Arizona republican., 1901-01-21
CHAPTER V.

soon recovered from the phyEical and mental strain but Mir Graham acted as one wound q sore and ble' dirg inter- nally. The Graham cabin was set in the midst of a grove of ta.l Cottcnwoods that grew in a bsauHful little cove to tn right of the first fall of the cata- ract, lt w2s a rude structure an Itself but it's neatness. simplicity anf rustic settings nade 1t cosy and hJm like.
 Jack thought it the most attractive pla1e in all the world. and yet he had nev,r seen the housn itself since his first visit there months ago. Since then he had never been able to see anything but ,he girl,
 He and Nahatfa w1nt out for walk tho next m-rning. They an3er' l aim leg'sly. They had no definite purpC-e. They were in Para1iSa. Uncons '!Ously they c,agped sach others hands.
 Far above them arose thH great walls of the cataract more than flvs ghous- and fes h,gh, Here ard there a sturdy cactus grew out of trle accumulated talus. or o,ung to the almost pscpen- Glcuar faee hundreds Of feet over head.
 "It seems like sacrilege tD speak" rt last said Vahatha. HTftly. "I feel as though I was walking among the tomhs of my anc-r. o:s, Does 1t sccm so 10 you""
 Whom she looked at Jack the d'ar boy was daGzlol. II gulpel as though drinking cCstacy. There is such sweet irtoxllltion in a beautiful maidln's eyes.
 "I cont know he repM1d almost in . whay2r. 'It-it seems m-re like Utopia than tcmbs; more llko anyes than mummies; more like life than death, That blackbirl wonder sings like d nightingale. I nCver heard one sing like that before. never knew be- fore that they could sing. They haven't that reputation at home. See there's another, and another-they cov.r the trees like a halo. though never haari oc a black halo before. and the'r ;hroats are fairly bursting with the strains of q magnificent halleluiah chorus"
 Poor Jack. He never saw or heard birds he saw and heard Vahatha.
 Jack. you talk like a poet"
 ''Do you Ike to have me talk like orr?"
 "Why. yes. of course"
 "Tou talk more like an angel Vaha- thn. What a pretty name you have, by the Way. Why were yvu given it?"
 "Oh, itwas pet name of dads. It's an Indian name and means Sweet One''
 Inn, my Nahltha. I am going to call you by your name all the tlme. They ClgGe suddenly upon a grassy spot on the banks of lie stream. The sun fingered there before it rolled be- hind the western wall.
 Dear oli sum- said Vahatha, "This is just what he hos been doing for ag,s before We were born, and what he will be doing in The ages tO come. How in- signlncarc we seem, and how useless and h,lplcss." ''But, after all, my Vahatha.' his eyes twiHkled while bsautiful roses bloomed in her cheeks and she bowed her head, ''we are not ,ns. gnifiCant. nor help,rsg nor us; less. The sun rises and bO.ls and sets, but it Gl-es Eoi hing else. and it does that in the same cd way. 1 The winds blow or are calm. The rocks stand as created. until the winds or rains cause m, m mary motion. The moon Is beautiful, but it is nothing but ufcttion. Man is ,hs only thing that thinks, that has a soul"
 Yes I know, but feel so puny and SO s,naH And then the sun is going down and 1t will soon be dark"
 Way, Vaha ha. I never heard you tall; SO before. You are not afraid of the dark, are you?" Moo. but I want the sun to shine" ''I suPpos" we must have the dark | We have it, in our lives, too. It seems to bc necessary" 'T guess 1t Is, but don't like 1t that way. See. phe sun has disappeared , now, and iJ is growing gray ana drsary [ ard sullrn. Everything elsa is the same way. The bright things hurry so. The ! black ones finger and gnaw like hyeras around a corpse"
 "THut's pretty" said Jack. but Va hatha, Glar Che had never called her | de9r hefoI, but it sa"mrd very natu- ' 1al ani s&e dil not think it sirange) . there are no such hyenas in your life. ! If there are Tll fight the whole pack . s.ngle-handgd."
 Would you Jack? believe you would, and you would conquer them. too, you are Sa big and strong and brave"
 Would you l.ke me to be your cham pi0n, your-yOur knight?"
 They were sitting very close togeth-l CT now and he was holding hsr hand and litCe thrills Of somesang in xpr,s- slble passed from enc to the other
 "l don't think I ne,d any, but if did I would like 60 have you better than any one I know" And then he drop- ped h,r hand for a nom, nt and the current being broken, she started to lgsa.
 70. Va.Mtha, don't go; please don't. T. is carly yep. and-and my sun will go GI'wn if you leave" And he took her hand again and pulsd hrr down. and strange as it may seem, no grsat strength was required.
 And they nsstlsd closer. dCd these two cooling doves, and they were en- tl.;Gllcd and their feelings Were tense, ard yet they did not know it was love. After a tlma Jack said: ''I am soing away shortly, my Vaha- tha"
 Going away. Not far away. hope" n fear-shadow chasing acrcss hcr face. "Io san Francisco
 70, Jack" her voice quivoIing and , t!uttep!ng like wounded b.rd, that's