The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-01-04


with a desire 10 reach the mine. q
claw at It's yitals with the sharp
edged drills. 10 swing the heavy sledgs
until bis shoulders and back ached
10 send the roaring charges Of dyna'
mite digging deeper and deeper into
that thinning vein. And Harry was
beside him every step Of the way.
| days work. the booming charges.
and they returned 10 the stope 10 find
| that the vein had neither lessened nor
grown greater. Another day-and one
after that The vein remained the
same.
Squint Rodaine had established his
office In a small. vacant store building
on the main street. and Fnlrchiid
could see. as he went 10 and from his
work. a constant stream Of townspeo-
pie ms they made that their goal
there 20 give their money into the
keeping Of the be-scarred man and to
trust 10 the future for wealth. II
CALLED Fairchlld, Il made his hate
stronger than ever. As for the girl
who was named as vice president
He saw her. day after day. riding
through town In the same automobile
that he had helped retire on the Den
yer road. But now she did not look
nj him; now she pretended that she
ala not see him. She had gone over
to the ROdaines. she was engaged 10
marry the chalky-faced. hook -nosed
son and she was vice president OF
their two milllon-dollar mining cor
poration. Fnirchlld did not even strive
10 ind a meaning for II all women
are women. and men do well some
times n they diagnose themselves.
The summer began to grow old. and
Falrchlld felt that he was aging with
n. The bank deposits were thinning,
and the vein was thinning with Il.
Slowly but surely. as they fought. the
strip OF pay ore IN the rocks was
plnchlng out. Soon would come the
time when they could work II no
longer. And then--but Falrchlld did
not like 30 think about that.
September came. and with II the
grand Jury. But here for once was
slight ray OF hope. The body OF
twelve good men and true wore them
selves out with other matters and adj
journed without even taking up the
mystery Of the Blue Poppy mine. But
the Joy OF Falrchild and Harry was
short.liyed, In the long. legal phrase
ology OF the jury's report was the
recommendation that this important
subject be the FIRST for inquiry by the
next grand inqulsitorlal body to be
convened and the threat still re-
NAMED
but before the two men were now
realities which were worse even than
threats. and Harry turned from his
staging late one afternoon to voice
the most important.
"Weil start single acking tomor-
row" he announced with a little sigh.
I'm the 'anglng wall The veins
plnched down until we amt even get |
ting dry laborer's wages out of it,
and l;'s October now"
Octoberi October-and winter on |
the way. October--and only a month |
until the time when Harry must face
a Jury on four separate charges. any |
one OF which might send him TO Canon
city for the rest OF his days. Fair
chllds hopes lay inert. lie was only
now because a great. strong.
biz. shouldered man had come from
Cornwall 10 help him and was willing
10 light II cut TO the end. October
and the announcement had said that
4 certain girl would be married In the
ate fall. q girl who never looked In
bis direction any more. who had al.
owed her name 20 become affiliated
~ifh that Of the Rodaines. now near.
ng the task OF completing their two
million. Octoberl
For long moment. FairchIld said
,othinx. then as Harry came from the
tagging. he moved TO the older mans
Ode.
IL didn't quite catch the idea
anne At last. Harry pointed with his
ledge.
~i'ye been noticing the veln. II
Iecp~ turning % the left. II struck
ne that n might ave hranched OF
rom the main body ana that there's
bigger vein over Their, someeres
Ven lust ave 20 make a try for H.
is cur emily chance
~And II We fail 20 and II thsrer'
III u slnt fhsre-ws're whipped =
n was the FIRST time that Harry had
aid the werd seriously. rslrrhlld
retended not 60 hear. Instead. he
ics~d up a drlii. locked az It's point.
hen started toward the small forge
hitch they had erected Just AZ the
oct % the little raise leading 60 the
tepe. There Harry tnlned him; to-
ether they heated the long pieces OF
tesl and pounded their biting faces
) the sharpness necessary to drilling
! the hard rcek Of the hanging wsIi.
rup~rinx them IN the bucket ef wa
r. near By. working sllentiy. slowly
srpsr~d ~ the weight - defeat.
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