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The Hope pioneer., 1922-11-23
CHAPTER XVI

It was as though shades Of the past
had come to life again, to repeat in
the Twentieth century a happening of
the Nineteenth. There was only one
difference-no form of dead man
now lay against the foot wall, to rest
there more than score Of years un-
til 1t should come to light, a pile of
bones in time-shredded clothing. And
as he thought Of it, Fairchild remem-
bered that the earthly remains of
"Sissie" Larsen had lain within almost
few feet of the spot where he had
drilled the prospect hole into the foot
wall, there to discover the ore that
promised bonanza.
But this time there was nothing and
no clue to the mystery of Harry's
disappearance. Fairchild suddenly
strengthened with an idea. Perhaps,
after all, he had been on the other
side of the cave-in and had hurried
on out of the mine. But in that event.
would be not have waited for his re-
turn, to tell him of the accident? How
ever, it was chance, and Fairchild
took 1t. Once more he crawled through
the hole that he had made in the cave
in and sought the outward world.
Then he hurried down Kentucky
gulch and to the Sampler. But Harry
had not been there. He went through
town, asking questions, striving his
best to shield his anxiety, cloaking his
queries under the cover of cursory re-
marks Harry had not been seen. At
last, with the coming of night, he
turned toward the boarding house, and
on his arrival, Mother Howard, sight
ing his white face, hurried to him.
"Have you seen Harry?' he asked.
"No-he hasn't been here"
1t was the last chance. Clutching
fear at his heart, he told Mother How
ard of the happenings at the mine,
quickly, as plainly as possible. Then
once more he went forth, to retrace
his steps to the Blue Poppy, to buck
the wind and the fine snow and the
high, piled drifts, and to go below. But
the surroundings were the same: still
the cave-in, with its small hole where
he had torn through it, still the rag
ged hanging wall where Harry had
fred the last shots of dynamite in his
Investigations, still the trampled bit
of fuse with its cap attached. Moth
ing more.
Back into the black night, with the
winds whistling through the pines.
Back to wandering about through the
hills, hurrying forward at the sight
of every faint, dark object against
the snow, in the hope that Harry,
crippled by the cave-in, might have
some way gotten out of the shaft.
But they were only boulders or logs
or stumps Of trees. At midnight,
Fairchild turned once more toward
town and to the boarding house. But
Harry had not appeared. There was
only one thing left to do.
This time, when Fairchild left
Mother Howard's, his steps did not
lead him toward Kentucky gulch. In.
stead he kept straight on up the
street, past the little line of store
buildings and to the courthouse, where
he sought out the sole remaining light
In the bleak, black juilding-Sherln
Bardwell's Office. That parsonage was
nodding In his chair, but removed his
feet from the desk and turned drow.
silly a. Fairchild entered
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fore. shutting off the chamber from
communication with the shaft, tearing
and rending the new timbers which
had been placed there and imprison-
Ing Harry behind them!
Fairchild shouted again and again,
only gaining for his answer the ghost
like echoes of his own voice as they
Travelled to the shaft and were thrown
back again. He tore off his coat and
cap, and attacked the tlmbers like the
iear-maddened man he was, dragging
them by superhuman force out of the
way and clearing path to the refuse
Hours passed. while the sweat
poured from his forehead and his
muscles seemed to tear themselves
loose from their fastenings with the
s1srdon that was placed upen them.
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CHAPTER xv-continued.
~

