The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-27

same spot. but now az the end OF long
red lane, painted by the setting sun n is
last moments. The fading sky Was with
out daT; there was 10 wind: the locusts
were already chipping their lllipGtiaa
chorus; II was very Sill, very innocea.
evening.
I remember the dust storm only too
well. the morning following that demure.
sweet evening. l had gone Just too far
on my homeward journey 10 make il
worth while turning back-I mean when
the internal thing began. Before long. l
might have been going forward and back,
l should not have known which !: was
YOU couldn't see three yards ahead-yoa
could only stand still 20 be chokei by
the stupendoUs Thirlwind Of dark yellow
! sand.
stood very still indeed (having dis
m0untedl with my face 10 the faces Of nv
two horses: was leading Fidgetty Dick,
you understand, who had no i.dgets now
but only tremolei. The vision was g
completely hlnderei as N a verv bad No.
venoer fog in London and the prevailing
tint was similar; but these dust storms are
far more palpaole horror. They assault
the throat, they batter the SKIN. they
/ blind the eyes. they Ill the ears. Fortu-
| n2teIy when they are so very violent they
seldom lasI long. This one lifted, a. a
log, while could still See and hear and
draw Iabored breath through the sand
that had accumulated in my throat and
lungs. And 1t lifted all a. once: in half
an hour l saw vague yellow sun; before
noon the SKY was blue.
| noticed al odd thing as / remounted.
had halted out OF reach OF shelter. in the
middle OF sandy plain. Yet there was
no track, not the marx OF single hoof 10
show how | had come there. Il vas as
though the storm had been 3 snoTsrorn,
and the snow yellow.
l did not get home that day: spent the
night az an intervening station. | did not
/ get home az ali just then, for q horseman
arrived az this station before 0avbreak
/ next morning with q line for me from
/ Lesson. | read il by candle light, and |
/ have II before ne as I am writing now:
/ Do1r C.: Jone. has not been heard o: since
We saw him last night he never reached the
nut We are organizing search party Caa
I You join? though; yo1 would Ike 10 know,
anyhow. IL - too avtuI-especislly a01' J. !
was 81 Belvilis again that forenoon.
No one was 81 the homestead. ! found nv
+ way 10 the hut by the within, and fell in
/ with some OF the party; 81. nothing had
/ been heard Of the whim-driver. He had
not returned 10 the township. He had
never reached his hut Only too clearly
he was lost IN the bush.
de was not found on the first dav OF the
. search. though al hands were seeking \ in
! ana there were many volunteers from the
( township We were able 70 take fairly
straight line from the spot where we had
( lett MN 20 the within, and work from this
/ line on tne zgZag principle. But the line
was eight miles long, and We never came
upon 8 single track. save ou-
own; for the same dusrstorr thar
had oo.iteratei my horses tracks on
that plain miles away had wiped ont Jones
frNrN~rr ar-E~a - -
. buggy wheels had made. of the track.
were family visible IN one or two places
only. under the trees
he i dead, - SAID Lesson. in the even
ing. He had not a water bag: he was
noTher near any water. except he got
back 10 the township, Or on 70 Gis hut. or
. struck across 70 the station. He never GOT
any share thar We know Of; he : living
dead al this moment. under these very
stars-dead from thirst We shall md
. him touo-rOw
Ny friend shudderei. did not remind
nm OF tie question / had put aim when
We were leaving Jones sitting on ne
stump-whaIher be was cutie certain NOT
10 get PUSHED" Or lost. But I was
thinking OF Il; ana Leeson OWNED nv
thought.
How was 10 dream OF such = thing s"
ne asked, almost GerCelv. when he has
+ been over the ground time after time. ana
--te 49, a. = ADsA4 Os&t LElE&2 Ls-4l
s Besides, be wouldn't come with Us. Won
/ AnoS ne wouldn't. God forgive me Tor
/ not forcing him: bur how could II II
had dTeant OF such thing would have
J done -. We shall find 6im tomorrow
! dead unier some olpe-bash. lie Is dead
J now Nstc' My Gods'
J but We ald no! ind him OF the second
/ Day. towards evening. on the third dav.
/ Lesson, within sjght OF whom I
was riding, uttered Goose" which
made ny heart thump. saw
hliu hat tumble from ms horse IS dug
/ spurs INTO mine ANA galiouei towards
hlrai am found him trembling all over
ana very sex. .or N MS feet lay oar whir.-
/ driver under a b.ge-aush, lust as ne hsd
! Dgarea hlEn-And stone dead
ne lette- from the sydney LAYERS was
~ Is sl1e, pinned ~ the ground Nth Ms
/ knife; ana Ne found. when Ne took il 90.
that he lad pricSed through the paper. n
/ large capitals cne words.
| My LA>. CHaNCE-"
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