The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-13
Henderson COZ, hes shore been


blebee's nest. ] CANT see, igod, what's
wrong with this here seegyar. He's
went and brung about twenty five Tor
reys from two places knowed as Jer-
us'lem cove and Eaton, hell, to help
work his mine when he gifts it. They're
all a.puttin' up with them Balls. The
I'orreys is part Injun, Cherokee In
jun, and I've heered it said lat they
was as bad or wuss'n rattlesnake
broth" s.t.a.
Major y;radley blew a little cloud pf
smoke upw1-d. "More ofs.the game Sr
bluff. perhaps -, ne suggested. II
ti I'm sa nS|n5S e ts3Rf g. w. ,ho syaa
trouble as siohglolts we decently cans.
and when we san no longer get arounJ
it, Well dali gih 3ast much of the law;
as we can .getS and meet it half-ways
En- :Hayes?''is4n ,,ii$-3a :tt,id L IS;
'Sure," nodded the mining experts
Dale was on, his way, to the new
siding the following morning, when he
net Henderson Golf. Again Dale was
forcibly reminded Of stories he had
heard and read Of Mississippi river
steamboat gamblers Of the long ago.
GcT stepped out Of the trail, smiled
and spoke with apparent good humor.
Dale passed him without word. =.
Then the shyster coal man called
out, Ready to sell yet?" '5..5...
The Moreland Csal colnpany's man
ager halted and faced about with .
puckering Of his brows. -. :
For fair price, yes o.. !.
Just what would you call a fair
pricey' \ >5..L -. .sr%,.,' r. &...
"Oh, somewhere between two and
three hundred thousand" promptly. y:
Golf shifted, and the corners Of his
mouth came down. 80. ~. - o. -
"You don't want much. You won't
get it from me" s..s.., i r.. ".
II don't want it from YOU"
Dale turned and went on. He was
sorry that he had stopped to talk with
the fellow, -: j.. = ,,sH r..
! That. afternoon he again met Golf
in the trail. The bare sight of the:
sliyster made him very angry now, and
his right hand fell upon. the butt OF
the big revolver on his hip. Golf was
about to sidestep in the 1aurels, when
Dale caught him roughly by the arm.
"See here he said sharply, 'you've
about cut your little ,swath. We've
had enough Of you. iou can't get this
coal ut any price, and the sooner YOU
get yourself out Of this country the
better and safer it will be for you,
To be plain, I'm pretty apt to thrash
you the very next time Isee you. Now
move ont" d. . y 49,. -.
Golf went off laughing wickedly.
."Oh, ell right, Dale; go ahead and
buile taa little road for met" he said.
Isa2 Ifat night every sleeper i'll the
,vaiET ct the Doe was awakened by a
great. gambling explosion, which was
folio. &c almost Immediately by an-,
other great, rurnbling explosion. Be-
fore the reverberations had died
away, Bill Dale had dressed himself
and was standing on the syine-hung
fros.s porch, and he was only a few
seconds ahead Of. John Moreland. \
; Then there came the tearing. sound
of a. heavy explosion miles to the east
ward = $<%' tt4f@}% Y: II = r. ~ ~ +
do, We know what it Isl" inquired
the mountaineer. - " IT. :. -. ". W. -
They've stolen our dynamite from
the tobacco-barn, and blown up the Of
flee and supplies building and. the com
missary building; also they've blown
up the big trestle near the siding"
Dale answered. :. ~ ~. ~ go ''
"'At's my guess, too" said More
land. T . =" =.
Within the next half hour Dale and
Hayes, Major Bradley, and the men,
folk of the Morelands and the Little
fords had gathered around the wreck
Of the two big, unfinished frame build.
ings. Dale blamed himself much for
having left dynamite unguarded in the
tobacco-barn-but nobody else blamed
him for it.. .'~ r. - -.
Its time to let the law in," he said
when he had viewed the iu1nbled, mass
of broken planks and timbers by the
light of lanterns. He turned to stall
wart Luke Moreland. f., ....,.-p..,' .
You get on my horse: and ride to
Gainesville for the sheriff. Tell him
lie can get the best posse in the world
right here, if he needs one. It's the
proper thing, isn't it, major?" s'#.s.
EYES," said Major Bradley, "it's the
proper thing. You've got a real griev'
ance now. But Ifancy Golf had moth,
ing to. do with this; he Is shrewd
enough to know that thing like this
would cook his goose. Goff has been
playing bluff game all along, you
know. Some Balls or some Torreys,
perhaps n mixture Of both, have done
this without COTS knowing anything
about it. Id have Sheriff Flowers ar
rest several OF, the Balls and several
Of the Torreys, and try to scare them
into turning. states evidence to. save
themselves" - + ~, -.
The major finished in a. low tone,
because of the probability for caves
ldroppers, and in this he was wise. -
s.We'u do that" decided. 8
!: y He faeed Hay es, his! right-hand man,
and began to- give: orders like a vet