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What a Hurricane Did
For Two Miners In
‘the Desert
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By EMERSON GRIFFITH
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co.
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Than William Lloyd and Harry Mac-
Leod two more steadfast companions
never roamed between Butte and Bis-
bee.
The one was of Welsh and the other
of Scotch extraction, but for all their
difference in appearance they might
have been brothers. .
Doubtless no dissouance ever should
have entered into the harmony of their
endship had it pot been for that
astrous year when the winds blew
as never before nor since in the mem-
ory of the oldest prospector.
There is a saying in the barren coun-
try that more murders and other acts
of violence are committed while the
winds torment the land than during
all the months of calm.
The year that the winds blew with
#uch continual relentlessness Lloyd and
MacLeod were working a copper claim
on the line where the base of Cliff
mountain meets the desert.
They had built a two room shack,
with corrugated iron roof, and some-
thing in its shape and location gave it
semblance to the hulk of a ship cast
against a cliff by the desert sea.’
Here they were living, packing their
water from a tepid spring three miles
up a canyon and laboring sedulously
on their shaft, when the memorable
windy season set in. This occurred in
December.
It did not end until July 13. And
during these six months there was not
a single drop of precipitation.
Yet this did not outwardly disturb
the partners, except to render them a
bit fretful at times, until July 5. when
came the great sandstorm, which blew
for nine days and nights without once
so much as a pause.
Rarely, so choked was the air with
dust and sand, could you see beyond a
hupdred yards.
or the first four days, in the face of
, Lloyd and MacLeod worked on.
loyd, usually garrulous, grew silent.
while MacLeod said hardly a word.
Hach day saw them become more
moody and dispirited. and at bedtime
would turn in without the usual
nigh ”
‘Dry as parchment grew their skins.
Idps and hands cracked open, eyes
grned blear and bloodshot. Nostrils
od ¢ ‘to perform their ie ‘so
respite, and partners made only a pre-
tense of working.
On the morning of the 5th Lloyd
arose stifily from hig cot and We" Hie:
ENEELING DOWN, HE SAW THAT HER
= "THROAT WAS LAID WIDE OPEN.
cooking stove, while MacLeod remain-
ed flat on his back. gazing intently at
thie rattling roof.
“Come on, get up!” said Lloyd, look
ing in from the kitchen door.
Mac had swallowed painfully and
shook his head.
‘For a moment the other gazed at
him; then, turning away, lifted a hand
to his forehéad and broke into a tor-
rent of violent oaths against the wind,
“egy the world, the universe.
ntly he came back to the door.
“T reckon Ion want me to cook your
breakfast,” he ventured listlessly.
Something in his tone caused Mac-
Leod to sit up in bed. “1 reckon I'm
not asking you to.” he answered. “I
reckon I wouldn't eat it if you did.
I'm not asking any favors of you.
Bill,” he concluded. lying back with an
air of abnegation.
Convinced that he had been done an
fnjmstice, Lloyd turned away again and
ate hiy meal alone.
Work was not even suggested that
day. About noon MacLeod arose, and
they sat down to their meal to gether.
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Everything they came in contact with
was gritty. Sand and dust penetrated
everywhere and impregnated every-
thing
“This lode ain't going to pan dut.”
Lloyd suddenly declared as he lay
down his fork. “What do you say to
deserting it?”
MacLeod merely grunted.
“I never had any luck like others.
I always was a failure,” he pursued
plaintively. “What do you say?”
MacLeod ate half a can of cold toma-
toes before replying. Then. leaning
back in his chair, he gave vent to his
thoughts.
“Most failures work hard enough. I'll
admit, but still you can’t blame the
stars,” he began. “The trouble is,
they're quitters.”
They sat silent for a time. until Mac-
Leod got up with a groan.
“You're always going against me,”
he complained. “I never spoke about it
before. but you always are. Hit the
trail whenever you want, but I stay
here.” :
“You've found signs you ain’t told
me about!” exclaimed Lloyd suspicious-
ly. ‘Oh, I see your game. I wondered
why you were so silent lately.”
Thus. out of sheer querulousness.
arose a spirit of ill feeling, and in this
humor they went to bed that night.
With the dawn MacLeod arose and
left the shack without a word to his
partner. who lay watching him. He
had no ether purpose than to get out-
side, and once in the open the winds
guided him where they willed.
He was circled out on the desert,
then blown back toward the mountains
and up a wide arroyo. until at last, as
if the elements had guided him there,
he stumbled, with no shock to his
dulled senses, across the gaunt body of
a she wolf.
Kneeling down. he saw that her
throat was laid wide open, and to her
gray mane fresh biood still clung in
ruby drops.
After a moment's thought he arose
with the carcass on his shoulder and
started for the shack. :
He burst suddenly into the shack to
find Lloyd engaged in whetting a long
bladed claspknife.
This the latter put away as he came
forward to kneel down and examine
the body which MacLeod had dumped
upon the floor.
“There’s some whelps that didn’t get
their breakfast this morning—and
won’t,” remarked MacLeod grimly.
“Wonder what killed her?’ asked
Lloyd.
“It’s evident,” said the other, “her
mate did the killing.”
“Her mate! By heaven, he must
have!” breathed Lloyd, staring at the
blood on his fingers. ‘But why?”
MacLeod turped away with a grunt.
“What made you bring this mess
here?’ pursued Lloyd, still looking at
the blood on his fingers.
“You're always going against me.”
whined MacLeod. “I had no knife to
take her scalp. that’s why. Lend me
the one you were sharpening so fine
just now.”
“Do I get half the bounty?”
“Look a-here. Bill,” ejaculated Mac-
Leod impatiently, “we agreed to split
even on mining, but there was nothing
said about bounties!”
