The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-10-17


der,iooi he rVmeinlaNsf 800 res.
sibly the upright foun 81 Si.np haa
sugsesfed Il to him possibly ne wind
had oniy blown Strsighfer aH3 ihgs
permitted him % idenliA ghe ranhlng
E slnsils Al az once memofs fashei
over him--ef a sg~us Ia "a distant aen.
end simiiar TAN hcurcs that ifiei ta
drive him from hls food he haa
caar1rd then. struck once. ana one
~ toe forms had lain very sfni tie
remembered the pungept madaenin-
edor thar Had reached hIm nffCr his
blow had gone home Moss eieariy ~
an, b. remembered how his claws had
struck aul sunk
Tie knew ih.s stranre shadow uow
Il was Just another ~ thar inl hreri
b. hsd learned to lafe. and q was sln.
ply lsinF prone as his Zoe lad done
ufler The charge beside Little river IN
fact. The siiillyinr forn recalled the
other occasion with particular vivid.
ness The excitemsuf That D.. had fslt
hcfufp returned - tlm nes, he re.
nenlhrrea ~ disappointment when
the whisfiing buliefs from fhr hlllslde
above bad driven him frm iis dead
kui there were no wh.sil.ng bullets
now. Except Tor them there would
have been further Rapture heside that
sircam but he might have 81 now
The old hunting madness came hack
70 him. Il was fair game ihls lhat
lay 50 sfiii IN the grass tust IS the
hody - the calf had leen ana inst
rs the warm hoCg n Hudson Ia tie
distant glen.
The wound az his side snse him a
tvinge ~ pain Il served o. make his
memories all the clearer The lnr.d
lights grew IN his ewes. Rage swept
over h'm
nuf he didn't charge hllndlv He ro-
iained enough % i.- hunilng caution
10 know ihal 90 stalk was iilr proper
course he moved farther oui from
The edge ~ the forest.
At that lusinni ihe moon came ont
and revealed hial na ioo vivils o.
Bruce THE Killers -feat graz hsars
ia ihc silver iehl uas creeping To-
ward him aero iht s.heivd grass
when LINDA lef, ncr lcuse her first
realisation vas iAs rrrd,of caution if
would nni 90 % lft Simon see Nor.
Aud she knew fhat MS her long train.
ng in ihc hills her uracilce 10 clinh-
ing ihe winding trails would puahle
Ter g. keep pacc WITH ihc fasf-walhinx
man without bciue seen
~ her concern for Bruce Linda had
completely forgotten the cve4ts 81 the
EARLIER part of ihe evening Wild end
stirring though they were. fhps now
seemed 20 her as lncidcnis ~ remote
ycurs. nothlAr % he remembered IN
ghls heur ~ crisis Bar she remefa.
hcred them wildly when. two hundred
wards from the house. she saw two
strange figures coming toward her be-
tween The EsOsnli ircr fruks
There vas very iiiile of reality
shout either Tie foremost fgure
vas bent and strange but she knew
that u couli be no one bur Elmira.
Tie second. however hrlf.otselrei
behind her-onrred na in'erpreiarna
Of outline ai az o, FIRST Eui # The
turn ~ the trail she saw both figures
IN vivid profile. rifnlra was csmiug
hofneuard. bent over her cane. and i
she led saddled horse BY rs bride 4
rein.
SIN keeping Simon in sight. Linda 4
nn swiftly toward Ter Size didn't 4
understand the deep awe that stole
over her-an emotion that etea her .
fear fer Bruce could not Transcend. 4
There was quality n Elnhrn's face
aud posture that she had ueeer sen
before. b Was as Il shp we're naiking 4
"a Der sleep she came with SUCH
s,rsnge hcavlness ana langu0r her
cane creeping through fhe pine needles
u The irau IN frost she d.a GOT
sceaA 10 be hanre = I.fuda's approach
until ne siri WIS oaiy ieu ~. dl~-
fani. Then she looked ~. and Linis
saw the moonlight on her facr.
she saw something else TOO. but sic
didn't know wliaf L uas Her own
eyes widerei Tie thin lips we're
lroop'nr fht eyes iooEei a. y she