White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-27

You cannot gu hon'o |
two. The tow is full OF strange IN
dians. Give me your lantern. MISS
| Hardin I'll rout out that darby.
Rebelliously she gnve him the IAN
tern. The light turned full on he'
ayerted angry eyes.
A naughty Thusnelda followed nm
Sam was discovered asleep in fhe
only room where the windows had nor
vet been attacked. Ills head rested on
a bundle of Sucked trees when the
ladies' of the Improvement club a
planned to plant the next day. Deep
| snores betrayed his refuge.
"TIere. SAM want you to axe
these ladies home. Chase yourself.
They've been working while you w
slept. | thought you'd have all these
windows out by now
Gerry had TO supply the courtesy Tor
two. She told Mr.. Richard In her MP
healing way that he had been very
kind: that she would have beer
| frightened to death tn go home alone
lines had TO say something Good
night !" The words had IN Insulting
ring.
fhe wind covered n passionate ST.
lenee, as the two women. FOLLOWED by
Sam. ynwning and stretching. made
their way down the shrieking street.
1T was true Innes was thinking. She
had at last stumbled On the ront, but
Ii was not a matter of personal, but
moral untidiness; not n earelessness
of pins or plates. of tapes or dishes, 1t
was far worse: n slackness OF ethics.
II meant more unhnppiness for Tom.
Her aching muscles told her that
she could not have slept four hours
when the darky was back. knocking nj
her door.
Innes' horse loped through the
silent streets.
I'll run past tie %leyee; perhaps
Tom has come buck II occurred TO
her that there might be n message at
the hotel. She pulled on her left rein,
and swept past the deserted adobe.
As she refined In her horse. Richard
stepped out on the sidewalk. He, too,
was heayy-eyed from n snatched nap.
"Nere you looking for mef'
The seorn In the girls face told him
that his question WIS stupid. For
him
HAS my brother come baekf'
He said he did not know. you can
see | have been dreaming 81 She would
not smile back 1T him. but rode of
toward the leyee.
Was this the river? West of the
leyee, a sea of muddy water spread
oyer tle land. There was yet a chance
to save the towns, the town. she cor.
rected herself. as her eye fell On the
Mexican village across the ditch. For
Mexicali was doomed. Some Of tho
mud huts had already fallen the wa
ter was running close TO the station
house.
She saw Wooster standing near. cal
cuiating the distance. the time. per.
haps. before the new station would go.
She hailed Wooster. Ruin was pre-
saged In the lines of his forehead.
pretty bad?" she cried.
He shook his head.
rs Tom back ?"
lies over there. now. Fighting like
all possessed. He'll work I'LL he
drops" Wooster was proud OF that
method.
I'VE all know Ten :" Her pride
sprang up. But he's got to stop for
a while. I'm going up after him.
Not II my names Wooster. I'll go.
He'll mind me-
She watched the flowing river. swol-
len with wreckage. She saw, With
comprehension. a section of n fence.
somebody's crop gone. There was II
railway tie. another! The river wns
eating up Estrada's new roadbe1f a
cry broke from her Us n mesqult on
the cofee-eolored tide caught ON n
buried snag. The current swlrled dun
gerously around II. Instantly. the wa
ter rose toward the top of the leyee.
Men eaile running TO pry away the
tree. A minute later. Ii was dancing
down the stream. They raised the
bank against the pressing tapping
waves. There, the tree had struck
again. They ran down the leyee with
their long poles. Each time that hap
pened, unless the obstruction were
swiftly d~lslodged. she knew II meant
an artificial fall somewhere. n quick
securing GU of the channel. The men
were working like silent parts Of a big
machine; the confusion of the first
night was gone. From their faces one
would not guess that their fortunes,
their homes. hung on the subdulng Of
that lndomltable force which Ind not
yet known defeat. which had turned
back explorer and eonqulstador. All,
there was the lurking fear Of II. Vic
tory still lay to Its credit the other
column was blank.