Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-10
CHAPTER XII.

,,ary loss Of blOod, added 10 great mem
,el anxiety, he might have passed for
7Oa least. :,
est. and the people OF the town and the
of,icers OF the Sea Hawk would have
uaid him every attention had he per-
mitted it.
nnnh's visit was soon noised a broad,
and created no little comment; but, as
many of the humber people, and some
If the wel-to- do also. he'd great faith
IN her curative skill, it was generally
believed that Colonel Graham had sum-
moned her to ez anime his case.
Unlike the majority of his race,
OtbeIlo was reticent, and though he
was pretty well subjected to the pump
inc process, he kept his own and his
masters secrets; the latter had sud-
denly become very heavy, but, being
naturally shrewd, he bore tho burden
with dim notion that it would turn out
sooner Or later to his advantage.
His relationship to Dinah was not
known outside themselves. The old
woman called every man, white, black
or red, son, and she was usually called
granny.
col. Graham could not afford to re-
main pent up in his room. 1t was es-
:. sential that he should be off, yet evil
dent to the doctor and even himself
TINT he would not be able to make the
Journey overland to New York, for at
least two weeks.
Il am very anxions," he said to DR..
Hedges, the day after Dinah's visit, ito
utilize my forced stay here by learning
something of the aborigines. l have
SEEN here in your streets, Uncas, the
Montauk chief, and his rarely be; iful
sister, Untilla; if they be fair speci-
mems of the natives, they are peopls
to be envied."
They are hardly fair specimens, >"
said the doctor, who was an authority
on Indian matters. They belong to the
royal race, and are descended from the
great Wyandauch, with whom our first
settlers-my father was one of them
made a treaty for the lands now held
by the whites A trip into the land Of
the Montauks would do you good; and
, II you desire to make it, l will see that
they give you due Gaze and proper es-
cort
"They are hospita6ls, them"
Yes, sir; as all brave people are, no
matter where you find them"
Il thank you for your offer, and will
start at once" said Graham.
He was emphatically man of action,
and SO well did he exert himself, that
by the early afterr con of that day, he
was sitting on a 'se, while his SER
want, mounted on L1other, led an ami
NAL laden with their luggage.
The young chief, Uncas. being in town
that day, was asked by Doctor Hedges
to take charge Of the colonel and his
servant, and he did so with readiness
and grace that would have done credit
fn ~ 1fcha
uncas on foot, and, with his long rifle
thrown over his shoulder, strobe ahead,
and he would have kept on, without
halt had not Colonel Graham stopped
In front of Squire Condit's house.
The Colonel was not anxious to meet
the Squire again, but on this occasion
he could not avoid it, for that gentleman
was standing in the road in front of his
own house, and looked as if he wanted
to be addressed.
Approaching the Colonel, and laying
MS hand on the horses name, the Squire
said.
When you spoke to me last. you said
mere was something you wanted to get
ha!lh Denham to do, when you would
answer question asked"
am aware OF that" said the
Colonel, haughtily.
But is Capt. Denham hors?'
You know he is not"
linen 1t is impossible for yen TO full
~ your part OF the condition, so with
your PERMISSION we shall wait till he
returns from New York"
But you may not be here then"
How do you know"
Know but little about your past or
resent. unfortun ately, and that little,
guess, is not in your favor. You do
NV wish TO speak now. Go on, we shall
,Seet again before you leave, depend on
Squire Condit. with a flushed face,
eurned toward his house, and the
Nionel. followed by Othello, and pre-
ceaed by the Wontauk chief. rode on.
why, GooS1ill," said Mrs. Condt,
MMno' with heS daughter Ellen. Lea
1hieages, Valentine Dayton and the old
aeu.enant, was looking over the
oloom, you LOOK to be excited. Has
"nythlng wrong been done 10 you?"
MIS-. Condit had never seen Colonel
b niaham until his recent visit, and her
husband, not caring to trouble her. or it
nay ue with the belief that ole can
to' oP secret better than two, had never
tp; ~ her MS suspicious and dislike of
.nls man, nor limited that he had ever
care. =
squire Condit had religious and also
manly hatred of falsehood, but being
ts ~ OF a lawyer he was inclined
Iii; Gaution and diplomacy, and had the
VSrll TO parry direct question without
'narGGwing much light on it.
whd nave no sympathy with people
Nose nose curiosity takes them in among
p plnnu enough people if they are let
. ",one. Some day one of these rich En-
tt anhn will see the land OF the Mon
o ea1dKs-as did tbs spies of Joshua in the
IL uu ume-and they will conclude that
would would make fine estate and game
owes eserve. and then they will send agents
tro er mere, and under some trumped up
fro a'y they will get the lands away
So u our red neighbors," said the
d,a, wasn't that the way grandfather
w asked Ellen, laughingly.
arast wi ~ wasn't. The treaty with the
"yandauch was fair. ard has not