The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-09-28

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migFetei here fnsn the mountain d.
tricts ef oki4kems Rut they were
nei - lgncrsnt - msny mountain
peDle and thsy uere KILLERS Per
hsps that's a word lou dout know
Perhaps yea didnt know il existed A
killer = : srau thar has kliled other
uiea u Isn't a hard shine 70 a. Al
ah hrnce. after yeu are used IA n
These people were used 10 Il And
heeaase shey wanted ihsse great land.
my own fathers home they began
q kili ihe Rosses
AZ frsi thes made nc war on the
folgerS The Folgers sou musi know
we're ro"d Fsprle. Zoe. honest to the
las, penny THEY were connected 4,
marriage only. 10 The Ross famii,
/ They were ~ our side clear through
Al lhe beginning ~ the feal The head
q ihe fe'gsr family Uss lus, a goans
man, ne~lf married And he hsa !
sen amer q while
The newcomers called IL fsss
hui i Wasn't feud-lt was sinnIV
murder oh. YES Ne Killed samc n
ihem. folgef and my father and al
his Kin united AGAINST them making a
grea, clan-hai ihes we're nothing IN
Hrcngih compared 20 the nsurpers
Simon himself was iast boy when
u began But he grew 60 be the great
sst power ''e ieudei - the enemy
cisi hrtare De- Nas twpnfN oue
"iua mu.I knew. rture that my
own failier hele lhc iaad iui he was
so generous u'l Ms hroiher. who
hehcl hIin farm Il harliy ro.Aiaed
ihai psssci sion was ln hls nance And
iriirr vas drad sln4 Q, lnoA
lonr ilne hefore thos ciuld All him
The onidness tlst had oune over
hs.r worls del nu, IN me leaN h.de her
,ls'lh ~ feeling She razed moadli,
into lhe darkness and sI.o.e aluiosi "a
monotone
thul slman iusi a boy then and
Dave, his brother. md ihe others ~
them keri AFTER us ll1e ~ man,
Nolves There was No escape. The
onN lhlns Ne could 10 WIS tu hght
hack ~anl that WAS the way We
learned O. hate man eau hate.
ilrnee. when ~ Is fighting for hs
home ne cam learn u very wen when
hc sees bis brother fan dead. or his
f'rher-or q siray bullet biz bis WIFE
4 wugran can learn n. too MS Dld ~
mira dld vhrn she nnds her sons
bHay ln tho dead leaves There was
no Law here 20 sinp il The lltlle sem.
blance of Jaw that was IN the valleys
helnw rcglnlrd % as a odfeud. and
didn't holhcr Itself shout q. Resides
~ hrsi "" werc too proud 20 cail for
hcin Ard AFTER our numbers wrre
few the trails wese watched and
those who tried 10 90 down into the
Valleys never got there
zone ufier another The Hossos were
Killed. and I neednt make IL any
worse fur YOU Than I can help-by
telling ~ cac'l killing Enough 10 say
tllai AZ last ne one was left excerpt
2 few Old men Whose eyes werc too
dim 10 shoo, straight, ana my own
father And ! wos d baby then Just
hdrn
Then enc night my father seeing
fhe fate TINT was coming down upon
thcm-iook the last course 10 defeat
them Matthew Foger--a connection
hy marriage was sim alive. Slmon's
elan hadn't attacked him yet. lie had
40 share in the land, but Instead lived
in this house live in now lie had
a few cattle and some pasture land
farther down the Divide There had
been no purpose IN kllling him lie
hadn't been worth The extra bullet,
'one night my father left me asleep
and stole through the forests TO tank
70 him They made an agreement. 1
have pIeced it out little al 4 time.
Ny father deedcd an his land 10 Tol.
ger.
Il can understand now. The enemy
clan pretended II was blood seud
only-and that Il was fair war 10 XIII
he Russes Although my father knew
their resi- aim was 70 obtain the land.
he didn't think they would dare XIII
Matthew Folgcr 70 get H. lie knew
that he himself would f1l. sooner or
later. but he thought that 10 kin Fol.
ger would show their cards and that
would be too much. even for Slmons
people. But be didn't know. He
hadn't forcSeen to What lengths they
would 20"
Bruce leaned forward $50 they
kilied-Matihew FolEerr be asked
He didn't know that his face had
gone suddenly stark white. and that
= curious glitter had come to his eyes.
lie spoke breaihlessly. For the name
-Matthew Polger-called w vague
memories that seemed to reveal great
truths TO him. The girl smiled gr.mly.
Let me 80 on My father deeded
Foiger the land Tie deed wss 10
20 on record 80 that all the world
would know that Folger owned II. and
II the cian killed him II was plainly
for the purposes Of greed alone. But
them was also 4 secret agreement
drawn up in black and white aud TO
be kept hidden for twen;y-one years.
In this agreement. Folgcr promised to
return 70 me-ihe only living heir of
ihe Kosses--the lands acquired by the
deed In reality. be was only holding
them in trust for noe. and was to re-
turn them when was twentY-one. !