"Well, Son, now you can hurry back
and begin cutting into a fortune. If
that veins only four inches wide,
you've got plenty to keep you for the
rest Of your life. Run along"
. And Fairchild "ran." Whistling and
happy, he turned out Of the office of
the Sampler and into the street, his
coat open, his big cap high on his
head, regardless Of the sweep of the
cold wind and the fine snow that 1t
carried on It's icy breath. The wait
ing Of months was over, and Fairchild
ut last was beginning to see his
dreams come true.
SO this was the reason that Rts
daine had acknowledged the value of
the mine that day in court! This
was the reason for the mysterious
offer Of fifty thousand dollars and for
the later one Of nearly quarter of a
million! Rodaine had known; Ro-
daine had information, and Rodalne
had been willing to pay to gain pos
session Of what now appeared to be a
bonanza. But Rodaine had failed.
And Fairchild had won!
Won! But suddenly he realized that
there was blankness about it all.
He had won money, 1t is true. But
all the money in the world could not
free him from the taint that had
been left upon him by coroner's
investigation, from the hint that still
remained in the recommendation of
the grand jury that the murder of
Slssie Larsen be looked into further.
Nor could 1t remove the stigma of the
four charges against Harry, which
soon were to come to trial, and with
out a bit Of evidence to combat them.
Riches could do much-but they could
not aid In that particular, and some
what sobered by the knowledge, Fair
child turned from the main road and
on up through the high-piled snow
to the mouth of the Blue Poppy mine.
A faint acrid odor struck his nos
trils as he started to descend the
shaft, the perfume Of exploded
dynamite, and it sent anew into Fair
,child's heart the excitement and in
tensity of the strike. Evidently Harry
had shot the deep hole, and now, there
in the chamber, was examining the
result. which must, by this time, give
some idea Of the extent of the ore and
the width Of the vein. A moment more
and he had reached the bottom, to
leap from the carrier, light his car.
bide lamp which hung where he had
left it on the timbers, and start for.
ward.
The odor grew heavier. Fairchild
held his light before him and looked
far ahead, wondering why he could
not see the gleam from Harry's lamp
He shouted. There was no answer
and he went on.
Fifty feet! Seventy-five feet! Then
he stopped short with gasp. Twisted
and torn before him were the timbers
Of the tunnel, while muck and refuse
lay everywhere, A cave-in-another
cave-in-at almost the exact spot
where the one had occurred years be.
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Counter.Threat.

Little Tommy Boggs and the boy
next door were having a row in the
back yard. The neighbor had thrown
a stone at Tommy, and the latter was
making divers threats. "If you throw
another stone at me-" he finally yelled,
"Pll set my dog on you"
'You will, will you?" retorted the
neighbor. "Just you come into my
yard and I'll sick my mother ou yuul'
Philadelphia Press.
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nounced. ut takes a six-foot hole
to reach 1t, and we can have the whole
story by morning. Let's gol"
Along the great length of the foot
wall, extending all the distance of the
big chamber, the men began their
work, five men to the drills and as
many to the sledges, as they started
their double-jacking. Midnight came
the first of the six-foot drills sank ia
its ultimate depth. Then the second
and third and fourth; finally the fifth
They moved on. Hours more of work
and the operation hat been repeated.
The workmen hurried for the powder
house, far down the drift, by the shaft
Juggling back in their pockets the vel.
low, candle-like sticks of dynamite,
with their waxy wrappers and their
gelatinous contents, together with
fuses and caps. Crimping nippers-
the inevitable accompaniment of q
miner-came forth from the pockets
of the men. Careful tamping, then
the men took their places at the fuses.
"Give the word!" one of them an
nounced crlsply as he turned to Fair.
child. each Of us'll light one of
these things, and then say we'll run
Because this Is going to be some ex.
plosion!"
Fairchild smiled the smile of a man
whose heart is humping at its maxi
mum speed. Before him in the long
line of the foot wall were ten holes,
"upholes," downs and Swimmers" I"
attacking the hidden ore in every di.
rection. Ten holes drilled six feet
into the rock and tamped with double
charges Of dynamite. He straight
ened.
"All right, men! Ready?"
"Ready"
''Touch 'em orr
The carbide lamps were held close
to the fuses for second. Soon they
were all going, splitting like SO many
venomous, angry serpents-but neither
Fafrchild nor the miners had stopped
to watch. They were running as hard
as possible for the shaft and for the
protection that distance might give. A
walt that seemed ages. Then:
"One!"
"And two-and three!"
"There goes four and fve-they
went together!"
en-eight-nine-"
Again a wait, while they looked al
one another with vacuous eyes. A
long interval until the tenth.
"Two went together then thought
we'd counted nine7" The foreman
stared, and Fairchild studied. Then
his face lighted.
have set of the charge that Harry lef,
in there. All the better-it gives vi
just that much moro of q chance"
Back thay went along the drift tun
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cuticura soothes Baby Rashea

That itch and burn, by hot baths
of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe-
cially if a little of the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum is busted on at the fin
ish. 25c each.-Advertisemen
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FOREIGN and Domestic.

