The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-28

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thin dry air skywayd in shimm"N
hcot II radiatCd from the gli5teh.
In. white faces II tortured rock.
,,,'.. hc hllDdinr shifting white
SIND.
,.... J,.o,., ,,,,.l me- va.
.,,.,,." Nt,r,,,. had never before
,..r $50 h,JIy on from thirst. As
ne stumbled along. at the mead ~
IA. tv,o hurrus. hl, lips moved
,I,nst incessau,Il. dry. tortured
uns inclosing 4 swollen tongue
.ru..,,, I'm IA, rock, over There. 90
Nv .,r,r,ipr II, the
",.o'n,.nr Il canon . milo dl-ran,
=, . - r,,,,ur ant, Yes wafer.
mn alkali cuh,i
unry,. v,, ne vr,kuup r.
MI, ,.,,I1 ~ men, who wan
usrsn nlnnv the udEr 81 ia, desert,
..,',,,inIrs hui that. Ala for'
,.,.L, and nr .talwnrt build. he
~" tag,,lrl by tho wcnlon"d
I.,,,, at, Il, a rlnnI. l"l u"w
..,, r,.,,,,, 90, wo,lonlng
A., ,.,,. va,
49," ,,., ,,,rr,,1.,
d''. " '"'"" ..Il a., Il,
,u. mimi ,I,oIcu ,,u
49, nan, ,h,, Inv in tho urrl"
- .ho,d among tho ruc'
-.
,,iLur lcb," His
''"'" mt, nnv hun
m"'uH " wa ,Inr, ,noueh In
,"O 80 do,ni,, d., dry lips.
M ~ =. wn,,.. his torture
-, rho, nv ,r,n IN In these
N"o" -, Lao noInt mines
= g., ~. S.l,ont Look at that
o,.nn,In,i,. ,....o that they opener
nm
,.-,,o ,b,r.t b,t into
49, o,,,, This wind blew IN
. IN aor Corponio Pass and
InlouS" -, "rross Tho sand wastes
Ip,e"L III. nl.ynd here and there.
IL,,Ia vhJrlwiuds that sent spirAls
~ sand spinning. one OF these
nasseI across tho train In front Of
I,ngas. II raised fog al choking
sand. out OF which the young pros
pector stumbled. coughing anu
chokinE.
,.,...,,Iv his stops became
$500, M. h,rroa TOO. recog
,t'.I ,h. .,,t and tried la shove
unsr tho man lie prodded them
In tho ribs. hurled himself Tor
ward nuont hla last reserve oi
n,orvy In a squirt mr. TOOK MIN
., ,ho tumble of black lava and
,r,nlts ouIcrupplnEs There. In u
II,,lo pIrho was the wator hole.
I'm, ~ wan dry.
>, .,ood ,turlng lnrrc 0.
,a.,.ra,, Thcp
80. rouaed him into
n, 30, ,beu hack aud rx-
W." 80 bola aRain. He
""''''N ,bat soms ono had
P'''', ~ - IN, AZ vcrv lony
-,
"''''e' ,.;oA
he dropped l" MS ""'''' ,i,,
ia face IN the S""'io" -" ',,
,"nnp!ng at the Sahu anu P'" W.
rock with MS n"se n, 49,
there any nope "l az, ni.
Sho"eu. le ant
red bandana hahuNe''n'o' an
stirred II dO"h III '"e ,""" n,.
showed one or wv" MUS, "p'''
frenzledly the man Tell 10 worn
Again and again he showed u"""
tho handkerchief. plungins IL as
deep into the sand a. his hhsefs
could claw Al last he f"nh"
enough water Ia II To wiring d'"p
nr two ca hla tongue O"o' ana
o.r, ho did this. but no s".,n real
lied that IL would glvo him ~
permanent relief II lao "a"p'd
here until noru day ho might get
snrno wpIor. but
lila oyo. urcd /" tho dry. whit"
mnnnrony 81 tho doaor'. waa
cnugh, hy II moving sp"rh Ito
atralghlonod up. staring. loit'ng
hurrns nose tho ground unhood"d.
IIo should havo scou tho Epeck
hororo this. would have done -"
but for hls thirst frenzy. Now no
saw tho trail going away from tn'
water hole, a man and a single
burro.
CINE on. Dynamite He )erKeh
NJ the leading burro. He'll camp
I'm the foothills over beyond; we ii
get there. all right, after him. We
can sure get one drink OH MN
anyhow, He's filled his boiuc
here. Sure o one drink. Dyn2-
mite!" He prodded the ourro>
into activity and set forth along
the trail
Those few drops OF water ma"
helped him vastly, had heIpeu l"
store his Tagging inner eheIs}
Now. as no emerged again from
the canon opening. II" '"i uI''
eyes tho sperk IN the ulhtahoo'
ThaI heading lid