The Snowflake herald., 1922-10-06

than Bruce knew. Even pQN
his berth, the first swao. ~
sleep upon him, he Was ~
of a discussion in a far.d'u.as us
tain home; and sleep won,a ~saN
fallen so easily and swa
had heard it.
1t might have been dir.,,
Only a glimpse of it, illnm,.
moon, could be seen throrsa
and besmirched window ;.
that was enough to tall se y
There were no tall buildn..
by a thousand electric ny
as Bruce could see throua%s %
dows of his bedroom at nial
lights that could be disco,.'
strange, dark sky wera l'
familiar to Bruce, becsn'a' a'q
smOke-clouds that had olm
above the city where he l,s,
were just stars, but tba,,
many of them that the min,
able to comprehend their rnn'
There was also a moon sa'
little square Of light, lka
tapestry, on the floor. 1t va,
a moon as leers down red and
through the smoke Of cite,
vivid and quite white-thA ra,l
moon that times the buDH,'
of the forest creatures. But 4,
that it cast on the floor wa, !,
in a moment because the M,
had been musing in the biz 4,
side the empty fireplace had Il
lighted a Kerosene lamp.
The light prevented sUv
scrutiny Of the moon and s,,
what remained to look at n
nearly so pleasing to the ns
was a great, white-wallel mm
would have been beautiful M,
been for certain unfortunate ON
to beautify it. There was
fireplace. and certain maSslp
covered chairs grouped about
the eyes never would have /,
these. They would have beeDh|
fascinated by the face and a 7
Of the man who had Just lIgH /
lamp.
No one could look twice at th |
sive physique and question Its !
He seemed almost gigantic IN ID
low lamplight. In reality hI
six feet and almost three inds I
his frame was perfectly in proud
He moved slowly, lazily anil
thought flashed to some great d
Of the forest that could upOd
with a blow.
The face was huge, big and (
of bone; and particularly one
notice the mouth. 1t would beH
even before the dark, deepS
eyes. 1t was a bloodhound d
the mouth of a man Of great an |
rible passions, and there was
mistakable measure of cru6T|
savagery about it. But then /
strength, too. No eye could
that. But it was not an ugtI
for all the brutality Of the fed
1t was even handsome In the
mountain way. One would
straight, black hair-the m@l
was about thirty-nine-lOng Ovs1
dark ears, and a great, gnarledH
The words when he spoke seen
come from deep within 1t.
"Come in, Dave" he said
In this little remark lay SOn
Of the mans power. The vlSta
come unannounced. His visit hal
unexpected. His host had d
seen his face. Yet the man
before the door was opened
was that had come.
The reason went back to
quickening of the senses tDaI
peculiar right and properly
men who are really residenH
wilderness. This man was
of the wild as much as the WON
ran in the packs. Soft m
was, he had heard the Souu
preaching feet in the plnep
AS surely as he would nave =.
the dark face Of the man ID "
way, he recognized the SD
Dawes step.
The man came In, and al
observer would have detec'Sp
Of Difference In his attlluua
plainly he had come to see ~
He was a year or two older ~ '
host, less powerful OF pn'"y
his eyes did not hold quite %s o..
There was less savasery w. ~
cunning In his snarp i'
He blurted out his news
"Old Elmira has got Woru
the settlements at last ~ n
There was no muscular rsp
the larger man. Dave WI , n
disappointed. He waDlsu
to cause a stir. 1t was lruS /,
that his host slowly ral''O
Dave glanced away. -, A. b
"What do you mean' "
manded. I'D
"Mean-I mean just VIVA ,l',,
should have watched ciO,' N
Young Bill, 1 mean-sa,S ",
just in the act of solus ,Ae
her. He had come ontO M
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