Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
.,iAN AN \ BROTHER.
a.. rr..oi- of Western Life "a Related
~ an rs Witness.


.,ia(A<D 4 BROTHER.
r,..1f. Of q. vstern Life "a Related
ID an rs Witness.
-,'- s1zf-iH4 foF H9rct.
IA ....f told the story. He said it
.- and whatever else might be
..u. a1 one had ever accused him
....--r ft-clupd Wiiifully in his life.
- -.Iplinsrlan, and something OF
-.-.- lu the service OF the great
.-... lqaug st whose head be stood
,,-t.. lg his own house he wac SIM
--. -t... host, the most courteous
Kan. -..-t h0spItable Of men. When
e...-|fr4te officers came from the in
~ .le capital his residei &C was
natural resort Of an evening when
-.T.-.r.-- ef the day was done. Twice
.r..-. ..-l tell the story that | am about
----... mere. each time with the same
.- and with tue same gestures. l be-
rgI la true. and when he SAID he
-r.--ad -lc incident which IS the centre
..tIl have no doubt whatever but that
.-.is IL is a story finely touched
.-.. -1It human interest which appeals
--.lr-4r--. ] have never thought OF IL
rtrrut ling that there is = grandeur
Nd dignity in life that go tar to cOun-
..--aaur. Its too apparent meannes5es
Ind il= ROD evident sins.
Tho Story itself takes rs back about a
..g.r y-tI- or more, to somewhere about
---- urau the Northwestern States and
---v. meas " this continent were IN the first
svr n tla day of that amazing yigOr
which has surprised and astonished the
r-sI Chicago, standing on the eastern
liz r .ll5 vast territory, had not yet
-rE.1autly emerged from its baptism
90 a
ta ,.-.-I over the western shores of
.qr. Ni-ai am. 81. Paul and MiuneapO-
v.ul- twin giants " lusty growth,
vsr. RAPIDLY rising into Importance IN
r.r..r waters of the Mississippi,
vale .5l mtl-s north u them, Fort Garry,
s- O.. laEss ~ the Red river, had hardly
.sv.t begun tO show the pr mise that It's
s--.lallt Winnipeg, mere than iulnlls
-a-uz -l- rlritsl OF Central Canada
T-.rIag 4t beginnings had features Of
--.N.. some ef which have disappeared
already. ami ll OF which are lated event
...- .l PASS away. For one thing the
E.>-ern mau" Is fast dying out; the
-.H.ays. rather tLan the saloons, nave
r.l him. To some extent he still sur
rr.s in tee cowboy OF Montana and
a- Rocky Mountains, but no writer has
e. TAR had either the temerity o. tne
strength of imagination % invest him
with the picturesque and sometimes ten
der caI0ung 0f that romance in v5iCh
-ha Westeruer has been uaint-i i1r Us.
Among these features SD rapidly pass
~ away none Was mGFe instantly part
ftRp scene and none more characteristic
aud noticeable, than the hat-bOttomed,
-.4vv-l0Jk sLrrl-s-l heel prOpeller-the
s-r. pioneer Ed the West OF civilization
arsr H. Vet railways were not. Creep
-rrr the shallow waters Of some stream
-a-fIr broader than the steamer Itself.
,assfuE llr-U.l the OveThaugIng
ranches, shooting rapids and jumping
t4-t banks. never safe from ''snHgs," with
-st-rrz Vl.al -8-hed and mangled by
TIC Seating i-.at--ImDer, IL held braYely
ar it- WAY. carrying supplies Tor the dis
srts,rtusu-s. Time was no great OBJ
aet Sd long lbs +, cot thar. The present
e-.tr wail -.Lem b-rs IN 1874 spending
--., DAYS Boz citing over sixty miles OF
-n4sr -ag.- and tOTturOus twists Of
-,-,.. BED Lake RIVER from CrOOkstOn TO
---i Forks TO Northern Dakota IN just
sg.a Steamer. Now the railways have
r.- &c away far nOrthward and west
Fl-i. 1.-L. -- far as the Saskatchewan
--i a. pc.-t river, and west as far as
smaller .ll-aries OF the Yellowstone
al Qua Miss url.
