The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-27
CHAPTER XVliI-Continued.
At the Dixie.

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At the Dixie.
II. mt out his hand, Il must object.
= s--t wreck I ever had on this di-
-- Miss Dunning rode twenty miles
1-s5s- beIp Isn't that true. Why, 1
20 walk 100 miles to return the
m her. Perhaps your cousin
o. object" he suggested. turning
n5cksis. "but no, 1 think we can
49, that. Now what arc we going
5o7 You two can't go back to-
-iz5t that is certain.
eve must"
Then YOU viii have to 80 in boats"
.s5 whispering Smith.
aBut the hill rOad?'
There Is five feet Of water across it
Co. baf a dozen places. 1 swan my
80 through, so I ought To know"
III is all baCkWateT Of course, Miss
mining" explained McCloud. Not
a1 sBgt moist" suggested Whispering
smith. especially in the dark"
ycCl0ud looked at Marion. "Then
,.-s he sensible" he said You and
Miss Dunning can have my tent"
us that where you Stay?" asked
Dlcksie.
-Four Of us sleep in the cots, when
40 can. and an indefinite number lie
m the ground when il rains"
(Which is your bed?"
aT usually sleep there" He pointed
n the one on the right.
"T thought so. 1t has the blanket
folded back so neatly, just as If there
we're sheets under it. I'll bet there
aren't any"
DO YOU think this is a summer re
sort? Knisely, my assistant, sleeps
there but of course we are never both
in bed at the same time; he's down
he river tonight It's a sort of con-
uauous performance, you know" Nc
Cloud looked at Dicksie. Take off
your coat, won't you, please?"
whispering Smith was trying to
drag a chest from the foot of tile rot,
and Marion stood watching. What
are you trying to do?"
Get this over 10 the table for a
seat"
silly man! why don't you move the
table"
Dicksie was taking off her coat.
How inviting it all is" she smiled.
And this is where you stay?"
When il rains, answered McClOud.
let me have your hat, too"
My hair is a sight, I know. We
rode over rocks and up gullies into the
brush
And through lakes-oh, I know I
can't conceive how you ever got here
at all Your hair is all right. This Is
camp, anyway. But If you want q
glass you can have one. Knisely is a
great swell; he's just from school, and
has no end Of things. I'll rob his bag"
Don't disturb Mr.. Knisely's Dag Tor
Tie world"
But you are not taking of your hat
You seem TO have something on your
mind"
Help me to get it of my mind, viii
you. please?"
IL you VIII let me-"
Tell me how to thank you for your
generosity. I came all the way over
mere tonight TO ask you for Just the
a5.p you have offered, and I could NOT
1t stuck in my throat. But that
wasn't what was on my mind. Tell
ne what you thought when I acted so
dreadfully az Marion's."
I didn't deserve anything better
after placing myself in such a fool
position. Why don't you ask me what
thought the day you acted so beau
TRULY at Crawling Stone ranch? l
thought that the finest thing I ever
saw"
You were not to blame at Mari
us7
I seemed to be, which is Just as bad.
am going 20 start the nhones going.
IT'S UP 20 me TO make good. you know,
What Is it, Bill?'
AcCl0ud looked at mis- companions.
ana material Aren't you g0ing TO take
on your hat?-and your gloves are
soaking wet"
A voice called the superintendent
ltme through the tent door. Mr.. Nc
f0ud7"
Twenty-eight and nine-tenths on the
gauge sir"
i ,olQ you so. Up three-tenthS Thank
you BIZ. TN be with you in a minute
zen Cherry to come and take away
ne supper things. will you? That s
-'!lJ am the water we shall get To-
,-s-g think. It's all we want" added
I---lll s.anclng at his watch. I'm
so-4s TO take a look at the river. We
s-aa De quiet now around here untn
y, Ia g. and if YOU, Marion. ana
aus Dunnlns viii take the tenn, YOU
-'A nave two hours rest before We
s.aFl Bin Dancing will guard YOU
sa.Nsl intrusion, and if you want Ice
"al9r ring twice"