White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-03-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
THE EXILE OF
THE LARIAT
BY HoNoRE WlLLsiE
Copyright 1923
Frederick A. Stokes Company
New York
I,IIII, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CONTINUED from Last Week.

ANe~SS
They were in the launch and well
out into the river when he said, with
something of the old wistfulness III
his eyes, well, we've snatched one
perfect moment from eternity, any
how. The beauty of it ought to hal
low that old cave long after you and |
are forgotten dust"
"Ill be forgotten" returned Miriam
but you are never going to be If
can help it."
what are you going to do? Have
my bones fossilized?" chucked HugL.
Miriam shook her head 1t was
after long silence that she said,
Hugh, promise me that no matter
what comes, nothing ever will shake
your faith in me and in my caring TO-
you. Remember, no matter what is
said or done, my love for you is a
perfect and holy thing. You never
must distrust it, Promise me, Hugh"
Il promise you, Miriam, said Hugh.
his low voice hardly audible above the
rushing river.
1t was sunset when they tied to thu
bank of the river behind The Lariat,
and Miriam went at once to the In
dian Massacre. There was still al
hour before supper, and Pink, relieved
of duty in the book store, undertook
to provide entertainment for this
solitary guest.
"This is the most wonderful cour-
try in the world" he said. But you
can't get these folks in Fort Sioux to
realize it. They don't see nothing but
mining and ranching."
asked Miriam, looking up from the
ancient magazine she had found on
the hotel counter.
Lots of things. For example,
there's enough water power in that
river to electrify half of Wyoming.
I've talked it for ten years. Do yoL
suppose | can get anybody with
money to listen to me? No! All they
can CdlK is CdLLlC anu Oh.
Pink chewed bitterly for moment,
then the big idea of his life flashed
into his mind. He got up from his
chair near the stove and crossed to
Miriam, seated before the window.
Say, l hear" he began eagerly and
confidentially, that you are banker
That means that you are next to big
sums of money"
1T might mean So" agreed Miriam
cautiously.
Folks round here" Pink went on
'look on me as kind Of a camp fol
lower for my wife. She runs this
town and she runs me. But she hasn'
| robbed me Of the power to think-no
yet, 1 mean. And I've got one ide:
| that IL | can put it over will make M
the biggest man in Wyoming. And
| you'll help me, we sure can put i
over"
whats the idea?" asked Miriam.
Just what I've told you. Waite
! power. Two or three different SUI
| veyors at different times have to!
me that dam few miles up the car
: yon from Fort Sioux would be worl
wonder for the power it would pr
duce. They'd put the dam at tn
butte where Hughes made the ney
trail"
Miriam smiled. Your ideas ar
rather expensive, aren't they?"
Expensive, yes! Gosh! Think {
the bigness of it! Why, the water
would back up clean into Hughie
cave and over a lot of the Old Siou
Tract. Turn it into forty-mile lake
what would Hugh say to that!
exclaimed Miriam.
| Pink laughed. He'd be as ugly as
wolverine and try to fight it. 81
what could he do? Progress can
stop because the trail happens
cross burying ground, can it?"
Miriam turned thoughtful eyes frol
Pink to the stove. Finally she sal
Can you tell me the name Of SON
accredited engineer who may ha,
gone over this ground?"
"Sure" with eager astonishmen
George Haskins. He used to be
Cheyenne, but now he's got some kin
Of big job in Chicago. He went ovt
this ground years ago with PHI
dream that didn't pan out"
IF l should attempt to swing sue