The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-04-28

i The only Otner Delng OF Cherokee Sal :
sex and maternal condition in the set
tIement was an ass. There was some
conjecture as to fitness, but the expert.
ment was tried. 1t was less problem
attic than the ancient treatment O
Romulus and Remus, and apparently
as successful.
When these details were completed
which exhausted another hour, the
door was opened, and the anxiou;
crowd, which had already formed
themselves into q queue, entered in sin
gle file. Beside the low bunk or shelf
on which the figure of the mother wa:
starkly outlined below the blankets
stood a pine table. On this a candle.
box was placed, and within it, swathpC
in staring red flannel, lay the las
arrival at Roaring Camp. Beside tht
candle-bOx was placed a hat. Its ust
was soon indicated. Gentlemen, ,
said StumPy, with singular mixture
of authority and er-o65ciO complacency
-"Gpntlemen will please pass in a
the front door, round the table and ou
at the back door. Them as wishes t.
contribute anything toward the or
phan will find a hat handy" The
first man entered with his hat on ht
uncovered, however, rs he looked
about him, and so, uncOnsciOusly, Sc
an example to the next. In such com
munities good and bad actions art
catching. As the procession filed in
comments were audible-criticisms ad
dressed perhaps, rather to Stumpy, il
the character of Snowman: ais tha
him?" Mighty small specimen;
" Hasn't MORN got the colOr;" "Ain'
bigger nor derringer." The cOntri
buttons were as Characteristic silvel
tObaccO-bOX; a dOublOon; a navy re
vOlver, silver mounted; a gold speci
men; a very beautiful embroidered
lady's handkerchief (frOm Oakhurst
the gambler; a diamond breastpin;
diamond ring, Suggested by the pin
with the remark from the giver tha
he ''saW that pin and went two dia
mOnds better"); a slung shot; a Bible
Contributor not detected); a COLDER
Ispur; a silver teaspoon, (the initials,
regret to say, were not the giver's); {
pair of surgeons shears; a lancet; (
Bank of England note for 95; anC
about $500 in loose gold and silve
coin. During these proceedings Stun
Ipy maintained a silence as impassiv'
as the dead on his left, a gravity as in
scrutable as that of the newly born Ol
his right. Only one accident occurred
to break the mOnOtOny of the curiOu
procession. AS Kentuck bent over tn
candle-bOx half curiously, the chilc
turned, and, in a spasm Of pain, caugh
at his cropping finger, and held it fas
for a moment. Kentuck looked fool
ish and embarrassed. Something like
Ia blush tried to assert itself in hi
Weather-beaten cheek. "The d
little cUss :" he said, as he eXtricatet
his finger, with perhaps more tender
ness and care than he might hav
| been deemed capable of showing. H
held that finger a little apart from it
fellows as he went out, and examined
it curiously. The examination pro
voked the same original remark in re
gard to the child. In fact, he seemed
to enjoy repeating it. " He rastleC
with my finger" he remarked to Tip
ton, holding the member, "the d
little cuss ~
1t was four o'clock before the CAM
sought repose. A light burned in tn
cabin where the watchers sat, 70
Stumpy did not go to bed that night
Nor did Kentuck. He drank quit
freely, and related with great gusto hi
experience, invariably ending with hi
characteristic condemnation of the nev
conner. 1t seemed to relieve him 0
any unjust implication Of sentiment
and Kentuck had the weakness Of tn,
nObler sex. When everybody else ha,
gone to bed he walked down to tn
river and whistled rehectingly. TheI
he walked up the gulch, past tn
cabin, still whistling with demOnstra
tive unconcern. At a large redwOo,
tree he paused, and retraced his steps
and again passed the cabin. Half-wa,
down to the rivers bank he agair
paused, and then returned and knOCkeu
at the door. 1t was opened by Stumpy
CHOW goes it?'' said Kentuck, look
/, ing past Stumpy towards the candle
box. "All serene" replied Stumpy
Anything up?" "Nothing." Their
was a pause-an embarrassing one
l; Stumpy still holding the door. The
! Kentuck had recourse to his finger
= which he held up to Stumpy. "Rastle
with 1.-THE ID little cuss," he said
r and retired.
The next day Cherokee Sal had sue
r rude sepulture as Roaring Camp a
forded. After her body had been CON
: mitted to the hillside, there was a fol
{ NAL meeting of the camp to discus
( what should be done with her infan
2 A resolution TO adopt it was unan
: NOUS and enthusiastic But an an
mated discussion in regard to the mar
. ner and feasibility Of providing for il
= wants at once sprung up. 1t was IT
: markable that the argument partOO
: of none of those fierce persOnalitie
. with which discussions were usual
t conducted at Roaring Camp. TiptO
! proposed that they should send tn
( child to Red Dog-a distance of fort
: miles-where female attention could b
: procured. But the unlucky suggestiO
? met with fierce and unanimous Oppc
. sition. It was evident that no pla
] which entailed parting from their neV
4 acquisition, would for a moment b
e entertained. "Besid,s," said Stump
Rider, "them fellers at Red DOG
2 would swap it and ring in sOmebOd
: else on US" A disbelief in the hOr
esty of other camps prevailed in Roal
D ing Camp, as in other places.
concluded next week.
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