The Washington times., 1901-07-07

NO That's not quite what meant, "
/ continued Mainwaring even more nerv-
I oUsiy than before You see those two.
/ poor beggars Of cowboys, and your as
I sistants Well. I think. as senior man,
/ you might give them a lead En- Don
I you see2"
/ faced with the utmost confidence the
most critical audiences OF Harvard ana
/ the Smithsonian Institution, did not see
/ At length however, lis courage ana
/ common sense triumphed, and ne did as
/ Mainwaring desired.
I tinct change for the better was discern
] ible on the faces of all. At length hiram
| approached the leader and thus cruuely
( expressed the feelings Of the whole party
THANK We, Prof" he said. shaking ms
hand warmly. L feel better now
The inte-minable day dragged on until
at length, at about o'clock, Hiram went
to prospect. In less than minute he was
back with an expression on his face THAI
attracted immediate attention.
Say. Prof. he began. didn't you say
suthin' right now about calm on the Lord
in distress and His hearing yOu?
Il did" assented Bernstein.
'.Wa-aI, the man who said that knew
what he was talking about Look here.
They all hurried after him But MOI
There was no change in the sand drift,
except that il was higher and closer than
before. Seth, however, evidently perceiv-
ed something that the others did not, and
his taciturn lips were unsealed. Thus he
spoke:
..Hooraw. old boss, ye're right We're
goin' to ketch it.
''ThurlI be thunder" explained Hiram.
"and when we do get a storm in theseA
parts. it's caution. We must look smart
and fix things"
And il came to pass in the meanwhile
that the heaven was black with clouds
and wind, and there was great rain
1t came racing toward them over the
plain with a perfectly even front. driving
the dust into smoke as it struck the earth
In another moment the party were
drenched, bewildercd. and nearly stunned,
for the rain had brought the tempest with
il. The lightning was continuous, and the
thunder never ceased for a moment. The
pealS were not the ordinary reVerbera-
tiOns, but a series of sharp detouatiOns
which were repeated with scarcely dimin-
canyon until drowned in the next crash
For two hours the terrific turmoil last
cd. and then ceased as suddenly as il had
commenced. leaving the travellers daZed
and dripping.
They did not waste 4 moment. however.
in comment or complaint, but hurried to
the sand drift Though much reduced in
size il was still a formidable obstacle;
but the rain had paralyzed its deadly
power, and had welded the particles into
s0Tne degree Of consistency: every one
which Was indeed the casc-and in little
over an hour the entire party. men and
horses. stood in safety on the cther side.
Which way now. Bernstein asked
NainwarinS Forward or back?'
Back, { should say. but We must ask
Hiram. He Will know
..Va-al," said the cowboy. its Just as
Wei you want to go back. cause you
couldn't go forward. Thurs CROUCH wa
ter in the kenyon to stop the whole Unit
ed States Army by this. Back we must
20. and we'd better do it while the
grounds $ damp
II was morning before they reached the
creek. from which they had started two
days before. exhausted but cheerful and
uisrl SpirtS.
Now. said Bernstein. the first thing
TO co is to feed. the second is TO sleep, so
lets set TO work
Hiram looked at him with strong disap-
proval.
quite sure yau aigt forgot somethin,
professor" he asked.
Not that / know Of laughed Bern
stein.
.'Wa-al, you may know best; but II
feller had asked me to help him out of
hole and didn't thank me for dOin It.
should think HIM burned mean cuss,
that's ALL.
And Professor Bernstein accepted the
cowboys rebuke and. acted on it-LioaeJ
JeTvis, in COrnhill Magazine.