Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-11

TOP OF the hog back. whsre under the
poor shelter OF the ytunted pines they
soIned Pete with xuch OF the horses az
he had been able to drive up. KirRby,
taking q thought for h morrow, not
ed that there were four OF them.
enough to pull the wagon IL they
could get back to 1t.
After the first awful deluge OF the
| cloudburst it moderated slightly but
the hard rain came down steadily, the
, Wind ross IS we'll, and In spite OF
their oflskina they were soon wet and
J cold. It was Impossible to make a
are, there was 10 place for them to
20. nothing to be done. They could
only remain where they we're and
wait. After q half hour OF exposure
to the mercilees fury OF the storm, a
thought came suddenly to Mrs. Matt
land. She leaned over and caught the
| frontiersinan by his wet sleeve. Sec
Ing that she wished TO speak to him.
he bent his head toward her lips.
End she cried, pointing down the
canon. She had not thought before OF
the position of the girl.
Kirkby, who had not forgotten her.
| but who had instantly realized that he
| could do nothing for her, shook his
head, lifted his eyes and solemnIy
| pointed his finger up to the gray
skies. He had said nothing to Mrs.
Maitland before. What was the 3
of troubling her.
aGod only kin help her" he cried.
"She's beyond the help Of man"
All, indeed, old trapper, whence
came the confident assurance of that
dogmatic statement? For as It chanc-
ed. at that very moment the woman
for whose paril your heart was wrung
was being lifted out Of the torrent by
a mans hand! And, yet. who shall
say that the old hunter was not right,
and that the man himself, az men Of
old have been. was sent from God7
1T can't be-" began Mrs. Maitland
in great anguish for the girl she had
grown to love.
what 1t was. an had sense enough to
climb up the canon wall. answered
the other, she won't be 10 worse
ofrn We are: ef not
Mrs. Maitland had only to look
down Into the seethfng cauIdron to
understand the possibility Of that III"
"Oh,r she cried, .'1et MS pray for her
that she sought tho hills
I've been : doin' It," said the old
man grufiy.
He had a deep vein Of piety IN him. !
but, like other rich ores. 1t had to be
mined for in the depths before It was
apparent.
BY slow degrees the water subsid-
ed, and after q long while the rain
ceased. a heavy mist lay on the noun
tains and the night approached with
out ARP further appearance OF ths
yelled sun Toward evening Robert
Maitland, with the three men and the
three children. Joined the wretched
trio above the camp. Maitland, Wild
with excitement and apprehension
had pressed on ahead OF the rest. II
vas . glad-fseed man indeed who ran
the last few steps Of the rough way
as he did so he noticed that a was
missing.
Great God" he cried, releasing his
wife. where 10 Enid"
"She went down the canon esrly
this mornin' intendtn' to stay all day"
slowly and reluctantly answered old
Kirby, sans-
He paused there. It wasn't necas
sary for him to say anything more
Maitland walked to the edge OF the
trail and looked down into tina valley !
It had been swept clean Of the camp
Rocks had been rolled over upon the
meadow land. trunks of trees torn
up by the roots had lodged against
them. It was a scene Of desolate and
miserable confusion and disaster.
'oh. Robert don't you think she
may be safer" asked Mrs. Maitland.
there's Just 4 chance, I think, that
abe may have ~suspicioned the storm
IN got out OF the canon" suggested
the old frontiersman.
"A slim chance answered Matt
land gloomily. God, I wouldn't have
had this happen for anything on
earth"
mot mo. I'd = heap ruther It &
got me than her" said Kirkby sim-
ply.
II didn't see It coming continued
Maitland, nodding as II Kirkby's
statement were to be accepted an Z
matter OF course, as indeed 1t was.
I'VE were on the other slope OF the
mountain until It was almost over
head
"Nuther did I. To tell the truth I
was lynn down nappins wen Pete.
we're. who'd been down ths canon
rounding up some OF the critters,
came Dustin In on u.s.
Il amt saved but four hosses." said
Pete m~ournfully, "and there's only ona
burro on the hog back"
we came back as fast as we
could" said Maitland. II pushed ON
ahead. George, Bradshaw and Phillips
are bringing Bob and the girls. Wa
must search the ano
TT can't be done tonight. old man.
said Kirkby.
= tell you we can't walt, Jaoks"
We've got to. I'm az willin' to lay
down my life for that young gal ~
anybody on earth. but In this yers
! mist an as black a night rs It's gosn'
20 be. we couldn't go ten rod without
KILN ourselves n We couldn't sss
nothin' nowaya.D
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