Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 27, 1922, Page 2

v T (Continued from ‘last jssue) “ After that, Fairchild heard little that Harry said as he rambled on about plans for the future. He sat and stared, -until finally his partner said good-night and left the room. That name could mean only one thing: that she had consented to be- come a partner with them, that they had*won her over, after all. Now, even a different light came upon the 1keeting with Barnham in Denver and a different view to Falrchild. What # she had been playing their game all slong?, What if she had been merely a‘tool for them; what if she had sent Farrell at thelr direction, to learn everything he and Harry knew? Had not another lawyer played the friend- ship racket, In an effort to buy the ;Blue Poppy mine? “Amd ‘here Falrchild smlled grimly. From the present prospects, it would seem ‘that the gain would have been all on his side, for certalnly there was Httle to show now toward a possibility of the ‘Blue Poppy ever being worth anything near the figure which he had been‘offered for it. And yet, if that offer had not been made as some sort of atiletto jest, why had it been made -at- alk? ‘Was it because Rodaine knew. L that. wealth did lMe concealed there? Fairchild suddenly took hope. " ‘He clenched his hands and he spoke, to himself, to the darkness and to the spirits of discouragement that were all _ about him: ‘It”it's there, we'll find it—if we hive to work our fingers to the bone, it we have to starve and die there— we'll find it!” With that determination, he went to bed, to awake in the morning filled with ‘a desire to reach-the mine, to claw at its vitals with the sharp- edged drills, to swing the heavy sledge untfl’ his shoulders and back ached, to gend the roaring charges of dyna- mite digging deeper and deeper into that thioning vein. And Harry was beside him every step of the way, A, day's work, the booming charges, andthey returned to the stope to find that the veln 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 ‘en the main street, and Fairchild could see, as he went to and from his work, a constant stream of townspeo- ‘ple as they made that their goal— there to give thelr mouney Into the ikeeping of the be-scarred man and to trust to the future for wealth. It ,galled Falrchild, it made his hate Istronger than ever. As for the girl | who was named as vicé president— He saw her, day after day, riding .through town In the same autowmobile that he had helped re-tire on the Den- | ver road. But -now she did not look | at him; now she pretended that she | dld not see him. She had gone over to the Rodalnes, she was engaged to | ‘marry the chalky-faced, hook-nosed | son and she was vice president of | ,thelr two-million-dollar mining cor- | poration, Fairchild did not even strive ! to find a meaning for it all; women | are women, and men do well some-/ times if they diagnose themselves, The summer began to grow old, nnd, Fairchild felt that he was aging with | it. The bank deposits were thinning, | and the vein was thinning with it. Slowly but surely, as they fought, the atrip of pay ore in the rocks was| plnching out. Soon woula come the! time when they could work it no/ longer. And then—but Fairchild did, not like to think about that. | September came, and with it the! srand jury. But here for once was| ia: slight_ray of hope. The body of twelve good men and true wore them- .selves out with other matters and ad- Journed” without even taking up the mystery of the Blue Poppy mine. But | ithe joy of Fairchild and Harry wad' short-lived. In the long, legal phrase- ology of the jury's report was the recommen lon that this important subjéct heigBe first for inquiry by the ‘next gri inquisitorial body to be convened 3 and the threat still re- mained. T e But before the two men were now _realities which were worse even than ityreats, and Harry turned from his .staging late one afternoon to voice the most Important. +I“We'll start single-jacking tomor- [mw." he aanojnced with;ayNstle sigh. | “In the ‘anging wall. TN veln's| ipthched down until we ain’t even get- | lting "day laborer's wages out’ of it— antt it's October now.” October! October—and winter on | |{the way. October—and only a month | jantil the time when Harry must face ia.Jury on four separate charges, any o0é of which might send him to Canon City for the rest of his days. Fair- ‘child’s hopes lay inert. He was only ‘working now because a great, strong, big-shouldered man had come from P ] (Qr— +* JLLUSTRATIONS ZR.B.Vm Nice and jthe announcement had sald’ that a cen‘ain girl would be married /in the late fall, a girl who never looked in his direction any more, who had al- lowed her name to become affillated with that of the Rodaines, now near- ing the task'of completing their two million. October! ““For a long moment, Fairchild sald nothing, then as Harry came from the staging, he moved to the older man’s side. ¢“I—T1 ididn’t quite catch the idea,” came at last. Harry pointed with his sledge. “I've been, noticing the vein. It keeps turning to the left. It struck me that it might ’ave branched off from the main body and that there's a bigger vein over there some'eres. We'll just ‘ave to make a try for it. It's our only chance.” “And If we fafl-to find 1t there?” “If it ain’t there—we're whipped!” It was the first time that. Harry had said the word seriously. Fairchild pretended not to hear. 