Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-09-19

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1t 1rdS the yoUHg iurcntOr from the Ubcdt
r0nCiL
In her desire to be alone and to cvade the
now significant attentions of Emile She
took advantage of the hustle that followed
the hurried transfer Of furniture and
articles from the house to escape through
the garden to the ou'lying fields Stril5
ing into one Of the dusty Ian = that she re.
mcmbcrcd, she wandered on for half an
hour until her progress and meditation
were suddenly arrested She had CONT
upon long chaSm or crack in the soil
fllly twenty feet wide and rs many in
depth, crossing her path at right angles.
She did not remember having seen it hr
fore; the track Of wheels went up o its pro.
cipitouS edge, she could see the track re.
peatGd on the other side, but the hiatus re-
manned. unbridgcd and uncovered. It
was not there yesterday. she Glanced right
and left; the fiSsurc seemed to cNtcnd like
moat or ditch from the distant road to the
upland between her aud the great whoat
valley below from which she was shut of.
An odd sense Of being in some way
prisoner confronted her. She drew back
with an impatient start, and perhaps hcl
first real sense OF indiguaUiOn 4 voice be
hind her, which she at once recognized
scarcely restored her calmness.
You can get across there miss.
She turned 1t was the young inventor
from the wheat ranch on horseback, and
with a clean face lie had just ridden ont
of the grain on the same side of the chasm
as herself.
But you seem 10 nave got over she
SAD o'"pty. .,
Yes DuI IL was Iurlher up the HcId
reasoned that tle SPIN mlght De "eepel
but not SO broad IN 5he rock outcroP over
there than IN tie ADOBE mere found 1t 30
and Jumped it,
lie NoAQu a. IL ne might -,IcrV' lh1eIi'
gent ana ser c0nt'lErd' Yet she saId hoth
ing lie luGere" moment.
! m afrllI YOU must have been badly
shaken ana AJtie llg4tcheu up there be
lore the enlmneys came down.
40, she VS. SlaN TO say briefly, hnu
she peheVed tFu'i""I W. i wash lrlGut-
eced. dIdn even Know 1t was an earth.
quake.
An he re-lerteu, mat was because
you are straAairr' IL ; oda-they re All
IKE nat suppose Is because NOBODY
really expects or Del!cVes IN the UnIookec
Tor thlng' ana yet that the th'nE tha'
always happens. And then Oh course tina.
other AFFAIR." "hIcL really Is serious, stArt!c'
you the more.
she 1elt herself ndlcuIousIy and anSrA!
DlushinS. Il don tkno" what Eon mean
she SAID lclly' nat other aHaIr:
ny, the well
Ihe WeIl' she repeated Vactntly.
Yes the arTe5lan wei has stopped
| Dldnt the MAJOR tel you
40, sad the SirI' lie was away
maven seen MIN yet
" ELL the now OF water mas ceased com
pIeteIy. That ; what III here FOR Th'
! mayor sent Tor me, ana We oeen 10 examine
| II.
AND Is mat stopP"ge so very impor
tut: she sap duDloUsly
II was hIs turn to look at her wonder
! lngly. III l5.s Iost entirely lt means rum
| for phe rancho, he SAID seriously. H'
wheeled his horse, nodded graVely anc
trotted OIL.
MAJ EandolpA hgure or the me blood
OF the rancho hHSned across her suddenly
she knew nothing OF irrigation or tht
costly appliances by winch the Californian
agricultural opposed the long summer
| UFou2hts. She ohIy vaguely guessed tha'
the dreadful earthquake mad struck at tn
| prosperity OF those people whom only
low hours ago she had been proud 70 cal
| hcr friends. me underlying goodness o
her nature was touched. Should she let
momentary iault--if 1t were not really
after all, only misunderstanding
between her and them at such moment
She turned ana hurried quickly TOWARD
tho house
Hastemug onward she found time, how
ever, to wonder also why these common
mcn-she now included even the young
Inventor In that category-were all 50 rud'
ana uhaNI TO Aer' She haA never before
been treated IN this way; she had Away
been rather embarrassed by the admlrinl
attentions OF young men-olerks and col
legians in her Atlantic home, and of pro
feesiona! men, merchants and stock brok
ers in san Francisco. 1t was true tho
were not as continually devoted to her an'