Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-15
4 Brothers K8GpGT!
MARY HARTWELL-CKTHERWOOD,'

MARY FAREWELL -CATHERWO0D, '"rhe thought of bnin' "c,.!poG ia wa,seuin' to Mosc," re.lrtl'Ecd .A-a ,.
 Give us something pa he ic with tears in it." proposed Tom Holmes, with com fortable smile.
 ''Indians Tears," voted McArcllo. "ono more U.h do."
 'Something about the North, then" said Gurley, tipping his head to look ? at tho dark sky. Any other point of the compass would do as wei, but the licheas on tho north side of this tree spoke first"
 ''Vcry we'll" said McA rdle, and he arose and carried around his hat for the drawing. 'The Indians have me-" confessed Gurley. "And Two drawn the North,'' said Phoebe. ''But who has drawn tears" inquired Me Ardle, looking carefully arO2nd.
 "This fellow will draw blsters," ex- claimed Adam, dragging his brothers shoe from tho coals lied burn himself to ashes, and set smolIin two or three days before ho found it out, if didn't look after him."
 Nose struck out at his brother with u fist which revealed the third penriled slip. | Come, Moses" said Gurley; 'lct's have the mellowing story first" "Oh, git out" muttcrcd Nose. Tn discom- fort.
  Holmes; ''only let it be calculated to touch the heart"
 "Oh, git out" repeated Nose, twisting un- easily.
 "If you havc tears prepare to shed them now" quoted McArtlle.
 'Oh. blame it, git out" growled Nose, looking helplessly on all sides of him. l "If you cant do nothing else cry little" suggested Adam, secure in having drgrwn a 1 blank
 Here, Nose, give me your hat for for 1 feit," said Phobc White. ''You'n redeem 1 it some way. They shau't drive you to tears while am by. It is MT. Gurley's turn"
 Nose gladly gave up his hat, and curling his shaggy head nearer tho fire, prepared 1 for unlimited basking.
 This is sudden" said Gurlcy. But give me your attention and will cndcavor to fol- low the war-path''
 1 Adam or his sister kept skimming the 1 thick sirup, and the sound of the skinner on the sides, or the stirrCC on the bottom, of the kettle was GurlCy's accompaniment.
 "Only n few miles from the place where 1 we now sit" suid he, ''thore is, as you all | know, a mound so ancient that the aborigi- | ncs of this country could give no account of it. Trees of centuries growth spring from it, and it is believed to be the work of an CX- | tinCt race"
 Hes stealing bodily from pioneer pa | pcrs," sighed Tom Holmes. "NloSe, bring ! us d pitcher of fresh sugar-watcr. We ull l love that mound It has been written about l nnd photographed, but we like to rest our selves from it occasionally. We couldn' t keep house wittou4 that mound, but when l you attempt to give ii to us for an Indian story, Jack, you are taking mean advAnt- l age of local weakness"
 | "Ouly few miles from the place where we now sit" repeated Gurlcy, with d deaf l expression of countCnanrc, ''thCre is d mound 50 ancient that the uborigincs of this country couid give no account of it. Trees of centuries growth swng from it, and it is believed to be the work of an rSiinCt race. | That ought to give mo G faIr start unless the judges persist in ringing me back"
 H The Guricys were always horscy,' commented Tom But could stand turf talk better thnn cah 4uotpinns from old pioneer papers,"
 Mot many years ago tho speaker was n | youth who had a Familiar, and this Famil iur, instead of being such q mentor as his age ought to have made him, acted rather as a tcmpter."
 ''rempt mulish Gutl0y" nurmurcd Tom Holmes
 "Mcxican relics and Aztec tradition inter. ested us greatly. and we lAid up heaps of knowledge; only, one of us became positive that this old mound WAS merely burial place of the native IhGiaus, and the other became equally positive that it was of more ancient origin.
 After long quarrcling We decided to dig until we found proofs to satisfy us. But us tho law protected that mound from curious | investigation, we decided to say nothing about our intentions, but to go quietly thert in the night, with pick and spade, and avoil disturbing people.
 ''lt was fall, and hardly leaf remained on the signing trees. l huggcd my coat col lar up to my cars, not because I was cold but because the weirdness of the woods anC season drove one in on himself, We found the spot previously agreed upon, and both oi us fell to work, digging strai ght downward Our slide-lantern was shut up and set at hanC to flash on our discoveries. Before long wt stood to our waists in the hole. and then tI our armpits. The Familiar, being corpulen and lazy, now climbed out and said he woulC hold up the lantern." This story is contemptible poor per formancc," continued Tom Holmes.
 ''It grows better as it gets on," prolAset Gurley. "The lazy, fat Familiar, l said . opened the lantern slide and fatigued him self throwing light into the hole while | threw dirt out. And presently the meta struck something which rang in response The Familiar sQuatted in excitement ant missed directions over my panting head threatening me with his lantern because not upuSdNS JuC WuOlc uuu db once The spade scooped great head over: anC it continued turning slowly as if by its owI will. The top of Il helmet, on which haC been clinSiug, remained intact, but the lowe part broke away and an under jaw fell iron it's ancient repose, shedding teeth on tn spade with the rattle of over-ripe peas.
 I've were wrapped in the emotions of tn discoverer. stopped down and took hol of the helmet, and can still feel its pc culiar metallic thrill. The skull was gi u U gantic. We turned it in the Ian tern light The ashen front be ad had a delicacy of text | ure which was a. lst inf d mt like" ] But you ain'C 'A!.In' about In'juns," con plained Nose, curling himself around in aI V other attitude.
 'Wait, Moses. Their moccasin sole make no noise, but step by step through tn dark woods they are coming"
 Nose glanced behind him. !, ''I whispered to the Familiar that both C @ us working together could hardly dig ou