Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-10-27
BY
EDISON MARSHALL
Author of
1.-THE Voice of the Pack"
Copyright by Little, Brown. and Co.

II the Rosses had died, sooner than r,
II linquish II, and why Its usurpation b
II the Turner's had left such a debt O
II hatred TO Linda. All men know tina
II the love of home Is one OF the few
II great Impulses that has made towar,
II civilization. but by the same token Il
II has been the cause of many wars. Per
II hans the day is coming when this love
II VIII die in the land, but with Ii will
II die the. strength to repel the heather
II IRON our walls, and the land Will not
H be worth living In, anyway But It
H was not dead to the mountain people.
II No really primitive emotion ever is.
II The ROSES had known this instinct
Il very well. As all men who are strong
| thewed and OF real natural virtue. they
| had known pride of race and name.
| and II had been a task worth while TO
build this stately house on their far
lying acres. They had given their
iiber TO ii freely; no man who beheld
the structure could doubt that fact.
They had simply consecrated their
lives to II; their one Work by which
they could show TO all who came after
That by their own hands they had
earned their right to live.
Bruce saw the broad lands lying I'M
I der the moon. There were hundreds
of acres OF alfalfa aud clover 70 fur. I
niSh nay for the winter feeding. There
were vide, green pastures. ensiIyered
by The moon, and fields of corn laid
out In even rows. The old appeal of
the soil, an instinct that no person of
Anglo-SaSon descent can ever COM
pieteiy escape swept through him.
Ihey were worth lighting for. those
fertile acres.
Not for nothing have a hundred gen
erations of Anglo-Saxon people been
tillers Of the soil. They had left
love of II to Bruce He knew what ,
II would be like to feel the earth's
pulse through the handles of a plow. TO /
behold the first start Of green things
in the spring and the golden ripening /
in TAU to watch the flocks through the @
breatlless nights and the herds feed
ing on the distant hills.
Bruce looked over the ground. He
knew enough not to continue the trail
farther. The space in front was bathed
IN moonlight, and he would make the
best kind of target TO any rifleman
watching from the windows of the
house. He turned through the coverts.
seeking the shadow of the forests at
one side.
By going in quartering direction
ne was able 20 approach within two
hundred yards of the house without
into the moonlight. At that
point the real difficulty of the stalk
'esan. He lowered in the shadows, 4
hen slipped one hundred feet further
o the trunk of great oak tree.
He could see the house much more
'lainly now. True, it had suffered neg
ect in the past twenty years 1t need
d painting and many of It's windows
we're broken. Bruce rejoiced to see
hat there were no lights In the east
ing of the house; the window that
linda had Indicated In the note was
ust black square on the moonit
fall.
There was neglected garden close
this wing of the house If he could
each this spot in safety he could APP
roach within few feet of the house
nd still remain in cover. He went He
at, then slowly crawled toward il.
once light sprang up In window
ear the front and he pressed close
the earth. But In moment II went ~
way He crept on. He didn't know w.
hen a watchman in one of the dark '''S
indows would discern his creeping ~ r",
cure. But he did know perfectly iust
nat manner of greeting he might ex- ~
'ct IN this event. There would be a ~,
ngle little squirt OF fire in the dark '','
IS, so small that probably his ewes #
)uld quite fail to catch IT, II they MY
. discern H. there would be no time '''''
message to be recorded in his
ain. |, would mean n swift and Ger. hgi
n end of all messages. The Turner's KEY
'uld lose no time in einpfying their lW'
les nj HIM, and there wouldn't be the rue
ghtesf doubt about their hitting the 10
rk. All the clan were expert SHOTS V'"'l
4 the range was close "oo'
ne place was deeply silent. lie -.
growing sense of awe. In mo 80,
~ more, he slipped into the shad- 49,.
Of the neglected rose gnrdens. .aa
" lay quiet an instant resting lie ,.td.
M Wish 10 risk the success Of his 80,
edition By fauguing himself now. y,
wanted his full strength and -,
lth for any crisis fhaf he should 800 49,
2 10 ihe room where lin6a WAS y,
lined u
efffihfiessl fhf stock OF bis rite
good Ia bic hands Perhaps there ~
Va DE- running hghi after he s0l ''."'
fl9 ooi ~ me bouss, apd ihen bis ..'', a.
ridges would be needed There u ~
d effn be uumeni 0f elose WOra nv
shai suaids lhe Turner's had sei , '
bsf 800 ths begly slook Vaea .g
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