The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-11

toward the sunset because he ma
gone behind 1t.
Q He felt an extraordinary restless
{ ness-like that which ZONES upor
' those who have been deprived of some
! drug and are in torture while 1t goes
slowly out of the system. He whC
, wished not to wait, was waiting. He
felt the dread of unknown calamities
And with this haunting sense of hover
ing crisis, he turned back to his apart
ment.
There Peter tried to read, expert
encing that irritating lack of concen-
tratiOn which comes to all readers
whose minds steal away from the page
allowing the eyes to travel on alone
like independent animals photograph
ing mere type without ideas, until
whisked back by their master to the
place where they had ceased TO read
and begun only to move arcoss the
lines of print. He put the book down.
The romance did not hold him he had
come to the threshold of romantic reali-
ties. He had knocked Upon a noncom-
initial door. He was waiting for 1t to
open.
1t did In fact open-and quickly.
Before nine, the old elevator man
long and his short leg and rang Peters
bell.
There's a gentleman below, SIR" he
said. 81 knew you was here, sir, but
l told him | would see."
what was his manner" asked De-
Wolfe.
"Smallwood, sir, Smallwood. A very
sleepish mana restful man, like"
you never can tell by the first look"
said Peter. Sunday night And
Smallwood-bring him up" =,
The second meeting with the pale
personality of the authority on books
made him appear to Peter a few
shades lighter in pallor. His eyes were
almost mere colorless openings in a
face of little more the color Of a moon
stone by contrast with the shell rims
of his glasses. His free hand hung
~listless as If it were just out Of refrig-
GRAFTON. He wore a suit of pale gray,
the pattern of which was so delicate
that it might have been only the fancy
of weak eyes. Smallwood looked as
If he were something that had stood
out through a rainy season.
Here l am he drawled.
"You don't mean-?" exclaimed
Peter.
The other man in answer placed the
package under his arm on Peters long
Jacobean table. The motion was al
most surreptitious.
Eyes, 1 did find one" he drawled.
mot so far away either"
He looked up inquiringly into De-
Wolfe's expressive face, now swept by
many emotions like puffs of wind sour
rying across the surface Of water.
That's great!" Peter exclaimed.
TITS great"
ooh, how kind of you to say so,'
Smallwood said. 81 found this today
and 1 thought would drop in with
it."
He appeared about ready to lie
down and go to sleep.
Look here said Peter. "You know
that was mighty kind, to come up here
and all that. I'll not forget it. Quite
aside from the professional obliga-
tion.'
Smallwood raised his cold-storage
hand as the orator does when pretend
ing that applause is undeserved. The
gesture also appeared to give Peter
permission to inspect the prize. Off
came the string and off the wrapping
paper. Without a glance at the bind
ing or title Peter tapped over the
pages. Thirty, thirty-one, two, three,
four, five. Thirty-sixl Thirty-seven
"All here !" exclaimed DeWolfe look
ing up, but as If even the pallor of
Smallwood had faded out completely,
the book collectors counselor had
gone; he had closed the door noiseless-
ly as if the paleness of him not only
was for the sight but for the sense of
hearing as well.
Peter pushed the third copy of the
rare volume upon which he had put
his hands under the arc of the bronze
lamp.
1.-THE way presents no obstacles to
progress save the sane which is loose
the feet of horses" Father Carlos,
the Jesuit explorer, had written. "This
region of fine sand blown by winds
from the Mesa begins at the valley
that we have called the Dry Cup and
by me is so marked upon the drawing.
it runneth straight north for
a distance Of n hundred and five.
was found a vast mound, some
of our party saying below a great rock
to be found. The course from this
mound is northwest one we have fol-
lowed by great good fortune like a
miracle, there being only impossible
clefts in the plain to the right and to
The left and only one entrance into the
Great Cleft. where is the ruins of the
city-part upon the level ground and
part upon the southern wall Of the
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