N--l- Gil. summer Of 1870, we will
say. ore .. -le steamers was making its
way down -Ia E-l river Of the North for
Fargo. il design aud appearance it was
--- l--a. 10 estern type. And the Bed
-T-r j. at -l- same general order as most
Streams VI Boz " est-a shallow ZigZag Of
as.s-8m. apparently going nowhere in
-sfl.rlllr, aIt, for all that, ia its own
sgr.F fashion, knowing its own bust
lass very sell as il heads nOrthWard for
lsa Hulig z. now wide, now narrow,
via leEe % al-h OF poplar or OAK upon its
EE-, and there @ belJ Of willows bend
II -0Wl into the yeilOW-brOWn waters,
T-le e f-w solitary log shanties at wide
-.s-Ei.s tell Of the settlers presence.
ll--l ore but few passengers on the
.s-l deck ol the steamer-One or two
.z.s-s ri tls Hudson Bay Company &C
- Oh ,l ,l-.r posts in the wilderness, a
-u-rE o. tanners and emigTants intend
b % tase 90 hymesJeads in Manitoba.
-.i t-- Hudson Bay Company's Off
5-- has With him his young wife and a
--I. . urT girl three years Old-a pretty,
ta....rs. fearless, fascinating young wO-
-i1 she is every bOdy's pet, from the
.t'-sf dandy WGeelsman, who tries to en-
~ lp lis pilOt-bON, which towers
tf'e t-e vessel, down TO the griZzled,
sl7 teca hands, whose acquaintance
re ai5 somehow or other made, on the
T5- deck
20 u- f.-r 0f this lower deck, whittier
--1s 1e.l taken Dy her nurse, she has
- uTte men lying bound, chained
---l and tll- They are on their way to
E.ea at Fargo, and the Sheriff. who
- Elected their capture, never leaves
-=- .lr i-eT are known to be desperate.
AMY there is no lSmb-like innocence
10y ilem- They constantly talk TO one
-ri' and t9the Sheriff, whom they call
-, ana Who, % 30 him justice, enters
s.. all -I up1thetically into all the eX-
'li DE- boys" They are confessed
--tls ans lliies, and they don't seem
.--- o. o. They guess the game is
4, a-- Mes accept their fate, not cheer
~ --t 81 g matter Of course. They
-, Do -1pi0us and characteristic
-.aIF q their own, against their in
y know 10.
aisle chill came 70 them and looked
--- l-f.lI-.y, they looked silently at
s.. --'E -at probably never seen any
DAINTY or SO sweet before. She
r. sang la llen % Brighten her. So
- =. t- .- and spoke 10 them in her
words, see even touched the fet-
49, .-- bands IF one of them, and
go DO b, flee, and asked birl what
r.t-.- Pr man smiled too. without
t-- TIE child moved away. As
f--arl s-er7 was sudden quick Jerk
---' r-ip- IDS further side ground
Y., against some unyielding sub
,,-.-- ---- ~ tle water; il tilted over
- az cl.l lost her balance, and,
Fi-,- rta-- le.l over the side into the
,--. ~ vessel las an instant was sta
a-.-. .-- .-Fre prisoners saw her dis
s az prisoner - whom she had
--. whose handouts she had for
.r- t-tr.-f, exclaimed. God
b ,- h.li.' Then quickly roll
.Fer iul over, he dropped
l-ss i-I beside the child. As mis-
G.ar. i behind him, he caught
b t.-.. ---s 10 ais teeth. and treading
t ~. f-- BIS fet;ered feet, kept the
a.-g-s-. -.-E until help came. As
--r.--- mention was diverted to the
- t-a steamer, 10 was some
@--r u from the vessel reach
-'---,.9!-. l i-- child vas saved.
ssyes @--i the chief, with flash
y.s4 splendid. magnificent, no.
.te -..-.' l' relate the thankfulness
% ..,- -s mother or the gratitude
Ter SIS s- ar q white man, Rik,
A. ,tt tl- sheriff
al. f,- made uD among the pas
-ir l3U, whose name WIS
"a. -.I ian hy birth.
'tri learned that the
j-t story 10 the s.Jedge-', and
\ -i,s-- r.tl Western freaIoYn- and
r---...- ilf gallant act y hich