Phoenix tribune., 1923-04-28

mission of the court-wiIl you put 1t
through for me7"
The Sampler owner smiled.
'If you'll let me see where you're
getting the ore" Then he figured q
moment. That'd be thirty or forty
ton,' came at last. "We could handle
that as fast as you could bring it In
here"
But new thought had struck Fair
child-a new necessity for money.
"Ill give 1t to you for one hundred
and fifty dollars ton, providing you
do the hauling and lend me enough
after the first day or SO to pay my
men,"
''But why all the excItement-and
the rush?"
my partners Harry Harkins. He's
due for trial Friday, and he's disap-
peared. The mine Is up as security.
You can see what will happen unless
can substitute a cash bond for the
amount due before that time. Isn't
that sufficientT
ut ought to be. But as 1 said. 1
want to see where the ore comes
from"
You'll see in the morning-if I've
got It," answered Fairchild with a new
hope thrilling In his voice. "All that
| have so far is an assay of some
drill scrapings. don't know how
thick the vein is or whether it's going
to pinch out in ten minutes after we
strike it. But I'll know mighty soon."
Every cent that Robert Fairchild
possessed In the world was in his
pockets-two hundred dollars. After
he had paid his men for their three
days of labor, there would be exactly
twenty dollars left. But Fairchild did
not hesitate To Farrell's Office he
went and with him to an interview,
in chambers, with the judge. Then,
the necessary permission having been
granted, he hurried back to the mine
and into the drift, there to find the
last of the muck being scraped away
from beneath the site of the eave-in.
Fairchild paid off. Then he turned to
the foreman.
"How many of these men are game
to take chance?"
Pretty near all Of emf there's
any kind Of gamble to It,"
"There's lot of gamble. I've got
just twenty dollars In my pocket
enough to pay each man one dollar
apiece for nights work if my hunch
doesn't pan out. If it does pan, the
wages are twenty dollars day for
three days, with everybody, including
myself, working like hill Who's
gamer"
The answer came in unison. Fair
child led the way to the chamber,
seized hammer and took his place.
There's two-hundred-dollar ore
back of this foot wall If we can break
in and start new stope." he an
nounced. ut takes a six-foot hole
to reach 1t, and we can have the whole
story by morning. Let's gol"
Along the great length of the foot
wall, extending all the distance of the
big chamber, the men began their
work, five men to the drills and as
many to the sledges, as they started
their double-jacking. Midnight came,
the first of the six-foot drills sank to
its ultimate depth. Then the second
and third and fourth finally the fifth.
They moved on Hours more of work,
and the operation had been repeated
The workmen hurried for the powder
house. far down the drift, by the shaft
Juggling back in their pockets the yell
low, candle-like sticks of dynamite,
with their waxy wrappers and their
gelatinous contents, together with
fuses and caps. Crimping nippers-
the inevitable accompaniment of a
miner-came forth from the pockets
of the men. Careful tamping. then
the men took their places at the fuses.
"Give the wordi" one of them an
nounced crisply as he turned to Fair
child. Each Of uS'u Light ons o4
(To ho nontfnroNN