The Red Cloud chief., 1880-09-16

Tie Pssseer q Ia Psrse.
Hs wa also . pioneer. A party who
broke through the snows Of y ~iater
OF 81 ani cane apoa the srssn-vas
little valley zftesSard known as Ia
Port. found him the sole inhabsEAa;.
lie had suhsi-;sd for three montks on
two biscuits . day aud . few inches II
bacon. in \ hut made Il bark and brush
wood. Yet when IN. explorers foa1d
him be wss quite alert. hopeful and gen
ilemanly. But I ehecrfsliy make way
here for the ter-sr narrative o. Captain
Henry Symes. commanding the pros-
pectiag party: I'VE KEN upon him.
| gentlemen. sadderf-like. Just abreast O.
a rock like this" demonstrating the
distances near ex % be. lie sees
Us and he dives into bis cabin and comes
out ayin with q tail hat--a ~s;oyepipe,
g-ntlemen-ani. blank me. gloves. lie
WAS \ tail. thin feller. hollcr in the
cheek-ex might be-and OF color In
his face, q was nat rsl. tskin ia q
count his starvation grub. But be lifts
his hat jess so, and 81 he: Happy 10
make your acquaintance. gent.emea'
I'm afraid you experienced some dill
Guilty in getting here Take = Cigar
And he pulls cut = fancy c~igar-cAse with
two real Havanas in H. Il wish there
WAS more ser he.
AYE don't smoke yourself seq L.
seldom ser he. which war = lie. for
thai very afternoon | seed him hangin
onto = short pipe ike n sackin' baby
onto a bottle. Il kept these cigars for
any gentlemen that might drop in
''.i reckon We see a great deal o the
best society har.' ser Bill Parker. s,arin'
at the hat an gloves aud winkIn' al the
bows.
"A few Indians occasionally SEE
he.
".Injins.' seq we.
"'Yes. Very quiet. good fellows in
their way. They have once err twice
brought me game. which | refused. As
the poor fellows have had n pretty hard
time of il themselves
Now. gentlemen. we was. eE YOU
know, rather quiet men-rather peace
able mel; but -hevin' been shot Al three
times by these var good lnjins. and
Parker hissclf havin' n matter Of three
inches of his W skelp lying loose in
their hands and he a wslkin round
wearin' green leaves on his head like a
Roman statoo it did kinder seem ez If
this yer stranger was playin' rather low
down on the boys. Bill Parker gets up
and takes a survey o him, and says he.
peaceful-like:
".Ye say these yer Injuns-these
yer quiet Injuns-oifered yer game?
"'They did" seq he.
land you refoosed?
81 did, sez he.
Unjust hev made 'em feel kinder bad
-sorter tortered their sensitiv' naters?'
seq Bill.
.'They really seemed quite dissp-
pointed
"'In course seq Bill. And now
mout | ask who be you?'
Excuse me- says the stranger;
and, darn my skin. if he didn't hist out
a keerd case, and handin' il over To
Billy, ssz, Here's my kyard.'
"Bill took it and read out aloud. j.
Trott, Kentucky
"'lt's a pooty keed,' seq Bill.
"'I'm glad you like it, says The
stranger.
81 recken the other fifty-one Of the
deck ez a pooty-all Of 'em Jacks and
left bowers seq Bill.
1.-The stranger SEE nothin' but kinder
draws back from Bill. but Bill ups and
seq:
".Wot is your little game, Mr.. j.
Trott. of Kentucky?
81 don't think l quite understand
you seq the stranger, a holler fire com
in into his cheeks like ez if they was
the bowl of a pipe.
"'Wot's this yer kid-glove business?
this yer tall hat paradin'?-this yer
circus foolin'? Wot's it all about?
Who are we, anyway
1.-The stranger stands up and seq he:
'Ez don't quarrel with the guests on
my own land seq he, Il think you'll
allow Tina gentleman ser he.
with that he takes oil his tall hat
and makes a low bow. SO. and turns
away-like this; but Bill lites out of q
student with his right foot and drives
his No. ten boot clean through the
crown of that tall hat like one o. them
circus hoops.
That's obout ez fur ez l remember.
Gentlemen! thar warn't but one man u
that hull crowd ez could actooally swear
what happened next, and that man never
told. For a kind o. whirlwind jest then
took place in that valley. l disremem-
Der anythin' but dust and bustlin'.
Thar wasn't no yellin'. thar wasn't no
shootin'. Ii was one O them student
things that left even a siX-shooter out
in the cold. When | KEN to in the
chapparel-being uncomfortable like
from hevin' only half a shirt on
found nigh on three pounds o gravel
and stones in my pockets and a stiffness
in my ha'r. l looks up and sees Bill
bangin' in TIE forks of a hickory saplin'
twenty feet above me.
Cap seq he, in an inquirin' way,
'hez the tornado passed.
"'Which? sell.
"'This yer elemental disturbance
is it over?:'
~ reckon SEE 1.
Because seq he, 'afore this yer
electrical phenomenon took place I he'd
q slight misunderstanding with q
stranger. and I'd like to apologize
"And with that he climbs down,
peaceful ike. and goes into the shanty.
and comes out, hand-in-hand with that
stranger. smilin' like an infant. And
that's the first time, | reckon. we know'd
anythin' about the Gentleman Of La
Porte ."-Bret Harte, in BeLyraria.
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