DO you think people are as appre-
hensive as they used to be of foreign
entanglements?
"No," replied Senator Sorghum.
Divorce sensations. not to mention
murder mysteries, appear to have GEN.
tered the popular mind on domestic en-
tanglements."
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(To BE coNr1NUED.)
What Makes Town Llxsabls

We'd rather 60 out and camp alonk
some running stream, where at least
the birds would affect some sign Of
friendliness and neighborliness, than
hang our hat in house located among
people who have forgotten how to
smile. and how to visit among each
other as our forefathers did.
The Hope pioneer., 1922-11-23

Some Fish Deadly.
No known land animal has naturally
poisonous flesh. There are. however
aavaral nah whose fesh IL dsadly.
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- Ovsf tie fSet that Un-I
fali Of song birds. He wishes,
70 have people who said Union

4 Lett me- give you another reason!
Nltn 81 Gypsy person is taken sick
wsa put on one side for his use a
riats,. knife, fork and spoon, II we are
16stunste enough To- possess these
things, and when he or she recovers
we destroy or bury them, they have
bssoms, in,the Gypsy language "chtck-
y" .whieh means unclean. II per-
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FROM Gypsy TENT TO PULPIT

was speaking some time ago on
TINS subject, and, there were several
small Children IN tina audience. be-
, Kan BY asking the children to tell me
u they knew what Gypsy was. One
little fellow raised his hand and. said,
Please air, q Gypsy Is wild man. !"
Another little fellow said, "a GYPSY
isa wanderer." A, little girl said
"A Gypsy is fortune, teller" An
other boy said, please sir, a Gypsy
IL 2 loafer." And still another boy
said, Please, sir, a Gypsy is man
,,who swipes kids"
There are as near as we know be.
keen three and four millions of Gym.
ttes In the world today. In England
we have between. thirty and forty
thousand. Just think Of living In a.
community with forty thousand peo-
PIE with no Bibles, NO schools, no
preachers and nc teachers! And if
you can imagine that, then you will
know something Of the condition of
the Gypsy people in England up to a
few years ago. People often ask me,
Where do the Cypsies come FRONT"
Nobody knows. There is not q scholar
In the world today who can tell us
exactly the origin Of the Gypsy race.
encyclopedias .difter,. but we are not
20 much concerned where, we came.
from, as to where we are going.
Some people seem to think that, they,
originally came from Egypt, others
that they came from India, but they
canno* prove It. We believe that the
Gypsies are one Of the lost tribes of
Israel, and while Of course. we cannot
prpves it, yet want to give you one
or two reasons why we believe so:
First Of all, there were lost tribes,
and as yet nobody has. located them.
Then II you take Q hundred Of our
people prUmiscuously, you will find
that 85Ap per cent Of them have Bible
names. My grandfather is named Cor
rseafas, my uncle, my fathers only
brother is named Ezekiel; my sister
is4 named Rhoda Zillah, and have q
great. who was named Bartholo-
r,ew; who. had In his, famil, children,
BY the name Of Ruth, Naes ii, Elisha,
Ezekiel, and then Samson and Delilah
In the same family. Where do they
s.kthsse pamssf. Certainly not from
the Bible, They could not read BIZ,
htaH they had; ONE. The Gypsies,
nHithkrpreade nor write. And. do you
lmuws thare II only, one race in the
sscrlde tcisys having Bible names in
e3syentiretys and that is, the Jewish
,natinRa Then4 II f,wesare not. Jews, we.
munts hayea GOMEZ from tie country
whsra. .thsse, ,names we're used. Again
thu Gzpsiesvhsve mo- religion, yet they
harstlearnedSt that back of the, world is,
q fhrsts canse which controls the uni /,
vessesi This fist cause they have,
learned to call Ced- They believe thati
this Goodwill punish all those who dol
wrong, and reward all those who do,
right and wrong comes from the laws
Of thn eountry through which they are,
travelling, and dictated by their own,
eonsciences AMI yet a Gypsy would
mt take .. horse to the brook on thel
Sabbath day for water II he could get
sn3gsa on on Saturday sy , and hold II over,
~ haa :" sS W
ne French commandant of Adrian
2, Colonel Uoar, accompanied bv
omcers, officially called on Tapir
turned over to him the city and
eastern Thrace. The day pass
quiesly. Untoward events were
tely lackjnr.
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Pnien Full Of Song Birds

