, 1885-08-23

rcmetRptr locking me upln thai ihoru
cornsnonse. do yoth Davee
Dave grew somewhat re,ider.
wal Mr. Wilson proceeded, steady
ing his voice with difficulty, there l
was. Kicked and pounded and =
"A I got to feeling pretty Abhie, and conf
+siferabi-- rrrr, hcnrd om e-body-taik-
ing, and ! peeped through a crack and
saw themlY Hef indiuatedrt elder
couple. li'slle hat some clover and stuff
he'd ben q,Plckins' and she had her
JTRc. humor ofthis recollection over.
powered him for d mo1lent. rif senli-
.i'iYala | MAS jest ago,ng to boiler at Z
8 m .whegit sort o struck me that the u
old fellet was tai ing ruther. more n :
usual. and different from common ;
\ They come on till they stood there. lost
under the butternut tree. andI lest put
my ear to that crack. Mebbe you rec,
oilect what YOU was talking about, that
there time said Mr. Wilson regarding
the pair mildly of'Irwas considerably d
surprised, he went on. addressing the
ps III In general. when ! begin 10.
gather from what they said that they :
wass two married 1~cpuplessf linz
stead of What thpy g glyeff out
to be- and that them two women want.
mother apd daughter TO no great
extent. And when they went on 20 sayd
that TINT last affair must a biowedr % or,
and it'd DO safe enough to be getting
back to business in n Week or so and give
me 10 understand, though not meaning
to, just what their business was a begun Z
to think that it was aipro, idence,a my
| getting shut upin thai there corn house
Y IL 1f1nft to1rn -. 1.nv uslnp II III ,.NE
! out" Mr.. Wilson concluded, With a final
| ehuckle, to getsiwoTdrto Philhdelphyo
and set things straight.
I The faces Of the prisoners, as he
finished, were not pleasantlto content
plate, ioos .assla,Il moll fsan. s,lsy
I AS TO the jdee o tax ing boarder5,p
said Mr.. Wilson, regarding his wife
and daughter With n 1osial smile $50
Y don tlknow uas live realiymchangedmy
mind on that ~ mt yit id1ry 3di f4sod n
4 sMleu Mr. ils0n 5 boarders departed.
La Iittld later, without, it Is needless to
Y say. Having nm~entionpd so triflinkIiad
matter ms their board billsn FOLLY stood
/ watching them from tina back porch,
!. With Dave beside her. he was sim
i da ed: she was even too bewildcredD to
feel Indignant when Mr. Cronnf, ratehE
Y ings sight of 'hsrs dropped GOD, osBmin
aginary tear4, on the officers shoulder,
\ Dave watched her a~nxiously.
\ rYoo aint sorry he's gone, Polly lie
4 yentured. .gshu.
4 Sorry Why, Dave Bartlett cried
Il Polly, looking shocked, 49,.
I fave host.ated. blushed, and funnbfing
in Ms nvesti pocket, Hastily drew forth o !
little ring arefnllyISraPpcd rim tissue.
paper. % .aanNFousg5l tuAAlA sll .
il Polly, before-before the boarders0
4 came he whispered. .Milis son hayo
Y il nowGiia f8gad ID iiiE isdluoJ l1sI
i .InII don't knows cried lolll, with
!; certain recolleclions Of Miss kirby float
ing through her mind. But ii gllttered
on her lett handw hen she wentin9i lit
lastoto seelabsptths dipAebuol 10 sDsDo
sGoii aASrslof No.td 40t iaoAaa.n bstiii
p ,iIoq8fs,fttqr Lumslrnis fapeki4u.A cd
b The valley Of the lako from which the
4 rekke Turkomans. from Merry get their
salt Is Some SIX miles uare. and Is sur
\ rouhdedH5n all sides by a steep, almost 2
Y prrnipitd Us descent, limpassablefor bag-h
! gage anjmals, $50 far IS | am ayara,o
except by the Merry, road, in the north:
east corner. The lever'of the lake I
made to be about lao feet above sea-
leFell which gives It aldeseent Of sonic
100 feet from the connecting ride, and
Of some $50 feet below Tho, general
plateau above, The lake itself lies in {
the center OF the basin, and the supply
of salt IN it is apparently unlimited. elh Isl
The bod of the lake Is one. solid mass
Of hard salt, perfe lily level, and covered
by only an inch or two of water To
ride over il was like riding over ice or
cement. lhe bottom Was covered with
a slight sediment, but when scrapedf
away the ptre white salt shone out
below. How deep this deposit may be
it is impossible 10 say for mo one has
yet got to the bottom, OF il, III I~w.,n,
To the east Of tho dividing ridge is the
second lake, from Which tile saryks OF
Pen delr take their isaltnJ1hs valley
in which this laksuis sitnatsA is muaha
the larger of tho fwo, The VALLEY proper
Is itself some fifteen miles in length by
about ten miles in breadth. The descent
to IL is preeipitousl on tho north and
west sides only. the eastern, aad south
eastern end alpping gradually up in q
succession OF ~unduIation. The lesel OF
this lake is apparently lower than that
ofithe other.3 Imado it out to be SOME
800 feet above sea level The salt in
thislake is not SO smooth as In the other,
and did not look 80 pure. II Is dug out
in flakes, or strata, generally some four
inchasiin thickness, ia loaded into bags,
and carried oil on camels for sale With
out further preparation
] ifU 4-nsfaTheTf1ornI Trick Ia l5t-hu.