Gunnison news-champion., 1922-02-17

where that's tetchlu Us to don't
know What your gran paw paid for the
mine. but It vas Iess.n half n million,
and | reckon be paid ever dollar Il
was worth don't your
"Doubtless be did" admitted.
So there's whore we land. be vent
Oh spsrurat.yely. Two hundred and
hfry thousand tackled onto half a mil
lion gives her u capital Of thr"e-qIar-
ters Of million sunk Ia her. FIRST and
last. Question is l. she worth itT'
vas b"sluninS TO get his Idea At
last. He vas wondering II mine
thut had ulcc sold at n top-notch
price o' half million could stand
tie Investment Of quarter Df mil.
lion additional aud ,tiI hope to be
paying proposition.
You mean that Bullertou Is rEgr-
ing ulpu sp.ud.uE quarter ot a mil
lion more un NJ qlerIrd
"Nule, reckon | can't There's too
Niger 90 the wuutpus -ouewherrs,
Stauule. as sure : you're born"
Can you carry 1t any furJherT'
Nope. reckon | can't There's too
many daurt things a-purzlIn' me.
one Of EN- is where IN sam Hm did
Charley fullerton get o.. The money
that he, nn-Hln around 30 p"acurkyT'
Il don't know where Le got 1t. bu;
he has u. al right: carries 1t with
him" said suuTiy.
Yes: hu, see here. S'annle. son.
m bet ncr dog worth n hundred dol
lars tha, It nlnt his money"
What makes you say ihutT'
We'll. FOR one ihsuE. bseugsc I know
Charley Fullerton: br"u KNOWN him
sine" Adam WIS a little boy IL knee
brccchc~ lie can, keep any money
Of his own; just naturally amt built
hathaway"
CANDLES itT' suggested.
Rig gnmbles, yes; stocks and that
sort o. truck. NJ stree: these yeller.
backs he's a-nashlu' around amt hIs'n,
not 10y q long chalk. and ID bet on H.
Somebody else Is scttlu' cm up: and
II that's 50. Stanule. there's a reason
for IT,"
Sure" / conceded Then: Could
you make n long. high, running jump
and guess at the reason. DuddyT'
Not 20 = nd hold together, I
reckon" he replied obviously But
there's n few little NOTIONS at I've
picked up from folks that's older In
this neck o. woods than au-been
here longer. The old CiunnbAr never
was what you'd call a bonanza Plen-
~ OF ore, to be- sure. but mostly low
grade, 'ccpting them rich little pockets
now and then"
Those rich pockets" put In. "a
strike OF one OF them would be about
the right time TO sell. wouldn't III"
He nodded.
You're shoutin'. now. reckon
that's about how they caught your
grnn'paw. But Buddy Fuller-he's the
'Tropia telegraph operator and a sort
o halfway nephew o. mine-says
there's more to 1t than that. Long
back couple o''yenrs r SO there was
a copper strike made In Little Cinnabar
gulch, about four mile west o. here.
and follerin' II there was a heap o.
talk about the railroad runnin'
branch to IT. That there branch, II II
was built when It's built, for It's
goIn' TO be. some day. to open them
copper mines-that there branch II 70
right along our bench within a hun
dred yards Of the old Cinnabar; 30
close you could mighty near dump
from the ore sheds into the cars"
! began to see more crookings In
the sacrifcial road over which Grand
father Jasper had been led; many
more and more devious ones.
In that case, eTen the Iow-grads
Cinnabar would come bit nearer be
Ing bonanza. wouldn't it," I asked
"She sure would, StannIe. That
long. hard wagon haul to 'Tropla was
what was putin the cuss in the cost
o handiin'."
and with the railroad right at the
door, SO to speak, II might even pay to
recapitalize nj three-qua-ters Of a mil.
Hon and drive that long drainage tun.
nel we have been figuring onr'
"Somethin' like that: yes. Can you
see any furder into the milistone7 TIL
say I've got about to the end Of my
squlntin'."
l refilled my pipe and did q bit Of
cositating. Supposing I had been the
boss hsurer in the bunch that did
Grandfather Jasper the honor to blk
him; as constituencies as that pirate,
whoever he was. and in the secret Of
the conditions as Daddy had just out
lined them. what would have doneY'
The answer came as pat as you
please. With a railroad in prospect
which would turn small profit into
big one, should quite probably
have shut the mine down to wait until
could hear the whistle of the locomo-