The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-31

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N | IW solah the tefntcry and CON
lIlsszbM lRti9us parts without bring
f$2ssy49 ing io light community 80
GV%xtzsy sofely besst of Sin Yet
E33$k3486Ss8 DeAdsye did not desire to be
p1iEsd Il Laughed and drank and swoFs
a4la ganblsd voting not o. a hereafter and
needless of the Creator whose wondroas
works lay stretched before thsni league on
league. What did Deadeye reck Of the high
hills brooding above their wells OF cloud Z
What cared they that the angels Of Jehovah
rode fhe winds shrieking through the pines
and cufbsd the fiery bolts that broke with
roll u thunder athwan the valley
They opintd il was 4 bad storm, bur would
probably sontine Itself 70 the mountains,
ssNssping around their city in huge circle
Yes, tiiat was the way OF storms. But would
/, the river rise and carry Out the bridge? That
was the question. When the very air rocked
srith The tumult oil the elements, this was
what they debated, lolling ncgligcntly at MI.
Ziegler bar Of riffiing the canls in Mr. Zieg-
IRIS warm hack room Il VIII be perceived
fiat speculation troubled tle men cl peadeye
but liit,e. except when It had q q, 'sith the
exact spot in which the iycn peA xould fall or
allied matters pertaining t. ever 'af exist
ence Death was eyefncE len. DJybyday
they saw 7 strike, claimia, tir'G hardest;
bur this was as much a factor j. lher exist
~.nce as among creatures oi t:ss Nild, and they
could look on il clear eyed and tnafraid. 50
they laughed and drank and svore and gam
;,lcd, and knew no siirriigs Of conscience,
We're tossed BY no restless longing for better
''lings Deadeye was sallous. The only oc-
snsio3s on which lis feelings were touched
= sere ihasc days when is head thro5hed and
r1hsn sad slclicit in lhr treasury threatened,
siie szn,e being not llnconAected with visit
sf sertain skilled gentlemen OF D5ghole
And how d priest was come among them.
lea itse threw back It's head ald howlad in
dee and blialed when the healer Of soslls
alnslsi flaeidly, esen.in ID kindly approval Of
slIs.r ,negrim1ni What : ridiculous figure
lie ,m4ds He snbIed int town on loose
cared burrs AZ ,l.ls moment Mr. Buil Carter
~ engaged il szdding an OUTLAW mule,
3uh having laid sundiy wagers that he could
lisklt its isiiolks sgsry jump. So. silaul4tise
bpfide Wa Mr.. Lissltr' hospitality AL bis
nfiY4l postponed the lest niea,eAianly,
fablst Desdeye stbod on the porch d the 81
Aop, convulssd ,.bsreit oi speech
Il was Aboys face they saw though the
Dtiest must have been forty years Of age "A
hubby, smooth expanse Of red and white,
from which twinkled two deep-set gray eyes,
6 -ie mouth was vide, with upturned corners,
fbi there was rn,-e than t,,s hint Of q double
thin above the stiff linsp rcckband he wore.
18th his round lttl- ha, his long dust-coat,
ssd legs swinging within an inch Of the
fxund, IL was the mos' grotcsqse figure
.,ehdeye dad seen IL many day. Being -
tiamperei by priggsh restraints, the 3 e;+s
l3h said 50. skipping thighs in emphasr ID
Sfhittcd a long, joyous veil "
Gooi lay to y2h,g said the newconel n :
1auss, All he grinncd. Years Of training
..1dsl doar If ~, but The brogue still clung to
.'issspsesa.
1sadsyc wiped lis ewes. IN fair way
fovslyls apoplesy reiuyaIrs the salutation
6cs' 8. 3tear' 1t w1tched him step of the
burro. nd he store Theaittutned It's
,Afato "a :. Garter who was engaged in
IN Effort to blindfold the dun demon he had
,ipoken q 50 slightingly Vanity Of proves
made Bill careless. Vixen the mule had
ifanoled hm into insensibili,y, tie door o.
fhcRrocsfy lew back with crash, and there
tt1sd The pri st III bis shirt-sleeycs, one haad
Acldiag jar 3i mix, d biscuit in thc ether
3;a:h he threw from him, and needless Of Tx
brute pIanglag 1t lhe end Of the rope Cartel
Hadsnubbed aroundsspost, ht raised the SAG
}:iag form and bore 10 the porch, Promp
}fs had been their rush 10 the rescue, the prizes
Vad f0reslaIled them all, and they crowded
Aout him and bis wouaded in silence
Nhrre did the little man get the strength
ftiordan himself could not have raised tn
bods with more ease.
Get some whisky he commanded.
= Lewis, the gambler, carried The iiery liquo
10 lin and helped pour it between the blu
Ms. III bust that doaggone mules haid 70
MIN, murmured Mr. Carter presently, in'
xtey began to suspect that he would survive
A.Such vas the manner Of Father Walsh
knif, into the lie OF Deadeye. Beyond n
,sirst ripple o. excitement. there was no pes
1.cptiLk variation in The established order q
Mings Miners came and went. 4 COW outil
v,assed through win only an hour 10 spare an
Itayed three days; and Deadeye laughed an
/ rank and swore and gambled. Iealou
stern workers in the vineyard led on whole
,-'tena4versioas, yould haee lost all patlenc
Father Walsh. he MAS % wanting !
xssisrness he was 50 ready 70 laugh @lt
reckless men, to wave 4 deprecaIor
n J, 8awililst he advanced excuses Tor the
t1snrdfess and unbridled license Wh