Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-04-16

uncle as they heckoned him to VEN
geance.
Even vengeance seemed futile and
inadequate. Hope did not rise In his
breast. He had hoped when he knew
his mother was dead. he had hoped
as he sought for life among the ruins
OF Tonteur manor. he had never quite
given up hope that his uncle was
alive. But now 1t was impossible for
him to find that saving grace within
his mental reach. AS he went on. he
was slowly dispossessed of the power
to hate. though every sinew In his
body was bent with implacahle resolu.
ton In its mission of death. He wnnld
XIII Tiaoga. He would kill Shindas.
There would he only justice and no
qualification Of the flesh or the spirit
in his act. greater and more en-
comprising thing than the impulse
which had sent him from Matozee's
village began to choke him with n
force that was sickening. II was his
aloneness. The vastness IF the world
The sudden going of the one who hail
remained to make 1t habtahIe for him
Without Toinette there was no rea-
son for its existence, no reason why II
should continue to give him the
warmth of life. Toinette was dead.
II was fate predestined from the
beginning. something he1 had always
feared vaguely. Nothing counted now:
to XIII Tlaogn and Shindas would not
cause rift In tile hupelessness which
lay ahead Of him.
He advanced with speed which
would have exhausted him at any
other time. AS the hours passed. an
explanation for this haste gathered in
his consciousness. He was going
home. That In all of It's significance
was the cabin in Which Toinette and
he Iind lived. Their home. thing
that had hot gone with her body and
yet was part Of her which he would
find rs lie had left II when he came
to tile end Of the trail unless Tiaoga
had destroyed That, too.
lie reached Chenufsio. The place
gleamed with pools Of water. Sus-
piciuus dogs appeared to identify him,
but the people we're asleep. He found
his cabin with the door closed as 1t
would have been II Tonette were
asleep inside. He could feel her pres
ence when he entered. But she was
not there. He made light cautiously
md screened 1t 81 that eyes outside
could NOT see. The floor the walls,
the room were illumined family. He
hogan to put his hands on things. TO
gather them here and there. making
bundle of his treasures on the table
her things. When lie had prepared the
the bundle he armed himself with 4
knife and hatcher and his how. then
extinguished the light and went out,
closing the door behind him.
He sought Shindas. for bis plan was
TO kill him first
Then he would kill 'fiauga. Shindas
WAS not In his teuee. The place WAS
empty and his weapons were gone,
evidence that he was away on jour
ney. For few moments after this
discovery. Ieems stood In the shadow
OF an oak looking at Tiaaga's dwelling
place. The urge to destroy was not
strong In him. The gentle whispering
among the trees and the drip Of water
from their foliage combined In
melody Of pence which struggled to
turn him from the thought Of death.
II might have won II d tall figure
had not come ont of the tenee he was
watching. Ieems knew 1t was Tiaoga
The chipftain advanced toward him
ns II an invisible fate were leading
him to his execution Then he paused.
The moon was bright. 1t lit up his
TEXTURES thirty yards away MS he
gazed into mystery Of distance which
his eyes could not penetrate. What
had brought him. what he was think.
Ing, what the night held for him.
Jeems did not ask himself. He strung
his bow and fitted an arrow Then
he called Tiaogas name in low voice
to let him know that retribution had
come. The bow twanged and slen-
der shaft sped through the moonlight
with the winged sound Of humming