The Snowflake herald., 1922-11-17

was dark and Intent a s'vs
tered Il, through narrowed 'Ie,r na g
set. The air was cbo ~ lids i
pense. The moment Of y. sed "
Sometimes the men :, s'lSls W
leaders face, and what tS,snced "a
filled them with a grim rnel q
eagerness. Simon was an. aaa
run. run true r5s to form. His a,ss. oesIa
ment they all sat as i''a if p
a communion of cruelty, sas ea,'a
they seemed like a colonu aug +
rattlesnakes such as ouy soa Of
their communions of 'STaaetlpt Sal
sun-blasted cliffs. 1''red
All at once Simon laugh,
Ihat had, IN l
tones a note of madness u !
In the room started. The, y
have forgotten Bruce. MY s s
their leader with a curion. uVy
They seemed to know tb,, ~
\
laugh betokened but ons !
impact of some terrible ~
ration. VV
AS they watched, they ca.
take hold of him. The hurs
ened. His eyes seemed - -
he studied his huge baUd'
decided to be merciful .s..
said slowly. But neither p"'
clansmen misunderstood biu
deceived. They only knew
words were simply part ~
jest that in a moment Oh
derstand. Instead Of fIrD'
of thirty-thirty bullets, as n
than you have been filled ssd
ought to dO-we're lust o%l
you lay out all night-lD N
with your feet tied and n
behind your back"
No one relaxed. They list.
ing, for what would follow
"You may get a bit nj
morning." Simon went on, d
warmly dressed, and 2 M
won't hurt you. And I've on
all picked out for you. And
going to move something M
there so it will be more nh,
Again he paused. Bruce
"The thing that's lying A
dead yearling calf, half Al
was killed last night by M
the old grizzly that msT
heard of before. Some n
were going to wait in trees
the carcass and shoot the E
he comes back after anOhd
something that likely wOntb
til about midnight if he run
form. But it won't be nece,
We're going to haul the card
down wind where he wont
And we're going to leave ym
it's place to explain to him
came of it,"
Bruce felt their glowing
him. EXultatiOn was creepl.
clan; once more their leader
himself proud. 1t was sud
tons as this that kept then
him.
And they thought they d
They supposed that the l
be of the utter depths Ofa
tenderfoOt from the cities
bear would sniff and wan
him, and perchance the
would be turned quite whit
ing. But being mountain
thought that the actual d
tack was not great. The
that the Unborn fear Of nj
animals possess would Ees
distance. And, if by al
chance the theft of the
should throw him into such
he would charge Bruce
particular would be done
was a FOlger, an enemy
and after once the telltale
removed, no one would a
about the mutilated,
that would be found neXI
the pasture. The story
down to the settlements
fresh atrocity of the hH
and greatest Of the grl2n
But they had no reaIlS
full dreadfulnesS OF tne
hadn't heard the more ~
of the Killer-the tacS
had just learned from Ia
and dark conjecturing
mons mind, and he EnV
ment's thought-that SOU
than terror and inds
Bruce's fate. But his pas
for what might come
icant facts that they
were merely that TIE
ready found men out
learned in an instantS
Hudson beside Little J"
were no longer 10 OV
worse, that he was rauD
from the pain Of tDs
Bruce's bullet had lnlllC'.
The circle OF Ia'''
both of them as the eyes
Simon met and claShea
the silent room.
Il Rruo. falls into n