1g Idnslsy says one of the chief
snts derived from the meetings
cicsed u the fact that the meet.
ana u kai68 sfla ss,a. wfiaee afiae saian.we
do with hint" Moses and Aaron
said, 1--WE do not know, but we will
70 and ask jehovah" And Jehovah
said; "Take him outside the camp and
stone. him to death, he has broken
the Sabbath day" If you ask the
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home sometimes when no one was
looking. would like. to say here
that I think my father lived closer
to Jesus than any man I ever knew.
The Gypsies are what you would call
in America, peddlers. They make
clothepins from the willows, and bas-
Eets from the short underbrush, and.
they recane chairs. The father is US
ually the manufacturer, while the
mother and the children are the
salespeople. The girls usually travel
with q basket OH their arm filled with
all kinds Of notions that women need
in the home. This isi very often a
blind, because Gypsy girl likes to-
tell fortunes, and. can make more
money telling fortunes. in an .nour
than she can make in legitimate trad
ing a day.
But let me tell you the change that
came into our family. The eldest
daughter, a beautiful girl, was taken
i'll. The Gypsy women are skilled in
the use Of herbs, and my grandmother
gave her what local remedies she knew
Of, but she gradually got worse. One
day my grandmother said to my
grandfather, emily is getting worse,
and don't know just what ails here,
we had better 60 into town and see
a doctor" They pulled her into q
little town by thesname Of Baldock, in
Hedtfordshire, and stopped the wagon
opposite Doctors house.
viii you let me describe. wagon
to you Z It is complete house stand
ing on four wheels, the steps going
UP to the. doors through the shafts.
There are two large berths at the
farther end of the wagon, and there
is plenty Of room for the father and
mother and four children to sleep,
while the children are small. When
they get bigger they take tent for
the older children to sleep in. There
is little window nicely curtained on
each side Of the wagon, and on one
side a table, and on the other side a
cooking stove with an oven to bake
in. All the utensils they use are
made Of solid copper. The Gypsy wo-
men are superstituious, and will not
use utensils, that are made Of iron,
tin or galvanized. In each corner Of
the wagon near the door is little
china-closet with glass door, where
the Gypsy woman keeps what posses
sions that she has, in the way OF
chinseor glass. There is q nice ear.
pet on the floor, and the sides and
roof Of the wagon inside are covered
with a. thick, dark blaze to keep out
the inclement weather. That Ia q
Gypsy wagon, or as we would say ir
the Gypsy language, q "Romany
Tan"
q My grandfather went up TO the door
OF the Doctors house, rang the bell
and when the doctor came to the door
he said, "What can do for you :" MY
grandfather said, II want you to come
into our wagon and see our sick
child" The doctor climbed up the
s steps d. ,the wagon and looked In
' through the open door and beckoned
to the sick girl TO get out Of the bed
and come to the door, he would no.
! gosinto' the home. because It was only
a Gypsy home, and who wants Gyp-
sy,, anywayf Az the sick girl stood
in her night robe, with the March
biting winds playing around her, the
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viz SSSoHtOIS tISe. ne ulQnL make
haste; and there was not any joy to it.
When he reached the bottom the
farmer got hold Of him by the ear.
When anybody gets hold you like that,
you know they are mighty glad to see
you, and you always want to go the
same way they are going. He pulled
my father over to tree that had a
sign nailed on it and said, "Can you
read that7" My father said, "No, sir;
I do not know how to read" "Well,'
the farmer said, 'T will read it for
you. 'Whosoever is found trespass-
ing on this property will be prose-
cuted. Do you know who 'whosoever'
neans7" My father said, "No, sir"
"Yoa will befo:e I get through with
you," replied the farmer, and he start
ed across the field pulling my father
rith him, still holding on to his ear,
Sometimes. my fathers feet were clean
on the ground and he was protesting
and crying, and promising that he
would never 60 near the orchard
again 1.-THE farmer would only let him
offs Eventually the farmer did let
HIM OF, but he let him of with a eau
tion.y He threw an old shoe at him.
The New York herald., 1922-04-11
FEWER MEN WANT
WORK ABOARD SHIPS
Traffic Through Port Hire
ShoWs Gain for March.

