The Washington times., 1909-08-09

/ ing. Then he plunged about in the
water for a while
AT last he decided that. in the grow
ing heat the coolest spot was the most
desirable. Wherefore, plunging under the
waterfall as he had done two days ago,
he came up behind il into the little
! cavern.
On his first visit to this spot he had
been content TO rest upon the first stone
he found. Now he realized that If he
was TO gain safely the rest he needed,
he must try 10 find dryer spot than
that
Once. more fortune seemed to have
specially provided for him. BY climb
| ing a little higher he found a long ledge
/ so protected by another Oyerhanging il
! that II was almost dry save for tiny
streamlet. And he had no difficulty IN
/ so disposing his person that this stream
/ let triCkled under the hollow beneath his
/ knees without wetting him at ALL
After washing his clothing he had re-
Treshed himself with a few haEdtulS OF
I berries that he found below the rock on
which he had put the garments TO dry.
With appetite partially appeased, he
went to sleep and slumbered through
! out the day.
Whether the search party visited the
/ vicinity or not he did not know. The
/ sun had gone down, and the intense
1 heat Of the day had cooled when he
/ awoke
It was time to be getting dressed and
J Center. He did not, however, throw
/ caution 70 the winds, but crept gently
/ into the water, being careful how he
! emerged on the other side Of the fall
A quick survey OF the surroundings
/ showed him that he was alone. He
swan TO the bank, whore he had left
I his shoes. Stopping once more at the
/ edge OF the wild berry patch he ate his
/ fill
! After that he mounted the rock at
/ the top Of which he had placed his
clothing. He found IL, perhaps, even
I more shapeless than 1t had been be-
} fore, but he found comfort in the fact
/ that he was clean.
! He had hnished the hasty process OF
/ dressing, and was on the point OF re-
/ turning by the path that he had used in
/ bringing up the clothes, when his at
[ tentiOn was arrested by the figure Of a
4 man standing upon the opposite bank
/ Of the pool.
! The fear Of being caught had become
I SO habitual with him in the last forty
/ eight hours that he lodged behind a
! sheltering bush without waiting for any
/ further impression than that Of the hg-
ure Of the man. II was not until he
/ had put an obstacle between himself
and the other that his mind ceutered on
/ something familiar about the figure he
! had seen.
When he had remained In hiding long
/ enough 10 make certain that he had not
LlAAllcE4A BccAl Oh1NA ca ne tDDh Ullt nun
/ cautious peep az the man on the op-
/ pOsite bank.
And then he knew in a flash what il
4 was about that figure that was familiar
! The man was wearing his clothes.
Two days and nights of strenuous
/ hiding sometimes gives a person a very
useful lesson in thinking twice before
/ moving Dicks first impulse was tC
1 hurl a rock across the pool at the MAD
! who had stolen his suit
] E1v.og,o ,Grr Fafo~a as-~a-fausre ~
/ the last two days, he would have don,
| it-and regretted it afterWard. Under
/ the influence Of those experiences h'
| found a place where the bush was
! sufficiently thin to afford n view q
| one at some distance while yet pro
/ viding shelter from the eyes Of ths
| same distant person.
And. from this vantage. he made