The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-11-30
THE CROSS-CUT
by Courtney Ryley Cooper
ooPgr.Ehi b LI.lls. RrorrAca

they don't even take the trouble "a
mine. That ls, unless they run Teh ia
silver" be picked up a chunk Of the
ore from the muck pile where Il had
/ been deposited and studied IL lnteutly
/ but don't see any pure silver
| sticking out 10 this stun"
But Il must be here somewhere. /
don't know anything about mining
hui don't veins sometimes pinch OF
and then show up later ouf7
sure they dO-sOmetlmes. But It's
a gamble"
That's AL we've had from the be
ginning. Harry"
"And It's about all we're going 10
ave any time unless something bobs
up sudden like"
Then. by common consent. they laid
away their working clothes and left
the mine, TO wander down the gulch
and 90 the boarding house. After din.
ner-f'."y chatted a moment with Moth.
er Howard, then went upstairs. each
to his room. An hour later Harry
knocked at Fairchlld's door. and en-
tered, the evening paper IN his hand.
Ere's something more that's nice"
he announced, pointing to an item on
the front page II was the announce
ment that a general grand Jury was
10 be convened late 10 the summer and
that one Of its tasks would be to seek
to unrayei the mystery Of the murder
Of Slssle Larsen!
Fairchild read II with morbidlty.
Trouble seemed to have become mo-e
than occasional. and further than that.
II appeared TO descend upon him at
Just the times when he could least re-
sist H. He made no comment: there
was little that he could say. Again
he read the Item and again. finally to
turn the page and breathe sharply.
Before him was a slx-column aGyer.
tisement announcing the strike in the
silver Queen mine and also spreading
the word that a twO-mlllion-dollar !
would be formed. one mil.
lion In stock TO represent the mine IT. |
self, the other to he subscribed to ex-
plot this new find as II should be ex. |
plotted. Glowing words told OF the |
OF the Silver Queen. Of |
hces had been opened; everything had |
been planned In advance and the ad.
Vertlsement written before the town
was aware Of the big diScoyery up /
kentucky gulch. All OF II Falrchlld
read with feeling he could not down
"A feeling that Fate. somehow, was
iealing the cards from the bottom.
md that trickery and treachery and
yenomous nature were the necessary
Ingredients, after all. to success. He
inished the last line, looked at the list
II officers, and gasped.
For there, following one another.
we're three names, two OF which Fair
hid had expected. But the other
They were, president and general
manager, H. B. (Squlnt) Rodaine;
ecretary-treasurer, Maurice Rodalne:
nd first vice presldent-AIlss Anita
'atalie Richmond!
After that. Fairchild heard little
hat Harry said as he rambled on
bout plans for the future. He sat and
'aTeu' until hnally his partner said
Goodnight and left the room.
That name could mean only one
hing: that she had consented TO be- |
ONE partner with them. that they {
ad won her over, after ALL Now, {
ven n different light came upon the I
Ieeting with Barnham I'm Denver and {
different view to Falrchlld. What '
she had been playing their game all :
ongi What II she had been merely [
tool for them; what II she had sent Z
arrell at their direction. TO learn a
'erythlng he and Harry knew7 Had a
II another lawyer played the friend. y
Zip racket In an effort to buy the D
Iue Poppy mine? i
And here FairchIld smiled grlmly. "
rom the present prospects, II would Il
EN- that the gain would have been II
on his side, for certainly there was