The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-01

squsrels Between TIE TIVE Rsocsa.
no eyes
step a. tle hlcket No more would
The lerds - into siampede ~ The
SIKH, of his er.at shadow oa the
msonlli gfass The last of the ou'son
grizzlies had goue the way ~ 40 h.s
hrssd
r. frooe AMI Linda. standing
hrealhess aud nwed M ihe snau-
nufres his death lmarcd the passing
~ an old order ne last stand TINT
the foro.s ~ the Wild had male
against cunqucrng man hm there
was rathos IN Il. TOO There was the
ssinhol u mighty breeds humbled md
DESTROYED
hut tAe pines were left Those eier.
nal symhnis ~ the wilderness nnd
81 powers beyond the wilderness
SIN sluod straight and grand ana im-
passive above 'hem While these two
lived Al least they would siili keen
their watch over the Wilderness. they
would SIN stand erect and brave TO
The hu0eiiug ~ the Storm and vnow,
and ln lhcir shade dwelt strength pnd
poacc
Tho cavern that was revealed 20
them lad rock floor and had lpen
hollowed oug hy running water IA ages
pasi nruec built nre NJ Is mouth
" snine Of the long tree roots that cx.
TENDED dovu iuto a. aud tie nfe siv-
IN warmth was hcuedietion AZ.
ready ihe dufimg snow had begun 10
cover ihe aperture.
eve ran walt hre until the blizzard
is dome ilfaeo told Linda as She shi
beside him N ne soft NeN of ihe
are "we have . uule food. and We
can GA, more from the hody ~ me
grizzly when We need q There's dead
wood under tlse snea Ana when me
storm s over We can go oar bearings
and walk out
She sat long time without answer
ing "And after ihaty She assoi
lie smiled "No one knows MS ten
days before the thlrlleih-iho bllz.
Yards az here never last over three or
four days We've got plenty ef iime
70 get The document down to ihe
courts The law WIN deal with The
rest a the Turner's We've won.
Linda
His hands sTored fof hers end he
laid u against his lips With her
other hand she struke1 MS suoN-Wct
hair Her eyes were lusirous in ihe
frrlighf.
"And after That after all that lsi
sc''ledi You win oams back 20 tie
mountalnsff
Gould ever leave them r. he e,-
clalred 'Of c0ur,c. ilnda Dut
dph'i- know whai ! can ~ 80 here
exrepf maybe 70 establish my claim 10
uls fnlhefs old faun Thercs ten.
dfed er - acres I holieve id Ike 20 /
feel The handles 81 piow 10 MY
palms
IT was what you were made IN. /
Bruce she told him "it's born in 1
yon There's q hundred acres there.
snd three Thousand somewhere else. /
You've rot new strength. Bruce You
could take hold and make them yield 1
rp their hay-nnd their crops and
hll sll these hDls with the herds
Size stretched oai her arms, Then an 1
at opce she dropped them almost 6 II
in supplleati0n Bur her voice lad
rerained the Old merry time be bad
learned 10 love when she spoke again.
-Isruce. have I rot 70 Do 81 the ask.
ingf-
Ills answer was 90 stretch bis great
arms and draw her into them. Ills
laugh rang IN the cavern.
-Oh. my dearesfr- De cried. Tie
eyes lighted m his brcnzed face. 4
ask for everything everything bold
that ] AN And what want worst
this minute
"Yesr'
lis iust-a kiss"
she gave II 70 him with all the ten.
derness Of her s0fi lips. Tie snow
tiftcd down outside Again the pines
spoke 20 one another. but the sadness
seemed mostly gone from their soft
voices