A Wheelman On The Great American Desert

A drrary-lookin? country g tila -'(iré t American Dearrt," In Utah, 6üg the uorthein bounm-y of whirh my routi now leadf. T the left of iIk' i'oad i iW chabí t barren liills; to (lie right. tbe Diiinvltlng plain over wliicli pne'í eyr wniiilers iu Viiiti lor iiine green obieci that tnittlit rai.se hopes of a Uss desolate reglón beyond; ind over all hangs au oppressive silenee - the gflence of a dead ci'uniry - a country di BÍttute of bath animal and vegetable lite. Over the greiit deit banfg a smoky haze, out of whioli "Pilot's Peak," tliiity-elght tulles awa , tean its cnuical heud 3.500 feet above ttn livcl plaln ut its base. 8omp ridinr is obtaineil at intervals alimg tbis unattnictivc ítrstcb of country, luit tbere are no "sand-papei-ed " roads, and tbe principal incentive to mount at all is a feeling ot dlSRIUtftt so mncli compulso y walkinjr. A iioticeable feature tlirougb tíie degert b the h I most unqiK'iichable thirst tliat tbc dry saline air ii flicts upon one. Keacli ing a railway section-hoiise, I find no one at home; but tbere s annall underground cistern of imported water, in wbich "wrijfglers" Innumerable wrijrgle, but otberwise good and cool. Tbere is notb ing to drink out of, and the water ie tliri e feet frons the 'Ufface ; svhlle leaninj; down to try and drink, thewooden frame woik at the top (flyeg way and precipitares me hi-uillirst into the water. Luckily the tank is large enoujih to enable auto turn round and reappeur at the sm-face beadflrtt, and witb considerable difflculty I ser -iinble out aniir. witb, of -ourse, not a dry tbread on me Wiïnginor whit water I can trom my piothes, I leave note Inrbrmlagthe aecttoD-bogn tbHt I had retoued a batt'-drowited Indi.-m trom tlitdatera, and advising alto net to drink the water, I once more wend mv wav past