Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 14, 1922, Page 2

\ — SYNOPSIS CHAPTER L—At Thornton Fairchild's eath his son Robert learns there has g.e dark period In his father's life | which (ol' almost_thirty years has caused ! him sufering. The secret is hinted at | in a document left by the elder Falr- | child, which aiso informs Robert he is | riow owner of a mining claim in_Colo- rado, and advising him to see Henry Beamish, a lawyer. . PTER IL.—Beamish tells Robert his flsiflln a silver mine, is at Ohadi, thirty- | eight miles from Denver. He also war! him against & certaln man, “Squint” Ro- | dajne, his father's enemy. Robert decides | to'go’ to Ohadi. = CHAPTER IIL.—On the road to Ohadi from Denver Fairchild assists a girl, ap- parently in a tlensy of haste, to chan a tire on_her auto. When she has left, the sheriff and a posse appear, in pur- | sult of a bandit. Fairchild bewildered, misleads them as to the direction the | girl_had taken._ ‘CHAPTER IV—At Ohadl Fairchild is ‘warmly eeted by ‘Mother” Howard, | burdlnxgule keeper, for his father's CHAPTER V.—From Mother Howard, Faironlld learns somothing of the mystery connected with the disappeararice of “Sis- slo” Larsen, his father's co-worker in | the mine. He meets the girl he had as- sisted, but she denles her identity. 6he | fs Anita Richmond, Judge Richmond's dayghiter. CHAPTER VI.—Visiting his claim, Fair- | child is shadowed by a man he recog- | nizes from descriptions as “Squint” Ro- | daine. Back in Ohadl, his fnmar's old | friénd, Harry Harkins, summoned from England by Beamish to help Fairchild, halls him with joy. B (Continued from last issue) a Cornishman, | CHAPTER VIl It came to Fairchild then—the sen- tence in his father’s letter regarding someone who would hurry to his ald when _he needed him, the references ¢ Beamish, and the allusion of Moth- er Howard to a falthful friend. Again the heavy volce boomed: “You know me now, eh?” “You bet! You're Harry Harkins!” -%’Arkins it 1s! I came just as soon a8 I.got the cablegram!” “The cablegram?” “Yeh,” Harry pawed at his won- ferful mustache. “From Mr. Beamish, rou know. 'E sent<it. Sald you'd | started ont ‘ere all alone. And I souldn't stand by and let you do that. | So 'ere I am!” | “But the expense, the long trip ! across the ocean, the—" “*Ere 1 am!” sald Harry again. | “Aln't that enough?” | They had reached the veranda now, | to stand talking for a moment, then | to go within, where Mother Howard ! awalted, eyes glowing, In the parlor. Harry flung out both arms, “And I still love you!” he boomed, as he caught the gray-haired, laugh- ing woman In his arms. “Even If you did run me off and wouldn't go back | to Cornwall!” Red-faced, she pushed him away | and slapped his cheek playfully; it | was llke the tap of a light breeze against granite. Then Harry turned. ‘“’Ave you looked at the mine?” ‘The question brought back to Falr- child the happenings of the morning and the memory of the man who had tralled him. He told his story, while Mother Howard listened, her arms crossed, her head bobbing, and while Harry, his big grin still on his llps, took in the details with avidity. Then the grin faded, “Le's_go up there,” he sald quietly. This time the trip to Kentucky gulch was made by skirting the_ town; soon they were on the rough, narrow roadway leading Into the mountains. A’long time they walked, at last to stop in the shelter of the rocks where Fairchild had shadowed his pursuer, and to glance carefully ahead. No one was in sight. Harry jabbed out a big finger, ““That's it,” he announced, “straight a'end!” They went on, Fairchild with a grip- ping at his throat that would not down. This had been the hppe of his father—and here his father had met— what? He swerved quickly and stopped, facing the bigger man. “Harry,” came sharply, “I know that I may be violating an unspoken promise to my father. But I simply can't stand it any longer. What hap- pened here? There was some sort of tragedy.” Harry chuckled—In concealment, Falrchild thought, of something he did not want to tell him. *T :should think so! The timbers gave way and the mine caved in!” “Not that! My father ran away from this town. You and Mother Howard helped him. You didn't come back.. Nelither &d my father.g Even- tually it killed Ma.” “So?" Harry looked seriously and studiously at the young man. “'E didn’t write me offen.” “He didn't need to write you. You were here with him—when it hap- petiad.” ®No—* HMarry shook his hend. *“1 was in towm. What's Mother Howard told you?” - £4 Jot—and nothing” _ ___ - “] don't kuow umy more than she does.” “But—" “Friends didn't ask questions in those