The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-08-11

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tslva ss.s ssaxmss,' sas N hs< hs&r.
he fsls that h~ Was right What wMs
nsnre. he was ~ SaFv a. ~ was savv
II Ife lsse,s that Aalts Riehaer1
h4d mot .srang~d Tho Ent*sslsw snd
"a aes ssea know ~ n one str1k.
lhx name ws~ alttinx shrekA Fair
ehisa's hasn and ssuslnx u - s~wske
wnh anger stwv~sty emne~@lcd shnNxh
the rssn wcsht have bern. nsecls ar'
fsnxea and esfvfails rlsnf~s 10 Nnh
ess rainhiid n all xsMsd eus niainti
and clearly tire Raeainex
And ses whys That on< little wors
ksisea Eslrehad ~ he wss the sissa
ses. Mhss What Aia thvy know
ahans ths Hlns reprs mine. whea
Nelshrt b. Nor HARRY had say idea AZ
shat the fnfure might h~ia f< then
thsrvS THAT aas IN esast NpAAlne
had said that the nlae ropps snsns
wes q good property and that II vas
w~Fsh every ccnt ~ the value which
had heen placed on II. llnw ala ne
knows Ana Why
Suppase that n hAd h~sn Anita
Elehmuna afyex ali who had mrmnxrd
thixf II was loesral Ia wAs Maarlr~
isninlne was the ~ne nsn who eould
give sslfeet evidence against Harry a.
the msa Who had held az the ssid
Times ssaHee. and Anita new was IN
gagged tN marry hisM luAse Riehntund
hsd he~n frtenA ~ TAArntmn Fairr
child. could Il have hecn rsxslhle that
this friendship might have enlalicd
tiw scallMg W seesets whleh had nni
heen related 70 sus1ns esssf TIE
naasser of the pnsllnx If the skeleton
eonld he hsndlaa easily FwlroAAlia
saw. shrengh MsuFtgw ksdalnes cine
werd f~pm him "a hss father could
change ,he story % Crazy Laura and
make n. 1n the second telling. unly
the maanderins tale ef an insane.
hefh gathering soman. Ae'fa rpuld
have arranged Il. and Anita mixh,
have arranged a. Yer. why should
she hass sane ,hreukh this procedure
se reach htsn- Why had she not gene
10 rarrsil WITH the proposition ~
man wAons she knew Falrchild trust.
ed. instead os to sreasy. handruh.
hlf~ slsyxserf And hexide~--
Ru, the question was psks answer.
lng now. rairvhiid had made his DE-
clsson and he had told the lawyer
where 10 ~. Bur one thing was GER
tain lhc Blue Poppy mine was worth
money. Once before On ofsr had
come. and cow that he thought of N.
rairchild felt almost certain that n
had been from the sasne source That
was for City thousand dollars Why
should the value have now jumped to
four dmes lts original fguresi II was
more than the adsenturer could en-.
compass. he sought to dismiss II ali.
went 70 picture show. then srudgcd
back 70 bis hotel and % sleep.
Tie next day found him stili ssrsv.
inr 70 put the problesn away from htm
~ hc went about the various srranis
outlined by Harry A day after thar,
then tho pufing. snorslrs narrow
gsuged train took him again through
Clear Greek canon and back tn Ohas.i.
The station was strangely deserted
Only the bawitnx bus man for the
hotel. the station agent wrestling with
trunk Or iwoshat was ALL Fair
child locked about him In surprise
then approached The sgsns
"whaf's harpenedf@
"A Tot From what hear rs q
strike that's rclng 10 put uhadl on
the map again
-Whp made iff~
siionf know. Some fellow came
running down here an hour or sn agn
and said therd been tremendous
strike made on THE hill. and everybody
beat II np there
falrehild Went on. 10 turn Into q DC.
serted asrrxi. "a street where ne
doors ~ sbe stores had heen left oren
snd the owners gone Everywhere y
was the sasne IL wns ax IL uhadl sud.
denly hnd hren struck hy some cntns.
srophe which had wiped out the whois
population. Only now Hnd then nv
man being appeared 4 few persons
lefi behind ., the banks, but thai Was
about all. Then from far away. up
the street leading frwsn hsntncky gulcls.
cane the sound of cheering and shout
Inr. Soon crowd appeared. led by
gesticulatlng. vociferpus men, who
seered suddenly into the Ohadi bank
oil the corner. leaving the Drltifude
without Tor mosnent, only 20 resur
their hands fpll of gold eertiDcater,
which they stuck into their hats.
punched through their bnitonhoiss,
stuffed into their pockets, allowing
them 70 hang half out. and fsen
Inmmex down the collars ~ their
rrvygh shirts, making outstanding dce-
orasIons of curr@nry about their
necks. On they came cio~sr--fios<r,
and then Falrrhlld gsiiied his teeth.
There we're tour ~ them ieading The
parade. displaying the wealth thnt
stood for the bonanza of the silver
sfrfke they had just made. four men
whose names were esii and wormwcod
10 Robert fairchiid