The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-08-02
'tContinued from last tssus)

fuIOppCu DNCA Oii HIS pAioW IoA q 'Aois
time and simply grinned- at the cell
Ing. Somewhat anxious, Fairchild
leaned forward, but his partners eyes
were open and smiling. "Im just let
ting it sink inl" he announced, and
Ilairchild was silent, saving his ,ques-
tons until ut" had sunk. Then:
!, 'You were saying something about
that fssure?"
"But there is other things first.
After. you went to the assayers, !
fooled around there in the chamber,
and thought I'd just take flyer and
blow up them 'Oles that I'd drilled in
the 'anglng wall at the same time that
II shot. the other. So I put in. the
powder and fuses, tamped 'em down
and then thinks. thinks l, that there's
somebody moving around in the drift.
Bur didn't pay any attention to it
yop know. 4 was busy and Ill that.
and you often ear noises that sound
funny. So set 'em off-that is, I lit
the fuses and I started to run. Well,
; 7 admit any more'n started when
bloeyy.y.y, right in front Of me, the
whole world turned upside down, and
II felt myself knocked back into the
chamber. And there was them fuses.
All Of 'em burning. Well, managed
! to pull out the one from the foot wall
and stamp 1t out, but didn't ave time
10 get at the others. And the only
place where there was a chance for
I me was clear at the end Of the cham
Der Already I was bleeding like a
stuck hog where a whole 'arf noun
tain 'ad 1T me on the 'ead, and
didn't know much what was doing.
just wanted to get behind something
That's all 1 could think Of. So SHE'D
for that assure in the rocks and
fcrawled back in there. trying to
squeeze as far along as I could. And
;'ere's the funny part Of 1T kept on
going!"
! you what?'
~ Kept on going. I'd always thought
it was just place where the 'anging
wall 'ad slipped, and that it stopped
! few feet back. But it don't-it goes
on. crawled along it as fast as I
cOuld--I was about woozy, anyway
AID by and by, I card the shots 60 of
behind me. But there wasn't any use
In going back-the tunnel was caved
In. so I kept 'on.
! after while, ran into stream Of
water that came out of the inside Of
the Ill somewhere. and took drink.
t 1t gave me a bit of strength. And
then kept on some more-until all Of
a sudden slipped and fell, just when
/ was beginning to zee dyelight. And
that's all know. 'Ow long ave I
been goneT'
Long enough to make me gray
headed" Fairchlld answered with a
little laugh. Then his brow furrowed.
You say you slipped and fell just as
you were beginning to see daylight"
! "Yes. It looked like 1t was reflected
from below. 'somewyes."
Fairchild nodded
Isn't there quite a spring right by
Crazy Laura's house?"
Eyes; it, keeps going all yenr
there's current ard it don't freeze
up. 1t comes out like 1t was q water
fall--and there's a roaring noise be-
| ind it."
"Then that's the explanation. You
followed the assure until it Joined the
natural tunnel that the spring has
made through the hills. And when you
reached the waterfall--well, you fell
with It,"
""But 'ow did I get 'ele?
! Briefly Fairchild told him, while
Harry paved at his still magnificent
mustache. Robert con tinued:
But the times not ripe yet. Harry
to spring It. We've got to find out
more about ROdaine first and what
other tricks he's been up to. And
we've GOT to get Othes. evidence than
merely our own world For Instance
In this case. you can't remember any
thing. All the testimony could give
woulS be unsupported. They'd run me
out o. Town II . even tried to start any
such at sasM"n. But one things Ger
tain We're on the open road ut Last
we know who we're fighting and the
weapons he fShs< with. Anil If we're
only given enough time. wt,'1l whip
him., I'm going home to bed now
I've got to be up early in the morning
and get hold of Farrell. Your case
comes up at court"
"And I'm up In a >ospital!" 81
Which fact the court the next morn
ing recognized, on the testimony of
the inferno, the physician and the day
nurses Of the hospital, to the extent of
a continuance until the January term
in the trial Of the case. A thing which
the court further recognized was the
substitution Of five thousand dollars
In. cash for the deeds of the Blue Pop
by mine as security for the bailee.
And with this done, the deeds to his
mine safe in his pocket, FAirchild went
to the bank, placed the papers behind
the great steel gates of the SAFETY de-
posit vault, arid then CROSSED the street
to the telegf aph Office. A long mes
rare was t2e result, and g anoney, or
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