The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-08-15

wso wand<Qsd aDcst auacns " TED
tuhex and ~'russuns - b. hxnsei oei
th< vafteas weights ADD vaiaes r tie
erts al she pasprls~ were Ars~1A =
nm fsom shs dtrty da6xy. hln i'iis~i
r,nms o< shs SAshpaes pFcf~r. a au<sF
hight came Into The ess fcliows eyes
a. he looked into shoss ~ Relwss
fnlrvhiidL
~nanr gef 'em TOO hsgh'- he ID.
mcalsAexi fairhtld stared.
-whatr
"laop<< I've seus many a Fellow
come 10 Just Ike yoa I've been hsfs
thirty yvsr. They esii ne Old uaaes.
tsser Chssiins n
rsirAshs lAaktra
"fut i'm hnrssr~-
~Yen Sea- t'udsFtaker chsxfsne
teoked over HE glasses You're iust
Ike oil shs r~ss. You're hoplnx 1'rw
~ cus and les the oad rnaestaksr
have 4 look a or
xoher~l now. rsirshlld reached fsr
his tobacco can. which had l,eea
stufred fall Of svevs scrap of slims
that hs and AIRY had teen able ~
drag frosn the powder hnle ksiivns'
~. his drsll haa been Ia tbs nrs, what
ever II xas, for same time hsfurv he
realized n: HE can WAS heavy, e.
eecdinxsy hs~sy giving svidenc~ n
purity ~ someihing ~ ieastl hut IN
aerfnker ChxxtiDs shpak hls hsWd
~rans tels.~ Ne aanaunred "fssls
heavy. looks black and all that nat
n mighs not be anything but straight
lead With = sprlnkllax of silver And
then agana~-"
lie began 10 tinker about with iaa
pottery. Iic drsgxed out scoop from
somewhere aud prepared yafs"ais
white powders Thsn hs turned 20
the furnace. with Us hlrh.ehsmnssed
dram. aud nlltd ronsalmef WITH The
cvnsents of Tie ,obscv~ can.
~I.es 'sr roAsi. SON ~ announced
THAT. the only way LET 'er ruasi--
asd while It's getting hot. well. y"u
Just cool seur heels
Tong waiting while the eeccntrse
old assayer told dolefui tales ~ other
DAYS tales of other men who lad
rushed III. Just iIks faifshiid. slsh
their sample of ore. uniy 10 depsrt
with fne knowledge TINT shry w~re
90 richer than befor. days when the
news OF the decentralization 81 silver
swoored down upon the little town
Ike some black tornado. closing down
the mires. shutting np the garlhllne
halls AMI great saloons. mailing up she
doors even " the Salnplsr. fnr leafr
10 cosue
lie turned 10 the furnace and lonk
out ihe putisrs dish In ~hlch the
sample had been sueltlng ~hileshai
now. He eoolea /, ana tinkcrcd With
bis chemicals, he fused with hls
scales. he adjusted hix glasses. iss
cuuehesi once or twire In an elnhar
rassea manner. npaily 10 turn 70
Fairchlld,
"young man. he Queried. ~ aint
any cf my business. but where'd yau
get this ofer"
"0ut Of my mine. the blue roppyl-
"Sure yun ain't heen slsitiner
"whas DO you meany' Fairchlid
was ssarIlsf VT hish Ia wondrrmens
Old Undertaken rhhstlns rubbed his
hands on his biz apron and continued
tc look over his glasses.
"What1i you take for the Hlue
Poppy mine. Snns-
"why It's NOT for sale"
"Som II ainr Tnfng IL bc--soon r
Absolutely not" Then FnffchiIj
cnueh, the queer look IN the mans
eyes "Whai do You mean hy all
these aueetionsf ~ that good ors--
or isn't it's
"Son. just one more question and I
hope yon won't gef mad III inc Ia,
funny old fellow. And do d loi
of things thar don't seem righ, at
the beginning But I've raked ! few
Young hls~~Is IKE you fr.fn trouble
more than once. You ain's been high.
grgdIngy
"You mean
-just exactly what wander
ing around somebody eises property
and picking up few samples. ~ II
were, % inlx IN with your own prod.
ucti Or planting them where they
ran he found easily by prospective
hrrer7"