Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-02-08

hard. bat by'mby eagle catch him. n,
away TO rock. eat him all up The
e9arse lips trembled -Se-Iore. hsEH
al gone Only love. he left Firehearf
40 have you. but she lore you always
Eric tried TO answer. but his throat
closed The outer scene grew blurred
ana faded. leaving naught but .
squaws eyes burning into his own He
vas lost rs the shadow Of fnrcr
things beyond his ken He forgot
earge. only three strides away. and
dld not e the delicate LITTLE hands
fail from the ashen face and the
snaky gaze sharpen m 1t fastened ON
his breast For 4 few brief seconds
he even forgot Nan
He could not understand F~freheartr
part Here Was 4 strong current. bur
instead Of flowing into the sea- IL
seemed TO waste upon the sands In
this stark drama Of the North there
could be no lost sequences. YET II far
as his yelled eyes could see, Ffrehearts
love was thrown AWAY As he
marveled. the movement OF everfs
stopped short There fell a breathIesx
inferlude. awful AZ the dead calm In
the center Of 4 hurricane. The wfnd
paused in the sky and nutfered down
like d torn pennant- The curfed edge
Of a hung suspended orer the
beach Even the moons path on the
water rippIed no more
Nan gaxyped, and Erie turned to
her Behind him. Garge's sunken
eyes grew large and larger N they
fastened on Erfc's broad back
There stood the man who had killed
Sandy. only three steps away. 1t WINS
ture.
Already the PIT WINS yawnEnF unter
bis feet Now Its fame Ieaped mp into
his poisoned. dying heart With =
moan that ross to Il shrek. he drew
bis knife and lunged-
Victory WIS certain Erie had his
back turned. and could nns whIri In
time. The trfbeSmen had let their
guard fall. In the inferinde. and
though they flung back their spears
they were a full haIf-Serond too late.
Mans view was cut of by Erfr's xtaouI
ders-she could not e. and she could
not sare- He would shafter ut her feet
before she knew what had happened
But at his side stood ore who Iexed
him with a savage. hopeless love Her
love was like an eagle 70 Ese had
said. and now II scared on sunlft
rinions- Without d sound. she Ieaped
between Eric and the bTads-
into her dark breast. the steel
plunged deep 1t was a death blew :
she felt the bowl break. the curd
loosen But the work Was dnne. the
debt paid In full When Ehe departed
presently. Mt least she would leave NJ
enemy In Erfc-s path to trouble h<r
rest I'm the s-ezcaves She ~ 4
p~riestess of divine descent beIored IT
the Lost People-and her warriors
avenged her quickly Even before ~
fell. the sealing spears we're whfxxanx
through the air
Three OF them buxxed and ptunx
One struck fhe killer In the k<k ID
one I'm the right. and = third. entering |
the back ut close range. sfIfieraa |
through his body ard stood Ont i third |
~ 5tw Hax~w4h Txr 4- 4-~x-~ - 4
like 4 strange fowl skewered alive
He wflted slowly. but even kindly
death did not compose his limbs a
the good sand bed IT Was part Of the
fantastic horror of this night that he
must partly dangIe ON the tripod mt
a shapeless thing In the mscn-
Hight. like a feepee-canvas b1pwn fram
place by a gale
Vet Ii happened that neither Hkx<
nor Nan glanced twice I'm that dfr~e
Eric gathered the dying rfrrs
head In his arms: Nan knest By her
side The sianted ink pool eyes had n
ready begun to film ovex, hut thsy
quickened perceptibly m they xassx
into those she kwed-
She struggled for breath II ser
she asked Mt last
-Soon nov. FIreheAxt
-F1reheart no care. Shs ~ Asws
ron anyhow She mighty glad - n
-FOUR place She 70 hone-to rrssf
God who come from West God OF the
kon- God OF the ~candlessfck--
Eric nodded. but he eDnId not sp4nk.
Now you no stay here. when Ffre
1eart gone She 10 wnnf conae ba<A
N winter midnight. see you In white
siri's arms Take her-Ro ha<A
% home country / raise tnhe~1-
Eric's breast heaved, and the words
'0ured free Wen TO soca ~ -
an : soon as we can learn IL
Look I'm sea Otter poke By FYr~
Iearts bed-where she keep ehArnn1
find paper wrote by pale-aace
'riest long time asa-" She choksd-
4 sobbing breath. then went O.
I'VE no can read paper. bot
! big medicine Old Sharnans think
tell Way through shoals
Nan ciufched the ~quIrerfnx hand
try to talk any more
-~E7reheart better talk fast Breath
e 20 like lamp fame She rested 4
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