The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
A Tale of the Third Generation.
I CHAPTER vlII.-contlnued.,
BY HARRY LEON WILsO
Copyright 1899 By Lathrop Publishing Co, Boston

CHAPTER vlli.-contlnued. 4
| Up Skiplap Canyon. n
Out into. the clear air, already cooling
under the slanting rays of the sun, the
young man and the girl went together.
Behind them lay the one street of the
| little mining camp, with it's wooden shan
| ties on either side of the railroad track.
Down the street Uncle Peter had gone,
| leading his charges toward the busy ant
hill on the mountain side. Ahead the
! track wound up the canyon. cunnngly
following the tortuous course of the little
| river to be sure of practicable grades. On
the farther side Off the river a mountain
road paralleled the railway. Up this road
the two went, followed by a playful admo-
milton from Mrs. Milbrey: Remember, Mr..
Bines, place my child in your keeping. =
| Percival waxed conscientious about his
charge and insisted at once upon being
| assured that Miss Milbrey would be warm
enough with the scarlet golf cape about
her shoulders that she was used to walk
| ing long distances; that her boots were
stoutly soled; and that she didn't mind
the sun in their faces. The girl laughed
at him. .~....
| Looking up the canyon with it's wooded
| sides, cool and green, they could see IA
gray, dim mountain, with patches of snow
near its top, in the far4edistance, and
ranges of lesser eminences stepping up to
it, Its a hundred miles away he told
| her. st-@ ~ ~
| Down the canyon the little river flick
Eered toward them, like a billowy silver
ribbon trimmed with white chiffon
around the rocks declared the girl. 47s
In the blue depths of the sky, an inn
mense height above, lolled an eagle, lazy
| Of wing, in lordly Incidence The sugges-
tions to the eye were all of spacious dis
tances and large masses-of the room and
stuff for unbounded action. Z
your west is the breathingest place."
she said, as they crossed foot bridge
over the noisy little stream and turned UP
the road. Il don't believe ever drew a
full breath until I came to these alti-
tudes.'' i:
| Zone has to breathe more air here
there's less oxygen in it, and you must
breathe more to get your share, and SO
after awhile one becomes robust. Your
! cheeks are already glowing, and we've
hardly started. There, now, there are
| your colors, see-'' =
| Along the edge of the green pines and
spruce were lavender asters. A little way
in the woods they could see the blue col
umbines and the mountain phlox, pink and
red. y
There are your eyes and your cheeks"
| What a dangerous character you'd be
if you were sent to match silks!' F.
| On the dry, barren slopes Of gravel
across the river, full in the suns glare,
grew the Spanish rDayOnet, With Its spikes
of creamy white flowers. 81
| There am, more nearly she pointed
to them; they're ever SO much nearer my
disposition. But about this thin air; it
/ must make men work harder for what
comes easier back in our country so that
they may Become. = able to do
more - more. capable. I am think
ing of your grandfather. You don't
know how. much admire him. He is so
stanch and strong and fresh. There's more
| fire In him now than in my father or
Taunton Oldaker, and I dare say he's q
score of years older than either Of them.
I don't think you quite appreciate what
a great old fellow he is
II admire Uncle Peter much more, Tn
sure, than he adniresi me. He's afraid
I'm not strong enough to admire that
eastern climate of yours-social and
moral
II suppose it's natural for you to wish
to go. You'd be bored here, would you
not? You couldn't stay in these noun
tains and be such a mar as your grand
| father And yet there ought to be so much
to do here; it's all so fresh and roomy and
jolly. Really I've grown enthusiastic
| about it,
"Ah, but think of what there is in the
east-and you are there To think that
| for six months I've treasured every little
| memory Of you-such a funny little lot
as they Were-to think that this morn
| ing I awoke thinking of you, yet hardly
hoping ever to see you, and to think that
for half the night we had ridden SO near
| each other in sleep, and there was no sign
or signal or good omen. And then to
think you should burst upon me like some
| new sunrise that the stupid astronomers
| hadn predicted.
"You see'' he went on, after moment
II don't ask what you think of me. You
couldn't think anything much yet, but
there's something about this whole affair,
our meeting and all, that makes me think
! it's going to be symmetrical in the end.
I know it won't end here. I'll tell you
one way western men learn. They learn
i not to be afraid to want things out Of
their reach and they believe devoutly-
| because they've proved it SO zoften-that
| If you want a thing hard enough and keep
I wanting it, nothing can keep it away from
YOU" 81 M.
! "A bell had been tinkling nearer and
nearer on the road ahead Now a heavy
| wagon. filled with sacks of ore, came into
view, drawn by four mules. AS they
stood aside to let it pass he scanned her
face for any sign it might show, but he
could see no more than a look Of interest
for the brawny driver of the wagon, shout
ing musically to his straining team.
You are rather inscrutable, . he said,
as they resumed the road. - 81 $s5i
She turned and smiled into his eyes with
5s.@.r - 49,
''At least you, must be sure that I like
1 you; that I am very friendly; that want
Il to know you better, and want you to know
me better. You don't know me at ALL
I you know. You Westerners have another
! way. Of accepting people too readily. It
. may work no harm among. yourselves, but
/ perhaps fasteners are a bit more peril
4 GUS. Some times, now, a very. EASTERN per-
| son doesn't even accept llerseIf--himself
Very trustingly: she-1e-finds it so
/ had to get acquainted with himself. -
i The young man provided one Of those
selves of which a few discerning men are
/ instinctively capable and for which wom-
en- thank them.
This road she said. after little
time of rapid walking. leads right up to
Z the end Of the world. doesn't it? See,
i it ends squarely in the sun. =. They
d stopped where, the turn, had opened to the
4 west a. long vista of gray and purple
i hills far and high. They stood on a. ridge
of broken quartz and gneiss, thrown up
j ina bygone age. To their left a few
i dwarf Scotch frs threw shadows back to-
4 ward the town. The ball of red fire In the
west was half below the rim of the dis
4 tantspeak.s ~ 5.z g.. 8. .
ss.sStand so,,;--she spoke in a slightly
i ,hushed tone that moved him a step. nearer
almost to touch her. land feel the
D round little earth turning with US. We
always think the. sun drops down away
q from us, but it stays still. Now remem-
l Der your astronomy and feel the earth
turn. See-you can actually see 1t move
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