Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1890-01-21

dcsa.ste spet, the days spent there as
tie utht disggrseabls, and the land
-caps as photographed upon my nind,
She u sst uninvit;ss, III nay summers ex-
r,r:shce.
Forests ef sass-s-ush extend as Ear
as tbs eye car reach upen every side
and sand lizards, rattlsanaks. and coy
stas are the only animal life to be met
With; if excs spt an occasional sage
hen tha. was flushed Ly our dess as we
travelled along the sandy road
The wind howlsa necessarily during
the whsle period Of our stay, great
portion of the time accompanied by a
driving rain.
One day I toek nay gun ana made
the circuit of a butte that reared its
scald head short distance from eur
camp. & make the unusual sinils fer
| tas reason that the top Of such emf
nencss ara eaiaea their heads, and this
enc remindsd me of a human head
afflicted with salt rhsum) I had hard
| ly reached peint cut ct sight Of eur
samp, wk<ii | observed shabby coy
etc snesking u the side of the butte.
In pure wantonness, | raised nay gup
ts my shsuidsr and fired, I was graft
ied by hsarins his yelp Of anguish, and
seeisg his form quivsring and bound
ing in its death agoaies. Vixen
arrived at the spot whore
he had fallsn the poor fellow was IN
ths last threas Of death Near where
he bad received the cruel bullet lay a
dsad zqxirrsl " ith marks Of his fanss
upon it. body, and l knew that he had
bssn carrying that small nersel Of food,
though starving himself. to his half
furnished dam who vas caring fer her
pretty litter in her den among the
crevicss Of the rsck up ths mountain
side. AS | iseked upen his stiffenias
body and eonsit tiered my part in the
tragedy, felt saf a murderer, and
) whsily ashamed Of sks aes.
Man is the only creature that rob,
) aasther sf the existencs God has givar
it, without reason or motive. Here
vas [, standing ever an inanimat'
fsrn1, made so by my cruelty, in whes'
death [ was meme the gamer. I wa
reminded by ny wantsnnsss Of thes
i seekers of wealth whs, VIXEN their de
cifes are satiated by enormous aceu
u saula.isns, nsurder happiness and ds
atroy sssls bcca use they have Il,
+ power, and it is their trade Oh
u Il atch and Jay Geuld have crushed
Is earth thousands, with less esnpup.
/ sisn thsA I felt ovsr the daspised an
y mai that lay dead at ray feet.
But there, I dare say few whs:
;. srade and aslig ght it is to hunt to dsat
:, the wild ANIMALS Of the forest an
plain, ceuld aeralize thus ever Il
Staying sf prairie wolf, and l drt
=, tAs subject, feeling that I have mac
sema rsparatien fer the deed.
Nv Our patient began to show signs
| or1 81 A1~ rnv,rn.J
is Journey, for we began to long fer Il
III forest clad hills and their coolil
9 shades. The beat Of the sun on the
,.- plains even at this.early season Of t
,ol year is intense; besides, we longed
reach locality whore game was to
a. found and where we might begin
rm losk tsr prospects"
a Wa had met man from the Meth,
,he vallsy, who informed US that ri
q silver lsds had been found in the '
ino ley just previous to his departure, a
rat as tie Msthsw river country lay in
.ai district we had marked out for sxpl
of alton, we hoped to lcss no time in
Of riving in that vicinity.
lat Nat far frsm eur late camp nj:
uli. mamsrabIe by the incidents relas
liar We passed a lonely grave ,urrsuadsd
lsr- wkite pailinss, upen small butte r.
ith tbs road We were informed that
.tsr marked the resting place Of poor
for lsw who had suieidsd n.ar the S
CRY, sema years since. No doubt the
scls, had been suPsrinducea by the dep
ing sing influences that all must expsris
dad who traverse this drsary region.
atsr ~s passed the lonely sp.t, Bill sra
lent grirniy, rcmarkins in his droll
ens, that he csnldnt help feeling a Ii
akes inclined that way himself; after vi
eek we urssa sho tirsd "mules" to liv.
long gait, as if to increase tho distancs
sweea eursslysz and the unca
five place.
for We ssrsteksd eur tent that svel
{ IN ia little valley er "ceulee" as
anis Canyons are called. Ratt.ssnaks
ased lse, think was this rane Of this
g. Law Tho .siI loeksd black