The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-09-16
Copynght By Little, Brown d Co

Fairchtld reached forth ana la1Q q
hand on the brawny one of hts part
ner.
"We're rich, Harry" he said, richer
than 1 ever dreamed ~e could be. The
ores as good as that Of the Silver
Queen"
1.-THE bloody ell it is :" Then Harry
dropped back on his pillow for long
time and simply grinned at the cell
ing Somewhat anxious, Fairchild
leaned forward, but his partners eyes
were open and smiling. I'm just let
ting it sink In :" he announced, and
Fairchild was silent, saving his ques-
tons until sit" had sunk. Then:
you were saying something about
that fissure?"
But there is other things first.
After you went to the assayers, L
fooled around there in the chamber,
and 1 thought I'd just take flyer and
blow up them 'Oles that I'd drilled in
the 'anging wall at the same time that
| shot the other So I put in the
powder and fuses, tamped 'em down
and then I thinks, thinks l, that there's
somebody moving around In the drift.
But | didn't pay any attention to it
you know. | was busy and all that,
and you often ear noises that sound
funny. SO I set 'em Off-that is, / lit
the fuses and I started to run. Well,
'adn't any more'n started when
bloeyy-y-y, right in front of me, the
whole world turned upside down, and
l felt myself knocked back into the
| chamber And there was them fuses.
| All of 'em burning. Well, l managed
| to pull out the one from the foot wall
and stamp it out, but didn't ave time
| to get at the others. And the only
| place where there was chance for
me was clear at the end Of the cham
| Der. Already l was bleeding like a
stuck hog where a whole. 'arf noun
| tain 'ad it me on the 'ead, and /
| didn't know much what / was doing. l
just wanted to get behind something
! that's all l could think of So l SHE'D
| for that assure In the rocks and
! crawled back in there, trying to
squeeze as far along as 1 could. And
| 'ere's the funny part of it kept on
| gOing!'
You what?"
Kept on going I'd always thought
it was just a place where the 'anging
, wall 'ad slipped, and that it stopped
q few feet back But it don't-it goes
ON. I crawled along it as fast as I
could was about woozy, anyway
: and by and by I card the shots go off
TOx,A
in going back-the tunnel was caved
j In. SO [ kept on.
After while, I ran into stream of
water that came out of the inside of
the I'll somewhere, and I took a drink.
| 1t gave me a bit Of strength. And
then kept on some more-until all of
a sudden, l slipped and fell, just when
1 was beginning to see dyelight. And
that's all I know. 'Ow long ave
| been gomez?
Long enough to make me gray
headed" Fairchild answered with a
little laugh. Then his brow furrowed
You say you slipped and fell just as
| YOU were beginning to see daylight"
Yes. 1t looked like it was reflected
from below, sOmewyes."
Fairchild nodded.
isn't there quite a spring right by
Crazy Iunra's house?"
| yes; it keeps going all year
there's a current and it don't freeze
IN, II comes out like it was water
fall-and there's a roaring noise be
ind it
Then that's the explanation. YOU
followed the fissure until it Joined the
natural tunnel that the spring has
made through the hills And wher. yor
reached the waterfall-well, you fel
with it,
"But CIV did get ere?'
Briefly Faircniid told him, while
Harry paved at his still magnificent
musta2he. Robert continued:
But the times not ripe yet Harry
to spring il. We've got to find on
more about Rodaine first and wha
ether tricks he's been up to. Ant
we've got TO get other evidence thar
merely our own word. For instance
n this case. YOU can't remember any
1 thing. All the testimony l could Civ,
would be unsupported. They'd run M
out of town if I even tried to start an,
s1ch accusation. But one things cer
tain: We're on the open road at last
We know who we're fighting and tn
l weapons he fights with. And if we'r
only given enough time, we'll VIII
liz I'm going home to bed now
I've got to he up early in the mornin
and get hold Of Farrell. Your cas-
comes up at court
AMI III NJ II ii 'oSpftal!'
W Inch fact the court the next morr
liz recognized. On The testimony {
: the inferno the pily and the da