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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-29

ing fire is built in the center OF large open
space. Hither hasten all the old men anu
women all the young wives and maidens, and
the children of both sexes. A great circle IS
formed; the musicians take their piaces-and
such music! war-drums big gouTd ratlies, tnIee
or four young squaws with shrill nasal voices;
and then when all is ready there comes teartuI
looking procession, stripped stark NAKED except
the qscss their
war bonnets of eagle feathers trailing TO their
heels, their bloody trophies-the scalps-6orne
high in air on slender rods, decked out IN All
their barbaric ornaments with shield, spear,
rife in they come, the braves and warriors
of the tribe, the pride Of all their race,
and while plaudits and Indian blessings
rain upon them, they seat themselves In
great circle in solemn silence and dignity. Ana
then, slowly at first, the tom-toms negin tnen
thumpinp: the rattles accompany; the squaws
set up weird chant; lusty brave rises to his
feet and begins in recitative the story OF now ne
eIcitement: faster go the drums. louder the rat
ties wilder the chant of the squaws; the whole
mass becomes thrilled with the ferver and the
other brave. then another and another, and
presently the whole war party Is on IT'S rect,
hopping Enthusiastically, singing, shouting, BOAST
ing slashing with knives at imaginary Toes,
going through the motions of scalping, firing
revolvers in the air; then, facing inward toward
the tree. around they begin to go by sldelo ci:
hops, all the time twisting and comforting their
bodies, growing madden with every instant
Faster and furious becomes the movement; the
peri ormers are reeking with sweat, but not
q man falls out. Then, carried away by the
rapturous excitement OF the moment, some
Young woman darts in and joins the circle;
another and another, and finally paneemon ium
seems to have broken loose, and yels
and war whoops can be heard for miles
Half an hour OF such work would use up
the stanchest white man 1 know; half night
seems only half enough for TIE average
Indian. have known Apaches to dance from
sunset to daybreak, after marching all day and
with long march before them; and when Gen.
Mckenzie led his column TO surprise the camp
of the Cheyenues in the dead OF winter in 1876,
he found them with o scalp dance in fun blast
at O'Clock in the morning.
Now, of q very opposite character Is the medt-
cine dance. That is religious in its nature. and
is intended to propitiste the Indian god and to
induce him 20 preserve for the use OF the tribe
and to bring close to them all the game on which
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OUR YOUTHS DEPARTMENT !.
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EDITED By ERANoIs HoDesoN BURNETT

they found that the venture had netted them
nearly 500.
when the pea vines had all been pulled up
and stacked for fodder the boys sent to the nur-
sery for grape cuttings and planted the three
acres in vines. They also decided that 1t would
be a wise step to start some nut trees on the
lower land and little by little they planted four
acres of almond trees.
Before the spring was over DR.. John had
swung a narrow suspension bridge between the
trees It was a light structure, designed only
for foot passengers, neither very firm or very
strong. but it was a vast Improvement on the
raft and the children could not express their
pleasure and gratitude.
s'It is splendid DR.. John,'' declared Hope,
s'but it must have been much trouble for you
-and-I am afraid it must have cost lot OF
"A mere trife,' replied the doctor, coolly,
'And what is this you boys were saying little
while ago about mending the old trail over the
We've got it in pretty good order, sir, re-
piled Ned. Though don't think we shall nave
tf3ut shall - returned DR.. John, with a
slight grimace. "Thcre is a family living mile
or two back of you that is perpetually sending
for me in the dead OF night. Sometimes the
trouble is a toothache, sometimes little cold
or fever-very often a sore finger or toe-the
boys are always getting hurt with Their guns
But the crisis invariably comes on late at night,
and this old trail is going to save me miles OF
travel. - ,,;
Eyes. it is the McCrarys.'' smiled the doctor;
ssand shouldn't wonder if they d be nels hbor-
lv with Won when they find that they can get
down here without much trouble. The NC
CraryS always have plenty of time to spare, but
not much besides. You'll pay heavy tax yet
for opening that trail"
cAAPrER xI.-THE OLD ORCHARD.
