The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-07-06

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tAaa vha4 ~ - $3.50 e tAs hst last
niOAt Assing ~ staso haA besa osth-
tnG but hAllue1nak3oa. Moss IL looa.
- k1sv tAat 4 would - ea9ier =
van past tAa4 e0pty hut Z. fuil beea1
~. thaa II tAis tFsely. MISC. u.ess.
tA10 nGAt a davn.
He carried ost this Dlaa q seee.
70 ~ potat tAat h. q going - IL
giaeasr - IL eava. builAing Q ass
tAsss ~ Satisfying III sAasD hsaess
VIII - eaas00us osal. Due - ~
Dot slset q all IL aigA4 bseses. ~
nov ths warmth ~ IL saEi1faee3so
a Ais appstits aAls Ais asrvssess
had release tAs beos ~ ~ G1o1.
iAg. and caused him 70 roll over ~
side tAs 1ss ~ to fall aalssD.
He si~St deeply Tor . nunbse q
hous1. Thsa. asmiAg hinss6 vttA .
tArevins-stiek aaA asnDsr q Aarts.
he stspDsA estsids tAs cave. tatsas
upoa his sxpeAitioa 70 tAs otAsr side
Of the psaiasuls whses tAsss vas .
possibility of fading tAs yaeAl
The cave was sltuasel sooe ltttjs
distance up the giaciss. aAd the
shortest though by Tar the aoes az.
6eult vay of reaching bis Aeseaaaf3oa
lay. not alooS The beacA bot up
through the intseior valley anl across
Tie pfseipttous coast ranss oe hills.
Il was not The natural way - %
0>s,% An~ SnnA Ah~H ~ -. A>A.~eS~ 49,
q gave him . soet of s1cuss fee svodl-
ing asothss visit. just now. to TIE
scene q HE AiseomAturo of ~ night
bsfoeA He swors q himself, not -
much foe taking this course - foe Tie
roasoos which hi oo0mo0 ooaoo a.
SeGed against hin.
His prsssat routs took hin close
to the gold ledge. md the sigAt q ~
inexhaustible. precious, useless metal
that remained here brought upoa hin
for the hrst time, In full force. .
sense Of his loss. . sense of what that
lucklsss trip ashore from the Aurora
In search of that rosewood boz had
cost him.
At an increased pace he descended
from the glacier. crossed the valley
and scaled the landward side Of one
Of the mountains oe the coast range.
to . notch Where he could command
Q view Of the sea TO the westward.
He saw there what, in TIE bottom q
hia aind. ha had all along been sure
he would sos-oothing but anoAhss
barren. bleak horizon.
At that, for . while. his fortituds
broke down. and As ravsd and wept
and cursed like one demented. But at
last. spent. sobered. conscious once
more Of sharp hunger. he climbed .
little farther up the mountain to .
ledge. where. ~ his minute knowledge
oe the country led him TO expect, he
found . number Of looms sitting. He
killed one Of these birds with . dart,
and then, like the brute he was, ate 1t
raw and warm.
By that time II was late IN the aft
ernooo. Bravado, combined with Q
more real belief than ne had yet sue
ceedsd In retaining. to the effect that
all his terror Of the night before had
resulted from nothing more serious
than nightmare, led him to decide to
90 home BY way Of the beach, rather
than along the difncult interior trail
up which he had come.
The descent from the clin-head to
the beach was nothing to . man Of his
inhuman strength and activity, though
An ordinary skilled mountaineer might
have hesitated before attempting 1t.
Nevertheless. twothirds Of the way
down he nearly fell-but for luck he
would have fallen. for he caught a
glimpse Of lonely figure. a quarter of
mile away, perhaps. seated upon q
ledge, bending forward. chin In hand.
in an attitude which recalled, and
horribly echoed. that of the man he
long ago had murdered.
When he had steadied himself . lit
tie. he made his way cautiously down
to the level Of the beach. His emotions
were divided about equally between
fear and anger. the anger existing be.
cause Of the fear.
With infinite caution he approached
that lonely. unsuspecting figure. slip
ping from the shelter Of one rock to
that Of one q little nearer.
Three times his left hand drew bach
the throwing stick, balanced and
aimed along line that would send ita
thin ivory dart a. swiftly and a. sure
ly to that beautiful throat az the one
that had found and transfxed Perry
Hunters; and three times his mus
cles braced themselves for the effort
to propel it But each time, with q
breathless oath. he lowered the
weapon again. and with the back Of
his hairy hand wiped the sweat from
his forehead.
The act had none Of the quality o1
mercy in It: It Aas simply the result
Of logical dilemma. II the thing he
saw before him were q ghost, the
ghost Of the man he had already mur
dered. his dart would do no harm. Il
1t were not ghost: II 1t were what 1,
| looked more and moro Nke n h> A,-