Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-10-27

Ire tall r-sss and went whistlinr over
ny bead Then ! knew I w,S - 81 IL
I saw tvaat 49,. : little wav 70
the rapids .nd quick a. a fash I maa-
up ny mind what 20 do You car b.
hat old birch-baFk dAr@a ssWn
stream for Ina r~-. ale
~FNs --ds yelled ke mauiarS when
they came out in the river AMI could
Sc me paddlInxzwzy from EN-. could
seeta--e were four of them. two in each
cAno~- They couldn't =. loaSea ruch
7eavlern ! ~s> and thev could catch
ne anyway by running ashore an
ta<in' II afoot- bu: I knev the-'d stick
II TIE ~a.er - long a. I diin-t ispa
= teal Toa- KSoa s--f -st a parcel o
reds after v-a. lust 10 somrthfuv tha.u
ns<u tne-< black eyes pop out Of THAR
heaas-somethinx startling. vou know.
AneT r~ chn<k full - suu%-stifsnn. ard
born towards every ons where any
tAtng unnatural T. c-r-eraed
When tbsT Sc |. fellow do sors~-
mag tnat they - no Ire znT haman
being would dare 20 attempt. g lus.
%trSss their weak SPOT every time
~ff they don : come - ta~ eusasIuSson
taat 10 > an evil sp5rit. n let him
slous entirely. they - mighty sure -
soua . god opinion Of his courage.
AID fhcr knou That th-v cant casru-
ate ~ al On what's Eolny - happen
Eaen th-T Needle uita suca a fellow.
That lust <aor~S the pluck cat Of th~
vzrlinrS
- instead 90 landing an taxing -
M h~-l~ which hooked to - nav ONLY
cazncs - -4vinx nv scaIp. list pad
oiet r-nt straight IN
hzt4 cidu impress en- very nrch.
tur ! could tell 81 the way tie Indians
y-llei thai sh=v thoaght ] JUS. disa't
know enough TO land. I s'pos- thev
thnuEat ! wzs some Eeenaorn that
fntnt know anything about fighting
ln1un~ and was scared Out u nv wits
= erut
They al psddIed like sam Hill. and
sect NJ the 'r1rua!ess S~c-pechfuy you
ever heard of course thev gained on
M fast. with two paddles - M one.
ART ] wondered WHY they didn't shoot
the two that hadn't fred at first But
j. didn't take me long to see what
tneir game was
They thought Id have 10 land when
] came 70 the rapids. and they were
holding their FIRE 10 pick ne of at short
range While I was making a landing
d t1ckied ne 30 that | hat -
lznzh. and I pzGdIed al the faster A. I
xut within hearing . the rapids
When ! reached the szt rife. ths
n~sis Wernt norm twenty rols behind
NJ. pssitliax and yelling Ike mad :
re-@r - NJ TIL I eould f~~l the swsft
current palm the canoe along Then
J tur1rt Fo11d an swung mv old hat at
em- and Te44et Ike n st-zmeux5ne.
Well = yoa wouldn't a died laugh
IN 10 @s them SIOUX about that time.
They sfopp-d padding and stared a
ne Ii<c they 4 seen n Sho>t. a. ! vent
shooting iaso tae bl- rollers II I'd
guHe a"sn without sayiE< aEvtainE
they 4 -hosght Z MY an accident bat
when laughed ana yeiied a. them Il
maize th-ir hair stand on end.
Tiny coa4 have poPpe-i me over A.
easy As nothing A. the distance. bat
there wasn't onr ON them that had
sen~ enough left - think q shooting
7 felt kind % ,icxllsh nvseiE. bu-
thinks J. In n cass ike this the bold
ct course Is always the safest II I
can ride her through Tn al right and
II ! happen - bust upon a rock txont
be no xOrsen icing hacke! 10 pirces
and scalp~L
Z reckon I've sse=E-t sans-
tArrngh a. ruugh places a. any man
alive but tell you. | never got into
suca a roaring. whiriing. mix-I up
mess of rDcks and water a. that was
w canoe Jumped and dipped. and was
half-full II water IN no time. Bot 7
didn't happen 70 hit any rock. and
SION ! wzs sailing into xnoosa water.
Then ran her ashore At a sharp
bend Jumped out into the river. an
threw my steel traps into deem water
beside a big ruek- where ed 1ad en-
Agin Then I fiPped The canoe bottom
sitie up- and set L drfft5ug lsyvu st-~an