Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1923-08-02

, :, NVulun lind he
I'd bride so he had to take Racers he's =
re oiiuie WIN spade bit. His grand
ts father had often told him nsver ;,
m use severe BIT on Bess but he was !,
is a hurry ai'ho he did feel the pans,
+ Of guilty eonsciencs a, h. 80
o the cruel bit between her go 80
e into her tender mouth
e 1t was four o'clock when bs s,.u
o med the barn door and mounted D.
t Already it was growing chilly in ,he
shadows. As he passed the feed ward
; he noticed that the cattle xera 20.
less and uneasy milling" aroma
tossing their heads and shifting the
air in strange manner. They fol
lowed him (Which in itself was q
strange thing clear to the gate and
stood moaning at him through tho
bars. He closed the gate and n-a
following the well beaten tran
through the long isles of the forest
Altar up on West Mountain bs could
hear the wind family roaring tbrougb
the pines like long continued s;gb
II had blown like that eyer o;noal
Chef could remember. On the stiI,est
starry night in the valley one cou,d
hear that steady roar like the co,-
tinued thunder OF distant waterfall
By Gaming his neck and looking al
most straight up he could see Trinod
Mt. rearing her majestic head, bare
and bleak, wind swept of snow. three
thousand feet into the sky and seeu
Ing to defy those fierce North wsot
winds which swept across a contin
ent and which no living thing could +,
ace long and live. To the sou,b ,
through the trees he caught a CLINT
u the setting sun on Lookout Mt I,
With her crown OF ever lasting snow
aore gentle and soft of outline than
he bold, ragged edge of Tripod o
'earer, the forest shut out the scene :,
ave now and then through a break ;,
the timber he could see the open 4
at. stretching out to the left. bare =
nd bleak.
He hadn't gone more than a mile
men he noticed Bess was uneasy
he tossed her head, she snorted she
lyed at the least things, she even ..
led to turn and go home. Once af-
coming past an open space in the
nber she deliberately stopped. look :,
OFF into the forest at the right and
orted. Chef himself felt a growing
use OF uneasiness not unlike fear.
peered into the brush and thick ;,
noer to the right and left, his hand -
ways clutching his weapon. Sever :,
times he turned his head quickly ..
10 surprise someone or something
eping up behind, but he was al =,
Us mistaken.
str
Aw, Just because you feel your M,
5 Is no sign for me to feel so snc
lpy,' he addressed her, more TO the
'sure himself than to criticize her ,re
pite of his efforts to throw il off and
ever that strange uneasiness fol- Oh.
ed him clear to Van Ettens gate
w.. -, WIN the mail pin,
his chores. the
was a little man with a slight
!, a pioneer of the old school
lty in deed and experience and h,t,
led in all the ways and traditions
he mountains.
he {
''' ohestef' remarked Van as, felt
rned his horses from the log barn tarr
the corral and watched them 90 he
ing down to the freezing water ewes
n (for it had turned cold in NOT
ST. notice how restless them tho
are an look at Old Mai. horse aero
ow he snorts around and picks per
ounp'hih In the air. dear
SET tnat dog of ed a
out of the house. He was had
I'D. Then when did manage IN ware
'l" ou' ne crowded SO close to Whist
gs that l could hardly walk Drm,
shut the door and left him ned
Just went CRAZY with fear. HE b
m" bit IN" scratched tbe ., On
;, MS pack stood thing
=. =. opened the door his b
Ae ions howl and eyes
rough the room and under the seems
van puffed his pipe in silence stand
"us' De OF Tom heard
ADDED reflec- tried
came
oid Tom was mountain lion WI
us turnout the range for his tho o.
obstruction uncle
aiways too kitche
be killed or caught for he had bis on
1t three toes of his left hind hand.,
trap. Mothers used to tell ,;ttIa ,
~, 'ne 10 be good der bu
WI get you" though
stories and bits of informa- that +,
liked with superstition were srdder
'und many a mountain camp the Vol
Kitchen stove about this ter .v..
'ast. Some of the ignorant =, a.a