The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-06-26
The Sowing of Anderson Cree
By MARGARET P. MONTAGUE
The Life of a Willful Boy
Who Set Upon Himself the
Responsibility Of Avenging
His Fathers Murder !: ::

found a quick answer in the hearts of
many Of his hearers, for u man cannot
come honestly into the presence of
God and some Of the rest Of mankind
not be gladly aware of it.
There was a moments pause over
the congregation as David concluded
his petition and rose to his feet. In
that moment he stood up straight and
tall among them, his face exalted and
alight with emotion; beside him the
fultilmcnt Of his love and all about
him faces Of his friends, all touched
in that moment it seemed to him, be-
cause of his w exaltation, with the
fire Of Gods spirit. From one familiar
face to another his eyes Travelled Joy
ously over the congregation and then
then suddenly they came full upon
the face of Kip R~yerson-and with the
meeting Of their eyes he knew him.
For n astounded moment David was
still, and in that second in his revul-
sion of feeling it was as though the
whole ocean had rolled over him. Then
like a flash Of lightning the uplifted
look on his face went out, and with a
hoarse scream, a blind, Infatuated ami
NAL, he flung himself across the inter-
vening space and leaped for Ryerson's
throat-his eyes flames and his lips
drawn back from clinched teeth.
With a crash the men came together,
and all was chaos. A struggling heap
they went down upon the floor.
Rnr0hoc Hy,nv0 oyvnvNIrCVryn md c,
screamed in an agony of terror. Three
men kept their heads, and those three
George Hedrick, Grin Snyder and
Adrian Blair-threw themselves upon
David and after a struggle tore him
off his prey.
Ryerson staggered waveringly to his
feet, a limp rag of a man with panic
in his eyes.
Take him offer me-keep him err
way! l amt done nothin'!!' he painted,
almost sobbing with fear.
You git cleared outer here quick es
| you know how!' Adrian warned him
between gasps, for David was thrash
ing him back and forth, striving to
| get his arm free, and with n terror
stricken look into that wild beast face
Ryerson obeyed and fed %stumblingly
from the schoolhouse. AS David saw
him go beyond his reach he leaped
upon the arms that surrounded him
like an imprisoned bull. But still the
three held on.
With a quick twist he turned upon
Adrian Blair, mad with fury.
Let me go! Let me go! D. YOU"
he cried, beside himself with anger
and struggling ~passionately. With a
violent effort he wrenched his arm
away and struck the other full upon
the mouth. Adrian went down flat
before the blow, but with the spring
of a cat he was on his feet again in
an instant, his face dead white and
his eyes all at nce become very dan
gerous. Clinching his fists he squared
himself before David.
"All right, Dave Cree" he said, in
a low. cool voice, "ef yer want ter
fight somebody, ONE on; I'll take
yer"
"Lord!.' gasped Hedrick, still cling,
ing manfully to David's left arm as
Grin dived for his released right. eli
Dave an Adrian gifts ter fightin' now
I'll jest plum Civ up"
But at that moment, through the cir
Gle of men, there burst Mary's little
pink clad figure and flung itself upol
David.
"Oh. Dave, Dave" she sobbed
Don't! Come home with me. Oh
please come home, honey"
At her touch David ceased strug
Cling suddenly and stood still. Hi:
breath came in great sObs, his face
was flushed, with %bloodshot eyes, ant
his hair was wildly ~disheveled. HI
stood looking about him like a bewil
. dercd enraged animal, turning his heat
slowly from side to side in search OF
an escape from the infuriating circle
of arms.
Adrian Blair turned and walked on
Of the schoolhouSe, and that he die
| not return David's blow was an evi
dence of self control upon which h
: prided himself for many a long day.
. Come. honey. GOMEZ" Mary begged
feverishly, putting his hat into hi
| hands and drawing her hand through
his arm with almost a mothers ges
l ture.
= At her words and touch again Davi'
looked down ut her as though wakin:
!, from Il dream. and a little OF the be
: wildered wild animal look lifted iron
his face.
''Comc on home with me, sweetheart
come. Mary whispered again in a
agony and scarcely knowing what h
| did, yet~recognizing the touch Of he
hand upon his arm, David turned obe
, diently toward the door.
At this moment Brother BraXto,
saw fit to approach with pacific inter
tons.
| "My brother. my brother" he bega'
, portentously. But George Hedrick has