Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-04
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runs after him in tangle OF snort
skirts to bid him good-by.
CHAPTER II-Captain Wayne tells
Alan of the failing of the Waynes.
Glenn drinks Alan's health on mis-
CHAPTER III-Judge Healey buys
picture for Alix Lansing. The judge
defends Alan in his business with ms
CHAPTER IV-Alan and Alix meet
at sea. homeward bound. and start
Irritation. which becomes serious.
CHAPTER V-At home, Nance Ster-
| ling asks Alan to go away from Al1x.
AliX is taken to task by Gerry, her
husband, for her conduct with Alan
and defies him.
CHAPTER VI-Gerry, as he thinks,
sees Alix and Alan clipping, drops
everything. and goes to Pernambuco.
CHAPTER VII-Alix leaves Alan
on the train and goes home to find
that Gerry has disappeared.
CHAPTER VIII-Gerry leaves Per-
nambuco and goes to Piranhas. On
a canoe trip he meets native girl.
CHAPTER IX-The judge fails to
trace Gerry. A baby is born to Alix.
CHAPTER X-The native girl takes
Gerry to her home and shows him
the ruined plantation she is mistress
of. Gerry marries her.
CHAPTER XI - At Maple house
Collingeford tells how he met Alan
"Ten Per Cent. Wayne"-building a
bridge in Africa.
CHAPTER XII-Collingeford meets
AliX and her baby and he gives her
encouragement about Gerry.
CHAPTER XIII-Alan comes back
to town but does not go home. He
makes several calls in the city.
CHAPTER XIV-Gerry begins to
improve Margarita's plantation and
huil6S ting ditch
CHAPTER XV-In Africa Alan
reads Clems letters and dreams of
home.
CHAPTER XVI-Gerry pastures
Lieber's cattle during the drought. A
baby comes to Gerry and Margarita.
CHAPTER XVIl-Colnngeford meets
Alix in the city and finds her changed.
The cattle followed but the men had
to beat the first through away from
the gap. They had stopped to eat and
had blocked the way. At last they
were all in and the gap closed. One
or two stood with straddled feet and
continued to low, their lips just brush
ing the lush grass. Poor beasts" said
Lieber, the smile gone from his face,
''they are too weak to eat"
He and Gerry went back to the
house for breakfast. The herders sat
and smoked. They had had coffee; it
would see them through half the day.
Before Lieber left, the horses were
herded once more and with much trou-
BILE driven out upon the desert. Lie
Der turned to Gerry. Don't let them
back in until tomorrow, please" he
said. "If you do, they'll founder"
"What about the cattle?" asked Ger
ry.
"The cattle are all right. They
haven't enough spirit left to kill them
selves eating. They'll begin lying
down pretty soon. Good-by, and re-
member, you'll get a warm welcome
up at Lieber's whenever you feel like
riding over"
Thanks" said Gerry. "Good-by."
He watched Lieber ride away on
the road the priest had taken. Fa-
zenda Flores, his isolated refuge, was
beginning to link itself to a world.
Man, like vine, has tendrils. To
climb he must reach them out and
cling. .....
The reward of those long months of
preparation was at hand. Once every
spade thrust had seemed but the pre-
cursor to barren effort. Now every
stroke of the hoe seemed to bring forth
a fresh green leaf Life fell into an
enhancing monotone. 1t became an
endless chain that forged its own links
and heightened out into an endless
perspective. Days passed. The ar
rival of Lleber's foreman to see how
the stock was progressing was an
event. He brought with him an old
saddle and bridle-a gift from Lieber
to Gerry. "He says" the foreman re-
marked with leer.. on making the
presentation, you can ride anything
you can CATCH"
Gerry felt the foreman needed put
ting in place. He went into the house
and reappeared carrying something in
his hat He climbed the fence and
called. The horses raised their heads
and looked. Some were lazy after wa
tering but the others trotted over to-
ward him. They stopped a few yards
off and scrutinized him as though to
divine his intentions. Then they ap-
preached cautiously, with tense legs.
ready to whirl and bolt. A greedy colt
refused to play the game of fear to
finish. He strobe forward and was re-
warded with a large lump Of sugar.
The sugar was coarse and black, first
cousin to virgin molasses, but it was
redolent. The horses crowded around
Gerry. They paved at him. He had
to beat them back. They made bold
assault on the empty but odorous hat.
Gerry laughed and cleared the fence to
get away from them. 81 think your
master must be mistaken" he said
with smile to the foreman. "SOme
of these colts can never have been
backed"
The foreman looked his admiration.
He began to take Gerry seriously; it
was man to man now. He pointed out
the horses that were broken to saddle
and named their gaits and mettle.
Then his shrewd eyes looked around
for further details to add to his report
to his master. He noted that few,
a very few, of the cattle were still
lying down when they should have
been on their feet and eating. These