New Britain herald., 1924-12-19
Where the Law Slept

To Hal Springer and Rudv
 Nichols, the setting of the sun wal
 most welcome for when one haz
 broken ground' all day and when
 Ihe ground' Is hard quartz, fstjgue
 becomes thing which bites clear to
 me soul And, IS q matter of fact
 they could not have sustained the
 hurd'n as well as they had done had m not been for certain gleaming 'l'fIe threads of rich yellow in thc stone which told them that their labor now meant rest in the days to come. ''
 When they laid aside their donh,o Jacks and their drills, however thn,, d'd not instantly set about pronar. Ing supper They first sat down on stone and lighted their pipes, To ne sure tho twilight would make Inc 'ooking Of supper more difficnlt more unpleasant, but this small In. lerVai was refreshing their muscles their very hearts.
 They were of an age--ro,ho .orfN-hVe-and although in bodv and feature they were as different aa Mo1' could be, yet their exnross}ona were so similar that they might have ooIn taken for brothers,
 me third partner. Harry Gloster was absent hunting 10 stock tboir Iarder 'HPlF
 They began To hear, now .,e s,p sharp sound Of shod hoofs striking The rocks below them, noise whic5 @ constantly climbed closer, Ther knew who it was. As a matter oI ,act' for the last two hours ther uad watched the rdcr yorking n, me valley from far away, the dis. lance diminishing his size aItbongh 3! me cIear mountain air let them soa nm distinctly enough
 Ihey had watched him, iron, +i,,,o to t'm' when they came ont fro,, ! the shaft 10 let the wind hIou, +.ar. eooI, But neither had said a word 10 the other. "0Iu ut as the noise Of the horse camc c'os'r Hal Springer went to ,ho '''' L0 snack half cabin and half dne out' III which they bunkcd, and csne,, pa'N wearing his cartridge bel. win !, ;, (oI'cr dragging the right side of u Tar down over the hin,
 HIS companion appeared to fake "ol the slightest note of ,bis rro, 1r''i'n' He seemed to be oni,. i,, .,h, upon certain light effects and rnmolng shadows which were bInr ''"S 'ho harsh outlines Of 4 sou,b,rr ,"aF' But after a dozen puffs of HIS pipe, he also arose and vor, ,a the shack and returned similarly a, routcrod. ''''''' y aG-
 He had barely appeared when ,n, ''ranC'r came into view rTl 1,aI ' on ohScured for some time hv ,ba 7d"rp angle Of the mountain siIa i, .oN ne Vas Sccn to be I fcl,ou, .I.' prime Of life wide shouldorod ohg-arm"d, and sitting as lightly t,' ' '' SaqdIo as fl he had not been ria. ,S .afd through the entire dav 'e 'ismounted, throwing his rchIs 'n''c tho hungry horse. darinr na, |" ,,,. D-0a '' reached in a guilty fashion 'i'"T blade of grass which wst lear it's head. was
 Hello, Hal" he said "r7a-,. l, hiurs." Ilo"
 IhingS arc to}erahle well Ma. hnr' said Springer. and he took nc hand of the other in q reIaxsJ FTP This is Dudy Nichols ~ he sad. Make you known to Joe Macarthur, Rudy" ;
 The two shook hands but Mac .rfhnr swung back to Springer He 'ast'd no time in preliminary re- marks but went directly to the 'oiut. '"'
 "Th' damn 'oin pincbcI out on $ oo' he said. q
 There vas no resr6nse other than |
 puff Of smoke from springcr,s ( lp".. I
 Looked like tho real thing" went D Macarthur. Then it faded 'eHfr was worse fooled in my uro ho""d tho thing 10 old man hauEhneSsy lie said thc same | hing" '''
 Too bad dravlod Springer |
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