Arizona republican., 1901-02-04
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 (synopsis of preceding chapters.)
 Mir. Harper. 2 s,raightlaced Massa- chusetts clergyman. who snatcaed from ruin fallen girl. gave up als hope Of union with another, married the girl. to avoid scandal moved to llli- nois, settled on a farm and served the Master in the hardest circuit in the state. He prospered financially. and twins, Jack and James, Were born. Ali 21 the twins married twins, and the father died father died. leaving each father died. leaving each son S1o.o5O. Jack borrowed Jims money and went into mercantile life and lost all. James, who was studying for the ministry. wrecked by his brocher, went to work In the coal mines, following that voca- ton for twenty years. ny reason or poverty he was ostracized by society and friends. Jack and Jim each had n son born on the same duy, each man. ing the babe after hls own brother, Jack, son of James. later became the hero of the story. The cousins resam-' lbled each other almost to an exact ike ness. They met at school, and when James the elder died the two hoys sought fortune together in she west. On an Arizona range dwelt Q woman known as the Cow Queen" She had an eye to business alone. Years before she had married a man named Graham. a daughter resulting from the union. Graham was by nature refined. and his daughter, Vahatha inherited his In . stincts. Graham separated from his wife and took up the life of prospec- tor in a lonely gulch of the Grand Can yon. where vahatha joined him. Mrs. Graham took a fancy to Jack Harper. He repulsed her advances. Jack I1ar- per came to love vahatha. Then Is re- lated the. story of Spence . cattleman trying to asfraud the government in a beef contract, and Graham's interfer- ence. Jim Harper has narrow escape from an enraged steer. and in the pre- cedlng chapter Jack tells vahatha of his partnership and relations with his cousin Jim, but purposely avoids rcf- ercnce Ia the.r remarkable resemblance. Jack leaves for San Francisco to sell his cattle and buy furniture. expecting to be gone month.
 .s CHAPTER K.
 Jcck visited me just before he start ed for California. and as we sat out on the narrow stone veranda In front of my cliff house and gazed across at the other side of this marvellous canyon k. was mere than 1000 ! feet wide here--we were lost in admiration. We did not care to talk We were out of place and felt our intrusion. Nearly 1000 feet below us lay the rock bottom. about the !. same G.stance directly above trowned the fearful brows. Our insiyrifcance was thrust in upon us. Awe .iist mee- merized. then robbed us of speech. The | immenslty of 1t all pervadei and en- , thrailed. Solitude led us willing cap- ! tives.
 The cataract glistensd and scintiliat- ed below us like a long. curling thread of finest fllagree. It's banks were lined with perennial green. In the branches of the tall age-old cottonwoods cuddled the cosmopolitan biackbirds. looking like specks of gum. rTwas beautiful picture. full of client rapture. Every where was visible the masterful touch of God. The infinite glory of It all fell abous us like dewfall. Inspiration leaped into life. and glowed In our hearts and eyes. The soul expanded. latent energies tarobbed and thrilled. and the finite sloughed it's expressing skin.
 Far down the canyon. just where 1t made Its abrupt turn to the left. lay the Indian village. ...,
 Professor" Jacks voice was scarce ly above whisper. but % deathlessly still was the evening that the dropping of a dead fly could have been heard, those Indians have lived In this won- derfui canyon for ages Gods cradle was their birthplace: his hallelujah chorus their lullaby. Their home Is filled with his matchless etchings. en- cravings. landscapes. statuary. Yon- der Is an epic carved on stone. There Is a temple embelrshed beyond the widest dreams of men. The regal cataract Is a sonnet, an anthem. jubilee. On ev- cry hand. turn whither you will. is in- spiration, incentive. hope. Yet wonder live thosa inferior men,. the same today ns yesterday. ungrown and ungrowing; supple, inslpid. dead. Why?"
 The night shadows were beginning their evening frolic of hide and seek. Such glorious hiding places they had! You could see tiny one slowly. slyly creeping around the point of a boulder. quiet. SO cautious you held your breath in pure sympathy with It's childish fear of being caught. You could almost hear 1t laugh as 1t rounded the refuge and scudded away. far up little side canyon where 1t vanished and was lost
 There Is but one explanation. Jack. think. The soul of the red man sleep eth. It has never been awakened. He has eyes that see not: ears that cannot hear. Man has two lives the physical and spiritual. The Indian has spiritual paralysis."
 'T have lived among them for years" continued Jack, "and they all seem the same. often wonder whether they will ever develop. The Indian Is the product of passion; the sum of license and sensualky. He Is heir to a grand constitution mortgaged to the devil. His indolence Is superb ,his indifference sublime. his egotism colossal
 True. Yet Indian is but human na-