The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-09-22


gan. . man whom he had uist and
learned q know aa uhs gym anor 81
hls club, vHs cutie neaf % being real
friend "Ana what's un naue, =
The nails yoioe changed 81 once
I went ksck 10 rs same urgent bui
rather euinafrasssd tone "Noa Wunr
believe me II tell you ~ I wont tfy
o. ieil sea ever The phone nui 1
must come ~ right auay May ~
~of couf~e-"
I'll - there "a minute
Bruce hung 40. slowly descended 70
bis rhrary snd finished on the lights
For The nrsi time he was revealed
plainly liis was familiar type. but
81 The same iime The best i3re. TOO
lie had the face and the body of an
athlete, . man ~ho keeps himself ft.
aod there WAS neihing mawkish ~ ~
Terminate shout him II + true thar
men did lnok twice a Rrlces eyes
sci Ia q brown. clean-cui face. never
knowing exactly Nhy they dli 50
The, had startling poieailaulies
The, we're quite clear nov. vide
awake and cool sst they had q
strange depth y expression and
shadow that might mean. somewhere
beneath the bland ana eaol exterior
capacity Tor great emotions and pas
saus
He had only few minutes 81 wait
then Barney Weean tapped at BIS
door THIS man Was hronsed ~ the
sun. never more ~ never sfrniehlei
and taller and more 1.-THE he had lust
come from the far places The em.
harnssmeut thar Huco had drieeiee
10 his voice was IN his face ma man-
ncr too.
-Nmu think I'm crazs for routing
you out ~ flis ume ~ night Brute."
be began sAnd lm gune io rei th's
mltier - Hig CHEST as soan as possible
and iel sou ~ 20 tei Ii's an baiiv.
anyway nui uas cautioned hs all
The devils u fhe deep io see yuu--the
inomeni ! cnme here"
Cigarettes on ne smok'n. ,mua
Bruce said steadily aArd Ten away.
"But tell me something frst Was
Duncan your real faiter1 n he was
l'll know I'm up wronp ffne ! don't
mean q he personal
"lie wasn't thought sou knew q
My real father i something llae yen
something q o mystery"
II Won't ht mfsirff Tong Hes
not eli-ihafs whut ne cid has sald
Excuse me Old man far saving hss
Bot she WIS ore if there s ans snch I
lord knows eho he IA. W whether or
no, she's relation u yours Bur ~ 1
begin "a ihe beginning You know I /.
vas way back 80 ihr Oregon frmiier (.
hack Ia The Cascades Vas fishing I
Tor steelhead ~ a-flser they rali ihe 1
Rogue while WAY un 80 the upper
waters heard ~ place called Trails /
End-a place where wise men % not
60
And = course y0u weufr
"of course The name sounds Silly
nov bot Il WON'T II sou ever 70 there.
There are only e feu families Bruce.
miles and miles apari. ~ ihe whole
region And ne enormous mo one
knows bow big Just ridge on ridge
one iay my guide stopped az broken.
down Old catin on tho hillside for
drink ~ water nns four miles
away % camp The guide came hack
and asked ne Il vas from ihis very !
city.
n told him ycs. and asked him uly
he wanted 70 know ~ sald thaf this
% wamau sent uofd seffeilf. o.
every stranger thst came 20 nsl or
hunt 81 fiie region n Trails I.ni. I
wanting % know n fbrs eume fram
here vas fhe nrsi are That m.
saerei fes And the guide salI
ih1i she wanted me- - come 60. ber
.nbln and 80 her
= weui--ard uou'i describe ~ sou
how sbe looked I8i ief yoa see for
lpurscif u you care io foliou aui her
And uaa the strange
part ofnes o. TIE I'D nifrh raised
ier arm. p1inied her cane as w. and
iskei ne II ! kneu Neufon Duncan /
= tod her there might - several
Neuf0u uuucsus ir n r'ty itis size
i0u Should have s-en ihe pain ~ruu
% her face After a. long afier -
ouE- she cried. in she qasrfrsi. s,i. {
Ing way Then sire fnak heart and !
'eran sRain l
Ihs Nepfon Duncan had q san d
foster son named Bruce. ste tod
~ Ard then said thee yoa
pel csn'f imagine ~ ehanxe TIA;
nns Uver her thought sae'd die
= heart failure The whole iLIrs
iruoe-if you must knaw-rarc me
b. creers. Tel him o. come here
he beeerd me. -Dont lose r8omeat {
: soon - ygs get hore tell him 10 I
tr1e here
-of course I asked vhy she hadn't :,
rriits1 a. IIpncan The answer vas
impie en0nEh-fhsf she didn't knor /.
nv % wrife Those ln the mountains
bat csuid write wouldn't o. couldn't
-~he =ss = friae vague N that point J
. letter. Sosneihinr Is u.
sruoe. end I don't knou what Bot
be szi1-fsr ron 20 Gene back and
Bruce sBdseniy leaned forward
he brown fsce had gr0an quite