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THE OMATTA RUXPAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 4, 1910. ) 15.7 Once a Dream, Now ALT LAKE CITT, Vtth, Sept. 1 In thso days, whan desert and Immense areas of arid and semi-arid lands In th nt r being reclaimed and mad to glow and blossom under th hand of honest husbandry Ilka tha barren staft In the treat pope's sight, thera ap pears to ba no project too great to be un dertaken. Colonial measures contemplat ing the reinforcement of nature are becom ing wonderful realisations. In this connection the Walt Lake Com mercial club has turned Its attention to a scheme, which twenty-two years ago ap peared but an Idle dream In the fanciful brain of a young Frenchman, one A. Pchll lot The aid of the United States govern ment will be asked in putting Into exe cution his plan for dividing the Great Halt lake by means of artificial dykes, and by the assistance of the process of evap oration bring about the remarkable jux taposition of a fresh water lake by the aide of a salt water lake. In view of the fact that It was this young French engineer, who twenty-two yoars ago conceived the Idea of building a railroad accross the Great Halt lake, a suggestion, which sixteen years later was put Into execution by the Harrlman rail road system at the enormous cost of 116,000,000, bis prcRumptlous Idea of dividing the Great Malt lake Is now receiving ser ious consideration, Schlllot' original prospectus, In which he outlined his bold plan of converting a part of tbe Great Salt lake Into a body of fresh water and the creation of an Immense water power for irrigation purposaa, has been resurrected, and through the medium of the commercial club of this city the attention of Utah's congressional delega tion has been called to It with a vfew of securing investigation by the government reclamation service. In the summer of 1888 Schlllot myster iously appeared in Salt Lake. Five year prior he had been employed by Ferdinand de Lesseps us an engineer on the Panama canal. He had evidently foreseen the burst ing of de Leseeps' gigantic canal bubble, and came to the United States, finally reaching Salt Lake. Affable in manner, polite and Interesting, the Frenchman gained a few acquaintances and friends. If he was pressed for funds he let no one' know it. For days at a time he absented himself from the city and en gaged In studying the geological conditions of the country nearabout The Great Salt lake, which lies adjacent to Salt Lake City, seemed to have a peculiar attraction for him. He visited Antelope, Fremont, Bird, Btanbury, liat, Carrlngton. and. In fact, 11 the Islands, which stand like grim apeo ters In this Inland salted sea. He made a ' profound study of the configuration of the lake and its natural dykes. Among other s raw m f-Herbert Quick ' f Author of "DOUBLE TROUBLE" If -fHi 2kL (Copyright, 1910. by Bobba-Meriill Co.) CHarTEH VII. The Inreptto "Vaelo Theodore." To a man like Theodore Carson, who. In Q a desperate sort of groundlessness (or Vhope, had for a long time, nevertheless, hoped, arbitrarily and with youthful au dacity, leaning the ladder by which he mounted against the clouds of his vision, Xthe transition to a merely rational hope was uncomfortable, disquieting. Dreams are so plastic. The chateau en Espagne la built of smoke wreathe and based on morning mists'; but tho family dwelling rfses through compromises with the exac tions of other minds, In blue-prints, ele vations, perspective, title deeds and plumbing estimates. His mind, habituated to the airy ease ot an unuttered faith In his mastership of the air, felt the galling; of reality as he walked westward from the station toward dllapl 0 dated Carson's landing. While remorse. '1 lessly computing everything relating to the f aeronef, allowing for error and providing oannlly for tho "margin of safety," while certain as experiment could make htm that It would fulfil his promise to Mr. Waddy, he bad been, save In his engineer ing, a visionary, unacquainted with the world and its "margin of safety." Seated on a stump, he sought mental ad justment before entering his house. He had had ' his chanoe' with Shayne, "the Prince ot the Powers of tho Air," and.had thrown It away in hot words to Shayne, in a blow to Sllberberg, and by leaping from the Roc into tho unknown abyss of night. These were actualities. The broken de flector at the paraohute he carried proved that, as did the memory of hi foolishness over Shayne'g niece, now happily forever past Tho sun shone down with April warmth on the red soil, the Bermuda grass sod of the old fields, the bleaching shingle of the old bouse. Blue with magic was the olump of high pines across the clearing, the hate and dream of an Alabama spring. The woodpeckers wove festoons of flame from tree to tree: the tall Spanish bay onets stood like a row of saluting guards by the road; the buckeye touched every angle ot the fence with fire; the oleanders at the corners of the gallery blushed faintly pink. He knew that from the scuppernong