Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-15

startled by hearing tremendous
klcldnR and bowling at The door In
my surprise ! forrdt To turu tho lamp
which wan go signal tho cuglncer TO
stop ut the sutton for orders.
litilo wonder I WAS uHltntcd tho
! nenfcgt hnuno was acNOn miles away (;
| uo white man would have wniked n
| tenth OF that distance IN such n hliZ-
gard and have lived, Had the shouting
| aud klolJng buru eaa Imperative 1
/ might have been BnprrAttiuuH, with
l trembling hnndH I drew tho holt llo-
/ fore | could stop aside the door WAS
/ thrown Violently open, ana to- my da.
J their why into tho little Office II was
[ the manner tho HpVuEoH entered lint
| made ne feel nefNuuH u WAS nn uu-
/ common thug Tor me- Tao have Indians
/ drop into the station 20 night upd
] 90 see roaming bands ~ thom rnlH tho
| ntutlon pt dl hours but two muukon
| Cree indlnna Even nu Indian scout
Z might have been pnrduned for fnnfinE
hud he been unarmcd ana plneHi IN
the position ! WIS IN
without appearing 10 nntloe mn. tho
braves walked over TO the nloNtnu
wood stove aud began to Nlpm them
aelVon wanted tu allow thnt !
trusted lhom ana brought two chHrs
uud naked them 60 nu nruttl. Aa
spoke they both turned thou wiclffd.
BURNING black eyes 10 me, huf nrhu
did not delRn 10 apenk but ldollul the
CHAIRS ~ one slide ana bHgnn tubing
orr tholr great skin coats ara cups
and rrd-aud- white blnnketr
A. the taller petulAntly thr,v hlH
wrnpA down, unmcthihE iurl f'ruJd
ihr floor heavily; he Eavo a cry %
greedy rNultatloa, feil 10 tho p1uiict NJ
the cont ana drew uut buttir NJ
whisky, ana prnucedhl without delay
60 break on the noolg Of iha b1itc on
the stove. Il WAC Forbidden To- soil
llquor 10 indiana but ,iaJ did nos
matter much; they always managed
10 get H.
Just az he was about 10 raise the
rugged mouth " tho bottle Ia HIS
work II hnd the erect that I feared;
both the Indians with HuperatiHnua
dread In thoir eyes, inVnluutnrily took
a couple VI steps toward The wan
whore was sitting aud deyontly hop
lug that they would wrap up IA their
blankets aud 80 on 10 sleeps no such
good fortune.
Tho room was about ten foot wide
and nftern feot long In the center |
Of the room was the stove, and near |
tho door about six feet TO the riRhi. |
was the instrument I was sitting |
fncing the door at the opposite slide
~ the room Pretending that ! thought |
they were RoinK 70 back w against
me, | arose, and calmly began 20 walk !
toward The instrument.
had not paused Thorn two feet when |
they both caught me Violently Wy the
shoulder and IN excited cultural |
toncn began ~ a threatening mDnnor
10 any something 10 me, Seeing that
i did not understand, the tall brave,
pointing the bottle which lac still tight.
~ cluiehed IN his loft hand at tho tank.
alive instrument said llercoly, mo
10 there, 40 go thrro"
really UNDERWOOD whit they meant
Tho Indians fear of telegraph inrtru.
munta and his Inability 10 understand
were known to every opera
tor west Of winnipcg.
In their drunken foar they imagined
! would have Il IN my power TO do
the man injury
A. easily as could have liftad an
infant. the great savage. with his uns
engaged hand, Awung me from my feet
aud cuntemptuoualy dropped mo on
ling draught out Of The bottle una then
handed Il 70 HIS companion Tho effect
n the liQuur upon their savage natures
showed Itself almost immediately.
they began TO yell and shout aud
putting their hands around their
mouths uttered cries like prairie
wolves. nhrank closer to the wall
IN ten minutes they had finished the
bottle nnd had become nothinq better
hHn bowling inanincH They took
lania ami onpercd around the stove.
itrmplng the floor vigorously with their
feet Releasing handa,
hoy would WRVe their long arms
ihont their hcadh Ia thu most Trotesque
nNnner. uitcflng az thu snmo time The
most blood.curdling wur-whooua.
~ their cyeH wna the balcfui iifht VI
he wild beast The coal on light Witch
Iut dimly ne uu The room threw
'ullow shade upon their dark. ptr8pf-
ne brutal RID faces. making thhm
pok IKE cniieaaries from the eva Que.
lnnclnn ni hendlHh CLEO over fntnc tVil
Iced, the STORM 80 though 10 Bym.
'nthy With the savage scene. had flscn
Q d hurricane, fhrlokrd Ike mad
hing, ana drove through tho compliment