Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-20

laAt my pencil ae thought iuuy
"lhrFe S. not ahoihef ptncN n this
dessert How can { wmir io Dolores 10
NAl Sian Gallon waias ~
lic bck out OF bis pocket worn
leather wallet grd drnN out the pie
func 20 d woman. whose calm. cold fcs.
iurcs unadomci hy che photographer.
atf were appclhue 60 tho man ~ his
inciics
iie looked at tns 3 moment. and
thcu an ihc morbid Ore iu DTS blood
lamd HWl1 his helff Love- lifc
aud happiness icpcuded upon the 90.
SECESSION of mid Therefore. with this
hu Don hla hnmt WHkrrson suddenly
cit thai Absolute tainf frr gold which
unvcres acenffs. which has tIlrl
more p,arn ha the armics ~ Cn
rore
And U h.s sudden access of physical
dnsiro lor rlhI in order n attain thls
noman De- rose 20 h.s fent and there
came upon his ffe swift expression
stcalihl hut determined
he put tne photograph away ana.
p1uihcrukr. stole INTO tho shadow uu.
dcr the hll ana toward The man who
had been his partner hHi whom be-
was resolved 90 klN He crrpt along.
taking an precautions against disturb.
lne single rebhle. until DE stood over
Gallon. and in ihe tom moonlight h.
aaw that Gallon was dnwins The pians
auA marking tho pcauous ~ mine
"uow FAR" he thought lorcefully 90
Mmso'f "nas ihe old man gone what
rnlrh is fhis7 what place Del tnisf iie
bas found iho gulA and I'm going to
hHvr ~" lie stHl watched che pencil
tuA ,aw him frrre Boa rude letters
rl34 Will mako 500 happy"
That mnmonf Gallnu sHw Wlihcron
smiling az HIM
SMILES md tonis. sorrow and laugh
ter hnve made ims world what y j.,
rrd Tho smic ou ihe saturuinc vlsage
~ Wnkorson stirred Gallon 20 his
depths uh Wnlowon tnowi Had
Wutorson seeni was Ruth 10 lose The
gold lhat he had found after au these
ycarf Wilkrrsou bad pcergti over his
ahoaldor wukcrsoni Nnkersoni VII
hrHoni There must BE no wilkcrsonl
nc pulled out bis revolver aud Cred
81 ore meu smiling 81 him frum the
shadow
Wlkcrson cmmied bis revolver q;
tho Old man. Bat Gallons trained eye.
backed up by his orcrmasicring ps.
sion. had directed his weapon too SURE
by WHkcrson realized that his enc
my's bullet hid gone home
sun with thc biood Inst 90 his heart.
Gallon pulled oui ne picture ~ a little
erl end p1sslanatc'y Kissed g.
"You look Ike your mother. huih."
he whispered.
Hnt while he was yieldigg 20 this
queer tenderness his former partner
was struggling a. DIS feet dlz1y with
uain absolutely cowed hy tho shock -
fndne himself physically helpless YET
dhren tf Instinct ~ fpd other human
brines Where we're iheyi There was
no eonrd on the desert except the
metinr ~ she Dry leaves - tlic
vurong and the murmnr ~ the cactus
nj ~ dird ~ drought he was REALLY ~
tso minds One desire was ~ tni the
location ~ the gold Tho other was 10
save his own ne aad aEsuage the Mn
ar fast which hc knew meant death
Al last be stumbled 10 bis feet and
pecred across tie nist yelled valley.
Far away be saw a light Gathering
al his strength. be started toward ~
rsr 4 held Duf % BIN the prospect ~
hrip for as guysicai injury and AZ be-
nug.sed his revolver he feferishlF
dn.amad % hnilns Gallon and ~
aFengine himself
Under the STARS be iramped on a.
men see iheif real world 10 miniature
md their IDEAL world nagniaed, a. we
III do. tho moon. n0caing it= HIGHT
down upon bis path. did not appear
within BIS range o. vision. II was
only the little pin points ~ stars IN
TIE purple black sky that be discfrnen
ana ~ the midst % this hrnament as
IL horizons bad been oiili'erated. he
ssw a solitary teinkllne light. which
meau, 4 bumsn hahkafion
I'm sef him yet. be mnt'cred fhicf
Is. The mere act Of afflculsfe speech
a.st IN iis throat nc realized that b.
ba5 10 water. ana the orcrpo~cfins
,hssu burned 10 hIs very marfow.
Il can't make r. BE- tliorgii 70 him