The Elk Mountain pilot., 1882-07-13
EvBrlsA1lNG LIGHT IMMATURE

ca with an umbrella and leading 4 (
small urchin, called at the Office of
a New York boys story paper.
&c Is this the place where they fight
Indians ?" she inquired Of the gentle
man in charlie. "Is this the locality !
where the brave boy charges up the
canon and speeds bullet to the heart
tof the dusky red skin ?" and she jerk
ed the urchin around by the ear and
brought her umbrella down on the
desk.
"We publish stories for boys" re-
piled the young man evasively:
II want to know if these are the
premises on which the daring lad
springs upon his fiery mustang, and,
darting through the circle Of thunder
struck savages, cuts the captive's cords
and is away before the wondering
Indians have recovered from their as
toni:hmentl That's the information
I'm after. want to know if that
sort of thing is perpetrated here9 and
she swung the umbrella around her
head, and launched crack dt the
young mans head.
81 don't remember those specific
acts," protested the young man.
II want to know If this is the pre-
cinct where the adventurous boy jumps
on the back Of the buffalo and with
unerrlng aim picks off one by one the
blood thirsty pursuers who bite the
dust at every crack of his faithful rife?
I'm looking fof the place where that
sort Of thing happens and this
time she brought the unlucky young
man tremendous whack across the
back.
"I think! !"-commenced the dodg-
ing victim.
"Tm in search Of the shop IN which
the boy road agent holds the qulver-
ing stage driver powerless with his
gllttering eye, while he robs the male
passengers with an adroitness Of long
and tried experience, and kisses the
hands OF the lady passengers with a
gallantry of bearing that bespeaks
noble birth and chivalrous nature ?"
screamed the woman, driving the
young mar into the corner. "l'm
looking for the apartment in which
that business is transacted?" and
down came the umbrella with trip
hammer force on the young tnan's
head.
!" Upon mysoul, ma amp 1"-gasped
the wretched youth.
Il want to be introduced to the
jars in which you keep the boy scouts
of the Sierras. Show me the bins full
of tie boy detectives of the prairie.
Point out to me the barrels full of boy
pirates Of the Spanish main" And
with each demand she dropped the
umbrella on the young mans skull,
until he skipped over the desk and
rapidly disappeared in neighboring
canon.
"I'll teach 'em!" she painted,
grasping the urchin by the ear and
leading him off-"I'll teach 'em to
make it good or dance. Want to go
fight Indians any more1 Want to
stand proudly upon the pinnacle Of
the mountain and scatter the plain
beneath with the bodies Of uncounted
slain? Want to say hist = in tone
that brooks no contradiction Pro-
pose to spnng upon the taffrail, and
with ringing word of command send
broadside into the richly laden gal
ley, and then mercifully spare the
beautiful maiden in the cabin, that she
may become your bride? Eh! going to
do it any monet"
With each question she hammered
the yelping urchln until he was sore
and he protested his permanent and
listing abandonment Of all the glories
enumerated.
"Then come along" said she, TAX
ing him by the collar. "Let me
catch you around with my more ram
rods and carving knives, and you'll
think the leapsng, curling, resistless
pairie FIRE had swept with a fesocious
roaf Of triumph across the tremoling
A2ains arrr1 lo<}uted IN fhe seaf If v0,sy