Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-11-17

o. IeTt&rn SDe gay S"N@ w
having . banquet On Atty's deer.
Iigrev darker, sn3 ibe hoy sbi'
ered - the grovis grew more sA'
age
Darker. darker sill, and he co1l
So the sIis,eDiug. eleamink eyes {
the wolves Il they tore the c~-cAs
o. The buck BE rstisd tbs 0oS er
cosr1gingiy, and drew his h,ils rs
up to bic side.
His toe, hurt tie swollen xpkl'
And be cut il open. He had ottel
beard Of the efficacy o. cold, ruD
ming water, and bis pain ~hs -
great that he d@;e -nJined to crsv
dvwn to The lltile rivRIet and taih.
the bruised limb In it.
By lexniBgo on MS rife he managed
to creep painfully TO The hank, and
ai lass after suffering excrocaStins
agony, be reached il. The cold
water Of the broof paiDed him si
first, but by sloS degrees the intense
suffering grew l-A
Then be found some stout sxpines
growing on the hanks and De
though, II be cut down one with
his Jack-knife be might use il q. s
crutch, And get further down the
mountains during the night
Poor Atty was in real hard luck,
for Scarcely bad be t.egun to hack si
TIE sapling when the big blade OF
the kuIfe snapped oH, broken The
boy grAped, and sEHin the tear rose
in bis eyes ana blinded bis vision
Al any rate there was one con-
fo-t. the cool water Of The running
stream had checked the swelling and
aos,ed the pam Of his ankle, snd be
could DO; Dow hesr the sna-ling 0.
the wolves
The mn< and the grass which
grew q; the roots OF the willows was
soft, and be managed TO creep into e
ciump OF the bushes and lie down.
Dime" lay beside him, and watched
hin with Jealous eye.
Soon the starr came out in the
great blue dome overhead. and the
Doisex OF the mountain blended into
> confused hum.
The boy cried silently, but a,
length tired nature asserted herself
and ne fell asle+p
A fitful- uneasy slumDer il was too
for be started awake with 6 cry o.
terror. He had dreamed that Indi
sns, with murderoua tonahawk Ii
were crxving up TO scalp him; snC
again, that q huge grizzly bear va,
chasing him. Each time after wip
ing the drops Of cold perspiratior
from his forehead the boy dropped
OF to sleep again with his head pill
lowed On the moss near Dimes
/ great paws.
Once be woke suddenly, and re
I membered that he had not said hi.
! nightly prsyer-the prayers which
his dear, dead mother had taught
him to lisp sr her knees-snd the
boy, with pale face, fearful eyes, and
clasped hands, rose to his feet.
Under the dim, sad sky, with the
starr glimmering through the cloud
riffs, he prayed TO the All-Father
his mother prayer" and begged
God to guard and keep him from
the dangers of the night.
Al last the sun rose. and Atty
stretched himself and yawned. The
boy could scarcely realize where he
was when he swoke, but he felt
stiff, cramped and frigbtfully hun
CRY.
As he sat DIP his eyes were attract
ed by something shining in the grass
and sand, where an overflow Of the
stream had carried it, and he limDed
TO zee what IL was. He found ii 10 be
q small circular hand-miYror about
four inches in diameter eDcased In a
frame. He picked it up and smiled.
He was saved now.
Rut hoUo
During his stay At Fort Custer the
boy had gone out with the signal
ing parties and had seen them Use
the helioe eraph. Like most intelli-
gent boys, ne was curious 10 learn
how it was done, and his brother
Jsck gratified him. He learned the
gipnsbet.
"A long fash represents dash in
Ihe sI"Iss snde Of telegraphy, and a
short quick fash stands for the dot
IN the same system.
80 Atty prsctieed with an old
neligraph, and was able to send
messages BY sun flashes from a mir
'or.
But now the question was, how
le could make q rough frame for
iis round mirror? And. il he made /
t, how could he get up to the peak
o signal the camps.
He felt that Jack was still in the
sddle looking for him, and be knew
low the brave, faithful heart must
rave suffered. Atty was his only
'rother and, ~ / told you before,
hey were orphan brothers, too.
When Jacks mother was dying