| Show IN MATH VAUBY + WATER WILL NOT QUKNCH THIRST THBRB Tea etldne 1 I ke Till tnywheea Annnnd III Hanlwre Ul Air leny tenoaoun Thine ttuet taM Lire r ORD conn fea c J lb tatOO that nsjd fo t 1iJ f L Valley hiss tanned 1 f 11 another victim An IVJ Y unknown man ftp Cf t poted to be I pin I pre tor was toini f r < c by some of tile raY r-aY workeri ace I down In tin ii 1 It wag not tom thlnt I b died but he lay ilirf fId and nearby shod 1 hla pck d uinal wllh foal In the 1 fiirjni Thi mir who live with tile atalnaiT of tin thI an1 In their eye wiull J he ouriilwd to hmr people catting nbout mi n reason for this maaa d ai Why In I lieu of tho desert air of the borax men would tall you wklm bolng tin I rpr ted Into the language if II en II 111 n e in elites meant that 11 > heart urnke from thin lonellneaa thin iniuli I IM io horrid allonea gal h ie pin hlH face in tbe alkali s3 rlppi UM I nand and died IMf nII > seem nbtiird to the nun vim iieB 1 nt know what alienee It I V lioa In ihu middle ot the ocean In he tract mlm U t a roaring noise mill lien nmiparcd to the atlllnan li irnii Valley In the hut If you mi emi > e-mi rock not thowater splashes and ton you Ifluh tho boat It given a I IVK limit In Iho desert you can bear I bo hrmllilni of your alrajrlnf here I runner of a mile away anil when lie norti In II I In night yon start up and furl the nlr Iremblo It you walk yuur ootrill err > tuulflcd In the velvet Indo there Is no ablrp at latect or cry ot bird Ken the vullurea keep off the denrrt Of eoiino everybody doaa not die ot Ibo ilrmri h any more than everybody In a city die during nn epidemic but oath that Is I not from hunger II Int n I r sea r I u 15i1 Jt 1amfeeu tJyIIJS1C tlq M K t ib f w S r j f wt ke I A 5 m r = + n t i r + r ° j > iub Ss a I t e t raoH A IlioToaiiAPii OF PAMOCS DKATII VALLEY or cold not from recognltnl ikoasc and not from lolenre coniMU men where the ribbon of wilt rhlM oven than tho wlillo tend nun Oo < na the ollo sinkhole < M feet below I the It Hinth Valley Is I only a sing itself eight to nlxtren miles wide M the man who could walk ncros Itll Its worst has never hixn born Mk the fierce sunlight blnxlng down belt east back from the wind BO that IInD h lice shadow tho thcrmomolcr rfrttcrs nearly 110 degree with Iho air Nil of Mil and the Mnd Riving undo hula tread hed die half way You aunt drink water enough to slake rour thirst and travelers aro focal oad with canteens of water beside ttoi The only fresh water In the vUlcy come from Iho gloomlo fealim of all lice potted trnngo lalnd Kit neral Mountain Tho sliiRle cnpfiiyo l ot a borax enlcrprlno has manigM ton to-n nUalfa grow on n llttlo I plottho only green place I In Death Vcllc I > Hack from this there are hills as while a Hour mountnln covered 110 ctalf by borax as lilt had fallen like anne Around tho base of te Kutiril Mountnln curve the Amnrgo4a river Nobody has over wen water floifrR upon tho surface ot this river bed hit the ghost of n great river miles wHo U then between great pirpeadlnltr bunks hundreds ot feet high NoWly has followcd the river 00c110 l Its souite or traced It to lIa disappearance Sont where down under the bed the < < lIItr flow tho tclcntlits nay but whether It Is I a yard or a mile dawn even they do not know Even when the iklu crack and let Ibo cloudburiU through no water run over the Anuroia river and Tho thirsty earth cm drink It up foster than It ran fall Drain Valley 1s I beautiful but the man wbu explore It and the uncanny mountslns about It comes back If hi curves at all gaunt and wastnl In hU blistered eye are the Images ot the mirror llke tea ot ull tho blur of the blaring sun the heapedup mounds I that tell where somebody his found a dead nun and put him out of sight clue bleached keloton not whiter than I