Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-02-22

Il Was q Weman's Sweater.
the mountains an save q day an 4,
half; there's no need Of us goin' back
up the canon now. / take It."
NO" answered the other, "ths
quicker the better as you say. and
We can head OF George and the 9th,
ers that way"
They searched the pile eagerly, pry,
Ing under 1t, peering into It, upsettins
It. 30 far a. they could with their
naked hands, but with little result, for
they found nothing else. They had tn
camp another day, and next morning
they hurried straight over the noun.
tains, reaching tho settlement almost
as soon as the others. Maitland with
furious energy at once organized . re.
lief party They hurried back to the
logs, tore the jam to pieces, searched
1t carefully and found nothing. To
drag the lake was impossible. It was
hundreds Of feet deep and while they
worked 1t froze., The weather had
changed some days before, heavy
sno'Ts had already fallen; they had to
get out OF the mountains without
further delay or else be frozen up to
die. Then and not till then did Matt
land give up hope. He had refrsined
from wiring to Philadelphia, but when
he reached a telegraph line some ten
days after the cloudburst, he sent q
long message east, breaking to his
brother the awful tidings.
And in all that they did he and
Kirkby, two OF the shrewdest and
most experienced Of mon, showed
with singular exactitude how easy It
is for the wisest and most capable
Of men to make mistakes. to leave the
phalp trail, to fail to deduce the truth
frT the facts presented. Yet It 'is
aisnel ~ 70 ;rcaz. - ,sau,.., = ..salz
reasoning, or to find anytiilhs left I'M
done in the search!
Enid had started down the canon;
near the end Of It they had discovered
one of her garments which they could
not conceive any reason for her tax
ing OF. 1t was near the battered body
of one Of the biggest Grizzlies that
either man had ever seen, 1t had EVIL
dence OF blood stains upon It; still,
they had found no body, but they
were as profoundly sure that the man
gled remains Of the poor girl lay with.
In the depths Of that mountain lake
as II they had actually seen her there.
The logic was all fiawless.
It so happened that on that Noyem-
Der morning. when the telegram was
approaching him, Mr.. Stephen Matt
land had a caller. He came at an un-
usually early hour. Mr.. Stephen
Maitland. who was no longer an early
riser. had indeed just finished his
breakfast when the card Of Mr.. James
Armstrong Of Colorado was handed to
him.
This, l suppose" he thought test
lily, "is one OF the results of Ends
wanderings into that God-forsaken
land. Did you ask the man his bust
ness. James7" he said aloud to the
footman.
Eyes, sir. He said he wanted to see
you on important business, and wher
I made bold to ask him what bust
ness, he said II was none Of mine. ant
for me to take the message to you
SIR"
''lmpudent," grovled Mr.. Maitland.
yes, sir, but he Ia the kind OF {
gentleman you don't talk back to, sir,
well. you 60 back and tell hin
that you have given me his card, an'
| should like TO know what he wishe
to see me about, that am very busl
this morning and unless It Is ma,
ter Of importance-you understand
Eyes, sir"
Il suppose now I shall have IN,
whole west unloaded upon me; ever.
vagabond friend Of Roberts and pee
pie who meet Enid" he thought Blu
his reveries were shortly Interrupts
by the return Of the man.
III you please. sir" began jane
hesitatingly, as he re-entered tn
room, he says his business Is abou
the young lady, SIR"
"Confound his impudencei" o.
claimed Mr.. Maitland, more and NOR
annoyed at what he was pleased I
characterize mentally AZ western a
surance. where Ia hei"
I'm the hall, sir"
"Show him Into the library and %
. / shall be down in a moment"
Every good, sir"
II was q decidedly wrathful indiyi'
ual who confronted Stephen Nathan
a few moments afterward In the
brary, for Armstrong was not accu
toned to such cavalier treatment an
; had Maitland been other than Enid
father he would have given more on
, ward expression at his indignatio
, over the dlscourtesy in his reception
("Mr. James Armstrong, ! believe
4besan Mr.. Maitland. looking at h
card In his hand.
+, yes, sir"
/, "Er--from Coloradof"
"Aud proud OF T."