Lioyd returned to his whetstone.
was said about me lend-
ing: my knife either,” he retorted. re-
suining the sharpening process.
On the néxt day, which was the sev-
+1 enth, they did nothing but quarrel.
Toward evening MacLeod accused
‘Lloyd of wasting their nearly exhaust-
ed water supply. It being the former’s
turn to go to the spring, he took ex-
Seption to his partner throwing half
perful away. and accused him ‘of
oi so with a motive.
Lloyd, heretofore ready with a sharp
reply. made no answer, but sat down
on his cot and resumed the whetting
of his knife. ’
His convictions strengthened by
Lloyd's silence. his nerves unable to
stand the grinding sound any longer.
Macleod suddenly lost all control of
himself and called his companion a
vile name.
In a flash the whetstone fell to the
floor and Lloyd was standing. legs
bent and wide apart, body hunched
forward with gleaming blade atremble
in his hand.
But MacLeod did not rise to meet
him. Instead he lay back on his couch
and covered his face with both hands.
Gradually the fire died in Lloyd’s
bloodshot eyes. Slowly, with the pal-
sled effort of an old man, he picked up
the whetstone to resume the sharpen-
ing process.
“You'll live to eat that word,” said
he quietly and drew the blade across
the stone.
In the beginning there was no de-
structive tendency in any living thing.
for to inflict injury is contrary to the
divine impetus called life. Only by
the pressure from without is a nature
warped from its given course.
Came the ninth day, which was to be
the last of the winds. *
At noon, owing to both using it with
perverted wastefulness, their water
supply was exhausted. MacLeod him-
self emptied the keg, drinking the last
drop.
During the afternoon the studied si-
lence between them grew ominous.
The day wore on. As night fell the
atmosphere grew unbearably oppres-
sive. On the wings of the dust laden
winds was borne a faint rumble of
thunder. But this had no significance,
for dry electrical storms were common
in the Malapi mountains miles te the
north.
Leaving the lamp burning on a table
in the centz: of the room, the two.
fully dressed, finally threw themselves
upon their cots, where they panted for
enough pure air to soothe their aching
: lungs.
For hours they
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rolling, arms tossing, nerves filed to
the quick and half nv rem thirst.
She¢tly after mi..:.ght the wind
rearhe | its oni: ian veloeilt
Al Umes the ste dv dite shack
would quiver mi voenk x #1 ghip
hanging to s. ie reef iu a las.ing sea.
Now and then tidal waves of sand
would break against its sides and
surge across its deck like roof. With
a scream the demon of the air would
descend and gnaw against the corners
of the structure,
Again and again in a mad frenzy it
hurled away. only to pounce back with
recruited violence.
Occasionally, as some witless mon-
ster, unable to destroy the refuge of
its prey, it approached with ludicrous
stealth and moaned and whimpered
until it lost patience and broke into a
roar. But the fuel that burns hottest
is quickly consumed.
The end was at hand.
tered hulk, which lay half in, half ou’
of the desert sea, did not know tha
the hurricane was in its death throes.
To them it would blow until eternit:.
It was just an hour past midnigh’
when Lloyd sprang from his cot, his
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THEN BEGAN, THE STRUGGLE — STRENGTH
AGAINST STRENGTH.
shirt torn open, hairy breast bared and
a wild glare in his bloodshot eyes.
“Get some water!” he shouted hoarse-
ly. “Get some water or I'll-I'll"— and
be brandished his knife on high.
MacLeod sat laughing on the edge
of his bed.
His bleeding lips were drawn far
back, and his teeth shone white and
gleaming. Loosely in one hand swung
ifs revolver.
“I’ve been waiting an age for you
your knife.” he gurgled thickly,
You won't need any water, you” —
But he never finished. for Lloyd.
with a swing of his arm, knocked the
lamp from the table to the floor. where
it flickered once and went out.
A moment later the horror of the
darkness was broken by a hlue flame
from MacLeod's revolver. Following
the heavy detonation came a breath-
less silence. k
Something fell heavily to the floor.
Then all was still again. Presently
MacLeod could be heard shuffling
across the room. He was going to
where he thought his partner lay.
Stooping down. he felt around the spot.
But nothing was there.
At the same second that he realized
he had’ been tricked he was rushed
upon by Lloyd from an unexpected
quarter. Turning and grappling wild-
ly, he clutched an upraised wrist.
But as he threw up the revolver his
own wrist was caught and the muzzle
turned away.
Then began the struggle—strength
against strength!
They were as evenly matched as two
machines of the same power and per-
fection. Minute followed minute,
while their hot breaths burned each
other’s cheek in the grapple.
But only the creaking floor and their
labored breathing told what was go-
ing on.
Back and forth, from one end of the
room to the other, swayed their bodies
in the impenetrable blackness. .
A chair fell, the table overturned, a
shelf laden with ore went crashing to
the floor.
Minute followed minute, and still*the
result was at issue.
Then, at last, when it seemed the
conflict must endure until both fell ex-
hausted, circumstances ordained that a
pawn should enter the game at a strat-
egic point to unbalance the evenness
of the board.
It happened that MacLeod stepped
upon the round body of the lamp,
which rolled from under his foot, and
down he crashed with Lloyd on top.
A moment’s struggle on the floor; a
moment's pause!
Then a purple flash of lightning, a
prostrate form, a salvo of thunder, the
stillness of the tomb, a single, barely
audible splash upon the roof, then an-
other, and another—all in a second’s
time!
Something clattered on the floor.
As out of a, bad dream a voice was
lifted:
“Harry, it's raining!”
Likewise came the reply:
“Thank es it's raining!”
lay there, blear eyes
The pressure had been removed.
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silhouette of knife agleam above a
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