The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-02-22
sIITH INsTALLkExT.
TINE SINISTER SCREAM

1HE Eixht a. We waRed from the r'ans
70 eaaiaek house. ~as risAsantl, On.
y inoas. for country bos and slfi "a
one u the lilac lanes there would have
been no other ssgnineAnos than that q "a.
tant Ashtnins. Hashins intc dask cioud. On
the hoFisen--the thssat q rain which wouid
edss them indoors nisht 81 hsa,S oaors
Ana ln,imstions
4hs1s are some usghts Ia eafs summer
watch seem to come out q the whole past
81 the human race and t. reveal lls whole
prospect beautiful Ia melancholy. charged
with al the significance - fhs insisninoAncs
81 tbs lndasidasl-~thus sns holy.
lts really soius e ~ tAa Storm saii
Arthur as vsih.i ahead ~hut I
sass n. cAet help wondssins what ever
coa.e have pgt that ape idea IN your head
OF OIL the preposssroas pfesanpfions which
could be used ss an outrageous esplAnAtioR
or sofn-ihins % be explained rationAlly u 10
the worst ever heard"
.. an naf infatuated with the Idea" saii
sG3icss'scaily II Just occurred 70 me
poss.bly It travels baok 70 tie Murders u
- isse @et sAe 1uNeh4tl4uEsA NHffs set
81"
Hs were by this time within se0 yards r
lie house Then We were pAraly1ed Tor the
instant held motionless. by a CRY ~ fright
human cry which had in Il tina, quality %
terror contained in The scream q horse
which is the sound Of great horror because
II comes from an animal which does not fss
ousntiy make sound Of any Kind.
A. that instant the southern sky again
opened up IA abysses Of incancescsnt heat
and this time roll Of thunder nried the air
In our confusion I could not be certain what
heard but thought that following tie
cry of terror and covered by the roll 81 thun.
dsr--neyertheless audible In this-,here had
been an animal soream-,he savage cry q a
savage beast
could hear the gasp of Arthni's breath.
he took me By the elbow.
You heard that7r he askef
II heard something" ! said
what DID you hear he asked
Il thought | heard a man yelling" I sal
1t was a mans voice he said a. II in.
nn.;sly relieved. I thought 70. You're sure
a. &, mans voice."
Arthur seemed unwilling 70 ask the next
question. evidently Tor fear that the answer
misht confirm = suspicion or strengthen
conviction.
DID sou hear anything but tina, cryy' h.
asked umidly
No" said. lying. nothing tut the souns
Of a mans voice. voice yelling a, some.
thing"
I'M glad we're here. anyway he sal5
- did think .or a second heard sonesh.r;
clrerent- something I'd call animal"
You have laughed at me but now YOU
are confessins the power q suggestion
ssid. meutioned a theory that sou f,ink
is absurd Now you are beginning TO b. AZ.
fected ts IL
was much more affected than Arsh-r
could have. been but / wantes to protect
him-as my friend and as Hopes frisad--
from the presumably Idle terrors q my own
thought | did not want him 70 have the
sensations hst-ths emotions or the srsol.
cions
r. had begun to think Of Arthur in new
terms lie was nothing in Ms own con.
seiousnes-. but Hopes friend bsi he wss. IN
bis orderly. controlled. certain and unde non
suaflvs way much more than that She ,
rnained indeIIbiy In his mind Imagination
and arecNnns She was and YET size never
could b. all the things she was 30 him anf
he. self disciplined man re~-rai-ei-a real
~, a. wcn as a rornanficsss took his llfs
vfthor, tears. complaint. - xfunbIins
sarah had opened FOR re door into Ar
thurs sanctuary He Rad bscone in real
fashion sfranse-strange becaus~ with o
profound an emotion hidden be had been 80
cornnonpiace-the discovery q q volcano
ers,er In a gsraniursa bed Possibly II had
seen a citizen Of no apparsn, consequences
pun out Of his pocket a handful q thousand
dollar bllis ss he hunted Tor cents for car
fare I nigh, have had something close 70
the sensation which Arthur Was beginning
20 produce
He % It'll. suggested draTra- lie was 50
yeAeA sc sr,errus-y content and hzpps. 80
1Gnsfsasd. was such complete afe. seessins
~. and yet under his plac.dity he was discov-
cred in complexity Of emotions not AZ al .e-
,esiet lie might have suffered great deal
sxcrsesauns:y. n tie lions 5en u the ssnO-
tors into. whlch people are tnr,wn occss sion
ally and out Of which they d rot come un
touched
We care 10 tks house Gerald wss q;