Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-09
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e T. With /. few words more the ply
sician departed, fully satisfied witt
r the result Of his mission, except tina
he grudged the valuable horse he Rat
been forced to part with, not DARN,
), to question the, terms 80 plainly itn
> piled BY bis savage cShfsderate. N n'
The Indian watched until he hat
entirely disappeared, and then soueh
his daughter, and whispered a few
words in her ear. To Hear a com
mand was. to obey, and that after
noon the obnoxious boy was tempted
to the stTtempted Ito pass thss
i night there, and to joinsthe Indians
upon their distant, journey. Abused
and homeless as he was, this did moi
prove difficult task, especially with
the prospect of great atS.l'gf buffalo y hunt
Provided with q = pony as;1,j, y, the Il In
dian, and constantly influenced by
the young squaw, be came to lose, in
a great degree, bis. remembrance Of
wrongs and bis love foreiyiized life I;
and after wandering with the tribe
for several years, was adopted into it
adopted their manners and GUS
toms and dress, and, when disguised
by paint it. would hayegsbeenl very
diffcult;to tell the reabfrom the coun-
terfeit. q This his naturally swarthy
complexion and black eyes and hair
favored, and still the more so as be
invariably used the language of the
red men. .eo1a:r ioIi57AiS
But the chances had been as a
thousand to one against such a COM
summation. It had been the inten-
ton of Big Elk to carry out his con-
tract to the letter, and hewould have
done so had the boy not displayed
great bravery and cunning had not
been the means of saving his life,,
and had he not been swayed far more
than he would have been willing
to acknowledgeby his favorite daugh-!
ter. .sii. 7T
OF what had becomeaof the de-
tested boy, DR.. Skinner never knew.
The willy Indian effectually, Blinded
his eyes when. he visited, and as
years passed even permitted the ply
sician to see him (ampng others Of
about his age), and r5oiced when he
found that his disguiseiwas not pene-
t-ated. Yet the counterfeit Indian
knew him well enough, Iand all the
old hatred awoke within his bosom,
was intensified by the life he had led,
and it was lucky that the opportuni-
ty Of revenge did not offer. And
yet it was .coming-was very near.
When Big Elk returned from one Of
his annual visits to the physician, his
brow was clouded and his heart filled
with anger. He had been coldly re-
ceived brutally treated, bidden to.
begone for miserable, thie7ing In
dian dog, when he limited that he
should receive present Gas had al
ways been the custom) for removing
the boy out Of the waysof the great
.pp That he, Sachem Of his
manner raRH'asaSMee H'saS4M. spes s to lin ibis this
he pondered long upon the course
he should follow.
He saw clearly that the physician
would have nothing more to do with |
bin. he had become very rich
the power Of the red man had been
steadily failipg-the great white one
could trample him under his feet like
dust, and there would be none to for
bid. Everything was for the one
and against the other, and Big Elk
knew it would not answer for him to
attempt any open revenge. Such a
thing, however, was foreign to his ma
ture. Like all of bis race, he loved
to lie in ambush until he could crush
his enemy without danger to him
self.
Formapy hours he bitterly brood
ed over the insults he had received,
thensought John Manning (who had
grosn to the stature and almost years
Of man), took him beyond the hear
in Of all and poured venom into his
ers, and awoke again, in all its
ristine freshness the devilish fire
hat had long slumbered within his
breast.
MY son said the Sachem, speak
ing after the manner of the elders of
his race, "have you forgotten the
nome of your childhood, and he who
lrove you from it as the fierce wolf
1rives the deer ?" u
Never! p was the curt answer.
"Then listen to me. The pale /.
Medicine bribed me to lure you away, =
hat you nigh. no longer trouble him
With yosr demands"
"For my right +
." AYE. / did SO, and you have {,
grown into my heart like a son."
The boy shook with anger, and as !,
he Sachem paused, he laid his hand Q
n meaning manner upon his hatch
It. and asked? ri d
"This ?" -. 80 o
"Nq. Let your ears be open Ii
'onr heart soft as the soil of prarie
n the spring time to receive, and "
ard as It is is in winter to retain. He ii
+ whom we are speaking loves to
tudy the serpents that most men 8:
read and shun. In little box in ft
be room where he keeps his medi. te
ines he has those have brought a
i'm year after year, and he handles it
hem as fearlessly and safely as he Il
oqldl the ,stIpgl less fishing Eorm. Fl 44''
nows that" ;" and The Indian drop =.
ed his voice into 9 whisper and fin az
he'd the sentence. ~s ~
The boy stared at the secret that .
ad been revealed to him, anda smile "
10y broke the usually stern lines y'
bout his mouth-stern, for the sor- 81