The evening world., 1916-09-09

~ ~ nAit .tsfbAfh - hhi a NNule
lot better ~ Coionsl nssier And
this HIGHLANDER woman msy a.,
she'd known him over sincs he and
shs were school kids together. she
vent down aud took ths train Nth
h"r father iust about the time they
u'fs planting the po1f deNl among
ne q q brush roots up there On nat
hAid mesa"
I'm d.sappsintsd toe confessed
the dealer In Improved ranch lands
= certainly thought tina, n nobody
else went. the little rfri from the
Rail- yin place would lie out there 20
tell him scodby. Bu, she wasn't
Three wssks Of the ma,chisss Au.
gust weather had slipped by ~ithou,
Incident other than he indictment by
tho Grand Jury Of Crawford stanton,
others on a charge Of conspiracy: and
Williams, unmolsstsd since the night
VI the grand battus In which sheriff
Harding had figured % tho master Of
the hunt, had completed the great
ditch system and was Installing the
machinery In the lately nashsd
power house.
over the hills from the northsrn
mountain boundary 81 the 'riman.
yoni q wandering prospeotor had
como with . vague eale OF q new
strike In sunrise 0ulch. = plaosf
district worked out and sbAnAonsd
twenty years earlier In the heteht
OF tho Rcd Butte excitement. oues-
toned closely, the tale -brinEer con-
fessed that he had no proof positive
Of tho strike; but IN the hills he had
found a well-worn trail, lately u@d.
leading to the old camp. and from one
Of the deserted cabins In the Guloh
he had seen smoke arising.
A. 70 the fact Of ths trail. the wan
derinG ~tAle-beArer vas not at fault
On tho most perfect OF ths late in
August mornings a young woman.
clad In serviceable khaki. and keep
ing her cowboy stetson and bun top
boots In good countcnance by riding
astrids In a name saddle. was push.
Ing her mount up the trail toward
sunrise 9ulch. From the top OF .
little rise the abandoned camp came
into view. it, hsAps OF worked-ovef
gravel sproutinS thickly with the Wild
growth Of twcnty ysArs. end IL crum.
bling sha0ks. only a O8 which
seemed to have survived In Aablta-
bic entirety. scattered among the 0rs
Of the guloh.
Al the top Of the rise the Asess-
woman drew rein and shAdsd her syes
with a gauntleted hand. On . bench
beside the door OF the sinSis ten-
anted cabin . man wa sitting. and
she saw him stand 20 Answer her
N0nd-wave. A few minutes later the
arm in q sling and the palloP Of .
long confinement Whitening A0 face
and hands, was trying 20 help the
horsewoman to dismodnt In the cabin
dooryard. but she pushed him aside
and swung out Of the saddle unAtded,
Laughing At aim out Of . pair OF
.slate-Eray ayes and saying: How
often have I got to tell you that you
simply can't help . woman out of .
mans saddle?"
Flingins the bride feins over the
head OF tho wtry little cow-pony.
which vas thus left free to crop the
ley, tho young woman led the man
TO the house bench and made him cit
down.
"where is Mr.. Jibbsy this morn
ing?"
"He has gone up the creek. fishing.
] made him go. II ] didn't take q
club to him now ana then ed hang
over me all the time. There W
was another man like him. Corona.
And At homo We used to call him the
black sheep and the failure and
cross the street to dodge him when
he'd been drinking too muchi"
lie says you've made . man Of
him.: that you saved his life whom
never told me that, John"
NO; ] didn't mean to tell any one.
But to think OF his coming out here
70 nursA me. leaving VerdA on the
night ne married her! A brother
Of my own blood wouldn't have
done IT,"
Tho mans eyss nilsd suddenly, ana
he took no shame. lie wa still shaky
enough IN nerve and muscle 70 excuse
Il. Nobody I've had such frtsads.
Corona" M said. You all knew I'd
have TO 90 back 70 1Awrencevtlie Ind
fight II out. ana you didn't want mo
how did they come to let you taxa ms
awny? I've known Mscauley ever
since I was In Knockers. He 10 not
the man To take any chances"
Tho young woman's laugh was
asked. He thinks o are dead" she
said.
what"
'It's 80. You vera not the only
one wounded In the fight at the dam.
were two others-two of
McGraw's men. Three days later,
just an Colonel daddy and Billy star
buck were getting ready 10 steal you
away. ono OF the others died. In
some way the report got out that you
were the ono who died. and that made
quito easy. Tho report has
never been contradicted, and when
Mr.. Macaulcy reached Brewster the
police people told him that he was
too late"
Good heavens! Does everybody in
Brewster think I'm dead?"
Nearly everybody. But YOU need
look 30 Mortified. You're not dead,
You know; and there were no obltu-
aries in the newspapers. or anything
like that"
The man got upon his feet rather
u~nstsedily.
That's tho limit" ne said denn-
itively. TIN q man now. Corona;
too much of q man. I hope. 10 hide
behind another mans grave. I'm
soins back 70 brewster. today"