The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-20

unable to comprehend what she nae
ACCOMPLISHED III crossing the hooded
bottoms. Her eyes fell back TO the
FIRE .syhat a blazei" she murmureG
as the drsftwood snapped and roared.
IT'S fine for tonight, isn't II
Il know you both must have been
in the water" he insisted. leaning for
ward in front of Dieksie to feel MARI
ons skirt. -
drawing back.
Nonsense. you are wet as rat
Tell me-" he asked, looking at Dicksle,
"about your trouble up at the bend. 1
know something about it. Are the men
there tonight? Given up. have they
Too bad! Do open your Jackets ana
try to dry yourselves, both of you ana
I'll take a look at the river
Suppose only say suppose-you
first take a look at me-" The voice
came from behind the group at the
fire. and the three turned together.
by heavens. Gordon SMITH eX-
claimed McClOud. Where did you
come from?''
Whispering Smith stood in the gloom
in patience. Where do 1 look as II
had come from? Why don't you ask
me whether I'm wet? And won't you
/ introduce me-but this is Miss Dlcksie
Dunning, 1 am sure"
Marion, with laughter, fastened the
| introduction.
And YOU are wet. of course said
1 McCloud, feeling Smiths shoulder.
mo. only soaked. L have fallen into
! the river two or three times, and the
/ last time a big rhinoceros Of yours
down the grade, section foreman
named Klein, was obliging enough to
4 pull me out Oh no! I was not look
l -ar-
| McCiOud's question: mot vHen ne
| pulled me out. 1 was just looking
( for a farm or a ladder or something.
Klein, for a man named Small. Is the
/ biggest Dutchman I ever saw. Tel
me, Klein l asked, after he had quit
/ dragging me Out-hes a HanOverlan
where did you get your pull2 And
! how about your height? Did your
! grandfather serve as grenadfer under
old Frederick William and was he kid
naped?' Bill don't feed my horse for
a while. And Klein tried to light d
cigar I had just taken from my pocket
and given him-fancyi the Germans
are a remarkable peOple-and sat down
to tell me his history, when some
friend down the line began Dawling
through a megaphOne, and all ina,
poor Klein had time to say was that
he had had no supper, nor dinner. no,
yet breakfast ana WOuiQ De ODIlSet
for some by the boat he forwarded nc
in" And. in closing Whisperne
Smith looked cheeTfully around a.;
Marion, at McCloud, and last anc
/ longest of all at Dicksie Dunning.
Did you come from across the
river?" asked Dicksie, adjusting her
wet skirt meekly over her knees.
You are soaking wet" observed
whispering Smith. Across the river"
he echoed. well, hardly, my dear
Miss Dunning, Every bridge is out
down the valley except the railroad
bridge, and there are a few things /
don't tackle; one is the Crawling stone
on a tear. No, this was across a little
break in this man McCloud's track.
came, to be frank. from the Dunnng
ranch to look up two women VINO rode
away from there at o'clock tonight
and I want to say that they gave me
the ride of my life" and whispering
SmOth looked all around the circle ana
back again and smiled.
Dicksie spoke in mazement How
did you know we rode away? You
were not at the ranch when we left
"Oh, don't ask him" cried Marion.
He knows everything explained
McClOud.
Whispering Smith turned to DicksIe
IT was interested in knowing that they
got safely to their destination-wnac