandfather's
I'LL ~1li. Stanford sia Broughton. society idler:
so aas s shs e S5 s6e estate IT valued asss
scribed. and that is all. 1t may be identi-
nsd by the presence nearby Of a brown
and dog with split face, half black
and half white Stanford at first regards
me beauest as joke. but after considera-
uon sets out to find his legacy.
CHAPTER lion his way to Denver.
the city nearest the meridian described
from feeW VII
DO with q flooded mine.
CHAPTER II1.-Thinking things over,
he begins to imagine there may be some-
while, bis idea finally centering on the
possibility Of mine. rs safe reposi-
tory" Recalling the narrative on the
tram, ne ascertains that his fellow trav-
s slsr was 2 mining engineer, Charles Bull
ZION, but from other sources Broughton
learns enough to make him proceed to
F1acerville. In the Red desert.
. CHAPTER Won the station platform
Ct Atropia. Just az the train pulls out,
e stanford sees what appear to be the iden-
Srandfather's Will. Impressed, he leaves
the train at the next stop, Angels. There
he finds that Atropia was originally
Placervtlle. his destination. Unable to
secure conveyance at once to take him
to Piacerville. Broughton seizes q con-
etroction car and escapes. leaving the i'm.
preston on the town marshal, Beasley.
-. CHAPTER v:-Pursued. he abandons
BY girl on horsesack ns and d T EHaE dog.
yites him to her home. At the Old CHINA
bar mine. to meet her father.
CHAPTER v1.-Broughton's hosts are
Hiram Twombly. caretaker Of the mine.
and his daughter Jeanne. Seeing the girl.
Stanford 10 satisfied he has located his
property, but does not reveal his identity.
:. CHAPTER v1I.-Next morning. with
Hiram. he visits the mine. Hiram asks
him to look over the machinery. and he
Jean!s. ia whom he has become inter-
ested. and he engages In the first real
work he has ever done.
: CHAPTER vI1I.-Broughton and Hiram
get the pumps started. but are unable to
make an impression on the water. Bull
aerton, apparently an old friend of the
70 drain It II consideratio s Of II sroas shs
property. Stanford refuses Then Butler
I, to so Cos. the
father more than half a million. Stan
ford again refuses.
! CHAPTER 1x.-Jeanie cautions Brough-
ton against selling the mine. under any
circumstances. and. apparently in spirit
OF mischief, allows him to kiss her. After
z conversation with Daddy Hiram.
property.
CHAPTER x.-Next day. during Stan
ford's temporary absence from the mine.
wrecks the pumping machinery. Brough-
ton decides to have 1t out with him next
day.
CHAPTER Kiln the morning he finds
Fullerton and Jeanne 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
to take the trail in search of Jeanne.
CHAPTER x1I.-They find Jeanie's
psny. abandoned, but no trace Of the girl.
When they get back to the cabin, Butler
ton IL there. apparently awaiting their
return.
CHAPTER xIII:-Believing Jeanne to
the man IL too much for Broughton, and
he uses him roughly. Fullerton denies
knowing the whereabouts of Jeanne.
Rroughton orders him off his property.
and he departs vowng VENGEANCE. Salts
Aed Fullerton means mischief, Broughton
and Hiram fortify themselves in the
mine shafthouse and prepare for 4 siege.
Fullerton comes with s crowd of desper.
ADDE'S and on their refusal to vaoats, be-
gins an attack.
CHAPTER XIv.-During the day and
shafthouse against attacks. including an
attempt to drown them out
CHAPTER xV.-Almost ready to give
". Brougflton 10 heartened by Hiram's
assertion that the sounds Of the firing
must have reached Atropia, and an inves-
dEa ting party will soon appear.
CHAPTER XvIII.-A charge of dyna-
mite aimed by Fullerton at the shaft
house exploded in the mine, and the mys-
terry Of the flood Is revealed. The water
had been deliberately introduced into the
shaft and arrangements made to keep It
there, with the object Of discouraging
tons grandfather. Stanford and Hiram
discover the method and destroy it.
Broughton announces his intention Of
working the mine, with Daddy Hiram
AZ his partner and Beasley as his fore
man, the matter Of the construction car
being forgotten. To his intense disgust,
Jeanne induces Broughton to promise not
inference being that she loves the fellow,
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