White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-06-19

pOrLlOn OF MS COlOr was picked W.
Far West.
The cowpuncher Is whimsical
situation he cannot meet with jest
the hurricane deck of the chad" he
for the prize money in the rodeo ev
his stetson in mock gesture as he fe
woke in the morning with a sense OF
confusion and anxiety. 1t seemed to
him that somehow he must have
few hours to himself. That if he
could be alone on the plains for even
short time, he would be able to
come to a decision which he felt dim
ly and uneasily was forming within
him. He was conscious that some
how, out of the chaos and pain of the
past two years, trail was beginning
to emerge which he might have the
strength to follow. And he was
despairingly eager to be on his way.
Mrs. Ellis came in while he was
finishing his breakfast and he tried
haltingly to explain something of this
to her. She leaned back in her chair
YEARLY.
"You mean that you have a plan
you think will work." she asked.
Hugh shook his head. mo, haven't,
Mrs. Ellis. But have an insane de-
sire to mount Fossil and go up to the
Dinosaur Cave or to some other spot
where l have worked. 1 feel as if,
there, this disorder in my brain might
fall into the old order. l used to be
Ito tell the truth, I'm all broken
up!"
Mrs. Ellis nodded: II know. She
was extraordinarily lovely to look
att"
The white-haired woman looked at
him thoughtfully. Hugh's face indeed
had changed His mouth was kinder.
The lines about his eyes and lips
were softer.
Hugh, some day when you and
Jessie have been sufficiently purged
you are going to return to each other
Out Of all this agony you two are go
ins to rear on the Goals of that flam
ing physical passion you had for each
other in your youth very great and
wonderful love. I'm not doubling the
sincerity Of your feeling for Miriam
Page when l say this, either"
There's something worse than moi
coming up to the expectations of YOU
friends" said Hugh. "a recognition
of your own inner failure"
1t was, of coarse, as he knew i
| would be, an exceedingly heavy triI
up to the cave. And he was glat
that this was so. Fossil broke trail
willingly enough along the river edg'
/ as long as they were on the flats. Blu
> when the canyon walls began to hen
t them in, gradually crowding then
closer and closer to the raging, ice
!. caked current, he began to struggl
I to turn homeward. But Hugh force,
him on to within mile of the cave
r where the trail began to lift. Here
under the shelter of wide ledge, h
t left the horse and went on afoot.
/ Jerking open the door, he entered
the cave.
t He built a fire, ate his lunch;
. was long past noon; and then, seate
. on box close to the flames, he be
: gan his vigil. Hugh was not indulg
t ing in a tragic moment. He was no
burying his dead. He was deliberate
! ly seeking to swing into the rhythm
VIII; !, ho1 io1, ho Io1T l.: ~,
self bitterly, he probably never ha
: had. He was beginning with Book
e and his mother and working delibel
= ately down through his life, exami1
+ ing himself for the first time with
t merciless eye.
t 1t was a long process. But hi
thought in coming to this spot wher
4 he had worked had been sound. Hi
mind did begin to function in the ole
calm, orderly manner. And when hi
panorama had been set in sequenc
and began to move clearly and clear
ly across his vision, he was able t
gaze upon it as the man from Mars
The fire had burned out. Hugh ros
and went slowly from the cave, paus
ing without the opening to gaze O
the unspeakable beauty of the moor
lit night. Thumb Butte, thrusting it
straight fine height toward tn
heavens, glowed pale green agains
the black wall of the canyon.
Hugh drew a great breath. Not
sadness. 1t was breath of exulta
ton. At last he had caught tn
rhythm! He made his way back tt
Fossil like a man weakened from
long nightmare.
The next morning, before Mrs. Ellis
Johnny Parnell or any of his henct
men found him, Hugh had boarde,
the Limited for Cheyenne. Befor
midafternoon he had located oil
Charley Whitson and had asked hin
to arrange for conference between
Hugh and the gang"
The session was held in Hugh