Graham guardian., 1922-02-07
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I..under bis Erandfathsr's
hnds his share Of the estate, valued AZ
something like $4,000. lies In safe re-
2osltory," latitude and longitude de-
:eribsd, and that is sll. II may bo ldend'
nod by the presence nearby OF brown
haired blue-syed girl, piebsid 'h9rss.
and half whitA Stanford at frst regards
thu bequest as joke, but sftsr considera-
. uon sets out to md his legacy.
CHAPTER lion his way to Denver,
the city nearest the meridian described
In his grandfsther's will, Stanford hears
from fellow traveller a story having to
do with hooded mine.
CHAPTER III.-Ti,lnkipg :hinSz over,
ne begins TO Imagine there may be roats~
hing in his grandfather's bequest worth
while, his Idea finally centerinS ON the
possibility OF n mine, as safe rcposi-
tory" Recalling the narrative on th@
rain, he ascertains that his fellow trav-
eler was . mining engineer, Charles Bui',
ierton. bullerton refuses him informa1
,iou, but from ether sources Broughton,
learns enough to make him proceed to-
PIscerville. 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-|
ticai horse and dog described In his
srandfhthers will. Impressed, he leaves
the train at the next stop, Angels There
he nAds that Atropla was originally
Plscerville, his destination. Unable to-
secure conveyance at once to take him
TO Placsrvills, Broughton seizes con-
strGc;sen ear and escape !tSvlns the i'm
NeSpios On .he toxn marshal. Beasley.
;h~t ne 10 siikhtiy dementea.
CHAPTER V-Pursned, he abRndons
he ear, which Is wrecked, and escapes on
foot In the darkness, he Is oyertaken
by girl on horseback, and THE dog
,After he explains his presence she in
kltes him to k~f horse. at the Old Cinns-
bsr miRe. 10 meet her father.
CHAPTER vi.-Broughton's hosts are
Hiram Twomblys caretaker of tho mine.
Ind his daughter Jeanle. Seeing the girl.
ftanford is sausned he has located his
Aroscsty, sss Ae~< not reveal his Identity.
CHAPTER VIl.-Next morning, with
Hiram. he visits tho mine, Hiram asks
him to look over the machinery, and be
does so, glad of an excuse TO be near
Jeanie, In whom he has become Inter.
ested, and he engages in the first real
work he has ever done.
CHAPTER vIII.-BrouEhton and Hiram
get the pumps started, but are uuable to
make An impression on the water. liul-
lerton. apparently an old friend OF the
to drain Il in copsiderston of Brougb-
toms giving Inn ffty-one per cent of tina
properly. Stanford refuses Then RULER
ton efers 20 buy the mine outright for
iSAce 1t had cost Brought0n's grand
father more than half million. STAN
ford sgain refuses.
CHAPTER IX.-Jeanie cautions Brough-
tn against selling the mine. under any
hcumstsncer, and. apparently IN q. spirit
Of mischief, allows him TO kiss her. NAfter
O conversation with Daddy Hiram,
Broughton decides he will stick to the
property. .
CHAPTER X.--Next day. during Stan.
ford's temporary absence from the mine,
an enemy, without doub, Bullertou,
wrecks tho pumping machinery. Brough-
ton decides TO have II out with him next
day.
CHAPTER Xl.--ln the morning he finds
Bullerton and Jeanie have disappeared,
apparently eloped He also discovers that
his deed to the mine has been stolen, and
as It has not been recorded he has no
proof OF ownership. Mysterious actions
OF the dog cause Hiram and BroughtOn
t. ,.he Il. trsO IN search Of I~ea'H
In another half-seeUnd we were both
IN the tunnel and Daddy was heaving
the dog aside from the hole he was
paving out in the earth fall. Snatch
ing up broken-handled shovel that
the former tunnel drivers bad thrown
away, the old man flung himself nod
Iy upon TIM dir. Pie, and since there