The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-10-05

She Know perfectly what hhe Womb
have had io expect. long since. from
this man. we're q not that he had hyesl
ln fear of his brother Simon The
might, leader of the elan had ST
harrler around her as far as poINonal
atientlous weni--and his ncasons were
obvious The mountain girls 10 uoi
usually attain her perfection of fouu
aud face his desire Tor her Was as
Jealous as Il was Intense aud real This
dark hearted man of great and terrible
emotions did not only know how 20
hate. In hls own savage way he could
love too Linda hated aud feared hln.
bat the emotion Was wholly different
from the dread and sbhorrence with
which she regarded Dave "What
about Hmcefs she demanded
Dave lecrcdL DO you want 10 see
hlmf He's lying-up here ou the hin =
The tone was knowing. edged with
cruelty and Il had the desired effect
The color swept from the girls face
In q single fraction 81 an instant q
showed stark white IN the cnndlellrht
There was an lnsiant's sensation of
terrible cold. hut her voice was hard
and llfeless when she spoke.
"iou mean you've killed hlmf she
asked simply.
eve aint killed him. We've Just
been teaching him a lesson" Dave 81.
planned. "Simon warned him not to
come up--and we've had 20 talk 20 him
a lliile--wlth asls and heels
l.ludn cried out then. one agonizcd
syllable She knew what lsfs aud
hcols could do 10 the lights between
the mountain men They nrc as much
weapons Of torture as the claws aud
faDgs Of the Killer She had an In.
s,ants dread picture ~ This strong
man n hers ly.ng malmed and hfosen.
battered whlmpcring Ineffective
thing IN the moonlight Of some distant
hillside. The vision brought knowledge
10 her Even more clearly than in the
second Of their kiss before he had
gone 10 zee Hudson. She realized what
nu immuiable part Of her he was She
gazed with growing horror VI Dawes
leeflug face. where H. heY' she
asked She remembered. with singular
stendfasinvss. tie pistol she had con.
cealcd Ia her own room
"rll show you. II you want 70 get
him 10 you'd better bring the Old hag
with yDu. lill take two of you 20 ear
~ him"
"ill come, - the Old woman said from
across the shadowc,l roam. She spoke
with a curious brcathlessness "iii 80
az once"
The door closed behind The three of
them, and they went OUT lDto the moou.
ne forest Dave walked first II was
wholly Characteristic o. him that he
should hnd degenerate rupiure 10
showing these two women the terrible
handiwork Df the Turner's lie re-
Joiced IN Just this sort OF cruelty. LIN.
da had no suspicion that this excUr.
sion was only a preiext 70 get the two
women away from the house. and that
bis eagerness arose from deeper
causes II was true ihni Dave e1ulied
10 the work, and strangely the fact
that u was part Of the plot agnInsi
Bruce had been almost forgotten 10
the face of a greater emotion. lie was
alone IN the darkness With Llada--
except of course for a helpless old
woman-nnd the command of Simon Ia
regard 70 his attitude toward her
seemed suddenly dim aud far away. lie
led them over a hill. Into the deeper
forest.
So intent was he that he quite failed
to observe a singular little signal be.
tween old Eimlra and Linda. The wo-
man half turned about. giving the girl
an II siant's glimpse Of something that
she transferred from her breas, 70 her
sleeve. II was slender and Of steel.
and Il caught ffe moonlight on its
shining surface.
The girls eyes glIiiered when she
beheld Il. She nodded. scarcely per.
cepiibly. and the strange file plunged
deeper into the shadows.
Fifteen minutes later Dave drew up
10 halt In a little patch OF moonlight.
surrounded he a sxau ~ lou sroee aud
brush
There's more than one way 10 make
n date for walk with a pretty girl"
he said.
The girl stared coldly into his eyes.
what do you meanr' she asked.
The man laughed harshly. Il mean
that Bruce amt got back yet--he's stlil
on the other side Of Little river. for
an know"
ITO be continaod)