Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-09-28

his berth, the first sweet as.l
sleep upon him. he was ~. @
of a discussion in far.dIs,s,. ~
tain home; and sleep wouS aa. y,
fallen SO easily and swoa,, y
had heard it.
1t might have been a dltrer,,
Only a glimpse of it, illunlnss
moon. could be seen through y.
and besmirched window n.s.' ~
that was enough to tel, NJ
There were no tail bulldlnr,' i,
by a thousand electric llvh,.
as Bruce could see through s-tI \.
dows Of his bedroom at MIA.
lights that could be dlscernsa N !.
strange, dark sky were lar,I.
familiar to Bruce, because y
smoke-clouds that had alv,,,
above the city where he LIVED
were just stars, hut there ".
many of them that the mind ~
able to comprehend their numh.,
There was also n moon that
little square of light, like /,
tapestry. on the floor. 1t was NJ
a moon as leers down red and I.
through the smoke Of cities n
vivid and quite white-the VITA.
moon that times the huntln,
Of the forest creatures. But ii.
that 1t cast on the floor was nm.
In a moment because the M,
had been musing in the biz cb,k
side the empty fireplace had riy,
lighted a kerosene lamp.
The hight prevented any ~
scrutiny Of ri:e moon and STAN
what remained to look at VIM
nearly so pleasing to the spi,A
was q great, white-walle,l room
| would have been beautiful hsl n
been for certain unfortunate aths
to beautify 1t. There was T,
fireplace. and certain massive
covered chairs grouped about l.
the eyes never would have nj |
these. They would have been haa
fascinated by the face and the g
of the man who had lust llgbth
lamp.
No one could look twice at that
sive physique and question Its nl
He seemed almost gigantic In th.
low lamplight. In reality he d
six feet and almost three inches !
his frame was perfectly in prop@
He moved slowly. lazily, and
thought flashed to some great moa
Of the forest that could uproot 4 :
with O blow.
The face was huge. big and q
Of bone; and particularly one n
notice the mouth. 1t would be nS1
even before the dark, deepsa
eyes. It was n bloodhound na
the mouth Of II man of great and
rIble passions, and there was u
mistakable measure OF cruelty 4
savagery about it. But there 4
strength, too. No eye could I
that. But 1t was not an ugly
for all the brutality Of the fat
1t was even handsome In the |
mountain way. One would
straight, black hnir-the mani
was about thirty-nine-long ovefn
dark ears, and Il great. gnarled d
The words when he spoke seems
come from deep within 1t.
"Come in. Dave" he said.
In this little remark lay soua
of the mans power. The vislts
come unannounced. His visit had
unexpected. His host had Do
seen his face. Yet the man
before the door was opened !"
was that had come.
The reason went back to ~
qulckening Of the senses thaI
peculiar right and property OF
men who are really residents q
wilderness. This man was lne
of the wild as much as the wo'e
ran in the packs. Soft tno@
was, he had heard the sound u
preaching feet in the pine n.s.
AS surely as he would have fe.Vs. .
the dark face of the man ID 's
way, he recognized the SCUM
Dawes step.
The man came In, and at onS
observer would have detec'eu Z
of Difference in his attltuae,
plainly he had come to see III.
He was a year or two older '.'
host. less powerful of physq%
his eyes did not hold quite 81 =. - !.
There was less savagery wv
cunning In his sharp 1ea'u'
He blurted out his news ~ ~
"Old Elmira has got worn 's III
the settlements at last ne
There was no muscular respeS,, y,
tho larger man. Dave was
disappointed. He wahleu I h.s.,
to cause a stir. 1t was tru.' Il. !
that his host slowly raiseu ~
Dave glanced away. md,
"What do you meah'
maDded. ,.,cM
"Mean-I mean just VIVA. n
should have watched close. ~,
Young Bill, I mean-s''w :. ~ n
Just in the act of solns 3. " M,
her. He had come onto u, ~. 7
with his guide-Wegan waved .sssd |,
name-and Bill said ne sun ~ n
longer than he would have u ~
no.,n from neT,