The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1923-11-01

cuiation OF the rife shells In his poe
ct The gun held six. He had perhal
fifteen others In his pockets, and |
hadn't stopped TO replenlsh them fro
the supply Elmira had brought. 4
hadn't brought Dawes rifle with bin
but had left 1t with the remainder I
his pack. He knew that the lighter b
travelled the greater would be hi
chance OF success.
Obviously the girl had written whe
the clan was closing about the hOuSt
and finding her In the front rcDIu
there had been no OCCASION 20 scared
the other rooms and thus discover I;
The girl had kept her head even II
thar moment Of crisis wave OF ad
miration FOR her passed over him.
And the little action had set an ex
ample for him. He knew that only
rigid seif-controi and eool-headei
strategy could achieve the thing he had
set out 10 do. His Impulse was 70
storm the door. TO pour his lead
through the lighted windows; but such
things could never take Linda out OF
Simon's hands. Only stealth and eau
tion- not blind courage and frenzy.
could serve her now. Such blind
killing as his heart prompted had to
wait for another time.
He knew only the general direction
of the Ross house where Simon lived.
Linda bad told him II rested upon the
crest Of small hill. beyond ridge
Of timber. The moonlight showed him
q well-beaten trail, and he strobe
swiftly along II.
He had a vague sense of familiarity
with this winding trail Perhaps he
had toddled down IL as a baby. per-
haps his mother had carried him alonz
II on a neighbOrly visit to the Roses.
He went over the hill and pushed his
way to the edge OF the timber. All
Mt once the moon showed him the
house
He couldn't mistake II. even at this
distance. And 20 Bruce II had a singu- |
lar effect Of unreaiIty. The mountain /
men did not ordinarily build homes OF 4
such dimensions They were usually /
merely log cabins Of two or three low !
er rooms and a garrett 10 be reached I
with ladder. The ancestral home ot I
the Roses, however. had fully a dozen /
rooms, and IL doomed to an Incredible 4
size In the mystery Of the moonlight.
He saw quaint gabled roofs and far
spreading wings. And II seemed more
IKE house Of enchantment. a struc-
lure raised by the rubbing OF magic
amp, than the work Of carpenters and
Probably Its Wild surroundings had
great deal to do with this effect.
There were no roads leading 10 Trails
Ind Material could not be carried
yer its winding trails except on pack
nimals. He had realization Of ire
lendous difficulties that had been con-
uered by tireless effort, Of long
Months Of unendlng toll. Of exhaust.
,ss patience, and at the end-a dream I
ONE true. ALI Of its lumber had 10
hewed from the forests about. Its
one had been quarried from the rock
Inns and hauled with infinite labor
yer the steep trails. il
He understood now why the Turn
IS had coveted IT. II seemed the
rme OF luxury 10 them. And more
early than ever he understood why
ie Rosses bad died, sooner than re-
nquish II. and why It's usurpation by
Ie Turner's had left such debt OF
aired to Linda. All men know that
ie love OF home Is one Of the few :
'eat impulses that has made toward :
but by the same token II
Is beer the cause Of many wars. Per- !,
Fps The day Is coming when this love
III die In the land. but with n will
the strength to repel the heather .
ON our walls, End the land Will not ,
worth living In, anyway. But fl ,
~ not dead to the mountain people. y
really primitive emotion ever ia y
Inc Rosses had known this Instinct y
~ well. As all men WIS are strong. "
,"ed and OF real natural virtue. they "
= n"""n priue OF race and name
II had been task worth whsle 10 OF
id this stately house on their far. o.
ng acres. They had given their ~
'r to 1t freely: no man who beheld iy
structure could doubt that fact hl
~ had simply consecrated their
IS to IL; their one Work by which an
y could show TO all who came after hi
by their own hands they had ee
ned their right to live. les
ruce saw the broad lands lying nm. III
the moon. There were hundreds DE
ores Of alfalfa and clover to fur. no
hay for the winter feeding. There an
wide. green pastures. ensIlyered "
he moon. and fields OF corn laid
In even rows. The old appeal OF ha'
'ol, m instinct that no person OF 81.
d-saxon descent can ever com. COS
y escape. swept through him. rec
were worth lighting for, those ing
2 Acrea. do,
Tor nothing hnve . hundred gen. mls