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    THE OMATTA RUXPAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 4, 1910.
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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
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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
&ltLaki 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,