The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-05-04

make IL up with any other Of the
young males. I suppose my long con.
tinued Cumming with Lop Ear had be-
come a habit.
| might have married. It is true, and
most likely | should have married had
1t not been for the dearth of females
In the horde. This dcarth. II Is fair to
assume, was caused by the exorbitunco
Of Red Eye. and 1t illustrates the men
ace he was to the existence Of the
horde. Then there was the Swift One.
whom had not forgotten.
At any rate. during the period of Lop
Ears marriage knocked about from
pillar to post. In danger every night
that | slept and never comfortable.
One OF the folk died. and his widow
was taken into the cave Of another one
OF the folk. | took possession of the
abandoned cave. but II was wide
mouthed. and after Red Eye nearly
trapped me In It one day returned to
sleeping In the passage of the double
cave. During the summer. however.
used to stay away from the caves for
weeks, sleeping In n tree shelter made
near the mouth of the slough.
| have said that Lop Ear was not
happy. My sister was the daughter of
the Chatterer and she made Lop Ears
life miserable for him. In no other
cave was there so much squabbling
beard, Lop Ear was henpecked, and
imagine that Red Eye was too shrewd
ever TO covct Lop Ears wife.
Fortunately for Lop Ear she died.
An unusual thing happened that sum
mer. Late. almost ut the end of II.
second crop of the stringy rooted car
rots sprang up. These unexpected sec.
ond crop roots were young and juicy
and tender. and for some time the car.
rot patch was the favorite feeding
place of the horde. One morning early
several score of us were there max
ing our breakfast On one side of me
was the Hairless One. Beyond him
were his father and son. old Marrow
Bone and Long Lip. On the other side
OF me were my sister and Lop Ear.
she being next to me.
There was no warning. On the sud
den both the Hairless One and my
sister sprang and screamed. At the
same instant I heard the thud Of the
arrows that transfixed them. The next
instant they were down on the ground,
laundering and gasping. and the rest
of us were stampeding for the trees.
| An arrow drove past me and entered
| the ground, its feathered shaft vibrat-
ing and oscillnting from the impact OF
| its arrested flight. remember clear
! ly how I swerved as l ran to go past
| 1t and that gave 1t n needlessly wide
berth. l must have SHE'D Mt It as a
horse SHES Mt an object It fears
Lop Ear took smashing fall as he
ran beside me An arrow had driven
through the 'calf of his leg and tripped
him. He tried to run. but was tripped
and thrown by 1t a second time. He
sat up. crouching. trembling with fear
and called to me pleadingly. dashed
back. He showed me the arrow.
caught hold OF II to pull 1t out. but the
consequent hurt made him seize my
hand and stop me. A flying arrow
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rock. splntered and fell to the ground
This was too much. pulled suddenly
with all my might. Lop Ear screamed
as the arrow came out and struck AT
me angrily. But the next moment we
were In full flight again.
I looked back. Old Marrow Bone
deserted and far behind. was totterinr
silently along in his handicapped race
with death. Sometimes he almost fell
and once he did fall but no more ar
rows were coming. He scrambled
weakly TO his feet. Age burdened him
heavily. but he did not want to die
The three fire men. who were now run
ming forward from their forest am
bush. could easily have got him, bu,
they did not try. Perhaps he was toe
old and tough. But they did want the
Hairless One and my sister. for as
looked back from the trees | could see
the fire men beating in their heads
with rocks. One OF the fire men was
the wizened old hunter who limped