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About The Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Bonneville, Or.) 1934-1939 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1935)
r H o N N K X IU K »>*'• ‘ » >toN lt 1 V F L A >1 K O F n o it o f : II 1 my % In itio a r<* Inc. S Y N O P S IS « K efk m | death lo ••ftp « dtahnn or at (hr hand* of • Jrunkrn des perada. Punya Stvurln allow s har- •♦ if lo be u » d bp har repentant m i r t i r Tha | M n • •>l phvik-lan lo tha N m j o Indian*, livin g on an Artaona shaap ranch w ith h*r brother Serga. hi* wlfo. Ilia , and thalr «mall daughter. Baba Sha la anaaaad lo R id n a f Blako. w aallha Saw Yorkar. but har haart la with tha frlandlaaa Nava' Jca and aha avadaa a waddlna Sonya pull* l.lttla Moon, w lfo of T w o Ftngara, a Navajo, through tha erlala of an lltnaf^ Two Plnrara la daaply a ratafu l t o a f l aaaln maata tha man who had Inaullad har. Ha tall* har ha blttarly ra- c ra la hla action and haa navar had a rolputa'a paaca alnra that dav. Sonya la affected. hot unforalvln« Sba haara rumor* of a Bordar han- dU. *'KI Capttan Plablo," and v a cu a . I* connect» him w lih har attarkar. On I/On* Mesa. aha aaaln coma* upon tha atranaa vounr man. but •ha no longer faara him. C H A PTER V Daap Thing* Begin to Qllmmar. H A T little m atter proved almost more than ahe could aland, how ever, for the Indian mother, w atch Inc the #n«t continually a! nee her previou s visit. havlnc taken her ad vice literally, collapsed at a tfh t of her children, and Sonya had a brisk h a lf hour in brlnctn« her round again. Ilut all's w ell that ends well, and the girl dually rode aw ay, leadln r her ex tra bora* with a sm ile on her 11 pa and the deep light tn her eye* th at Rod R l.ike called fanaticism . k layh e It waa. bat It made her fo o lish ly happy to see this poor fa m ily united again And U osteec N et had looked over his wom an's head at her ex a ctly aa T w o rin g e rs had and called her B lue South W oman tn the Sun. It w as a ll be •aid . hat It w as pregnant w ith deep thing*, and Sonya knew It so. So she opened her lips and sang A n d then she cam e to the can yon's m onth and caught her brearb sharp ly. fo r a man sat there oo a golden horse. He looked like a young god w ith the sunlight on hla hair, and hla eyes as blue as the heavens, and th e g ra v e look oo bla handsome fa ce . “ F o rg ive m e," be said quickly, “ fo r being In you r trail a gain ." “ W h y?" she said aa qu ickly. "It la fre e cou n try." "Y e s. I know . But I prom ised to Stay a w ay ." " T h a t w as from Lone M esa." “ T h e Intent w as everyw h ere. I m eant It, too— w as coin’— going to k eep my word, but I seem to come b ack regardless." Sonya sat and looked at him stead ily , her sw eet fa ce grave, too. l i e bore her scru tin y quietly, though a m uscle tw itched tn hla cheek, and th e re w as a seem ing o f strain In his fa ce . " I ’ ve thought a lot about yo u ," th e girl said p re se n tly : “ w hy, I don 't Just know. I shouldn't, by all the rules o f my life'* gam e, but I have. Tell me— If yon care to— w h ere have yon been since I saw yon last? W here do yon lire ? " H e moved in his saddle, laid bis h and s on his pommel. "M iss S av arln ." he said, " I can't te ll yon. A lot o f places for tb ’ first q u estion — now here for th’ last one. I told yon before, I w asn ’t fit to ta lk to. I am a drifter. If you like. Just goln' through th' coon try." “ Oh. no, yo u 're not," said Sonya, ‘ th e day you cam e In the store you w e re fa m ilia r w ith the place and had been th ere before. Don't you th in k I know a few things. W ell, we w on ’t ta lk o f th at." she added g e n tly , "w h ere a re you going n o w r “ W hy, now here*. T h a t la— I was Just rld in ' around fo r exercise, sort of. C n d'O ro, here, needs a lot o f ex o rcise.” # H e sm iled and patted the shining n eck a t hla sa d d le bow. T \ ! F !. l i n o WNP • ••",« • T n d'O ro—Golden One.