The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-10-16

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CHAPTER xxlu
The shadow ihai Bruce saw a. ne
e'ire n the forrest coulA nos b. mis-.
uacn As 70 idcpiily. The hope. that
Is had hpld before hat this stalking
figure niiell BE- that - dssr af an
Z eiA-eould no lougcr be eutfvRIaea.
Ngn Is rnir do not iovs me- wila
ahd waiilne sals ~ coyaie as he
! looks doNn giaon d camp nre frm The
I ridge above Sleep does noi come ea-.
~ when a guuni uolf walks "a slow.
lnquiative circle ai,aat the pallet
searceiy leaf rusiilng beneath MS
feet And 4 few times. m the history
- the frontier. men have had queer
tinElluTs uud croVpluKs To The scalp
when they have happened o. glance
over their shoulders and ses The eyes
~ great tawns puma glowing az
osla biae in the trclieht Yet. Rruee
would have had ans wt - these ar
~ ihree together ~ preference % The
KILLER
The reason VAS extremely simple
NJ words baye ever heen capahle N
expressing The depths - covardire -
which q cugoie Is capable lic uAi
whine and veep nhuui a canin liae
soul lost between twa worlds. bui II
~ q IA BITS right mlnd he would have
each une ~ BIS gray hair. plreked cut
oHe hs nne rather than aiinrk man
TIE cunning brced 20 which he helougs
has found oaf that Z dpesut pay The
welf IS sometimes dsQuiciluglA brave
when D. h fortified hy Bis pack hrsih.
rtn ln DE winter. bui IN such q season
rs fhis be- Is particularly careful a.
kecp out - The Sight ~ man And the }
IaRuy one himself. .faneei and
long-claWed and Powerful As he is.
never sets farther fhnn certain dread
fnl speculative dreams
Rui none ~ these was true IL iile
KILLER he had already shown his
scon ~ men Ills very stride showed |
that be feared no living creature that
SHARED the forest with him. n fact
We considered smse,f Tie forest mas
ter. Tie bear is never a particularly 1
ilmld animal aId whatever timidlty /
the Killer POSSESSED was rs utterly I
gone a. yesterdays daylight
Bruce watched him with unwlnkinr
Eyes II might be that the Killer would
fail 10 discern his outline. Bruce had
no conscious knowledge. as yei. that
Il ls movement rather than form 90
which tie eyes of the Wild creatures
are most receptive. Bus be- acted up
on that fact now ne II By instinct lie 4
vas not lying IN quite the exact spot
where the Killer lad left his dead Tie
preceding uighi, and possibly hls opt
llae was not enough IKE " 20 attract
Tie arizzlys attention besides. ~ The
lufermliieni light II was wholly pc.
slhie That the grizzly wosld try 20 nnd
he remains of his feast by slnell
nlqne aud Il this Rere ihcking. anl
Bruce made no m5vrments 10 attract
hls attention. he nigh, wander away
70 scarrh % other game
For tie nrsi time IN bis life. rrnce
knew Fear ~ Il really was II isa
knowledge that few dueliefs IN cilles
can possibly have and so few times hes
ii really been experienced IN these days
u civilization that men have mosIy
forgotten what Il Is like. n they *.
perience 4 ~ aii. 4 Is USUALLY onis IN
dream that arises from he germ.
rlasm-a nightmare 20 raralyzc The
muscles and chlt The hear and freeze
q nan n lis bed. The moon was
strange and while as q slipped IN and
ont - the clouds. and the forrest mrs.
ferrous ~ Death Itself. iirhiened md
dnrkenef alternately With s'rnhge
eject of unreaiiiy. but FOR an that.
Bruce cocid not make himself believe
that this was jusi = dream The
dreadful reality remained that tie
Killer. whose name and works be {
knew. vas even nov lnrcslgstlnr hlm =
from tie shadows one hundred let ,
away
The fear that came 70 lim was tlat
~ tie young worid-fcar without rec.
cmpen-e. direct and primitive fear
that grew on him ike q sickness II
was The fear tiai tie deer kuew IS I
they ercpt down their dusky tralis o.
nigfi. u was the fear q fafkness
aDd silenee and pain and heaven
knows Uilni cruelty that would b. vis
tied upon him b. those terrible rend.
lax fangs ard claws II vas the fear
that caf be heard IN the pack song IN
the dreadful winter season. and that
can be felt n strange oveffcnes. in the
sohbin< val q despair that ihe coyoie
uiters In the halfdaTkncss. lie had
been AFRAID for his nfe every moment
- VAS IN the hands of the Turner'S.
lie kneH that Il he survived this night .
he would have to face feath agnin. :