The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-30

rioc,o SOiue hours after their mar
.Iese came telegram saying that the
missing ,o animal had been captured
me great joy of Krantz. who went
On an exalted drunk for the first time
since the death of Milly's mother
was only equaled by the intense irrita.
ton Of David.
one ming is certain, Milly," he
Said sternly; you're my wife now
anu you don't go back to training
one" ''i -Sis ii'eu
David lived firm in this decision
nFantz grunted disdainfulIy and went
ABOUT moping. Milly thought she
should be allowed to decide the mat
Ter and in the light of her pride
DaVid's position was the first unpleas.
ant exhibition of mans vanity of own
ership - =" :"
lhen Green-eye arrived. He was in
no agreeable mood. Gaunt, fierce from
wound which had partially crippled
one OF his hind legs, the brute slousned
ABOUT his box, and occasionally tore
at us neaVy timbers.
Ihen the pride of Milly Krantz grew
beyond restraint. Without consulting
the obdurate David, she limited to old
hrantz that she was ready. There
was no reason to fear Green-eye and
she was not afraid.
old krantz prepared the properties
and selected a morning. Green-eye's
cage was wheeled to the larger den.
The animal was sluggish and did not
relish the transfer Now Krantz stood
by the door, ready to pass her I'D 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 tempera-
ment had been so like his own.
David would not have suspected
tnls 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 Firefiy had given
evidences of being off feed, and David
arose early to see that a soft mash
was given the animal Not finding a
stableman close at hand, he had mixed
the feed himself and was going in with
it to the horse tent when the clank
of 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 a 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 his feet in a 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 there
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 CLEAN
ng orbs.
Green-eye uttered a snarl-this
,roke the spell. His bound across the
lens center was not quicker than her
,itiful cry. She threw forward the
hair, lost her grip of it, and stag
sered aside to the door, screaming:
He can see-He can SECT"
There had been no waver. no hesita-
ion in the spring. The limping leg
him, and he fell en-
angled by the four prodding legs of |
he chair. Then instantly he was
lind again with Firefy's bucket of |
nash in his eyes. David's toss was ac- |
urate and vicious. The brute rolled |
over the floor of the den,
Yrecking the chair with frenzied |
trokes, biting, snarling, wiping at his
yes. Then he sprang at the bars, a
ideous, glaring thing. There was a
rick of hatred burning in each of the
reen eyes.
Milly, white and quivering, flung
erself into David's arms.
"Oh. David David" she cried,
lutching him, "he can see!"
1t was old Krantz who grunted, and
hoofed, and snorted in German irasci-
ility at the wild idea of her fear.
Life in the open will do it, Krantz,"
aid David.
See! ach Gotti what couldt make
i'm see when he aindt no eyes? You
eept still aboudt this seeing, Milly!
GU loose the nerve, yes. See! couldt
e see these last two, three years?
Well blind is blind, aindt
?"
And Krantz, stolid, unreasoning.
uttered about the stake wagon until
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