The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-15

HOWlnud agreed Win hct uui az
laughed nj her for all that.
ITS like the legend Of Sir Olof, isnt
It9 lie went away the night before ne
was 10 be married, and an eri maiden
made him die" -,,
There's nothing as an cri maiden ~
the agency, morc's the pity ne 'o'u
her. ,o
Then ne went and rode OF la the
scorhlng sun In a cloud Of dust two
soldiers behind him, ana al wen
mounted. I'll
The girl watched him until she could
see him no longer. and went BACK lh'9
the tent 10 sit. with white face anu
closed lips and dry eyes, looking nj the
sands Of the parade ground,
Howland held a long council with the
chiefs. aud very nearly sueceeueu ~
settling the difficulties before nighiihii.
They talked sitting under shelter OF
willow sticks and branches lhtrs
was halfcured OK hide ON the grOuhd
upon which they squattcd.
Two Of the Indians played monte
with pack Of grotesque rawhlue
cards. and one whitfield stick Tor an
armw shaft. They liked Rowland
aud they trusted him. This was
known, 80 missions Of this sort gen.
e,nllv fell 10 him. lie talked now, ana
waxed very eloquent. and the chleis
rrunted as the Interpreter translated.
They were almost won 10 him. bu!
they postponed their decision unul
they should have time 60 talk matters
over so they babe him return after
dark. Rowland went away, after haV'
Ing given the daughter of one OF the
bucks bright handkerchief and haV-
Ing said n Few words 10 her out OF MS
scant vocabulary. The girl looked ~
him intcnily. with her bird'like eyes
twlnkling. and said nothing In reply
hut smoothed the hnndanna ON her
knees. When he was gone she rose
aud stood IN front OF her tcpce To
watch him out 81 sight. as the fair
haired woman had done a few hours
before.
After n time she put the handker-
chief on her head and went Ia the dl'
rcciion lle had taken.
When she found him Il was dusk
and the coyotes had begun to whine
aud bark all about him. the one faint
star gllmmered Ia the purpling sky.
Her eyes were wonderfully bright, and
her wild gmccfulncss would have been
alluring 10 another man.
She went up behind him and touched
him ON the shoulder lie faced about
aud asked what she wanted. Hut for
the bright kcrchief ON her head, he
would not have remembered her.
When he saw that he smiled. aud the
girl. encouraged. began a proicsialion
III desperate. savage love In the most
even OF voices and broken English, In
terspersed with Apache aud Mexican.
Rowland answered her kindly, aud
10 her rnlm-toned pleadlngs smiled In
her tense face aud turned away.
"I'oco tlempo you come" she said
gliding after him and gfnsplng his
hand. She followed him for n few
yards. still holding his hand. "Nou
come" she Insisted.
Yes. POGO tempo come 10 see your
father"
Years ago there were poisoned ar
rows used occasionally: weapons dead.
llcr than the more popular rifle or car
hlne. for their scratch was fatal. The
head was dipped In poison curionsly
made. A BIZ Of liver. made putrld,
was held before a rattlesnake until he
had injected his venom into II time
aud time again. After a few NOR
| DAYS the yirulcnt substance was put
upon the points ~ the arrows. 10 carry
agony aud dissolution 10 whatsoever
/ they touched.
/ II was one 10 these arrows that How
land jcrked from his arm a few min
utcs later. as hO went into the hut
whrrp the two soldiers were waiting
lie held Il In front 81 the candle aud
cxp mined Il intcnily while the blood
irlpped over his dusty boot. one Of
the men asked him how II happened
while he cut open the sleeve. ~ mis-
take. very likely; Il was not one Of th'
bucks: We parted good friends The
woman he did not mention. lie Looked
NJ the arrow again. Its poisoned,
guess. Rather hard luck he said
lie paSsed one hand across his face
wcarily and repeated; "liard luck
Then he gave the men detailed ac
count OF what he had done aud accom-
pllslcd. that they might tell the major
In case be himself should be- las
speaking. The agency doc tor was VI
ON twodny's hunting TIP. NJ the sol
dlerS haihed nnd dressed the wound
aud made Rowland drln kthc content
~ large flask OF whisky. Bui be- or
,lcrcd his horse and went hack 60 thl
post. nevertheless. across the long
cleaning plain of saud under the pur
pie arch with It's stars Of gllmmerinl
gold. three wicrd. dark figures follow
ing the road through the night.
Aud Just as the gray Of dawn cam
over the far-off black mountains, Jus
a. the dawn-hIecze sprang M and hle'
on his swollen and burning face. Jus
~ the first call for rcyellle shrille'
through the valley, two dust-whliene'
riders supporting him In the snddl,
drew up at the ospltal.
At . o'clock a sitctcher carried IN
body OF Lieut.. Rowland from the hos
plial IN his quarters, and the Tag wa
put nj hulf-mast- san Francisco Arg'
naut.
iIe Learned How
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