Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-10-04
The Quest

that the McLsne's COW lost her happy
home nobody in the summer eonnun-
ity sat 40 and wept in tender commits
/ GRAFTON
Z Just why the COW should have chos-
en- TO wander from The comfortable
hay stuffed barn toward dusk when tie
AcLsnes' man had his back turned FOR
( fatal instant Is one Of the mysteries
/ OF bovine psychology which nobody can
( figure out The COW. intoxicated By
I her freedom. wandered far down the
lake shore. After wandering for E
I while. however. the darkness and the
scurrying OF small uaznogE animals
in the underbrush made her nervous
and she began TO look around for her
warm and coy barn
In something Ike e panic she lurr-
berec along through the trees until
she saw a light Aha" said the
COW home al last"
The light shone from the cottage &C
cupied by Miss Atkinson. a maiden o.
a considerable number Of years. Eho
was entertaining st the moment three
other staid and elderly women al
bridge.
Just as one OF the three had said
disgustedly that she made il spades
Miss Atkinson. who was facing the
porch, gave a bloodcurdHng shrek
and her cards few all over the room
A mani she Kissed There was
a man peering In through the porch
screen door, He disappeared when ]
jumped, :"
Her guests tipped over the card Ia
bic in arising hastily Il there were
providers al this quiet and safe resort
they were OF the indignant opinion
thar something ought 10 be done about
IT,
One OF the bravest OF the four ven
tured out to the porch and in q qua
Fering voice demanded 10 know who
Was there, while the others support
ed her with the carving knife and the
broom.
Nothing answered from the silence,
which made II al the worse
The guests put Miss Atkinson 70 bed
with the hot water bag and the suell-
ing salts and locked every window in
the cottage Then, shiyering with
fright, the three held hands and bolt
ed for the hotel
II was a little later that the Buady
cottage was upset Mrs Bundy had
put the children 20 bed and was
croeheting while her guest. Mrs HUI
ton, vas reading aloud q particularly
gruesome detective story. Suddenly
Mrs. Bundy made q startled clutch 81
Mrs. Hulton's wrist and said; 'Lis-s-s-
tent"
Mrs. Hutton heard it, too. -Th-th-
there must be two OF emf stAn-
mered Mrs. Hutton Y can hear four
f-f-feet just as plain"
There certainly were several differ
ent footsteps outside the cottage
slow. careful footsteps
Il just knew something awful would
happen when Charley went back 70
Chicago yesterday" she gasPed
Mrs. Hutton said wildly.
~G-gget the g-g-ggun."
Mrs. Hulton's grandfather had
fought IN a war, so she knew imme-
diately the best method OF defense
Holding the family revolver ar arms 1
length and with her head turned the I
other way. Mrs Bundy sat down again /
and listened. There vas nothing % /
be heard They passed the rest Of the /
night on guard
Farther down the lake shore, on the Z
rustic seat facing the moon, Laurs 4
Splger an6 her young man sat talk
ing Their absorption in each other
was so great that they heard nothing
until something strange was thrust
over Laura's left shoulder Young
made q wild but futile grab
as she leaped N the air
Landing on the extreme edge OF the
slippery terrace. she tumbled down In
10 the tapping waters With 3 gurgling
splash.
Then as young Bgrnaster, too,
'ensed the presence OF something
weird and inexplicsble be felt his
Icalp witch in freezing horror. and
capped after Laura. Hand in hand
hey arose. dripping, and stood alright.
d in two feet OF water at the shores
,dge.
From the Spilger cottage came ques-
Joining rumbings Laura's father was
demanding &c know the reason for all
hat uproar. Getting no answer. be
ause the two in the lake were still
aralyzed vocally, he came forth to
investigate
What DO you WANT he reared at
creeping by. I'm teach you
0 prowl around my house. conssTn
ou," Presently there was a spite
u pop OF the little Spilger boys sir
IN
Then there WAS silence
Nothing happened. The Spilgers
nd young Burmzster sat W very late
iseussing the mystery
AT sn impronptu mass meeting the
ext morning the eottagers voted 20
pend S5o s month for Waterman.
hen they took maps all the rest OF
ia ssv 10 make IN for their waksf,,if