Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-11-17

! II an iron hand vss pre~iug on hi
I. h=A-t. a. be fully realized the ho-
: rcsS az The Dicht-aloDe in ih-
= u1oGDtSins-& lost child. PerbsT,
, be was killed The gray timhei
wolves were fe-ocio1-, ana perhap-
|. toe boy hSd tackled g bear or csia
mount
Again. be might have fallen down
precipice.
He was huS-se from hslloinc. and
'.>f-SuosrN IVES showing Dumis-
taxable signs Of giving c1i under the
severe ridinc. a. Jack TSllopad tire
ie--ly Srouud in widening circles
Bis eyes were strained TO noie sny
sign" Even when the star czrne
oct snd shed 1icseriBg light, les
lie refused to give up the search.
7 DRIED branches and trunks Of fall
en- piDes we're bssped into an i'm
n-nse pile. and the whole mas WIS
soon blazing like great bonfire ts
serve as q heseon for the missing
boy.
IL was all in vain, however, and
about uIidsight Jack returned in
| despair. His bearI Was heavy and
s<.if-reproach was acute.
He should Bever have allowed the
[ child TO 90 out unless under his own
projecting care, and the pale sccus-
Ing face Of his dead mother rc-~ be-
fore bis fevered Imagination. asking
I him how ne had sept his fsith.
Great t.eads Of .erspiration stood out
on bis forehead and his ewes were
| fastened OIL the east with prayers
for sn early dawn that be might re-
sumo his search.
| When Atty Leslie examined the
round mirror he saw that after il
was cleaned from the mud and din
{ the glass was perfect. and the boys
ingenuity was Immediately exerted
to make & frame for 1t 50 that ne
could Use il a. 8 heliOgraph.
In all the excited hunt Of the
wounded buck he had never lost the
knowledge Of the direction in which
the camp lay, and he knew well that
il ne could only crawl to the summit
: Of one Of the foothills below Pine
Top" ne might be able TO send. q
fash Oh the camp.
With the stump Of his knit blade
he cut two saplings about four feet
in length, and he pointed the ends
50 that he could stick them in the
ground. Then he cut two short
pieces, about eight inches long, and
split them al each end. He inserted
the edge Of the little fiat mirror in
one of the Sits, and the spriDgy bit
of sapling held it Ike a wise. Then
he inserted the opposite edge in the
Slit Of the other stick like this.
When he had fixed the glass to
suit him in the two clamps ne be-
gan 10 cut away the tin al the back
of the mirror uutil he mad made
round hole at the center.
From this he scraped away the
quick silver and cleaned the glass
until he could see through If. Now
bis heliogrsph was complete, but
more remained TO BE- done.
He cut another thin ssplIng about
three feet and six inches in length
and made douhle slit in tine top of
it. Into this opening he put little
biz Of sappling which he had whit
tied out shaped like q small spoon,
but fat and Thin.
Then ne placed the clamps Of his
mirror Cd the two sticks which ne
had stuck in the ground and went
about two feet in front " the appa-
arrus and stuck down his single
stick with the spoUn shaped bit Of
wood Inserted in the cleft, and
turned toward him edgewise.
The heliograph was now in posi-
ton.
Then he went behind his mirror /
and looked through the circular |
place where he had sc-aped of the 1
quick silver, az if taking aim with 1
q rife. The hind sight was the cir
cular transparent space on the back
NJ H. I'D rh.. Frf.nf o,t,hf x1Ta
the edge OF the spoon held in the
slit of the stick in front.
The sup had risen above the tops
Of the serrated edges Of the hills to
the east and Atty found that his
ankle was 10 much better that by the
aid Of his rife he could limp over
the ground for short distance. He
was tired, hungry, cold and sick,
but his brave little heart had recov-
cred nerve, and as he completed his
for sun-fashing, he knew
that Jack would soon be squirting
madly up the ravine with wild
JOY Ia his heart.
Dime had stolen away. Dog.
instinct was too strong. At first I
Atty thought he had returned to
the camp; but in about half an hour,
Dime sneaked up to bis master
with chOpe all covered with blood !
and an Enthusiastically depreciating
look in his brown ewes. He had
Deen feasting upon what WAS left Of !
.he gallant buck By the coyotes.
Az Atty rose painfully to his feet
md limped away "Dime" followed :
With his tail between his legs, ar If q
Ie was ashamed to have been