The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
CHAPTER VlIl-contlnued.

Falrchild turned at the entrance of
the mine and waited for the first OF
the miners and the accompanying
CLEAN of his carbide. Then they went
within and to the shaft. the light
shining downward upon the oily, black
water below. Two objects floated
there, broken piece of timber, torn
from the side of the shaft, where
someone evidently had grasped hastily
at II in an effort TO stop a fall, and
n new, fopr-dented hat, gradually be-
coming water-soaked and sinking
slowly beneath the surface. And then,
for the first time, fear clutched at
Falrchlld's heart-fear which hope
could not ignore
There's his hat" It was a miner
staring downward.
Fairchlld had seen II, but he strove
20 put aside the thought.
"True," he answered "but anyone
could lose a hat, simply by looking
over the edge of the shaft. Harry's n
strong man. Certainly he would know
how TO swim. And In any event he
should have been able to have kept
atloat for at least few minutes. Ro-
dalne says that he heard shout and
ran right in here; but all that he
could see was ruflled water and float
ing hat. I" Then he paused sud
denly. II had come to him that Ro-
daine might have helped In the demise
of Harry
Gbnuts Cpup1n1 from, ,v..tlo ,.,t
the roaring Of motor truck as Il
made its slow, tortuous way up the
boulder-strewn road with its gullles
and innumerable ruts. Voices came.
runibling and varied. Lights. Gain
ing the mouth OF the tunnel, FaIrchld
could see mass Of shadows outlined
by the carbldes, all following the lead
ership Of small, excited man, Sam
Herbenfelder, still seeking his dln-
mOnd.
The big pump from the Argonaut
tunnel was aboard the truck. which
was followed by two other auto We
hicles, each loaded with gasoline en-
gines and smaller pumps. A hundred
men were In the crowd, all euuIpped
with ropes and buckets Sam Herben-
felder's pleas had been heard The
search was about TO begin for the
body OF Harry and the diamond that
circled one finger. And Fairchild has
tened TO do his part.
Until far into the night they worked
and strained TO put the big pump into
position while crews OF men, four and
five In group, balled water as fast
as possible, that the aggregate might
be lessened TO the greatest possible
extent before the pumps with their
hoses, were attached. Then the gaso-
line engines began to snort, great
lengths of tubing were let down into
the shaft, and squirting water started
down the mountain side as the task
of unwatering the shaft began.
But II was slow job. Morning
found the distance to the water length
ened by twenty to thirty feet, and the
bucket brigades nearly at the end OF
their ropes. Men trudged down the
hills to breakfast, sending others in
their places. Falrchlld stayed on to
meet Mother Howard and assuage 5ar
nervousness as best he could. dividing
his time between her and the task be-
fore him. Noon found more water
than ever tnmbling down the hills
the smaller pumps we're working now
in unison with the larger one. After.
noon-end most Of Ohadi was there.
Fairchlld could distinguish the form
OF Anita Richmond In the hundreds OF
women and men clustered about the
opening Of the tunnel. and for once