WINGED VICTORY 



BY VICTOR WH1TLOCK 



O PATIENT, wounded warrior of [he range. 

 Braving the might of all the storms that blow 

 Breasting the bandit winds that never change, 



Fighting forever with an unseen foe. 

 How your brave spirit.breathes of sturdy cheer— 



You that the ranger deems a worthless tree. 

 Triumphant Nature, sculptor without peer, 

 Has moulded you her Winged Victory 



'?(" 



Not Conquered by The Winds. 



New York City. 

 To the Editor : 



This old tree is one of three or four 

 wind blown specimens which Mr. 

 Gardner Hazen and I discovered last 

 summer while riding over the Snowy 

 Range of the Medicine Bow Moun- 

 tains in western Wyoming. 



Yours very truly, 



Victor Whitlock. 



