Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-06

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.mrBo1Anny II rnx1 ARE rxAvU4xxo On
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civilian employees Of the government
travea on regular teksts lAs other
people"
Il know they do. adnttfed tbs 9th
er. and then. With \ sharp side Eiancs
which Blount missed especially II
they are trx veiing IN \ secret mission"
"Ycu needn't b aiarned. You have
not told me anything the government
could make use OF" returned BLount,
carrying the jest one necessary
further along.
1t was precisely at this point, n
Bleunf Remembered afterwafd. that
the forestry subject was dropped
Later on, after the talk had drifted
back TO minina and from mining into
politics, the hawk faced man
! ed his tntention of going back 10 hts
| section fn the body Of the car TO take =
nap
A little further along toward evening
the great range which bad been Visible
3 hours In the west began to define
7 self In peaks and high, bald shoulder
ings of wind swept mesas. and Blount
was glad to Ind sorne stirrinxx Of
| the homecoming wanderers q~uickened
pulse answering to the nearer view OF
! the mountains.
At the dining IA dinner. which was
I arx,a xuhTa tNA hfuA unntr nj thu
main range were still rejecting the
crimson and gold of the sunset- Bloant
missed his luncheon rompaniGo.
Now that be recalled II he rernem-
tssred that he had seen nothing OF the
hawk faced man since the early after
noon Bnf the absence or coIaIsa MON
ship was "a relief rather than a depriva-
ton.
Almost without knowing II he found
himself Fastening through bis dinner
Sc that he might return TO the Pullman
window. When al length he had the
longed for sight of a bunch of cattle.
with the solitary night herd hanging
by one leg In the saddle to watch the
passing train. the call of the west was
once more trurnpetins tr his ears.
At a small timber shipping station
well within the mountains whsrs the
logs were shot down to the nflls In 4
trouxh-iiks water chute from the wood
ed heights twsaty miles distant there
was a longer stop than usual, and
Blount got OF to make Inquiries.
There was a freight wreck at some
point a few miles farther west, and
the train would probably be- delayed
for several hours.
By this time Biount was on well re-
membered ground. Forty miles away
In a direction somewhat east Of north
lay the Blount home domain, where he
had spent his happy boyhood-s An
hours Enlfop to the westward the level
rays Of the setting sun would be play
ing upon the little station Of Painted
for the home ranch. And halfway be-
tween Painted Hat and the Circle Bar
lay the horse corrals of one Debbleby.
a hermit of the mountains and the
boy Evans earliest schoolmaster In the
great book of nature.
Since Biount could not go on by
train. what was to prevent the taking
Of an immediate and delightful plunge
into the land of heart stirring recol-
lections7
Arranging with the Pullman con-
dnctor TO have his hand baggage left
in Gantry's Office at the capital. Blount
crossed quickly to q livery stable op-
posite the station. bargained for a sad
die horse. borrowed a poncho and a
pair of legglngs and presently. with
the squeak of the saddle leather max
ing sweet music In his ears. had bro
ken violently. for the moment at least.
| with all the civilized traditions.
BE would 20 TO see Dehbleby: drop
In upon the old ranchman without
warning and thus get his drst taste of
the homeland unmixed with any of
the disappointing changes which were
doubtless awaiting him 1T the real
journeys end
Nov. IL CHANGED that the livery sta
bic was an adjunct TO the single no
tel Ia the small sawmiii town. and as
Blouns swung up into the saddle he
was a little surprised to see his COM
panion of the Pullman smoking cous-
! psrtmenf Standing on the porch OF the
hotel I'm earnest talk with three 9TH
era who from their appearance might
have figured sither as timber jacks"
y cowboys
Biount was on the point of speaking
when he rode past the porch on bis
way to the northward trasI pointed
out by the iverymaR. but a curious
feeling restrained him
He vas almost sure that tbs pros
porous looking gentleman with the
bird of prey eyes was ma king him the
subject of bis earnest talk With the
three men OF doubtful occupation
Quite naturally this impression deep
ened lato a conviction when he looked
back from the road crossing Of the
railroad track and saw that 6dl four
Of the uaeE ~ the porch wars wafch
ing hlnA
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