Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-06


place, as we have after him Perhap
he greeted wi joy. or maybe s~
prayed. or maybe he swore Ts az
one-now. He began his boys pichis
and scrapin' among the rocks, aBS
made his untidy camp on this h,riy;e
Haven't yo seen many and more a
such slovenly, pitiful. tendcrior
camps?
"lio scraped and scratched amoDF
the rocks, his heart fair burstin' ~
10y. maybe. two. three. even iusa
days. Ye can tell by the size a. tsr
hole, though rs part filed up ns~
through the wash o. the weaiIN-
And then one night he flung his ps,.s.
down maybe, and went and stood ~
the brink q this very ledge, loosis
out upon the hills, before he gof bin
supper
Perhaps twas just such q nigh. -
this, with round moon ridin' cIsor.
and the chasm all one white lat srS
O cloud. Perhaps. as he stood thew,
stretchin' his stiff arms proudly. astsns,
caught him between the shoulders. =
stone thrown from the hand % i6ss
wolf-shadow that had followed biEo-
and whirled him outwards from Gsss
ledge as the storm whirls bird icos~
its cliff-nest ! seem to see that blask
whirlin' shape rushn' down, dovp
down-a vast sprawln' shadow 49,
spread upon the floor Of cloud se'
meath. ! seem TO see the shape asS
It's shadow rushin' together. gruNtx'
smaller, becomin' one; and no NOR.
For that chasm, sirs, would take ss<
whole tragedy. wi little but a faiSsi
stir T. that green fur o. pines. 50 szr
below"
Urquhart looked out at the chanw.
pot of silently bubbling peari b.
meath the moon. and shuddered. Tsy4
whined again. God rest his sooa.-
said Dalsworth softly.
But does II rest?" whispered Ma
avoy His eyes glittered strangely m
the red glow of the fire. Does u
rest?
Il cannot see that wolf-shadow uha
followed him, whose hand sent him sss
to eternity. very clear. But do know
that the Siwash got no payment Ecr
his crime. He never stayed TO ssAs
any.
When ] came upon this place near
ly three years agone. ! found the
wreck Of little tent on this vrrY
ledge. No, not here, Mister Urquhars-
at T. other end where yon big rock
slopes down. II was battered by a
winters weather. but by the snow. ye
understand. ] read the signs Of H.
IL had tenderfoot for owner. by the
truck in II. Such truck ye never see-
chiefly in bottles | mind there was
chlorodyne. ammoniated quinine. piair
ammonia, and whisky-good whisky
Aye, had the bottles to my nose, ana
besides there were the labels. But
they were all empty. and flung about
in muddle o rotted blanket Tayz
had 'em to her nose, and growltss-
readn' more than l. "Siwash, "a
lass?' ] says to her, and she grovip
again. Some unclean thing had ncss-
ed in that tent. drunk all them mixeA
liquors. and then gone, as If In fright.
touchin' no mL.e-not even some bits
o. gold in little brown canvas bag
There was that about the matter
that weighed upon me so that I sesi
all the tent and every.hin' in II ovcr
the rocks there. I'd seen the plea
| on the hillside. and by this and thzf
I'd read the story plain. We'd live<
among cleaner. kinder things. me ana
Taya. and we'd no mind to meddle W
gold which had that shadow on a.
Wen make enough out q II By
tellin' other folks says 10 raya.
wen have no finger In this pie, OLE
lass. 'Tis cursed from the beginniET
The mornin" came up clear bs-
hind Tsalekulhye. and Taya and .
went our ways. We carried the &C.
cret o. the gold with us-and more
than that, more than that. ] 6rS
heard. Taya, maybe, had both seep
and heard. for she looked at me NJ
her yellow eyes and tried to tell ~
what she knew. Aye, as the gold hnk
drawn that poor fool, liyin. so IT drew
him, dead"
He pauCed. and again one OF Gsss
restless ponies whickered in the 50
lence.
do you mean that He-who-Is- Ma
walks?" asked Dalsworth al ise
bluntly.
Macavoy nodded slowly. Il hass
not seen, ye understand" he a.
swered. Il only hear But | ins-
that He-Who-Is-Not finds no rest"
Poor fool" said Urguhart sofEty.
poor young fool. You're sorry Cor
him. eh, Monna Lisaf'
The dog looked across the fire ss
the black slope above where the stars
hung IN splendor above the last faIns
crest OF snow. Urquhart followed Anr
gaze. budding deeper into his blanhrs
"But-but don't see" began DssE
worth argumentatively.
"Then listen." said Macavoy, @-ss.