Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-08-16
INJUN JOE.
oafney's Adventure with the Last
OF the Iroquois.


hidden away from the riotous world
20 ruS.'e little Moose village. Evcrv.
y TS IN the Ottawa valley knows t
Inc Drown river flows slowly nost asi 10
sorry to leave it; the inhabitants ara
won't TO remark that notbinr ~
uea.h or a bear hunt "way back on
'ho nation, can ever draw them awnv,
una iast' but not least, when "Ininn
Joe liked up his wigwam on the
Point, although he didn't know II moo.
pie concluded that they might reckon l
on MN as q permanency. The Point
was ABOUT half mile above the viii
iage' and its silver sands ran lone
way out just at the cxtremo cdre
"ithin a few feetof the lappinp water.
and sheltered by one majestic smear
maple, lnJun Joe's quaint little tent
drew the attention of wandering art.
ists as they went down In the boat.
All sorts of stories were invented
about Joe, but none really knew
where he had been dragged up. Some
said That he was an Indian sachem of
the lroquois come to life again be-
cause he had misconductcd himself IN
the happy hunting grounds This.
however, was generally regarded in
Millers, store as an elaborate fiction
invented by that blonde young humor-
ist Barney Mcguire. "You see, bows"
that worthy would observe to the
crowd, its this way: That there In
jun's been let loose by one of them
Montreallers who go about digging in
the mountains for Indian graves. An
now they've let him out, of course he
amt goin' back to place where there
amt no whisky. You bet your boots
that's about the size of it," and Bar
ney, absently taking q plug of his
neighbours tobacco, went out into the
night.
1t was lovely summer night. The
air was filled with dancing flrefies,
weaving and hiding in and out the
long grass, and waylaying one another
in the whispering leaves of bushes. In
and out, their little lamps went flick
ering through the night in such heed
less, happy merriment that Barney
stopped to look at them. All the world
was full Of flrefies. He seemed to be
trcading on them, and with drunken
gravity began to lift his feet high not
to crush their little lives out. At this
moment bigger light cleaned up be.
fore him in the distance. 1t seemed tc
be an enormous freely beckoning him
on through the village and into the
cool dangerous depths of the summer
night. Close by 'the river wandered
at its own sweet will" Only the voices
of the raftsmen, as they made for the
falls, broke the stiffness Barney
pulled up and listened to them
s'Thet's So" he said, with drunken
gravity. 81 reckon you've about fixe(
it Row, brothers row, the stream rum
fast. The frehies are-no, that
wrong. That's wrong, Barney. l SAL
it's wrong. If you don't believe me
catch one and ask him."
He set off in sidelong kind of run
sat down on nothingness, and sudden
ly collapsed in the middle of the road
"I've got YOU" he said in triumph t.
an imaginary FREELY. Excuse me sit
tin on you, but you are such slipper
little critturs. You've only got to poe
gleise, an I'll git"
The FREELY didn't apologize, for tn
simple reason that it was hundre
wards away This suddenly dawne
upon Barney, and he followed
through the long grass.
The ripple of the flowing tide sounde
more loudly in his ears, and insensipl
drew him to the river shore. Right on
on the point, the big FREELY glove
steadily but not like the Others.
was a fixed. light. When the other
closed their tiny wings the lights OH
appeared but this monstrous frefl
was visible all the time. =,
Barney followed on, keeping IN I'll
shadows of the willows which fringe
the shore. He didn't want to go OF
hit some irresistible power impelie
him 70 do SO. Suddenly he found hin
self within twenty yards OF the pom
and-sober!
He skunk down behind the bushes =,
on,zement, for the FREELY which
had followed was the light OF lnJu
Joe's camp fire, and lnlun Joe W.
there. but not the lnjun Joe the laug
and scorn and mock of the village, bI
another being altogether : a ful
, anoV nrove in his war paint, wit
tamabawl, and rifle by his SIDE, al
his copper-colored cheeks glowing
the freight with vermiliion' "A iol
sna,nlocls hung from his shaver crow
"Gosb what's this2' said the pc
picked Barney. "Ihe boys WIZ ''
I'm dreaming" Ito =,
The Indian did not stir or give % .,
SIGN of life. He looked across "
s .igar at the long range of the Laurie
.;an hills, as If marking the oal
s~een Of the pines which crested tne
SWEEP - VI He seemed to be waiting
Barney crcpt little nearer .,o4 .
Suddenly birch bark canoe shos . %
from a little island in the miaal 80 % =,
,.;u u and glided noiselessiy throul
the night. twas padded oya squa qua,
sbe was clad in deerskin' ana a I ,oa
~ ofe ea ~ls feathers rose from her Ion
no Come, my white brother ta,e ,o com,
..;d Iniun Joe, without iooNi'
around. "Lelota waits ..,. ;,
ar Rarney came forward with nth an Tan y
sasv laugh. II reckon, o tne r ind
u more Cooper, you'll have ,,r the to ANU INV
Come" said Injuni nt So1 the can,
a anSicb sank nearly to the waters e wi
The T squaw padded n ncrosS the riv
ur TheT got out and bea .n 1e snI orI
Come. aneg said Injun joe, iea the iol
wa way into single file. ,.h the au
ie lrh , went on through GA. ' no,sel'