"That must have been a terrible splash."

"But the T. N. T. did not explode."

"No!"

"The horses were all killed instantaneously though; they jumped right out of their skins."

"You'd think the Grand Cañon would tempt suicides. It's a certain and sudden death. Dramatic and spectacular too!"

"Too much time for reflection and meditation before you get here," I hazarded. "The man coming to commit suicide changes his mind before he gets here and goes down on a mule instead."

Ewart laughed.

"You are a fellow who ought to be cautious," I said after a while.

"Why specially?"