The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-04-11

That was the conclusion which sac
reached without any visible sign that
her careless eyes were conveying any
sort of impression to her mild. As II
was. he looked an unusually burly spec.
linen of the men to whom isolation from
city life had impaired 40 aspect Of bar.
barians. Before he had uttered another
word she realized that he was wholly
engrossed in the matter of his kilograms
and had no thought Of the individuality
Of the listener. Not only was she not
the thing that made him wait, but she
might as well have been old, ugly or q
man. is only she had ears to hear.
It was summer xrrerlo,n, ano rno
clear, balmy weather was seasonable.
The removal of protective canvas had
left tho structure an open shed, over the
front of which hung the boughs of the
two trees against whose massive trunks
it leaned. Gerald Heath reached up
with both hands aud held the foliage
aside.
do you get nm unobstructed view?'
he asked. ''Now, I've helped lay out
railroads through many place where it
was shame to let trains go faster than
q mile day. I've surveyed routes that
ought to provide special trains for pas
sengers with eyes in their heads-trains
with speed graduated between sixty
miles IN hour and sixty hours = mile. It
IL an outrage on nature and art that
travellers should ever be whisked past
Overlook without good chance to SEQ
what were looking at. That's why I
wrote to the president Of tho company o
month ago telling him how = slight de-
Walton from the surveyed line would en-
able passengers to get what's In our view
now. He asked how much the line
would be heightened by my plan. A
hundred yards, I answered And SUBJ
mitted map showing how the tracks,
after coming out FROM the tunnel, might
make small detour to this very spot in
stead Of going behind mass Of rocks
that will completely hide this"-and q
comprehensive gesture Of one arm fol-
lowed his sweep Of vision.
Places that get their names on impulse
are apt to have appropriate ones. Camps
OF railway makers in a hitherto unbro-
ken country are not often miscalled. An
town on the same site may be
named as q permanency,
but tho inspirations that afford tran
sient nomenclature are usually descrip-
tive. It was 90 in the case Of Overlook.
The railway tunneled through tho
mountain and emerged at height of O
thousand feet above q wide valley. Mary
had daily, and all day long, sat overlook
ing the prospect.
It had astonished and enchanted her
ut first, but familiarity had blunted tho
keenness of her appreciation. Az shown
TO her anew it was like fresh disclos-
ure. Gerald Heath stood holding the
5oughs aside which otherwise obscured
. part Of the view. He appeared to feel
that II he was not the painter of this
enormous landscape he, ut least, had the
proprietary interest of a.discoverer, and
It was with something of the air of an art
proudly eztol;ing his choicest
possession that he turned his eyes from
It to Mary Warmer. Tho expression of
admiration on her face, although quiet
and delicate, was quite satisfactory, for
4 moment only, and then the delight
passed out Of her visage, as though cx-
PEELED by some physical pang. It was
the suddenuess of the change, for it was
Of itself very slight. that made it per-
ceptible. Gerald instinctively turned to
look for the cause.
Into the picture had come o human
figure. A few yards in front of the hut
stood man. In relation to the landscape
lar beyond he was gigantic. and the shade
Of the trees made him devilishy black by
contrast with the sunlight of heaven that
lllumined tho rest. Ho was thus for nm
instant in silhouette. and it CHANGED that
bis sharp outlines included facial pro-
He. with the points of mustache and
beard. giving satanic suggestion to an &C.
cidental attitude of malicious intrusion.
The illusion was almost startling. but It
was momentary, and then the form be-
came the commonplace one Of Toaio
savelli, who walked under the shelter.
"Do-a eentrude?'' he asked, with an
Italian accent and I'M italian bearing. II
suppose no-eh: Thece ees plaza bees.
nessy'
Mary's small departure from bust
nesslike, perfunctory manner ended at
once. She took tho scrap of paper which
Ravelli laid on her desk. and without a
word translated its writing into tclc-
graphic clicks. Raveli was a .ub-cop.
tractor. and this was one Of his frequent
communications with officials Mt the COM
2anyscity Office. The response was likely
% be immediate, and he waited for it.
ITO get the full value of this view"
Gerald Heath resumed, aud now he adj
dressed himself to Mary directly, as
;hough with almost purpose of ignor-