“ said Sonya. “ W hat a lovely name. And whal a wonderful horse I le a ihe most beautiful thing t ever a*w done up In horaehlde. You love him, don t you?" T h e man s face lighted as with la ner fire. " W e ll— som e." he aald For a while they sat tn silence at a loss for something to talk about, and then Sonya told him about (.'actus Flow er and how Mr S a lte r bad (akeu her children. "D — n t" he aald hushing. "K xcu te me— but a>'me people Just ain't hu man. I'd like to see that agent on— " He stopped, and Sonya felt her heart contract, for ahe kuew he had alm ost aald "a cross." W hat was this tuanT What waa In the soul of hint? What strange contradictions? What savageries and contritions, what sym pathies and cruelties? W hat connection did he have with those aw ful retrtbu Mona across th* Border of which th* Servant had hinted? What did the strange old man know about him? The henchman of Beelaehuh h had called him — for so other lo all thla country answered to tb# d* •crtpllon o f th* Blue eyed One with Bronaavcolored llalr. Sonya felt cold, aa If a wind of portent bad blown across her spirit. And sw ift on Its heels a sadness came, the odd. unaccountable feeling of per sonal loss and sorrow which had aa sailed her that night at Myra a She shook herself, mentally and actually, and was angry at herself again, and when this man spoke she listened, forgettin g "I'm a violent man. Miaa S a f a ris ." be said strangely, 'a n d my life won't bear th' light— hut a thing like that make* my blood boil There ain't no manner of use hurt ing something that can't fight back, and a woman an* a child— well, they're set aside, someway. Uke a starvin ’ kitten, or a dog that oo one wants. No kind of a man would do them a harm— not an' be a man." "T oo think th at— honestly T" aald Sonya. "R ight from your heart F* “ W hy, o f course." be aald sur prised. "D on't you?" "Ye*, oh jraa, a woman feels Uke that, but men are different. Just wondered." "H a va you been bark to Lon* M esa?" be asked presently. "N o," said Sonya, “ I haven't I've been pretty busy. Housecleaning and sewing. H ave you?" "T w icet. A t n ig h t W atched th' moon come up across th' desert, and it waa wonderful. A man ran t de scribe It— like new Uf* cornin’ to a dead world." "I know." said Sonya, T v # seen It from there m yself." "A lon e? My ( - , Miss Savarln. you shouldn't be goln' around this country by yo u rself Uke th a t!" “ W hy not? I'm perfectly safe E veryone know s me sod there lso't a N avajo, drunk or otherwise, wbo'd say a word to me." "N ot th' Navvy#, no. ma'am." he aald painfu lly, "but they ain't all there are, you know ." How w ell she knew ! Rut she w as sorry the Inference had been drawn. " A s for being drunk— w ill you be Here me when I say I haven't touched a glass or a bottle since— since that d a y — on th' cliff? E very tim e I'v e tried, your fa ce has come before me plain aa plain— tba w hits fu ry o f it, the courage— O— d ! 1 choke an' qu it try ln ’." He w as looking at her eam * t . and Sonya did not question a ward be aald. Instead ah* smiled, and the coldness le ft her heart In a rac ing flood. " I ’m gla d ." she aald. “ Didn't I t*U you it waa never too 1st* to look up? D idn't i r " S u re you did, but that don't meau anything In thla *'«•#. I m ju a tj telling ,» u that your face Mopped my liquor.“ "It'll slop a lot .if things for you.' Ihe girl aald In * rusk and waa • • tonlahed at hcradf. "W hal do you m ean?" he aa aid slowly. “ I - oh. I don I know !" aald *»# va. trem bling, “ only I know you »» got to »lop atop lli*l Border »tuff t hat you've got to change the loop ard sp o ts " "You." he aald. w elting hi* Hi* a hlch had suddenly lost their color, "you want me to do Hist? "Yea." aald Sonya thickly, “ ye* T h e n , by «J— d !" be aald through his teeth. "I'll What he meant to aay • • • »“ « apparent, for at that moment ttiey both heard » hat they »»*>1 lo° trusvly strung to hear before th* roar of a motor In the *hj A small gray ship slipped d o * o directly over thetr heads and dropped to a landing on the deaert out beyond the man took on# look, and reaching out an arm. he pushed Sony* ami Itorhneae back Into the cany«#'* m -uth. t u d'Oro shielding them both. Tb# touch of his breaat again*! her shoulder, the scent of him. tobacco and a»eat. the nearness of hta bronae cheek, sent a »#*# of weak nee# over the girL "Get b a c k h e reaped, "fo r th love of heaven! «lo In deep, please, an' «lon't come out till It s g« u *." Then