The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-17

Louis, then in jail It JeferD0n for
swindling . blind Dutchman. then - .
gambler and rough in Cheyenne. and
finally a . dead.beat in Frisco. You
could tell pretty well when Jake wa
IN devilty by watching the actions OF
Jehiel. At such times Jehiel was rest
les. knocked tin with IN uneasy impsr
tience that wasn't hsbitual with him.
wa q mum and glum At prayer-meet-
ing q tho worst sinner in Saturday
Cove, and evidently had to struggle hard
to be good. Itseemed a il Dr.. GOokin's
knife, which cut the physical twins
apart had been unable to discover the
psychial twins, and that some part OF
Jake's soul fingered at times in Jehiel.
Whether Jehiel's piety ever influenced
Jacob, I am unable to say.
The most singular thing Of all was
in regard to Jehiels attention to the
young woman named Giles. She was q
sober, denure, church-gOing person,
whom Jacob had never been able to
endure, but who. as everybody said,
would make an excellent helpmate for
Jehiel. He seemed to care a good deal
for her in his steady, slow way, and made
a point twice a week Of driving over to
bring her to prayer-meeting at the Cove.
But when one Of his old spells was on
him he fors0ek her altogether, and
weeks would go by, to her great distress,
without his appearing at the Giles gate.
As Jake went from bad to wOrs these
periods of indifference became more
frequent and prolonged, and occasioned
tho young woman named Giles much
misery and q good many tears.
Zone fine afternoon in the summer of
1871, Jacob Dow, as we afterwards
learned, was shot through the heart by
a Mexican in a drunken row at San
Diego. He sprang high in the air and
fell upon his face, and when they laid
him away a good Catholic priest said
mass for the repose of his soul.
THAT same afternoon, al it happened,
old DR.. GOOkin was to have been buried
in the graveyard yonder. He had died
a day or two before at an extreme age,
but IN the full possession of his facul.
ties, and n of the last remarks he
made was to express regret that he
would be unable to follow the career of
the Dow twins any further.
1T became Jehiel's melancholy duty |
to harness up his hearse OF account of
old DIR. Gookin's funeral, and as he
busted the plumes and polished the eb.
ony panels of the vehicle, his thoughts
naturally required to the great service
which that excellent physician had rem
dered him n early youth. Then he
thought of his twin brother Jacob, and
wondered where he was and how he
prOspered. Then his eyes wandered
over the hearse, and he felt a dull pride
in its creditable appearance. 1t looked
bright and shiny in the sun that he
resolved, as it still wanted a couple of
hours of the time appointed for the
funeral, to drive it over to the Giles
farm and fetch his sweetheart to the
village on the box with him. The young
named Giles had frequently
ridden with Jehiel on the hearse, her
tenure features and sober apparel de-
tracting nothing from the respectable
'olemnity of the equipage.
"Jehiel drove up in state to the door
If his betrothed, and she, not at all re-
uctant to enjoy the mild excitement of
! funeral, mounted to the box and set
led herself comfortably beside him.
Then they started for Saturday Cove,
md logged along on the hearse, dis
affectionately as they went.
miss Giles af1irms that it was at the
bird apple tree next the stone wall of
Hosea Getchell's orchard, just opposite
he bars leading to MI. Lords private
Dad, that a sudden and most extraOrdi-
'ary change came over Jehiel. He
Jumped, she says, high in the air, and
.nded sprawling in the sandy road
longside the hearse. yelling so hide
'usly that it was with difficulty that
he held the frightened horses. Picking
himself up and uttering a round OATH 1
omething that had never before passed
he virtuous lips of Jehiel-he turned i
is attention to the horses, kicking and
them until they stood quiet.
next proceeded to cut and trim q
willow switch at the roadside, and {
his decent silk hat down over r
ne eye, and darting from the other '
surly glance at the astOnished Miss O
tiles, he climbed to his seat on the ]
earse. =
"'Jehiel Dow said she. what does I
MS mean?" a
SIT meansv he replied, giving the off 4
orse q vicious cut with his switch. t
hat I have been goin' slow these thirty 4
ears, and now I'm goin' to put a little t
niger In my gait GelangF" v
THE hearse horses jumped under the o
accustomed lash and broke into q b
sllop. Jehiel applied the switch again o
nd again, and the dismal vehicle was j,
ION humping over the road 1t q ire l.
lendous pace. Jehiel shouting all the ri
me like a circus rider, and Miss Giles c,
inging to his side in an agony Of ter d
u. The people in the farm houses 81
ong the way rushed to the doors and el
indows and gazed in amazement at la