Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-27
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The Doctors Brat.
EY MADAME cOLMACHE.

our family. Tor l ncle Edward pdId us q Visit
at Silvermcre. He had left us fifteen years
ago for America 20 Join rs army surgeon the
expedition undertaken by General Wool t.
the Rocky Mountains Here ne had remained
during all that time, leading the widest and
most picturesque life Imaginable Always
commanded to the most distant outposts on
the Indian frontier, fighting against the re-
hclli0us tribes, then healing the wounds
himself had made, visiting the Indians OF the
Reservations, riding TO the .'Great Round
Valleys whore the Indian tribes arc en-
closed by the nted States Government
when deprived Or their lands, for the pur-
poses of civilization, killing, curing, aiding.
comforting. riding over hundreds of miles
in search of medicines. and walking throus b
s5litudcs untrodden BY mortal man until be
vcnturcd there 70 look for rare and curious
plants,-such had been the existence Of our
Uncle Edward
With the children. Uncle Edward : stories
Of camp life and border warfare against the
Red Indians were highly popular they
would Chamber mp to his knees and swarm
round his chair. listening with intense Ell
-crucss to every word lie uttered lie loved
b the children dearly, bur not with equal
8ndncss. lt was little Rosina, youngest Of
#II, who cn-rossed the greatest share and
he was never 50 happy as when the little
creature lay nest!iugin his arms then would
h~ lo0'. down into her sweet, tiny face with
strained and passionate ycarning which
used 70 set Us dreaming Of the cause. When
rallied once upon this preference, he answer
ID. gently, -PerhapS love her best, because
feel somehow as II | had known her l0nE-
est and have loved her before"
Uncle Edw ard had many curious treasures
tg show us, as y9u may imagine, but the
long decr-kin pouch in which he kept his
store af triles was the greatest attraction ol
eN. lie told Us the story of every item it
contained There was the little hsh-EOd from
ALASKA with his movable crown, of which he
can De- deprived whenever he fails to send fine
weather and Il plentiful drausht of fishes t0
his w5r-hipuers there was the carved pipe
Ho.si ol tile calumet 81 peace. and the rich
silver mule-spurs with their biunted spikes
md curious boot rests, and many other arti-
c.es ot which nc.e ElwarI told us the his
tory and purpose with the greatest good ma
rGre. There was however. one little shin
iug object concerning which he eiudtd all
questioning, even from brother JACK, the
most curious and inguisltlve creature III the
world. who always succeeded IN w1rming
out inform ton even when most vigIlaut.v
-uarded This object was nothing OF value
Pa ta5v's moca-slu mot even the pair-) and
r-r Jueie Edward always gathered 1t up IN
haste. .liiaz it m bis bosom when about
-a.w us the other contents Of hls medicine
Har
Mas rat t.r the v.r. .4y before his dc-
f.rru-c CHAT Jncle Edward t-ld us tile story
s tie I.t Ic m.ca--In. II was IL dainty iit-
tl. ct made 0t Ill. -1.--st dccr-kln eu-
.-...erci ID beads, tgrac1 over ut the in-tep
-a -.a., tile lining al scarlet cloth. cd,ea
,.l-. .s..fu.-t Ielle.re frIr-e n bark f re
.vf -- -#.. Ifi-Htc.- esI5r.. rs fine a;.t
..... v.feaal AZ vY4 cu r1--iblv imagine.
Flo .a.aae-ln 1ni-ht se q clld of from two
. hire. years h aaa. ana htI evidently
a.-,. 4...5 ,,5rn for lie scarlet cloth va