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the daily missoulian (missoula, mont.) 1904-1961 — strange footprints

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1911-08-13
Location: missoula, montana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the daily missoulian (missoula, mont.) 1904-1961 · 1911-08-13 · page 12
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1911-08-13 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “strange footprints”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... was she afraid of the strange quiet mana on the opposite side of the fire. whose word was the law supreme in that domain of lonely wood and sky. But the will of the master, though firm, was kind and if disohedlence met with stern punishment a reward. Just ly earned, was never delnyed. P~o time brought discernment and dis'creti lon and the loneliness and ftar IhfI hller as her understanding of the naster grew. The hardest lesson ath, hlad to learn was never to leave caml(sp unhlem?. Invited. Sometimes. too, the master came late to camp and shadows stalked in the edge of tile wonod that brought the hair up stiff on her bark. ...

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