The children did not know how mnch they na9 .
missed Dr. John, until now that he had resumed
his old habit of coming over once day, to look
in upon them and advise them, poor farmer
thourh he claimed to be. The day after the
hanging bridge was put in place, the doctor
found his way to the orchard, where the BOYS
were hoeing. and looked about with hearty ap-
Drovai at the changes they had made. The
trees were o longer ill-shapen and Struggling,
bnt had been carefully trimmed, while young
trees had been planted in all the vacant spaces.
BESIDES the old trees were two rows OF hg-suck-
ers that Martin had planted.
1.-The old fig trees don iooS 70 me eAa ,sI
! healthy - remarked Ned. IF you II just look
at them closely. doctor, you'll see there are lit
| tie punches coming out in the axti OF every
| leaf. They look as if they might have been
made by some insect, but I've looked high and
| low, and can't find a sign of bug or worm.
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the tree is to be raised is the brave who will XII
the first one OF the enemy and count the hfs1
COUP should there be war during the year.
Then comes grand feast for ali but the de-
yotees Then night of rest or eager antlc'na-
ton and then on the morrow, with great ceTe-
mony, the pole is raised, the "lnedicine bag
placed at its top, and great enclosure is built
about it. Here now brought the warrior
victims, and if there happen to be only few
who have vowed the sun dance, half dozen
Young fellows are sure TO oner themselves IN
their eagernes5 to win applause for their heroic
endurance of terrible suffering. The lnciosuF5
is filed with Indians laughing, feasting and re-
ioicing and all this must be seen by the prlncl-
pal actors, THAI they may be tempted to the Ut
most Already some are faint with hunger ani
thirst and the dread of the coming torture. out
there is no '.backing OUT Their sisters
mothers sweethearts, perhaps, now come IN
singing and dancing, and eagerly ouCr the.
barred arms to the fierce s'medicine men 10 oe
hacked and slashed by way OF encouraging tGa
Young fellows in whom their hopes are Centereu'
And then finally, the sport begins.
One of the young devotses is suddenly seize!
by the medicine men and carried to the 1907 Of
the pole All but a breech-clout, he IS striped
naked and laid on the fiat of his bac<. linen
the flesh OF his brawny chest is gathered mo
the left hand OF one of the ''doctors' who win
the other drives keen knife through .tAq
muscles aud tendons, and forces after II =
stout wooden peg or skewer, which Is leis "
project O couple of inches. A similar sEeWet
is drawn through the left breast. Stout thongs
are fastened to the ends Of the pegs and Ihess
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wood pond as if they meant to allght there, and
had made up his mind that if the weather should
permit he would try on the morrow to secure.
Capering and barking about the boy was his
little black dog, Fldo, small cur dog OF varied
and uncertain lineage, snappisa t pN. as
showed no faults of temper TO members OF the
household, and was good farm dog, keeping
the cattle, pigs, and fowls from s1saying, ana ~
night. Fido often went with George in quest OF
cartridges, end at such times rendered good
service in finding the birds, which, as he came
upon them. would a into low trees, and there
sit watching the barking dog without noticing
the approach of his master
~ mustn't forget my bullets" said George
to himself; because some time I'm going TO
meet that bear. and then IN need 'em bad. Oh
here they are" and he fished up from side
pocket of his coat a great handful OF leaden
spheres, fitting the calibre OF his fo~llng piece.
1t was the custom of the Greenmount BOYS TO
carry along some bullets when hunting for small
game on the chance that they might meet bear
or a deer-always possible in these forests which
bordered the great lumber woods.
Fido's barking, jumping about and wagRing
his tail meant thai he fully expected to accom-
pany his master to the woods that morning. But
the very quality that made him SO useful in par
fridge hunting was his defect when il came TO
duck shooting, for his custom of dashing ahead
and barking loudly scared the timid water fowl
long before George could get in range OF them.
He was disconsolate when the boy, having COM
pleted his preparations, called him into the
house, fastened him in room and departed
alone lot the WOODS
s'Don't let Fido out for two hours" called
George to his sister, ''or he II be sure to follow
me to the pond"
Less than un hour afterward some one CHANGED
to open the door of the room in which Fido wss
confined, and the dog, darting out, set of at
once in the direction his master had taken.
George meantime had come. within sight OF
the wooded borders OF the pond; but on creep
ing TO point where he could overlook the water
he found that the surface was frozen, except an
open place in the middle, In which flock of
biacs ducks were swimming, out of range of his
gun. The ice near the shore would barely hold
him. and It grew thinner toward the center of
the pond.