arbor the carpenter bees were voyaging back and forth, tiny black aerostat, from the blossoms to tunneled galleries In the red cedar rails of tho old veranda. They were boring audibly In the rail, their sawdust scattered over the cypress floor. The whole familiar scene, so peaceful, so utterly at ons with the Irresponsible past aided that enchanting southern hase in restoring illusion, obliter ating realities, and relegating to dreamland the Incredible Slattery Institute, Mr. Craig head. Mr. Waddy, hie "reversion to type." and the great "Carson-Craighead gAeronef corporation." Mr. Waddy's money and Mr. Craighead's telegrams saved the day for the real. The former waa actual currency, and felt com forting to his pocket. The latter proved the objectivity of Craighead -end If Craighead turned out to be substantial, anything might bo believed. The first three yellow dispatches had come In one delivery at Nashville, ad- sp"A to "Theodore Carson, the Ulus J'"jrilous Inventor and Thaumaturge, Care Conductor, Train 76." Theodore, the Illus trious, eould not accumulate the courage to ask for them, but the wise conductor had pounced suddenly upon him and said, "I reckon you're Mr. CarsonT" "Yield net to temptation, fear or cold things he readily saw that the lake fA divided into two aheeta of water of ln eoual ara. Schlllot had formed tha acquaintance of John B. Douly, who was then, as he Is today, the almost exclusive owner of An telope Island. Dooly s acquaintance with the young Frenchman was enhanced when the former one day unfolded a scheme of aerial navigation whereby the laws of grav itation might be overcome. The French man took the proposition seriously, and It was not long before Schlllott presented a scheme whereby he proposed to form company with local capital to convert a part of the Great Salt lake Into a lake of fresh waWer a scheme which at that time appealed to everybody as Impractical as Dooly's Idea of overcoming the laws of gravitation. However, the young French engineer persisted that the plan was prac ticable and he supported his theory with exacting calculations and drawings, the original of which are still In Dooly's pos session. Every feature In the prospectus submitted to Mr. Dooly, who, with other Salt Lake men, he had asked to assist In financing ' the scheme, showed that Schlllot had made a careful and scientific study of the subject Schlllot has ben lost In the toll of years since he proposed his scheme, but his mas terful Idea still lives and the story Is told and retold to the casual tourist who looks over the great Inland sea, as he is whirred actons the Lucln Cut-oft. In preparing his wonderful plaq Schlllott showed that,, he had spent much time In sounding the lake. In measuring distances by means of triangulatlon and by other mathematical conclusions. He was convers ant with the exact distances between the Islands, knew all about geological forma tions, why the lake Is salted, and had fig ured out to his own satisfaction that a part of It could, by means of artificial dykes extending from the promontories formed by Antelope and Fremont islands, and by the process of evaporation, be made a fresh water lake. He figured that this wonderful transformation would result In great advantage to the country In general, and to the city of Salt Lake In particular. He predleted - that Immense advantages would aocrue and that Antelope island would be mad the greatest health resort In the world. He pictured It as a place which would have a fresh water shore line on the east and a aalt water shore line on tho west, where the health-seeker could ' have a saline breeae blowing in his teeth the year round. In this connection, Schlllot' own lan guage will best serve to show what he foresaw in his wonderful scheme t It may be seen at a glance that the lake Is divided into two parts by the promon tory, the Fremont and Antelope Islands, which form a kind of natural dyke with A New Airship Serial by VIRGINIA of the feet" the first read. "Tour Uncle Fuller I at the helm." This was signed "The Oreat Uncalled," with the first two words run together, as "Thegreat" In a tele graph operator's effort to reduce to the semblance of a name Mr. Craighead's nom de guerre. Th second ran: "Have no fear; monopoly Is as clear In the air aa on the land. Apologies to Sir Humphrey Gilbert. None to anyone else by a damn site. Conapue Shayne." This was signed "Craighead, the Legal Bloodhound." "An old Broom," ran the more mysterious next "albeit minus one cover and dog's-eared, nevertheless sweep clean. He yokes the whirligig to our car, and sweeps the howl ing skies!" (Signed) "Dandy Jim of Caro line Grayblll." The fourth, delivered at Birmingham, was addressed to General Theodore Carson,, M. A. ("Monopolist of th Air"), and consisted ot ten repetition of "Eureka," signed "P. J. ot C." The last earn at Bay Mlnette, and was too aston ishing to be explained on any theory con sistent with Craighead' sobriety and sanity. "Caroline's dad." It read, "fall dead at unveiling of Broom idea. See absolute