Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-01-07

this tale SnOuid De tOlO uY mySclf. Dul
upon getting so far il struck mc that
the evidence Of another ncsor., who
played an important part in the drama,
would give certain 0ccufrences TO the
reader at first instead Of at second
hand. so ! wrote TO my friend Dick Fen
ton. Of frenchay, Gloucestershire, and
begged him, II he found himself capa-
Bile Of so doing. 10 put in simple nara
tive form his Impressions OF certain
events which happened IN January.
1S66-evehts in which we two were
concerned. He has been good enough
TO comply with my request Ills COM
munication follows.
TOLD nv RIcHARD FESroN. rs2u1RE, OF
YBENcHAY, WORCESTERSHIRE.
l.
As my old friend Phi Brand has
asked me to do this. suppose / must
Brand is right good fellow. and n
clever fellow, but has plenty Of crotch
cts Of his own. Tho worst / know of
him is that he insists upon having his
/ own way with people with those who
differ from him he is as obstinate as a
mule Anyhow. he has had his own
way with me. This custom, so far as
Rm concerned. commenced years AGO
! when we we're boys at school together.
and | have never been able to shake oil
tie bad habit of giving in to him. He
has promised to see that my Queens
English is presentable; for. to tell the
truth, am more at home across eoun.
try than across foolscap, and my fin
gers know the feel OF the rcins or the
trigger better than that OF the pen.
All the same i hope he won't take
too B,Eay liberties with my style, bad
though u may be; for old Brand at
times Is ape to get-well, a bit prosy.
10 hear him on the subject Of hard
work and the saaetity thereof APP
proaches the subllmel
Nezt ife4k took me ~ the little God.
forsaken village OF midc0mbc in the
depth Of winter Is entirely between my
sen ana my conscience. The cause,
having no bearing upon the matters
am askeo 10 teii you ABOUT Is no one $
business put NINE Iwiil only say that
now woulu not stay IN such a place at
iglch a time oil the year Tor the sake OF
ftne Pretucst girl IN the world, let alone
the bare chance oil peeting her once or
1wlce. but one IDEAS change am
NJ" goou olt older, rlde SOME TWO
t'one heaVler' ana nave oeen married
ever 80 many years ferhaps, after all,
S look oack can hnd some excuse
IoI Deing such an ass as TO endure for
more lhah fortnight All the dlscom-
iOrts heape1 upon me IN that ViIlage lnll-
N man who sojourns IN such hole
asMidcombc must give some good rea-
soa for doing so. My ostensible rca-
son was hunting. j had horse with
me. and second-rate subscription pack
oil s'ow-going mongrels did meet some
where In the neighborhood. so no one
eou A. gainsay my explanation. But il
ii1 nIr was my .'l object ! got preciou;
hi, o. S;,,nn iem ,o', u"ys aiSrI my arriFal al
Hal a, Sn,rs s noss Sos IA irost as
We, W s,;iI Uut o,a;d na' a A"u SS naru "s mans
s'A'N ~"
RIoh PrFats information received
no matter now Wnen' or wbere-l
hhew thst some people IN the ne ghbor-
hoou had organiled party 10 go skat-
Ihg On certain day ~ Llymere' line
sheet Oh wafer some distance from Mid
Gonoe' 4 guessed that some one whom
Pa'ucuIarly desired 10 meet.would be
,.a. - "1u 90 .no skating AZ i'llynere
was lIes 70 any one VINO chose TO take
.u .ue .IouoIv OF ge'ung 70 such an out-of-
IheIWay pace; 1 hlred morse and an
APology lot dog-cart and at ten in the
luvrn'nS slartel 70 drive the twelve
liiieS 70 'pe Ppha' look no one with
ne ! hau peen V Lllxmsre a,.a.l he-
tole' IN pVlgn. eu.iel "eathet' SO
'Aiiy The 'eu - NV s W 80 80 - eogn
,hA viii - ""Sh aht..,,i,r ronnd ~ 'ouuy,
vh,.b ~. 40 az .e..,s ens,ic ali 49,
wn,Sn MA lc sne sns's .us.,u o'I hosiieI
FirS,. .' ha,nra |" ~ s.iven ,,., ' ,',,ss Mas
i,.s,,' sno,,, -"' n I'll. -, ~ the
,l SUI" D9San ~ q sN1ile way.
SIDE Inn, aDOht .fsssey - s.,s mere
q film Of white coyYs "a ihN whole conn.
try. l stabbed my horse a'- well as I
could. then, TAX ng my skates WI me.
walked down To the poud ~
Now, whether l had m staken
day, or whether the threatening iali %
snow bal made certain people cnaute
their minds. don know put 20 ~,
annoyance ana VeNhtloh, DO sAa'Sr
were to be seem ana; moreover sh
uncut white surface toiu me 'hae non
had been on the pond 'nat hat mornlas =. I..s
Still, hoping they mlgnt come IN spl's
OF the weather l put on my ska'cs snb
went outside eug'ng anu eLape,vln'n1 !.
all over the place nut as lhere was
person IN particular IN lao'; DO one
ALTO note my powers, soon
tired. IL was, % haeeu, .,'u uI'Sry. n.y. uiool s
WORK Dut ! "s"ea ""t "oPoa ~
the snow came uoMn ~ 30 .,,,'.s.,.i- 49, u
ously 'hat lc', sui1 nav, 1nas -. .,.n
VAIN ana tha' n'' u'''" ~ '."' ~ |
lot noihihs u,,. .,
BACK 1 went 10 thr Htlio ihul WV !