The Lamar register., 1922-11-29

veins, rnn at the Fr"i'i'''''''ii thar per
hapB he and this man. alone "n the
desert, driven there lay iife's mysteri-
Gus and remorSeless motive. were 70
see each other through Gods eyes.
One night they We're @ncnnips1 ~
the head Of canon. The day had
been exceedingly hot and long after
shutdown the radiatIons Of heat from
his comrad~. and yielded 70 interest
he had not heretofore Voiced.
"Pardner. what drives you int" rhe
desert? Do yon come 10 forgei2''
yes"
"Ah" softly reclaimed Cameron.
Always he seemed 10 have known rhst
He said no m"re. but grew acurely
conscious Of the nang in his own
breast, of the fire in his heart. the
strife and torment OF his passion.
driven soul. lie had come into rhe
desert ts remember q woman. She
appeared to him then as she had
looked when hrst she entered his life
"A golden-hsIred girl, blue-eved,
white Bkinned. red-iipped. tall and
slender and beautiful. He had never
forgotten. and an old. sickening re
morse knocked at his heart. He rose
and climbed Ont "t the canon and TO
the top "f the mesa, where he paced
IA and IL" and l"..k.d down into the
weird and luNSGir shadows. like the
darkness "f his passion. and farther
on down the moon track and The Gilt
tering stretches Ihat vanished IN the
"A ll.a.. hos L.. -.
silent hall Of desert there was
spirit: aud Cameron felt lowering
near him what he imagined 10 he
phantoms OF peace.
He returned +" camp and sought
his comrade.
Il reckon we're two of a kind" he
said. at was n woman who drove me
Into the desert Hut 1 come to re-
member. The deserts the only Mace
] can do that"
"was she yonr wirr:' asked the
slider man.
"So."
A Ions silence enSuer. The camp.
Ore wore down To ruddy ashen heap.
~ had a daughter" said Cameron's
comrade. "she lost her mother at
birth. And II didn't know how TO
bring up a girl. She was pretty and
ray. II was the-the old story"
His words were peculiarly sIgnin-
cant to Cameron. They distressed
him. He had been wrapped up In Ills
remorse. If ever la the past he had
thought Of anyone connected with
the girl he had wronged. he had long
forgotten. But the consequences Of
such wrong we're fsT-resoliiBg. They
struck AT the roots ~ = hame
well. tell me more? asked Cam
erop earnestly.
ut was the old. old story. Nv girl
was pretty and free. The young bucks
ran after her. ! guess she lid not run
away FROM tben. And ! WAS away Q
good deaI-workins In another town.
She was 10 love with e lid fellow. n
~ss engaged to rstt. her BUT he
djdn't come back. And when the dis
grace became plain to all. my girl left
home. She went west. After @ while
heard from her. She was we'll
working-livinS for her baby. A long
time passed. I had no ties drifted
west. Her lover had also gone west.
In those days everybody went west.
I trailed him. intending TO kill him.
But lost bis trail. Neither could !
End any trace Of her. She moved on.
driven. 90 doubt, by the hound OF her
past. Since that ! have taken TO the
wiids. hunting gold on the desert"
Yes. tie the old. old story. only
his voice was strained and unnatural.
Partner. what Illinois town was Il
you hailed FRONT
peoria"
'.And your-your manner" went on
Cameron. huskily.
sWarren-Jonas Warren"