The Lamar register., 1923-02-14

dominating peaks. When Gale with
drew his gaze fro he magnitude Of
these spaces and heights the crater
beneath him seemed dwarfea Yet
while he gazed II spread and deep.
encd and multiplied It's ragged lines
No. he could not grasp the meaning
of size or distance here There was
too much to stun the sight But the
mood In which nstaure had created
this cnnvulsrd world seirrd hold upon
him.
The hours passed. AS the sun
climbed the clear sky, steely lights van.
shed the blue hazes deepened, and
slowly the glistenlng surfaces OF lava
turned redder. Ladd was concerned
TO discover that Yaqui was missing
from his outlook upon the high point.
Jim Lash came out of the shady crev-
ice, and stood up to buckle on his car
fridge belt His narrow, gray glance
slowly roved from the height of lava
down along the slope, paused in doubt,
and then swept on to resurvey the
whole vast eastern dip Of the plateau.
Il reckon my eyes are pore" he said
''Mebbe it's this d-n red glare. Any
way. what's them creepin spots up
thereY'
shore seen them. Mountain
sheep" replied Ladd.
Guess again. Laddy. Dick, |
reckon you'd better flash the glass up
the slope"
Gale adjusted the field glass and be-
gan to search the lava, beginning close
at hand and working away from him.
Presently the glass became stationary.
81 see half dozen small animals,
brown in color They look like sheep.
But / couldn't distinguish mountain
sheep from antelope"
Shore they're bighorn." said Laddy.
Il reckon II yOu'll pull around TO the
east an search under that long wall
OF lava-there-you'll see what ! see"
added Jim.
The glass climbed and circled, wa
vered an instant. then fixed steady
as q rock. There was u breathlesr
silence.
Fourteen horses two packed -
some mounted-others without riders,
and lame" said Gale. slowly.
Yaqui appeared far up the trail,
coming swiftly Presently he saw the
rangers and halted to wave his arms
and point. Then he vanished as II the
lava had opened beneath him.
"Lemm- tha' glass" suddenly said
Jim Lash. TIN seeln' red, I tell you.
Well. pore as my eyes are they
had II right. Rnias an his outfit have
left the trail Laddy. ri be DANCED
II the Greaser bunch hasn't vamoOsed.
Gone ont Of sight, Right there not a
half mile away, the whole caboodle-
gomez
shore they're behind Q crust or
have gone down Into a rur." suggested
Ladd. They'll show again In a min
ute. Look sharp boys. for I'm fg-
germ Roiss II spread his men
From time to time the rangers
looked lnquirinlly at Gale. The field
glass. however. like the naked sight.
could not catch the slightest moving
object out iherc upon the lava. A
long hour of slow mounting suspense
wore on.
"Shore It's all gnin' 4" he rs queer
aS the Yaqui." said I.add
Indeed. tie strange mieu. the silent
action. the Somh"r character Of the
Indian had not hrrn without effect
upon the minds 81 The men. Then the
weird. desolate. trn.ir scene added To-
the vague sense ni mystery. Aud rn.
fhe disaprenrHn"r ~ Rpias' band. the
long wtit "a tie silence. 10" h.,,liug
certainty nf invisible for~ cF3iT ling.
rlrcllus closer and closer. lem T." III.
situation final touch that mad" II
unreal
I'm recknnln there's mind lee.
hind them Grra~rrs replied Jim. "pr
uebhe We niu't done Hnins credit
if ~omethiu' wnnlh only r"in"
nnr
That Lash. ihr coolest. the most
provul,irglv n"nrhn'nf Of men IN
iimes IT prril should begin to show
nervous strain was all the more lu-
dlcntlve ~ subtle pervading nm
reality
Boys. look sharp 80 suddenly rallef
Lash. Low down 10 the l"ft-me''he
three hundred yards See. along hy
them SenmS of layH--hrhind the cho-
vas. First ufT thought II wits %
sleep But its the Yaqui,
Crnwlin' swift ns lizard! Can't y"u
see hlmf"
II was u full mnrreut before Him 8