The Red Cloud chief., 1893-09-15

sonl was all broke up, an said to me;
yes Pete, my poah boy, is guinc tc
find ye back yo' brodsh, who lief dc
gen lcman / sole him to, an am now
somewhat close TO Ottawa, Canada.
50 he pulled out a roll oh money an
han to me say 10: take dis freely an
20 an see youah btodah. An now
hcah | is an hcah Is gum to sojourn
until fin my own brodah, Thomas
jefferson Morgan"
This being settled, VIC now retired
for the night and, after a good nights
rest, awoke IN the morning to find the
rain pouring down, which continued
the whole day long and far into the
following night. TO better reconcile
Uncle Pete, | told him that I would
advertise in the Old Dominion, the
paper | was on, and that it would not
be long until we should find his both.
or. But Uncle Pete was not the man
to sit down and wait for others to
bring his brother in, and so set about
finding him for himself. But as days
and days came and went with no It'd
ings from Thomas jefferson, Uncle
Pete became restless, and sometimes
almost out Of spirit. To keep HIM
from yielding to his feelings, | would
ask him to accompany mt both day
and night as | went the rounds gath.
ering news for the paper. I told the
dear old fellow that | got on so much
better to have him along to point out
this and that incident that otherwise
might escape my notice. Occasional.
ly | would have him take an opposite
direction and meet me at a half way
place around the square. On all OF
these little excursions | would pro
vide him with note book and penciI
so that he might make a memorandum
Of such things that would 60 to Gil W
t%he..news columns in my paper. Some
times Uncle Pete would walk by my
side with head erect, shoulders vel
thrown back, and with steady meas
ured step look the very picture o
some noble statesman except that h
had a skin as black as night.
Then Of evenings Dick would be
guile the good old man into long an
interesting discussions Of the Older
days, and finally gave him to under
stand that n day not very remot
there was going to be a wedding part
leave a little town down in Ohio tbs
would put in an appearance at thetpl
farm 10 Kentucky, where Uncle P
was to take the oversight Of all
driving excursions into the surro
ding country in order that every tn
might be ''donc to the queens tast1
This was great news for Uncle Pd
and he at once became SO engrosI
with the thought as to almost for
the oft repeated ejaculation, VII
about to retire for the night,
, "Well, Mars. Bill an Dick, | specs
fin Thomas Jefferson in dc next (a
or two sho' as &c Twin"
/ But as all things must have an en-
sooner or later, so was it in this cas-
Che peaa," autumn morning viii
nature seemed to have come racck I
) revive the SUI shine of June for
season, and while Dick and UncI
Pete aud l were walking along ii
, street together, Dick going to til
college and | to my daily work on I'll
paper, we were brought to a sue
; den stop by Uncle Pete turning rigl
about face and calling out to a rogr
lad of some twelve years to "stop da
JUS a mint, honey till l Ak you a que
. ton"
The boy politely obeyed, but locke
at the same time as though astonishe
l at so sudden an interruption.
, Uncle Pete broke in with: Eve
, my boy is Petah Morgan of ole Ker
tuck, an yo' looks jis like Thoms
t Jefferson Morgan my brodah, who wa
Il. sole way down on Red Ribah yeas q,
; yeas ago, now is not 80 Thomas Je
r ferson Morgan?"
The boy was now most thouroughl
confused and for the moment stoo
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