The Red Cloud chief., 1888-11-16

IL sc val'y yer lie snd property. Ores NJ
The windcrs. but don. 90 AVA. for want
sc should keep your rye on the nd ehlss
I'm going 70 Dad nv run AID kccp ny guard
Gu the outside: there's more Of EN- not Ear
on. You. C'lumby Ann. run over ~ Abe
Mo:;'s and TEL! him 10 cone here 10 wunsi
! dassent tackle that rascal alone"
Coiunb.s started 20 perform her fathers
order, leaving him charging his fowlinx
piece with Lirksho; AID touching up the
sleepy boys with his g.nst.-s- The path %
ABE Ao;t's Law by The Old sJcamore. where
she found Ralph sill waiting. anxious 20
know the meaning OF that frightened call
from the no1se- She was hastily telling him
when they were startled 81 the almost sim
cltancols rcror. Of two guns. They ran n
the direction 81 the shots ard came upon the
seen. % q queer due bet s.-cu-ahon would
! VOC gless:-old nlan Ses'oa a.. Billy Hay.
wood.
l. - happened tina. uron as return from
Brier'own with the iicens. Bill had BE-
/ thought Tim % d pair Of saDcy -srcocns ;a.-
tad been hourishing rsnxiy On he new corn
that stood shocked ou . certain povtion u
his estate: namely. the Wells eighty.
He determines 10 devote the remainder OF
! the broken afternoon 20 c.eaninG and priu-
ing nisdoable- basreiie-d gun. n via the
moon bad risen he would Try for a sh.' Al
the marauiers. The .swei.s eighty" YES
disconnected with his main farm. and &C
reach IL he had 70 20 through . lane that
skirted Seaton's orchard. He was skuisiag
| along on the GRAND We have explained, when
he suddenly Game ulon the Old nan. likewise
armed win a shotgun. The instant be came
ia sight. Scaton yelled. Take hin. Bull"
and fired, the charge blewin. away NE up
ger half 81 the ancestral -toye-ii;se h;st.
Billy returned fire promptly pepirring his
would be- father in-law's lc,: arm and shout
der. AZ the same moment ffe was seized
| from behind by Sea:oi, 9 big dog. Tue
half craze3 o!t man rusi,c upon LIS an
, tayonist with a dubbed gut. sU-t as The
latter drew "a hunting KATE AMI plunged y;
with fatal effect into the dog > neck Sea;on's
III aimed blow was parricl, ami ne IS men
gave eacn other q look Of cnraged r.cng-
milton. Haywood then fired the remaining
charge into the body Of the writing dog,
! and disappeared on a Looping rin. The old
farmer turnbled down in the dust beside
! Bull, MutteriHg BLOOD AID carnage
Blood and carnage"
They got him up-his wife, Columbia. and
Ralph ~Bryan-aBd were taxing him into the
house, when the peidlcr came limping out,
bis baudaged feet raiia;inI :he Condensed
| perfume OF a German pharmsry. Columbia
managed to say Ia him:
Don't let father see ynu. Ge, your pAos
! and sleep on the haymow."
~ will, mum" he whispered. and light
out air!y. An ia mUrthrrin' drunk the
ovid man is" he remarked ~ himself, us
he climbed the ladder 20 me har-loft.
The next morning SeatOn. sitting ooisterad
up In bed, held a conference with his valued
! friend and trusted adviser. Aoram Mott.
who ccunseied him in thi, wise:
Just keep this young fellow right bv Y.
| for a few DAYS. He knows more about sur
| gerry than hall the old ~sarlir's in 1.-THE kentry.
You mind when that drvnken jim stiles got
run over and his head pee!cdt Well. Ralph
BRYAN was on The GROUND. and he iuS4
Strengthened out tiat'or sk-!p and ste'Ched
il 10 is place. anu paticd il down and "
IL up. neat A. a Da.l-covcr, and Il got well!
See that with M " eyes! Hes a doctor.
al! bat the diplo,ny, and the beauty OF IL Is.
he aassrIt charge We. You've go, right
smart of fever Row. and yOutI be taid up
FOR "A week a1yho%; aud II We git a doctor
| out from town he'll make a bill that take
half yer crop 10 pay. just keep
this chap right by ye-says he's williG' Ia
s'av-and you'n come oIt nj, right In "a few
! days. He's got the mos, o them shot gu, o
| We now, and hc can pick the rcs, out u; odd
| spells. when you feel like le.'in' him"
As This good ran was leaving the house
! he gave Columb!a's csr asly pinch and said:
Look here, nav chicken. iist credit yen
| Uncle Abe with Loia' ye a good turn in yen
/, der"
Sea,on was quite i'll for a week or two.
He was also strangely subdued and chas;
encj in spirit. n. seemed! ~ have for
gotten q good many things. He seemed
10 have forgot 10 ask how Ralph hap,
pened 10 ~ there tia; night. He for
got % inquire after The peljler. He also
| .orgo, that he WAS the first offender in
| the shooting ARRAY. He only remembered
| that he was a poor old man. VINO had been
| fired upon and wounded upon his own land,
and that his faithful and beloved dog was
dead. He would whimrer and moan awhile,
then drop on To sleep peacefully, wishing
| plagucs of mildew aud murra!n on his old
! time favorite. Billy Haywood. One day
after he WAS able 10 81; up. b. said % Ralph.
who had been his constant. tire!ess at
| ,cndant:
You've acted the part - . son by me.
and I'm coin' 10 act the part NJ "a father By
Won. sD 10 IllSAyO tuls HitifT, ana XII
yer dipiomy from old Rush. and when spring
come. you and C'lum may have yer own
way
And they did.
On the morning after the fracas. young
HAYWOOD set his wits To work to solve the
problem. what IL do about it." He was
all ready 10 sc; married clothes bought.
license p-ncurri. etc. A. for the sessions.
he well knew that Bulls murderer dare not
80 near the house for some time 10 come.
Mr~. Morse hal often crossed his mental
vision. and before noon that day he had
actually proposed to the thrifty widow. the
motto on WHOSE coat OF arms was: "rxy
up or pack up"
He then rode hack 20 Bricrtown and
bribed the county cierx with . barrel OF
winter apples 10 change the name in tho
license from Columbia Ann Seaton 10 Maria
Morse: and the next day-the very Thurs
dAy farmer Seatcu had % firmly fixed for
his weddinS-Biliy and the widow were
mArried.-As9r,isa 7.n'. il t~osmopo:ssA.
4 Gotham Fairy Tale.