The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-30
{ outinued from Yesterday
CHAPTER XIV.
rKorp TO BE A WOMAN.

wTS faith In Llsle was Infinite.
W2I and deep down In his own
lind be knew that She was right. He
VAS firm adhcrent To the principle
.hot personal perplexiiies are best
,ongnt out in solitude, and In reality he
saulred Lisle for her determination
and upheld her In II.
While Mr. Thomas and his daughter
remained with him he was content to
let things go on as they were. but when
ne week Of their stay came to an end
snd they had departed he sooT became
,oody. a condition which always inn
meJ,ately preceded one of his tits. Just
& before the guests left him Erna be-
& sought him 10 ride or send over TO
q crescent and Cross for Information
copcerning Lisle. but the old frontiers
RAN was obdurate.
s. o"rwont do" he said gruffiy. when
Isle wants me. she'll send for me. and
n agreed not to bother her until she
did She's got sand. Isle has. and II
81 won't do 10 cross her In the mood she's
IN lust now. She wouldn't stand il.
She'd take the bit In her teeth and get
10 buck jumping sos she'd throw the
~bole gang of us. You aud your pop
ausey right along TO Kansas city and
.ay nothing. and when l.isle has her
,.amIede out she'll quiet down aud go
10 feeding all quiet aud serene. After
HAT / II take her 10 Kansas City 10 see
nan. aud then we can fix her up aud
s s,gHlaic matters"
Ne,trtheless his restlessness lncreas-
hi as the days passed. The one week
kweiied itself into two. aud the two
.ngthened into three aud then four
pd Craig developed habit OF riding
alone on the plains and being alb
k4M a!i.day. At such times he ineviin-
y rode in the direction OF i.isie's
sush TO a spot that was sltuat tedh lit
Z u.ore than half way between the
lao places and sufficiently high so
bat from ii he could with the aid OF
i binoculars quite plainly see upon
.e veranda OF the ranch house where
e believed LIsle was stiil engaged in
tgb;nr il out" lie used 10 dismount
kcm Ills horse. turn him broadside to-
btTd the ranch, and. resting his arms
poo the saddle. study for an hour at
Ime every moving object that came
;t his range Of vision. Sometimes be
fought he recognized the figure or
Isle and during the ensuing - hours
way Of Belmont - roundabout
B ay but the best travelling. was
etu there anu now the country thor
gLly used 10 know you whep
as boy"
Shake, You're all right: Now Ill
d You something to eat"
0pe week later era * Thompson ar
we'd in New York. aud 1t Is doubtfui
his famihars In Nevada would have
Iown him had any OF them chancetl
. encounter him on the street. All The
aghncss had disappeared. His I'M
mpt heard was gone. His mustache
Rd been trimmed aud trained. his
pr Was shoru. aud his costume was
tIat the most fastidious city bred
bH fouiu desire, bui IuS staHSNe~Sf
1t all was In the fact that the alter
ous seemed entirely familiar to him
he Was as thoroughly at ease III
"a he lad lived all his life In the sphere
which he had been born.
Home" he said aloud as he stepped
pm the train TO the platform. "uom'
pain after all these years. after nav
sworn that | would never again pn
feet upon the pavements ot NeV
h' Twenty five years since iet
lme and lost myself on the Nevad'
Inns aud among the mines In the Siet
Eighteen years, or nearly that
pee came back for that one nyiu
arrived In the evening and left II
early morning, bitterly sorry that
Inc, more than ever determined neN
10 return and here | am
it tieualed to a cab. entered II an
taken 10 the Holland House, wher
knew that he would find the oD1ec
lis journey. and an hour later Ii
from the couch where he ha
aatd the return OF the boy who ha
PA his card 10 Miss Maxwell-ros
meet tall. faultlessly clad hgur
entered the room. n figure whic
"'y approached him. which ma
lace. which looked upon MI
vi I@Nle's eyes. which spoke to hi
''Nit voice OF rich contraito. Dt
'1 III 10 other way resembled III
"E 'r"nd from whom he had parte
IeiI' ''e plains OF Nevada
'a'H She said aud hesitated.> III
40 p'>t was AZ great as his, for II
formation In him was not lei
"'" than 1t was In her But ii
'"''h was almost imperceptiDl
""h both hands she drew his hes
'" AID kissed him upon his bro'
w You been undergoing cour
'"h'tion nlsOE' she asked, sea
foH "Fs"lf beside him. "rhe cham
.a W. Is lis great az II Is In me. 1t
"""N"ment In both cases; dor
ell, iihl ,o<'
With me, Lisle, It Is slmp
V"piion Of my own. was bo
'''n here until was 1S: then
ava! Once came back. Th
iS NtuTS moo t,..o,>.1o1 oornP