Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-03-02
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER 1.-Under his grandfather's
% vii, Stanford Sta Broughton. society idler:
pos,tory." latitude and longitude de-
scrioed. and that is all. It may be identi-
h hea ny the the presence nearby Of brown
dog wish s apt ta pe0 aat Slaek
and half white. Stanford at first regards
me beauest as joke. but after considera-
uon sets out to find his legacy.
CHAPTER lion his way to Denver.
the city nearest the meridian described
N. IN MS srandfather's will. Stanford hears
DO with flooded mine.
CHAPTER II1.-Thtnking things over,
ne begins to imagine there may be some.
thsing IN his grandfather's bequest worth
WINE, MS idea finally centering on the
possibility Of a mine. as safe reposi-
tory" Recalling the narrative on the
train. he ascertains that his fellow trav-
sler was 2 mining engineer. Charles Bull
! 5ao NJ but from other sources Broughton
fIacerville. In the Red desert
CHAPTER Won the station platform
at Atlopia. just as the train pulls out,
stanford sees what appear to be the iden-
lrandfather's will. Impressed, he leaves
the train at the next stop, Angels There
he finds that Atropia was originally
sacervlle. his destination. Unable to
secure conveyance at once to take him
% Placerville, Broughton SEXES q con-
preston on the town marshal. Beasley.
&c cH la FEB, y Y; he aeandons
by a girl on horseback, and THE dog.
After he explains his presence, she in
vites him to her home. at the Old CHINA
bar 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. v1I.-Next morning. with
Hiram, he visits the mine. Hiram asks
him him to look Ok over the machinery. and no
ested. and he engages in the first real
work he has ever done.
CHAPTER VII1.-Broughton and Hiram
get the pumps started. but are unable to
make an impression on the water. Bull
Twomblys, visits the mine. He offers
to drain it in consideration of Brough-
tons giving Inn fifty-one per cent Of tho
stanford nor refuses ,s Then B1lier
$4,000. 1t. had cost Broughton's grand
father more than half million. STAN
ford again refuses.
CHAPTER 1x.-Jeanie cautions Brough-
ton against selling the mine. under any
circumstances; and apparently IN spirit
Of allows to n sss her H1s
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.
1t was In tile midst of these reflec-
tiOns that CHANGED to feel in the coat
pocket where had been carrying the
deed turned over to me by Daddy
Hiram; and for the second time that
morning nearly choked. The pocket
was empty!
Whats hit you now, SOM" Daddy
inquired; seeing my jaw drop, l sup
pose.
"The last thing there was in the box
that could fall out and hit me-" CUR
gled. "Bullerton has stolen my deed
TO the Cinnabar!"
1.-THE mischief he has! Plum sure
you hain't lost it out q your pocket? p
We made sure, without the loss of
4 moment; looking in my loft sleeping
place and in the mine buildings. The
deed WAS gone, safely enough, and we
both agreed that Fullerton had had
plenty Ut chances to steal it. Wearing
overclothes while l was working about
the machinery, had often left my
coat hanging in the cabin. AS mat
ter Of fact, hadn't worn it at all on
the previous day.
well, Daddy" said I, after the pro-
longed search had proved futile
where does this leave me?"
Threshing the facts out, we soon
found where it left me. Grandfather
Jasper, as you may remember, had
made 10 mention OF the mine, or, In.
deed, of any legacy to me in his will
as it had been probated; there was nc
need of it because he had already
decided the Cinnabar to me, and at the
time of his death it was no longer
among his assets. Moreover, his law
yers had told Fullerton (according tc
BuIlerton's story told me in the Pull
man smokeroom) that there was nc
record of any mining transaction
whatever in his papers. Therefore, ir
the absence of the memorandum which
q my grandfather had given Cousit
Percy-and which Percy had doubt
less carried with him to China-ther.
was nothing but the deed to show fol
{ my ownership; absolutely nothing.
At that, the loss Of the deed wouldn'
have been fatal If the document hat
been properly recorded. 1t hadn'
& tteeeli. And now, with the unrecordet
deed gone, there was nothing to Prov
that ] had ever owned the Cinnabar
The loss was total with no insur
ance. & y
Daddy Hiram was shaking his hea,
sorrowfully after we had RIM this las