Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-04-11

mountains. Admitting that Enid was
dead, the conclusions were sound, Of
course.
The others pointed out TO Armstrong
that II the woman they all loved had
by any fortunate chance escaped the
cloudburst, she must inevitably have
persisted from cold, starvation and ex-
posture in the mountain long since.
There was scarcely possibility that
she could have escaped the food, but
IL she had, 1t would only to be de-
voted to death little later. II she
was not in the lake, what remained Of
her would be in some lateral canon.
It would be impossible to discover
her body in the deep SHOWS until the
spring and the warm weather came.
When the SHOWS melted what was con-
cealed would be revealed. Alone, she
could do nothing. And admitting again
that Enid was alone, this conclusion
was as sound as the other.
Now no one had the faintest hope
that Enid Maitland was yet alive, ex.
cept, perhaps, her father, Mr.. Stephen
Maitland. They could not convince
him, he was so old and set in his opin'
ions and so utterly unfamiliar with the
conditions that they tried to describe
to him, that he chung to his belief In
spite OF all, and finally they let him
take such comfort as he could from
his vain hope without any further at
tempt at contradiction.
In spite of all the arguments, how
ever, Mr.. James Armstrong was moi
satisfied. He was as hopeless as the
rest, but his temperament would moi
permit him to accept the inevitable
calmly. It was barely possible thai
she might not be dead, and that she
might not be alone. There was scarce
up enough possibility Of this to justify
suspicion, but that is not saying
there was none at all. .
Day after day he had sat In his Of
Ace denying himself to everyone ant
refusing to consider anything, brood
ing over the situation. He loved Eni,
Maitland, he loved her before. and nov
that he had lost her, he loved her still
more.
Not altogether admirable had bee
James Armstrong; outwardly success
full career. In much tina; ia high an
noble and manly his actions--and hi
characterized often been lacking, bu
even the base can love, and sometime
love transforms, II II be given
chance. The passion Of Cymon for lpi
igenia, made a man and prince out Q
the rustic boor, and his real love 70
Enid Maitland might have done NOR
for Armstrong than he himself or an!
one who knew him as he was, an
few there were who had sue
knowledge OF him. dreamed wa
possible. There was one thing thI
love could not do. however;
: could not make him patient phi
osopher, a good waiter. His rule
life was not very high. but In one wa
i II was admirable, In that prompt. bo
desire action was his chiefest chara
: teristic,
, On this certain morning NOM
/, after the heart.breaklng disaster, b
power OF passive endurance had bee
strained to the vanishing point. II
great white range was flung In his ia,
like a challenge. Within It's secret 7
cesses lay the solution Of the myster
Somewhere. dead or alive. beyond Il
|, soaring rampant was the woman
I. loved. II was impossible for him
= remain quiet any longer. CommG
= sense. reason. every argument tn
= had been adduced, suddenly became
no weight. He lifted his head al
stared straight westward, his ey'