For few minutes George fingered about the
shore, looking longingiy at the game just be-
yond his reach; and then reluctantly turned TO
make a circuit homeward through the woods,
hoping to bag partridge or two on his wsy.
The pond was stiiiin sight as upon climbing a
steep hill that sloped TO the shore, he heard he
rnstline OF dry leaves ahead Thinking that the
noise might be caused by partridEes. he stealth
lily approached the spot from which the sound
proceeded, using for q cover clump OF ever
green bushes, which surrounded a little ridge.
Peering cautiously through the bushes into the
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mind to kill bear sometime, George was not
the boy to back down now that chance had Of
fered. Crawling back out of sight, he gently
dropped ball down his gun-barrel upon the
top Of the wsd that held down the charge OF
shot Then, with heart beating high, he crept
again to the bushes.
BY this time the bear had heard or smelled
something to excite his suspicious, for when he
came into view again he was standing on the
alert, with ears pricked up, looking directly at
the boy. George promptly leved his gun, but,
as has happened to many an older person wnen
encountering big game for the first time, 1t
seemed to take him long time to catch the
sights, and when at last he got tine gun aimed at
the bear, the muzzle of his piece being somewhat
depressed, the bullet rolleu gently out OF the
barrel and fell to the ground the instant before
he pulled the trigger. Instead OF ball backed
by charge of duckshot, the bear, which was in
the act OF whirliug to run awsy, received Just
enough shot into his haunch to prick him into q
state Of bad temper without disabling him, and,
quickly changing his purpose. he came straight
for his assailant with rapidity wonderful IN an
animal seemingly so clumsy
George who with the report OF his gun had
expected nothing but to the bear tumble
over and depart this life with few preliminary
kicks, was much disconnected to oehoid,
through the smoke, the animal very much alive
coming toward him full drive. There was put
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-29
THE PRIZE SERIAL.
THE ABANDONED CLAIM.
by Florn Haises Loughead, Author of ''Was
He Guilty" Etc.


He Guilty" Etc.
Copyrighted, 1890, by the author
CHAPTER Ix.-A MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY (coN-
TIEUEDJ
Martin looked so guilty when he presented
himself at the desk of the receiving teller thas
the official regarded him with suspicion, and
examined the coins infinitely, to assure himself
that theySwere not counterfeit. Martin would
not have been surprised at any moment to find
himself taken into legal custody and marched
off to the city prison.
He was greatly relieved when he got back
safely to DR.. John, and handed him the paper.
DR. John, too, was plainly relieved, and spoke
up quite like his usual self:
ssNow want 10 drive around TO the postoihce
and stop there q moment, and then We viii go
''But your patient, doctor. The sick person
YOU came all this way TO see?'
"Oh, think the sick person will get along
very well to- day. replied the doctor shame
Attne postofice Martin observed that the doc
tor took from mis- pocket an envelope bearing an
address printed with typewriter, lnclosed the
bill OF exchange and mailed It in the usual way,
ON the way home the boys head was IN q
whirl. Puzzle as he might, he could not arrive
at any theory that would account for the peeq-
liar facts. Yet there was no question as 70 the
DOCTORS guilt The doctor himself tscltiy ad-
mitted it when they reached their starting point
and drove into the shadows OF his home.
Martin" he said, won are boy VINO can
keep a secret are you not?'
Eyes, sir, - replied Martin, staunchly.
al thought so. l trust you never 70 say any
thing about the GRAND you did for me this
morning" ,,..--
CHAPTER x-sUNLIGHT AND SHADOW.
On CHRISTMAS day Ned went down to the city
bearing 20 their father all the little remem-
brances of the holiday eason that the children
loving hearts could devise.
THE fathers eyes filled at this testimony OF the
children's faithful affection II wrung NED
heart to see these tears, which the sick man was
unable 10 wipe away. and which welled up and
overhowed until the boy took out his handler
chief and gently dried them: One OF the physl-
clans passing by, beckoned Ned aside.
s'Better cut your visit short. You can DC
nothing but harm. Don't come often. See no"
YOU have excited him.
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The day after New Years Hope sat on a low
block outside of the kitchen door, patiently
turning crank attached to a queer WOODEN
continuance shaped like an ancient Pompellan
Jug.
