Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-30


inch higher than the water surface.
Warren was beginning TO have some
suspicious of Stoner. but not such as TO
lead him TO doubt the simple directions
he had received. The sand bar looked
safe, but within a few days the sea. as
Stoner knew. had swept 1t nightly,
torn out the long comp2cted bar and
placed instead a quiyering mass Of
quicksand so treacherous that not even
a light footed rabbit could cross with
out being swallowed up and dragged
bodily down. Warren rode swiftly for
ward. He had crossed sand bars hun
dreds of times Some horses would
have been wiser. but the animal he
rode had been bred in the valley.
The approach to the Lar was hard for
n few rods and lie saIIopel on. sud
denly. in one hcartbroaking. hreathless
descent. uoiseless but unutterahly
dreadful, Tom Warrcn'S horse went
down. down. and the soft. Shiny Saad
came up 70 his u:9ne. He shrieEel cut
that ghaS,.y c:y Of ar' al and agony
that desperate. dying ha:se viii some
times utter.
Tom knew the peril IIe lad drawn
his feet from The s'irrups and lil,cd
them up az the C"ri '!owrvarl t..rol.
but the sand hpcaa 10 grab at him a,so.
He threw himself fat or his breast ana
tore himself loose & 81 t-.e poer AMI
NAL over wi.3-r l:ci ;sn mingled sand
and water were rams. x. us Il ro.,cd
from side to side in inef'Cc;ual strug-
giles TO escape.
Tom spread himself ont over as much
surface as Ssp0s..,.ie hut slow.y. resist
lessly. the mig. : f,rcn drew him down
ward The hard leach was only ten
feet distant bat practically the chasm
was impassable. He felt his horse
sink out of sight The sand grippcd his
own knees and arms. his thighs and
shoulders. Two inches more. and the
end by suffocation was inevitable. Up
to this time he had not shouted; only
Of the tragedy. What was the usei
Who would be passing along that lone
ly road? Then he thought of Tessa
and of life. He raised his voice in
clear, strong shout for help, again and
again repeated.
Far off along the deep ravine there
came cry in response and horses
hurrying feet. and hope awoke in his
heart. The margin of life was five
minutes now-not longer. Faster, fast
er, oh. fearless riderl
"Tom, where are you?'
"Here. Tessa. Don't come too near"
But the mountain girl knew the dan
ger Creeping down stairs for a drink
of water. She had heard her fathers
words to Warren. had thrown a shawl
about her shoulders and run to the
pasture. There she caught her pet
horse, sprang upon his unsaddled back,
seized n riatta as she passed the stable
and galloped at the utmost speed
down the ravine. hoping against hope.
for many minutes lad necessarily
elapsed since Warren started.
She sprang to the ground and tossed
the rawhide rope to the one arm he
held above the sand She folded her
shawl and put it over her horses
shoulders and tied the riatta round
like collar Then she led him slowly
away from the quicksands, and War
ren thought his arm would break, but
slowly, reluctantly, painfully, the sand
gave up its prey.
"Your father told me to take this
road, Tessa," said the young sheriff.
"Yes, | know that, and | heard one
of the men tell him today that the bar
was swept out"
There was a long silence between
them.
''Tessa. go with me to San Luis"
laid Warren. "and let us get married"
And Tessa went.
Old Stoner heard the news n few
days later. Within an hour he had
retired from business" The camp
was broken up. the hunters disappear
ed. mysterious lights flashed at inter
walls all night from the points of the
cliff. and the next day old Stoner him
self disappeared, leaving his family.
the ranch and the live stock. 1t was
said tiiiss,tt ttiist -he made the best of his way
a Mexico and finally to South ..;:,e.- .;;::,,er-
~ '"""e as yet, and
ica. The worid $685.
men who have money can ramble over
n good deal of it without finding n
past they wish to escape from. But
TesSa lives i'm her San Luis Obispo cot
tage, with orange trees over it and La
Marque roses on the porch, and she
thinks herself the happiest woman in
California.
WASTE. Rest and Exercise.
William Nj. Evarts was marvel or
intellectual vitality to an advanced
age, and he used to explain 1t by say
Ing that he slept late in the morning
and never took any exercise. There
is no advantage in getting up early in
the morning If you need the sleep.
Many n man is burning the candle at
both ends by getting up at an early
hour simply because his housekeeping
Is adjusted TO that programme. AS to
physical exercise, Mr.. Evarts had dis
covered for himself what our physiolo-
gists are now beginning to teach
namely. that If man consumes tissue
I'm hard intellectual work the way TO
repair the loss is by resting and not
by consuming more tissue In physical
exercise To the majority of brain
workers oxygenization of the blood Is
oh tool gnfs