The Red Cloud chief., 1894-02-02

"You shall smart for this!" Stanger.
son cried, white with rage. "You
have dcied the prophet and the coun
Gil of four. You shall rue it to the end
Of your days"
''The hand Of the Lord shall be
heavy upon you," cried young Dreb.
Der: ale will arise and smite you!"
''Then I'll start the smiting," ex.
claimed Fcrricr furiously, and would
have rushed upstairs for his gun had
not Lucy seized him by the arm and
restrained him. Before he could
escape from her, the clattcr Of horses
hoofs told him that they were beyond
his reach.
"The young canting rascals!' he eX.
claimed, wiping the perspiration from
his forehead. IL would sooner see you
in your grave, my girl, than the wife of
either of them"
"And so should I, father" she an.
severed, with spirit; .''but jefferson
will soon he here"
Eyes. II win not be long before he
comes. The sooner the better, for we
do not know what their next move
may be-"
1t was. indeed, high time that some
one capable of giving advice and help
should come to the aid of the sturdy
old farmer and his adopted daughter.
In the whole history of the settlement
there had never been such n case OF
rank disobcdience to the authority OF
the elders. II minor errors were pun
ishcd SO stcrnly, what would bc the
fate of this arch rebel? Fcrrier knew
that his wealth and position would be
Of no avail to him. Others rs well
known and as rich as himself had been
spirited away before now, and their
goods given over Ia the church. lie
was Il brave man, but he trcmblcd nj
the vague, shadowy tcrrors which
hung over him. Any known danger he
could face with a firm lip, but this sus
pense was u%nnerving. He concealed
his fears from his daughter, however
and affected to make light Of the whole
matter, though she, with the keen eye
OF love, saw plainly that he was i'll u,
ease.
lie expected that he would receive
some message or remonstrance from
Young us To his conduct, and he wa
not mistaken, though it came il
an unlookcd-for amer. Upon rising
neXt morning he found. to his sur
prise, n small square Of paper pinned
on to the coverlet Of his bed, just owe,
his chest. On il was printed in bold
struggling letters:
IwENrY-NtNE DAYS GIVEN YoI
q AMENDMENT, AID THEN"
Hntn lneh ,.n ,,,.,., Con ,t,tr q
than any threat could have been
How this warning came into his room
puzzled John Fcrricr Sorcly, for hi
servants slept in an outhouse, and the
doors and windows had all been SO
cured. lie crumplcd the paper up AM
said nothing To- his daughter, but tn,
incident struck II chill into his heart
The twcnty-nino days were evident,
the balance Of the month which Ioun,
haG promised. What strength or cour
ngo could avail against I'm enem,
: armed with such mysterious powers
The hand which fastened that pin
might have struck him to the heart
and he could never have known win
} had slain him.
Still more shaken was he next morn
lIE' lHcy hau sat uoWn 10 incl
} breakfast when Lucy, with n cry o
surprise, pointed upward. In the cen
ter of the ceiling was scrawlcd, with
| burned stick, apparently, the humble
%. TO his daughter it was unin
! telligible, and he did 10 enlightel
J her. That night he sat up with hi
, gun and kept watch and ward. II
saw and heard nothing, and yet in tn
, morning u great ~ had been painte
upon the outside OF his door.
, Thus day followed day; and as sur
|. as morning came he found that his IN