The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-03

came. bringing With them the prufu.s. Of
winser, and the last hOof diSapFear,,i the 10
leCte,i Sioux looked az each others stonachs
and wondered how hon. they woubi s'a,ul o,.,
full anal round without artificial enguuraSe-
nlent There were fish IN abundance. a few
jack rabbits and whole colonies OF guphprs,
but your lnian + q sensitive party, ami viii
hunt nothing that lie g1lrft hunt on horse He
can fast Indefinitely, bu. his spirit is above
small ganla 81 our friends. the h,r
tiles, settled down b q comfortabIe
family starye. And il VS. right
there that Mr.. Edward Alien made BIZ Of
mistake. Had he closed his store. as thecivil-
ht'i merchant does when famine sets in. L..
had kept himself out Of difficulty, hut H.,
di Int. Touched with an UNNECESSARY ssuti-
ment of pity, be began TO give away quaint
ties Of f,oj, and. naturally, he eanb' To- grief
Unfortunately for Mr.. Allen h.. a,a a Irac-
teal man. Had he understood that philan-
thropy Is purify speculative scienec, h. had
fanei much better. But h. went about phi
lanthropy a. he went about hi, bushes. and,
Consequently, h. dropfei into trouble. The
more he gave. the more impnrtunate h,1iIile
his teneticiarieS
They asked, they begged, ami thea dc
mant.ed more. Therpupon Mr. Alen did
what he should have done in til first plac,.--
shut up his shop ami went hou. T. his wife.
who hal IA few months previously presented
him with lahy. This exaNr~rstpl lli> ,1ls-
TONERS, ami the dance ol"n,vl Muel You he
had six men in his 'mrluy There were fif-
teen at the fort unler Walsh. This Sinuv
numbered S,oal. AMI the nearest help wa, 9in
miles to the northwest
The sacking Of the store was horrible
sight, especially for Allen. Hundreds Of saw
ages, craz.d with hunger, tore log from hog
and seizei poneyerthiug eiillc They fought
like snakes with each other for mors.,l. ami
In the morning the cold winter sun throw
frozen b,ains upon the men who hal haen
killel for food Dill they want il for them.
selves Not one Of them. Down the stic of
that ragged cherries mountain were babies,
r.l as prairie fires, hut human AMI hungry.
Up from the lodges came walingS AMI lanIrr-
tation, answered back from the mountain-top
with shricks Of rage and pain, as mighty war
riorS stroye with each Other for the broken
food that would stop an infants suffering. IL
was for the brats that they broke Mr. Allen
up in business not for Themselves ami when
they Quilted his store, they turned his house
for moro. Refused, they cuncuctnl a d"vilish
scheme of vengeance, and what Is very much
morc to the point, they carried 1t ont
lfthere is dearer thing to an Indian than
his God, il is hi, child Some piou' people
may not understand tho possibility of such Il
preference, hut they should remember that
they are civilized. AMI that in civilization bots
of things rank the bahie, The Indian dosl't
look at it 80. First ia his mind conn, tn,
child and that child h" will feed at the
expense of his life H. dn~n't rruncils
himself 70 the idea that starving
young one Is hut "A bud opening into
the perfect flower He finds no r,ai Inatnn in
q romantic deception It the inevitable When
his papo'~e is hungry he is going to skirmi.h
for fol,ler, and il h. gets licked hr takes IL
quietly, SO quietly that he never moves around
much afterwarl. Understanding his own
feelings, he asribes the same to others, and
the Wool mountain end Of the schedule, con
tcturng that IL they secured Aliens baby he
would put up any amount of rourlAhmcnt rs
a ransom. broke into the houA' AMI yankri
the youngster from its mothers arms, pf
course that made trouble The mother.
couldn't stand it, and the row commenced
Up through coulces shrisk Of MORNING
rent the air and iriftel away 10 iind it,
echoes in the mountains. Red women moa'l.d
with despair over the dead bodies of husbands
and SONS Dusky faces were pressed upon the
snow that melted under hot tears nf grief fen
husbands and brothers slain in thcgrarple for
grub, for after all, grief Is culoresS, ami
attacks irrespective Of hue The coppcr-skinncd
savage has a cardiac entra as susceptible Ia
love as--well, as the averag" city woraii-.-
and she misses her loves n, much and muuI1ls
them a. bitterly Through the camp that
stood like great ghosts in the flirkcring Of the
fires men still fought AMI wtcstl"d AMI at the
upper end Of the village a great crowd gath
cred around the white baby There was M
disposition to hurt it, To it. caltors it was a
circulating medium representing So much
food, for which they were perfectly willing
to trade it. They could not harm II, for u
belonged 10 their friend, AMI they were auN-
ipis to return 1t 10 him for consideration.
An evidence of leaning toward civilization,
Won NAV say. Not exactly II /, true tho
ciyiized man will rob his friend and trade
bark the stolen property for something mora
valuable, bun he won't barter human flesh.
There Is u law against II.
Down from the mountain top tore a frantic
woman There were no cries no word, tn"
business she hal on hand did not allow ~
much noise. Her horses hoof- rang out on
the frozen ground with steady cIang, but
FL, 4r,t
gerolls and little out of repair. hut there
was NJ hesitation Close behind followed the
fifteen lanciers, but there was not speed
enough in their horses tp catch the flying
pony l.fore them Down through The dark
passes and into the deep shadows ant ont
again into the half light, the chaS' ran
steadily. Not halt broke that run II cigh-
teen miles, when the fires of the camp burst
into sight Down through the crowds Of
wailng women. past the bowling nourmr,;
out through the lines Of deserted lodges, and
at last into the crowd that circled around the
child 1t was strange frame for the picture
the lonely white woman made. a dozen dig
Dfied Indians topIded over a. the brave little
pony dashed against them. dozen more
fell under the swift strokes Of swords. The
attark was too sudden for resistance \ sore
of warriors were down, AMI others fell Ike The
prairi, rras, before the wind There Wa no
quarter until the last savage had disappeared
over the hill. and then Mrs. Allen tainted OF
cour7s she got the baby. She couldn't have
tainted before. A woman only faints at the
point of success. Perhaps it doesn't occur IA
her before.