The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-09-25

The dawn reveslea narres rad
uleng fhe bank ~ Deer cFeek "a
hfuun huio 0andeFes which. uioiins
herr and there. did net seem fe kaes
eAHefls vhcrv li wished 20 So nruce
disial know uhlsh direftion % take.
nhetl~f ~ ~ down ne crrvk
he save ihe rrs.blsm niomrnfs
ihuagii. Take ihe read up ihe
iAseiis." naruey Mssan had said and
81 aace Bruce knew fhat ihe course
ias 40 fhc eFest. rafhcr than deNu
4 ai,ile means simply the hish plaoes
heiueen sne watershed aud anulhef
uni a. renrse Tuus fnd las sane
where hefwfd TIE sourcs ~ the siream
The creek Itself was apparently
suh-irihuiary = the Rogue. TIE fFcss
river a. the south
nruce vss Ia mooi 70 b. delighted
these early morning hours lie uas "a
fhe waf % linda q dream Was ahoai
O. come true The whole adventure
wes - ihe mest thrilling and JOY
eos auilclptinns lie dla rog fesi
the had ~ BIS heavy Nulteasc n
MAS nothing TO bis magnlhecni yoang
strength
The snn rese hrieF and be hsgun
90 feel its power The sweat cauw
oct on ms hronEe face. bus be never
feh better ia his llfe There was hui
aae sren, need. sna That was hreat
fast
A man ~ his physique feels hunger
aulctis The ssnsntlon increased n
intensity. and TIE suitcase grew cor
fc0onilnFly heavy And az a. once
be stepped short IN the rad The
Impulse along hts nerves 20 hls leF
muscles was checked. llke an eiee
trlc currenf a. fhe chasing of = switch
ana an Instinct - unknown origin
struggled for expression within him
IN an instant be- bad ii Ne didn't
know whence q cnne II was moth
ine BE- had read q that any enc had
told him. u seemed % be rather the
result of some experlcuce IN his oNu
immediate lie. "a occurrence - -
long ngo that ne had forgotten n lie
suddenly knew where he cunld Hnd
his breakfast Ile SET Ms suitcase
down. ard with the couadenee ~
man who hears The dinner call "a hls
own home. he struck ~ lnjo the
ihlckets beside the creek bed In
stlnci and really, after an. instinct
Il nothing hu, memory lied bis STEPS
true
lie glanced here ana there. not even
wondering ~ the singular fact thai
hc dld net know exactly what manner
of food he WAS seeking IN mo
ment he came 90 a groNth of thorn
covered bushes, a thlcket that only
the she.teur Knew how 20 penetrate
But Il vas enough for Bruce ius.
10 stand NJ ~ edges The bushes
were Sai four with a lnai ~ de-
ilcioas hcrfi,s
lle wasn't lH tfc loi ~ suurl"d lie
had known llal De Nould iiul ihriu.
Always. ~ thls season ~ the year. me
woods were r,h With them one onlf
lad 20 slip QuickiS through ihs haeh
donr--while the muiher's eye was else
where 90 md enough ~ ihcm nst
ofly 10 pgck the stomach full hui 90
tfllu aud d.scolor most % the face.
nat II SEEMED % him that he reached
ih,m easler i'An iic expected. Either
iho bushes were not - TAN as he Fe.
menacrcd iilem or~-slnce hts nret
knowledge II them DTS own sluturc
iah Increased
When hc had eaten the last harry
De conld possibly hold. be- went 10
che eteck 20 drink he lay down be
side q sfiil pool and fhe winter was
cold % hts lips Then BE- rose ~ The
sound ~ un approaching motor car
hehlnd him
The driver e1ldentiy eattlcmnn
stopped hls ear and looked ~ Bruce
With some cnrnsltt he marked the
perfectly hfiing snlf 81 dark flannel,
the trim. expensive shoes thar were
aifeady dpsi.smmca the silken shirt
~ which julio, berry had been
crushed. "fiaad,.~ Che man said after
the western fashion
'llow do yun De-" Bruce replied.
How far 20 Martins siorer
The man nlled bis pipe with great
care before he answered Jump ln
the ear be repiicd " last, "nnd i'il
show you. I'm eolng up that way my
self"