Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-28

,y a ,oueh u the whip lash. 1t was
-. orrupation. The monotonuus
-.,Ling ~ the wooden SHAFT, the graz :
de- 81 Inc crush stones. and the sound
81 the duii. ihlck wash or tho taillnE.
mus kept In muddy commotlon ae,eu
80 sei,t,ye on MORGAN. who had AZ
s.ady several times dropped asleep. lie
vas about falling unto stu deeper
N,ve when he was made alert IN a mo-
sent at the sound OF voices from III
liz mesa above the camp. presently
fidlnr down the steep and alrnott on
ii,arated traii, came first lnnk. elder.
nan IN faded overaila and a Manned
sbirt. and after him girl dressed N
,ors. biue a MIN and 4 sunhDnnet OF
ehr same material. riding nHridc on A
mans saddle. she had liEhi, girllsh
Geufe and her face was q Morgan q
revelation " oNhness anu hls ~
mate OF her attractions was not aito-
,eiher without some foundation. Hcr
,,,uth was perhaps little too large
Ia nor nose a triflc too 'Hlp-tilted' TOT
an ssactlnR taste. hut her EiNy eyes
we're full 81 life and sympathetic IN
~ whltc and regular as a young an.
mails and her complexion fresh and
rhs elderly man hailed Morgan IN a
t,ud voice which woke lhe echoes
aSout. "Gcoi nioinin'. companeio'
Norean Acknowledged the vociferous
.,Te.tnF and went 70 meet his visitors
a. they ride up toward the arrnsira.
nv names BnRcBm," said the man.
una thls here's my daughter. Holy.
short for roiivyer. \ man passing ai1ns
the road night before last sald AZ NOW
you'd bought In this here BelshazNei
,,,p,s,iv ana holy and me lowed itd
be ,he square thing TO come over ani
ret aeuualrtrt."
uean,ims his guests had a. smounied.
and. holding their ponies hy thcit
bridlcs, sai down on a broad nat rock
near the arras,fa. while Mofgan re-
,umed his seat on the box facing mem.
afou doue we'll when you bought ihla
here prnperiy." continued B1acom. i've
lruwn the ledge ;his zen years. rnd u
you no slow. you'il come out ahcau OF
The game. Them there fcllera, sho
cre1liorr. shut down on and busted M AZ
natural enough. AZ ! seen ihcy ".uln
when nfst set eyes on en- hu'l
Miss Roiy said nothing. hu, nxed her
gray eyes on Morgan and at silently
regarding him IN frank and Interest.
ID way which somewhat embarrassed
him. Mr.. nascom was no. ciirinu. ~
~ the past. present and future OF hs
host. but was loudly overlooking Win
Information ~ 90 himself. "My place
n iur. over t1ther side ~ this here ridge
In the other canon" he explained u
took up land shcre ten vars ago. ncvc.
,hinkin' IA stay there this time. And
wouila't ~ u hsdn,t been for a
thieyln' pardner % mine"
Flows ,h1tT'
''iyhy. ihls away. ia made stake
before ever Ia come In here. iandln'
arms Tor Bollvyun insurgents. and this
pirincr. this ere ,rinn' feller Meek,
was In with me, We had $4,000 pronts
hefweer ~. mostly In blE. yellow swcn-
ties: and h. comes up O. my pace
here Flyln' 90 hr'd help develop the
CLAIMS hack over the ridge on whsn
We had located together We was gofn'
70 pun that c1lu all In 20 dcvel bio.
but one moFfir' | wakes mp 20 ma him
dean gor,. along with his share OF ihc
Money and mlrh too. l tracked him
cu, on to the dcseTt down Mud Springs
way, and shen lost hlH trail altogether.
and never seen hide nor hair u him
or heard wh r. h. " mt 10. Since then
I've Ind 20 rustic for ilvin'. Boly.
here. che helps out herilh' n fcw COWS
I've got un the buneh grass mats On
,'th6r side shs ridge" Boiy blushcd.
hugh 4 ani cast down her eyes at this
haii;ory and pointed personal refer
sice.
when nj, guests had rcmouniod and
f'5Niy climbed the trail again. Morgan
w.cht1 them III they were GOT ~
sight. with an unaccauniablc mixed
feeling Of wild SOY and deep depression
IN his heart o. which he had hitherto
been q rimnFer. ana II was with an
impulse 10 alHg. which ended with q
sIgh. that he licked ~ his mule and
recalled his attention 90 the require
menin Of the arraatrn.
During che mex, few days the image
n nlly rrrN more aud morn deeply
Impressed on hla hitherto unrnactpti-
hl' heart This slate ~ mind ms pro-
Frsslve; and when. on the third day
after noly's VISIT. he had made a most
tatlsiartnry tSHi clean w, u was IL .he
best ~ spirits that he determined %
krlck N fron work ana return hls.
oimia visit ON hf way over the ridge
~ DIVORCED from hia direct route g.
hiaeom'A toward a iitlle nat. whore he
cav three or four COWS feeding and a
PONY near by. which. even at a dis
bnoT, he recognized as Boys. A fcw
yards away, seated In the Fhadow Of
gfpai rock he recognized the blue clad
nsuro " llly herself
- allowed you'd bo over before long"
thr tlld, with u smile. II kind Of ~
ptc'ef you'd ne IL yesterday evenin'."
M3fgina friendship progressed with
rapid strides. Within ! fsrtulght after
lhn vslt he had been over 10 see holy
SEVERAL times, and she, after an inter-
NM NJ week when he did not come,
knowing him 20 be tied dnSn hy his
MNfk ~ the ifclfhaTxar camp, with
natural dllfcfrari for empty oonyan-
nyn' had herself gone over - chat with
MN hi The nrraalra. II was On the oc.
o9slon OF this visit that Morgan de.
card hlmaeif The nrrastra whs
,iepptd, The mule rtill uircrceily
eslnded. dozed In the tug path. and
A"lEih W beatltude, cat With his arm
t'uLd what Tor the time belng was
w. .hly waist In the world.
,Ihttet one thing I ought 20 tell
NV continued Morgan, "bcforc ever
auu say yen Or no. You zee, when I
a. the idea that | was The owner OF this
mere property. didn't say so hut see.
ny a. he took II that away. I didn't No..
20 eau TO undecciyc him. hut I amt
no owner. I'm Just up here wurkin for
DID pari OF mine, ON wagea,
I'LL ! simply don't uWu nlthln,"
-, lhlt don't make no difference 90 me.
mrs said iioly, with nlgh; "but
N.hun " VIII with Dor about consent.
u, He sets such a heap on mans
u'lh Wen nNed," There WaA silence for
moment and then Boly continued,
I've heen thlnkln' this a-wAy. Why
~. you branch nut for yOutrelf aud
Sl.a be eligible"
40, MATS easy TO say about hranchin'
~, anu Fettin' property" reHpOnded
INV ueAponienily. hut hOwever'm |
10 W. dome see no openin',"
,angll never see no opcnln' sitting
o,suhu M. hrrastra belongln' 10 am
s,I,i man, rotorted liuly, with some
va. III tell you what ia do n
SAY" in9h and wanted TO make u