The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-27


a-boundin' close to heel, sir. but we
don't see no Chinaman.e
"Pll tell the rest" said David. as
Hewlett coughed and stepped In a mod
est corner behind the dogs.
Go on" said Barris, in a strange
voice.
well, sir, when Hewlett and 1
stopped chasin' we was on the cliff
overlooking the south meadow. l no.
ticed that there was hundreds of birds
there, mostly yellow-legs and plover,
and Hewlett seen them, too. Then be-
fore / could say a word to Hewlett
something out in the lake gave a
splash-a splash as if the whole cliff
had fallen into the water. l was that
scared that I jumped straight into the
bush and Hewlett he sat down quick,
and all those snipe wheeled up-there
was hundreds-all a-squeelin' with
fright, and the woOdduck came bow
lin over the meadows as If the old
Nick was behind"
David paused and glanced medita-
go on" said Barris, in the same
strained voice.
Nothing more, sir. The snipe did
rot come back"
But that splash in the lake,"
II don't know what it was, sir"
"A salmon? A salmon couldn't have
frightened the duck and the snipe that
way?"
''No-oh, no. sir. II fifty salmon had
jumped they couldn't have made that
splash. Couldn't they, Howlett?"
mo 'ow," said Hewlett.
Roy" said Barris at length, what
David tells us settles the snipe shoot
ing for today. l am going to take
Pierpont up to the house. Hewlett
and David will follow with the dogs
have something to say to them. If
you care to come, come along; if not,
go and shoot "a brace of grouse for
diner and be back by If you want TO
see what Pierpont and 1 discovered last
night
David whistled Gamin and Mioche to
heel and followed Hewlett and his
hamper toward the house. l called
Voyou to my side, picked up my gun
and turned to Barris.
Il will be back by s." I said; you
are expecting to catch one of the gold
makers, are you nOt?''
YES" said Barris istlessly.
Pierpont began to speak about the
Chinaman. but Barris mOtiOned him to
follow, and, nOdding to me, took the
path that Hewlett and David had fol-
lowed toward the house. When they
disappeared l tucked my gun under my
arm and turned sharply into the forest,
Voyou trotting close to my heels.
In spite of myself the continued APP
partition of the Chinaman made me
nervous. If he troubled me again 1
had fully decided to get the drop on
him and find out what he was doing
in the Cardinal woods. If he could give
no satisfactory account of himself !
would march him in to Barris as a gold
making suspect would march him in
anyway. ] thought, and rid the forest
of his ugly face. I wondered what it
was that David had heard in the lake.
1t must have been a big fish. a sal
mon, I thought; probably David's and
Howletts nerves were overwrought
after their Celestial chase.
A whine from the dog broke the
thread of my meditations and l raised
my head. Then 1 stopped short in my
tracks.
she lost glade lay straight before me-
Already the dog had bounded into it.
across the velvet turf to the carved
stone where a slim figure sat. l saw
my dog lay his silky head lovingly
against her silken kirtle; 1 saw her face
bend above him, and 1 caught my
breath and slowly entered the sun-lit
glade.
Half timidly she held out one white
hand.
Now that you have come" she
said, Il can show you more of my
work. 1 told you that 1 could do other
things besides these dragon-flies and
moths carved here in stone. Why do
you stare at me so? Are you ill?'
''Ysonde," / Nstammered.
Yes" she said, with a faint color
under her eyes"
II never expected to see you
| again." l blurted out, ''-you-I-I-
thought L had dreamed"
Dreamed of me? Perhaps you did
is that stranger"
Stranger N-nO-but-Where did
you go when-when we were leaning
over the fountain together? l saw your
face-your face reflected beside mine
and then-then suddenly I saw the blue
sky and only a star twinkling."
1T was because you fell asleep" she
! said, was it not?''
'T-asleep?"
You slept-I thought you were very
tired and 1 went back"
'Back?-where?
Back to my home where I carve
my beautiful images; see, here is On@
I brought to show you today"
l took the sculDtured creature that
she held toward me, a massive golden
lizard with frail claw-spread wings of
gold so thing that the sunlight burned
! through and fell on the ground in
| flaming gilded patches.
Good heavens" l exclaimed. this
is astounding! Where did you learn to
do such work? Ysonde, such a thing
is beyond price,"
"Oh, I hope So she said earnestly,
II can't bear TO sell my work, but my
| step-father takes it and sends it away
This is the second thing 1 have done
! and yesterday he said / must give it
to him. 1 suppose he is poor"
Il don't see how he can be pocr if
he gives you gold to model in" I said,
astonished.
"Gold!' she exclaimed. gold! FIe
has a room full of gold! He makes it. -
I sat down on the turf at her feet
completely unnerved.
'Why do you look at me so?" she
asked, a little troubled
Where does your step-father i've"
1 said at last.
Here"
"Here!"
I'm the woods near the lake. You
could never find our house"
"a house,"
''Of course. Did you think / lived
| in a tree? How silly. I live with my
step-father in a beautiful house-a
small house, but very beautiful. He