The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-10-02

strong determined self. His love was
in the circle Of his arm and in front
the way lay homeward before them.
The calm, the quiet way of their every
day existence, SO sweet and so deSir-
able now as compared to the storm
tossed and passion racked paths Of
the night. And if in this new tranquil
lily there was also a certain arrogance,
it was bred Of the belief that at last
he knew himself, and in the knowledge
was ecure
The world seemed water soaked that
morning with the high wind blowing
through the trees, and with the re-
membrance of the nights heavy storm.
Confronted by the drenched outlook Of
wet blown trees and thick sky, Mary
and David, after the deluge Of their
Own emotions, felt a little as perhaps
Noah and his small company felt when
they came down from Mount -Ararat to
the clean, new world below them. In
her present tranquility and sense of
security something of this thought Oc-
Cured to Mary. and, looking up at Da-
vid. she whispered, Il feel jest like
I'd been most drowned, an then some
how come back ter life ergin an found
everything was all right
David looked down ut her in answer
and, after Il moment would have SpO-
ken, but in that instant the S~torekeeper
behind them broke suddenly off in his
whistle with a low ejaculation of dis
may. David raised his head with Il
quick jerk. and there in the road which
the previous moment had been empty
and peaceful before him, stood Kip
.Ryerson.
At the sight David stitfened all owe
with a sudden tense culver. But Mary
gripped his arm tight
Dave" she cried, Dave, you prom
Used me-.
And at her words and the clutch Of
her hands, David checked himself, and
with the relaxing again of his muscles.
a long tremble went over him like the
sharp vibration Of a tweaked wire.
But in that momen Kip Ryerson
made a fatal mistake. He had been
walking carelessly. secure il the belief
that his enemy pursued him miles dis
tant on the other side of the river. and
then raising his eyes, he looked sud
denly u of this security to behold
him instead directly in the way before
him. David Cree was the man he
most feared in all the world, and as he
came upon him thus unexpectedly,
with the startled panic of the coward
his hand flew back instinctively to his
hip pocket. But. quick as the gesture
was. David saw it and was quicker
and with a bound like the freed snap
of IL bent sapling. he closed upon him.
David Cree was a very strong man,
much stronger usually than his up
ponent. but fear in that crisis lent Ily.
erson Il sudden insanity of strength
and he fought with the im%petuOsitS
I INT violence Of terror. There are some
| experiences eve translated into
words. but which rear themselves fol
D always as grim monuments Of certain
c~motions-and for Kip Rycrson, tn,
t tearing remembrance of David Cree's
fingers at his throat had come to stan(
@ for the very climax of fear-and now
l. met again by that furious ONSLAUGHT
i he fought with f~erocity and anguish
y or fright of Il cOrnerrd wild beast
g thrashin" himself back and forth il
Il the Others grasp, twisting. turnin. anl
biting, Il mad. blind. terrified animal
q fighting neither With sudden anger no
J. smolderIng hate, but just with TIN
black passion of terror. and the poign
IS amt love of his own life.
y Thus the conflict prolonged itself
David. held by his promise. not put
ting forth all his power. merely irwin:
Il to disarm the other, and I.yerson, witt
L. all his frantic strength fighting to tur,
o. his pistol and shoot. Up and dow,
and across the road they fought. Th,
ie little pebbles slipping from under fee
IL and flying with tiny Splashes into th,
n undergrOwth: their breath wruny on
I'll of them in hoarse grunts as their bod
"a les .jerked back and forth: their fee
he making long struggling scrapes in tn
v wet treacherous roadbed. and the cri
e, of their hands slippery with perspira
he ton. In his controlled strength Davi,
ID was Slow, and time and again the 9th
r. er. never still for the flash of a sef
s. ond, twisting. wrenching. sprinyin
this side and that, writhed out Of hi