The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1923-12-13


h vas an To advantage needed be
tvaen sneh esenly matched contest
anita And Simon forgot his spoksG
word that 10 wiahed this Aght to b
. tsst VI superiority alone, His fury
swept over him like . Hood and Of
fAesd all things else: and he cen
tered his whole attack upoa Brueo'l
wound.
In . moment he had him down. and
- struck once into Bruee's white
face with his terrible knuckles. The
blow sent 4 strange sickness through
the younger mans frame: and he tried
vainly TO struggle to his feet. flight
Fight on !" vas the message his mind
dispatched along bis nerves to hll
tortured museies. but for an instant
they wholly refused to respond They
had endured too much. Total unr
Consciousness lowered above him.
ready to descend.
Strangely. be seemed to know that
SiInon had cFepe from his body and
was even now reaching some dread
ful weapon that lay beside the dead
form Of the horse. In an instant be
had Il. and Rxuee's eyes opened In
dime TO zee him swinging II aloft. Il
was his rifle. and Simon was aiming
a murderous blow At him with lfs
stock.
There was no chance to ward II on
No human skull could Withstand liz
shattering impact.
But that war Of life and death In
the far reaches Of Trails End was
not to end 20 soon At that instant
there was an amazing Intervention.
A great gray form came iunEtng
cut Of the snow nurries Their vistoa
was limited to q few feet. and -
fast the creature came. With such In
credible. smashing power. that hs was
upon them In q breath II was the
Killer In the full glory Of the charge:
and he had caught up with them 1t
last
Bruce saw only his great figure
just over him. Simon. with
agility. leaped to one side
just In time. then battered down the
ride stock with all his strength. But
the blow was not meant for Bruce
II struck where aimed-the great gray
shoulder Of the grizzly.
Then. dimmed and half -obscured
By the SNOW nurrtes. there began ~
strange = battle a. the great pines
above them had ever beheid. TAo
Killers rage was upon him, and the
blow ut the shoulder had arrested his
charge for a moment only. Then he
wheeled. snarlinx. fighting monster.
with death for any living creature In
the blow Of his forearm, and Iunged
toward Simon again.
II was the Killer at his Erandest
Simon had no chance TO shoot his
ride. In the instant that he would
raise IT those great claws and fangs
would be upon him. He swung Ii az
! club. striking again and again /
the siedge-hammer blows and Z
,prin9tng aside In the second Of the 4
iunges He was fighting for
his life. and no eye could bemesn that
.fHort.
Simon himself seemed exalted. and
or once 1t appeared that the grizzly
lad found an opponent worthy Of his
night. They were Of one kind, and
hey seemed to understand each other.
The lust and passion and fury Of bat.
lie were upon them both.
The scene harked back TO the younx
lays Of the world, when man and
'east baftied for dominance. Nothing
Iad changed The forest stood grave
nd silent. just the same. The eie-
nents warred against them from the
ancient persecution OF
vhich the wolf pack sings on the
idge at night. that endless strife that
as made Of existence q travail and
courge Man and beast and storm
hose three great foes were arrayed
he same AZ ever. Time swung back
ard q tho0sandthousand years.
The snow seemed to come from all
irections Ia great clouds and nurrfes
nd streamers, and time after time
. wholly hid the contestants from