Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1901-11-29

Something to eat and drink. did ysA
say7 Man. I've got ~"

Something to eat and drink. did ysA
say, Man. I've got III"
"No!"
"Herc yeh are" He took two slices
Of dried bread out Of his pocket.
"ThAt's the cAtin'."
lie produced . flask In which there
was. perhaps, four mouthsula Of aus-
ber liquid. "And that's the drinkin..
and there might be more"
I'VE can toast the bread" suggcst-
ID RhodA, His guest drew formid-
able knife from his pocket and opened
its one terrible blade slowly. Rhoda
smiled with infantile grace aud seat
ed himself cross-leggcd before the
nre. He wus not entirely surc of the
purpose of that unshcathing Of the
weapon, but he determined TO make
light Of Il. However. he had appar~
emily no causs for apprehension. HE
companion stuck . slice Of bread op
the point Of the blade and held IL up
before the hre.
1T smells good" remarked RhodA
II wish TO heaven there was = smeu
Of hot coffee going with H."
Tho other man looked pensively.
into the are. ~
eyes," he said. rsfiectiveiy. - wish
20. too" He got TO the ssp6nd slice
Of bread and toasted tito . warm
brown. Then they began to eat. u
was quite . ceremony. The men
talked Of going TO = climate where
there was no winter, and they were
truly magnificent. No one listenlng
would have doubted their ability 70
visik'iuch . place II they had pleased.
ykterward they made the hrc safe and
laid down with their feet toward the
glowing ashes and slept.
maybe I'll be when wake UP
and maybe I won't" thought Rhoda,
humorously. ~ sleep came over hisl
"But II doesn't matter. really. That
knife, howcsr. IL an ugly sleeping
companion. | dare say shall know
more about It by morning than l Dc
now"
lie fell asleep easily for all Of that
and he drcnmt OF walking under
palms with the man by his side. ana
OF sailing with him over summer sena
lie dreamt OF hghting by his sids
and Of struggling to defend him frou
some danger; and then, suddenly. he
nat up and snw the dawn peepinx
about the edges OF the curtain.
so the knife isn't In me. after ALL
he commented, and looked about for
his companion. hut he was not to
be found. 1ne room WAS unoccupicj
save by himself. Instinctlvely he felt
for his money. II was safe. And %
tho floor by his aide Iny the knife
Rhoda lifted II and stared at IL stu-
pidly. Then, by degrees. the signiH-
cnnce OF II came over him, IL was ;
Rift for remembrance, and all that
its owner had to bestow. II was tho
first evidence Of friendship that tho
man who held II In his trembling
hand had received for years. Some
thing that he had thought dead
stirred In him. lie put the gift In hIs
pocket and arose to his feet. Obscure-
y II came across him that the hos
ron nndence had been worth while--it
had been worth while TO dream those
dreams Of comradrship. lie went Qua
Of the murky building and down os
The street. AZ he walked along lie
held his head like man who has .
purpose In his mind. The skulkinR
attitude Of the night before was gone.
lie walked Into a newspaper ofIics
and bent over the desk where the adj
rertisements for workers were die
played. and. AZ he looked At them.
writing down q number Of addresses.
he ranked himaelf once more In ths
mighty file Of honest men. DImiy.
ike an evil vision. away into the oh.
ivion ~ the past. wound that othor
procession Of which he had once been
! pari--that procession Of dark ng- 1
,res with svertcd Ksxs. With mischiev-
'us hands. with vsfs ti,Oughts!--Chi-
ago Tribune.
CABLING WYTUOIYT WIRES.