Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-01
hen he came toward the siairs.


then he came toward the siairs.
She resained her room without
alarming him: and he went beck TO
his room.
Close TO midnight. she ma1s out
q mans figure moving under the
trees: dogs fioundered beside him
Lad and Lass undoubtedly. So she
knew the man must b. Kinchsloe.
returning.
lie carried the gun which he had
taken 10 aid Asa In killing the fox;
and as he neared the house. Ethel
heard her grandfather 20 down
stairs. They went together to the
''ofnce" and locked themselves In.
For a minute Ethel stood la the cold
hall. hcIa by numblng dread; just
az she started TO descend the stairs.
she heard the Office door open. and
her grandfather sy distinctly. IAN
right: all righir'
They had III the Office lamp. and
the beam OF light from the door
showed Ethel her grandfather stand
Ing while klncheioe wsni. past him
toward the kitchen where he turned
on the water.
Her grandfather slowly turned
about. and the light from the office
shone upon his face. inclined down
ward . little. strained and with mus
cles Al the Jaw drawn tight. She had
only a glimpse before he stepped
into the room and turned out the
light: but. havlng seen. she gripped
hard nj the stair rail- for an Instant
10 steady herself before she cr-u
hack 10 her room and shut herself
In 10 think.
kinchelos and her grandfather
were planning sons deed--soms
wrong. secret act Of violence. In no
other way could she account for
what she had Witnessed In that
elimpse Of her grandfather's tave-
vindicilveness. triumph. fear.
She heard a whine at her door
and the pat OF q dogs paw a, the
panel and. opening the door. she let
In Lad and stroked his head. Some
thing matted the white hair undsr
his neck--some;h!ng which s,tned
10 have frozen and dried there.
When she realized this was blood
she set her fingers TO feeling Cor q
cut from which u might have flowed.
and when che could ind no wound,
she chung 70 Lad. demanding Of
him:
1T was the fox. Lad. You caught
the foxl Lad. tell me--iell me. you
caught the fox.''
But her own teryors denied her:
her own terrors snatched at her
heart and overwhelmed her struggles
for calm thought. The dried. brown
mat In the dogs hair was not about
his jaws where Il must have been
had he caught and killed the fox:
10 was under his neck where Il would
have come II Lad had smiled over
some one who lay bleeding.
That deed. secret and violent.
which Kinchelos and her grandfath.
er had ccnsidered-was q already
done? What sort Of deed?
"Ah. ~ etais mousauetairer'
The voice. Barney Loatreli's
voice. seemed 10 float to her from
far away over the snow: and she
seemed TO see him. when she shut
her eyes. lying stretched out. with
Lad shifting over him.
They've done it-they've done
t." she repeated again and again 10
herself. without yet daring 10 allow.
any closer defining Of 1T" fui
whatever u vas. 1t" was done.
She waited until dawn wss spresd.
ins over the eastern sky before she
went downstairs. carrying her shoes:
she put them on and found her skis.
The dogs reused and danced about
her: she took them out with her
and made for the lake.
The light had strengthened sun
GENTLY TO show her the gaunt. out.
lines OF Resurrection Rock. white
and hfeiess above the lake Ice.
When ske glanced hack toward 81.
Florentin. she saw that some one
was following her from her grand.
fathers house. q man who must b.
KIncheloe. suddenly Ethel changed
her plan and swung from the direct
line 10 the shore and cut into the
woods 10 the little clearing where
Asa Redblrd lived.
Il want you TO come right away
out TO the Rock. Asa" she said.
I'm goins there: come after me
quick as you can. You understandy"
She turned away and started a.
rectly 20: the isock. Kinchsios was
ahead Of her nov and hurryinG
without apparent regard ~ her aal
without boektng baek