New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-29

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sixty wears old and clearly harmless. The others
frankly in pursuit OF mate any two
mountain animals.
Beth was frightened when the purport of their
visit flashed upon her She felt a certain sense of
helplessness Mrs Dick was busy to be CON
stantly present; Elsa gone the ways of such
a place were new and wholly alarming She felt
when she made her escape from the three that her
safety was by means assured. Her was
her only retreat Except for Mrs Dick, there
not another woman IN the house. She wholly
surrounded by men-a rough, wOmaneSS lot whose
excitements, passions, and emotions were subjected
changes constantly we'll as TO heats by the he
all around them IN the mines.
That night was her first of real terror Every
noise in the building, and some in the streets made
her start awake like hunted doe with imaginingso of
the most awful description She scarcely slept at all
Tho following day old Billy Stitts called again very
shortly after breakfast He proved such amiable.
wOmanlv old chap that he was almost a comfort to
the pirI She sent him TO the DOstOfce for DOssibe
letter from Glen He with all the pleasure and
aacrity of faithful dog. apOOgizing most exuber-
anty his return for the fact that no letter had
She remained in the house all day The afternoon
brought the two rough suitOrs of the night before
and two more equally crude Mrs Dick 10 Beth's
intense uneasiness regarded the one 20 be
expected and quite in accord with and proper
regulations good looking girl in camp and her
men folks all giving her the gO-by-and what could
you expect; Moreover, as some of these would-be
courtiers were husky and in line for Fortunes smile
with chances good any other mans she might
do worse than let them come and hear what they had
TO say. 1t no girls need 70 be neglected
Searle and Van were patiently neglecting Beth,
THIS was the stage in which Beth at length began
TO mediate Spartan remedies IL was not to
be endured No word had come from Searle The
world might have swallowed him up She was sick
OF him; sick OF his WAYS OF neglect And As for Van
There 10 whom she could turn. unless
it was Glen Ii only She could flee 10 her brother,
She thought about II earnestly She wished 70
think It possible She tried 70 plan the way
Her horse at the hay yard Starlight was
only day of in the desert The convicts We're
no longer about II only she could ride there-even
alone IN early start little urging OF the pony.
She could fancy the Journey accomplished with the
utmost ease, then Scornfu defiance, both Of Bost-
wick and Van
But woman riding in this lawless land alone,
IL would be no less than madness And vet seemed
as II she must go. SeareS silence coupled with CON
ditIonS here absolutely ntOlerabe
With plans decidedly hay. nothing bur a Wild
bright dream really clear she questioned Billy
StIItS concerning the roads He was familiar with
every in miles, whether roadway. trail or
course by compass he termed traCkleSS cruising
IN the desert He gave her directions with the
utmost mlnutTP OF detail as 20 every highway
Starlight He drew her a plan. She was sure that
after much confusion. she could have ridden Star
light in the dark What branches of the road To
Shun, which trails 70 choose, possibly for gaining
time. what places 10 water a furnishing horse
these and more She learned with feverISh interest
Now a would do this and y man would
do that, SAID Billy time after time till a new fantaS-
TIC notion came bounding tull hedged into Beths
ANXIOUS BRAIN and almost made her laugh with de
hight. She could dress a and ride as a man
and be absolutely safe on the tourney, She knew
a dozen unusual arts Tor dVeIng the skin and
Cealing the hair and making the hands look rough
Makeup IN private theatricalS professional hands
she had learned with exceptional thoroughneSS
She would need a suit of khaki. miners boots a
soft big hat and a flannel shirt They were all to
"A he Ifr,ia- barh he.