The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-29
tIINpTIR VII
Chlpued


Rip happened to look down at ms fcc' .
md to his amRzement. saw thA' his
shoes were almost dropping on. li's
lueA perpcd up Ht him out OF 'h" broken .
leather He cast look over h's clothes F.
and saw that they were rpgtrl .u rlrco'
and seemed generally in a STATE Of dc .
Cny. The rrscnlly crew I'm tn' nowlirs /
umphithrutrr hnd not ouN stolen his
iowllng piece and LETT In VS. place the
orumbllng wreck Of gun, hnt ,h'N
had changed his clothing ,or INN,
stealing his good sound garments ana
leaving him arrayed IN those r'sgc! ana
tHttcrcd articles "rhe rRsCilE. thought
Rip, and that last fatal nng'l oi hol-
lands see what they have brought m"
70. How shall ever dare 80 home IN
this condition
Then he became aware that 1is beard
descended low upon hts breast ana thht
his hair tell down upon his shoulders
In long elf-locks The changed clothing
and the substituted gun h" could easily
explain upon the tuppOsitiOn ~ prhc.
tical Joke having cen played upon him
hy the sOmeu rulstCrers ~ III" proceed.
lng night But how about the beard oud
hair Clearly these oullondl7h creature,
had not only robbed him, rut 'hrN hd
b.witchcd him, too He PICK ID up nc
end Of his beard and looked at IT. It was
luitc gray
Rip was now more than ever de
t,imincd TO seek ont the prrpcirni'I'
ot these cvil things and demand s"u
faction from them liy would t'rsi ne
aDrud into the rrVlnr TO the spot Wheit
h, had mot tho bearer of the hrE ot
fatal Hollands and follow . the Tran
| from there To his surprise he 'nuhd
/ the getting down the rugged 'lu'S oI
1.-THE rnyiur n long and tollsome process
4 Why be- md bounded down hSniN tnt
evening before Rheumatism Iir ielt
I 10 In every one of his crcaknF Joints
81 last h, reached the bottom or ihc
rayinr and followed II up, 'nreiullN huu
| SLOWLY being sure he VAS gong owe,
| the same route which he had followed
| when he helped the stranger carry IN"
Neg. until he finally came TO the plRc"
| where they had ascended ny 'hio"Eu ~
cleft In IN. mountain side into the CHI
! bounded nmphthcater 49,.
N IIr found the gully all nyht 'her'
could bc no doubt ~ that Nli lo nus
smnzcmcnt where he and his .omNnnlun
, had nsceuded dry -shod there "'S no" a
rushing. umbliug stream, N''lihu,
mountain torrent. which came 'o'nnh
down through the gully, leapiuk Unl.
jock to rock and filling nll the Sl'u WIN
It's hnhhllng murmurs
But Eip wus not 10 hr GU .'n'tu' Nv, ",
would reach TINT hidden ampm,hrniei
whatever obstacles wlt,h"rN 90 hl pn''
I'm his wny Slowly, WinluiN, h'"pp,"N
! a,urN now and then Tor hr"h'l no "'
gnu To ascend the mountain SIDE hIunS
made his way through the ihirhri' o'
sir,h sass,rrns and witch hazel Som'
times he was tripprd mp 10y 'h, ''nE'|
gruuud vines nfid sometimes ln, '"lh
|vruhIug. twisted coils u' lh' NI" h''P'
I.aughi him and held him
rG,.. .frnpc vines spread their ten
irUs from tree tu tree md seemed "'V''
iri,lI, placed there 20 impede nus p'uhI'Ns
uui he got through them Snnrp p"ln,
ga rocks hurt his fc"i nnd ore "Nhl
almost all that was l"tt oI l' u.'V'u' t''
sLnrs with which hy had found ne irt
,r,,s,l when he RVukr Tho hfhinN''
.,uplu nt his rottcl clothing ana tore l
J ga ihpt n came away IN great s'T''H''I'
md pennnutg Never had llp '"uu'
mountain climbing So hard. never hl'
n, been Obliged 10 pu, iol'h Nl," w.
tion io MT himself from one i''h 10 NV
A. length he reached the place "her'
tnls ruIy had nprurd through me rock
ruN into the Rmphiih'hi't hul wy
iroc, ot such nu opening l'u',h,,u
There. before MN, rose n'''' ,N,rdrc.
iriW. rpriugiug sheer up for 70 h"n"l -
fcrt and loking Os n nhl W",nl
breu there hut Kin knew n''ltr I've
INK an old nud experienced ""'uu''n 1t
Identified the place wher" me- E,no'
the very place Whct" ih' "P'"'"N W.
h.,n IN, night before.
