The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-17
oryoND THE MIRAGE
..,,dv Of Life on the MoIave
Desert.
q, JOHN X. SPEARS
CHAPTER Nv.

vto knows ..,,Iv seemed to the specta-
s~stoundinf -, ,he white Ardb-within
tors Ia ~ .,sr he had knocked tho spiinters
tu minu' -, frame into Enoch Hales race.
from ,ss saving In an earnest ana
Editor osnner that he was sorry he had uohe
sincere .n,. oban 20 OF mind came to him as
.nsdenly as had MS
"a. \, the first plaee. -..,.,
rne u u.I. was boiling hot as ho reached
Encou =, The stairs and turned into the
ue ,bo WHIT, Arab office. lie hao coo-
doot !" ~. ,.mper out OF force OF habit wren
tplou n.sonce OF Mrs. Terry. but the moment
IN 'uo ,r,. closed behind him he flushed tur-
! m uVO, Il, the face, aud 40 no was as no
KEY ~ ,hs prlnting Office door-turkey RED
rsc"s- II. had not calculated the cost OF
WIN ,hr.sh An editor In the deserts OF
WIN IN. .bo had not calculated anything or
ona, =, ANYTHING but the effect which
49, NJ the attempted suicide would havo
te, :. ~. old home. What would people say
49, rou,d the one 81 whom tho dance house
"u ,,d reminded him think when IL came
NV Ia there that he was the musician OF .
dance house. He was choking At
m NM. Of Il rs he turned in at the door.
-. :, that instant he felt a singing pain In
80, .bsek. the roar OF an explosion that
Ma q NuNNhs
s.sa ~,nanitely loud burst on his ears. ana
~. ,.in,ly through the smoke OF the explo-
~, bs saw a man pointing n rifle NJ him'
...,d the omlnou. click OF the lever as q trcsh
N.La,. vas thrown into the barrel. heard
- m, Jingle OF the empty shell hat was
- m, and dropped on the floor. II was
han that the voice Of the man behind the rino
la. Hands up"
Epoch Hale can recall the peculiar timore
INA, voice to this day-ho Will be able to re-
ali IL afty years from now, should he live 30
mr.. The voice rather than his own rolition
,<mcd to lit his hands above his head. and
,S,u all thought OF anger passed away. he
los, control Of his muscles. his hands shook I'LL
,hs paper In one OF them ratified above MS
A,sd. and the room began to swim before
lin. He would have dropped to tho moor In a
moment. very likely. but the 'amo voice said
That will do. You've had your lesson
now come in and sit down. Add well hear all
about t."
hr forward. child fashion, sat down on one OF
he nail kegs that served IN piace Oh chairs
you acted as II your feelings were hurt In
pns way" said the editor. 1 guessed from
yuur motions that you aimed to smash some
mink. Nhs
VA raising his hands deprecatingly-' You
we're looking At q mirage. Mr.. Hale. Ihis II
sgrsst country for mirARes. and were all chas-
is EN- more or less Most likely you CAM
10 the . chasing expecting TO STRIKE
u rich. chr THAT'S what were AL nero LOT
We iust keep our eyes on tho last horses ano
PRETTY women and hne houses and the fas'
uihu we're going 70 own after wo'vo begun
soptnz out tho hundred-ounce ORE not real
ling that but one In . thousand OF US II
ring 10 strike IL Tor ANYTHING but - ada,
While we last and anon
he little white pickets Just beyond the CORA
vhsn we're done for. Just now. however
\ ts mirage you wore ga.inr on had xore and
Shinrih vtsAses all mixed up In It. why
W wanted 70 put me through tho crushel
Without bsnnnt OF clergy. chr But when you
IN w Against the rine tho mirage vanished
md there you were on tho desert and JUS
about petsring out ct that Made you feel
sosnss In your in'srds to look down thu
ntuls Of . gun. didn'tta Do you know wha
ycu ought % dot You ugh TO thank you
lucky stars, II you've got any. that you go
Jour lesson from u man who Isn't trying :
build up a reputation. II you'd made q breal
Ike that At some men here we'd have printe,
'VuI ooisuAfJ III our neAt isouo. "ch'
As the editor talked Hale's courage gradu
ally returned. He had been taken 30 utterl
Tsurprise, when he entered tho room that b
Wa panic stricken on The Instant. But some
TINT In the manner Of Editor Foster. rathe
than the words, brought him 10 his senses, ant
rhst he partly raised his hand TO interrupt
NE editorial remarks.
I ws an ass" he said bluntly, and yo'
served me exactly right"
He WINGED Just then from remembering no,
close the bullet nassed to his head. and. putting
ep his hand, pulled a splinter from his cheel
and put nj, handkerchief over tho wound :
stop the fow OF blood.
Il mean you served me right in taking tn
FUN to me-" he continued. but let me not b
thought offensive II I ask you to conside
s,tempt,d .r,c,d. 80 40 -,
clan In a dance hall, will have on my friend
back Essty"
The editor laughed heartily at tho question.
Why. man alive" he said, II haven't ha
mea haitery as that In a year. They tell m
The White Arab Ia the ablest sheet on tho dee
st and | believe that. but when II comes Z
asking me to believe that 1t is read In tho State
look a-here."
ne hsld up a copy of tho. Whue Arab. point
ma to the motto below the title. Hale read 1,
.Ihi,.s a mine camp, not a family, paper.
Not a soul on side this camp will ever civ