Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-03-16

ne begins to imagine there may be some.
thing In his grandfather's beQuest worth
while. his idea finally centering on the
possibility of mine. as a safe reposi-
train, he ascertains that his fellow trav-
eler was 2 mining engineer. Charles Bull
!erton; Fullerton refuses him informa-
learns enough to make him proceed to
Placerville. In the Red desert.
Ct Atropia. Just as the train pulls out.
Stanford sees what appear to be the iden-
tlcal horse and dog described in his
ss tlaa st b will he
he finds that Atropia was originally
Placerville. his destination. Unable to
secure a conveyance at once to take him
preston on the town marshal, Beasley.
that he IL slightly demented.
&C CHAPTER v.-Pursued. he abandons
f Sy In the he !, oyer aa
yites him to her home. at the Old CHINA
par mine. to meet her father.
CHAPTER v1-Broughton's hosts are
Hiram Twombly. caretaker Of the mine.
and his daughter Jeanne. Seeing the GIRL
Stanford 10 satisfied he has located his
property. but does not reveal his identity.
CHAPTER vII.-Next morning. with
Hiram. he visits the mine. Hiram asks
him to look over the machinery. and he
Jeanie. in whom he has become inter.
ested. and he engages In the first real
work he has ever done.
CHAPTER vI11-Broughton and Hiram
get the pumps started. but are unable to
make an impression on the water. Bull
ys t IN old na end ID Of the
to drain 1t in consideration. Of Brough-
tons giving hm afty-one per cent Of the
$4,000. 1t had cost Broughton's grand
father more than half q million. Stan
ford again refuses.
CHAPTER Ix-Jeanie cautions Brough-
circumstance. and. apparently in a spirit
= 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 doubt Fullerton.
wrecks the pumping machinery. Brough-
ton decides to have it out with him next
day.
CHATTER Kiln the morning he finds
Fullerton and jeanne have disappeared,
his deed to the mine has been stolen. and
As it has not been recorded, he has no
proof Of ownership; Mysterious actions
to tak AK the The trail in search Of JEANNE.
CHAPTER x11.-They ind Jeanie's
Wien they get back to the cabin. Buifier.
ton Is there. apparently awaiting their
return.
During the night the scoundrels had
laid a pipe line from the pump In the
boiler shed alongside Of our prison
fortress; this with an upright extern
sion on the business end Of 1t. At the
top Of the sandpipe stem there was an
elbow with short joint Of pipe
screwed into 1t to point our way; and
on the end Of this nozzle there was
piece Of rubber hose. Under the jerky
impulses Of the pump strokes this aex-
tble extension Of the nozzle topped
up and down and around and side
wise. like the nose Of q patent lawn
sprinkler; and there you are-or there
we were.
"Gosh-to- Solomon Daddy splut-
tered, 1--WE amt on the water wagon
we're spank inside Of It! Are you re-
memberin', Stannie, that they can keep
this gosh-dum thing up f'rever? All in
the world they've got to do Is to put
stick O. wood on the fire now and
then! Say, son; they got us goin' and
comm; we can't eat, and we can't
sleep no more. whatever!"
"By heavens, own those boilers,
and If could get-a stick of dynamite
under 'em, I'd fix the fellow that's fir-
ing 'em!" shivered; and then the
bright idea was born. ""Say, Daddy,
we can stop it," yelled: and Just
then the water devil outside made an.
other fiendish flop and got me square.
ly In the face. -
& But 1t didn't drown the bright fdea.