ha had struck hi* heels lo 1 1 4 4 T h rs a T im s* Kom athtng tb* T r* n * ftr* n < * ef Preen t* tb * Plan# Un d'Oro'* gaddi* Ta«h Pises. Ua d'Oro’a shining flank* and was oat llks s flash acruaa the sand For a moment Konya sat »here he had left her, shaking aa « lib a chill, bewildered and a little scared What was this? What had driven th* blood from hta face? And why did he go straight to the plane if he waa frightened? H ers was th* anawer to some of her questions, that she knew la •U nctively. If only she could go ,C*Jt there h erse lf: She Could not ♦ veo dbv from where tmrkneaa stood, so prompt and so efficient had been his action. But s l a must see Konya's lips set. a* they did when aim faced a crisis for her skill, and •he dismounted and. dropping Dark neaa’ rein, went forw ard carefully the few steps that separated her from the sheer edge of the canyon's mouth. T akin g off her hat she carefu lly leaned slung ths r w k un til her line o f vision reached tb* open and the plan*. And what she •*w bewildered her more than ahe had been before. T b * Blue eyed on* was off L’ n d’Oro, and on* man waa on the ground heald* him. w hile another was bent down la the a fter cockpit. This on* rot*. • • *h* looked, and gave something to the other, who In turn handed It to th# rider. And he, with car# and sw llU tea . put U In his saddlebags, r iu r e till" • the Iro iisfetelir* of something front Ihe plan* tu I n j l l r s i aodiile look ple<w I ilrii ||,e •tranger dlBrtied nark tn lh* for ward cockpit lit# plan*, w h lih had never •lopped It* engine, roared a moment, *lt*l along the *«nd a tittle way. p u k ed up Its tall and I w k „IT Ami l u d » 'ru waa loping aw ay, headed for Ihe town. After a long while M i j t rllaihed i,a, g mi iM rknca* anti went soberly h«ute. . ’be had much to think about and » a s doing It with a vengeance Fur one thing, why had the feet ,,f this man a arm across her breast, the near neaa o f hta face, shot through her au stran g e B re l o n ce before bis arm had been about Iter, d ragging her from I'arkneaa bach, hla fa re had been r l.e e |o her*, and abe bad been tilled with curb unbearable rage and bate that alt* could have k illed him on th* spot What waa the m atter w ith her? Where waa her ch aracter, her principles, her condem nation uf • rung l ?o r that he • • • w r o n g all wrung entirely «be bad not the slightest doubt W by did be meet a aky ship here on thla h>nely deaert ? W!by waa be afraid for her to be seen by Ha occupant#? W hat strange freigh t had he taken from It and put •» carefully In bla aaddtebaga» And why she asked h erse lf again should all Ibla weigh down her soul * lirwvely. tn a a*>rt of rohl fear, •be searched her inner depth*. and what she dim ly saw ap p alled her It waa hi* ryra, ahe t '..| heraelf the look of hta eye* when be spoke of tbeae thin gs 1 bey w ere deep eye*, strange eyea, Sited with a wild spirit, and under thla wtldneaa this old devil may care w hich bad char a. fr rtir d them, waa a,’met king ao de*i«rate. so aniioUS, that Motiva would b a te staked her life oa Its truth. Frightened to her fo u n la ti'h a the girl straightened In her saddle and lifted I'arkneaa Into bla stride t i e would forget thla man. bla eyae and bis banda and tb* beady la t d lr a lio n of tb* aceoi o f him Mb* would a r ite to Bod tonight, a long good letter. T b * nest day M»by* went to town to mail her letter. Kb* fe ll very virtuous and calm A ll lb s strife and unease o f lb * day before had gone from her Kb# had a r i l ten d utifully to It«) and I dd him *11 th« trivia l h a j;« n ir.y» of every day that la. all but those pertain tng to lb * rid -r ob the g*u tier, bora*. Tbeae w ere o f too sm all lm port. Bbe told b rrself, Wuuldb I lb terrat him And baatdea, be wouldn't understand At the atoro Ur I'srk a • aa urbanity ttaelf, bustling about to wait on her. a rati tog unctuously rubbing bla fat banda together "Good ro o m in g .' abe told him p» Misty. "It • alw a y s * good morning. t*or tor Konya." be aald rich ly, "w hen a see you here. You A n I get down too often. You goln' to tb* dune* over to tb' Netditngwra n est Mat'day night? B ill I'lngle frota Big Tow n an' tw o others la goto' to furnish tb ’ mualr. Accordion a a' tw o Addle* Ought to be good. T h in k you folk a II gtt over?" ""b y. yea." aald Konya. "1 shouldn't wonder If w * d id The Neldlibgera a lw a y s have such biro time« at thetr ra n ch Ntr# people." “ Mure are. An' lh ' n»*rw th' m et rter. | a lw a y s aay." In the room behind the store a man stood a here Ike flrat sound of Konya's voire bad stopped him T h e rlg arette be had Just rolled hung un •rated In bis Angers t'n tll the g irl had gone out. until Ihe last sound o f her feet oo th# boards had died aw ay, until lh * apottrr and m a r o f the old flivver I »warned In Ihe dla fbhee. be rem ained ao. T h en be flung the rlg a re tte Into the refu se barrel and went on out the bach door. • a a • • a a Konya Xavartn loved the danesa of tha region. Although liquid rontrahan d flowed freely, and tb# cowl«,ye from the up per country aometlme* raised the rafters with their bola*, th rre waa w.«m h|„g ele, ........ of th e lonely 14*4 b ro u gh t tt,r lr l b # Who l e f ami l y l h . m u ra l . lira »<*11 U n . •o r # on. an,I „a, ,h J " Uq 7 * * |'U n * * n I. r»M, ’ **» <ln**g In a new q Z »<*.« .p arkin ,g a lrrs.u M I lia , altoul.lvy . hJ , »« «be flour la the "J •plrtlig cowboy 1 * N Kb# met l h , . . lma.. dancea. but ah. *' % one • and da d a Seed n ,«,) win, “ •’ »’ **? *»? tier r. provided r»r r ,o " * * * « • k .u T i.'r i, ertty •he would !,«tk sag • h a le l a , „.j. black • lib Its *h I ...... € ‘ '»FI# «wntly. "N». m il,. 1 ^ J' ■ » bold y»u up f ,.« . .n m a d í t»»M U»u#\ „1 i,,„ N rrely ,,7 9 ah.i **r And young lu,,. „ „ „ ' b .- .i.d feet, would ,r , hr, '* that be w aahnt o r ., ar, fc| knew bow she f . „ . tiu„ J* dldn t blame h»r * |,:i M . bit. N either dm n.. wb..m ab* refused a Oao«. 1. enough that atm IWf# „ “ • I. Ihe moat Iwautital a ..» ,, ^ lh * country, l b . nigtm,. “ •weelewt t„ |h#| # could a .k for I 1 aryuaa kaea g her and h«r work aao.ag (fc# Her little fame a a* u ' land. Ko Konya danced afcj „ and Itat.n .d t„ u«, , , . ^ ^ V lottos, the gay •- • »»diu*, #!,s arm on thla Iran *h..<,i,|«t ^ lh, and waa rtfr.m « i| kappy forgot It»* aovr-.w. . f ,w swig *4 lived her y»ulh to it, f«u I ofgot Hod ttlak. and \ , f ^ rifjr «(it) the iiMo of ^ of t M r b ti« ! IfuubWrt k*f «f 4# IJ U waa darning tag „ ^ Mert*. and llabe was , f**4y *n( lo Ihe World on a tears la ;v* IBP her. rover*,] a.th | • TW mualr w as s a tin g av-rv **** fu rio u s And by the , ttu cam e aud-irnly into tor y ^ siatoo. a tail men, •)'m k ypej ^ g r a c e fu l II* • • • In * ra rieba and the a««rna| rigirrtlr kwa • hla Unger«. Ha spiral of aaak, * rending tn a tiny c t v a u kot ata knew him loatantly a * Ms*ey the a 'newt terribta IMS gat through her from baad to !» blurrin g her *?«•« a Ml. catckiaghv thr»af with a little t*ia Suddenly tbe mualr chMgat •»m e one yelled f’ aal J o t * - ,q the r tr c ln g <■ ipi«* p ig * t n colora la a ka>daar«g* ?Vt strung out In a hogs oval ail tod lag ba nds, and togas gatsg la as right in time I« tn* lively tata 4 e b la tie blew and they took* s e t each man taking tb* a m s i bass dtatety facing him at tha a to m bla at. and dancing a* auk ka IVhlrte,! from tkia pair of ama b that, break.ng alep, rst/kUg I again, suiting her slap ta m l to pa rtn er't, tb* girl fell aa if • ate o f portent * • • hearing daas tod her, Mot»«thing • • • y-,tag to top pen som eth,ng frrrlbto sad • * d erfu l she waa afraid and a K •ra te d • • ah* bad tieirf l e t fe Id Ufa before and here he a u tW la g tow ard bar la tke tim. A* danced aa aha might ka»a In»«» la would. Uke the eind hleatag la lw( gra sa ab# could •** Ml* l* t) » » w a ste d la and out la " s U i d F " — and tb* wblatl* bla*. •*< *•«* here, bofor* her llr f kaa »*• In hla. bU arm had g o# *M*’ **• they w ere driBIng • * « , l«#Kk<r- and ail lb# light* on lh# •*" running ti<«ther la • long bW Konya held her braatk «M b<1 out la a b»ng atgh. and Wt m tM tbo trem bling of hla »rto* T?>en th . a Matt# ble* «f» » •* a,tu« one el## bnd raugbt krrla»* and ah# a an circling right - r t *** In th# long oval When Ib# OU¡*tr» **» went d ltrlly t® »hete IJ¡# •*' nlng her flushed rb*ek» tJo»n r-#t. to gather h*r»lf •till lb * shameful lu»«* * b ttrl _^w iTt) » • 00j r r u i v w 4