The boys milking, as well as Hopes butter
making, had been studied up from a lite agrl-
cultural manual that Ned had picked up at a
second hand store before they left the city.
This treatise was written by an English gentle
man farmer, and printed some years before
As Hope heard watery swash in the churn,
she looked at little clock hanging in the Eltch-
en-, with an expression Of dismay.
"oh, DEAR she said aloud, ''only seven
minutes again.
''And who is it that bewails seven minutes
lost?' called out CHEEKY voice, and DR.. John
appeared; -, >,
cit isn't exactly seven minutes lost, doctor,
explained Hope, seriously; .'Dut 1 can't seem
to keep the butter ack till the proper time.
''And pray what is the proper timer asked
the doctor, mystifed.
1.-The time in the book, :" replied Hope. point
ing to the volume lying open beside the churn
DIR. John picked it up and read the paragraph to
which she pointed.
'''Butter which comes too quickly is not likely
to be good, nor ought any to come, indeed, un-
der an hours labor 1T is recommended to
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pretty much the sama thing the continent over
And the more strident, harsh, discordant,, and
wild are the lStter the better they like them.
'sMus ic hath charms TO sooth the savage
breast - we read, but their own music is Just
about as soothing the clangor of boiler
shop.
Sun dance, scalp dance, medicine dance, grass
dance, wolf dance, horse dance, kill dance, "a
sort of Spartan mother rejoicing when their
bows come home successful from war, bringing
their shields with them.l These are some OF the
dances then there is at least one dance IN when
the young men and girls take part together, and
indulge in not little love making in the course
of It, Then there are dances for old men and
old women in all the tribes, and the corn dance
or harvest dance in some of the Southern bands
But by far the most interesting the scalp,
the sun and perhaps the medicine dance. Let US
take the first.
We will suppose that large band of Sioux or
Cheyennes are camped IN the beautiful valley OF
some such romantic stream the Rosebud or
Little Horn, Though the beggars call the latter
the Greasy Grass, and the young men and
braves have come in from successful battle with
the whites, or with their pet aversions, the
Ubsarokas or Crows. The whole village Is wild
with rejoicing and triumph. and as natural and
proper outlet to their feelings grand scalp
dance is decided upon. NightfGll comes; rous-
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confine the hinder legs of the COW whilst milk
ing as well as the head the former of which is
most easily effected by two stumps of wood
fixed in the ground, to which the hinder legs
may be strapped I should like 70 see Cali
fornia cow submit to such sn indignity.
''she doesn't submit. She acts awfully. She
kicks and iashes her tail and tumbles over and
holds back her milk aud tries to hook-Ned has
= terrible time whenever he tries to mi TX her,
explained Hope.
come at the first turn of the crank" said the
doctor, with a merry twinkle in his eye.
ssNed. :" he added, as the boy came up. "this
book is worth its weight in gold to some biblio-
maniac; but don't try 10 farm with it. -
al didn't intend to any longer" answered
Ned 1--WE have something better now. Mr.
Roberts has sent a complete set OF the Ency-
clopedia-''
s.IndeedI That is gift worth having said
Or. John. "And that reminds me that wish
You would relieve me OF some of my papers and
magazines. Suppose I send you all that have
accumulated at the end of every week. OF
help you to keep up with the worlds news. -
When Ned gave the doctor an account of his
visit 10 the hospital the doctor was deeply
~ SEES Just one way out OF it, he said, at
length. 'tThese hospital an thorities are very
arbitrary, and it is not wise TO defy them. But
have q friend who will go to see your father
every week and carry any messages YOU may
like 10 send and give us reports of his condi-
ton.
THE first food Of the season swept away the
raft, which would have been no use in the swift
current. Happily the children had laid in
enough supplies to last them until spring.
It was not until their peas were nearly ready
for picking that they awoke to the fact that
their only means OF getting TO market was up an
impossible trail and twenty miles over q noun
tain road. DR.. John also had the peas in mind,
and he came to their rescue. He succeeded in
rigging what the children called "rope ex-
press, 70 fast ened TO pulleys in two syc4mores on
opposite sides OF the torrent, and this ingenious
continuance not only served TO convey their crop
across the stream, where DR.. John attended to
its shipment. but messages and papers were
freely carried back aud forth.
