The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09

How long ago2'
Tbs girl suddenly remembered that she had
Sens noon" she said. .hesitatinely.
..wns;. The TIE, ssaarthnuakeT
!, The man came im.ppatiently toward her. How
missed the trail and hez got of somewhere
What tail was he on-vhsre was he 20
Sank Hozay San Josel. | reckon. He was
goln' up the grade-sde o, the hill. he must
hev turned Off where there's a big rock hanCin
did yeu see him turn orr"
The second man, who was in hearing dis
lance. had turned away. and was ostentattously
Wbn h, 9ne SKY e9 hsr tn o1sS b an nG hsn
turned again, and came slowly toward her.
ond man had done. But the first man now laid
his hand kindly on her shoulder and said. sit
Then they told her there had been an earth
quake 20 strong that Il had thrown down part
wag On team and driver such as she had de-
rbed had been carried down with 1t. crushed
OF rock in the Rulch below. party had gone
doun 70 examine. but II would be weeks. per.
nn SSf "2 Ioq and rs: s. S
vaguely and with tearlSss eyes;;
Then We reckon dads dead''
Then volts Roin' to become O. me7" she said
simry.
YOU no friends in Caiifornla9' said the elder
man.
"Bnnao was r.eton a he didnt t eithor"
You stay here for the present said the ell
'' Th %p s H1adsa ySS You know
something about looking after stock?" he con.
tinued.
The girl remembered that her father thought
she didn't. but this was no time for criticism.
and she again nodded.
lrock. ''eyorythnG you have is In the wagon"
She nodded. addtng.uith the same old naivet6.
They walk.d on. the girl following at times
s,fnyns f.rtys on 1n either sds as msd
had once or twice been vaguely In her thoughts
but chiefly to avoid further question ing and
For they were, evidently speaking OF her. and
she could not help hearing The Younger repeat
with considerable amuseme nt. and the add.
call that, remark o hers the richest thing oqtl',
You Cont Know the iiyss Il these people"
the forest yet SO neon plete that many Of the
!eysd trees. partly lopnsd OF their boughs. stu
o s they Of mhsTS Soss
very simple in structure. yet made In a work
-nqnlike, fashion. quite unlike the usual log
that the elder man was, "towny" and not
frontiersman like the, other.
As they approached the cabin the elder man
stopped. and. turning to her. said:
DO you know Indians" -
T TIins b Guiek laugh. "dlans-there aint"n'
'Not the kind you mean. These are v,ry
will"-- He stoned and hesitated as he
cooked critic allyat the girl and then corrected
m the eety ou loo, and showed
an interior. equally simple but vel Joined and
neted-a marvel OF neStness and finish to the
cupboards and other conveniences. yet with no
ostentation Of refinement to brighten her rus
Then he pushed ,oren another door leading
derszed India woman-htted with a coarse
Ss WA" oeS Wv xhs r.
cooking and cleaning" he said. "and-py the
way, What is your name?"
g. He took a sspyal me nc bo9k and
Jones" he said, writing It down. The girl in
terlpposed long red hand. r
beth. but Libby short for Iib'rty."
.".Lihety'"
..,"fiherty Jones. then. Well. Wayn. this is
Miss Jones, who Will Look aiter, tho cows and
the a5 ala sdm, at hs
from San JOSS, Waya Wi show YOU
the other man. When they we're some dis.
ta9ccee from the cabin the younger remnrked:
More Ike q boy than Sirl-aint sher
TT reckon! i was only thinkin she didn't
handsome much either as boy or girl : eh, doc
tori he pursued.
Yell: as that won't make much difference.
doctor
hers sudden outburst Of laughter from the
cabin made them both turn in that direction.
ing out Of the cabin door n large cotton pin
nfor" eyilenty .elo1Ging2 II. sSaaw Eh1
fr I q sxpostu"tion "l The S two men
stopped and gazed at the petacle;
very sad the ,nS 2s Ws
quite as much as he deserved. I dare say,
narpeme enc H to h.r he would have hay whined and
whimnsred to us for the sake q getting some,
s, e bee. %Sh sni too
ural to ne a hypocrite yet
suddenly, the laughter ceased. and Liberty
aSs hear 0o 's' boss os:
rs doctor AEnsd Win grin, ,hT smile to his
cred me and Iye b.sn waiting for. She's set
They turned ava, briskly through The wood.
At the end Of half AL hours walk they found
the team that had brought them there in wait
ing and drove to San Josf. 1t was nearly ten
miles before they passed another habitation
or trace OF clearing And by this time night
had fallen upon the cabin they had loft. and
upon the newly made orphan and her Indian
com pnnioR alone and contented In that track
less solitude.
Liberty Jones had been n year at the CT b in
In that time she had learned that her empIoy-
Sra name was DIR. Ruysdael. that he had lu-
erative practice in San Jose. but had also
taken up league or two Of wild forest land
HI the Santa Cruz range. when he preserved
and held after fashion Of his own. which guve
him tie reputation Of being crank" among
tho very few neighbors his vast possessions
permitted. and.hO equally few friendships sin
gular tastes allowed him 1t was believed that a
man owning such an enormous uintity OF tim
Der land who should refuse TO set up saw
mill and absolutely forbid tho Telling OF trees ::
who should decline to conpect II with the high
W to Santa CruZ and close II against impr ove-
lent and speculation. had given sum :ent evi.
dcnce of his insanity. but whom TO this was
added the rumor that he himself was not only
devoid OF the human instinct Of hunting the wild
animals with which his domain ahounded. but
that he hold il 80 sncred to their use as to for
hid The firing Of q gun within lts limits. and
that these restrictions were further preserved
and 'pOlicea" hy the scattered remnants Of n
band Of aboriCines known as digger In
inns ~ In wns RnriOuslV limited that his