American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-08-12

Pardon me-" she began but would
you care to buy a ticket to the Old
Tines dancer It's sort Of munich.
pal thing. gotten up by the bureau Of
mines --to celebrate the return of Sill
yer mining"
PUTIN afraid I'm not much on
dancing"
''You don't have to be. Nobody'll
dance much--except the old-fashioned
afSairn You see. everybody's supposed
to represent people Of the days when
things were booming around here.
There1l be fiddle orchestra, and q
dance caller and everything like that,
and 4 bar-but Of course therein only
he Imitation liquor. But" she added
with quick emphasis, "thereTl b Z ~
Of things really reai--real keno and
roulette and everything like that, and
everybody in the costume Of thirty or
forty years ago. Don't you want to
buy Q ticketi It's the last one I've
got !" she added prettiiy.
'When's II to ber'
"A week from tomorrow night. Are
You going to be here that longr'
She realized the slip Of her tongue
and colored slightly. Fairchild, recov-
cred now. reached into a pocket and
carefully fingered the bills there.
Then, with quick motion. as he
- ---.n forth. he covered . zen.
dollar bill with q one dollar note and
thrust them forward.
Eyes. I'll take the ticket"
She handed Il to him. thanked lin.
and reached for the money. As II
passed into her hand. corner Of he
ten-dollar bill revealed Itself, and she
hastily. thrust 1t toward him as
though to return money paid by mis-
take. Just as quickly. she realized
his purpose and withdrew her hand.
"Ohw she exclaimed, almost in Q
whisper, II understand" She flushed
and stood second hesitant, fiustered,
her big eyes almost childish az they
looked w into his. "You-you must
think Tn a cad!" Then she whirled
and left the store. and slight smile
came to the lips Of Robert Fairchild
az he watched her hurryIng across the
street. He had won q tiny victory, 1t
least,
With new enthusiasm, a greater
desire than ever to win out in the
nght which had brought him to Ohadi,
he hurried to the courthouse and the
various technicalities which must be
COPIED with before he could really call
the Blue Poppy mine his own.
Il was easier than he thought A
few signatures. and ne was free to
wander through town to where idleru
had pointed out Kentucky gulch and
to begin the steep ascent up the mar.
row road on 4 tour Of prospecting
that would precede the more legal and
more safe system Of a surveyor.
TIE ascent was almost sheer IN
places, for in Kentucky gulch thu
hills huddled close to the little towr
and rose In precipitous inclines a.
most before the city limits had beer
reached. He stepped aside to allow
the passage Of ore-laden automobile
trucks. loaded until the springs had
fiattened and until the engines howlet
with their compression as they sought
to hold back their burdens on the
steep grade. And II was as he stoo(
there, watching the big vehicles trave
down the mountain side that Fair
child caught a glimpse of human
figure which suddenly darted behind {
clump Of scrub pine and skirted fal
to one side, taking advantage of ever!
covering. A new beat came int
Fairchild's heart He took to the roat
again, Flooding upward, seemingly ,
man entirely bereft of suspicion. 4
quarter of n mile he went. n half
Once, as the road turned beside I
great rock. he sought It's shelter an,
looked back The figure still was fol
lowing, running carefully now alonI
the bank of the stream In an effOr
to gain as much ground as possible
before the return of the road to opel
territory should bring the necessity o
caution again.
, A mile more. then. again in the shel
ter Of rocks. he swerved and sought
! hiding place, watching anxiously fror
, his conceniment for evidences OF dis
covery. There were none. The shad
over came on, displaying more an
more caution as he approached tn
, rocks, glancing hurrledly about hir
; as he moved swiftly from cover I
/ cover. ClOser--closer-- Fairchil
, repressed gasp. The man was OLE
I almost white-haired, with hard, kno
. ted hands which seemed to stand ou
, from his wrists; thin and wiry wit
: the resiliency that outdoor, hardene
/ muscles often give TO age, and wit
!. a face that held Fairchiid almost hyI
NOTICED. II was like hawks; hool
beaked. colorless toneless In oil e,
A pressions save that Of maliciou
tenacity; the eyes were slanted unit
I they resembled those OF some fanta
! tic Chinese image. while just abo,
the curving nose a blue-white SCI
/. ran straight up the forehead. --SquiI
!. Rodalnei
|. SO he was ON the trail ALREADY
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