Arizona republican., 1898-09-22
THE OLD
 SILVER TRAIL.
BY MARY E. STICKNEY.
Continued from Yesterday.)

when the steam whistles of the working mines shriily cried out for change of shifts" and up ard down tho hills OF every side the miners. always with tin dirner-raiis swinging in their hands. might bc seen going to or coming from tho:r labc-s like struggling procession of overgrovn ants. Then women, bare headed ard bare-armel, came out to fetch water from the creek or to stand gossiping at their doors. while with loud cracking of the drivers wEip the stage for Orcdelphia would wheel up before the post office to hare the lean nail-sacll heaved on board with mighty show of importance. And after the stage would come q disjointed follow ing Of men on horseback ard dusty couples in open carts; more often still hea7y freight-wagons laden with ore ard others piled high with fresh lumber e-zhaling clean, resinou.s odcrs; all these cunbrous convcyances with q gay iangling of bells at the horses heads, for the road down the canyon was nar- row, ard for safety's sake 1t behooved that all give warning of their coming
 All this was in the carly morning, for he majority would chc1ac to have the ,ay before them fer the long. hard trip town. making their hCmeward way
 len the shadows lad begun 10 length
 and the air had grown cool Now in
 afternoon nothing disturbed the
 " calm of the place save few
 sdren and chickens pottering about
 the thick dust Of the street. the one
 end apparently as iistiess and void of
 ose as the other. Across the way,
 . postmaster, secure in belief that no-
 aGv would come bothering him for
 .:ier mail CT merchandise at this hour
 i the day, smoked in dreamy content, s thin form luxuricusly teleScoped in I wooden armchair. his long legs dis rosed across an iron wheelbarrow which was evidently part Of his stock n trade. The saloon man next Gcor was visibly snoring. his rcci,th a very cavern of escaping sonnd; while so long 2 time had elapsed since the doStor
 ad turned a page Of his book that ii
 ould seem he might v-ell have ccr nit cd the last to memory. There vas oft. broken nu:mur Ii or2 the creek. . drowsy swis: Of lcavcs among the cot tcnwoo,ls along its banks. and the stanp-Mill at the far ci:d Of the place went on irg q dull I::onatone, Ike ? devils tattoo that would Eever stop; but withal i; seemed deadly quiet.
 Dorothy Meredith warmed helpiessly as she turned from her outlook behind the dusty lace curtains of the Palace hotel raElor to rurrcse!eas survey Of the large, hare rooIa. She had drought her i,ooIl here in he hope ef finding . cooler place than her room on the floor abore; 1t vas cooler. but. inc atmos- phere seemed o72ressi,eIy clcse, while there was that in the stiff arrange
 nent Of the conventional parlgr suit of cheap furniture which someaav con veyed the impression that tne a art ;l,ent u-as nct intended for eyei f.ii.s- i..se. Now ti,at she vas here, Dorai ! und herself i':stiaetivcly stepping ut or tiptoc, win vaglIc serse Of intru sicn, very seen deciding that even as a choice of e.;is lie place would rot do. She only l'... d while fretfuiiy consid- ering whether she should return to her room and .a rap or shake off creep ing lc, c,aar-y hy going for ! walk, de termia.n-- finally to take her chances out ci -ss- although it seemed we'll nigh ii-; caastiEg sunstroi.e.
 But sfo Uttered by tte window a monsen; los ger, HOW moved to idie curi- csitv & Oui.d Of Eoof beats com ing l,-.a I,t pad. q small IT sSlI;evous r,,ir,1 he aol..eyel. to poster the postmaster fo~ H-1= o1 r.use the salccn r,-,-, rom h;s ,.re.-ls.e- ;.:. he rider had -s,rrht tr l3 r.5ta 1i ;,ar Of these q -c1n ar- o.r=t. I.e rode straight ou to ths 6cato-z a. ce. T man who sat -..- -..-..:s- nsa 'e csss. sionehing gTaee cf orc s-ce-'st3l-cs. E, IlEch riding. :, TeUngz raa at ss..t of whom Dorot Y dt59r Eae3. hastily behind her sheiiei us- curtain. :.cr face all a warm, iuk glov.
 It had heen three days since hcs al- vertUTe in the storm. and. ird s-.osoa 10 r.d' 'af FaSon of the i;rgeril .a ,l-e- ness of b-f wrist. she had kept n her clos lsr room. until ne. .=-s nc. .,s of i,arvey Neil. S!-c c-,Eht her 'is1a arply. the hot ilH-s Ge, -,- ci:.. Ter cheeks as sh. --l .lfs.s swe; rl J.. hotel with ke. II {. ..,ic..- guess at his thought III g.. ..,- c. her, ant aevoutly thankful for the screen of lace which afforded her safe covert te atoh him unGetecteti. lie had e,-e3.- -ed his miners cIothrs for a we'll. 'ij-g suit of gray with russet legrirc= to bis knees. wearing a soft gray hat by TO means So disreputable in appearance as the enc that had framed his head the other day. He had becn Sood-lcoking then. but he was handsome now as he stood talking with the doctor. his attitude instinct with the unconscious grace Of splendid F developed strength. as he slightly leaned against his horse. with one hand caressing it's neck. Something was evi- dently aln;ss with one of tine animals hind legs, at which the doctor was look ing, the two men standing for several moments in earnest discussion of the trouble, after which they disappeared