Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-28

Iochy canyons In search ., ~
Linda, and now, as ths ', hnt
he thought that he had sana ,ann.
He had suddenly Come III nra.' aouad y
OF Bruce's horse in the pn srou a'
II he had encountered us, tbs. !.
back when the animal had adm n.
ming wildly, he might hsr. -
the truth and reJolced. M e ~
attempt to ride horse ~ 1.a
through that traIlless stratos
the point he found the traeIs S =
the horses terror had been ,n.,'
1T was walking lelsurely, ,ps sps's
lowering Its head to crop Of M fl.
berry. The trail was co,naas W.
fresh, too; or else tbe tpa' ~,
snow would have ALREADY ohs @
He thought that his hour s -, y
was near. " "
But it had come none too ,o,.
s'I,on-out OF passlon.fllled j,
looked and snw that It wou,d
bring death with It.
lie realized his position fn,,,
storm was steadily deye,on,,"
one of those terrible moun,,I,
yards in which, without shs,,.
human being might live. He r,
from his home, he had no h,,,
and he could not find his w,v
he would not have turned boct
could. The securing Of the dos-'
by which Bruce could take ,ho
estates from him was only i'm.
He believed wholly within NJ,
soul that the wllderness-wi,honj
nid-wOuld do his work of ho,,.l
him; and that by no concelyoh.
cumstnnces could Bruce and Il
find shelter from the blizzard and
through the day. lie could find 4
DOdies Ill the spring II he By
chance escaped himself, and tsh |
ROss-FOlger agreement from 4
But 1t was not enough. He m
also to do the work Of destruakI
Even his own death-If II wen
delayed until his vengeance
wrenked-cOuld not matter nm
all the ancient strife and fur
ceaseleSs war OF the wild tim
which he had come. there was n
sion to equal this. The Killer w,,1
tent to let the wolf kill the iauI
him. The cougar will turn frou|
warm, newly Slain prey. In whiAl
white fangs have already dpped
the sight of some great danger hi
thlckets. But Simon could Dot 4
Death lowered It's wings upon hin
well as upon his enemy. yet the 81
his heart and the fury In hIs II
shut out nll thought Of II.
He sprang of his horse BETTE
examine the tracks. and then ID
half bent over. In the snow.
Bruce FOlger headed swiftly ul
trail that his runaway horse
made. 1t was, he thought, bis
effort, and he gave his full str9l
to 1t. Weakened as he was vi
cold and the wound, he could not !
made headwny at all except ftl
fact TINT the wind was behind hn
The snow ever fell faster, ID b
flakes, and the track dlmmed ID
his eyes. 1t was n losing game.
rified not only by the beast that
stirred In the thlcket but by the .
increasing wind rs well, the an
would not llnser to be overs
Bruce had not ridden 1t enocn
have tanned 1t. and his plan VI
attempt to shoot the creature On ;
rather than try to catch IT, J
could not go forward, anyway, sl
as the blizzard lasted. Which WY
east and which was west ne CUM
longer guess. And with the pun
they might make some sort OF w
and keep life in their bodies unln
snow ceased and they could fTd
way.
The cold was deepening, the y
was Increasing In fury. Bruce's
ached, his wounded arm felt nul''
strange, the frost was getting nn'
lungs. There WAS no hope Oh
storm decreasing. rather II was J
lily growing worse. 1ne :. !.
grew more dim, ana he =
to be afraid that the =
flakes would obscure MS o"a
prints so +hat he couiu nV'
his way back to Linda. Anu W. ~. !.
beyond au other knowledge, u.
wanted her with him "he'' ~. III
ows dropped down Tor soou ,,.. H.
He wanted her arms aoou' A''
fight would be easier theh. :,
"Oh, what's the use:' he SUI, wv
said to the wind. "Nh! nO'
and go back?" -, d,
He halted in the tran al. :.
| to turn. But nt thnt ihs'a" ~,
ner of wind swept down 'n'o ,, ~ :,
and the eddy of snow in iroD' rue m
was brushed from his eaAe. lawn,
the space of n breath 'ne ,. .'r n,r
n hundred feet distant "as .m., r
cleared of the binding stf.am,' ,ans
snow. And he uttered >. a ,'s,aa. 'yus
when he saw, thirty yards !. s's,', ~,
Mt the farthest reaches .a OF ~
the figure of n saddled "",, ,.n,d,,
His gun leaped to his shous.' ,,,, Il,
his eagerness did not COS. s.,r u a aloo,
oontroI He razcd quietly ~