Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-11-10

10 KNOW tnht 10 SLAIN was Wv i''f'
course He moved farther out fro
the edge of the forest.
At that instant the moon came OF
and revealed him, all too wildly,
!. Bruce. The Killers great gray figur
. In the silver light was creeping t
ward him across the silvered grass
10 When Linda left her house, her fri
ii realization was the need Of caution
g. would not do to let Simon see he
. And she knew that only her long trair
:. ing in the hills, her practice in clint
J. Ing the winding trails would enabl
i her to keep pace with the fast-walkinI
+ man without being seen.
In her concern for Bruce, Linda hat
completely forgotten the events Of the
earlier part of the evening. Wild and
stirring though they were, they now
seemed to her as incidents Of remote
years, nothing to be remembered in
this hour Of crisis. But she remem-
bered them wildly when, two hundred
yards from the house, she saw two
| StfuuSc LIZ CUluiuk lOWdiu Hcf DC-
tween the moonlit tree trunks.
There was very little of reality
about either. The foremost figure
was bent and strange, but she knew
that 1t could be no one but Elmira.
The second, however-half-obscu
behind her-offered no Interpretation
of outline at all at first. But at the
turn of the trail she saw both figures
In vivid profile Elmira was coming
homeward, bent over her cane, and
she led a saddled horse by It's bride
rein.
Still keeping Simon in sight, Linda
ran swiftly toward her. She didn't
understand the deep awe that stole
over her-an emotion that even her
fear for Bruce could not transcend.
There was quality in Elmira's face
and posture that she had never seen
before. 1t was as II she were walking
In her sleep, she came with such a
strange heaviness and languor, her
cane creeping through the pine needles
of the trail in front. She did not
seem to be aware Of Linda's approach
until the girl was only ten feet dis
tant. Then she looked up, and Linda
saw the moonlight on her face.
She saw something else too, but she
didn't know what 1t was. Her own |
eyes widened. The thin lips were
dropping. the eyes looked as If she
were asleep. The face was strange
net Of wrinkles in the soft light. Ter
rible emotions had but recently died |
and left their ashes upon It, But Linda
knew that this was no time to stop
and wonder and ask questions.
Give me the horse" she command
ed. Pm going to help Bruce"
you can have It," Elmira answered
In an unfamiliar voice TITS the horse
that-that Dave Turner rode here
and he won't want him any more"
Linda took the rein, passed 1t over
he horses head, and started to swing
nto the saddle. Then she turned with
gasp as the woman slipped some
hing into her hand.
Linda looked down and saw 1t was
he hilt Of the knife that Elmira had
arried with her when the two women I
lad gone with Dave into the woods
The blade glittered: but Linda was t
fraid to look at it closely. "You 6
night need that, too" the old woman t
aid. 1T may be wet-I can't remem- 1
er. But take it, anyway" S
Linda hardly heard She thrust the
lade into the leather of the saddle, I
hen swung on the horse. h
She rode swiftly until she began to O
ear Simon might hear the hoof beat h
I her mount; then she drew I'D to h
walk. And when she had crested t.
re nil and had followed down its o.
ing slope into the glen, the moon is
emf under the clouds for the first
me. h,
She lost sight of Simon at once. kj
eemingly Ler effort to save Bruce had W
'me to nothing, after all. But she P,
dn't turn back. There were light te
ltches In the sky. and the moon dc
light shine forth again. hs
She followed down the trail toward fo
Ie cleared lands that the Turner's cuI- of
Vated. She went to their very edge. SO
was a rather high point. SO she tlt
aited here for the moon to emerge az
rain. Never, it seemed to her. had #
owed so slowly. But all at once its W,
.ht flowed forth over the land. ch
her eyes searched the distant tn
aces, but she could catch no glimpse me
Simon between the trees. EvI. th,
ntly he no longer walked in tbe1 m,
'ection Of the house. Then she looked IN,
over the titled lands. sid
Almost quarter OF a mile AWAY ria
saw the flicker OF miniature no,
adow. Only the vivid quality OF the 7
'onlight, against which any shadow he,
. clsar-cut and sharp enabled her 10 Gee
cern u al all II was Simon ana Ias
IDENTITY his business had taken him 70.
the meadows. Feeling thar she sbI
. on the right track AT last. sin. h.
'ed her horse forward sgnin. keen. she
10 the shadow " the timber a, aus