Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-14

az irving because she sensed 6
aneasiEess on her husbands
"A iineasiness she could neversin
laec hirl to cmbodySin words. Never
lIeless, It existed, and she resented Ii
.Zistcacea trouble she could no
Share. But she could not put her fin
ger OF the cause, for Bill merely srnilet
i denial when she mentioned 1t.
Nor did she fathom the cause unit
mon certain day which fell upo:
ne end Of a weeks wearisonae traverst
3f the hardest country yet encountered
They broke out Of canyon VI
which they had struggled all day ont
4 level plot where fhe pine stood II
soinber ranks. A spring creek split thl
lat in two. Beside this tiny STREAM
ifIisl unlaslied his packs. II still Iackes
Two hours Of deck But he made NJ
comment, and Hazel forbore to trouEli
him with questions. Once the phcki
were of and the horses at liberty, Bill
caught mp his rife.
.'tfome on Hazel" he said. s'Lef
take Il little hike"
The fiat was small and once Gle
81 1t the pines thinned out ON q stee,
rocky slope 30 that westward ! the
e0uld overlook vast network Of e:f
vons and mountain spurs. But ullp.
them the mountain rose to an sn
anding backbone of jumbled grant
al on this backbone Bill Ways
ont an anxious eye. Presently
Il down on bow'der to ta,,
reathing. spell after a stiff strete!
imhing. Hazel slipped her hand
$ end whispered:
What is 1t. BiIly-boy?"
I'm afraid we can't get over h
III the horses" H. answered 81,
nd If we can't find d pass Of
well. come on 1T isn't
N q quarter Of mile to the
Just short of the top Fill halted
ped the sweat out Of his eyes,
he stood his gaze suddenly be
I'D, concentrated stare at q ra
''thwnrd. lie raised his glasses.
by thunderr' he reclaimed. 81
ve--it's me Tor I top"
e went IN the fev remaining
b a haste that left Hazel Pa
nd. Above her he stood ha'
a bcwltier, cut sharp against
ana she reached him just M
cred the field glassos with a
relief. His eyes slsone with
don.
Come on up on the perch he
| sstcd, and reached forth a long, m
lar arm, drawing her up close /
sde him on the rock.
HBehold the Promised Land"
seathed, "and the gateway there
wing couple Of miles to the nortl
They were, II seemed to Hazel, roo;
ing precarlously on the very. SUNNI
the world. On both sides the mou
min pitched away sharply In rugg
~-olds. Behind them, between them a
he far Pacific, rolled sea Of mou
aims, snow-capped, glacier-torn, 6
;antic.
ssDpwn there" Roaring Bill wave
lis hand, ''there's little meadow. ar
urf to walk on. Lord. I'll be glad
/ ,ot out Of these rocks! You'll nev
atch me coming in this way agai,
IS sure tough going. And I've bee
cared to death for "a week, tliinkin
We couldn't get through"
''But we CAM"
Eyes, easy he assured. srake tn
classes and look. That fiat we left on
gutdt In runs pretty well to the tol
Anout two miles along. Then there
notch In the ridge that you can't 81
with the naked eye, and wider Cal
1Tdn running down into the basin. 1t
HE only decent break in the divide IL
lfty miles SO far as I can see. We'r
lihcky to hit this pass
/ Suppose we couldn't get over here
Hazel asked "What IL there hadn
been a pass?"
! "That was beginning to keep n
awake nights" he confessed. "Do 70
realize that it's getting lnte in tn
year? Winter may come--blng iii
side of ten days. And me caught
Il rock pile, with no cabin to shelf,
! my best girl. and no hay up to feed m
horses. You bet it bothered me-"
She Rugged him sympathetically, an
Bin smiled down at her.
"But it's plain sailing now" he CO.
1 tinued. II know that basin and all IL
1 country beyond it. It's q pretty decel
camping place. and there's fair
easy way OUT
He bestowed a reassuring kiss upt
| her. They sat on the boulder for
few minutes, then scrambled downh
to the jack-pine fiat, and built the
evening fire. And for the first tin
In many days Roaring Bill whistle
and lightly burst into snatches Of SOL
in the deep, believing voice that he
given him his name back In the Cal
boo country. His humor was infe
ttous. Hazel felt the gods Of his
adventure smiling broadly upon the
once more.
At noon, two days later, they steppt
OUT Of heavy stand Of spruce in
/ Il sun-warmed meadow. where ripe VI
low grasses waved to their horse
knees. Hazel came afoot, fires
killed deer dashed across Silks bae
Bill hesitated, as il taking his bea
! ings, then led to where rocky sp'