Back in Goldfield.

They had an un-eventful trip back to the farm. The passes had some
snow, but were ice free and they made good time getting back to the
farm.
He called his folks alrt them know they made it home okay..
Linc had Christmas gifts for John and Trudy.
They were late for lunch, but Trudy made them some sandwiches and hot
cocoa. They sat in the living room eating while watching TV. Angel
lay down in front of the fireplace and went to sleep.
Linc was tired. The hassle with the exhibits, the. long drive and the
tension of not knowing if the passes would be safe. He was glad to
be home where he could relax, and relax he did. He took off his shoes
and lay down on the couch to watch TV. He looked over at Lucas and
saw he had reclined his chair and was almost asleep. Not long, Linc
closed his eyes for a minute, and he was fast asleep. Trudy came in
and saw them, took the dishes out and brought in blankets and covered
them up.
A couple hours later, Linc woke up to the smell of coffee. Trudy had
brought it in and poured out a couple of cups. She was going to wake
them, but they woke up to the smell. Linc thanked her for the
blankets and the coffee, glad she did wake them up now. instead of
letting them sleep too long at this time of day.
While they were sitting there drinking coffee and watching TV, Lewis
called. He was excited. He said, " Guess what, I have got two
offers to sell the claims. They were impressed with my calling the
mineral, Lewisite." Linc told him to tell everyone the claims were
not for sale. I have to talk to your Mom. My Dad has an idea of what
you Dad found out about the mineral.
You be very careful who you talk to about the mineral and also be
careful of what goes on around you. We don't need you kidnapped or
worse. Lewis said he would take care. Linc hung up and called Jane.
He told her what Lewis had said and that he told him to say no sale
for the claims. He told her, after his Father looked at the USB chips
she gave him, his Dad thinks her husband had found a new energy source
with the rocks, and destroyed the evidence before the Chinese knew
what he found out. Maybe because he knew they would use the energy
for destructive purposes. Jane said, "oh my God. I think you are
right. I heard a small explosion just before he started destroying
things. I also remember him saying, "No Way" too, just before the
man yelled for him to stop and for the guards to stop him. It all
adds up now that you have brought it to my attention. If the Chinese
expect that we know, we will have to be very careful now". Linc said,
" You are right in thinking that. I already told Lewis to take care.
You and your Brother need to pay special attention to what is going on
around you. I wall call my Uncle Axel and let him know what has
happened. He can put a bug in the right ears with the FBI, in your
area as to what has happened. He called Uncle Axel and told him what
had happened in Colorado.
He told Linc thanks for the Christmas gifts, and Linc told him the
same thing. They talked about the folks and what they all did at the
Island, and the new museum. Axel said to hold on because Fannie
wanted to talk to him.
A minute later, Fannie said< " Hey there Linc, after you called me
from Provo and told me the box was made in Mongolia, I was reading in
Estelle's journal about a time when she was very sick, and Roland was
about four years old. Claude and Marchand took him with them to
Mongolia to get some sword and things that may have belonged to
Genghis Kahn. They went to see a man who claimed to be a relative of
the famous ruler. He had a very impressive house and several
concubines. His first concubine was there with them and she took a
liking to Roland, said the outfit he wore was not very warm looking so
she took him to another room where she put a little fur snowsuit on
him gave him a huge white fox, fur muff. She said they used to
belong to her little boy, who was now grown up. She showed him a
secret pocket inside the muff, and gave him three very fancy marbles
to put into it. She also gave him the pretty enameled box as well.
She took him back to the room with his Dad was and left when the old
man told her to get out and go join the women.
Later there was an uproar because the old man couldn't find something
and promised to cut the hands off who ever took it. All his furor and
yelling upset Roland, so Claude and Marchand decided it was time to
leave and go back to France post haste. Estelle writes that Roland
always liked to keep the fur muff as a pillow. She said when they
were at the retreat one time she had the men set up a tent up on the
sunny end of the island because she loved to stay up there where she
could rest in the sunshine. It made her feel less sick and she felt
better up there. Roland stayed up there with her. She wrote that he
had the fur muff out on the beach and got some of the black sand on
it. She shook it out, and heard the rattling inside of it. She
looked at it but Roland had to show her the secret pocket inside. She
pulled the stuff out and said what pretty 'baubles' they were. She
asked Roland if his Papa knew about them, and Roland said his Papa
would take them away from him. She told Roland then they would not
tell his Papa about them then. Fannie said the tent must have been
set up somewhere there close to the little cave. Roland must have
buried the box in the cave and forgot all about it, since he had no
idea how valuable the 'baubles' were". Linc said, " Holy cow! Now
what? Here I sit with some very valuable diamonds that may have once
belonged to Genghis Khan, who may have stole them from some Russian
Tzar. and now what do I do? I lay claim to them…. But? He said
thanks a bunch Fannie. I think I need a good lawyer about now.".
Fannie told him that she and Axel both say they belonged to him to do
with as he pleased.
Limc told her thanks for reading the journal for him, but for now he
was just going to leave the diamonds on the island. They were safe
ther.
Linc said that he wanted to make some changes on the island now that
the artifacts were in the museum. Fannie told him how proud they were
of him to have donated them to the museum in Provo. She said she was
glad she could help with that. Linc told her that he wanted to take
them back to the Island in the spring sometime. He wanted an ATV, and
some more solar panels for the cave area. He was thinking about
putting lights in the rooms and fixing them up for rooms for the kids
when they get to the island.
Fannie had given the phone back to Axel and he told Linc any time he
was ready, they would make to to go to the retreat and help him. Linc
said fine, he would let them know a bit in advance, and said goodbye.
After supper, Linc went to the office where he called Gus at home. He
wanted to find out if there was anything new about the cave in. Gus
told hime that the Chinese Embassy had contacted him about recovering
the bodies. He told them no, but if they wanted to send a team of
people to dig them out, it was fine with him, but he would have no
mechanized equipment digging in the area. He didn't want the mineral
deposits disturbed. He said there was a team of men freezing their
buts off trying to move the rocks and dirt with shovels. Said he
didn't feel sorry for them because if they had kept their nose out of
his business, and kept the jerks out of Goldfield, they would still be
alive. Linc told him what he was thinking about before he went to
Provo, about going to the Gregory ranch to get access to the lower
parts of the desert area south of the cave in. He would try it later
after the Chinese were gone. Might be spring before he could get in
to the area. Gus said fine, just keep him informed.
Linc didn't feel sorry for the Chinese either because of the grief
they had caused the people in the area.

To be continued