cinch, and rises to it a per life long custom. Formed todsy Universal Nitrate and Air Products company. Laws of West Virginia. You come In for -twenty-five per cent Caroline Impressed. Either universal genius or rodents In campanile. Greatly encouraged, not to say titivated. Almost, converted to belief In my own schemes and lf. but am cautiously ' sus pending judgment Will have Chicago sur rounded by time you return. Go east to Wheeling (or la Charleston capital?) to night and will Incidentally run up and construot first line of ctroumvallatlon (see oyolopedla)' about Greater New York. Monopoly and ot deal absolutely nailed down; bras nail; with Waddy doubloons coming copious. Up to you to produce filer. Getting wabbly In head. Losing faith In you aa concrete entity. Have you any aeronef. Answer Tes' or 'No' at once. This also was signed "D. J. of Caroline." If the telegrams were Inexplicable, his own yielding ef command to this man Craighead, whose antecedents and sur roundings should have made any one cau tious, was more so. Yet Craighead had taken control by sheer audacity. These baffling communications, the odd skips and jumps of hie Intellect In conversation were they the oapers of Insanity, or the funda mentally rational movements of a mind showing Its devious course at intervals only, uttering things which appeared unre lated because the path from position to po sition was paased so swiftly and directly that the ordinary mind lost sight of it as on catches glimpses of a hammingbtrd only at the moments of Its rest before the flow ers? What could he mean by an "an old Broom"? Th old copy of Broom's Legal Maxima In Craighead's "library" waa in deed minus a cover, and dog's-eared; but how this "Broom" could, even In metaphor, yoke the whirligig to any car and sweep the howling sklrs, Carson could not guess. Mr. Waddy's demand for aeronautical mon opoly waa being compiled with, to Mr. Craighead's mind, and tha last telegram seemed to Imply that the bucolic financier had been convinced. His "falling dead" might mean much or little; but his "doub loons coming copious" wss eloquent of faith. And what In the name of all the gods at once could a "Universal Nitrates and Air Products company" mean In an aerial navigation deal? Ur those myster ious expressions about "surrounding" Chi cago and greater New York? Well. Aunt Chios was In there shuffling about wondering where a might be, and LANES It Becomes Great short openings between the eastern and western parts of the lake. If that natural dyke Is completed by an artificial work, the lake will be divided Into two sheets of water of unequal area, the eastern part being only one-fifth of the whole surface, and, precisely It hap pens, that all the rivers which Contribute to feed the lake are pouring their waters on the eastern shore. The level Of the fresh water lake may be raised, and it la proposed to raise it three and a half feet above the present level, so as to have an average depth of eighteen feet, affording more facilities for raising fish and using fishing boats. From the end of the second year the lake will be fit for animal life, and, under proper manage ment, will in a short time contribute to supply the olty of Salt Lake with fish. A difference of level three and a half feet for Instnace will be kept between the eastern and western parts. A powerful waterfall will thus be obtained, and will give a motive power of 1.R50 horsepower, calculating upon a ' fall of three and a here he was, looking on spectrally and un suspected. With the common human im pulse to secret approach, Theodore walked on, concealed between the Spanish bayonets and a somber line ot red cedars, climbed the end ot the veranda, scuttled Into the broad hall and up to hi room; Into whjon he stepped quickly; breathing a little hard. He opened the closet for a change of clothes, and started back In wonderment quit a paralysing a bqrror; for his clothes were gone) Instead, there sat a huge trunk with 1U lid back, It open tray full of silken hosiery, corset, laoea, gloves, handkerchief, and open-work thing of mystery and terror. On the book were many, many other quit a awful; frilled and tucked and ruffled and plaited gar- menta; silks, dimities, cashmeres, linens, cottons and soft light woolens, filling his closet; and spread against the wJ for oc cult reasons connected with keeping them In shape; and protruding from the trunk were more clothes, while In corners of the bedroom were more trunks. To make sure that he was in his own house, and' not a profaner of the shrine of some divinity of lace and open-work, he looked from the window. , Yea, this waa Carson's Landing. The' gourds hanging from tall poles; the martins chattering from them; the china tree full of blossoms like lllao blooms, humming with bees and visited incessantly toy crimson bee-birds all these be knew. But this, this corset: with its lacings unrove it, levy there like a mold awaiting the coating of a PWdian Psyche. The name entering hi mind made his tremble. He picked up tha fragment garment with the .pink ribbon edging It and looked at It with aom thing of the terror Ot Charraide In th shrine of Ar temis. He had forgotten the marvel of their presence in that of the thing themselves) tor he was paradisiac ally innocent an en gineering hermit , A light step sounded without and h frose with the corset In hi hand to a statu of pania and tranoe and paralysis. Some on entered, his heart bounded, and then stood still; for It wu Psycho ot the dunes, Shayne' nleco, Virginia, entering jauntly, maddeningly, like a real woman taking possession of his bedroom as her own! She had a Utile subjectively derived smile on her lips, held In her hands a spray ot huckleberry blooms, which sh put to her nostrils, and then stuck In a vas by the old mirror. She took off the memorable red hat, and pulled up her skirt with afr frighting recklessness, examined her dainty stockings for dust or bur, and dropped th skirt with a little flirt, like a wren shaking a raindrop from her tall. She did a dozen things to make one fear the fate of Tom of Coventry. Every time sh, looked hi way, Theodor. qbakad. oven more than at her alarming actions in Ignorance of hi presence. If oh would only go out! Why was sh here? Wa sh here? If he could only slip out! What wa ah going to do now? She had opened the window as if discom forted by the heat Sitting down with her profile to him and her side to the window, she tanned herself with the fan he used to dry his face after shaving. She smiled up at a college banner, hla only chattel, save the fan, exempted from her writ of dispos session. She fanned herslf quit vigorously; and then, as if still oppressed by the heat she stepped to the mirror, unpinned the broach at her throat and began reaching back for the buttons of her dress. Provi dential Instinct, and memory ot his own days of rundabouts and shirtwaists, ad monished Theodore that it was time for action. "Psyche!" he stammered. With a little scream she darted toward the door; recognized him as he emerged from the closet; noted his paleness; turned bark, her hand on her breaat, and a quick palpitation of the "V" of ber gown, like the heart of a snared robin. Yet she was the least exulted of the twain. Her alarm ceased with hei recognition of him; for this buy had shown himself one to be trusted. The sense of escape and secrecy which she had associated with him from their (list curious mealing at the robber's cabin In the dunes, returned. "My robber," said she, In a half whisper. "O, I'm so glad " "Psyche," said she, "when you say you ate glad" He pulled up short with a lump In his throat unable to psa the rubicon between strangers. "Oh, I'm so glad you aren't dashed to pieces!" She cried. "I've seen you falling, tolling, tailing, in my dreams, and never 2C"weTo. J 1l - rra half feet and the quantity of 3.J00 cubic feet per second, which will be discharged In the western part. Such a motive power will raise practically 1.000 feet per seoend at a level of ten and one-half. feet, whleh height is sufficient for Irrigating the plains on the southern shores of the lake. That amount of water would Irrigate 40,000 acres of land, giving 800,000 cublo feet of alighting! But evidently you did!" "Yes," said he, "quite safe! But now oame you here?" "Oh, I live here," said she. "But how did you know? Or did you just happen? Shall I hide you? I'll never betray you, never! no matter what they say you've dan!" "You belong here?" repeated Theodore wonderlngly. "Here? You you llv here?"' "Yes," said she hurriedly. "With, my uncle. I couldn't endure th Shaynes and SUberbergs any longsr. Why, the way thy did Just drive people to crime! And If you did anything, It was in open war with th officers, and not by stealth a tha Shayne and Silberbergs do. I told them so to their teeth only you ought to reform and all that you know. And I couldn't bear Aunt Marie any more," here the vojee trembled, "though everybody will say I'm ungrateful, and all that. And Gen eral Carson's family are all my relatives In the world, except tbe Shaynes. And this is their plantation my undo that I never saw lives hero and I earn to him. I hope he won't hate mo! I'd rather not have ' to ask him to shelter a robber the very first thing; and so I hope you aren't pursued. But if you are, I'll hldo you be fore I'll see you caught. Thera!" Mr. Carson reeled back against th wall, drew his hands across bis eyes, and looked again. She seemed to be there still, rather nearer than before, bands clasped in ador able anxiety, dlvlnest pity In her eye. "I am In no danger," said he. "Pardon me for intruding here. It wa by mistake. Permit rv to ask th honor of an Inter view at a mors convenient time and place," Mr. Carson' of Carson' Landing, th laat of th Carsons, now spoke with some ap proach to manner and form aa by tradition required. . "Oh, I'm so glad you are are safe," ah erted. "I want you to stay at luncheon. I can't give you any quail broth, nor strong remedies, but" "Thank you," h returned. "I shall esteem It an honor," Thi wa nearer to th conventional than anything yet