The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-10

was horrible to sec. Dropping the box,
he gropingly crept to the place whence
the raving came. and selling a beating
hand. cried;
"BnI. help me-" But. the voice raw
ing on. ne rose 10 his feet. and sud
denly grasping the figure on the bed.
raised il in his arms, and shook it with
fearful force. crying out. Hold your
cursed nose and listen. viii your"
But as suddenly he dropped it, and
gently unIoosing the hand which had
fastened in his hair. said;
Poor old Willie. what a beast am
md. kneeIing by the cot. he sobbed
aloud as though in torturing pain. Then
he crept to the place where the water
had stood. and. cropping with trembling
hands. seized in his grasp an over
turned pail and the gardeners line.
Taking the line ne tied its end to the
tent pole. and crept grooming and
writing from the tent. paying on. the
line as he went until the stick on which
it was rolled was bare in his hands.
Then, pulling the line tau he scratched
with his fingers IN the sdn baked soil
until his nails were broken and torn.
land planted the stick in the hole 50
made. Guided by the line. he cre2t
back once more. and. unfastening It
from the tent pole. tied it round his
waist. grasped up the bucket and be-
gan to describe a creeping circle over
the uneven ROCKY ground. His journey
occupied interminable time; innumer-
able sharp edged boulders rose in his
way and barred his passage Often ne
seemed to lose his sense Of direction,
and crawled here and there at random,
and time after time he sank on his
chest and writhed and moaned as
though in mortal pain. He reached the
stream bed. and. circling round. strained
the line to its fullest stretch as he felt
in vain for the singing. trickling stream.
Then he tied the line to his foot. and,
lying on his face. stretched out his
hands. straining and striving until his
arms seemed 10 crack 20 mis- fat little
body to stretch to an Abnormal length
He touched the water and filled the
bucket with a scream of joy. and. turn
ing. commenced to crawl again on his
endless torturing way. He reached the
tent and crept toward the raving voice.
Then he arose TO his feet and. feeling
for the sufferers head. raised the bucket
nearer. nearer. until he heard the trickie
of the water as it passed to his brother
throat. and d satisfied sigh as the loiIing
head fell back. Then Unky drank him
self with bestial gluttony-
IncaIculable time passed away. but the
raving voice shrieked ever on in the
tent. while a form like that of tortur-
ed teviI tied by cord to peg in the
ground. kept moving. ever moving, in
an endless dizzy circle. while the flame
of unquenchabie pain seemed to blaze
from his sightIess eyes. Faster and fast
er the motion became
willie. williei willie."
The form had risen. and was Shrek
ing the name. moving its arms and
crashing its teeth in terrible frenzy.
and even as it rose a tall gray haired
form in pajamas. with fevered shining
eyes. appeared in the tent opening and
madly laughed as it raised the russy
gun and drew head on the circlins
thing outside
There was a report and cry Of ter
ror from a party of men as they rushed
across the rudy river bed. and then
little Unky Broncer was maGiy strug-
Cling in the strong arms of his friend.
George Fugard.
Every mining man has heard Of the
famous Placer Mines. and the shares
are stili quoted on the market Few
know the history of the discovery. but
what does that matter?-Black and
White.
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