The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-19

tSOuttnue9 FEOh hNbhchuayy
Unshaven and unshorn. with sunken
cheeks and eyes bright with the de-
lirium of thirst, he dragged his weary
way across the desert. He reached
Apache Spring shortly after the pas
sage of the Indians, but his craving
for water was so great that he did not
observe their trail. L
Keeling toward the spring, he S
aside his hat and flung down his rifle
in his eagerness to drink. Throwing
himself on his face before the hollow
in the rock from which the water
trickled, he first saw that the waters
had dried up. with his bony fingers
he dug into the dry sand, crying aloud
in despair. Stif1y he arose n blum
dered blindly to a rock, upon which he
sank in his weakness.
Another day like this and I'll give
up the fight he moaned. Apache
Spring dry-the first time in years;
Little Squaw Spring, nothing but dust
and alkali; 1t is twenty miles to Clear
water Observation-Disclosures I can
make It,"
Dick trembled with weakness. His
swollen tongue Glove to the oof of his
mouth. His lips were cracked ant
b~lackened. Bits Of foam fickered abou
the orner of his mouth The glare
blinded his eyes, which were half
closed. At times fever-waves SWEEP
over him; again he ~shuddered with
cold.
Sounds of falling waters filled his
ears. The signing of the win through
the canon walls suggested the trick
ling of fountains. Rivers flowed be-
fore his eyes through green meadows
only to fade into the desert as he
gazed.
what a land! what a land! 1t Is
the abode of the god of thirst! He
tempts men into his valley with the
lure of gold, and saps the life blood
from their bodies-drop by drop. Drop
by drop I hear 1t falling. No. 1t is
water I hear! There it Is! How COO
It looks!"
Dick rose and staggered toward the
cliff. In his dellrium of thirst he saw
streams of water gush down the noun
tainside. Holding out mis- arms, he
cried: saved, saved!"
His hands fell Imply by his sides
as the illusion faded. He then doubled
them into fists, and shook them at the
cliff in q last defiance of despair. "You
sha'n't drive me mad!'
He seized his empty ~canteen. press
ing 1t to his lips.
mo, l drained that two days ago
or was 1t three?' he whispered in panic
as he threw 1t aside.
Picking up his gun, he fa~lteringly at
tempted the ascent. 81 won't give up
/ won't" he shouted huskily. "Iv,
fought the desert before and conquered
I'll conquer again-1'1l-'
His will power ebbed with his failing
strength. Blindness fell upon him
Oblivion swept over him. He sank
dying of thirst, in the sands of the
desert.
AS the buzzards find the dead, sc
an Apache crept upon Dick as he lay
PROSTATE. But as the Indian aimed, he
heard footsteps from a draw. He saw
a man approaching the spring. Silent
ly he fled behind the rocks.
It was Jack. He had entered the
Lava Beds from the east, closely fol.
lowing the man for whom he had
searched for so many weary months
others u Tue Apacnes ilau liarheo mn
already showing ne would go TO 'nt
SPRING tney walled Wariiy 10 iearh y
lie were aione, me paho nao scattered
TO surrouhd nm AT the Water-noIe,
Jack morse ana purro' wnich ne mac
leit at the nead OF tne canon were a.
ready IN the inolahs possession. VIII
MN he carried MS rlhe ana a COW re-
VolVer. a cahteeh o. wafer was siuhs
over ms me desert nae
placed its stamp o him' turning MS
clothes 10 gray Ihe tan OF ms race