Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-07-05

what should happen in the rest OF the
world what are we going 10 do now
We can't stay here all nlght-and
the morning
He answered her question with an
other: What about trying 10 get out
by FL Capitan?"
She started in spite of herself 1T
would be certain death Henry"
Il don't mean AT the worst to try
Ia cross ii till we get glimpse of
daylight. Bat it's quite way over
there. The question is. Can We find
d trail up To where we want To goT
II know two or three she an
swered. "if they are only not flooded"
The storm seemed TO have passed,
but the darkness was intense. and
from above the northern Superstitions
came low mutterngs of thunder. Com
PEELED TO strike out over the rocks To
get up To any Of the trails toward Ell
Captain. Nan, helped by De Spain
when he could help led the ascent
toward the first ledge they could hope
To follow on their dangerous course.
The point at which the two climbed
almost five hundred feet that night
up Music mountain is still pointed
out in the gap. No person. looking
at that confused wall. willingly be-
lieNes ii could ever have been scaSed
in the dead OF night. Torn. bruised
amt exhausted. Nan. handed up 10y her
lover. threw herself at last PROSTATE
on the ledge ut the real beginning OF
their trail. and from that vantage point
they made their way along the east.
ern side of Music mountain for two
miles before they stepped again IL
rest.
1t was already well after midnight
A favorlng spot was seized on by Dc
Spain for the resting place he wanted
a dry recess beneath an Overhanging
wall made shelter for the fire that
he insisted on building To warm Nan
in her soaked clothing. 1t was dan.
gerous. both realized, to start "A fire.
but they concealed the blaze as best
they could and took the chance-a
chance that more nearly than any that
had gone before. cost them their
lives
The mutterings above the noun.
taius now grew rapidly louder, and
while the TWO lowered over the fire,
thunder Squall. rolling wildly down
the eastern slope. burst over the gap
Nam knew even better than her com
panion the tickle nature of range
storm. and understood Uncomfortable
well how d sudden shift might, AT any
inoiIent lay their entire path open t.
its terceness. She warned De Spain
they must be moving. and. fresheneC
+ by the brief rest. they set out TOWARD
FL Captain.
They had covered more than hall
the distance that separated them from
the cliff. when second thunderstorm
seeming To rush in from the desert
burst above their heads. DrencheC
with rain. they We're forced to draw
back under projecting rock. In an
other moment the two storms, meet
ing in the gap. rushed together As i
an unseen hand had touched a thou
sand granite springs above the gap
every slender crevice spouted
stream that shot foaming out from
the m0untainsides. The sound of NOV
ing waters rose in u dull, vast roar
broken by the unseen boom of distan
falls, launching huge masses of waite
into caverns fur below. The storm
laden wind tore and swirled anon
the crowded peaks, and above all tn
angry sky moaned and quivered in tn
rage of the elements.
1t was only the lulls between tn
sharp squalls that enabled them t
cover the trail before daylight Whe
they paused before FL Captain tn
fury of the night seemed largely t
have exhausted itself, but the over
charged air hung above the noun
tains, trembling and moaning like
bruised and stricken thing. Light
ming. playing across the inky heaven.
blazed in constant sheets from en-
to end of the horizon. Under it a
the two refugees. high on the mour
tainside, looked down on the floodin
gap.
Their flight was almost ended. Onl
the sheer cliff ahead blocked thci
descent to the aspen grove. Hardl
moment passed after they ha