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CHAPTER I.--Under his grandfather's
Wall, Stanford Broughton, society idler,
hnds his share OF the estate. valued at
something ike $4,000. lies IN a safe re-
pository." lEtltude and longitude de-
fed by the presence nearby Of a brown
haired, blue-eyed girl a ptebald horse,
and haf white. StSnford at first regards
the beQhest as Joke. but after considera-
ton sets out to find his legacy.
.CHAPTER lion his way TO Denver,
the city nearest the meridian described
IN his krandfather's will. Stanford hears
from q fellow traveller story having To
do with flooded mine.
z CHAPTER HI.-Tnipking things over,
he 'begtpp to Imagine there may be some-
thing ID his grandfather's bequest worth
while, his idea finally centering on the
possibility OF mine. as q safe Repoei-
tory" Recalling the narrative on the
train, he ascertains that his fellow tray-
eler was Q mining engineer, Charles Bull
ton, but from other SOURCES Bro1ghton
learns enough TO make him proceed to
Plaoeryiile, In the Red desert
CHAPTER .Iv.-on the station platform
Stanford sees what appear to be the iden.
tical horse and dog described In his
Erandfather's will. Impressed, he leaNes
the train at the next stop, Angels. There
he finds that Atropia was originally
PlacerVLlle, hiR, destination. UNABLE %
n HhnWkQnOa 4 0flCa IN fQkA him
TO Placerville, Broughton seizeB 2 con-
struction car and escapes, leaving the I'm
preston on tho town marshal, Beasley.
that be p slishtly demenpd
CHAPTER V.-Pursued, he abandons
the Car, which is wrecked, and escapes on
foot N the darkness, he 10 overtaken
, By q gir1 on horseback, and THE dog.
After be explains bis presence, she In
Z yites him TO her home, at the Old Cinna'
bar mine. to meet her father
CHATTER VI.-Brougbtop's hasta are
Hiram Twombly, caretaker Of the mine,
and HIS daughter Jeanne. Seeing the girl,
Htanfohd 10 satisfied he has located his
property. but does not reveal his Identity.
CHAPTER vu.-Noxt morning, with
Hiram he visits the mine. Hiram asks
i him % look over the machinery. and ne
Jeanie. in whom he has become Inter;
ested. and he engages In the first real
, work he has ever done.
CHAPTER II.-Broughton and Hiram
got the pumps started, but are unable "a
make an impression on the water. Bull
= lerton, apparently an old friend OF the
TwSmGyh e Span h 'ts IN oonsSeraoS SS SS Of srSas S
TOMS .tYins. hm Qfty-Sne per cent ,l,,,n Of th'
Lon offers to buy the Hllne outright foi
10000. II had cost Bronght6n's grand
Z father more than half million. Stan
ford again refuses.
CHAPTER Ix.-Jeanie cautions Brough
ton agaifst selling the mine, under any
circumstances, and, apparently In epirl
sf mischief, allows him TO kiss her: Aftei
conversation with Daddy Hiram
erought5n decides hs VIII stick to thu
property.
CHAPTER x.-Next day, during Stan
ford's temporary absence frofn~the mine
an enefny. without doubt Bullerton
wrecks the pumping machinery. Brough
ton decides TO have II out with MIN mex
day.
CHAPTER xl:tIp ths morning. he ind q
Bulierton and Jeahle have disappeared
apparently eloped. He also discovers tha
his deed to me mine has been stolen, ant
proof OF ownership Mysterious actlonI
Of the dog gauge Hiram. and Bropghtoi
to take The trail In search Of leanie.
CHAPTER xIL-They aha Jeanie.
| pony, abandoned, but no trace OF the glrl
When uiey get back 70 the CABIN, hvile.
return.
CHAPTER XIII.-Believing Jeanie L
! have gone with Bullerton, the sight o
the man Is too much for BLoushton, an
he uses him roSgniyi .ta SH.ieI.Sn Jsen,s esnIe
Broughton orders, him on his property
and fe departs yowihg vengeance. Salts
ied Fullerton meaps mischief Broush.S
nina sbafthouse and prepare for hege
ADDE'S and on their refusal to vacate. be
gins an attack.
! CHAPTER xIv.-purinE the day an
niRht the two successfully defend N
shafthouse against attacks. including a
| attempt TO drown hem out
CHAPTER xv.-Aimost ready 70 Civ
/ IN Broughton 10 hedrtened by Hiram
/ assertlon that the sounds or the firin
must have reached AtropiA, and an invel
tigatina party will soon appear
CHAPTER XvI-The siege continues
Fullerton vainly endeavoring to induc
Hiram 10 abandon Broughton.. He hnal
ly announces his purpose TO destroy N
shafthouse. with It's defenders. They ds
fy him.
CHAPTER XyII.-Using dynamite. III
besIegers have Twombly and Broughto
al their last gasp when the rescuing PAL
~ from Atropia arrives, headed b
Broughion's acquaintance, Beasley, VIII
Il Dandy Hiram's nephew. With n
party "a Jeanie As an explanation Of ht
disappearance she hands stanford h
deed 10, the old Cinnabar, which she ha
takon 10 have recorded, a precautlon
had neglected.. Beasley arrests Broughto
tor thu theft and destruction OF the col
struotion car.
CHAPTER xyIIl;-A charge Of dyn.
house exploded In the mine and the my
tery OF the food is revealed. The wat,
:. had been deliberately introduced Into n
ahaft and arrangements made TO keep
there with the object OF disoouragir
and Ultimately freezing out" .Brousl
tons srandfather, s,anioro 0a snd hira
Rroughton announces his Intention
AZ his partner and Beasley as his for
man, tfe matter OF the construction q
being forgotten. To his Intense disgus
Jeanie induces Broughton 10 promise NJ
10 prosecute Bullerton, the only posslb
Inference being that she loves the fello'
complete Transformation. The stan
Ing food, which all OF our pumpll
attacks had failed to lower by
much rs n fraction of ain inch, WI
gone, and with II had vanished Il
two big centrlfugOls, the platfor
upon which they had stood. and the
pipe connections, Gone, likewise, VI
the greater part of the heavy wood,
shaft-llnlng. A little OF this remnln,
In the upper part Of the shaft, b
from a point possibly twenty-five fe
down, there was nothing but the ba
, rock sides OF the square pit swept
the recedlng food.
AS for the hollow roaring mol
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