The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-26

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There must be great rei0lclne inA
tho 4appy Hunting Uronhd at the'
arrival 81 poor old Geronimo. The4u.l
WfF bkiA Ratner scout upta che laAll (
Alcod VIII n6el more dsbl6hslg yi' .sa'l;
mi6B 1f ghe tribe sflF 'hha ifASI 7 t4e
shadows of the forests & adnail&r
foe scalps wlli bk Accumulated a
greater numbefs, and the sauaws wlll
have more nesh so dry and more
skins 20 dress.
For GeFonlmo YES \ hts chtes, By
glelne o. bis pfuwesa. hsld and daF.
lug aud rasoereelul. Cruel from our
st6ndpolns, and mercilcss according
10 the ethics OF our slmeh, Bat Just
according 10 the laws Of thd Indians
and pasient and watehiui anc ieal.
Qua 81 their liberties, And after all
shat is justice ana mercy goodness
ara badness. save by comparison with
some standard invented % measure
such thingsl
Perhaps the Great Spirit win not
Judge Geronimo according 10 the
/ standards by which no judges US.
Perhaps he with look deep into his
savage heart, and behold the longing
there for the silence Of The Wild
weed. and see Ia the soul of Geronl-
mo the awful anguish that he felt
al behoEdlng the white man tearing
sus thal silence from the wind wood
Ii may be that The Great Spirit.
Judging this primitive man accord.
| INK 10 hts light, will admire the auda-
city with which he slew hts enemies.
Il may be that it was virtue N
the savage 10 tear the qulverinB
heart of an intruder from Els breast
IA may be that the use Of the fire'
brand and torch, wleTieA against help
less women and children, was not y
crime 10 this child OF nature. For
had not the white man planted his
women and BIS children IN the sacred
soil OF him who now lies deadg
Poor ol1 GersnimoI How be mus
have suffered this quarter OF cen
tury kna mOrel The Gagged Hon tna
PAGES to and fro IN his narrow cell
ever dreaming Of ihe luxury Thai
once was his the bird Shut Ia a.
Tiny cage beating its wings agalns
lhc bars Az II bcliolds ~ world with
out the wlnd0w--lhInk YOU That the
would blame old Geronimo ff Asrlk
lng 4 savage blow AZ his t0rmenfurs
Noull tie beast and Tie blrf ls
\ prived Of their liberty call him
4 had Indian WDnEl Tho slave II chai
censuro Geronimo fot Inurderlni
, those who stood between him ami ll
/ hear!s desire
Today. perhaps the sldlli { 4 uel
onlnu sits beneath the shadow Z
mighty oak Ii dense forest bs
hnllIng The rarth as God made It, A
= hs right hand lies torn leaf, an
and fiji the rupture Geronimo see
lae hoUf OF Gn antelope, and know
iaai near al hand NJ the royal beas
. IL hls left ~ secs a little broke
fwIg. and reads III Il thH pushing !
81 aiif enemy The night hef0res heI1i
! him lies an arrow. lost hy 4 passln
{ savage. ar shot throuHh the hfane'
. es at d biri III member pi Z
] tsn tribe. lie picks Il Up and reat
: tho record Of the irihe Il which I
owner belongs. aud knows from y
way the sinpW Il wrapped about q
spear Whether friend uf toe tas Eee
Ia the grove. He looks Al the curlir
foliage upon the trees. and know
Tint d shower ii lniinenf ie heai
II Tie shrlek Of bird, end kn0N
inst 4 snake has disturbed Il I
examines the bark nnoh the tree
and determines tle direction o. b
teepe lie eonsuiis the feecy eloul
ana knows BhBi TIE morrow VIII !
He counts the pfongs unon he hu
i 81 lhe buck chat glldes across the b
hundred Yards from him. and fea
Its age. Upon the saFiaer Of &
waters that flow by MIN he behQl
l Tins sneek ol charcoal and b ava
that there Is & camp somewhere ah0
him on that stream There II {
print II muecasin in tue soft ear
At the ttaa oil tbs bfonk. and fN
lis depths he knows the wearer
Fl had upon bis shoulder the carca
al dner ip needs ITO books
II In the greatest library lhat b
he ever been cousirueted ie does i
desire To listen 10 the words Of II
he heara the wurds Of naluresii
iug to his wild heart Of the thin
ao he loveH the best The written Il
10 the Iana he ignores, Ear At that
bahulis Il hts.
And sitting thare beneath
pa branches ii the trees. raatored to
kingdom. Il Il safe ID say tho spi
1T 0f old Geronimo Is glad~~nnless
ii. be that aplrIis worry over the str
SO eles uE little puny man IN his ~
desire TO improve upon the haul
ed d nature.
a. Saplugton HenFetf The Day
g1u 6appingl0nl
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