'Instead, he picked up a drill, looked at its point, then started toward the small forge which they had erected just at the foot of the little mise leading to the stope. There Harry joined him; to- gether they heated the long pieces of steel and- pounded their biting faces to the sharpness necessary to drilling in the hard rock of the hanging wall, temperfng them in the bucket of wa- ter near by, working silently, slowly— hampered by the weight of defeat. They were being whipped; they felt it in every atom of their beings. But they had not given up their fight, Two blows were left In the struggle, and two blows they meant to strike before the end came.’ The next morn- ing they started at their new task, each drilling holes at points five feet apart in the hanging wall, to send them in,&s far as possiblel then at the end ofithe day to'blast/them out, tearing away ‘the rock and stopping thelr work 'at drilling that/they might muck away the refuse.:‘And: day after day, each, without mentioning.it to the other, was tortured: by the thought of that offer: of riches,'that mysteri- ous proffer of wenlth for the Blue Poppy mine—tortured like men who are chained in the sight of gold and cannot reach It. For the offer car- ried always the hint tilit wealth was there, somewhere, that Squint Ro- daine knew it, but that they could not find it. Either that—or flat failure. Either wealth that would yleld Squint a hungdredfold, for. his purpose, or a sneer that would answer their offer to sell. And each man gritted his teeth -and sald nothing. But they worked on. e October gave up its fight. The first day of November came, to find the chamber a wide, vacuous thing now, sheltering stone and reftise and two struggling men—nothing more. Fair- child ceased his labors and mopped Nis forehead, dripping from the heat engendered by frenzied labor. A long moment, then: “Aye “I'm going after the .other side. We've been playing a half-horsed game here.” otk “I've been thinking that, Boy." “Then I'm going to tackle the foot wall. I was at the bank today.” “Yeh.” “My balance i8 just two hundred.” Harry clawed at his mustache, “We're nearing the end, Boy. Tackle the foot wall.” They said no more. Fairchild with- drew his drill from the “swimmer” or straightforward powder hole and turned far to the other side of the chamber, where the sloping foot wall showed for a few feet before it dived under the muck and refuse. Spot after spot he prospected, suddenly to stop and bend forward. At last came an exclamation, surprised, wondering: “Harry!" The Cornishman left his work and walked to Fairchild's side. 'Che younger man pointed. “Do you ever fill up drill holes with cement?” he asked. “Not as I know of. Why?" “There's one.” Fairchild raised his gad and chipped away the softer sur- face of the rock, leaving a tubular pro- tuberance of cement extending. Har-|’ ry stared. “What the bloody ‘ell?” he conjec- tured. “D'iyou suppose—" Then, with a sudden’ ‘resolution: . “DFiIY there! Gad a’ole off to one side a bit and drill " there. It seems to me Sissie Larsen put a ’'ole or something—I can't remember. But drill. It can't do_any 'arm.” Continued in next issue THE PIONEER WANT ADS {Gornwall to help him and willing Ito ficht it out to the end. tober— BRING RERNTS _|preting comedy scenes 'in- such pre- ‘|ean vitalize even the drabbest sub- ) Dreams” comes to the Grand theater “THE PRIMITIVE LOVER” AT THE REX THEATER SUNDAY Constance Talmadge in her latest First National attraction, “The Primitive Lover,” will be the fea- ture at the Rex theater Sunday. This is from an original story by Edgar Selwyn, Miss Talmadge’s talent at inter- us— productiol as “Wedding and “Polly’ ot 'the Follies” has bBéen amply demonstrated; and the, ve Lw’" offering as it do&fil enfirely fnew. outylet for her abil {depict ‘humor, promises to be r entertainment, Harrison Ford,, who was recently seen dj than’ in Norma Tal- ge’ Through” has the part ‘of the husband, while Ken- neth Harlan is cast as the novelist. Unusual scenic settings in the Sier- ra mountains and a raging blizzard blew with a story of proven appeal to provide a splendid attraction. Larry Semon in his latest special feature comedy will also be shown Sunday. \ “SO THIS 1S ARIZONA” AT REX THEATER SATURDAY “So this is Arizona”—Anything can happen there. Talk about all- star casts— how’s this—Franklyn Farnum, “Shorty” Hamilton, Al Hart, Genevieve Berte and Francis Ford. i Imagine a sergeant of infantry, who served his country - overseas, escaping all the hell that was issued to our boys over there, and coming ; sack home for recuperation and rest to hit it up with a series of incidents that would make hades look like a | convolescent ward. You just must see | “So this is Arizona.” Franklyn Farnum