The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-01-06

Not with Bullerton| gaspeo.
II sure does look that-away, Stan
e. She left lrl' note on the tapas
II ne, a-tellin' me not to worry none,
aa :s syy.sifi needn't look for her I'LL
saw her ag'in."
All arst / could hardly believe my
wn ears. 1t was so incredibly out OF
eephg with Jeanie as l hau Oeen
dealizing her.
care you going after them2' ] De
handed.
AsWhat forY was the despondeni
query. slant a morsel o use, any
way YOU look at y Jeaifq4ffe' 'olS !.
an gnSsed. and she don't have to nave
the old daddy say she can, sne
mustn't Besides, they was probably
pitchin' ont to catch one O the early
trains-there's one each way, east ano
west-and them trains We been gone
a couple o hours"
Daddy had done his best with the
breakfast, but l don't recall any meal
Of my life that ever came so near
choking ne. / told Daddy about the
smashing of the machinery, and the
proof / had that 1t had been a piece
of sabotage
Reckon maybe he allowed you'd find
out he done IT and try dogfal1 II
somethin' with lin to pay him back?"
Daddy queried.
II don't know / confessed.
/ went on eating In silence, or rath-
err trying to eat, and turning over the
puzzIing and bad-tasting questionings
in my mind. How could Jeanie go off
with Bullerton, knowing him to be the
scamp he WASP And why, IL she had
been meaning all along to do this thing,
had she blocked his game by telling
me that l wasn't to sell him the Gin
nabar?
1t was in the midst of these reflec.
lions that Glanced to feel In the coat
pocket where l had been carrying the
deed turned over to me by Daddy
Hiram; and for the second time that
morning l nearly choked. The pocket
was empty!
whats hit you now, son7' Daddy
inquired; seeing my jaw drop, / sup.
pose.
THE last thing there was In the box
that could fall out and hit me-" / CUR
gled. "Bullerton has stolen my deed
to the CinnabafP
THE mlschasg ne hssL-Plum sure
you hain't lost It out o your pocketY'
we made sure, Without the loss of
moment; looking in my loft sleeping
place and In the mine buildings. The
deed was gone, safely enough, and we
both agreed that Fullerton had had
plenty of chances to steal 1t. Wearing
oyerciothes while Twas working about
the machinery, had often left nv
coat hanging In the cabin. AS a mat
ter of fact, l hadn't worn 1t at all on
the previous day
"Well, Daddy said /, after the nro.
longed search had proved futile
where does this leave meT'
Threshing the facts out, we soon
found where it left ne. Grandsatbar
Jasper as you mag remember had
made no mention Of the mine or IN
deed, of any legacy Il me in hts win
as 1t had been probatd there was No
need of 1t because he had otroaaT
decided the Cinnabar d mo ana - 49,
-, w ueaeh twas nc longer
yers had told Bulert@ foco,r,,s.
Bullerton's story told NO IN 49, 5,,u
man smokeroom) thai thoro w
record of any minbr tran "as no
whatever in his papers TborafaSa 'on
nv prandfo+ha uelierandum which
Percy-and which panS C'uslh
less carried with him Il Cut NJ uoupt-
was nothing but the aSsSsssa li ls
my ownership; absolutelv Z snow fds'
AT that, the loss of the AL,
nave been fatal If the 49, wouldn't
been properly recordes suhient had
been. And now, with tbs hadn't
aeed gone, there was not6,. ireeorded
th&t had ever owned M % prove
Inc loss was total-wi,S olnnabar.
ance. 'u no insur.
Daddy Hiram was shats
sorr0wfully after we had MS head
machine. ue threshin,
:, With things looking as NJ, i
nluest milestone that ess ae a. the
upon seythe, We tried 10 sens clicked
some line of action. Com ss'sle upon
county seat, and the obyiama vas the
would have been ion me : nrst step
Tor a search in the cOuntySslgsth there
evidence of the sale Of thenc0ids Il,
grandfather. But the MIN to my
show myself on the rails should
nabbed for the theft of tss "a be
inspection car. Daddy oSs internal
IN my place, but that altern,u y 70
appeal to me at all. kne' Y didn't
well how helpless he'd be Perfectly
lawyerlike search as would, ~ such
made in the county records b
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