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1、WYOMING:ASTORYOFTHEOUTDOORWESTWYOMINGASTORYOFTHEOUTDOORWESTWilliamMacLeodRaine1WYOMING:ASTORYOFTHEOUTDOORWESTCHAPTER1.ADESERTMEETINGAnautomobileshotoutfromagashinthehillsandslippedswiftlydowntothebutte.Hereitcametoahaltonthewhite,dustyroad,whileitsoccupantgazedwith
2、eager,unsatedeyesonthegreatpanoramathatstretchedbeforeher.Theearthrolledinwaveslikeamightyseatothedistanthorizonline.Fromawonderfulblueskypoureddownuponthelandabathofsunbeat.Theairwaslikewine,pureandstrong,andabovethedesertswamtherare,untemperedlightofWyoming.Surel
3、yherewasapeaceprimeval,asilenceunbrokensincethebirthofcreation.Itwasallnewtoher,andwonderfullyexhilarating.Theinfiniterollofplain,thedistantshiningmountains,themultitudinousvoicesofthedesertdrownedinasunlitseaofspace--theywerealldetailsofthesituationthatministeredt
4、oalargeserenity.Andwhileshebreatheddeeplythesatisfactionofit,anexplodingrifleechoshatteredthestillness.Withexcitedsputteringcamethepromptanswerofafusillade.ShewasnewtotheWest;butsomeinstinctstrongerthanreasontoldthegirlthatherewasnoplayfulpunchershootingupthescener
5、ytoventilatehisexuberance.Herimaginationconceivedsomethingmoredeadly;asinisterpictureofmenpumpingleadinagrim,close-lippedsilence;alustyplainsman,withmurderinhisheart,crumplingintoalifelessheap,whilethethinsmoke-spiralcurledfromhishotrifle.Sothegirlimaginedthescenea
6、ssheranswiftlyforwardthroughthepinestotheedgeofthebuttebluffwhenceshemightlookdownuponthecouleethatnestledagainstit.Norhadshegreatlyerred,forherfirstsweepingglanceshowedherthethingshehaddreaded.Inasemicircle,wellbackfromthefootofthebutte,halfadozenmencrouchedinthec
7、overofthesage-brushandascatteredgroupofcottonwoods.Theywereperhapsfiftyyardsapart,andtheattentionofallofthemwasfocusedonaspotdirectlybeneathher.Evenasshelooked,inthatfirstswiftmomentofapprehension,aspurtofsmokecamefromoneoftheriflesandwasflungbackfromtheforkedpinea
8、tthebottomofthe2WYOMING:ASTORYOFTHEOUTDOORWESTmesa.Shesawhimthen,kneelingbehindhisinsufficientshelter,atrappedmanmakinghislaststand.>Fromwhereshe
