The evening Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-1902, 1902-07-28
ACROSS
THE DIVIDE,

AVN oCcinS1 10 II uuC DuC pIOlul5-
ing outliner as through maze of
alkali dust, darkly. Their we'll
provisioned prairie schooner lum-
bered heavily on the heels of two
tagged and painting horses. 1t had
been terrific trip on man and beast
The man lay, bright eyed, dry lipp-
ed and silent, on the shakedown in
the wagon-bed.
AS the horsea stopped Instructive
ly amid the willows beside the
stream the girl turaed to her father
with an encouraging smile. But at
sight of him the smile changed to
tense lines of horror. On the mans
chin trickled a vivid strain
An hour later Anita Murd ock
walked away from the hastily I'M
provised camp with young DR..
Byrne. He glanced down at her
pitylngly. She was SO delicate, 50
quiet and SO pretty. What was her
father thinking of! She was no more
fit to take up claim ard manage a
ranch on little or no capital than
She looked at him in mute in
quiry.
fo,o v,',r t,,,,o~ 'I w., "pv ~. W 10y .''s w.
,n;nE o ~ r, .I,' 'uO .ou liu,u NV
would never survive the rough roads,
and the rare air on top Of the Divide
hon,n.rnn., '''ns VII "ao'i'ei
.rTInn S.,, ,,o,, t,,,.
~ into IN IN I",,n Wo,,o", w -" "''ei
Sar; 80 %a,s;a az =; IL H., '-,,--.,'
and tho nnn,or I r.. '''S 4o'S'io''
81 haljeve thn d;.., ,,,,;,t,,o,+
would lin lin ,sho o o,Iippo'''' n.
since wo nnt .h,t fr.t rni,,naS oi n'oi
Inv he nas haen nn',, I'',o| W, ... ',..
,h,rs ,.a,,i,~ m,,l 49,, "s W. ao'nS
.nrki,n nr,i, W." w., n' t.nns . ANY,
IoInnt, Ra"nnr tor CIV IAN, .a.tn .'," S
wa know iurt ,shorn ' sr, ,',n. t' o., g." ';'.
and hny r. ti,o u,r cl,im ~ w
WHAT -, avs, wa ''''"' W. We
Hyvoil ynr t,o nroso,+ ms, ,,.,
sto, h,r, ,nI Ia, ml, oI e.. th 49, """ w.
,tn psrn,ns r,an - ~ $500. ,I.a
.nv r,,a ,hnro '' ira t,,i', . , az
shIck rin,, h,o,, ~ n WV , ,,
rnnt 10 lho,n nMa I my , oai,.'. Ane
M Xiv, NIP mi, -, ~" u !, ~" 'n, "e'p a. oyo
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,ho r;ror oLro nrn, " 'iep lo'o w
r,mst min ~ >, ,oant,, on' "'s"" We
AID tha Inoton raI,ioi w. $500 A"""'
;,ai,, 70 ~, '.;ui , nJu'ut' o,iooul'
;ne " ,u H 'n,1, "nV 's ''y,u wa1cii'
n, ,:, . '1 "i''' 'i'7"' ''is' '1'lo'
'sn oil ,,nv;,,i,u,,, H., 4,,o ,,
do,,,, 't ta,,n VIZ " ,,n tla;,' Wv tne SUR
H H'nN :.'no "p M mn e7','e'ico III
I oi "il 'o'H ;,,. ~ io1 pi,st' OF
;t i'eo 1''o a.'lleli iiuiili"-
fn s ", 80 w. 1o 'tt' oile uay ~ vac
In, M,,,' Hlo1.'n ~ 2el'.F'ilnel
,,n,tl a;oa tnr tha1 W. situ " INC
nn ,1 ~ .ne La lii'a Dailller'
, Ivy ie. H. ~ .osoti:i' no aii" Aiilta
,,,,'ou " .h no ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS '. Valley
s " 10y 'no 'un uIVeA o'loue 700
,,,o,,,. WI Se. o ,.N' pias,5 oieW
oru u,lS "heio ciol's rose NE alr
u"s 'l ~ tnu niSn.' where INC SICK
, wea' ~, ,n1 ha',+ "t.i' "nere -aliu thls
, ".a .i'o peo' Vi nil sllr'ea, weak
nv 1Mi's Voc ieI. ''nu nufenSlheh1u.
i iio nui I,s Mo" an 'ile proihl-
iicil! Ia d ui''t 'i.l~els ny ha'ha' re-
JolIInS wiz 80: thei i III SUCCESS sym
l"thlzluS WIN enehl IN adversely.
ineI l'vu ia roll oi'll'son bnt
'lieli ilear's were III LID !unta. Ana
no" on!y the Dl'lue, Win lts pitt
less a,'l'ude' S!oot between them
ana INC PROMISED lana, 10 reach
Wliich they hau sold their little
Iowa nome.
l"a. n'S'io aver iaIher ma !a:len
my " ''ouo'eu a,eeP sue iooleu up
'''e,' aIoo'''l ou ,,.. ney naI i'Veu
SO s'mply, yet niue renamed. III
they solu tIlc horses lney might
reach tne va,ley ny ran out moun.
la'1 ral'toaa iarcS are nigh. and
without horses now coilld they farm?
she rose 'mpl'slv1ly and hurried
10 DF: hryhe $ once lie received
her Will niiu'ssulsea pressure. or
lale lie l'al 'e'1 tlat MS Gals mad
oee' "t"e'co'ilc. VERY de!lcately
llley han 'lliltca that Professionally
nc was ho' hceoed' ana he feared
llEaI '''ey m'snt view MS obvious
atIemptS 10 "drop IN" socially as
calls cIiarltaolv paid.
Rather seems stronger today.
i'oh u you th'hN ne can stand the
Journey very sooh"
Jr; bfyhc SHOOK MS mead.
'ihe nights are cold. There is
l'Wavs 'fos' III tne mounta aims.
'bot you sa'a "heh IL was coo.er,'
sue persisted.
lie LED her to the window and point
20 silently to the distant mountain