Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-20

XearcnfaS p you h0W-
well then
"Wait." said the mau. "You start
ed down the canon. you told every
body you were going that way. They
naturally searched in that direction,
the hadn't the fasatest idea that you
N 90 going UP the river.
NO" admitted Enid, that Ia true.
i dill not tell anyone. I didn't dream
OF gcsng up tho canon when | started
our in the morning, It was the result
OF a sudden impulse"
sGod bless that burst out dae
man, and then he checked himse4x,
flushing again darkly.
What had re been about to say7
N1ne question flashed across his own
mind and into the woman's mind at
The same time when she heard the
mcompleted sentence; but she, too.
checked the question that ros to her
lips.
This IL the way I figure It" con.
k5nued the man hurriedly to cover UP
hfs confusion. ."They fancy them.
selves alone In these mountains,
which, save for me, they are; they be-
ileve you to have gone down the cam
on. Kirkby with Mrs. Maitland and
the others waited ON the ridge until
mr. Maitland anu ms party joined
Them. They couldn't have saved very
much to eat or wear from the camp,
they were miles from q settlement;
they probably divided into two perties,
the larger with the woman and chill
aren, started for home, the second
went down the canon searching for
pour dead bodyl'
And had 1t not been fer yor," cried
the girl. impulsively, sthey had found
it."
God permitted me TO be of service
TO YOU answered the man. simply
Fl can follow their epeeulafiens exact
iy; UP or down, they believed you to
have been in tire canon when the
cloud burst, therefore there was only
one place and y direction to search
for you."
And that was-.-
A'Down TIE canon7"
s+What did you do then?"
II went down the canon myself. ]
think / saw evidence that some one
had preceded me-, too"
"Did you oyertake them?"
"Certaialy not. they travelled as
rapidly as /; they must have started
early In the morning and they had
several hours the advantage OF me"
Tut they must have stopped sonae-
where for the night and
YES" answered the man; III I had
only myself TO consider, I should have
pressed On through the night and
overtaken them when they camped."
"Only yourseif~
nTou made me promise to return
here by nightfail. I don't know wheth-
err / should have obeyed you or not. /
kept on as long as I dared and still
leave myself time to get back to you
BY dark"
She had no idea OF the desperate
speed he had made to reach her while
It was stil daylight.
eff you hadn't come when you did,
I should have died." cried the girl iIa-
Detuonsly. ~You did perfectly right
! dent fhsnk ! en- 2 coward; ! hope
not. / never was afraid hefors, but"
Don't apologize or explain to me,
st's not necessary; | understand ey-
arything sn feel. It was only because
7 had given you my word to be back
By sunset that ! left off following their
trail. I was afraid that you might
think me dead or that something had
happened and.
sr Shc-la, T as5o admitted th@ girl
att wasn't SO bad during the day time.
but when the sun went down and yeu
did not come I began to imagine ev-
erything. saw myself lef4 alone here
Al these mountains, helpless, wound
ed, without a human being 10 speak
10. I could not bear It"
but ! have been here aAsAe for
ave years." said the man .grinly.
That's different. don't know why
you h We chosen solitude, but I
You are a woman returned tbs
other gently, and you have SUFFERED
chat accounts for everything
Thank yuH," said EnA3. MgatafuEys ]
eAnd ] ana 30 glad you ans back to
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