The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-06

Clarke went directly to his room,
but / was there TO see the Yellowstone
and resolved to do that at any price.
so L met 30 Hughes on his way from
stabling his team, and together we
proceeded over the wonderful forma-
tior of the Upper Geyser basin before
going down TO see Old Faithful, which
was scheduled TO play at $50 o'clock
by the dial in front of the hotel
This would be a dangerous place
to travel about on at night. b."
said to Hughes as we clambered ur
and down the mounds of calcareous
Ieposit, between bottomless pools Of
boiling water, peering down into the
growing. sulphurous depths of the
Lion and the Cubs" threading the
treacherous and precipitous sides of
the 'Grotto" and feeling beneath our
feet the hollow crunch of the crust
that seemed but a thin partition be-
tween the beautiful world above and
the regions of the inferno beneath.
| You're mighty right" answered
Hughes. Il never knowed of but one
man that ever come over here at
night and he wandered out o. the
hotel drunk er crazy er somethin
and never showed up no more. No. sir.
| reckon there's a devil awaitin' at the
bottom of every one o these here
holes with a hook. Why. even the
swatties. that's the soldiers, you know
what's detailed out here. like that
fellow over there, to see that the tour
lists don't carry off none o. the forma-
ton. they couldn't no more be dragged
out here at night than you could get
COW puncher to herd sheep
Then we went over to see "Olo
Faithful go through it's four minute
act, and it was time to go in and dress
for dinner. Surprising Clarke was al
ready at his toilet, 1 went directly to
my room and had begun the operation
of shaving when / heard a gentle tap
at the door. 1t was Clarke, and his face
had serious look.
Hurry through with your dressing"
he said. THE English folks have gone
in to dinner and / want to make our
hours agree with theirs. Sexton, I've
got the whole story. or nearly the
whole of it, and it's bad. Very bad.
I've no time to tell it all now, but II
may be murder if we do not work fast
and carefully. And the worst of it is
that we can do nothing but wait and
| watch. man can say good deal to
his wife before the law may interfere
and we are not even the law. By the
| way. the architect who built this
| hotel had great eye for the pic
turesque but very little idea of
| privacy. See those cracks between the
logs. The acoustic properties of the
walls are perfect. But hurry with
your dressing and 1 will go on i'm and
keep an eye on our friends. We must
not let them get out of our sight q
minute
1t was all innocent enough at dinner.
My lady at the table next to ours chat
ted as innocently and my lord found
| fault and sneered as naturally as if
their lives were printed page. When
| the dinner was over they went directly
| TO their room and Clarke and / disre-
garded the opportunities of the guida
| to go out and see 'Old Faithful under
the searchlight and quietly let our
selves into Clarke's room. 1t was not
long before / found that Clarke had not
spoken too highly of the acoustics of
the walls.
1t was disgracefully like eavesdrop-
ping. on an ordinary family row. bur
we knew that there was something
back of it all that possessed a vital in
terest for us.
1T isn't any use urging me any
further, Lord Snively." we heard the
woman say. You will never get them
if can help it. l only thank God that
| found you out in time, though | don't
see why it was not before l married
you
But. my deah," drawled the hus-
band. you surely cawn't believe all
that beastly rot. Cawn't a fellow have
beastly clipping In his bag without
being a bloomin crook? Haven't
brought you out to this beastly hole
and given you everything you
wanted?"
Yes. with my own money" inter-
rupted the wife.
And didn't 1 take you to London"
continued my lord. unmindful of the in
terruption, when it was deuced incon-
venient for me to go. and now you
won't give me as much as a bob to
save me?"
Yes. and why did you leave London
so suddenly before we even saw this
castle that / am to take out of pawn"
You know l couldn't stay in London |
another day with the beastly hay fever
coming on, Alice. Now. what have you
done with those papers?"
Yes. 1 knew you had searched my
luggage, liar. Don't give yourself any
false hopes. You will never see them |
again"
Then The sentence was lost in |
a hiss of rage.
''Oh. yes. I know you are perfectly
capable of killing me just as you did |
She was interrupted by a snarl OF |
rage from my lord. and / thought for a |
moment that we were going to have to |
rush in and take a hand then and
there, but they quoted down and the |
talk drifted into commonplace.
Merely a repetition of what I heard |
this afternoon" whispered Clarke ut |
seems to be their stock conversation |
/ wonder. No. ii can't be him. He |
wouldn't be so bold
Clarke was talking to himself now |
and so / slipped out and took stroll |
about the mammoth rotunda of the |
hotel. i encountered 30 Hughes at the |
drinking fountain and we sat down |
over cigar while reveled in his pic |
turesque conversation. Either 1t was |
Bo Hughes powers of description or
something soporiflc in the cigars I had |
consumed, but / forgot about Clarke |
and the drama we were watching until |
l was suddenly recalled to my duty by |
noticing that the guests had slipped |
away to their rooms and we were alone |
i'm the cavernous rotunda with the ex-
ception of the sleepy clerk at the desk. |
Asking Bo to come with me, / rose to |
go back to Clarke's room. when |
shawled and yelled figure stole down
the corridor and out the doorway. It |
was the English woman. She had gone |
but a few minutes when the figure of |
a man followed. I drew 30 back into |
the shadow that he might not see us. |
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