Licking Valley courier., 1921-12-15
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preEent, If you'll permit me. May +
er-will you have the goodness to tell
me where l aInf' ~
"I-why-dear me! Don't you know
where you arei"
"Not any more than harmless, nec-
sssary goat, I assure you.'
! couldn't be certain, but l thought
she took little frmer hold upon her
bride rein.
did 'you-did you come from An
Eelsf". she asked in a sort of awed
little voice.
"How did you guess it7 was, In
deed-for very short space of time
this very day--a member Of the An
gelic band. And If you should ask me,
I might say that feel as though had
walked most Of the way here from
Angels. I-I-my car broke down, you
know"
"Yes," she said: II know"-just as
II she did. Then: II can at least tell
you where you are. This is the south
ern slope Of Cnnabar mountain. This
road leads on down to AtrOpia, about
three miles below"
"Y-es; Atropia was the place / was
trying to come at"
She stopped and appeared to be think
Ing about something. Then she said:
"Really, ] think you would better
not 90 to Atropla. It's-well, it's
quite long walk"
= "The walk doesn't specially appal
me. I've done so much walking this
afternoon that few hundred miles,
more or less, in addition wouldn't be
worth mentioning. But for some other
reasons" >
"Yes; for some other reasons" she
said, repeating 1t right after me. Then
T-we-Daddy and l, might give you
some supper and put you up for the
night, if-if you wouldn't mind Sleep
Ing In the-in the loft"
My Lord hadn't so much as seen
her face clearly yet, but could have
.worshiped her! She had just come
from Atropia, and she knew OF
course, she knew. That little dry-as-
Dust hamlet must have been sizzling
for hours with the wire news of the
escaped lunatic who had alighted in
Angels only to light out again with
NJ In, he %
Of all that she was willing to take
q chance on me! II she had only
known that I would cheerfully risk
sleeping In the cellar-to say nothing
Of loft-rather than lose sight Of
her but she was going on a bit
breathlessly: ut is only a short mile
TO our cabin and-and II you are very
tired, might let you ride winkie."
II shall be most delighted-to walk"
Ihastened to say.
straight on up the road, then" she
directed.
We had traversed possibly half Of
the promised mile in ploddlng silence
when we came to a place where the
grade was SO steep that 1t cut what
as1eft Of my sea-level wind to the
small end Of nothing.
'"stop q minute and get your
breath" said the pony's rider; and
whep I had halted: "You are not used
70 these high attitudes, are your
"N-not 20 that any one would re-
mark It," gasped. How high iup
are wer'
about ave thousand feet. The mine
IL exactly Ave thousanad three hun.
dred, ] believe"
There It was, you see: THE MINE
Pardon me-" blurted. out; "but
would you mind telling me II your eyes
are bluer
Her laugh was like a drink Of cool
spring water In the middle Of a hot
summer day; refreshing, you know,
like that.
II sup-pup-pose my eyes are blue
people tell me they are"
thank you," I returned. There is
only one other little matter and that
can very well wait until we are-er-
a bit better acquainted, you know
Shall we 90 on, nowr'
She spoke to her pony and we went
CAS Ahead Of us and diagonally up q
steep slope couid see the dim shapes
Of 4 number Of buildings, all dark
Then we came to great dump, look
ing 40 if>the mountain had at on'
time opened to pour out cataract o
5 broken stone. =
Beyond the dump there was another
building with a light in 1t; and as tn,
dog ran ahead OF us, barking the fig
'ure Of man silhouetted itself in tn,
open doorway.
SHere we are and you are weloom,
no the Old Cinnabar." said my com
panlon to me- Then she "hoo-hoo ed
'cheerily to the. man in the doorwa!
Isnd slipped out OF her saddle, lettln
her pony stand while she led me acros
% the lighted, log-built cabin,
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