The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1923-11-15

81 TINS oheient 1eAf OF beasts.
The Killer seemed disturbed aud
moved slowly sioag the edge u the
moonlight. Brace could trace his
movements By the irrexuiarity In tbs
line u shadows He seemed TO be
mosihE more cautiously than ever.
nov. Bruce could not hear the slight.
est sound.
Fer an instant he had al enuii-
ant hops that the bear would eoatinue
On down the edge of the forest and
leave him. and his heart stood stiil
- the great beast paused. snlianx.
Bur SONS sneii Ia the air SEEMED 10
r-seh him. and be eame stealing back.
la reality. the Killer vas puzzled
He had eoiAe 60 this place straisis,
lhreuth the forest With the sIf-~ts-
sioA that faosi--f-sh 10 lear With bis
fsags would he waiting for him And
nov, as he waited 81 the border VI
the darkness, he ka~s that = strange
change had tAkva Flsc- And the
Killer did hos like stranf~ness.
The smell that he had expected had
noset DO muscular impals~. Perhaps
II vas eais eai.,eruLed By a ssruss1
esaesi-sAe that MAS vaguely familiar
sRd ssseErd slow. hru-eding anger
in hts CREST beasts heart
lie VAS nos siHssa. ses he retained
s4ABse Of his natural eautauA and re-
naSsnod IN tie giassa While he made
Al. Hs
hghgiag insilars al@ae lie cfvpt slow I
BY up sad dasa the befSer Of HaeoB- 1
light. aad Ms anssf seemed 60 grow /
sHd a~r4seH sitkih hsn, lie feil difHiy 4
lt.as he hsd besh eheated oat az his /
aaeai sna aaaoe hefasv hs had beea i
sRssiaTts cheated bei there had beea 4
. aseiaf tssaEaIa st the end Of Ilaf /
sktses5sher.
All at uaeS 3 movement far across
the PASTURE e&asAI bis affeutiua, II
sseal4ssa thss sssiAs asse had eUsEac, t&hea 4
oae stAEcu al the dsaaaa al tiAe edge
~ ttse tor~ss. snd had DEPARTED.
EFasoe hlHssclf had naE see-h tAu figure: /
asaa PERHAPS IL Was sAe naesrs - faie
--kss, asaaiif sBsfcsfal-shsi be tsa
a0s lie saisft have t.~es caused 9.
hsFs sEaie. asif 20 saea = deeper
despair asssn sias ssash lvta A4tn With
oct sssfas as6 Per tts taft foswa had
tS~sl ttai - slsses eSssaiss ss tasds
ssa anticipated. fas tsosasnt's tn
sz~-sstas ~ has hssdssasa. And s4e-
lag Itsst lt sas seea. he had depart.
ss sEains
The ssis8if satehes bias So. thea
Gursssss tsra ts his questioning rrsara
q tie ssrsaEs asrt sSuss that Say
~ fsfaae iH she sfas. sn ff@ns- The
szfsnssas dropped osrs hsta as she
sass.rs weass beasai heavy rasch Il
-aesss Ii
asa Is sssas ssosaea' ire Killer nm
he fwssesnt.efx-d rev, Pee
sstgp nc stssshs tofza 81 sass@p had
.1ssrssesi ~ to htfs possibly tie wind
aas aesr sssp~n struaghF-r and tires
rssoisss-t hgsa 10 sssnisfy The trpublins /
sessiis Al at csacr q tseftsnFr sasaas=i
sfer hsra-sss scesse IN distant slaa. !
nd safasiar tar figures stsst tired rs !
sfsse hans sresn III. feed. lie bad !
ssrsoa then, ssrssrh oaoe. and oos G
{ she forrss had lsin very sstIi lie
ste ranxe-s. tsssddealns !
der shss had -~schs~s him after his !
aup bad ru~sr haasse. Moss dearly of
m. We r~rEeEasserss how bis DAVIS had
srssca and sssssks 1,
lie tncs sssis strange ssasaw row.
{ wa. suss anashss Of tee, tais breed
!. bed learned to hate. ard I, sra. ssta. y
~ iyinr rs~srs ss bic foe had sone
ffev the charge beside Little river In
acs. the ssllitrlnr fern recalled tho
stes .ocs.sr~1 with particular vivid. U
csc The excitement that he he'd felt
cfore ressrred 10 him nas. he re.
setaler~d nj. disappointment when
BE uhissssnr bullets from The hillside
ipnfe had driven him from bic tseaa. 4
lus there we're no wbisilinr hpllets =
ov, Except for them. there would 2
ave been further rapture beside that o
iressa bot he might have II now. =,
The old hunting snaanca. came back :,
islsu. II esa fair rafne- this that s.
> 80 ssili Ia 'h~ ersss tuss 40 the
The vsfm body at Hoasrn In the s.
stsns glen E
The owund ut bic side rave him q
rinee Of rain. II served 10 make his 81
easoriss all the clearer. The lurid ~
rh,s srcw IN his eyes. Rage swept
'er him
Vui he didn't charge hiinaly. He re- .,
incd enough Of his hunting caution
know ,hs, to stalk wss the proper A
urse. lie moved farther ont frcsp r,
g edge nf the forest,
Al sira. Instant the moon came out cs
ID revealed him. all too WILDLY. TO 4,
1uep The Killers great gray figure 70
the silver light wso creeping ic-
,rti him across the siisered grass !"