The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-23
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and pftilcss should or. upon him
through the silence of .ar dawn.
Hour by hour as he proceeded, now
walking. now running, the character OF
the wilderness changed about him.
Vegetation became scarcer and scarcer.
Here and there a few stunted trees
chung with sprawling. snakelike roots
70 the siczly soil Of the hillsides-
gnarled sinister dwarfs, struggling bit
terly 70 the end. on the northern
slopes the sall0W bunch grass thrust its
points into the air, its naked roots feel
ug about for food amid the clay and
shale Squat weed growths struggled
from the crevices Of the rocks and
fought the sordid battle.
Little by little the fun consciousness
Of his wounded feet and the blistering
sun upon his back crept upon Fallon,
and the panic passed.
He halted. drew himself 10 his full
height and looked about him. His pur-
suer was not to be seen. But every
where about him Erotesque rock shapes,
heVn into the sem blance Of intelligence
by the storms Of ages, turned their
sshen featureless cOuntenances upon
him and leered and scowled and grin
ned,
And there i'm the broad glare of noon
a burning sense Of shame and degrade
ton came upon Fallon. As though he
had been startled by the sudden UNI
masking OF thousand eyes, he
crouched 20 hide his uakedness.
Catching sight of a scant blue shadow
that fell from an overhankins rock, he
crept into its meager protection. And
nov the ego Of this man. used 10 mast
cry, revolted Shaken with sudden an
ger, he clinChed his fists and ground
his teeth He had killed and he had
meant 10 kill, And ne was glad Glad
Had not the Dane deserved it? Why
cid he cross Fallon's path like d sneak
ing thief2 Couldn't he see how things
stood. IL was good enough for him
me loW-dOWn tow-headed sneak with
his m tton face.
At that moment Falion felt that he
could face q thousand rifles. But slowly
grew up in his brain the picture Of the
aH, patient Dane-the kind, the trust
Ag Dane waiting bravely for the
lTeacherouS blow with the tin cup on
his head.
somehow he felt lump in his throat
d. The thought Of the tin cup. How
a'ten had they drunk out of Il together
wafer coffee, whisky-mOst every
N'ng that was Wet their parched
mouths had shared from il together.
suddenly. as he was broOding. there
came The cultural suarl. the spat-ping
ne Or rifle ball followed instan-
.1Aeolsly by the boom and drawing
s,ho OF distant gun. The powdered
zone az ms feet leaped up i'm spray and
siaeN him I'm the face. He glanced
- me direction Of the sound. and
a splotch Of gray smoke drift
across the face Of a cliff at least
10y hundred yards away. In
.lNf.F- though vaguely. he admired
ski or the long-range shot. Their
panic of the morning seized hin
SAN. None fears a weapon so muci
ne Who is the master Of Il. H,
speo 70 his feet and fed al the tor
,-.. us speed down a dry guich guttereC
80 tie Hoods % ancient. long forgot
~ rams. The sun was half way dowr
SKY when Fallon stopped and
$3.50 aoout him again. His feet wer,
,s-illnE. his back burned in the bis
ms. "sAti and he was thirsty
s1--l-N,..'s g. ieverish visions of an over
f--'s TN cup flashed through hi,
SINS WIN LLH#fn "a VAGUE
se or sorrow half remembered.
ne searched the waste about him 70.
-. or green that should proclaim
lls Gray cliffs. ashen slopes
~ S e hin. The idea OF thirst hlles
go. JAIN he was no longer con
sous ~ the blisteriug pains at hi
80 ne throbbing OF his Iacerate,
ne proceeded at a hating trot
- lenty scanning the waste q bou
500 ior spring. and ever and amor
49, O, slraining his ear-drums IN IN,
CO.. Co.. silence for the faint tinkle Of
sun sVeitered down the sky. an,
SIS '...ehlng blue strip OF shade wen
pssI- 'te man The far summit of
- look fame and scintillated Wit
topping sun. Then. suddenly.