Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-10-27

taroa 49,. una intent, tbals " f,cu
tered through narrowsa " '' eyes N
/ set The air was cborn nus' Their Il.
u pense. The moment o. Egg" a'' With a. !"
:. Sometimes the men M r S,lsIs vas py ss
e tuaaers face and what ' tbaS at hi,
y an,eu them with a grim s.s saw us,
easerness. Simon was h aaa lerrb,
o run true to form. His aoegnnlng 4
I were slowly MASTERING uark passion,
, = me ana, they all sat as If a e0+ For ana
t,e communion of cruelty. ana ns,'s az
aney seemed like COLONY Wv =, 70 Brucs
rattiesnakes such as son S u Spotted
their communions of ba, s'',nes hold
sun-blasted cliffs "''ea on Ii.
All at once Simon lauo,.,
noarse sound that had IN a SHARP
tones note Of madness ~. ~ over
IN the room started. Tba,. very man
nave forgotten Bruce. They ' ,oansa to
aneir leader with a curious ex ,oyseo at
ihey seemed to know that thu a.
laugh betokened but one trIa a1 wild
impact OF some terrible sort 30 Tho
ration. VI lnspI
AS they watched, they saw ~.
take hold of him. The huge fac ss , luss
ened. His eyes seemed TO smo MI uarf
ne stadied his huge hands "" u
decided to be merciful, after al, "sw
said slowly. But neither Bruce ~, "
clansmen misunderstood him Or :" us
deceived They only knew tbot seH
words were simply part NJ , s
jest that In a moment all ,o, 1,aug
derstand. Instead of filling Won w.
OF thirty-thirty bullets. as bettas .u
than you have been filled and what lucy
ought to do--we're just going )" w. w.
you lay out all night-ln the nosAa
with your feet tied and your bsas'
behind your back"
No one relaxed They listened o..
ing, for what would follow
You may get bit cold ho,..
morning. Simon went on, "but you',s
warmly dressed, and a little fro..
won't hurt you. And I've got the nIso,
all picked out for you. And we're avo.
going to move something that's lawn.
there so 1t will be more pleasant
Again he paused. Bruce looked m.
THE thing that's lying there 4
dead yearling calf, half ate I'm
was killed last night by the Killer
the old grizzly that maybe you,,
heard of before. Some of the bou
were going to wait In trees tonight h.
the carcass and shoot the Killer when
he comes back after another meal
that likely won't happen %.
I'll about midnight if he runs true
form. But 1t won't be necessary Dow
We're going to haul the carcass away
down wind where he won't smell Il
And we're going to leave you there In
is place to explain to him what be
anne of it,
Bruce felt their glowing eyes upon
Jim. Exultation was creeping over the
Ian; once more their leader had done
imself proud. 1t was such sugges-
ions as this that kept them in awe Of
i'm.
And they thought they understood
hey supposed that the night would
e of the utter depths of terror to the
enderfoot from the cities, that tho
ear would sniff and wander about
i'm, and perchance the mans hair
ould be turned quite white by morn
g. But being mountain men, they
fought that the actual danger OF at.
ok was not great. They supposed e
lat the Unborn fear of men that all
finals possess would keep him at
stance. And. II by any unlikely
ance the theft Of the beef carcass
ould throw him into such a rage that
would charge Bruce, no harm Ia
rticular would be done. The man
is a Folger, an enemy Of the clan,
d after once the telltale ropes were
moved, no one would ask questions
out the mutilated, broken thing
1t would be found next morning IN
pasture. The story would carry
wn to the settlements merely as
sh atrocity Of the Killer. the last
greatest of the grizzlies.
But they had no realization OF the
dreadfulness of the plan. They
Int heard the more recent history
the Killer-the facts that Simon
just learned from Dave. Strange
dark cOnjecturing occupied 81
rs mind, and he knew-ln mo
ITS thought-that something moro
n terror and indignity might %
ce's fate. But his passion was ripe
what might come. The few slgnn e
It facts that they did not know
e merely that the Killer had ar
ly found men out. that he mao
ned in an instants meeting WIN
son beside Little river that men ~
2 no longer to be feared, anu rs
Sc. that he was ravng aud deady
the pain of the wound lnai
'e's bullet had inflicted.
he circle of faces faded out 10,
of them as the eyes Of Bruce anu
III met and clashed and battled III
silent room.