Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-01-25

wilfed In her tracks
He was deaf She nssrst not farxe
this again IT was his ore weakness
Her eyes began 10 rp~e<se far and IA
Into their sockets Their erzxezd IFxfs
grew steeIy and gray
Sandomar stood besninx q Erie
watching him zx q cat watches
stunned mouse III wax q jungle rus
fure inreIied By d jungle instinct
nothing he had eve~ dome had xhoxr
the sub4hnman workings OF his HsEnt
better than fills vf<fEanf and deadly
scrutiny ct hix faften prey There
was no hatred d purely hnnaan emo
ton. In his heart Otherwise be wnzTd
have quickly seHxed The chance &c
crush Fries skull His r1xe wsx Inn
personal. like that OF q grizzly bear
for a steel trap Just xnswe<1 fraxn his
paw And the one thing that gro.
lonEed Eric's life Was that be made
not the slightest nsotEon- Perhaps
some lingering. xirfh sesax< h=sse him
lie sfill, possibly he Was fne far gone
to raise his hand AT fts< nrxs stir
S~andomar-s ~auiverfnx rHza n wenEd Inn ve
Iaxhed down.
Slowly his guard dropped His tense
form relaxed q little - be- xwr that
bis prey lay helpless
-You cheated n. Ell h. nsurzhsef
In his hwpftched mcnotene. Yea
didn't take the girl after MI Vow
TIL take her. but III hare the rvxn
first
He begin 10 grprse nj Exfrsx hin.
Falling to find the wearspn- he ussfed
Erfess hide. breast. the pocket Of his
blue coat Behind hzns TIN the
dark doorway. MANS rfrherrx1. faint
inx heart sEeIIef md xrrw strong
Where WEE his r~rrnlrer7 For m
her dream-sfate- her nsHnd nsowed clear
and sure- Instantly <he remembered
seeing Eric unstrzp the wesr.sn and
hang II mp reerfng with xaeeIr eres
she Saw its ~bine-xseeA harrea catch the
hrHT-gieam on the opposite Vail
Che began to Stalk across the ryzs.r
behind SAna10raare hack Ewen nav
II Was hard To remember that he wxS
deaf--that she need n61 xzsard against
sound. but only the flick of her shadow
on the n0or-th1t sae had hest run be
fore he turned his head. xw hex. ard
reached for her with his terrible arms
Steady and straight her hand sxsext-
her fingers ~ezaxg*<f fAe britt StpxI
Ing back fwo strides. TIL x.ae rzs d.
recfly behind her ezaesay. xsae xIy<Ty
raised the barrel until sas< nav hEs
bullet head oFer the xaxhfx-
She must nnf rnisx the fsrxt shot
Never i'm her life ~zs she no eoel- "a
She deliberately ch&sse his
head for her tarEet rzfher than hIs
back. to DESTROY his brain TO make
him fan like SEede had fallen srxt
be break Erfc9s neck En lis dyfnr
struggle
Even the frantic yesI afsove kae~ head
did not throw on her nina
Behind yon- Sandy III wax n
cry of utter terrxsr MI fnrefgzsv
4Oh. good Cord
III was Cargo. on rhe wsv re o#er-
lake his usase tkrT~srpx hsx
head through the rxrsErsr hssse ss the
tx,nf r. - - s
The still figure In fase. white rsxrxn FIR
lifted steady wrist tk,e rreIr barrel
hat never txsnkged sn rss@ rsghs md
ts certain txrres hexf,rss- .ra No.
never dared dream bsus that he k.d
too Iafe. He xsw ysusx 6rypr !
ERIK hack against fine .rsy-%r
Again that futile ~airxr vsss-u .assa
aeard IL. when s. sx,v.asr "A n,e |
rash tts4 IRE md ,~,~xr~ az he~ srs
seemed TO fair TN, Txxe rnu,=r, trvrn.<s
lack before fser treS
ShrIekfnr she rxuyses sha a
gain and again. Warned hr = xxfra
n the mir. SaFa6orrsr h,sk%xs rvn-S~w
Iunrinx- nj the xsr,~ S4A
tanf Garre pitched dkgwr frzfo the
oom- Only because ss,e sxesxa fen
a the tigers way. throwing hIrs head
did she e<rznr his u1ms Tn shS
econd's respite Khe fsrssxwsea ss,r n~r
ISIS weapon. threw hack the b<,sf ~
be door. ard o4z1 a0~r tsss x~grB~~~
Az the clouds drfft@xf fr,ra Frs~s~
hind and the light rrfs,t sxsr into hFx