The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-05
DON'T MARRY THE MAN

naw," he explained.
Kathleen thrust her hands deep
into her pockets to keep from rip-
ping the offending garment from
her shoulders and throwing it at
the man.
It was the last personal remark
she heard from him that day. He
became, she thought sardonically,
"the promising young business
man."
The MacDonald's Stubborn Boy
was not al impressive as the Greg
ory's Golden Girl, she was pleased
to note. The buildings seemed
sturdy enough and there was the
same subdued activity on the sur
face, but there was lack of Shin
ing fresh paint, and pristine neat
ness in the Offices. These she noted
were filed with Scots. young and
old. 3.
1T Is a Macdonald policy to give
the local Macdonald boys the OPP
portunity of filling these favored
posts" Young Macdonald ex-
planned. when one shows an in
clination for business, we send him
of to school. The Gregorys," he
added, "hire strangers and bring
them in from the outside. They
believe in keeping miners below
the surface"
Kathleen closed her lips firmly.
There was little difference that
she could see, in the mine proper.
True The Stubborn Boys shaft
went straight down, it. seemed,
rather than at the slanting angle
OF ThesG Golden Girl. And the drifts
went of to the left instead of to
the right.
PECULIAR thing" Macdonald OBJ
served, .but we're working on
nearly the same level as the Greg
orys. here. Their ledge is just be-
ypnd this, however, they'll never
mine that portion" l,5iq-54a54
|so "How could they be working this
same part of the earth as you
without the ledge being one and
the same?" questioned Bridget.
It'll show you when we're above
again.
Priority OF Claim
UHEN they reached the surface,
W he took them to the engineers
Office and pointed to q map which
hung on the wall. The colors, run
ming parallel to each other, re-
minded Kathleen of a r11any-hued
hAlband, only this band seemed to
have been cut in two, then over
Tapped at an angle.
aI'll try to explain this in a lay
mans language" Macdonald told
the girls. Pretend this country
was once huge layer cake, the
lodges Of ore, the filling. Perhaps
the cake was Jared during the
process Of baking, and one side fell.
The baker, disgusted, cut off that
section and laid 1t alongside the
other. THIS there were two sepa-
rate sections Of filling, and each
section of cake was at different
level. The MacDonalds are the
lower section. This enables us to
shoot our, shaft down at only
slight angle. The Gregorys are the
top section and the thin edge of
their cake 0verlaps ours in such a
way that they cannot continue
digging out the filling without first
gaining. right-pf.way around our
shaft. According to law, we are
entitled to two hundred and fifty
feet on all sides. Further than that
We can base our refusal to the
right-of- way on the grounds that
1t would weaken our structure"
"Theri the law does grant right
of-ways." interposed Bridget.
"Only when the contestant can
prove priority of claim. If he can
prove he established his claim be-
fore the other fellow, the law gives
him the right to all lodes dis
covered on his line, ledge or vein."
Bridget nodded wisely and asked
the question Kathleen longed to
ask.
Then your claim was estab-
.lished firsf?"
MacDonald's laugh was short.
There is nothing to prove which
was established first. It would be a
matter of moments. My grand
father and Old Angus filed the
same day. The clerk did not foresee
the need of establishing the hour"
Kathleen was running her finger
along the thin veins. isn't this
your vein down here7 Doesn't
It run into the Gregory property?"
1T won't for a long time and
when ii does" promised Mac
Donald grim1y, awe'll take care OF
that Shahw 60 now? Mrs, Arthur
has offered US tea. I'd like you to
see pne OF my model cots.
: Riding back to Neutrality, Kath-
leen found herself in the tonneau.
Bridget comfortably seated next
to MacD Donald who was discussing
mining with her as though she
we're the only one present with
enough intelligence to understand
him.
Kathleen sas and hated the back
OF his head She wished his ears
would stick out so she could hate
IL the more. He was detestable.
And she wasn't going to like Mrs.
Arthur whoever she was. She
would show of her house like a
woman putting her pet through its
tricks.
She did nothing Of the kind. A
tall. dark-browed woman with the
quiet dignity Of the Scottish peo-
pie. she met the girls as social
equals and Young Macdonald as
= son who called too seldom.
kathleen was forced TO admit
the house was comfortable. even
tastefnlly furnished.