The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-02-13

never come. M'SungO was too en-
crossed with his work to notice her.
She kept on, riding her nerve, until she
felt that in another moment she must
topple over; then she laid quivering
hand on his arm. He turned quickly,
looked at her. face gone white In spite
of the heat and cursed himself aloud.
He led her through the fringe of the
forest to the deep shade at its open
edge, made her lie down and showed
her that helmet, right side up on the
ground, makes an excellent pillow.
SIN off. Promise you won't be
lonely, for 1t will be hours before
get back"
Andrea's lower lip trembled. "Aren't
you coming for lunchY'
He looked down at her and shook
his head. 'There may come days OF
picnics, youngster. but they're a long
way off,"
please come back" she insisted.
He met her eyes with a hardened
gaze. "There's not a woman living"
he said slowly, shat will let man
work when she's around-if she can
help It,"
you're thinking Of people in love"
said Andrea to start an argument and
gain time.
"Of course was" said the man on
the instant. Cant you let me work.
Beast" said Andrea and rolled over
on her side, one moist hand for a pill.
lou in Mo oo ~ Tho hard halvvoo% Che
did not watch him go, she did not see
Bathtub and another boy arrive with
table, chair and lunch basket, all IL
single small load, for before it hap
pened she was Tar away In the land
Of Nod. When she awoke she was
sorry, for awake the hot hours passed
on laggard feet. At midday she ate
then she tried to read, but by four ir
the afternoon she was desperate fol
something to do. She determined tt
sleep again, and just as she was doing
of whisper came to her-one of those
carefully measured whispers thai
reach the intended ear and go no far
Their.
'MissisY
She turned. "what is it," she
asked.
"Gashly! Eissis," breathed Bathtub
and the agony in his appeal to hel
to lgo Slow was so eloquent that sh'
catght tho spirit, If mot the meaning
OF the worh
She raised her head ever 81 care
fully and looked out over the plain
"Oh!" she murmured.
A quarter of q mile away q band O.
sable were grazing, and in a momen
she could tell that they were feeding
directly toward her. "Ohw sh,
breathed again, "oh, you beauties !"
Closer and closer grazed the herd
stepping daintily from tuft to tuft O
fodder. Their black and white faces
the sweep Of their arching horns, thei
brown bodies that glistened in the SUI
as though they had been groomed
their nervous Ticking bobbed tails
their incredibly slim legs, combine,
all the attributes Of fascination
beauty. vigor strength, motion-an
filled the eyes Of the watchers to over
flowing.
In the van Of the herd stepped
mighty bull. his tiny hoofs lifting higl
as though he boosted that his weigh
was really nothing. Straight towar
the forest and Andrea he led his littl
army until presently she could smel
the stable odor OF their bodies. He
heart was beating like trip hammer
She tried to hold her breath. He
bosom rose and fell in a flutterin
undulation. The bull looked up an
saw her. His horns went back an
he squatted, hesitating on the brin
Of the mighty spring OF fright. In hi
eyes was CLEAN unbelievably wicked
Then the crack Of rifle, the thu
OF bullet in flesh, body hurled int
In heap, legs doubled up, neck Out
stretched. blood gHrgling from nos
trils and mouth
Andrea buried her face In her laI
trying to blot out the sight from he
eyes, and sobbed as though her hear
were breaking. She did not hear tn
wild cry Of Bathtub, nor see his Graz
gyrations about the PROSTATE brute
but when the white man spoke he
mind leaped to meet the justification
in his words, without which she fel
she could never have looked upon hi
face again.
stop your crying" he said sharply
When a sable bull gets as close a
that, there's no telling which way he
going to CO."