Arizona republican., 1922-04-12

till the horses were saddled, and they
We're going at lively gallop.
You haven't told me your name
/ yet" Ned said as they rode side by
side, Porter is mine, Ira porter. And
yours"
Ned Barton
.Well, Mr.. Barton, from the ridge
ahead. you can see what we said was
| the pretttiest view you ever saw"
Ned looked around The open
! plain spread out far to the east and
southeast. bordered as ever by the
| tall stately long leaf pine or cedar,
here and there a shadowy grove, and
at the foot Of one, lay a silvery lake
surrounded by q dark fringe of
rushes.
Beautiful Pictures
Then he looked to the west. up the
| little valley they We're in, to the great
/ round mountain, its steep side COW
| cred with huge bouiders and cliffs
as back ground. to the trees al
ready named so often. intermingled
with live oak and 'quaking asp. form
| ing with its grasses. bushes and
| flowers. never ending change of
| tints and colors. And near the foot
| of the foot Of the hill. was another
| lake, nesting like a precious setting,
that formed the chief beauty OF an
already priceless Jewel.
Cattle, horses and antelope We're
| in sight in every direction. and Ned
| wondered what could be more beau
tiful.
| Nor is this picture overdrawn In
| the least, but when they reached the
ridge alluded to. Ned's heart seemed
to leap with astonishment. and ad-
miration at the scene before him.
IF you can imagine a huge crater.
| nearly oval in shape. seven miles
long, and three miles wide, dropping
down about two hundred feet; from
scoria covered plain to a level.
loomy. grass covered floor. about
about one-fifth of It sparkling lake,
not rock from one rough side to
the other; the shaded fril.ges, bord-
ers and game of the places already
described, with a half million ducks
and geese added, II to all this, you
can picture the small dairy house,
corrais, a small farm and all bright
ened by flowers OF ever tint and hue.
you may have an idea of what Ned
saw before him.
"There goes Rogers Just climbing
the hill on the east. He's the fellow
that found Casner brothers money.
found their money. how was
that?'' "Oh. they had hired man
that stole six thousand dollars, just
after thew had made a stock sale.
He hid it under a cedar, and when
thew accused him, swore he had not
been near the house.
e"They escorted him of the country,
with a gentle hint, that II they ever
saw him again, they would Kill him'
and offered half OF the money TOT
its recovery.
While Rogers was herding sheep
one day. he saw something bright
under a cedar. 1t was the gold pieces
and every one is chatting him be-
cause he wouldn't take any OF the
money. Well. they made him take
a hundred dollars. That's Locie,
catch him and you're all right.
And catch him, Ned did an hour
later. and Q o'clock found him within
five miles of his destination.
AS soon as Il was light in the
morning. Mr.. Rogers went With Ned
TO q point from which he could see
where ne should go. and just below
them. the road running to NlnsloW,
far to the east.
This is the gulch which turning 70
the north forms what is known a.
the railroad as Canyon Diablo and
down lust opposite that open place
In the cedars, is a curiosity, cave
in the solid rock in the north SIDE OF
the guIch. into which the water from
ell this country runs and Is lost.
Doesn't It come out?"
Not that anyone knows OF. There -
another curiosity down. down be-
yond the last ridge you can see, two
blowhoies close to the road, but you
na1Ist 90 and must I. So long. and
he was gone.
Ned however. was glad for what
he had said when. on reaching the
sheen herd. he found that Mr.. Daggs
had started for Winsiow, early In the
morning, and he would probably nave
to ride half way there to catch him.
Ned hurried away. following the
tracks OF the buggy, and riding as
fast as his horse would stand. till a
little after nine o'clock he caught
them.
Blowholes, as they We're called, ana
was showing them TO his companion.
Ned handed the letter to him, ana
watched the smile broaden on his
face as he read. Then preceding all,
bv a pet phrase of his he said to
Ned, you've just made It. II "a 3
got down to where you see that
smoke. before you caught me. Ia
have been nearly two thousand dol
lars out. Here Younker, you've had
hard ride. Here's hundred dol
lars"
working for wages. and I get my
pay"
| drove away.
Natures Wonder
| Ned turned his horse loose to rest
| and half knelt down by the blow
holes, and was deeply interested in
one Of the real curiosities OF this
region.
It is about 13 miles west Of Wins
low. nearly a rod from the road,
| jagged hole about three inches across
in solid rock. from which wind blows
| with sufficient force to throw back
a dry weed, three inches long and as
j large as a lead pencil.
The air has a musty smell, and