The Snowflake herald., 1922-12-15

hoofs, broke through =,
went mt snoring up the '@ S0 ''
His anger was in it.,,.
thing. In the long, eass
days, Blacktail had ~ sqs
what anger was like S !"
content to roam over ~ lie
ping the leaves and ~ s ~
danger and growing fs, s,'a
once this kind OF exia,
on him. He felt that '' hs !
one thing-nOt food ., y Wy
ty-but a good, slasAinr I.'l 1a
carving battle with on aoE
his own species. An uns
ness had come upon br, qs
eyes burned with a bhs = y
membered the does, too ae
den leap OF his blood-.,s,a 70
where they were keeping
Being only a beast ha = a. as
that this new benlgeran,
just as much a sign of fan W
blush that was coming a. y
The simple fact was th,, y
the beginning of the rut~n'
ing days when the brckS s'
themselves and choose tba,
does.
He had rather likedhs ,,1,
he saw himself in the v,' rn's
spring. The last Of tbo
been rubbed from his No,, 'S
twelve tines (six on each n.y.
as hard and almost AZ .1' Ivy
many bayonet points.
AS the morning dawned ~
in the face of nature becoma :.
manifest. The leaves Of tba !
began to change in color n
out Of the north had a ks0,''
biting quality, and the bird. !.
Ing some sort Of exciting aa
the tree tops.
The birds are ALWAYS
nervous, rather rattlp-hraID0,
and seem wholly incapable a
a decision about aaythlv
hours of argument and An.
Their days are simply filled II
excitement after ahother anaa
Elore scandal in an hour than (
ladies' In a resort manage IN
tire summer. This slow hma
ton in the color Of the leaves i
mention the chill of the fmS \
their scanty feathers, had cs
sensation from one end Of M
to another. And there was m,
thing about 1t. That was to ".
I'll the darkness closed down
lhen start away toward thp nj
the sun in search of their win,
sorts in the south.
The Little People in the ION
Germs beneath were not such g
and they did not have such hIa
ideas as these feathered folk
branches. They didn't talk Sd
ishness and small talk from ia
lark. They didn't wear goy
that weren't a particle of good
In cold weather. You can
them as being good, substantis
fle-class people, much more
minded, tending strictly to b
and working hard, and amolg
things they saw no need Of filth
to southern resorts for the CO
son. These pe0ple-being
ground squirrels and gophers al
munks and rabbits-had not b
ted by nature for wide tN'
had made all arrangements ior
ant winter at home. You e
most see a smile on the fat 70
plump old gopher when he e.
ana found the frost upon the
for he knew that for months
had been putting away stores
this season. In the SHOWS thal
follow he would slGlply retire
farthest recesses Of his burf'
let the winds whistle Valnly
him.
The larger creatures, hOweVe
less complacent. The wolves
mails have any powers Ol II
whatever-knew that only haE
not luscious nuts and roofs,
store for them. There wo'lId
days of hunger once the sno
over the land. The DlacN O'
the signs and began a deSperA
to lay up as many extra pO
fat as possible before the SllO1
He would have need OF the eA, y,
The time was coming when al
of food would he CT of ny wv
and he would have to seek '"'
of Information. He had aIre''
en- an underground abode iOi
and there he could doze a"''
cold-trance through the wlIl'e'
subsisting on the supplies " ".
he had stored next to Ms ~
The greatest Of all the U' @
Killer, knew that some ~ ~
awaited him also. But he W. ',
ward to 1t with wretcheu ~
was master of the forest a"u
he did not like to ylelu ''.1 -
spirit of winter. Ills Sa'"s1 q.
upon him every Gay, anu -
for men had turned u ;,
4. lad fDlliiN -