Sh gathered her gown about her throat looked about at the room and blushed. Luncheon with tills gtrt-taced boy with th petty mustache compliment they did not harmonise with th trunks spilling lingerie, tha white eounterpaned bed. "Perhaps," ah went on. "if you reaily aren't afraid of being caught you ml gut go away, now to th parlor, I mean." Carson turned scarlet bowed grandly, and walked toward the door. "And," said she, blushing still mor rqaily, 'If you are quite sure you don't mind please leave ma my corset)" Mr, Carson looked down at hi band, saw with unspeakable horror that be bad held, during th whole colloquy, the Psych mold, dropped It hastily, and rushed incontently from th room In an agony of mind quit out of proportion to the real damage done by hi involuntary act He did not run and drown himself in Fish river, but when he tried to divine what Virginia' theory as to his purpose In taking possession of the garment in the first place must be, he felt like doing so rather than meeting her at luncheon. It waa a terrible situation. CHAPTER. VIII. AT THE MARGIN OF SAFETY. "Of oourst. it a shock," said Mis Susres, "to find you " "I am sorry,"' said Theodore, "to hav shocked you by being visible. I-" ' "Oh, now," said Miss Suarei. "Try to supply ellipses and those things. I meant, to find you, so" "So Incapable of so lacking In th quali ties of-of-of " "You're gradually getting closer to it," commented Virginia. "Our danger, where there is nobody hanging about to sort of mitigate no, not that toto -" "To absorb and diffuse the 'shock.' " sug gested the engineer. "The very word." said she. "Why, uncle, you're clever once In a while" "Thank you, Miss Virginia! I " "Don't Interrupt please. Our danger here In the wilderness, I that of not catching the shades of expression, the nuisances one has to have ground into one's system with regard to one's friends If nuisances can be ground Into anything and that we'fl mis understand, and fight, and pull hair need lessly. Doesn't that cover the case?" "While a very concise statement of some of the dangers," said ha, "I don't think It doee, quite. But you were saying I lack seme quality. Please go on." "Tbe quality of unclehood," sold she. Industrial <Laki Cm water per acre per annum.' The transformation would certainly give life to lands presently of little value. For Instance, if the Antelope Island has Its esstern shores on a lake of fresh water. Its western shores on a lake of salt wa ter, and further, If Irrigated by the water works erected nearby, that Island will be a point of attraction without rival in the "You don't create the role. I suppose my Image ot & charming young robber for you're not bad looking, uncle you know?" Theodore blushed, but strove to keep on a high and avuncular plateau ot platitudes. "Piracy and yegglsm, and those things, are so Incompatible with one's only surviv ing Ilve-wlthable uncW," said Virginia. ''In The Babes In the Wood," said Theo dore, "th unci wa quite that sort" "I thought you were going to make an other application," said she. "The odd thing with ua I Ilk living with you immensely is that you ern a Babe In the Wood more than an unci, and I the other." "I scarcely think ," began Mr. Carson. "Oh, I know you're venerable," sh as sured blm, "or you wouldn't hav Invented o much. But after tumbling out ot that craxy helicopter at your feet, and being treated you know what I mean and being put to bed after that potion; and read to about dynamos that was quit unclelsh and your carrying home, and going north to Roo, and acting so lofty and silly and dear! with Sllberberg, until hi fcoaky old nose bled, and jumping off th ship mile above th rocky and barbed and plky country In th night and storm and I feeling so superior, ss one does to a bri gandand rather making a hero of you and then to find you my uncle, with a little, silky, mustache isn't there an Incongruity? Surely you can understand " "Perfectly," said Theodore,' ignoring tho frivolous things. "What I wish you to un doritand, 1 how honored i am to be your guardian even though I don't deserve it" "Oh, but you dot" said sh. "You began babying me when I tumbled down. And it you aren't a Methuselah, there' the Carson blood, Isn't there?" "There' th Carson blood," assented Theodora uneasily. "And th trust that blood aloe couldn't confer." "And th relationship must stand In th place of ysars," said Virginia, "For I ean't go back to the Shayne. I'm afraid they'll tlnd B, and mak me. J' "You (ball pot go bact" aaid Theodore. "Neverl" "My, myi" said , Virginia. "How fiaro. unele! And now, let's go fishing." "Yes, Theodore had fallen! Fleeing the beat bedroom, in which Aunt Chios bad es tablished Miss Suares, he had unmoored hi launch for flight but, reconsidering, had demanded of Ohio an explanation not ot tbe changed lodgings, but ot the In comprehensible mystery - of the presence, under a statement that he lived there, of Shayne' niece, who had so stirred hi life by falling from aloft to hi feet nameless to him save for the cognomen of Psyche. "She's