days,” came quietly. *“I might 'ave guessed if I'd wanted to—but I didn’t want to.” “But if you had?” Harry looked at hira with quiet, blue eyes. “What would you guess?” Slowly Robert Fairchild's gnze went to the ground. There was only one possible conjecture: Sissie Larsen had | been impersonated by a woman. Sis- sle Larsen had never been seen again in Ohadi. “I—I would hate to put it finto | words,” came finally. Harry slapped { him on the shoulder. “Then don’t. It was nearly thirty years ago. Let sleeping dogs lle. Take a look around before we go into the tunnel.” They reconnoitered, first on one side then on the other. No one was in sight. Harry bent to the ground, and finding a pitchy pine knot, lighted it. They started cautiously within, blink- ing against the darkness, ‘The outlines of a rusty “holst,” with | 1ts cable leading down into a slanting | hole in the rock, showed dimly before them—a massive, chunky, deserted | thing in the shadows. The timbers were rotting; one after another, they had cracked and caved beneath the welght of the earth above, giving the tunnel eerie aspect, uninviting, dangerous.” Harry peered ahead. “It ain’t as bad as it looks,” came after a moment’s survey. “It's only right 'ere at the beginning that It's caved. But that doesn't do us much good.” “Why not?” Fairchild was staring with him, on toward the darkness of the farther recesses, in farther back, we ought to be able to repair this spot.” But Harry shook his head, “We didn’t go into- the véln ‘ere” he explained. “We figured we 'ad to 'ave a shaft anyway, sooner or later, You can’t do under’and stoping in a mine—go down on a vein, you know. You've always got to go up—you can’t get the metal out if you don’t. That's why we dug this shaft—and now look at it1” > He drew the flickering torch to the edge of the shaft and held It there, staring downward, Fairchild beside him. Twenty feet below there came the glistening reflection of the flaring flame. Water! Fairchild glanced | toward his partner. “I don’t know anything about it,” he said at last. “But I should think that would mean trouble.” “Plenty!” agreed Harry lugubrious- ly. “That shaft's two 'unnerd feet | deep and there's a drift running off it | for a couple o' 'unnerd feet more be- fore it 'its the vein, Four ‘unnerd feet of water. 'Ow much money 'ave you got?” “About twenty-five hundred dol- lars.” Harry reached for his waving mus- tache, his haven In time of storm. ‘Thoughtfully he pulled at ft, staring meanwhile downward. Then he grunted. “And T ain't got more'n five 'unnerd. It ain’t enough. Le's go back to town, T don’t like to stand around this place and just look at water In a ' Continued in next issue —_— | [o] daughter called at the Chas. Issen- “If it 1sn't caved | GOODLAND The Union picnic given by the Kitichi, Goodland and Lutheran Sun- day schools on the Fourth at Kitichi Lake was well attended and proved to be.one of the best held there. Just before mnoon the Kitichi-Goodland band gave several fine selections which was greatly enjoyed by all present. There was a large crowd and all had a good time. Mr. and; Mrs, Jay Wells and fam- ily spent the Fourth at Blackduck. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Greguson and family called at the Jay Welh home Friday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Hill and see home Friday evening. Mrs. G. Van Dyke spent Friday and Saturday at the Issensee home. Fred Theriault mace a business trip to Cass Lake Tuesday. Mrs. Theo Gregerson, who has been visiting relatives and friends in Park Rapids has returned to her home here. Pennington celebrated the Fourth again this year, A large crowd was present many coming from Cass Lake. 4 Several auot accidents occured near Pennington the Fourth. Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Mills and daughter and Mrs. Wm. Clark mo- tored to Cass Lake Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs, Alfred Van Dyke left for their home at Glenwood Wed- nesday, after spending the Fourth here. Mrs. G. Van Dyke will remain here for a month. Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Mills and daughter motored to Twin Lakes the Fourth. Misses Hattie.and Edith Clark, Cora Searles and Gay Mahoney and Alpbert Clark were supper guests at the C. C. Smith home Tuesday even- ing. Alfred Roy, who spent the Fourth here returned to Cass Lake Wed- nesday. P. E. Mills called at Wm. Clark’s ‘Wedenesday. Mrs. Theo. Gregerson was a sup- per guest at the Chas. Issensee home Friday. Made a Hit With Him “My wife has taken your medicine and has been wonderfully benefited. 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