Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-25

SOe IS young. cUe CGn Eo uuck tO tuS mission tomorrow. She will soon for get"
 "Forget. Do you think she can for get?"
 Any woman can forget. Only men . -..cinoer."
 Tt is the red blood in you--lyfng You know you lie.'
 Tt is to save your life" she said.
 ''I know. but it's no use" To Necia he s;iid. "Ycu needn't worry, little You needn't give him up, say. This will end ali ri%ht."
 Seeing that she gave no sign of heed ing, he stepped closer and swung her about i'll she faced him.
 Cant you trust me this one time? You always have before, Necia. l gay hell marry you, and IL will come ont right"
 Shr :alsa! her hopeless eyes cnd stroye gamcly to meet him. then, fail ins, broke away ana turned back to ac door. "I knew you couldn't under ,tan1 I--l.--O Gcd. l love him sor rith q cry Ike that of wounded ami HlGl she fed cut into the night. where a'lc could give vent to her anguish un- socr. for she had never wept before her father, bTt always crcrt away and hld herself until her grief was spent. Gale would have started after her, but Anuna Dragged him back fercely.
 No, no It means your life, John. Let the secret die, and she will for get. Sine is so young. Time will cure her. Time cures everything. Don't tell her, don't tell any one, and, above all, don't tell that soldier. He would rot believe, nor would she. Even l have doubted"
 .'You!"
 "Yes. John. And, if I don't believe, what Is stranger to say? No man knowing you would believe the tale without proof. Suppose she doubted. Have you ever thought of thatf Would you not rather have her die still low ing you than live and disbelieveT
 "Yes, yes, Of course live thought , of that, but Woman, you're worse than a rattlesnakew
 "Even If he knew, he might not marry her. You at least are clean, and that other man was devil. A brave mans life is too great price to pay for grief that will die in year" Alluna was speaking swiftly In her own language, her bcdy tense, her face ablaze, and no man seeing her could ever again have called her peo- pie stolid.
 You think time will cure q love like that?' he said.
 "Yes, yesw
 That's all you know about If. Time may act that way perhaps in cities and such places, but out in the hills 1t is different. When you've got the breath of, the forest in you, I say 1t is differ ent. Time! Why, I've lived fifteen years in the open with living mem ory. Every night I've dreamed it over; every day I've lived 1t through. In ev. cry campfire I see face, and every wind from the south brings a voice to me. Every stormy night a girl with eyes like Necia's calls to me. and have to follow. Every patch of moon | light shows her smiling at me, just beyond, just in the shadows edge Love! Time! Why, Alluna, love is the only thing in the world that never dies, and time only makes il the more enduring"
 He took up the white slouch hat he had thrown down when he came in and stepped to the door.
 "Where are you golng?' inquired the squaw fearfully.
 gro the barracks to give myself up"'
 She flung herself at him, with great cry, and seized him about the waist.
 You never loved me. John, but have been good woman to you, al. though knew you were always think ing of her-and had no thought of me have loved this girl because you loved her. have hated your enemies because you hated them, and now remember. while you forget"
 Forget! What do you mean"
 Stark"
 The man paused. 'I did almost for get him-and after fifteen years!'
 Let us Kill him tonight; then we will go to the soldier together, side by side. am your woman. Neeia vii look after tae little ones.
 Gale stared at her, and as he gazed the red pigment underneath her skin the straight hanging, manclike hair the gaudy shawl she never went with out, the shapeless, skin shod feet, the slovenly, i'll fitting garb of miscasi woman vanished, and he saw her as she was on day long past, a slim lshy, silent creature, with great. watch ful, trusting eyes and soul unspoiled No woman had ever been so loyal. SC unconiplaining. He had robbed her of her people and her gods. He had shifted hither and yon at the call of his uncertain fortune CT at sign oi that lurking fear that always dogged him, and she had never left bis side never questioned, never doubted, but always served him like slave. with ..y.E.. a1- Al ~4l