The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-09
sTAse's ilss aAat is is. shluos lae rOld


 when the sun is on is. gees clean rouad and n'aSy gate b % in hy, Asv to jump over it but thes's easy enough: if they think to ksep the reds osf by sich con- trivanes they are bigger fools than l took 'em for."
 "How high is the fence, Saml"
 @'Bous high as a buffer calf, jedge brass rail, runs clear round tho house.s "How long have they had 1t up ltl is the 6rst have heard of it" inquisad the colonel.
 "Aeout month l reckon, aimee the reds began to get sassy" was thsFepN.
 "Looks as if they were getting up some sort of a battery, don't 1t doctorr'
 "lshas set me to thinking and will help to solve the mystery of 'Spirt Rife;' that is, If you will grant me the favor of an escort to the professors warrant will get at the bottom of it."
 Well, believe l can accommodate you, doctor, it's my duty to inform them in some way of the rising of the savages and would like to make their acquaint- ance besides; SO we'll start tomorrow after breakfast; your subject must val, another day"
 of dont find out all want to learn from the professors, will engage to eat him, paint and al" |" vas the reply. CHAPTER u.
 Bright and early the next morning the colonel, doctor and Sam Hunt accom-. panied by a corporal and ten men, Sc, out to visit the mud house, and to warn any settlers on their way of the rising of the savages.
 "Do tEe professors go armed when they are out collecting their specimens, Sam ?" inquired the doctor.
 Don't often carry rifes," was the re- ply. "rhe big man and the chap who picks flowers, dried grass and sich stuff, carry those new fangled pistols that shoo, half dozen times without loading; they say thet some Yankee expects to sell lot to the guv'ment to lick the Mexicans with"
 (Which one does the hun,ing2"
 "The boss man, named Adams, he is always looking at stones. He and the fat chap, a Dutchman, believe; the one thet shoots all the little birds he sees with shot gun. pepper box, call 1t. They may carry pistols besides, but they don't amount to much"
 It was not until late the next day that the party arrived in the vicinity of the mud house when about half mile from their destination they heard several shots and succession of yells that could proceed from nothing but a savage throat. Fastening their steps they came to small bit of prairie surrounding the house occupied by the devotees of science within short distance of the fence, described by Sam, they saw ,he flying figure of a white man pursued by several savages. He had discharged both barrels of shot gun with good effect, as one savage lay dead and another ap- peared by his inability to keep up with the others, to be badly hurt. The re. maindsr of the band. however, pressed steadily on. and the unfortunate scientist who was quite corpulent, was in some danger of being overtaken. His nearest pursuer fortunately possessed neither gun nor bow, but carried knife and hatchet, which. with yells of exultation, he bran. dished dehan.ly at the soldiers who, by their shouts, hoped to divert him from his prey by their near approach.
 "Consarn 1t, why don't his friends come out and help the feller; thet's Dutchy, the one who shoots the birds" exclaimed Sam, lingering his rife as if calculating the chances for a long shot.
 "They must be all out and we will be too late to save his hair," remarked the col. onei, as the pursued man tumbled rather than leaped over the fence that enclosed his home. "But what does that mean, doctor?" he continued, as the entire party halted in amszement at beholding the tall savage who led the pursuit, fall suddenly outside the enclosure, while attempting to leap the fence to secure his prey. The remainder of the band now pressed closely by the soldiers talk ing to their heels.
 The soldiers quickly gave chase and succeeded in Iessening the number of the party iew more, the wounded say. age being of the number meanwhile the poor professor, like some huge turtle, lay on his back, his feet and hand, beating the air, and apparently roaring lus,ily.