The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-09
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l. Under his grandfathcrs
will, Stanford Broughton, society idler' mas
his share of the estate, valued at some
thing like $i40, 600, lies I'm a safe rep"hi-
tory" latitude and longitude described, ana
that Is all It may be idcntihed by the
presence nearby Of a brOwn-haircd, blue
eyed girl. a piekaId horse, and a dog with
a split face, half black and half white,
Stanford at first regards the bequest as u
Joke, but after consideration sets out TO
find his legacy.
CHAPTER u.-On his way TO Denver,
the city nearest the meridian described IN
his grandfather viii, stanford hears IRON
a fellow traveller a story having to do with
n flooded mine.
CHAPTER IH-Thinking things over, he
begins TO imagine there may be something
In his grandfather's bequest worth while
his idea finally centerlng on the possibility
OF a mine, az a safe repository" Recall
ing the narrative on the train, he asceflalnS
that his fellow traveller was "A mining euHl-
neer, Charles Fullerton. Bullerton refuses
him information, but from other sources
Broughton learns enough to make MN pro-
coed to Placerville, In the Red desert
CHAPTER IV.-On the station platform
at Atropia. just as the train pulls out
Stanford sees what appear to be the iden-
tical horse and dog described in his grand
fathers VIII. Impresser, he leaves the train
at the next stop, Angels, There he mas
that Atropia was originally Placervilie' ms
destination. Unable to secure a conveyance
at once to take him to Placerville. Brough-
ton seizes a construction car and escapes
leaving the impression on the town marshal,
Beaseley. that he is slightly demented.
CHAPTER V Pursued. he abandons
the car, which is wrecked, and escapes on
foot. In the darkness. he Is overtaken by
n girl on horseback, and THE dog. After
he explains his presence, she invites MIN
TO her home, at the Old Cinnabar mine. &c
meet her father.
CHAPTER VI. - Broughton's hosts are
Hiram Twombly, caretaker OF the mine
and his daughter Jeanne. Seeing the girl
Stanford Is satisfied he has located his prop
arty- hut does not reveal his Identity.
CHAPTER VII. Next morning, will
Hiram, he visits the mine. Hiram asks HIN
TO look over the machinery, and he does so
glad OF an excuse to be near Jeanne, In whom
he has become interested, and he engages In
the first real work he has ever done.
CHAPTER VIII.-Broughton and Hiram
get the pumps started. but are unable tt
make an impression on the water. But
lerton. apparently an old friend OF thu
Twomblys, visits the mine. He offers &c
drain 1t In consideration OF Broughton's CIV
ing him hfty-one per cent OF the property
Stanford refuses. Then Fullerton offers tC
buy the mine outright for $4,000. 1t had
cost Broughton's grandfather more than hal
a million. Stanford again refuses.
CHAPTER IX.-Jeanie cautions Brough.
ton against selling the mine. under any cir
cumstances, and, apparently in a spirit OF
mischief. allows him to kiss her, After 9
conversation with Daddy Hiram. Broughtor
decides he will stick to the property.
CHAPTER X.-Next day. during Stan
ford's temporary absence from the mine, al
enemy, without doubt Fullerton, WRECKS tn'
pumping machinery. Broughton decides &c
have IL out with him next day.
CHAPTER Kiln the morning he hnd'
Fullerton and jeanne have disappeared. APP
his deed to the mine has been stolen. and
as II has not been recorded. he has no PROOF
of ownership. Mysterious actions OF the doc
cause Hiram and Broughton to take the
trail In search OF Jeanne.
CHAPTER XII.-They find Jeanie's pony
abandoned. but no trace of the girl. When
they get back TO the cabine, Fullerton Is
there. apparently awaiting their return.
CHAPTER XIII. - Believing Jeanie to
have gone with Fullerton. the sight of the
man is too much for Broughton, and he uses
him roughly. Broughton denies knowing the
whereabouts of Jeanne. Broughton orders
him off his property, and he departs vowing
vengeance. Satisfied Fullerton means mis-
chief, Broughton and Hiram fortify them
selves In the mine shafthouse and prepare
for a siege. Fullerton comes with a crowd
of desperadoes and on their refusal to va
cate, begins an attack.
CHAPTER XIV. - During the day and
night the two successfully defend the shaft
house against attacks, including an attempt
TO drown them out.
CHAPTER XV.-Almost ready to give up,
Broughten is heartened by Hiram's asser-
tion that the sounds OF the firing must have
reached Atropia, and an investigation party
will soon appear.
CHAPTER XVI. - The siege continues.
Fullerton vainly endeavoring to induce
Hiram 10 abandon Broughton, He finally
announces his purpose to destroy the shaft
house. with its defenders. They defy him
hVII. - Using dynamite, the
besiegers have Twombly and Broughton at
their last gasp when the rescuing party
from Atropia arrives, headed by Broughton's
acquaintance, Beasley, who is Daddy Hlram's
nephew. With tire party is Jeanne. AS an
explanation OF her disappearance she hands
Stanford his deed to the Old Clnnabar, which
she had taken TO have recorded, a precau-
ton he had neglected. Beasley arrests
Broughton for the theft and destruction OF
the construction car. A charge of dynamite
aimed by Fullerton at the shafthouse ex-
ploded in the mine. and the mystery OF the
flood Is revealed. The water had been de-
liberately introduced into the shaft and ar
r~angements made to keep II there, with the
object OF discouraging and ultimately 'freez-
ing out. Brougton's grandfather.
and Hiram discover the method and destroy
II. Broughton announces his intention of
working the mine, with Daddy Hiram as
his partner and Beasley as his foreman, the
matter of the construction car being for
gotten. To his intense disgust, Jeanne in
duces Broughton to promise not to prosecute
Fullerton, the only possible inference being
that she loves the fellow.
CHAPTER XIX.