The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-25

but he ,gss q mo ner feeds a sick china
testeu against such l6dignitsi lhsly, pro-
degav,,uato manipulate the spoone ' ~ pto-
~ ta sIce OF her suggestions III ~ utter
SWOLLEN ~ hungry, and In spite Of h,s
. Vim and enjoyment ths,t s, ne ate with
testot ALARMED the girl. soun lIst,i anu
man man. were drained to the last drop T Tho
to ask or sgsS Sgased Tor an instant unless
gan ~ - answer some question IL zoe o9
or ~, ~ iook brighter, Handsome sts De-
roundinss. interest In his sur
WHY are you here and .,o..,
the last place on earth + , atons IL Is
intarr arr a woman" and he looked a. -.
~ az Icy as he admired her bea,ity
father Is I ususlly ana dh5y yet not alone. Ny
att4shtened look crept into be as.
va yvrfi tahced over her shoulder az a thi
never SSro uuot; TWO years ago. I shall
father 10 me Time" and she shiyered
~ tiihln5I Vaccinations of q ynan ~ tht I
Tba na9 believed to be his heat frinSh
He srd dail changed his character entirsiS,
nature. resentful doninearir,',t, i l OF III
and sl me had always been kind. natiag,
90 70, 6eueroUs. The day the crsd 5ii,s sI
room, will villa ' witb house he tore into my
pressed anger. He told me lie S amu SUP
cI,r silS DESERT to get away from fbe oi ais
1880 world. Would | 20, az nv, .re az
nm q fsy, ~ m all the others? I Dsclod
anu we went by train 10 a ton S couid'
TN 5tnN OF TINS desert Ny father bo,,, III
cbor,oour ros OF an old Mexican S, ISL
provisIons ~" s,S on these animals ne packed
torr Sno. ana few meager belon1ings
TORN from the home life, we eaot SINGS iIlsIs
% U .tLo 10 drive, and began ths tr .OoR
sikai and m tbs 81 THOUGH 55o the heat, the
owner, an old miner. had bear ann Din, Inc
my rather told me Prosnac tdrs uereo;
FOUND MS body half deyoured bv ,,,,t. nag, nao
"c,bijydo 'e eh,, iying across the Threshold"
naiind culIu' and you have been cor,
pene s to I've alone among tbess com bda
i0S in ne TOOK her hand sympatbstinaI
H. IKE ured child she slipped froro
war; eh aho knelt beside the couch her
held her own resting on the hand that
Yes, sometimes the isolation bs. h.sr
~ LING. Every month father has tsLs1
and many times l have beFSeds IbPP IpI
icy me 20. This life has been a continuo
Gus writing despair, and 10 IooS ~, !.
past Ne eom rase would have been luxury
became angry because OF INV Wisb ~ - 70
PsopIe. and said l was ungratefli mn
nnai-thst ! was no child OF MS For
except to D re asa not not left the place
most nothing left to eat. he mad 70 s 81
When he started away yesterdsy 81
Of the w a9T breath glimpse Of the life
yioientI,y 49, ms time he was more
me- and hurled curse after curse over
I IJ sitouIuer az me as he tramped away
70 e b Isrr.ea a huge cane. and gave vent
till the poor. patient beasts dropped Their
great ears and fairly crouched in the
sa amos with each miserable blow"
be LOW LOW i9 h VII he be away? When will
Ie cuIhe packr The man felt violent
detestation for this lunatic father. and
will. eo4uuer MS
He will be here tomorrow. I think
Can't you-will you not try to take me
leave me?" van wv
There was wildness of duplication. pa
thos OF prayer in her voice In her ager-
ness she had risen on her knees and bent
her face close TO his. Her glorious hair
brushed his forehead. Her eyes. where
fingered predictions Of love and passion
yet unawakened, burned into his Her
lips, rich. Intoxicating. were close-so
close that her quick. warm breath famed
MS hair. His pulses rose in mighty
thrilling tumult
The great. remorseless desert crowded
about them. shutting out the world like
an impenetrable curtain. They were
alone-this man and this woman.
Leave you? leave you. darling? New
err! The strength, the will. the power
OF the man were evident in his voice
He could have held her close, have caught
her lips In long, .quivering kiss. but he
her great beauty. but her breath still
mingled with his. her hair brushed his
forehead. Would his struggles never
Again the wall Of a coyote swept the
sand wastes, and crowded it's eery tones
through the crude doorway. envelOping
the Inmates like a dcmoniacal influence.
The girl sprang from her knees and stood
facing the door There stood the beast
on the threshold. n fierce, grinning. pant
ing thing with tongue protruding and
eyes ravenous with treachery and hun.
ger. With the cowardice so tvnical Of
his kind a kind that desas nothing eX-
cent that which is dead, he nut his tail
between his legs. gave a hideous parting
wall. and sped away over the pale moon
lit stretches
The. girl turned back to the cot and
leaned over the man. He looked pale
and ILL., Tenderlv she brushed the loose
waves OF hair from his forehead,
Dear. you must sleeU. You must rest.
Tomorrow YOU must take me awav he-
fore father returns"
"But we shall lose our way in the des-
perlenre returned a look ~ terror came
into the mans ewes. To eNunse this girl
to such perils seemed impossible. when
I left Daggett for the ranch that lay
wound through the Sand clear and dis
tinot Then came a wind that dritted
and shifted the loose surface OF the des-
ert until all traces of Tath were obliter-
came confused and I struggled on aim
lessly until you came 10 me. In the early
morning when I was YEARLY plodding on.
nv mind full OF morose authorizations.
saw a mirage OF the desert. coquettsh:
phantom picture painted on an aerial |
canvas that heckoned with ITS re9nslc
bounty, Il was n marvellous transforma-
lion. this springing OF lrIXuriant growth
out of monotonous sterilitv and desola-
lion Myriads OF crystal pools smiled at |
me- The sand wastes bloomed with for |
astS while herds OF horses and cattle |
zraEed in the cool shades. So real II All
seemed to me that / caught myself lis |
tening for the twittering OF oiras among
he trees But the beauty FADED, ana |
gain I felt like a thing discarded, forgot |
.en-forgotten even bv God. The desert |
heats crowded about mo. The SANDS |
Elsred defiance And yet you say must |
AXE YOU away guide you through thls |
nferno," and the man groaned. Per-
mans I can influence your father TO heip |
u.s."
moi no, YOU could do nothing with |
va,, The girl tremhled at the thought /
n remaining longer in the bleak. heat"
,otied nris6n death from starvation, 1
hirst exhaustion will be far preferable /
n tho tortures of fear. unrest ana lsola-
lon have already endured. But sleep |
,ov /" She bent and blew a KISS that
zoe scarce more than a breath against
We Inns He ionged for a kiss less intan-
lille hut she was of and away, out
bro,,gb the door and into the night:
irha atr,osnhere was warm. but not OPP
rnssive with the abandonment ana UNI
ancern ~ n gypsy she lay down on the
onSs stars and moon seemed TO hang
rom the sky as II suspended oy lhVisIDle
nrds from the rafters OF heaven nhe
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