The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-10-12

SYNOPSIS

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0HAPTm Lat ,ThorHtoa Fairchild's
40Ath his son Robert learils there has
hitch for almost thirty years has caused
Mn suffering. The secret N limited ut
p 4 document left by the elder Fair
md, which also informs Robert ne -
tedo. ana advising 5hAna 70 sss Henry
Bearnish. q lawyer. Al zrI NJ !
CHAPTER 1I.-Beamish tails Robert his
fsht miles from Denver. He also warns
him against q certain rnan. ''6quint" Ro-
falne. his fathers enemy. Robert decides
to 81 10 Ohadi. s. M. az ID
4 CHAPTER III.-on the road TO- ohadi
from Denver Fairchild assists . girl. ap-
parently IN q frenzy Of haste, 70 change
q tire or her auto. When she q LETT,
the sheriff and a posse appear, In pur-
suit Of a bandit. Fairchild bewilde red.
Inisleads them az TO the direction the
GirlS had taken. - .~f1-'"
i CHAPTER Iv.-At Ohadis Fairchild ID
warmly | greeted by Mother. Howard,
boa rding-house keeper, for his fathers
axe. ~ + = ~ (.
= CHAPTER v.-Frona Mother Howard.
Fa'rchild learns something Of the mystery
connected with the disappearance Of isis
sle'' Larsen, his fathers co-worker In
tae rnine He meets the girl he had as
Asted. but she. denies her identity. She
Anita Richmond, Judge Richmond's
daughter. III J. g. ,
CHAPTER vI.-visitins his claim. FAIL
csfald IL Swallowed by . man he recog-
1nages from descriptions as 'Suuint" Ro-
daine. Back in Ohadt. his fathers old
ftaead, Harry Harkins.. : c%ornishman.
hsD Fairchfld. halls him with JOY.
CHAPTER vn.-The pair find the mine
M&oded and AVE not sufficient funds to
hexe Il pumped dry: Later In the lay
practically saw Harkins fall into the
Aeedsd mine. and evidently n drowned.
eraI favorite., the entire population turns
out to clear the flooded mine. When
b work is practically done. Harry ap-
pears. apparently surprised At III tur-
oost to himself or. Fairchild. and the men
take 1t as a good joke. -, t
CHAPTER rx.LFairchild learns that
Judge Richmend Is dying, and that he
and Anita are In the power of the Ro-
Haines. They begin. as partners. to work
the mine. In their hearts both fear. Lar
N00 WAS kItlcu Oy lEOELItON FA1TCIIlu anu
his body buried by a cave-in which de-
stroyed the mine: At the "old Times
Bali" Fairchiid dances with Anita, to
The discontinue of Maurice Rodaine. son
: the G s'r'. A s sRRSs' holds ds a % the s"s a e
ind shoots = uaerrymaker. Maurice Ro-
dame claims he recognized the bandit as
Harkins. The latter Is arrested. Fair
hsiiying of the two Rodaines,. n Is
Anysttfed at Anita's apparent ingratitude.
She glanced duicaay toward the
door. Maurice Rodalne was SIN talk.
Ing, and sFairchild saw q little CLEAN
come into her eyes-the CLEAN that
shows when a woman decides to make
SOLE olH -aY for rud"n"ss.
Some Way, as through q haze, he
saw her. Some way he realized that
now and then his hand touched hers,
and that once, as they whirled about
the room, in obedience to the monarch
on, the fiddler's rostrum, his arm was
about her waist, and her head touching
his shoulder, It made little difference
whether the dance calls were obeyed
after that. Fairchild was making up
for all the years he had plodded, all
the years In which he had known moth
ing but a slow, grubbing life, living
them all again and rightly. In the few
swift moments Of q dance. 49,.
! The music ended, and laughing they
returned to the side Of the hail. Out
OF the haze he heard words, and knew
indIstinctly that they were his own:
sWill-wiIl you dance with me again
tonight?" i = .
Selfish |" she chided. $y@s
''But will your" * 49,
For justla moment her. eyes grew
serious. Il ~ lEHs
i @Did you ever realize that we've
never been introducedt'
Fairchild was finding more converse.
ti0n than he ever had believed pos
EsSbie. r. '> j
Is 'No-but / realize that I don't care
if youTl forgive tt. L-believe that
I'm q gentleman"
Isl do Tor I wouldn't have danced
with you" ~ u ss#b6 n
Then please" q
s q Pardon me- She had laid. ashand
on his arIlSfor Just Ia moIlentf then
hurried away. Fairchild saw that she
was approaching young Rodaine,
scowling in, the background. That per
son shot an angry remark at her as
she approached and followed it with
streaming sentences. Fairchild knew
the reason. I Jealousy Complies, re,
turning from the dance floor, jostled
against him, but he did not move. He
notwithstanding for the outcome
of the quafrel--and in a moment 1t
came. Anita Richmond turned swiftly.
her dark eyes ablaza,s her pretty lips
set and firm. She looked anxiously
about her, sighted FairchiId, and then
started toward him, while he advanced
to meet her.
sn I y es, J was her brief announcement.
dance the next one with you. u /
s And the next after that7'
Again: Selfish !'f
But Fairchild did not appear to
hear. OH W. zs5 Nh
A third dance and q fourth, while
m the intervals Fairchild's eyes sought
nut the sulk.y, sullen form Of Maurice
I Rodaine, flattened against the wall,
eyes evil, mouth I straight line. and
M blackness ot hate d~iscoloring hin
face. 1t was 10 90 much wine Ia Fair
cAiid he fNlt himself really young for
"a 1rststiine n his liz. And as the