The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-11

them aud bean among them Tor year., but thi,
| " pne1 pected WIEN all appeared 40 quist.-
They're uesoherous dsvils any ho~, and thsrs /,
no more trust N BE- put in them than A v.,o,
nocoerh, srd tnutv Aoouy ths neansst anAk,
there 40 y. sha poke me tlir ard IL can d,
70 harm TO put III, f5lss At the Grove On thed
| guard, and III do ~ even " the tramp 10 Iona
and am urci. Y's, will gp-and 20 M .
i1t tie sur will be down bfne got there, qvo1
4, travel az fast ~ 4 huntai der. Socgns
J Wolf we Will take the trail assin .ni--"
a ME shot and chserful, ringing a1ou.
! slepPei ma words, and moment AZ or a s'or',
| 'aenef-beaten hunter, armed and clad lite q
81 aiready dsscribed Jut much older, pushel
Cp1n the door aad catered.
Hello, Harry usrin toni Wha, ar. Won
| messed Bp here for Ike an owl IL the d ~ .ims7
| I ne, rouse yourself Take " ur gun and do {
sr' 20 With me. There is game afODt that will
! Sc epay the hunting ! have at c, nie from
I ~ ~ braIc and tho tracks are as thick as
I irJ.cs after a sbower.'
'Yos, know, but there I, other game that
no@. more ca just now, VAN wilbur"
You've bt,n hunting q pretty inooclslned
| 'Hp.. Or hss the wind changed and Is blowing
steadily towards the Groye7 Havo a caro-,
| HIry, and take another direction, or your ca
noe will nun on tbs rochA"
mo, " ash, and 90 stop your baatering and
listen 10 me. I've teen down In The dol.
Was thofe early In tire morning boforo ths lew
"What In the name u Sata7, Harry, took yJH
there 10 eAriy7 You are L love- / reckon" and
tho stalw6it hunter laughed merry hent-
whole laugh, until the cabin rang agair.
"Bah ! had bcsn cut STU bunting ell risht
and the dell coming in my way, stopped 70
so, drinA and rest. / did 60 until near noon,
when who shoull come there but
"Snow Fske1"
"YaA"
''Id have bet my rifle ID. rat She follow,
your trail us close a. ,olf dosa a wounded
deer, But 20 on with J s,or.'
"ShS wa prepared ..' hnn,irg--slii tho
wigwain was on PITY, =, liitle pipPoJso VA
crying for hunger, am
"You tslsed 'swset to her, az u.uL, sup
poeo."
"Wil you be done Jyatirg, for time =, least.
She to 4 rue that the hatobSi hal teen dag
Up. tho fac"t of the Sariiors painted black, and
the war post stained With blool."
War dec ard But whsr2- Ehoro1"
y couh not find out he almost made me
pIomis' not ~ 10 any one know Of the matter,
except our ffibhds q tho Grove
"hrd you would kser prpmisa maio 20
squAw, pr sumo7 psh.w! WIN you never
got over such fOOlishDeS 7"
/ tried To persuade hor 10 90 With me 10
to farm end get proviri'iw these, thinking
,oa; her presence Light avert danger lit came
Ia that quarter, for $50 has ever been IN st
kindly ttestod there"
"And sc wAs just as obstinate a. the rest Of
hor CoBIer skiunod face, | reckonS'
She would not cO.ls with me, at all evOnts,
ard .cft as sudden rs The came"
"And you stood and looked after hor like
fool and wished that sho would only come
ack Again.
Not man Wolf and took tte homswari
trail, and the srass didn't grow under oar fest
TIL ne came ~ tho biz tree that make. tho
trail TO the store"
You might have coma homo in half tho time
and with half the walking. and did not think
you was Tho one to hAvS beaten path for yo1r
daiEty feet 10 tread upon and Wilbur Bgsin
indulpcd in bis loud, reckless laugh.