the earth on which It lies and not tilt II I guy color of the Kuncral peaks the picturesque roumled tops of the gloats I IlUnco the quaint crags ot the dead river clIffbankB I About the alley lives almost every venomous thing that crawls In the west Rattlesnakes tarantulas centipedes centi-pedes scorpions oSen Ills moniter those hliloons slow lizards that every dentist says are harmle and every fiontlersman says are deadly The alloy never lacks tor tlctlmi There Is I gnld tb relollI enough for in ffrtuniT n it iei nflr ir nm nark H even where the nun warn iii and net them mad The gold baa been found not once < n nnii > ilmen Thin frightful plu I I 13 I core lalPO of 101 mini II in an r 01 frr The Iegler the llreyfopln tic I M 1 aaeil t aim the lx r > Palre nine ml 1 many molt have temptI pnm I II tars bark lo the pit of glnrlK alI I I t u n Ti cue ere real mines In f ulh rn Cnllfornln towns they will chow ran ore brought back by the orginal dlnc o > r r rock all glltler wllh thin ir lOll pulnla but In the whole lint no one has rewarded Ire flnler The 1eglea dlcoverer the first nod chest ch-est of all could never find hta wny hick lo the boulder that Jutted through the white cap of borax and revealed I the wealth below Ho tried again and gain until he could no longer And n lit for Ihe flour and baean he meet I hnve to live on while he ienrchcl Hn i 1 1r 1 In 1 ore specimen and hie map tom to-m icr man who has kept up the I ear h for twenty ears ant hot I fjunl It yet I Old the > fnel trailed hll woy out of I the desert with mure rich rock He toll of n cave lit a cnnyon where he milled to find belter from n cloud oral I and found tho richest rock that i mm ever ought out of the gold eoiin i try lie bowed the rock when be nilic out and started back to hln mlno with mule laden with water and provision i pro-vision Of course he wan followed Ills nnd was too big lo IM left to one nun but old llre > ogle know the Mountains and tho men who pronpacl I mining hem and he doubled on hh I trill made false stnrti and nt last hook the follower off the scent and inlihert lie never came back Man I iniin water barrels tonls pnivlilonn ill 1 dliiappeareil Till was n generation genera-tion ago but In that country then are yet men rlamlxrlng among tbe den I I imyoni looking for a rave with a I roof studded with gold It la the came mo with a fIY varlitloni all I through I The Lout Imre mine II I the only ono with 1 v radically different legend Thr I hale mutate from the Indian An old 1iiite I came over from the Nevada slilo I and wna reeciied from denth from thirst by a projector and In his grail tude offered to bilng tho whllo man ton to-n mlno that had been worked by the Mission father a hundred year before be-fore They Marled but as they went the Worlh of the rcrvlco ho had received re-ceived seemeil leas to tho Indian and Ihe servIce ho wan rendering seemed more and nt last ho refused to pro coed nnlcu ho wan paid n pony and a gun Tho miner prouilied but lice Indian In-dian demanded hla prlco In advance and they returned tho edge ot civilization civili-zation got tho pony and tho Run and slnrtnl again i Tho prapcctor returned with the I usual specimens but without the secret se-cret Tho Indian had left him ono night end had returned twentyfour hour later with tho goldboarlnR rock nnd n Oliver crucifix with a Spanish Inscription In-scription Ho brought these to show that ho know where tho old tlnto priest had got their hold but ho had suffered suf-fered another change of heart nil now gave back the horse and Run lend refuted to show the mine Why They dont ask Indiana for reasons It might Imvo been that ho saw n white deer 11 nakc a quail and a crow may haH been on tho trail together or It may hove hell and probably w iia I just Injun cusfodness |
