The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-04
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blood with fierce square awed face and sseady
thoughtful eyes One watching him long would nave
thought thar he was like Jorge hre capapie " eoH
srain but destructive ii some earthquake shou'u SCI
The internal forces free.
Ia conyersed with the men in terse monosyllabes,
and then set out for the mountains that stood bfislhns
in warke attitude Of protection the hr ponIs pierc-
inc the blue of the sky.
Then began fantastic flight aud pursuit The man
found the fugitive wise in all the knowledge OF wood
craft She dodged and ran hiding IN rocks and III me
tops OF trees underneath waterfalls, ~ the dfns OF
hears and in creyasses OF cebound traess peaks FOR
one month she had the better Of IT, But Paul Fnlay'
understanding the Language Of The mountains, with
brain as keen hers and body stronger followed per
trail closer and closer until al last the trees and lakes
abandoned and revealed her hiding place
lie came upon her in the evening near the loot OF
the range The valley lay below all PINK and gray,
with green boughs traced on The sunset She had DeeI
working downward the last few days, worn ana hlieu
with desperation and had reached lake iai nesting
between the yerdurecsd peaks ~atered the deer and
the raven When Paul saw her he gave short sound
Of relief and Joy.
She was sitting the edge of the water with her
bruised feet projecting into the curling waves About
her still clung the yellow shawl, torn and faded u ne
handkerchief had fallen from her head to her neck
freeing the glisttniug Jet hair that Hooded hcr snou
ders N immense lch masses OF luscious unuuls'o"s
She was gazing Mde-eycd the tremendous rise oi
the mountains beyond her and her long, nky lasheS
reached her thick, low level brows Inc mysterious
eyes straight nose and thick under up had recaed 10
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cretye anl fascinating Hho wander iron one end OF
the world 10 the other bui not to Paui-he had never
heard OF them He only knew that she was uihefeh
ron the women OF his tribe, and feeling OF uneasi-
ness came upon him.
Turning suddenly she saw him and sprang panther
ike to her feet, then faced him in grea' wearlness
waiting for him Paul sqnaued down on ms heeis ana
aging his gun his knees commenced eisufeV 10
roll cigarette
'You eon' take me nos Paul Finay" She asked in
her soft drawing English IL nlled him with surprise
the duness the misery, the aequeseence IN hsI
voice
After 4 while she said in her same dull drswl y ou
,sember that dead lynx By the cedar one mghd one week
sso Paul Finlay|
-Ah" II. still rolled his cararette
y kill liv cause he goin' kill you thad nghd, Pau
Finlp You was sleepn' and | see hs eyes SHINE
and kill him" She turned her head YEARLY You
nod KNOWN | was SO near thad time, Paul Fnlay
he man looked up startled The girl went on with
increasing WEAKNESS. There was gread stone thad
was loose and was KNOWN thad you would be eomin
thzd way after and thad 1t might come down
on you | carried trees and ! lay them SO thad stone
nod roll on you, Paul Finlay"
The cigarette fell from his fingers he sat looking at
the dsrkening water. Att at once he spoke, gruhb
hereely and also in English instnetivey showing she
did not understand 10 any great extent the language OF
bis tribe. rs ,,
You know me, what am, mel bin de sheriff dis
reservation an gon' to TAX you back Me, mus tax
you back boun' b, de law dis Ian tax you back
She changed her posiuon, iangmdy easing one niue
naked loot on tne othei' Mnsu lhe{ son 70 "l'H us
Paul lNnlay: she asked Nhaa those """e peopies
eoin do Mlth me ~.
He replied Put you ~ DAT peniehnaty Jal.' .,u
'Bn gon give back at the money, Me sa,u ~ ~
those gold mensys-then they don pu lue N lau lan
Paw fnlay Tier lssl sentence stdluHs !" 'ei'""N'
changed at me end To wSitul pleadlhs .t
! Got nothln TO do poql da' money sMu "u
JUS goin tAk YOU BACK pals Wla' so' 10 10 -uA's
de law ,.-- s-...
ne roe 10 carry out ms hteh'iols' 'sA's iol "
little hands that hung neris by her SIDES She ra'Seu
her strange eyes 10 ms -. d,
nod go'n nsek raw rnIay, sne sadi G1 ! msy"e ,ss
nod Ron. WIN ,Ua' sae p"S"eu "'"' s""oeN"' "'''N
OF course Pau was me swmmef re N@ouio @ hsse M
shaNen mm,eu ahu "nsneu dl.el n's uu'N,fs, W. ~
raced amer ms urea quarry capturing ne' uel|e ss
was ou' ol Nsn' Wl ',@s W s,"'N nls n,su s 80 w,
s'onc as nc NeU' vNe' anu pe iV'V '' '"' Wy Wv III
was Ieu arouUu '1e P"' N"eie uV "',' ~ uu""' t"I
he rose To lhe surface ms UNCONSCIOUS "e was N'VppSu
backward ana lne si SAW H. rom lne pleSs Npeae sie
Was Ginning up inc "nno>l pe'peneiSSuS' nlou'sn 81
SIDE above MN sne was struggling ~laly 10 rsaeh une
top ol lhe Udee' looS,hs p@sk III uuVonuoneu s'Ht, ~
she saw mm eelow h'f soue HoNn 's"lu III ne
stained Wa'er weary %lu worn a'lVsl " eNnsus"o"'
she turned BACK ana puNed iHn our upon 'ue S"u' anu,
Nhen ne came 20 NlN aenses ne cursed nel put nc
was too weak 20 do else ne boN on IS Ueal Nepseu
dtliwm Nhoh iook As ts pnne'p"l t''u'N"upn an
1e es o se s'n ,, IA. a, ors.en, m % condtos
"i "I t,j, bs des,1 no,,s, No her leS;fe When
~ m , L. | ~ I .S ,i - h..;.I. b,,,
u~s d., ,be, he ons,,ed bis eyes he caged around
an ,Se mountaos and forests as ii he had come to
Jew and unseen land lie found the girl leaning over