come to live with we-all," aaid Aunt Cbloe, assuming In him th chivalrous fidelity ot all southern gentlemen to their women relative. "She' kin o' ou'n." Theodore gasped. He wa not aware that he had any kin, to say nothing of kinship with this girl from New York, niece to Shayne, and whose southern blood seemed her only claim to consanguinity with him. "There must be some mistake," said he. "How can she be related to roe, Chloe?'" "W'y, yo' some klne o' uncle to huh," replied Chloe. "Huh mothah was a daugh tali to Ole Gin'ral Cahson. She married Lee Suarex, and died. Miss Ginnle knowed about us, an' when huh aunt throwed huh off'.n the alah-shlp foh stan'nln' up fob yu, she com hyah, e she had a roght to, suh." "But she didp't know I waa here'r" Theo dore suggested, "Oh. law, po," replied Aunt Chloe. "She don't know yo' Mlstah Carson ylt, onless you tola huh." "But, Aunt Chloe, w aren't any kin to old Oenerol Ctrson, are we? And I'm no uncle to this young lady, am I?" Aunt Chloe drew herself up In indigna tion. "I reckon yo' paw frail you out good, ef h hyah you say that!" said she. "Hv Ah been wuckln' fob po' whites all these yeans? Yo' sho a clu as uncle. Yo' paw knowed lie was a Cahson. poan talk to m!" "What have you told her about this re lationship?" said Theodore. "She dune knowed all erbout It," said Cbloe. "Did she know how father how nobody thinks we are any kin to th general, and " "Who you mean by nobody?" queried Chloe. "Ah reckon we some kin, o' on' name wouldn't be Cahsop, would It? Ah tuk In as a Cahson. If yeu tuk huh In yo' ahnis, an' squenched bub, teahs, I reckon you wouldn't be brtngln' up these heavy argumeuUk" Reality of There Is no doubt that with the facility of developing vegetation, In addition to the attractions of fishing, boating and bathing, both In fresh and salt water, Antelope is land will be covered with resident and will be a most Interesting summer resort. The properties on that Island will, there fore. Increase In value to a large extent. The lands situated on the main lands, near the proposed waterworks, on Fremont Island and tha promontory will also par ticipate In that Increase In value. In consequence, there Is no doubt that large profits can be derived from the pro jected enterprise and that it will be greatly beneficial to the Intereeta of the country at large and of Salt Lake City, The engineer gave In detail his Ideas of the estimated cost and the estimated profits In connection with the proposition. He figured that It would oost $1,671,40. This Included tho construction' of the dams, buildings and mMMiwry for water work machinery and pumps, purchase of 40,000 acres of land, fencing and various Improve ments. Schlllot figured that the realisation of his scheme would Irrigate the 40,000 acres of lend, which purchased tbtn tor 85 an aore would be worth 1100 an acre and that by making Antelope Island attractive as a summer resort and a olaoe for country homes and residences, the net profits would be between 18,000,000 and $9,000,000, besides an Income derived from the lights ef fish ing and profits from bathing establish ments. Schlllot was wont to call bis proposed company the Salt Lake Desalting and Irri gation company. Further In support of his plan to add to the natural dyke In the lake artificial work, and thus by reinforcing nature, make two lakes a fresh water and salt water-Bchlllot said: "This, the Intended works, seems to have been prepared by nature Itself, as the sepa ration of the lake Into two parts Is nearly complete and the hydrographlc system Is mervelously adapted to the Intended trans formation. , "A the eastern part received the whole of the supply pf water and loses by evapora tion Hly one-fifth ef that supply. It Col laws naturally that if, owing to the separa tion, there Is no mixing of the waters In both parts, the eastern part will receive five times more water than It lose by evaporation, and consequently that part w)l be less and less salted till It is abso lutely fresh. "The four-fifths of the water are dis charged from the eastern part to the west ern part, that Is to say. In the same pro portion as now, and consequently the west ern part will remain exactly as It Is. "The only change which will take place Is that In a short time all the salt con tained in the eastern part will have been conveyed to the western part, so that there Ah, how close a shot aid Cbloe mak when sh used this plea. If he could only have held her In hi arms! But ah would think of him a a lod-hopper h must If he had but gone mor Into society, In ftead of grinding all th time at aero nef, and the Ilka And now, h wa Irre trievably at a disadvantage, by his gross misbehavior in th bedroom standing Ilk an Idiot, sh deeming him a fugitive, hold ing in his band ob. th enormity of it! her eorset The unpardonable ln, If aver on committed It!" Nverthless, he sent Aunt Gble to In form Miss Suarex that the robber of th South Beach, and th gtowgway ot tha Kea, wa no other than the man with whom, In a touching confidence In the old ahlvalry which, ' regard