IL & ont mind a rough road or . hard ons
any mtre than yoa do, Wash and thai yoa
know. | had an object in view, or you wouldn't
have caught me taking such a long tramp sG.er
having been ON my legs all night. When
cane N the tree, quickly carved 8 tomapawk
IN the bark and stained the head red with gu
mac berries, ~ warning 70 any that should
| Iasa, al d 10 that they cOnld tell their neigh
bo's ard have tho nows get ahead as quickly as
| p,~eihle."
Then you wsro a fool for your pains, for
there is no such a thing there. passed by it
as csmo here, and stopped to see who had been
| cutting the bark off NJ like the devil"
| Mot there You may he mistaken 2"
| "Not |, faith. My eyes are az sharp ~ yours,
atydsy, and Il is a pity II cant see blizS on
| tree that is half M larse IA barn door
| "Who could have done il 2" unused ..-iring-
ton.
'who but that pretty imp of satan, Snow
Flake"
'No, no, It could not have bosn her."
"Dut 1t was. ! am sure ont. Sure as II |
had seen her when she was busy about it.
al cannot believe it."
'Believe what you have mind TO- but tell
| Won IL was nobody else. And let me tell YOU
further, Harry Harrington, that you're fol &c
! INST 10 her or airy other rod akin, as you will
4 out eome day 10 your sorrow. Id just a;
30 put II foot into bear trap and expect moi
TO 10 caught ~ to put confidence in ~ Indian
an not be betrayed.
Il don't believe all arc as bad AZ YOU goald
paint thom, Wash. The devil, you know,
not
"Yoa would except your pretty, bright eye
Snow Flake, suppose 2"
"Yos, for believe her true"
"Then make her your wife AZ once and b
| done with II. Come ! will dance ~ your " vi
: ding and make willow whistles for the arst'pap
. pooso, y and again the loud lsugn rang through
the cabin.
3 "Your heart is An light Wash, and your lest
40 free, that you s,+m TO think not that there
. danger in the wind-tLat tomahawk, scalpin
, knife and lire brand may not all be busy boiol
morning"
n mo, 70, Harry, and remember that there Al
u va memory. And-but that has nothlu
TO do with us nov. Bat Wash WI
10 bur IL far too cid a frontierman TO 20
o sleep when On the watch, or 10 far forget r,
y skin deviltTy as not 10 he ever on the look o.
u for it. Bat what do YOU propose doing ?"
o al go first to the Grove and warn them tn
o there Ia danger abroad"
y "And then?
!. al hardly know. have not determined"
"ShAll tell you what YOU wi dol 7"
"Yee, il you know more about IL than l do
! You viii stay there - replied Wilbur vii
d a smile.
: don't know that"
, "But do. VINO ever saw steel leave u
n magnet OF the needle Waver from the pole 2"
o ~ have and 30 have you"
70 " Yes, when there was local attraction a.
I'd that is the kind that draws you now"
VI IAN old hunters within. You think bacau
ly you can track the deer to it's lair, tho fox TO
den, and mark down tho swift winged biz
ID that you can tell my mOods2 my likes a
" diSlike7 my Intentions anil fixed purposes ~
m "hear me, Harry. I speak seriously no
Ill TO matter what my usual mood may DO. | q
A. far older and more experienced than you
AZ have beSn bufIetted about the world longer, a
u had more ups and downA have learned
At study both sigma and men closer, and 10
= you, for have found you TO DO true as ste
II So now let me talk plain TO you lot me All,
N you the trail you aie travelling, % that you IN
n know every turn, tree and stone. Your he.
ly holds picture Of dove that coos In the gro,
q, She has folded her pnions and nestlea tho
lis Don't start, man, but Listen. You love hsr
II matter whether she ever thinks Of you or n
ut But you have been kind TO the Indian cir
have breathed words she lonRod to hear
he Sncto Flake lOreS you | don't mean TO ssy q
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