Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1917-08-05

LIN, who went ABOUT MS puaneSS grave
~ reserved. frigidly cold and self-con-
tanned. had work to do at his desk.
The woman and the two young men
were for the dam.
After an early breakfast, therefore.
the second car was uncoupled, and the
engine backed 1t down around the mesa
toward the viaduct twenty miles below.
Rodney and Winters prepared to 60
with Miss Illingworth across the wood
ed island. with its cresting OF stone,
so to speak. that lay between the ra-
vine and the valley. The conductor
of the train. q local employee Of the
railroad, told them that the shortest
way was directly over the mesa. The
sandstone of which this huge mound
was mainly composed had been broken
and disintegrated on all sides by CEN
turtles Of erosion and weathering. and
there were practicable ascents and de-
scents at both ends. The nearest ascent
was at the side Of the big tableland d.
rectly opposite which the car was
placed.
The trails through the pines which
covered the hill up to the very foot
of the big butte were unfrequented
and In bad repair. but practicable If
the traveller was prepared for a wet
ting. The shortest and on the whole
the easiest way to the dam would be
to make their way to the foot of the
mesa, climb II through the big ravine
and cross II to the lower end, less than
two miles away, where there was an
easy descent to the dam.
"And II you get caught In the rain,"
said the conductor, (which amt likely,
for it's already rained more in the last
twenty-four hours than In the last
twenty-four years, 1t seems to me,
there's q hut, half stone and half tim
Der. up on the mesa that campers
sometimes make use Of when they want
to see the sun rise, which is a mighty
fine sight from there. II was in pretty
fair shape when 1 visited 1t last year,
and you can find shelter there. It's
at the highest point on the mesa. You
can see long way up the gulch there.
; and a longer way down and up the
Picket Wire valley. Above the dam 1t
used to show a level. fertile stretch
between the hills, but it's all a lake
now"
Shurtliff, Of course, declined Miss
Illingworth's invitation to accompany
the party on plea Of urgent duties and
important papers to prepare. He had
spoken no words to Rodney or Winters,
and those gentlemen made no effort
to engage him in conversation. They
were. in truth, little ashamed of their
actions Of the night before. They were
Exceedingly anxious as to whether their
theories as to the possible effect OF
. Miss Illingworth's action would be JUS
tilted, so they carefully avoided the
E secretary, letting the leaven work If II
. would. To their disappointment, II
/. gave no sign Of life or action.
!. OF the four most interested In Meade
Winters was the only one who had
e slept soundly that night. Rodney was
2 too much in love with the woman ever
r to sleep soundly again. he thought
j certainly not until her future had beer
: settled and her relations to Meade
j finally determined. Shurtliff's feelings
0 were painful in the extreme. Torn be
tween Tue HdDll VI uhcSlAoh Aoi
{ the dead. his new habit Of affection
+ for the woman, his oft-recurring com
e junction Of conscience, his immediate
: resentment Of the treatment of the two
S men, his acknowledgment Of the splen
e did action of the woman, his suspl
y cions, his uncertainty, as to how thu
younger Meade would take 1t II h'
1 told the truth, he slept not at all.
| Into Helen nlingworth's mind als'
had come, although, to her credit be i
said. not until she had retired and hat
thought over her action in the light O.
L the hints given, that perhaps her gen
erous interposition in behalf Of Shurt
lii might move his gratitude and tina
he might at last vouchsafe her the hell
h which she felt more certain than eve
A he alone could give. She was gla'
Il when the thought came to her that sh
A could look herself squarely In the fac
y and declare to her conscience that
had not been back Of her action
2 "l1ich had been purely spontaneous.
n The possibility, although faint one
n. that Meade might be working on tn
dam and that she might see him Of
the morrow would have sufficed to CIV
4 her wakeful night. Rodney was NOR
careful observer than Winters. bu
even the cattleman noticed that sh
Y looked worn and strained as he helpe
her out Of the car for their tram
across the mesa to the dam.
You know" he said, with rough
l and-reodv svnnafhv 1we haven't tn