Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29

and he kept on bowling untff ar
Apache woman came over from the
sands from the wickiups and gathered
HIM up in her arms. She was MS
mother. Sheeyed me suspiciously, and
walked away with her highly demon.
stratiye burden.
Vi course | regretted my hot
Language and wanted the little beggar
back again. II was so lonely there
on the desert. The wires walled so
heartbrokenly, while the sun beat
down so tiercely in the daytime and
the coyotes yelled so dolefully at
night. How he had crept into my
heart, to be surei
IL was several days before we were
on satisfactory terms again. Tads
wanted to be white man. He want.
ed 20 make talk marks" on ''pupper'i
with a feather sometimes used
quill pen, be sit remarked-and lie
wanted TO speak with his finger. Well,
did manage to teach him a few let.
tiers from railroad poster, and he
learned to drawl out lads in
droll way. With perseverance that
was really startling | afterward took
him IN an uncertain way through
page or two Of Can you see the fat
OK" and SO on, wherefore his heart
WAS glad.
I'm be wife mans, heap sure, he
declared III his bull-irog voice, after he
had accomplished his wonderful feat.
Great distress racked Tads soul on
the fatal day when the wickiups were
taken down and the tribe mohnted @
mustangs TO 90 over the hills. 10
Apaches had TO search all over ~
station TO find Tads At last they
hauled him forth from under my bunk
screaming like mad OF no avail were
his screams; OF no avail WAS his cry.
= Me yanter stay wild him Me yantel
be " tie mans,"
Apache papas are unbending and
Apache mammas are inexorahle.
Away they Whisked Tads, leaving be
hind him "A tenderioot with queer
feeling ia his throat.
We'll. the boy has the instincts Of
white man, | said, FOR | was proud
OF what ! iancied had made Of him,
and he'll be shining light among
those deyilish people Of his, II we had
few more like him 10 put among
them, the Apache question would settls
itself, and we could set our soldiers TO
hoeing corn"
Then ! took up the restless life Of
city man. and big and busy railroad
Office claimed a good share 81 my at.
tention for the next ten years. Yes.
u MAS fully that long before ! again
sci foot upon the desert. Our train
stopped ~ the old station How the
pcpper.trce had grown. 10 b. sure
Ia its shade sat a cavalry Sergeant
with hali-dogen Of his men about
him, and III their midst were three IN.
dian prisoners. who were being taken
to thp fort 10 b. shot
They were iirrce.looking fellows.
those three saVages. There MAS one,
the youngest whowas a perfect demon,
the soldiers said.
Killed three women and two
babies down al Mustang Wash last
Tuesday said the sergeant TO me.
jus, after one OF those had given him
breakfast, too He's young one.
not more thnn Ia. | should say; but
he's the worst red devil ! ever
saw.
Gazing AT the boy captive. strange
feeling stole over me, The stolid face
was oddly familiar
Ills namcy Blessed II know. "
said the sergeant; what do YOU call
yourself, young oneY" he asked, giving
him not too delicate poke with the
toe N his boot.
"Mes Why, my names Tads"
gruntcd the boy.
Talks pretty good English for a
wild devil who has been over the
Mexican border 50 long doesn't hey"
asked the sergeant. turning 10 me.
But | said nothing Frank Bailey
Willard in Argonaut.