The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1923-10-04

likely 10 tosKV< ehat the year u nine
Teen hundred and twenty. aud thai
the day before yesterday he had sect
an alrpians pasainE over his house
The world seems To have Kicked Oh
warm man at night kicks on covers
and all things are Just as they used
10 be. II In the Young Worlds
world Of beasts rather than men, q
world where the hand OF man has not
yet been fsit.
On this particular early, September
day. the age-old drama OF the wilder
ness was In progress. II vas drama
VI un,amed passions and bloodshed.
strife and carnage and lust and rap
Inc: and II didn't. unfortunately, have
particularly happy endinz. The
players were beasts. not nsn The
only human being anywhere In the
near vicinity was the old trsppsr.
Hudson, following down his trap line
on the creek margin on the way 90
his camp. II IL true that two other
msn. with a rather astounding simi-
larity Of purpose. were a, present con-
Ing down two Of the long trails that
led TO the region; bur as yet the
drama was hidden from their eyes.
One OF che two was Bruce, coming
from Linfa's cabin. One vas Dave
Turner approaching from the dirse-
tton u the Ross estates. Turner was
much the nearer, Curiousiy. both had
business with the trupp-r Hudson.
The action % the play was cain a,
nrst. Mostly the forest creatures
were sfill In their afternoon sleep.
The does and their little spotted
lawns were sisspinss the biscktaii
deer had not yet sought the re-ding
grounds on the ridges. The cougar
yawnsd In his lair, the wolr iozed IA
his covert. even the poison people lag
he lnng shadows 90 the hot rock.
Nm old ruecoon waksn.d from 1T.
'laes on high limb, stretched him.
elf scratched az ~. fur. then bssgan
o steal down the limb. IL. had long
shy ~ go before dark Hnnsinz vas
'stting poor In this part Of the woods.
ts believed he you'd waaa~r dawn
oward Hads"n's camp and look Zoe
rnynsh In the water A coyote IL
snaity listed amons the larger sor-.s
Features, bat early though the hour
'ps--sariy. that IL. tDr hunters % BE-
at-hs was stalking a fa~a In
overt.
All the hunts we're Progressing "a
ioasiy WHEN there cam. a curious m
eruption. II was a peculiar sroxt
ute low az first. II lasted a t5ns
me, then He'd away. There wa 90
'p"sition 10 n The sorss, creatures
III paused m thsir tracks a, lf. nr,t
'ts. aud now they stood az n me
inter bad come down upon them .us
My and frozen them solid An N.
Der sounds OF IN. tor~st-ths littts
hisp@r'ns noises Of siidinz bo.,is.
II nuttsrfnz fest. and perhap. a
rds call In shrub--w~r~ ssiii~pfy
He'd There vas moment OF
~athis.s suspense. Then the sound
agnin.
u was louder this time Z, ru.. ans,
thsrsd volume antf {, wa. stn,o.t a -
'r. II carried through the .fisnr-s -
grent waves Of sound. Ard IN n
. sense ot rssistiess power. n,
'atnr- tn the forest bat whs, knew
= fact.
The Grny King one could tr1,sx,n.
IN saying among themselves Ths
ret WINS Instantaneous. Tho tfffI-
~oon halted in NJ, descent thsu
~ out TO the end of limb III.
nte. m instant before rrswIfn.
n body close TO the earth. whipped
'St rs II he had some strange kfad
circular spring insId. Of him. ~.
Rcd once In the general fiirsrtina
me Gray King. Then he iavsrr,;
head and skuiksd oH deeper iafo
rpvsrrs
be blacstnii deer. the gray vol,
The stately Tawuy one. stretched
grace In bis lair. waksns,i from
p The lanSuor died quickly In
iaFfer's eyes. leaving only four.
se were Drawer than the ttttI.
pie. They waited until the fhirk
N. not far distant from where IN. =
OR slept. bsTan 10 break down e-
pan before an enormous. gray
longer would m observer think
10 sik as the forest monarch, Hs
but . pretendsr. after an. The
KING had Jest Weakened from his
moon nap and was starting forth
ant.
ron hts little cousins. the blnrk
:. did not wait 10 make roov.r,,
They tumblsd awkwardIy down
nni =" get ont Of his way. For
massive Erny demonstrating over
ton--was nons other than that
,e last Of the grizzly bears. that
o,s forest hunter and monarch.
Killer himself.