The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-05-06

away the tree was struck by lightning
Great limbs were riven. and the nest
was demolished. started to rebuild,
but the Swift One would have nothing
to do with 1t. AS l was to learn. she
was greatly afraid Of lightning. and
could not persuade her back into the
tree. So It came about, our honey.
moon over. that we went to the caves
to live. As Lop Ear had evicted me
from the cave when he got married.
now evicted him. and the Swift One
and l settled down In 1t, while he
slept at night I'm the connecting pas
sage of the double cave.
And with our coming to live with
the horde came trouble. Red Eye had
had don't know how many wives
since the Singing One. She had gone
the way Of the rest. At present he had
little, soft, spiritless thing that within.
percd and wept all the time, whether
he beat or not, and her passing was
question Of very little time. Before
she passed, even, Red Eye set his eyes
on the Swift One, and when she passed
the persecution OF the Swift One be-
gan.
Well for her that she was the Swift
One, that she had that amazing apti.
tude for swift flight through the trees
She needed all her wisdom and daring
In order TO keep out OF the clutches of
Red Eye. l could not help her. He
was so powerful monster that he
could have torn me limb from limb. As
II was, to my death / carried an In.
jured shoulder that achcd and went
lame In rainy weather and that was II
mark of his handiwork.
The Swift one was sick at the time
| received this injury. II must have
been touch of the malaria from
which we sometimes suffered; but.
whatever II was, 1t made her dun and
heavy. She did not have the accus,
toned spring 10 her muscles and was
indeed In poor shape for flight when
Red Eye cornered her near the lair of
! the wild dogs, several miles south from
| the caves. Usually she would have
circled around him, beaten him In the
straightaway and gained the protcc.
ton of our small mouthed cave, but
she could not circle him. She was too
dun and SLOW. Each time he headed
her of, until she gave over the at.
tempt and devoted her energies wholly
to keeping out of his clutches.
| Had she not been sick II would have
been childs play for her to elude him,
but rs It was It required all her eau.
ton and cunning II was to her ad.
vantage that she could travel on thin
] her branches than he and make wider
/ leaps. Also she was an unerring Judge
j of distance, and she had an instinct
for knowing the strength OF twigs.
branches and rotten limbs.
! II was IN interlpinable chase. Round
pnd round and back and forth for long
stretches through the forest they dash.
I'd. There was great excitement among
the other folk. They set up a wild
chattering that was loudest when Red
Eye was ut distance and that hushed
when the chase led him near. They
were impotent onlookers. The females
screeched and gibbered, and the males
beat their chests In helpless rage. Big
Face wtB especially angry, and, though
he liuslnd his racket when Red Eye
drew near. he did not hush it to the
extent the Others did.
AS for me, / played no brave part,
] know was anything but hero. Be
sides, of what use would It have been
for me to encounter Red Eye? He
was the mighty monster, the abysmal
brute, and there was no hope for me in