an unprotected Woman relative a a acred shares, and lay th obligation of gratitude on tha man rendering the aervkt, h bad com to llv. Unole Theodore wa stately, ooremor)lous, and with due allowance for sundry blushes when Mis Virginia emitted a little giggle, promptly smothered In her napkin, quit grand in his demeanor at luncheon. He formally kissed Virginia' hand euid whan ahe told of her need of her reliance on the Carson fidelity he yielded to th temptation wlthput a moment' hesitation. He became her uncle, entered calmly upon the decep tion, oblivious ot the vast consequences Involved, or of the real right and wrong of the matter. Sho trusted him, sh made claims upoa blm; and b wa net to b paind by explanation, He wa only a boy, you know, "I have the hopah," ald he, 'Ho drink your health th health of the jewel and th hop of th Canon family." He rose, m It at the formal signal for withdrawal, took both hi bands, and kissed him on th forehead. Thar were tear in her eye. "Thank you, Unci Theodore," said she; and went out elowly, without looking at him, H stood tbre, quit motionless, until he heard her walking about In the upper halt He was wrong, of eourse; but there were exculpating circumstances. Th situation, almost immediately, however, approached the Impossible. In the first place, Theo dore had expected to make only a day' halt, to push on, get his motors, and go to the South Beach where Captain Hariod wondered at hi long absence install his engines, and fly north, where Craighead wa organising companies at a rate that would have dased Mr. Carson, had be not been already dased, The first day, h sent orders for th ship ment of the engines, and began to provide better equipment for th house. He brought as a companion for Mis Suares, an elderly widow, Mrs, Stott, who was addicted to the writing of poem of a love-lorn nature. Virginia' opinion of hr new uncle' worldly wisdom rose at this provision for chaperonage; but she gave hint too much credit. He merely thought of Virginia's becoming lonely. t lie could not depart until sure that "Miss Virginia" would not feel slighted should he push on. Every morning opened new avenues of eervlce. They began reading a book and they had to finish It She was fond of fishing. She wanted to explore the upper reach of the river; and they spent long days on th stream. Mrs. Soot was afraid of the water and still more afraid of Virginia nd they went alon. while that good lady wrot verse and mailed thorn to heartless publisher. "How can sh do such things?" said Virginia, on dsy. , "Why not?" Inquired Theodora "Thsy aound a good deal like like th other poets." "But site's so so puddingy!" urged Vir ginia. "And sh has a mustache!" "That" said h. advancing th spark, "would not seen) material. Shakespeare bad one." Virginia wa trailing her hand through the water, and looking t the bubbles. "A great engineer," said she, "but you don't shine In literary criticism." "Was It that kind?" be queried. Virginia drew In her hand. The Im plied rebuke stung her. "Of course, I'm a nasty little est," said She, "to find fault. But you are not to Jump on me like that, unkla I won't hav It. Now, take your old big handkerchief and wipe my hand. It' awfully cold with th wind blowing on it." Theodore complied, end held th band a moment to warm It- Sh drew It away gently, and with a smile. "We'll hav Mr, atott go home," said the West will be a lake of fresh water having an outlet In a lake of salt water. As the western part will be thus supplied, except what Is taken for Irrigating purposes, with tho same amount of water, and evaporates t the same rate, that western part will remain nearly as It Is now. "Why Is the lake salted? Because It ha no outlet and because the amount evapor ated corresponds nearly to the supply of water poured Into It by the rivers flowing Into it Why will the eastern part of the lake be converted Into a lake of fresh, water? Because It will have an outlet In the western part and receive five times the amount of water evaporated. "It has been observed that the annual evaporation Is about six feet. The surface of the lake Is 2.840 square miles, the amount evaporated per annum Is 2.30xU,2),00Ox, equal to 160 milliards of cubic feet, that makes 8,300 cubic feet per second. As the level Of the lake Is nearly steady, or de creases very slowly. It follows that tho amount of water brought In Is about the same quantity, and that the aggregate flow of the livers Rear, Weber and Jordan Is the same, say lfiO milliards of cubic feet per annum. Therefore, the contents In salt of the waters of the' lake are kept the same with a tendency to Increase In course of time. 