Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-22

uvn Ni'h thc ridge trait miles AVA,
approached the hour ~ uoon Ne.
i'Fe ne ealnee Ire point where fhe
iNo trails Joined ana strsck Goa sc,c.s
'ne desert And here ~ discovered
~aAi he thought indlspaiabie lndics.
,'on that he fright q 5udah's horse
had persisted
NuNnoqninE immediately en- notlnn
o. fr'urnlng through iht hIus a. the
nasc tran he turned ana suune ava,
~ ne best pace he could spar from
~ oroncao delitsrns himself into
lhe p'iiess embrace ~ thas imp,aca
eie wilderness a. sun and sand
At ,nnE Intervals hs voalt cheek
the hroncho ana. rVeilae la his saat,.
endeaNot 70 sweep the desert with hls
binoculars
And toward ihe middle o. TIE after.
noon be faaclcd that someihine r..
~afurt ore such effort somsihlne
Tor an instant swami athvaft the neia
81 TOO ehssef somethlux that seemed
% move Ike weary harso with
human hEurc hnund 80 its hack
hu' nov the phsnoms1a were ais.
ceruible which bad d, been ,,.nro dcs
ere wise vogld have made hlm Pause
and ihink before ~ ernturrd farthcr
nom ihoso hills already beyond
reach as ihei we've
his hrs, appreciated warning came
wen the surface OF the dcstr, seemed
20 h' ana shake llke the tor o. a
canvas TENT iu sale Al the same
time a miEsuy eust Of oina vent
aihnart tho waste. bot a. a furnace.
blast In frice dust cuyeiopod man
and horse a. sitting cloud 81 supcr
heated Particles that siunr the h,sh
hke a myriad needles. And then dafk
ness fen, the a. flight of hadcs a con.
percolored pan Nothing remained
visible beyond arms length
blinded half sunocated. unsprak.
ably iismayed and newiidercd. che
oruncho sWuug rcuud beck 70 the
blast and refused 90 badge another
men
Himself more than halfda1e hut
still bounded by his Nightmare vision
~ Judith Aian dlsmounted 10 escape
being torn hodlg nom She saddle hg
that helilsh sandhlast. and ncirine
che bridie souCl1 90 draw tho horse
on with him
lie wasted bic strength Ia that Ga
doavor the aulnal haikcd planted
lia houfs deep Iu tho sand siiHcnrd
iH legs and resisted With the stub.
hnrnnees OF a rock then. ~ a sudden
rrkvd his head snrafilf snapped The
bride from hif grassy and iung away.
scudding hoioro the storm
Pursuit was cut OF tho question
Indeed ne hfldle s,as barely torn
from bis hand before Alan lost sigh,
Of the bFoncho
For a moment be stood rooted on
CONSERVATION Rs in boF with aa
arm npthfovn across h.a face
Then the Thought 90 Iudnh rc
CURED
Head Blended and shoulders rounded
he began 10 forge a way inio The teeth
~ the sandsiorm
row iong ne 7oagnt on. nitiinf hts
f'scagih against the elements. cannot
he roCkoncd
m The end be- stumbled hlindiy down
SLIGHT decline aud vas abruptly
conscious that he had Ia some way
found shelter from the ull force Of the
Wind
iie staggered on another yard on
two breathing more freely. aud blum
dcIed into a rough ribbed wall ~ rock
some ppomdio ouicrop be under
stood whose buik stood bets cen him
and ihe storm
he thought to real Tor a time. until
ihe storm has spent na greatest
strength Dor al BE- laid bis shoulder
gratefully against the roca ana
scrubbed the dust from his smsrfing
eyes be- saw shat b. 1T iira conceived
10 BE- hallucination Judith Urine
standing within a yard cf him. alive
strong free
Ito stared incrednlnuHly saw her
recognize him. open her mouth 60
utter wondering cry that was maud
bic. and come quickly nearer
Alan You came fof me fop fol
lowed me through al ihis''
Ito threw on her hand with a bitter
iauFh-fhat WAS like the oroaklng Of
raven a. q issued from hls bone dfy
throat and 90 mOmeniary p0sseaaiun
n hysterlc msdnese reclcd away from
the woman and the shelter n the rock
and delivered himself anew 10 the
mercy 81 the dusist0rm