The Washington critic., 1889-05-07


again. He had recognized the mans
tracks as those of Yellow Hair.
yellow Hair is afraid Of my strong
arm," he thought. "lIe dare not stay
with Red Lips. ! shall catch her soon
and beat her and take her with me-"
The two crouching upon the precipice
watched his every movement. They had
rolled to the edge of the declivity rock
as huge as they could control, and now
together held il poised over the pathway.
Wolf came hurrying along, his head
bent down like that of hound on the
scent of game. lie reached spot just
beneath the two and then with a sudden,
united effort they showed over the rock
II thundered down upon the unfortunate
Wolf with an accuracy which spoke
well for the eyes and hands of the low
ers The man was crushed horribly
The two above scrambled down, laugh
ing, and Yellow Hair took from the
dead Wolf q necklace of claws and fas.
tened 1t proudly upon his own person:
Now we will go to my cave, said
he.
No said Red Lips, "my father
will look for Wolf tomorrow and will
find him. Then he will come aud kill
us. We must 90 and kill him to-
night"
"Yos," said Yellow Hair.
Hand in hand the two started for the
Cave of Fangs. The sidc-hill In which
II was situated was very steep, and the
lovers thought they could duplicate the
affair with Wolf 1--WE must cripple
him, anyway" said Yellow Hair. "for
/ am not strong enough TO fight him
alone. His club is heavy"
They reached the vicinity of the cave
and crcpt above IT, Having, with great
difficulty, secured rock in position to
be rolled down, they waited for Fangs
to appear He came out about dusk,
and stretched out his arms lazily, when
the two above released the rock. 1t
rolled down swiftly and with great
force, but there was no such sheer
drop afforded as when Wolf was killed,
and Fangs heard the stone coming and
almost eluded II. II caught one of his
legs as he tried to leap aside, and broke
it. Fangs fell TO the ground.
With yell of triumph Yellow Hair
bounded to where the crippled man lay
and began pounding him upon the head
with his club. Fangs had very thick
head. He struggled vigorously and
succeeded in catching Yellow Hair by
the wrist. Then he drew the younger
man TO him and began. TO throttle him.
The case of Yellow Hair was desperate.
Fangs great strength was too much for
him. His stifed yells told of his agony.
II was at this iuncture that Red Lips
demonstrated her quality as girl Of
decision and of action A sharp frag-
&c 1n,a Ia Val
lay ut her feet. She seized 1t and
bounded forward TO where the struggle
was going on. The back of Fangs
head was fairly exposed. The girl
brought down the sharp stone on II just
where the head and spinal column
joined, and the crashing thud told of
the force of the blow. Delivered with
such strength upon such spot there
| could be but one result. The man
could not have been killed more
| quickly. Yellow Hair released himself
from the dead giants embrace and rose
| to his feet. Then, after a short breath
| ing time, to make assurance sure, he
| picked up his club and battered the
head of Fangs until there could be no
| chance of his resuscitation. The per
formance was unnecessary, but neither
Yellow Hair nor Red Lips was aware of
the fact. Their knowledge of anatomy
was limited. Neither knew the effect
of such blow delivered properly at the
base of the brain.
Yellow Hair finally ceased his exer-
else and rested ON his club. "Shall we
go TO my cave now?" said he.
why should we?" said Red Lips.
Let us take this cave There Is dry
grass on the floor.
They entered the cave. She Fox,
who had witnessed what had occurred
sat in one corner and looked up doubt
fully us they entered. II am tired,
said Yellow Hair, and he lay down and
went to sleep.
She Fox looked at her daughter
Il killed three hedgehogs to-day" she
whispered.
The new mistress of the cave looked
at her kindly: go out and dig some
roots" she said, "and come back with
them, and then, with them and the
hedgehogs, we will have feast"
| She Fox went out and returned In M
hour with roots and nuts. Red Lip:
awakened Yellow Hair and all thre,
fed ravenously and merrily. 1t was {
Fangs There was no such feas
in any other cave in all the region
And the sequel to the events of the da,
was as happy as the day itself. yellow
Hair and Red Lips somehow avoided
being killed, and grew old together ant
left numerous progeny. Some OF
their defendants are prominent in tn
world to-day. One is statesman
another q scientist, another leader o
fashion, another great divine.