'Hut, if we suppose all that amount of wster poured In the eastern part of the lake, say In one-fifth of the whole area, then that part will receive 100 milliards Of ruble feet; evaporate 83 milliards and tho balance, IIS milliards, will remain in that part. If there is no outlet. The consequence would be to raise the level of the part so severed from the whole If that outlet was not secured. The salt would then be di luted In such an amount of fresh water that, In course of time, that part of the lake would be nearly fresh. "But, aa the level must be kept to a cer tain height, so a not to Inundate the sur rounding country, the western part forms a natural outlet In which the surplus of water Is discharged from the eastern part, and It Is easy to see what will then happen. "As the amount of water contained In the eastern part of the lake Is on an av erage depth of fifteen feet, about 80 mil liards of cublo feet, a quantity double Its eapaclty Is poured In every year. Then the salt 'contained In that part is diluted in a quantity of water three times greater, and in course of the first year the propor tion of salt, which Is presently IS per cent will be reduced to I per cent at tbe end of the first year, "On the following year that proportion would be reduced to 1 per vent, equal to the proportion of sea water) to .47 per cent the third year and so on, so that in course of a tew years the eastern part will be en tirely filled up with fresh water and never dry up. as the level will be regulated to any desirable height." hsi "I should have known " . "Now, please, uncle," said ah, "don't be mad! I want her. And I'll try to resist her Inflammed sentiments. She doesn't bother a bit I'll eay that for her." So Mr. Stott stsyed, a most unsafe duenna under th clroumatance. And Theodore stayed also. There were so msny things to do. Craighead' telegram cam In from th east, still Delphic In signifi cance. On reported that New York wa practically "urhounded"; another, that the country would soon be "grldlroned." Theodore wa deaf to voices from the outer world. A letter from Harrod, proving that the new of hi return had reached th oabln In the dune, lay on th .old escritoire one morning. Theodore Inserted a paper knlfo In the envelop, half out It open end saw Virginia' dress glimmering out side. The half-opened Utter tell to th desk and Unole Theodor leaped out on tha veranda. She came UP to the gallery, and leaned, her chin on the rail. "Morning, unole!" said she. "Hav you Iept wll?" "Fin." "You don't look If aaid h. "Your eyes look dull. You devote too much time to business while your family is asleep, don't you?" "Uncle" thought of the unopened letter, the unanswered telegrams, the neglected business, Mr. Waddy's money, the uncom pleted aeronef, the sleepless nights, tor mented by no business, at all, not busi ness! Decidedly not! "I slept too soundly," said he. "What' the program for today?" She wanted some magnolia blossoms. Unci Theodore thought ther might b aom down about Week' bay, where they cam early. , . "Put on your hat," said' he. "Have Chlo pack up luncheon, and we'll go down." "Done!" cried she. "You're th best ot unjotes! Let's to breakfaat! Can't w oatch a speckled trout?" "We ought to ge( all w want" aaid Theodora "And cook him over a fire?" "Certainly!" said Theodora, "And oft shelled crabs we'll have a great day!" "Happy, happy youth," said Mra Stott and sighed. "Uncle Theodore," said Virginia, "l neither youthful nor happy he must hav a nerve specialist or quit spilling hi coffee!" "Bom pangs are mor delicious than Joy," said Mra. Stott scrutinising Theodore until he was half wild. "Pang of prlng, youth and sweet fellowship!" Theodor at wolfishly, and drank great quantities of coffee to show that he wa In fin fettle quit tunable to pick up hi end of the conversation. It wa youth and spring and sweet fellowship, though th Items mad him sick ef Mr. Stott' table talk. He wanted the river and Psych, knowing that he ought to go and leave her. Every night he vowed to go next morning and laid plan for another day with her. It waa maddening. She brought hira dresses, gloves and hats for criticism, and confided to him the state of her wardrobe. She reckoned the time before ahe must have any more dresses, told him what her stockings and underclothing had cost, and asktd him if he didn't think such dreadful prices absurd. "You know about some of the things," said she roguishly, "I thought once that you must be a collector of corsets!" Uncle Theodore writhed In agony, and aid he was ur she had no clothing too expensive or too fine well aware that, at the prices named, one month' purchase would bankrupt htm. "I've more Jewelry than I need," aaid She. "I can sell that, you know." "No, no!" protested Theodore. "Neverl" 'But some of it," sold she, "I don't want Let me show you some perfectly absurd things!" (To Be Continued.) Where America Leads. Robert Herrli k, an author, praised in as after-dinner speech in Chicago the philan thropy of the American millionaire. "Our millionaires, with all their faults," he said, "are In their charities the most liberal men In the world. We should be glsd that no American fashionable preacher can aay ot hla rich parishioners what I once heard a London fashionable preacher ' say from tha pulpit very bitterly. " 'Our upper classes,' the preacher sneered, 'don't lv according to their means, but according to their iueanuee.' " Washington Star,