And vet how changed was the Nshi I'm
u,dini.ly before him From over lh
frouuiug brow Of TINS newly li"n ~
cam, torrent which 'nw'l.d ~ ~"
rry foam down lts front "nd i"U H,"
J,,r bppiu made darn los lN" yhhnhN
, ", hc trees of. the surrounding forest
T. U.fnr, this sheet lmp'u u1h'c va
Iu,r vas brought tn u stand. Again n
.,'lrd and vTlNlcd for his doG " N'
J. Onuld only rciuln him things NouN n'
seem so strange nnl Wi'rn "E''" ""
,la1in he called ana WhlSllru a.
I l. tnIN NfIHMtfHl NV lI
..oIru uf IA flock NJ crows when Hpul'
.rp lIrh Boo the Iir about 4 uiN 'n
gtIihrrrd tree that uNrrhuus lN' NuU
pr,,Ipirc. and secure iu lh'F ,'Nn' 'v
" srcr,cd ip look down ana N,nI 70, l,
,,,r mans pcrplctl'lcs What NhS 10 !
i,p.r An hope " meeting the sVNh.
,u,rsuIons ~ the night h"tor, W
, .ul'I lie WAS loath tn CIV" up hlS ~
Inri run for he had come To lh' 'ni
.msion that the strange creature M
Itni,n Wolf na well ps his fowllnE nlct
Ile vos loath To meet l''in' N"h WIN"
. n his present rhghl ...,
~ uu, he WAS almost 'nwishod fut wa
~ " breakfast nnd the wntulus ne '"u
., see h, the direction which 'h' thn
fr,F we're taking MAS almost p'N''
u .It urrIock which he had ~ Nll
i..ti, him upon OWnkvnlng. with "
irt,vtl,u of showing II tn his inrmvn'o
an evidence ~ their crimes ana M
, No shouldcrcd It and turned hlt l'
II Ills bcnr, wo- full ~ trouble and mt
I,r, ns. with toll and many ualhs, .
|r,J, his way down again into lhc lI
.,rt climbed to the grassy kniU Wh'
! 'Iiy adventures had hegun 1h'r" b'l'
him sprchd the sam" landscape NY
, |,,ht.h IA. Ind looked M, sumr nv
U.v,l ns before slowly downward
.g v,td the distant sen The moun'nl
Al ain raised their blue peaks shove III
ma fp off hv saw me gtnvrs ana g
h,,Is ,hnut his native Village " "
O.. ,.,i WORLD he looked ~. the world
q .L,,,. u had not changed ia lhc llkh'
.r,.r,,hirg else had and he t,li sen
ly NOW nVri Rip proceeded toward :
r.ytpnda mud wns surprised ~ ilnd ~
u,,b hr fet and that the way 70
r. ,u,yr .rcmcd An long We 'nuh '
~ rnyr made mistake and gone ou'
, ,t. va, No. he know the way "
enough ard was sure he was io,oWl
eu n And yet ns he lett the NnnhH v
Ne came out into the. orcn 'nul,E NV
D., vas something unfNmlhst tbou'
u sTbr farms Rnd the fences hnh
.,a,,,reh houses Witch he an In
, 1is,nrro aid not seem to hc hsl ",
H. u,,y Nere and where they "ete I've q
Wv h,t,,, Vhen he had s'ouldet'd hN =
al ,,I you. forth with Wolf 10 escape
b,, mountain fnsincssrs rom 'N' tons
~ bnNt Van Wlnklr
MN shook hts hrsd muutnulh. o
S,i,ad that the scent ~ llnlti
should never nrniu tempt MIN rom
y,tb ~ anhfietN NJ he approached
,m,~ hr began ~ meet people PASS
oiorr the road nul the, Nete =,