Gunnison news-champion., 1922-01-27


When Builerton came In. which uas
after Daddy Hiram had lighted the
lantern and shown him where To put
Eis horse, h. didn't seem half as much
surprised 10 ind me sitting before the
Tw0mbiy h0us- ar. as / thought he
might have been.
We'll well look who's here - d.
banteret How are you. Brou-hton7
This old world Isn't 50 Internally big
a. IL might BE-. after all, Is II: Who
would have thought that our next
meeting would be In such an odt-o>-
ths-Way corner Of 'h.. universe as this,
! hope you've been we'll and clipper.
all thess weeks"
said what ] was obliged 10. and
wasn't any too coufoundediy cordial
about H. cl'hsS. guess.
Fullerton drrTy up chair and began
IN talk much ss II we'd Invited him to.
about his hard working year In South
Amerlca about the fabllolsly rich
mines In that faraway Utopia Of ia.
EOld-ficEess about his voyage up from
the lsthmus: about the DiInsSs Of his
meeting me on the train, combined
with the more eIcrucistlng oidneSs Of
his meeting me HsaIn. here in the Fast
srn TimauyOnls: things like that.
He was just comfortably surging
along in the swing of il when a door
opened behind Us and he jumped up
with another We'll, veil. look who's
herr. ?" and when turned. he was
holding Jeanie's two hands In his and
brayinG over her like a wild as Of the
plains And. Il you1l believe me. that
girl had gon. and changed her dress
That i what she went TO do when shs
slipped out and left me 20 stare at her
empty chair. after she had heard her
father say. We'll. hello. Charley Bull
lertnn."
II vas all OF with me from that
time on. For what was left of the
evening. Fullerton played snio.
got full-up on the performance about
nine O'Clock. and climbed my ladder
and went to bed. mufliHg my head In
the blankets 50 that wouldn't have
TO lie there and listen TO the baspip-
drun. of Bullcrton's voice In the room
below.
hopcd-wlthout the least shadow ot
reason Tor the hope, Of course-that
the next morning would show tine a
hole In the atmosphere IN the space
That BuIlertOu had occupied But
there wus no such luck. lie WIS prs
ent at the breakfast table, as Iaige
AS life and twice as tnlkative.
made my escape from the casin
as soon as ! could and tramped 0:.r
10 the mine. A glance into the staff
showed the black pool In lts depths a.
placid aud untroubled rs II we hach't
Just lifted million or 80 cubic fpet
Of water ont Of 1t by hard labor.
In morus. discouragcm"ut ! recalled
the few things had learned about
druW ned mines while / vas knocking
about In th" Cripple Greek district
irving tu CEAGs Fullerton. Particular
ly ! remembered my talk with HilIon.
n" man who had finally put me up@t
what had proved to be- the right tract
ln the trncins Joh He had ;aIke,:
quite freely, Sometimes the flood was
only The tapping OF an underground
siTcnm. nS when one digs a well lB
other cases-aud these were most com.
mon IN the Cripple Creek region
the source Of the food would he found
In buried lake or reservoir. large DI
mol 50 large, as the luck might have
II. II the source were lakc-so Hi.
ton had said-there was little use ln
trying TO pump the mine dry.
Mulling over these dIscournging bits
OF Information. | was naturally led
back 10 the Pullman smoklng.ronm talk
with Fullerton. | remembered, with a
sharp little flick of the memory whIp.
that he had given an expert opinion.
which. as II seemed, he had backed up
year earlier with a thousand dol.
lars of real money-the deposit In the
Omaha bank made 10 cover my grand.
fathers bargain binder. What he had
said was. I'm reasonably certain that
| discovered way in which tina, mine
can be drained at comparatively small
expense
Had he really discovered wny?-
and with no better data than a study
of the mapsf Staring down nj the
black pool which Daddy and l hadn't
been able TO lower by 50 much as Il
fraction Of an inch in = weeks pump
ing. ! doubted II.
was stumbling out toward the en-.
gine room with my head down and
my hands IN my pockets when heard
footsteps coming from the direction Of
the cabin beyond the dump. Looking
out. saw Bullerton sauntering over
toward the shaft-house- Though |
knew thar some sort Of wrangle with
him Was inevitable. l was perfectly
willing TO postpone II, SO I edged in
TO the blacksmith shop and sat down
on the anvil. hoping he might miss me
and so away. But there was nothing
coming TO me on tlrat bet
Il saw your lead when You left the
house" he began, after he had found