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him?'' she said dryly.

nlms she SAID uryIy.
Yes" he returned, without noticing
her manner. "and | think can find that
water again. I've been studying it up
all night. And do You know what l,a
going to dos am going to make the
earthquake that lost it help me to find it
again" He paused and looked at her
w.h smile and Il return of his former
enthusiasm. DO you remember the
crack in the adobe field that stopped you
Yesterday
YES" said the girl. with slight
shiver.
Il told you then that the same crack
was split in the rock outcrop further
up the plain and was deeper. | am sat
istied now from what have seen that it
is really rupture Of the whole strata
all the way down. That's the one weak
point that the imprisoned water is sure
TO find, and that's where the borer will
tap it in that new well that the earth
quake itself has sunk"
1t seemed to her now that she under
stood his explanation perfectly, and she
wondered the more that no had been SO
mistaken in his estimate Of Adele. She
turned away little impatiently and
looked anxiouSly toward the point where
Dawson had disappeared. Bent followed
her eyes.
He'll be here i'll a moment, Miss Nal
lory. He has to drive slowly through
the grain. but | hear the wheels. He
stopped, and his voice took up its pre-
vious note of boyish hesitation. BY the
way, I'll be going up to the rancho this
afternoon TO see the-major. Have you
any message for Mrs. Randolph-or for
Miss Adele
NO" said Rose hesitatingly, and
II see" interrupted Bent carelessly
"You don't want anything said about
your coming here. | won't
1t struck her that he had no Interior
meaning in the suggestion But before
she could make any reply Daw,on reap
peared, driving II handsome mare har-
nessed to IL hight spider like vehicle lie
had also assumed. evidently in great
haste, a black frock coat. buttoned over
his waistcoatless and cravatleSs shirt,
and a tai! black hat that already seemed
to be cracking in the sunlight He drove
up, at once assisted her to the narrow
perch beside him AMI with . nod to Bent
drove off. His breathle55 expedition re-
heved the leave taking OF these young
people of any ceremony.
Il suppose" said Mr. Dawson, giving
u half glance over hiI shoulder AZ they
struck into tn dusty hishway-'I sup
pose You don't care to s,e anybody be-
fore you GET u san JOSE"
"No-o o" said Rose timidly.
And reckon yon wouldn't mind my
racin bit ii anybody KEN up:'
NO"
The mares sort Of fastiiious about
.akin any bo,ly'- lust"
rs she: said Rose. with a faint SIN =.
awful, responded her companion.
And the quesrrst thing Of all, she cant
bear 10 have amy onr b, hind her either"
He leaned forward with his expression
IT humorous enjoyment Of some latent
Joke and did s":n-tAi1: with the r-ins-
Rose never rouli clearly understand
what, thuu II II seemed To her that he
simply lifted them with oStentatious
hghtu"-s-hut the mare suddenly ap-
peared 10 lt'nSthcu herself and lose her
height, and the stalks ~ wheat on either
side Of the dusty track began to melt
INTO earh other. and then slipped ike a
flash into one long. continuous, Skinner.
ing green hedge. 50 perfect was the
mares action that the girl was scarcely
conscious Of any increased effort; 81
harmonious the whole movement that
the hight skeleton wagon seemed ONLY
a prolonged process OF that long.
slim body and free, collarless neck.
both straight "a the thin shafts on each
side, and strlighter than the delicate nib
oonlike traces which. in what seemed
4 mere aitectatiOn Of conscious power,
hung mt times almost limp between the
whittietree and the narrow breast band.
that was all that confined the animal,
powerful forcquarters. So superb was the
reach of its long, easy stride that Rose
could scarcely see any undulation in the
brown shining back, on which she could
have placed her foot, nor felt the soft
beat Of the delicate hoofs that took tho
lust so firmly and yet so lightly.