Telegram-herald., 1891-11-30

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The little ears~sa il wsy - calieass
esn snd along h - enc 81 the eater
vali<Sot Ne yrsst esayeA. whss~ II hA,e-
ID for ths ltyhk
Very early n - nsrsxne, bs1sEU
tia sun had ssAssA his sspsstasss. twe
Of the nsn slaag thsk sansesas to tAsir
aiass and started fsg - stvsss yAs0gh
YosA after thsy hsA GooA cid: 'It's
even chances boot them git1kn' water
-shsy moughs snA they noaghtn't
Them air eanyea wells y mighty
steep. but thar nay ss . pisss - gis
dcan som'srs aAong liar.
Clearly The sun had determined 10 -
- wicked - ever; md whsa his scoFch-
ing. blistering rsys resshsd the little
camp on calisots trail the men soon
sought the xhslses of ths rockA DAw.
lins mado Buasses - eon1Drsshas -
was possible; bat there was very little
comfort to be enjoyed The SICK man
walled fer wstsn end his purple fAes
was Al ugly sight for his friend 70 gsss
upon. while he vigorously famed with
his hst the dry. hot air above his brow.
Hours passed "wnl they never
GOMEZ" thought Rawiins;s s'why did I
NOT go myseif7 II was because I
thought ne might die while ! wa
gone. and ] wanted to stick By him to
the end. Still. should have gons-I
should have gone"
Another hour dragged Sc reluctant
wsy along. II was nearly noon.
Thess they were at last-the water
bearers But why walked they 50
slowly? No doubt they were tired
Yes. they were tired and worn-nearly
exhausted, in fact; their clothes were
In tatsors. and theJ were shamefaced
and cowod-for thsy brought back no
water. They had started from tho
walled-in stream with full caAteens;
but the ascent of the canyen-sido had
been 50 te;lsome, the heat - intense.
and their thirst 90 great that they had
drunk every drop
Ugly glances shot from Zach Raw
.ins' eyss st tho rocreaut ones His
olood was up He would go down 10
the stream. though II wexe guarded by
fiery dragon. and he would bring back
. cantesn full Of wster and steep tho
hcartaess ones In their shame. Yea.
Big Bunster shesd have tho all-nccd-
full draught, il he had 60 60 through
Ere TO get it And he did 60 through
6rc; for 1t proved useless for Yost to
tell him that . journey down to tho
waters edge In the cool of tho morn
ing and one made IT midday were two
ver, different things to undertake. Ho
3erked the oanteen strap over his
shoulder ard strode quickly away over
tho baked mesa, under the burning
sun and soon began tho descent From
ono great step Of The rough. natural
stairway to another he went and At
last he gained point where he could
look OF and down into the canyons
dark depthA Like ainuoos piece OF
ste.i tho river ran it, way far below
him, . strip Of n visible hcre. smother
there, and stin another beyond, so that
10 seemed - II the stream burrowed
through high. rocky barriera Rawlins
paused not TO note the brilliant patches
of color along tho fsoe Of tho great
escarpmenA and tho shsrply -sketched
chiar-oscuro that marked the naked
grandeur Of the scene made no im-
presA He only saw. running swiftly
a& the base Of tho great walls which
hemmed it in from human hand. the
water xor which the friend Of his youth
lay dying. The way down was dihi-
cult He was almost stihed BY the
heat, he wss tortured BY IN intoler-
able thirst: his clothing was torn by
jagged rocks; how - struck at BY rattle-
snakes. and. II al this were not
enough. ono Of the soles of his boots
had become 30 warped BY the heat and
split by the rocks - TO make his stop
Unsafe.
In fever Of excitement, he finally
reached the rivers edgo. He threw
himself down by the brink and eagerly
gulped the sparkling water. Then no
filed the eantsen and darted mp tho
rocks. Fleet a had been his descent
20 the base Of the canyon wall, It had
taken him nearly two hours to make II
Il had been hard enough coming down
but now came the real work. So steep
lwas the rocky escarpment that its
ascent was one Of great effort and
peril. even for . strong man st early
dawn, but for . weak man, at two
An the afternoon. IL was fearful task.
Row intensely hot IL was thsre on
che canyon sidei How acorchingly. un-
bearably hou And yet he bore It.
Though his whole body rocked with
tightly drawn under the great strain.
yet he paused only 10 pick his way
among the roclra He could not 20 up
the way be had come down. for it was
too steep
Within an hour the demon thirst
had seized upon him again. clutehing
with fiery fingers ct his throat until 1t
seemed almoss closed So quickly
were the bodily Juices licked up by the
sun, under such tremendous effort
that hts very marrow seemed 70 have
lost its fluid portion and his tongue to
have turned 70 . chip Now he wss In
the shadow of . greet rock. How
grateful was the shaded He paused
there for . moment He scolded him
self for his loss q ume. eus he felt
that moment was ono spent In Heaven.
In passing through . great split In
ths rock the eAntesa strap vss cuA
and down fell The prscious vessel With
It's still more precious cunssntA The
stopper fcw from IL place end .
plash of water steamed mp from ths
burning rock on which IL felk Mad.
IL he jerked up Ne esntesn- Thsnh
God. only . litsls water he'd been
wsss~d. and ysA hs reflected - ~
replaced the eevk - weuld have