Fewer seamen are seeking work cur
rently than at any other period in
recent months. say shipping men in
touch with the employment situation.
a shortage of marine labor is said to
exist along the Atlantic Coast, excepting
in New York, where plenty of men are
available.
That there Is real difficulty in sign
Ing on Americans for unlicensed occu-
pations is shown by the sea service
bureau of the Shipping Board. which
never accepts aliens when II is possible
TO obtain citizens. Early in the year
Americans placed by the bureau COM
prised 9S per cent. of the total enroll
mcnt. whereas in March, for which the
figures were made public yesterday, the
proportion was 92.2 per cent.
This decline was due 20 the difficulty
In obtaining Americans to work at the
new scale Of wages, which went into
effect last month. The Shipping Boards
scale provides for s55 month for able
seamen. and that of the American
Steamship Owners Association for
s4T.50.
In explanation OF the decline in the
number of men ION the beach" 1t was
said that increased industrial activity on
land has enabled many of the men to
obtain employment at higher wages than
they could get at sea. and also that
there has been a real increase in marine
activity. The Shipping Board alone
placed about thirty additional ships in
service in March.
Custom House records for the port OF
New York reliable index OF maritime
activity. show that in March 462 ves-
sells. aggregating 1.T0S.727 net tons. en-
tered from foreign countries. as COM
pared with f14 of 1.54S.412 tons the
previous month. Clearances were 4s4
vessels of 1.s29.016 net tons. an in
crease from 391 vessels Of 1.533.163 tons
In February. The total gain in traffic
was 456.16S tons.
The Sea Service Bureaus March
record showed 6.7SS officers and men
placed. decline from 1882, but this
did not represent an actual decline in the
employment of men. 1t was explained
that there was an unusually small
turnover in the month"; as many men
signed on in February stayed by their
ships in March. and therefore were not
reemployed. The records do notoshow
the total number OF men on ships pay
rolls at any given time.
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WIRELESS REPORTS.

str Algeria (Br), Glasgow for New YORK
is expected to dock at pier "a. North River,
foot OF West 18th street. Thursday forenoon.
Str Carmania (Br). Naples. &C, for New
York, is expected to arrive Friday.
Str Estonia (Dan). Danzig for New YORK.
was expected to reach Halifax Monday
night: win probably arrive In New York
Thursday morning and dock at pier .. Bush
Docks, Brooklyn.
Str vandyck (Br). Buenos Aires, &c. for
New York. is expected to dock at pier ",
Hoboken about o 80 AN Tuesday.
Str Stockholm (Sw) Gothenburg for New
York, Is expected TO reach Quarantine tues
day night and dock at pier 97, North River.
foot OF West J7th street, about o;3o AN
Wednesday.
str Megali Helas tGreek), Patras. &c, ior
New York. is expected to dock at pier -,
Brooklyn, Wednesday forenoon.
str Homeric (Br) SOUTHAMPTON. &c. Tor
New York, is expected to reach Quarantine
about q PM Wednesday and dock at pier as,
North River foot of West 18th street, ABOUT
o 80 AM Thursday.
Str Winifredian tBr). from Liverpool. was
4S0 miles from Boston at noon sunday
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ARRIVED.

Str Mount Clay. Hamburg March 20. 10
the United American Lines. with six cabin.
PA third class passengers, malls and mdse.
Went 70 pier SO. North River
Str Acropoiia, varna March 4. Constanza
4th. constantinople 9Th. Piraeus 9TH and
ratras 18th. 10 the American Black Sea
' ne, with 80 cabin. 100 steerage passengers,
mai lis and mdse. Went 20 pier "a. Brooklyn
str Maine. London March 27, TO the At
lsntic Transpor' Line. with mdse. Went to
pier SO, Nortf Ter.
str Port Augua Br), London March %.
{, Funch. Edge 4 o. with mdse. Went to
pier IL. North River.
Str wabasha trr). Portland. Eng March
% 10 the Standard OIL Co OF New York, in
ballast. Proceeded TO Norfolk, Va
Union Petroleum Co, In ballast Went to
pier 3, Bayonnc. NJ.
Str r Williams, Copenhagen March %.
Str Yankee Arrow, Hamburg March 20. to
Standard on co of New York, In ballast
Anchored off TompkinsvIlle.
str West rnskIp. Antwerp March c5. TO 'he