Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-11-13

not two Lullets better than one - they
cried.
'Tattcrs, > cut me of the tail, " said
one.
Aud cut me of the mane | want
! it to make coat collar for my father"
shouted the other.
Without Il word, the boy did rs he
was bid, and then securely fastened the
trophies on behind their saddles.
Now let's overtake thu train, and
tell father all about killing our first
buffalo, " cried the elder of the two
| brothers.
"And won't he be delighted ~ SAID
the other, as he Chamber ed up to the
saddle, and turned his face in every
direction looking for the wagons.
''But where are they ?" he cried.
At first the brothers laughed a little.
then they grew very sober.
THAT is the way they went" said
one, pointing off. "Ye-ye- yes, l
think that's the way they went. But
| wonder why we can't see the wa
gons ?'
ave have galloped long way, and
then they Haye been going in the other
direction |: you 90 that way you will
he lost. When we started, | noticed
that the train was moving toward sum
| set, aud that the sun was over our left
shoulder as we LOOKED after the train.
We must go in this direction, or we
shall be lost" mildly and firmly said
the barefooted bov, as he drew his belt
tighter, and prepared for work.
TIE other boys only looked disdain-
fully at the speaker as he sat on his
horse and shading his eyes with his
| hand, looked away in the direction he
wised to go. Then they talked mo-
ment between themselves, end taking
out their pocket compasses, pretended
! to look at them very knowingly.
Now, many people think a compass
will lead them out of almost any place
where they are lost. This Is a mis-
| take.
A compass is only of use when you
can not see the sun. And even then
you must have GOODNESS and patience
and good sense to get on with it at all.
1t can at best only guide you from on9
object to another, and thus keep you in
straight line, and so prevent you
from going around and around and a
round.
But when the plain is one vast level
sea, without single object rising up
out of it as a guide, what is a boy to
do ? 1t takes a cool head, boys or
mans, to use compass on the plains.
"Come on that is right" cried the
elder of the two hunters, aud they
darted away, with "Tatters" far in the
rear. They rode hard and hot for a
full hour, getting more frightened, aud
going faster at every jump. The sun
was hign in the heavens. Their horses
were all in foam.
II see something at last" shouted
the elder, ,as he stood up in his stirrups,
and then settling back in his seat, he
laid on whip and spur, and rode fast
and furious straight for dark object
that lay there in the long brown grasses
Of the broad unbroken plains Soon
they came up to it. 1t was the dead
buffalo They knew now that they
were lost on the plains. They had
been riding ia the fatal circle that
means death if you do not break it and
escape.
Very meek and very penitent felt the
Two boys as "Tatters" came riding up
slowly after them. They were tlIed
and thirsty. They seemed to them
selves to have shrunken to about half
their usual siZe
Meekly they lifted their eyes TO the
despised boy, and pleaded silently and
pitifully for help. Tears were in their
eyes. Their chlns and lips quiYered, {,
but they could not say one word.
"We must ride with the sun on the
left shoulder, as I said, and with our
faces all the time to the west. If we
do not do that we shall die. Now,
come with me-" said "Tatters," firm
ly, as he turned his horse and took the
lead. And now meekIy and patiently
the others followed.
But the horses we're broken in
strength and spirit. The sun in mid
heaven poured its full force Of heat up
on the heads of the thirsty hunters,
and they could hardly keep their seats
in the hot saddles. The horses began
to stumble and stagger as they walk.
ed.
Aud yet there was no sight or sound
of anything at all, before, behind, or
left or right. Nothing but the weary
dreary, eternal and unbroken sea Of
brown.
Away to the west the bright blue
sky shut down sharp and tight upon
tho broryp opI 1,la1i,rr rlo;r, Tho foNo