The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-28
THE
SKYLINE
SPRUCE
b Sdlson KiNhiR

= f@AetA 80 tfNsntH"tA N~u tNNAH a
scfap - whit. paper.
lie spread y on rs kns-. .nf un-
foided u With care The moonlight
was not sufficiently vivid. however.
for him % read ths penciird .rrswl
NE FELT IN N. rcckes fos q match
because his mind Wa operntfns
clear AMI sure. his thoughts flashed
AZ cnce % N. ~neusies IN their cabins
along the creek lie "a not want
them 20 know ~ bad fuuns the BODY.
VI. FIRST instinct vas o. work IN The
DARK. % achieve hts ents ~ stealth
ana cunninsi N vas strange what
capacity for cumming hsf com. upcn
him on. he would ~ crsfty.-shsrp
sure IN every motion.
IL was unlikely. however. ina, ths
faint slars % . match could carry
~ far To make sure he walked be
hind the covert then turned his hack
10 tho canyon thru which the creek
flowed The match cracked. inor-
dinsteiy loud In ths silence. and his
eye. followed N. script Hxram had
been faithful 20 the lasts
To Whom I, May Concerns
In case OF my death I leave all !
die possessed Of including my broth
er Hir~m's cisim near Yusa river 70
my pard and buddy. Zen Darby.
tsiGned) EZRA MELVILLE
The document was as formal a.
Exram could make Il. with . carefully
drawn seal. and for all It's quaint
wording. n was n viii 20 stand In
any court But Ezram had not been
able 20 hold his dignity for long. He
had added q postscript
SON. old Hiram made = win. and 7
CUES. can make enc too Jus;
found out about than devils thu;
Jumped our claim left you hack
thero ~ the rivcr because ! didn't
want you taking any dam fool risks
tiii l found out how things lay.
Just tot enc thing 10 ask n
them devils get m.-x-t them My
life sin- worth much but want you
TO make them pay for the ntsis n 10
worth. Never stop tii youNv~ done H.
Ben lighted match aftsr match I'M
I'll he had absorbed every word Then
he folded the pApsr and placed n In
his pocket: but the action did not tn
tho least take his eyss from thu
worda He could ssiii Sc them. writ
ten In ffrc. They were branded on
his spirit.
He stood wholly motfonies. for =
space Of almost q minute. as n ns-
tening. The heat back Of his eyes
was more intense now. The red Goals
were about 10 burst into flame. An
the blood Of his huR~ body seemed 10
b. collecting there. ssarfng HIS brain
The moon wAa no longer white IN
the shy. II had turned . nsry red
The stars wrrs red. too-eil Of than
more red than the STAR % war. 7
want you 20 r,airs them pay .
voice said ctsarfy IN his sasA -Nsvvr
stop I'm y0u-vs dons NJ
And now Ban v1s ~ bsngw pa,A.
ms fAcs w. ~ iong9 hard snA -
Rather \ ~ AnSh-dnrk - dnrk
Earth HI 49, g1ewea nks esaAs
bsnsasA n darh hEvv1 NJ ~ ~
standing scm anA n1u1s0 ~. -
was dnsvszlng "a ~ v1gA a. 49,
- hAfA a. mese osn6Ry fusR
-1fAA. nsm ~ - ~ a,p11
asasn. ,snA nSvw ~ ~ yvsrW
0ons n
A su6d.n 0ss ova a. ~ - n
wolf drvv n ~ oDvnwnrA Hsav-
en- hoip him: for Shs ucmsuA ~ bad
forgotten Fsnrfsf But he must not
forget him again. Thsy had wurk 20
DO. the two Of thsm
Frnrfs was no iongsr whining Ais-
consoiatsfy. HIS matters fury had
passed 10 him. ana Ben looked and
saw before him not the docfis Pct.
but the savage bsast Of TIRE wild The
hair Wa srsct on his shouidern his
lips wsrs drawn. too, h was
crouched ~ n for battle. The eyes.
sunken In their socketa were red and
terrible 70 49, Yet he was stffi Ben's
servant That quality could never
pas from him The eyes OF two met
tho wolf and tho man
flame that had besn mounting IN
Ben's brain burst into . dreadful
conflaxration- II was the explosion
~ last. no less terrible because Of It's
nience-becauss the sound Of the
least. iittls wind was stiii discern
ihis m the distant thfckstA He
dropped 10 his knees before the wolf.
ssixing it, head IN = terrific grasp.
He half 1erked u off its feet. an he
held II 20 that it, syss burned
straight into hiA
"Fenrfs. Fenrfsf- n breathed.
We've got to mako them pay. And
we must not stop tin we're dons"