The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-07-02

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merry at the wedding. There were
presents, check from the boss, and
4 feast. Some hours after their mar
rlage came telegram saying that the
missing animal mad been captured
The great joy OF Krantz, who went
on an exalted drunk Cor the f,tst time
| since the death of Mil'ys mother,
was only equaled by the intense irrita'
| ton Of David.
Ono thing IS certain, Milly," he
said sternly; you're my wife now,
and you don't so back to training
! tlsers-no, not even near-sighted
one"
David lived firm in this decision.
| Hrantz gruntcd disdainfully and went
! about mopng. Milly thought she
should be allowed to decide the mat
/ ter. and In the light of her pride.
/ bayid's position was the first unpleas-
! ant exhibition of mans vanity of own
ership
Then Green.eyo arrived. He was in
no agreeable mood. Gaunt fierce from
a wound which had partially crippled
one of his hind legs, the brute slouched
about his box, and occasionally tore
at it's heavy timbers.
Then the pride OF Milly hrantz grew
| beyond restraint. without consulting
the obdurate David, she limited to old
Krantz that she was ready. There
was no reason to fear Green-eye and
she was not afraid.
Old Krantz prepared the properties
and selected morning. Green-eye's
cage was wheeled to the larger zen.
The animal was sluggish and did not
relish the transfer Now Krantz stood
by the door, ready to pass her up in
to the cage. He had cautioned her to
take a heavy chair, an aid that might
be required and she carried one of
those tough whips to bring back to
Green-eye a lapsing memory of anoth
er masterful woman whose tem2era-
ment had been SO like his own.
David would not have suspected
this little drama-would never have
understood why Milly entered the
gers den against his wishes-had il
not been for Firefly, the jumping horse
On the previous day Fireny had given
evidences of being off feed, and David
arose early to see that a soft mash
was given the animal. Not finding
stableman close at hand, he had n.ixeG
; the feed himself and was going in with
it TO the horse tent when the clanB
; of a bar against the steel of the big
cage caught his ear. Wondering who
was in that quarter so early, David
slipped into the big tent-at that very
moment old Krantz swung Milly into
the tigers den.
David stood completely paralyzed
with fearing dread in those first few
moments. Silent, unable to cry out,
he stood with the bucket of bran in his
hand, staring at the slip of woman,
his wife, in the great cage. Green-eye
did not at once move from his posi-
ton on the floor, and as her entrance
had been without noise. it was the
first rustic OF her silken skirt that
told the beast of her presence.
David moved nearer now afraid to
speak for fear of disconcerting her.
she must act for herself. At the first
hiss of the whip, swiftly Green.eeye
lifted to lis feet in movement OF
sluggish grace. Then, slowly. he
turned his head, and the big green
eyes stared in all that intensity which
is cruel, bestial. David saw theye
was menace in the beasts pose, and
his face went white; Krantz saw, too
worst of all, Milly saw Her eyes Were
lined with the tigers. She seemed un.
able to move or to speak. Her face
was drawn and set and pale. Her
eyes stared fiXedly into those glea M
ing orbs.
Green-eye uttered snarl--this
broke the spell. His bound across the
= den's center was not quicker than her
. pitiful cry. She threw forward the
chair, lost her grip of it, and stag
gered aside to the door, screaming:
He can see-He can SEE!!"
. There had been no waver, no hesita
tion in the spring. The limping lee
, handicapped him, and he fell en-
tangled by the four prodding legs OF
the chair. Then instantly he was
blind again with Firehy's bucket Of
mash in his eyes. David's toss was ac
: curate and vicious. The brute rolled
frantically over the floor of the den
wrecking the chair with frenzied
, strokes, biting, snarling, wiping at his
= eyes. Then he sprang at the bars, 9
hideous, glaring thing. There was Q
, wick of hatred burning in each of the
green eyes.
; Milly, white and quivering, flung
= herself into David's arms.
"Oh, David! David" she cried
!, clutching him. "he can see!"
!. 1t was old Krantz who grunted, and
! phoofed. and snorted in German irasci
bility at the wild idea of her fear.
2 Life in the open will do 1t. Krantz,
v said David.
e See! ach Gott! what couldt make
t. him see when he aindt no eyes? Yor
g kept still aboudt this seeing, Milly!