The boys had the, fortune to get their peas the
first in the market, and the first sacks sold at
I2ik cents q pound. They picked seyenty-five
sacks IN all, and when their returns were in
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they invariably subsist. Two lodges are built
arbor connecting them, and here the old
men and wizards OF the. tribe gather and
sing and chant, while all around through
out the village the Indian men and women are
taking the part Of various animals; some in one
portion portraying q herd of buffaioeSscathsrs
elk, others antelope, Others deers, af$E<
buffalo calves, the favns or cubs, md doing 1t
very WE'LL too. In the midst OF Ill this num-
merry shots are heard on the outskiHs of the VII
Iage, fred by few OF the young mea who have
been sent out to personate hunters< Many OF
the human animals instantly fall to 6sf<h;> $500
aim OF the sportsmsn; others appear 70 be
wounded only, and these make frantic efforts to-
escape-nn Initiating as nearly as may be tlzf<
actions of the creatures whom they repress8
when stricken BY the bullet or srzow. Al this
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BOYS, BASEBALL TEAM.
How to Organize Them. and How to Tram
Up Junior Nine.
By Henry Chadwick, the Veteran Writer on
Baseball,

By Henry Chadwick, the Veteran Writer on
Baseball.
Copyrighted, 1890, bv the author.
know of no more attractive scene, in the way
of field sports, than that presented on base
ball field on which two contestlrg junior mines
are striving for the honors of victory. And 90
not refer to the ordinary class of juniors, but TO
q party of youngsters in which the eldest mem
Der Of the two competing mines is not over FOUR
teen years of age. To watch these KIDS play
the game and to note how they copy all the pc
culiarities of the leading local professionals IN
playing the points Of the game, is TO
me quite a treat Their thorough earnest
ness and the precocity or base
ball talent the majority exhibit, not to mention
the pluck and nerve they evince IN their Work
on the field, presents an attractive stuuy Va
character to Intelligent observers.
To see these juniors lake to the heid on warm m
Surfing Saturday afternoon, and to note thelT
ioyousness aud spirit. their eIhileration anu
thorough enjoyment OF the game, Is slinPiy 70 "
realize what great boon our national game is 70
Young America. 1t is eIninently suited 10
the requirements of boys in giving them an out
door pastime which, while 1t affords exciting
sport for them, at the same time is admlraDly
adapted to give healthy play to their muscles
without unduly taxing any physical powers; and
it also calls for a due amount OF courage, nerve
and endurance, well calculated to build up their
physique and promote theIr oodliS healtn rs
well as to encourage manliness OF character:
Nearly every other field game or sport IN
vogue makes special demands upon SKIN that
on the other muscles of the body TO an extent
which frequently leads to an abnormal muscular
development. Thus, in rowing, the arms anu
chest muscles are called upon for e1cess i.
duty; in pedestrian contests those of the neither
limbs are overtaxed, as in la crosse and foot
ball the latter being simply wrestling game.
But in baseball every part OF the muscular sys-
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ing before he went entirely under water, and
throwing himself forward, broke his way TO me
hole made by the descent of the bear, ana ioi,
lowing the channel which that animal had
opened through the ice, swan 10 the shore.
Climbing tine bank. he picked up his gun
which lay at the foot of the tree, Snd patte9
bad scratches on his back, showing that a rougn
paw had reached him st least once during the
running fight A wet trail through the leaves
and bushes marked the line OF the retreat OF the
bear, which had left the place evidently with no
intention of returning.
With tattered and dripping clothes george
the scene, and with the dog at his heels, trot-
ting along with respondent ears and tai, ar
dried and warmed himself, he first frightened
and then astonished and amused the family oy
the story of his first bear fight, in which nara
tive he gave full credit to Fido for his gaiian'
6Qh{
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hollow beyond. he was much astonished to see.
q dozen yards away, u large black animal, sleek
and hairy, with pointed ears and nose; the
creature was running about nosing out oesch-
greedily. There was Greenmount boy o.
fifteen years that could not recognize bear at
sight, and George at a glance knew that the
beast before him was q bear.
The lad had often gone over in his mind the
precise way in which he would act should ne
encounter a bear in the woods, but TINS meeting
was so yery unexpected that he could think Of
none OF the methods that he had resolved to
employ to secure him. But having made up his