La Junta tribune., 1906-11-17
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~: y vAea Norrisey stroaisd
haek ~ ~ tripod under one an
anA ~ nissse undes the ofhes. ths
snose unoA . msrt him af The omee
dnos anA 0inee over bis tender mesr
saeeA
-After sAis sort Of thing had been
eolnx on for Q week OF ten days Lea
vitt began footing bis own version ef
the old. old story on the mill whistle
On stiIl days the s2upd sssily carried
across the Valley. and as there were
fully as many still days as eioudie.s
ones the siren had the helioxraph lied
in the race for Miss Brsdiey's favor
Often the flashing and the footing
we're going at the same time. 20 that
the youn. lady In the railroad station
must have been nj skies and seSens
keeping track Of the two and tuciden-
tally attending to her once Gala Clu-
mafely Beals shut down on the use OF
the whistle for anything but omcisi
business. and LEA witt used TO iean out
Of tne engine room window and gnash
his teeth over the loyelOrn heiiogTams
that twinkled from the mountain side
what means Bennett was taking
ueanwhile to keep abreast Of his Gtvab
did nos sppear. but neatly every naght
rockets of various COLOR transcStbsd
psrabolas In the air from the dirsrttoo
Of PanOut.
while far from certain that 4tes
Bradley had anything To do Win -
rockets. nssestheless beals aRA Mo-
risey and Lsavift we're not . littls Wee-
Yisd 10 account for them Here was Q
code entirely distinct from The AeeUs
alphabet, aAd the gentteOea II Qono-
ton we're eompletely In ths dark-
-A6airs were In this unsatisfactory
condition for some time. and thso hat
Of news fell into the camp hks . ayna-
mite komb. sOsss1iAg AsmssslAnesAso
smons the four whase asplsattsas csss-
tered about the Ianoat stattea- Ahas
Bradley Was to hs transfssrsd - Ases-
Ispe Springs and was - lsavs sAoe ~
hy "a svesing tsata-
-IAaviss. Asssissy ssA nsaastt senD-
psdsd 70 the heass of ~ nas wSs
Owned he hsrse. only 10 Isssn eAnt -
animal hAd alsesdy hsss sseufO0 ~
neais. Thsn followed sasehsg stan
psds II H. air~rstsa q - 49,.
vhsse The super vas Jest DssssinG ess
Q Ftde TO town Thrss rsQUssts fes
lAyeG wsse sunnasily rsfussA. al
nrah spusr~a trismpAantiy away.
.-Ths supes's ne lay seroD ~ hssss
In froat oe him He vss going - Pan
out. he explained. to have the rsstdsnt
gunsmith overhaul the winchestes.
..Beais vas no morv than well ous q
the camp hefose the insubors1inate oiu
whistle set up It's ciamos. DrswtnG
rein. the super spelled out the long and
short sounds that answered for dos
and dashes:
"'w-i-l-l you be my
slipping to the ground. he laid his
rifie across the saddle and took careful
aim at the whistle. He was . crack
shot. and after he had pulled trigEer
the rc-onsnt note from the mill had
dropped into a whecxy untlertone that
hardly crossed the camp iimits-
"Barrly bad the super scce0plisbsd
this stroke when the glare of the hello
graph struck across bis eyes 'Nlta.
before you 20 viii you promise TO b
my
"Bcals swerved the muxxle Of his
Winchester In the direction Of the
blazing point on the slope and fred
The blazing point vanished. and b.
knew he had smashed the mirror and
put the heliograph out Of the running.
'-Chucklinx to himself. Beals ~
mounted snd rode complacently on TO