Kansas City daily journal., 1895-06-09

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not only that day. hut tho next. and there.
after there were lew days during the neXt
two months that they dtd not see each
other
The rains had been very light that sea.
son. and hardly a cattl,mnn-ot, f9r mat
matter any one eIse--but was well-hlgh IN
despair Cattle by scores lay dead on me
rood and water Not 80 many OF Benz
dIxOu's: his were unusually wei proNil. !
FOR. hui hardiy an outut in the county lat
counted It's loss hy hundreds. ami even
'HI'ii Sitii come heavily, though when !, docs
together they rode, one hot AFTERNOON,
through Wind canon on their way =
ranch "You never saw storm So nus
country, dd your We'll, II is something
Of II ones ~ snlIouly-anl the rain
falls IN chunks tor a little whiri men :.
EadcnY '1sg, In, apd .S 94e Pqr,aasSsn,ly q,aS he
canons and ravincs become flooded win
water. ana each one becomes NE oe1 ot
cr ieveis--t have scen rocks weighing tons
carried down through them By ~, W9t
he "ntarruntci hIm"clr suddenly. that
storm we noticed over IN the i}urro m9un;-
aims awhile ago Is coming this way"
lie was right inside Of five minutes the
storm had broken over them. and they hai
TO sock what shelter Was afforded 10y the
lee OF rock that partially oNcrhung the
trail. The storm was over presently tho
clouds, apparently without any Impeding
the clarified atmosphere and dim ram
bow as reminders ol their Nis1tauon' ...
Come" said BeniiNon. w" must hurry
and got back TO whore We can strike the
hills. Hurry ,..
Mrs. Harlan looked At him 9aiaziralilly;;
1.-The idvai" she said; ~ do believe you -
guyine mo" And unassistad she mounted
her horse and was on M the canon before
In mgmen, he WAS aftcr her r.,;;G shg SaH Saw
but she only laughed .merrily. aud urged
hprep
other accompl shments besides docilIty and
int"llgcncc-he could run. ana he ran now
90 that presently he was alongside Nlls.
Gomez crlgd Bendlxon hoarsely. There
Ian, seeing the look in his eyes tried 20
obey, but her horse had his head ana she
could not stop him shs mymgd VINE bs
nuiging Dick a bit closer to the gray.
reached out his arm, graspei the slight
and Dick wheeling Ike lightning, was
running like an antelope, despite his Gou-
bic load. down tn" canon.
How silly wo are" calculated Mrs. Har-
| Ian, as they reached the TOP OF one OF the
hills back nsar lhG canon,s mouth and and
| trying 70 frighten me. Really
Hush" said her companion, solamnly.
| "Do YOU hear that"
| Tho rocks Of the canon echoed low. ter
| rible roar, now loud, now more subdued. as
the great body of water found Il narrow
er. Mrs Harlan, alive now to the possible
danger she had escaped SAT- with ears and
| eyes alert, wondering how long
| Just then hor horse came In sight, turn
| ing a bend a quarter of a mil above racing
FOR his life and behind him, not hundred
water. forty feet nigh Tcusey they
watched the unequal r1coe bqt not for long.
poor animal. and presently. "a shapeless
mass ne was rolled by thcm in a torrent;
| along. with all the rocks and debris at the
| forefront Of the watrry avalanche.
| NOW" began BeulNon. you scc--"
But his companion did not see. She was
| crying.
| ond he was beside her his arms were about
| her and she finished her cry on his shoul.
| der And that afternoon they told
| their stories to each other Just enough
| for each to know that the other had suf
| fered-as. tn" woman nwkwdrdly sitting
beside, they went back to the Wheatley
| place together.
90. ,',,, .''.o. on, = mo-. sa,In,n
| the bartender to one Of BendiXon's men
who dropped in one quiet evening, "th't
E"' mem r' wSrS eyer amd G{s
merely gave the bartender an inquisitive
.'Ya-as." continued Dan. setting up the
whisky bottle. Il gits II straight MT this
| bloke Is IN same one th't htr an 'er ol,
man splits M on, an th't she's go'n' t
Mr, BendMon's cowhaud mer, 'y .youah;
satet' utsnraIiS hSu. ,, ,.I tui
| .,,t,ii,. ,.-,I,'iI,' ,y-a,.., o., L.. "a, more
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!
| ing stranger two or three times, hut to-
night he no n9tigsa or tG9nEht he no,i,sed,
| l9r M Hrst tIih'' u ''tJaIn con. u"'I. IN
| ny manner ol ms s"rtlutHlt l"Wait nun
! selfi ana a vague "VnGti!hE l'!iH"S\ ,,at
| possession of him. Who WAS THIS fellow
| Bsment, anyway THIS -huf' :, u.asr
| man Of the world" What Nas Ne doing aL
| the WhgatleyS" He had not thought 10
| "A he lt
II was late Wien he started hom1SSwiari
| hn4 htta" W"I'"Dr,iE or', ,i,,7, Ii,lI',s :
| ana thrlG tHlue u suiItn Iiut, a. Ie 20
| neh.i"trb ,'Iit ~, w" iIt i.n' !" II'''' =
| 10. siHs nj tn' Euya i'Nt
| i, nntg, ',lIhr, i,h r'I "s',gI,'I, E,ift
I ily I,''n w. , IIi,,I ,rI' t HIS t' ,rrs
| ~ ", cDr u", ',-ISt flI,v t,uy E., h,r.
~, Gs Aii y1,, Jrrirr.,
WV he hnd MOI thoUght OF His before. hS
| whs.i.d Dick and rode ,Iuietly back to-
| ward no ranch lie wuuld SEQ TN, fight in
| har viWdovy at Lon
| II. s,,,y hIs arm about hrr-thut man
| Pamrni's lie Could sec thpm plainly as
| thcy walked slawl,. toward hlm-hU her
| dune who was supposed to he nearly homo
| BY now They came directly ON They
| would pass close 10y the rlump Of brush
| whore he ana his horse were r"ht'hi'"'