in the best role! of his career. Francis Ford, who is responsible for “S this is Arizona,” isthessame | particular personage who m‘flt the , Universal serials hop over the screen | in lively fashion, This is his. best! feature. i Al Hart, “the admirable villian” | shows some more wickedness in “So this is Arizona.” He’s a real bad man but yowll like him just the same. “THE TWO ORPHANS” AT THE REX THEATER TONIGHT When a play has proven its pop- ularity for forty odd years and still retains its hold on the public, it may | be seen that modern playwrights in/ their efforts to produce dramas 'that | live may have something to learn | from their predecessors of a gen- eration, ago. “The Two Orphans” which is booked for the Rex: theater beginning tonight has a record-which it is"said is rivalled only by that of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in the matter of long life and that for general in- terest and in number ‘of times pres- ented to the public on the speaking stage it is far in advance of .even that hardy perenni;l. : “DANGEROUS LIES” AT Y ELKO ;THEATER TONIGHT | It was one of the chief aims of the Famous Players-Lasky British Producers, Ltd., in founding its studio in England, to make pictures which should faithfully Treproduce English life, manner and customs not merely for home market, but also for American distribution. In his E. Phillips Oppenheim story “Dangerous Lies” which comés to the Elko theater Tonight and: Fri- day Director 'Paul Powell has: had exceptionally fine chances to give his subject ' those little touches of local atmosphere and colour which ject and make it true and real. . Tere are big contrasts in Mr. Oppenheim’s story. Some of the | scenes depict the homes of wealth | and leisure, others in humble en-| vironment. It is in the choice of the | exteriors required for such scenes that My. Powell has shown a fine sense of the national psychology. “NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE” AT GRAND THEATER FRIDAY In “North of the Rio Grande” a Jack Holt-Bebe Daniels Paramount picture which will open at the Grand theater for two days beginning to- morrow, a little mountain creek is shown in which the trout are said to be so thick that waders have stepped on them fording the stream. That’s a good fish story “as is” but it gets even better when Bebe ingists that she caught one with her hands, and taught it to swint back- ward! b “North of .the Rio Grande” is an entertaining adaptation, of 1'Val of Paradise” & ovel by Vingie E. Roe The co-stars are supported by well knowp players. #'SHATTERED{ DREAMS” AT THE § GRAND THEATER TONIGHT ' The Apache and:his world are lit- Eq known to ‘us The underworld of aris has often been written about ut “‘selddm visualized accurately on thé “screen. It will be seen in its natural colors and the Apache in a human light when “Shattered this evening only. It's a special attraction starring Miss du Pont, known as America’s beautiful blonde. The story is a stirring romance. It recounts the adventures of a beautiful girl who falls in love with the bravest and most unusual Apa- che in Paris—of how she tries, againzt his will to reform him, an _Legend of Wandering Jow. The wandering jew was a legendary personage condemned to wander upon the earth wungtil the second com- ing of Christ, for reviling the Savior | vshfl;)l on his way to Calvary. Some |y the women. say he was a porter in the service of ! Ponttus Pilate, named Cartaphilus; but ::::Ln ;I:‘:(T !:::n“:h‘;‘l:;fi::l;:aislla | others identify him with Ahasuerus, a ) , cobbler on whose doorstep Christ at- tempted to rest when overcome with | wl the welght of the cross. Tradition'has it thot Ahasuerus drove the Savior from his door with curses, whereupon Jesus calmly replied: “I truly am go- ing; but thou shalt wander over the William Penn Smoked William Penn has a fine record in the history books. Controversy and colonial muck raking has net sullled But Willlam Penn smoked He smoked with | at least did this happen. But it was a peace pipe; a Calumet hich he smoked with the big chiefs and the braves and the squaws of the tribes that were selling him land. He mude a fine trade for a first-class plece of land, paying for, jt in:part with 300 tohacc‘yo.l pipes, ;mu . tobacep ‘and 20 tobagca hoxes, . “Curse; of;; Kehapmw,". Croly's “Sala- thiel,” and the Sue's “Le Juif Errant” make use,of this legend, although not in its original form.—Kansas City 3 PR TN dsummer--Philosophy. A man wopld rather’walk down the street. camrying , a .ted:pound ‘fish than to be mayor of the town.—Americus (Kan.), Greeting. Maximilian’s Beautiful Beard. Maxinilian of Austria, archduke from overseas,” had one t the most nearly perfect beards of all It ‘Won't Last. Justice of the Peace—I got $20 to- | It has been much mentioned | day for marrying a couple of motlon. in poetry, and is recorded as full of | picture stars. gleams and glints, one of his Mexican poems, christened | a temp Msximillan' el Principe de Barbas-de | =———— = | Oro-—Prince of the Beard of Gold. 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