American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-24
BUTLER BUTLER COUNTY Pa WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER a. 1866
-.sellin' low returned Scar Check.

tDunno vbot,s 20 hoco,,e If ms bunters
;f ,hev ., n,roh 49, adJed ,be iran
~ m;,b ths HI aros sed ,he forb;dd;pa
rreowt "a 4. - s.l Is n. .,I .
"a f.llov can't mako mucb more than
10 90 an = decent spree.,
sand ,bere l. ,he Ill vou RIM from ,be
I,dians said tLs vouns man. .nxious n
taon az con vorsat;oo aa;no5 NV ,bat Il
had started sI have fsnnd that's the
worst part of the business. Last spring.
r,ton / had ao, nv neltr;os dovn "a ,bs
head waters Of the Kansas, | had 10 leave
them all. and was then inst allie TO eet
awav, be5
lWoofhl that's lest the fun of the
thino, exclaimed The hunter with The
scowl. sIfit wasn't for the knife-stickin'
and hair-raisip'. I'd give mn the profess
sion aItogetb r, aad emig ate.'
sWhen you get older SAID Scar Check,
{ ,hat'll be the mart you'll like about the
h, s.ness IL .nakes n fell - sharn. too
The raa.id trapper took his pipe from
his month and looked at the sneaker with
a curious stare. that made him uneasy and
restless again. Then. reDlaciuQ his DlDe,
he lacked INTO the eoals' as before and
did not raise his eve for a long time.
81 count IL rather curious that | have
not seen the SIGN Of an Indian to-dav. /,
said ,be vounp man. this time addressing
himself to Scar Cheek. :
fNo hing yery cuiious about it, replied
the latter. Pye been further West than
this. and have trau,ped day in and day
out, without % tting, a souint at a red
skin.' IA
sYou do not generally 90 footp
sNo. nv horse nave ont last week
down on The Kansas and | had to leavo
i'm, II a;n,t Tho hest NAV of do;,, This
gon, afnot Pm on ,Lc iook On, far an
animal and hone to ,,,ch ono heforc Pm
a week older,
both Of you have hunted and framed
far uauv wears snpnoscp
Tho man win rho scowl nodJed b;s
head and Scar check made answer
~. ! 6,ye hoon a, i aood ,r.,v
ve.rs
10 ro, ITO; ia
Tho Farmer who was look;,, in ,be sre
raised his head and looked into The faee
of Scar Chaek ,s If woit;no fnr III. aue
swer The I,,,er showed sn,ns unro., as
ba snoka J. .Somet,mas aoos and ,hen
.o,,n / doasn,, Two hoo, !, !, o. tona
hows,n,ovor ,I., | o,,nso l,lI a,;oL
III / ., under, The tranner smiled and
lowered his hc.d as thonab sat;.God viii
The answer II was ohsorvablo and mn
d.,ubt noticed bv This man. that ohbo,cL
he nhed the others with opesi;nns re,
thcv failed to ask y s;noIo anc of Lin,
tYou are alone, also-that rs. YOU Lave
M ANIMAL pursued the younp man. ad-
dressing the scowlinp hunter who respond-
cd. Eyes SIS it your own choice,; ask.
ed the auerest. sintlns! exclaimed the
scowl. a good reason; YOU seem to
take il plIlosophically,' said the Young
man; | could scarcely get along without
miue.' sYou are a younker YETI said he
of the scowl. Il know this is sad life
back to the face of the Young man. as he
turned and enzed into the embefs before
him. Tears triekled down from bis ewes,
and dropped upon bis hands. The silent
ragged trapp r, without turning his head +,
,okcd steadily toward him. There seem
ed to be something in, that young, sad
face. that stirred his soul to its very
deptbs. His brows contracted, and he
set his Iips as if to keep back his feelings.
but he never uttered a syllable. His
breath seemed to be deeper, and he grasp
ed his rife, as if it might escape him.
Scar Check and his companion, who sat
on the other side of the fire, occasionally
exchanged gances, and smoked harder
than ever; but neither of them spoke to
the other. nor to the other two; and The
silence became really painful. The young
man remained, for some time lost in his
sorrowful reyerie and, for several min
utes, the ragged trapper never removed
his gaze from him. The group formed
study for a painter. Between the three
eldest there was, evidently, the greatest
u,istrust-not The natural mistrust which
individuals feel toward each her when
thrown together, and knowing nothing of
their mutual intentions. Under ordinary
circumstances, these men, meeting as thew
h,a auonc tho oreat soiituaes vouId