The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-12-26

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T$k the mountain, Lois Frazier watched the
Shack. grow in the ealch beneath. llcr
eyes were round and widely open not
kXME with curiosity ar iuteYc /. but fear. \
pirl alone among L hali-auadr0d men;
84BN adventurous daredevil ealousiHg! It
kxRH had been but three day, -ince they came
pouring into The gulch already She lad
seen more Gphts ana drunk., Lad heard
s3 more iou Language and hasphery, than
- in all her prcliou, existence. Aad this
Mas not lie only camp; I'll along the
a rayine were camp. tEat hal -prung
Simultaneously into lie And men! it
med 10 her frightened bra.n that there were mil
ns Warming over suich aud mountain
wseG ago there lad been only her own shack,
/ tllst oi the Derby> btne@tll her in the auch
w Bal been there ubta she came four months
are. HE tall wasted u.ao ard hi. cIerub wife The
"a WiIc had helped her up the steep trail 10 her
,;n.. nd every day She he'd come mp TO how
was getting along Soon the husband had come
]. CLING with tie c,erton al the long climb
III he had grown strong and bis. HI, checks had
s.ts ov, his eyes had become cle-r and hi voice
faat A famous hunter, i had b,ea 4 jos to him
ftarl her HI, art; and il had been pleasure To-
Nwiie 10 initiate her into The my>t5rie. u dolne.
Asritnce, lHcy mad AnSeIe ed = leW weeks Tor
Is's= ale even after Tie ha'hand had pronounced
sStlf we'll man. Ent Their o"n interest, had It
xdeinandod tnat fhey g., and Tor ten d.ye Lois
fbetn alone on that vast nodntan range Alone,
mot airaid--till nov
rom Tie first hour >he lad loved nc mount>'n,
tr n lid grandeur lad hlied her "';h q sense %
yer, q decp-souled joy Never before III her
nfy two years had she ielt 50 Wholly e home
aWe ck il seemed but dream th&, >he H"d ever
u IN close tenement Taught school III da.
room, been lonely and restless. S1e ceased 70
hrlB that she was tie last al her racc. ceased TO
xmb ber tie urhappuc - an orphaned chHd-
ii SIC blcs. Cd the dag VIXEN She ned ~ecA the
eftis cement ol the shack, blessed the beioyS. who
rf<rcncc had written Ter the enc Nfag'na elers
.Ihd finally determined her COMING 'inlo,t
Scd thc disease that had made that coming nm
stiyt
hz been hard caough to contemplate gong
&as aL But to 90 nov before -Ac was entirely
All! Tie thought riahtcQcd her more thar the
enct Of the rabble below TIE per5ys NAG
nfsenly SIS months; and he had been III "' Strl-
r0utliiiou as herself. Sic Iclt that II She conid
fas mage to stay two months longer >1e too.
nbc well AMI rugged.
schoEcd down at Che rounded limbs which her
Whipped frock revealed; she held ont her brown
Aaip puact'lar as a washerwornan 8 aAt eNpmued
xlie and beat upon H. she was "eI no"--
sts Not more than two months moro surely
Ml c needed = make her "-aic And t" be
ag again ssrong in body-and with the new
eSi irt that the mountains had given her WHAT
ule things could She not accomplish nat
ss lls Of ic might She not sound!
Hak She moved from the rock, where She
er face setting N resoiute ine>' >.e "3a
o dehtng stock; She would defend herself
Np hc invaders, if necessary as courageousiy
sr ,ad fought the foe that threatened her me-
mo ed up at the sun newly risen over the lower
ts opposite. How different She felt from the
Baler who had first watched that crimson
inb from behind the hills! She laughed
WI then She began TO sing, her voice more Loud
gtfa sical, sending back shrill echoes from the
na inside
q d the goat that supplied her milk, then the
ine fowl, and lohg-eggcd chicken, Nest She
the traps that protected her domestic cre'-
Il m tho Wild things Of the mountains There
hdkd In ono trap She found lynx. IN alo''e'
me OK. She went to the shack and brought @"I
thelynx'> brain the other passing through
ID nor to profes>on>I gunner.