The Dolores star., 1922-11-24
.vspIER xIv-contInued.

:, office in Denver. Ihey hao ~ait-
~ ,.ua u enough to have their assays
y ,O's o,d had completed their first
aue or, 10 the smelter. There was
pascessity that they buy the Blue
.nv mine. Therefore. was 1t simply
ppw ., trick to break him. to lead
u' nm TO a point of high expecta-
u. tben with a laugh at his dis
pun ,,,r,eu, throw him down again7
y .houlders Strengthened as they
.,.d the outside air, and he moved
as. n Harry Gs he told him his con-
80 The Cornishman bobbed
IS head. ~
.n-sed "But It could explain lot
.s,,cs They want to beat us and
:. dont care 'ow. 1t 'urts a person
10 disappointed. That's 1t. I al
said you 'ad good 'ead on
~, I That's IT, Let's go back to the
lue Poppy
poct they went. once more to de-
.,d tho shaft, once more to follow
!. trail along the drift toward the
lnsnlpc of the stope. And there.
hsre loose earth covered the place
I.re skeleton once had rested.
.,,chIId took of his coat and rolled
10 hts sleeves.
Duarry." he said, with n new deter
,,notion, "this vein doesn't look like
,rcb and the mine looks worse. But
roure game, I'm game, and well
rorE the thing until 1t breaks u.s."
DYouye said It, If we 1T anything.
Inc and well-lf we can turn out five
,ousand dollars worth Of stuff be-
ore the trial comes up, then we can
sll hit under the direction Of the
our, turn over that money for cash
bond and get the deeds back. II we
amt. and If the mine peters out. then
We amt lost anything but lot of
ones md time. But ere goes. Well
1ouble-iack. I've got big 'ammer
ere. You old the drill for awhile and
turn II, while I sling tn sledge. Then
tou take tn 'ammer and Lor' ave
mercy on my 'ands If you miss"
Falrchlld obeyed. Hour after hour
they worked. Then. as the afternoon
grew late, Harry disappeared far
down the drift to return with n hand
ul of greasy, cnndlelike things,
wrapped in waxed paper.
a knew that dynamite of yours
couldn't be shipped in time, so I
bought little up ere" he explained,
as he cut one of the sticks in two
with pocketknfe and laid the pieces
10 one side, Then out came coil of
fuse to be cut to its regular lengths
and inserted in the copper-covered
caps OF illuminate of mercury, Harry
Showing his contempt for the danger
Gus things by crImping them about
The fuse with his teeth. while Fair
child sitting on small pile Of muck
nearby begged for caution. But Harry
only grinned behind his big mustache
and went on.
Out came his pocketknIfe again as
he slit the waxed paper of the gelat-
nous sticks, then inserted the cap in
the dynamite. One after another the
charges were showed into the holes,
Harry tamping them into place with
Eeel rod, instead Of with the usual
wooden affair his mustache brushing
bis shoulder as he turned to explain
the virtues OF dynamite when handled
BY an expert.
ITS oil in the wye you do it," he
announced. "If you don't strike fro
with steel rod, it's fine"
But II you do?"
"Oh, then" Harry laughed. "Then
It's flowers and funeral-after
they've finished picking you up"
one after another he pressed the
dynamite charges tight into the drill
aoles and tamped them with muck
wrapped In newspaper that he
dragged from his hip pocket. Then
ne III the fuses from his lamp and
$1,000 second in assurance that they
sl were spluttering.
Nov we rum" he announced, and
,ney hurried, side by side, down the
unit tunnel until they reached the
'natt. Far enough" said Harry.
long moment Of waiting. Then
.le earth quivered and a muffled.
uv'ulhg roar came from the distance.
nalts stared at his carbide lamp.
ohe'' he announced. Then, 1.-TWO"
inree' four and five followed, all
Sun.ed seriously, carefully by Harry.
finally they turned back along the
VII. toward the stope, the acrid odor
uyhamite smoke cutting at their
-a''s .v''r''s as they approached the spot
ratfe the explosions had occurred.
Az. aaefe Harry stood In silent contempla-
hs hvu lor long time, holding his car
.ue over the pile of ore that had been
",u Nv IRON the vein above.
amt much," came at last. "Not
'..n arr n ton. We won't get rich
r.. uiat rate. And besides" he looked
spward-"we sa,.' amt even going to be
en, ,"ns y that pretty soon. It's pinching
/, "a anehild followed his gaze, to see
,ou "e torn rock above him only a mar
h,,, s'reak now, fully an inch and
hs,.- M narrower than the vein had been
d,,,,as ,he powder holes had been