Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04
THE GAZETTE: Fl W0RTH TEXAS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 1872

to End yourself on an island or even
under water"
"a moderate Mediterranean would
satisfy me-" the general said. 81
wouldn't exchange the certainty Of 1t
for the treasures OF Montezuma.
"The thirst for gold and for water
are synonymous in your case7"
"Give this section moist climate,
and needn't tell you that the Great
American Desert would literally bios
som as the rose. Even as 1t is, expect
a great deal Of it will be redeemed by
scientific irrigation. The soil only
needs water TO become inexhaustibly
productive. Our desert, as you know,
is not sand, like parts of the Sahara; it
has all the ingredients that go TO nour-
ish plants, only their present powdery
condition makes them unavailable.
Now, can, to-day, buy a hundred
square miles Of desert for few dollars.
You see the point, don't you?'
"And all you want is expert opinion
as TO the likelihood Of finding water?"
"rhe man who solves that question
for me in the affirmative is welcome to
half my share of the results that would
ensue from it."
"Why don't you engage some expert
10 investigator"
zone can't always trust an expert. I
don't mean as to his experiences only,
but as to his good faith. He might pre-
fer to sell the idea to somebody who
could pay cash--which cannot"
"Why, you seem to have given this
thing good deal of thought, Tred-
nolSe"
"Well, yes; it has been my hobby for
n year past; and have made some in
designations myself. But this is the
first time l have spoken OF it to any
one"
81 understand. And what Of the in
vestigations?"
81 can say that found enough to in
terest me. I'll tell you about it some
time. l should be glad to leave Miriam
something TO make her independent"
81 should say that her Creator had al
ready done thatp said Meschines. "By
the way, know a young fellow-if he
were only here-who is just the man
You want and can be trusted He is a
civil engineer,-Harvey Freeman; the
Lord only knows in what part of the
world he is at this speaking. He has
made special study of these subter-
ranean matters"
Don't you remember, papa, Cole
ridges poem of Kubla Khan?-
where Alph, the sacred river ran
Though cayerns measureless 10 man
Down 10 q sunless seal"
"Our sacred river, when we find it,
shall be named Miriam
at ought to be Mammalian" she re-
joined; "for, if anybody finds it, it will
be he"
~ think hear She wings of the
angel of whom we have been speak
ing said the General. Eyes, here he
Isl and he has got the letters. Let us
seel One for you, Mesohines. And
this, / see, is from our friend Miss pars-
loe, postmarked Santa Barbara. Why,
she'll be here tomorrow, at that rate.
Here's a queer coincidencel' ex-
claim the professor, who had mean
while opened his envelope and glanced
through the contents. ''rhe very man
l was speaking of,-HaIvey PREGNANT
Say he is in this neighborhood, has
heard I'm here, and is coming down TO
pay me a visit. Methinlrs 1 hear the
rolling of the sacred riverl"
but you won't mention it to him,
until"
BLESS mel of course not. III bring
him over here, in the course of human
events, and you can take look at him,
and act on your own iutuitions. l
won't say on Princess Miriam's, for
Harvey is very ine-loolciug fellow,
and her intuitions might get confused"
"a civil engineer!" said Miriam. with
an information worthy Of the daughter
of West-Pointor and the descendant
of an Aztec prince,
kamaial'an twho spoke only spanish)
had been gathering up some cushions
that had fallen out of the hammock.
Having replaced them, and cast a Quick
glance at Meschines he withdrew.