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

The shaftog that Bruce say AZ N
edge u the forest could H0d Dc mia
tahea ~ 10 Identify The hgPes Ina
be had hstd bet1Fsr-lIag this sEai&Sn
ngnre might be that u deer - u
rlk--c0elI ao iguEsr be entsFtafaea
Meu, ~ a rule, Ia sot tnFe The Rti'
sud waiting sobs .f a eoggfe, as b
ioeks d5Gsu apoa 4 eamp Ire from IN
rtige above. Sleep DOES hat cnG1e sn'
. n, when a ssunt soft saiEs ~ a slow
/ inqaIsirtve csgrig BBggE thS pallet
I scarcely a i~uf rusgIIas hsnsath b.
/ feet .tad a t.w Etmes, Ia far AasEeri
/ OF Ehr frpGtisr, msu have bal 4asei
/ ttngllngs and ere~piass IN the scult
{ When ghey have haDprusd 90 slsnes
over Instr shoulders ana ses thr egss
T Of . great. EawaY puma glowing a.
odd blue 10 ghr arsiizht let 5Faes
world have hal any 8a- If these. %
all three together. In preferences 60 Eha
Killer
The reason was sxtrstnsiY stmpGr
No words have ever bssa capable u
expressing tks drpEhz - egxgrfites q
which a coyote IL enpabis tlE vii
whine and wssp about . eaap ike .
soul host between two wgrtss bar u
BE- - lR hls right mind ~ wguId Ia re
eaeh ene ~ bic sray tsslFs ptarResi sat
one BY pae. Fufhrr Ehaa aEfHes . maa
The egnnsnz breed 20 WhEeh be- bst9ats
has found opE that e doesn't pay The
wutf Is sometimes slisqusetlagfF Brave
when hs Is fortified BY b1s bnas brrFha
rem Jn the winter. bat In suek 4 season
as this bs + particularly careful 20
keep sat % the sight IT saa. Ard Fae
TawHy 80 himself. whss- f4nzed aaa
t3a&scIhwwd and powerful az ~ IT,
ssvsr gets farther than esrsaga dread
fgL speculative arrsms.
HGt anae Of THESE vas true ~ fhs
Killer Ele had alfsndg shown his
acorn u alsn tfls very strife show cd
that be feared a. living rrwHfare thar
shared the Forest NtEh Bin. % fagt.
hs conssiervd himself the forest saas
ter, The hear IA pwvsr a particularly
ttmid animal and whatsvwr FfmtflFy
the Killer possessed wac IA ztFarfY
Eoas az yesterdays daylight
Brurv watched BIN with aawtnstny
Eyes. u might 10 that The Killer w3ulti
fail 10 discern hts aHtgFu~ Erugp had
no rUusrtaus kuegstsdFs. - YET. tblf
IL Il movement rather fhaa farfa d,
which che syss II Fire wild ,srvafurr~
are most receptive hat ~ acted ap.
on that fact row as = ~ gnstiart Sic
wss not lying 10 quite TIE sSarf spaf
where fhe KILLER had 'sff bic daad fhs
night. sad pnssgflg hfs sgfs
line was mot enough Ike IL fn affrarr
the zrEztEy's atfeufIon. Restless m fh.s
tniermiftsat Fight. " wus wholly pos
stbls that the grizzly would try u Hnsf
ths remains Of hts feast hY smell
alone. and II This wprp Iarkfax. anil
Bruce made M movements gB attrarf
his attention. he might wander awar
IN ssnrrh If other game.
For fhe first time n his ufs nrurs
knew Fear as Il REALLY was. O. 10 a
knowledge thar fsw tlwsFlsrs IN cities
nm ps5ss hIF have. and 80 few times has
.f reaF'g b"en experienced IN these asys
~ civilization that men have mostly
'nrEnt'"n what II IL like r. fhry rx.
2"ripnrr II at aIt. n l. us,uIIy nulv In
. dream that arfsoz from the rsrut
olasm~-a nightmare 10 uarafvrs fb.
and ehfTf the heart ana f-r.,.,,
man In his bed. The uran w.s
strHnET Hrd white ne n slipped In and
''i' NJ The clouds. md the fnrssf rrvs.
'sri"Hs M Death Itself. tlghfsnad and
t7rkened alternately with 4 STRANGE
sf"ot of unreatfty. but for art that
HrTcH could mt make himself beJfrvs
nat This WIS Just n drsnm The
lreadful reality reruasrsd fhs, fb,
Miller. whose name md works bs
new WINS even now investigating him
rom the shadows one hundred feet
lwHy.
The fPar that came to him was tbe,
" the young worid-4fear without Poe.
,t"p"nse. direct and primitive fear
nat grew IN him like sickness f.
vas The fear That the deer knew "a
hey crept down their dusky traits a,
'iglt : u WIS the fear Of darkness
ma silence and pain and heaven 4
.nnws what cruelty that would be via
ted upon him By those terrible rsna I
ny fanEs and claws. n was the foer
hat can be heard in the pack song h
NO dreadful winter season. and tbat 4
an be felt in strange overfgnes. IN the
ohb'ng vail Of despair that the roynts 4
tiers In the half,darkness, Ito Ind 4
cen afraid for bls life every mormon,
Q was IN the hands II tho Turner's
'e knew thaf II he survived this ni9tf
Q would have to face death again
le bad M hopes Of deiiypraure otfn
ether Hut the Turncr. 49,.