The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-10

solid earth he threw ove, the coat he had worn b,r,s.,. aeulderu ne turned away, and Hazel sau men s.ooping here and there, and " nm the crack of dry sticks broSo. 1 heard his Knee. In no time he woe over the horses with an armful of drv vass ss,.t to ana mad small blaze licL;,s s'u1' through dry grass and twigs up grew he piled ron larger stIcEs .,n AS It bright flame waved two faa. u', the lighting up the nearby woos h'sA, shedding a bright glow on ' tbo and horses standing patiently at hama 'n,es re- paid no attention to Hazel un.n ne came timidly up to the fire u' Ts saa looked up at her with his uh,. nen ne smile. "hiinscal
 That's right" he said. aco,,. and get warm. No use worr,, "e on getting cross. suppose fron e-or civilized, conventional point os youf it's terrible thing to be ont |, 'sw woods all night alone with s.a a the man. But I'm not bear-I won, anse you" 'n eat
 I'm sorry if I seemed rudo. said penitently; q can't help tb,rs.1 uae' Of the disagreeable side of f. paon,s talk so. I suppose I'll be q nine d.p.s .ps wonder In Cariboo Meadows" Bill laughed softly.
 Let them take 1t out In wonderino. he advised. "Cariboo Meadows ,.. very small and insignificant portion ., the world, anyway"
 He went to one of the packs .,. came back with canvas cover. whcA he spread on the ground.
 "Sit on that" he said. "The earth,. always damp in the woods" Then he stripped the horses of ths,, burdens and tied them out of sight among the trees. That task finished he took an ax and rustled a nile ot wood. dragging dead poles up to ths fire and chopping them into sho,, lengths. When finally he laid aslds his ax. he busied himself with gather. Ing grass and leaves and pine needles until he had several armfuls collected and spread in an even pile to serve as mattress. Upon this he laid his he'd. ding. two thick quilts, two or three pairs of wooden blankets, pillow the whole inclosed with a long canvas sheet. the bed tarpaulin of the cattle ranges.
 "rhere." he said; you can turn ln whenever you feel like it." For himself he took the saddle blan. kets and laid them close by the 6rs within reaching distance of the wood. pile. taking for cover a pack canvas He stretched himself full length. filled his pipe, lit 1t, md fell to staring Into the fire while he smoked. Half an hour later he raised hs head and looked across the fire at Hazel.
 "Why don't you go to bedr hs asked.
 "Fm not sleepy" she declared, which was palpable falsehood for her eye lids were even then dropping.
 Maybe not. hut you need rest" Bil said quietly. "Quit thinking things It'll he all the same hundred year from now. Go on to bed You'll h more comfortable"
 Thus peremptorlly commanded, Hs. zcl found herself granting instant obe- di"nce. She got into the blankets just rI oh drew the canvas sheet up so that R hid her fnce-but did not prevent her from seeing.
 In spite of herself she slept ftfnll!' Now and then she would wake win a start to half-frightened realization of her surroundings and plight anu whenever she did wake and look pa@ the fire it was to see Roaring Bill Was staff stretched out in the red glow, ns brown head pillowed on one Ioue' arm.
 Then all at once she wakened out VI sound slumber with a violent s'a,s Roaring Bin was shaking the tarpa' lin over her and laughing. :, <.
 Arise, Miss Sleeping Beauty said boyishly. Breakfasts reaoy,
 He went hack to the fire. ha1e' .s. up, batting her tousled hair mo '.a .as, semblance of order. on in LII. .,ss. reddish streak spread skywaiu 'aM ,a somber gray. In the west, DlacA ''' gave ground slowly. rn,s
 "Well. it's another day. sns ,.,ssf pered. as she had whispered 10 ns's wiu once before. q wonder 1T thei' ever be any more like itY