Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28

II. leaving only the twisted ir0nwork
hanging 10 the pillars ON either bank.
At=the village station long, yestibul-
ed train hld been held just in season
10 escape destruction. The wire told
them that retreat was cut off by the
loss or the bridge over the rayine two
miles up the road. Perforce the pas
sengers We're obliged TO submit TO a
considerable stay at this one-horse
town.
IF It 10 Ks as mean and small TO
them as ii does To me. they won't like
1t, thought Ringold He strolled down
TO the stat II. FOR the privilege of see
ing Il VII dressed woman and silk
tile one J. ore he said. Everybody
wreck of tie bridge thai they were not
yet troub ng over the delay. All but
one man lie was squat. ruddy faced
white ha red. quick motlonel. Ring
old's eyss opened wider. lie knew
him. And Wall street knew him Ring
old had lot quite lost run of financial
affairs, \ New York PAPER was watt.
I'd into town ON occasion.
He was going home in hurTy-and
| don't blame him. considering the way
o. and p. is dropping" muttered the
lazy man. And I'd bet that he won't
gain anything for being held up here"
The ruddy faced Imam thought SO, too,
He went down to the edge of the river
which had now become a lake. as
there any way of erosSing?" he asked
The natives stared at him. Il reckon
not. A boat wouldn't live minute in
that current. And it's like to rain
agin fore night
I've got to get across now; i can't
wait" said the rudy faced man.
Where's the boat:"
There amt none nearer than the
sea-shore-fifteen mile away. What
we had was lost in the fust food
But I've got to get over" declared
the man, insistently.
The bucolie citizens left him. They
made up their minds that he wasn't
exactly right" Ringold went over.
What's 1t worth?' he asked calmly
Put me across the river---I can get
a special TO meet me there, flnd-and
I'll give you
He looked Rlngold over, and finished;
"a hundred dollars"
"These aren't my Clothes" Ringold
said softly. you see, | got my own
wet | am connected with Page &
Jessop. They call me their confidential
clerk"
you misunderstood me-" said the
ruddy faced man, quickly. 81 said a
thousandp'
And expenses
"And expenses" with sigh
"All right. You wire for your train
You'll need 1t about 1 O'clock"
He strolled away as calmly as ever
but there must have been something In
his eye that impressed the Wall street
man more than 1t did Ringold's old
neighbors and friends. At any rate he
telegraphed for the special.
Ringold did little wiring himself
Luckily there was a roundabout way of
telegraphing to the other. side of the
river and AL Cuslck lived there. He
could depend upon AL to do just what
he was told-no more, no less.
Then Ringold made some purchases
at Sholes's store. Young Sholes told
the girl when she happened In little
later that he guessed Bob Ringold
must be getting into his second child
.
hood, buying chldren's toys
!. And pa and ma thought them left
over balloons we had for the picnic
was dead loss" said the store
keepers son. His grammar was one
thing that made the girl wish Ringold
was not so lazy.
OF course she could not keep away
! from the edge OF the oyerflowed mead
ows. Half the population and most Of
the delayed passengers We're there. At
ono side was Ringold and two men
buslly at work. on the other shore Il
wagon had driven down to the edge Of
| the water, and she heard somi body say
that il was AL Cuslck's team. BY and
by other people noticed Ringold's ae-
/ tlons
They exclaimed in wonder and laugh
ed not little when bunch of toy
/ balloons. fastened to Il strong silk
thread. rose In the air and was Waftt d
over the water. The wind blew direct
! ly acrs IS the stream, VIII was yellow
and angry In Its central channel. But
/ the ballons tioated the sllken strand
high above ii. BY and by the pressure
Of the air causing the balloons 10 leak,
they dropped down. But it was on the
further bank, and Al Cusick caught
the thread.
In moment Ringold slgnaled him to
null away. \ cord followed the silken
thread over the river. Then small
strong rope followed the cord. Several
men had joined Cusick on the further
shore. Rngold attached new cable
to the rope, and under the lusty
.heaye-hossr of the group on the other
side the yellow manila splashed
through the food. With 1t went an