The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-21

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cannot understand In this sudden movement Of
the red LkinA know them well-have studlsd
them and been among them for years bat this
L. unexpected whom all appeared 40 quist--
They're treseherUus devils aSy how, and there Ia
no more trust 20 BE- put In them than q wster
moccasin, and that's about the u1eanest snake
there ia. Yet she spoke me fair and IL can do
no harm 10 put the folks at the Grove on thek
ausrJ. and III 20 N oven If the tramp 10 long
and an tired. zee, will go--and 10 now,
for tho Gun will be down before get there, even
| II travel as fat a. q hunted deer. SO come
Wolf, We will take tho trail a<ain and
A rife shot and . cheerful, ringing shout
stopped his words, and moment ate, sto1t,
vea' her- beaten hunter, armed and clad like TIE
one already described, but much older, pushed
| open tho dor and entered.
"Hello, Harry HArdnstonl What ars you
mewed up here FOR like an owl In the day timer
Come. rouse yourself. Take your gun aud dog
well rspay the hunting. l have nst come from
up the branch and the tracks are as thick @
toads after q shower"
"Yes, know, but there Il other game that
nssd ia more eLe Just now, Wash Wilbur"
you've teen hunting a pretty moocasined
steadily towards the Grove2 Have care,
| Harry. and take another direction, or your ca
noe will run on the rocks"
mo, Wash, and so stop your bantering and
| uHtOn 10 mo- I've nfen 0ONu IN tuo AoLs Il
was tho'o early In the morning, before tbs dew
| uas of tho grass cr the fog had cleared away
''What In the name Of Satan, Harry, took you
| there 10 enly1 You are in love, reckonl' and
tho stslwMt hunter laughed merry, heart
whole laugh, until the cabin rang again.
| "Bah had been out still hunting all niSht,
and The dell coming in my waf, stopped 70
| got drink and rect. did 20 until near noon,
when who should como there but"
"snO~ FlAk.1'
yes"
.'l'd have bet my rifle on that. She follows
| your trail % close IA a wolf does . wounded
deer. but so on with your story"
"Shs was prepared Tor huntiDg-edi the
wigwam was empty tho little pspPoosc was
crying for hunger, and
f'You talked 'swoet' TO her, as usual, I sup
poeo."
She tod me that the Ratchet bad boon dug
%, tho faces Of the warriors painted black, and
the war post stained with blood"
"War declared Bat when7-uhcre1"
Il could not find out; she almost made mo
| promiss not 10 let any one know Of the matter,
except our friends Of the Grove"
"And you would keep promise made 70 a
got over tuch foclishnos, ="
Il tried to persuade her 10 80 with mo 10
the farm and get provtions there, thinking
that bar presence might avert danger III came
in that quarter, fer sire has ever been most
indy treated there"
"And sho WAS Just as obstinate a. tho rsst OIL
her copper skinned race, Icckon1'
"Sho would not come with me, at all events
| and loft ~ sudden as abe came"
/ 'And you stood and looked after her like Q
fool and visit cd that she would only come
ack apqiip."
"Not man Wolf and took tho homewari
. trail, and the grass didn't grow under our fee'
till we came 10 the big tree that makes tn
s | trail to the store
'You might have como homo In halfthe tim
o and with hslf tho walking and did not thlnl
o you was tho one 10 have beatsn path for you
II dainty feet 10 tread upon and Wilbur agt
indu ged in his loud, reckless laugh.
u al cont mird a rough road or hard on
any moro than you do, Wash and that 20
q know. l had an object in view, or you would n
have caught mo taking such a long tramp afte
8 having been on my legs all night. When
care 70 tho tree, quickly carved tomahawl
d IN the bark and stained the head red with so
mac berries, as a warning TO any that shout
II pass, AT d 20 that thoy could tall their neigh
bois and have the news get ahead a. quickly q
possible"
= 1, "Ihon you were q fool for your pains, f.
4 there Is no such thing there. passed by
p as came here, and stopped 10 SEQ who had Doe
cutting the bark on 30 like the devil"
"Not there You may be Mistaken"
10 "Not |, faith. My eyes arc AZ sharp as yours
apydAy, and II Is a pity II | can't sec blaze O
q q tree that Ia half az largo a. barn door.
10 'Who could have done 1t 2" unused lI,rring
10 ton.
4 "wbo bat that pretty imp Of satan, Sno'
d Flake"
h "No, no, 1t could not have been her."
"But II was- i am sure ont. Sure az If
l. had seen her whom she was busy about 1t"
/ al cannot believe It"
/ "Delieye what you have mind 10, but To
70 you II was nobody else. And let me tell 20
}. further, Harry Harrington, that you're fool I
" ust TO her or aLy other red skin, a. you wi
o z d out some day TO your sorrow. Id Just 1
h 90 n put my foot into bear trap and expect nj
o TO DO caught as to put confidence In an IndiA
and not DO betrayed"
II Il don't believe all are as bad AZ you woul
ID paint them, Wash. The devil, you knoW,
n not"
u "You would except your pretty, bright sy,
u Snow Flake, suppose 2"
"Yes, for believe her true"
Then make her your wife at once and
done with it. Come, viii dance a. your we,
y ding and make willow whlstlos for the frst,pa
10 poose, and again the loud laugh rang throus
It the cabin.
ID 20 FREQ, that you sesm 10 think not that there
b. danger In the wlnd--that tomahawk, schpir
Q, knife and tire brand may not all DO busy bsfo
morning"
IN ''NO, no, Harry, and remember that there a
ne ne low OF us @a ns" az" n% no., grd'e 81, ;to
1
70 do with US new. Bat Wash w
he bur Ia far too old 4 frontierman 10 40
re sleep when on the watch, or 70 far forget r
ay skin deviltry as not TO be ever on the look 0
'ss for it. Bat what do you propose doing2"
lie ~ go first 10 the Grove and warn them h
he there "a danger abroad"
ms "And thon2'
n. 81 hardly know. have not determined. "
"Shall tell you what you wi do7"
"Yes " you know more about II than d.
ut "You will stay there !" replied Wilbur wi
nd q smile.
Il don't know that"
so- "But do. Who ever saw steel leave {
I'm magnet or the needle waver nom the pole 2"
he al have and 30 have you"
I've Yes when there was local attraction q
nd that Is the kind that draws you now"
red Gan old hunters within. You think bsca,
lily you can track the deer to It's lair, the fox TO
den, and mark down the swift winged bi
md that you can tall my moods2 my likes
Dry dihliksi my intentions and fixed purposes ?
ian "Hear me, Harry. | speak seriously NJ
,ell no matter what my usual mood may be. l
in far older and more experienced than you.
hat have been buffetted about the world longer,
Au- had more ups and downs have learned
hat study 10th signs and men closer, and !,
or, you, for have found you to DO true as ST.
1t So now let mo talk plain to you let me al
sen you the trail you are travelling, % that you n
ELY know every turn, tree and stone. Your he