Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-29

search the whole landscape far ana
near for traces az human beings But
the woods were 80 dense hat IL Mas
like looking for q needle In = hay
stack. What he hoped 90 SEE. and
what he did presently SEE. "a
smoke. a rale amethystine culuHn OF
II rising near the base Of q o. the
mountains. TO ind tie IRE. ~ the
remains OF IL. from which that smoke
was rising would not o. very dir
cult. ne took is bearings sery
carefully. IL vas directly brrW.-n
him and the smal>st q ihr-s
barren cliffs which formed the lr~t
upthrust 81 the mountain. and as
he judged about half a mile this
side Of the cliff Al the base Of lat
cliff was a rattlesnake den. and Turn-
my was in the habit Of giving liz a
pretty wide berth. for TIE snakes
sometimes wandered long distances
FROM their fayorite hedges iu staTcA
Of food and water and "a good woods
man Ike Tommy preferred that they
should do their hunting in peace
Just like a man Mo wogll bring
cauliiower into the woods I'D camp In
snake country. he thought. wonder
IL | can pick one W with these
glasses"
He focused his glasses un the base
OF the cliff and amused himself for
some time in trying ~ discern .
snake. But either the distance Aas
too great or there was uoae la evil
dence. and he was about to give up
when suddenly a man walked casually
into the field Of his vision-and cut
OF II.
Well. I'm fingered. said Tommy
II haven't foand q snake. blt I've
found the next best thing Snw shat
the devil Is Professor Stillifer doing
in this part On the world '
Again he lifted the glasses and
again saw tile professor He appeared
TO be polishing something o. the
sleeve OF his Norfolk jacket Nnr
ard then the something flashed bril-
liantly III the sunlight IN M.glt have
been a pocket mirror. or = great d.a-
mond. Whatever II vas Professor
Stilliter presently dropped ia into hs
pocket. forced his zay into a dense
clump of bushes al the very hase nf
the cliff and disappeared.
But Tommy va not 10 investigate
those bushes an t.C -1ot w tire elf
lie was within n un rter No "A nile
OF them. walking swiftly and quietly
along an old lumber trail. When sud
denly his quick ear caught Y sound
OF footsteps ana az THE same ~
his quick eyes caught = glimpse ~
something white that moved tt
stepped quickly into a thickei - al
ders. crOuched lon ri 10 aII lntenfs
and purposes was blotted o1t q sH
istence
Along the traii. his heavy hahy face
streaming with sweat. came Professor
Stilliter leading by the hand a slim
and lovely girl Nho carried ter head
like a princess. She was dressed In
q white garment that fen IN ua5r0sen
folds from her shoulders % her feet.
like a Roman toEa. On her bare feet
she Q thin sandals. on her bare
head a circlet az gold IN which jewe ls
flashed Her mouth had an eNnrrs
sion or celestial gentleness ard
sm~Oothness. but her ewes half shield
ed by their lids and lashes. Were with-
out expression. She seemed ID Ten
my like a girl. not ~ this earth. valk-
ing In her sleep Tie had never seen
a face so beautiful. so sweet or 80
tonchingly innocent.
Having passed Tommy's htdins
place. Professor StiIliter turned from
the trail and led the heavenly vision
10 a sort or natural seat that over
looked a quiet pool from which Tum-
my had often taken trout
She sat reflected In the pool and
looking straight ahead ~ her. and not
seeing-if you know what I mean
Professor StilIiter had let 20 her hand
and was tipiceing Of. abandoning her
apparently. but when he had gone a
little way he turned and made cari-
Gus passes In the air with It's hands
and spoke suddenly in a voice ~ con-
mand. the one word. Wake
Expression and light cane into the
great eyes. and she looked about her
with a kind Of startled delight TrF
my for some reason or other -
trembling from head 10 foot.
A stick cracked. She turned her
head toward the sound. but Professor
Stilliter had made good his fiptoe1
retreat. He was no longer IN sight.
Then Tommy. still trembling with