The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-05

his irSt enlistment and gave il to i;
Understood that Il difficulty with tho
shcrllE, who sought to arrest him, hao
been the means Of bringing him to tho
temporary refuge. of the ranks.
Eor the first few weeks, too, ho drank
but little, and wearing his uniform with
me case and grace Of one long accus.
toned 10 the buttons and being erect
and athletic i'll build, he presented q
very crcdltablo appearance. Tho bloat.
cd, bloOdshOt look he woro on his ar.
rival, tho result Of much surrcptitious
whisky Ell route, passed somewhat away,
and 1T WAS only when ono studied his
lace that the traces Of intenpcrance,
added TO the sullcn brows and shifting,
restless eyes, banishcu tho claim to good
looks That were at first accorded him.
From the first, however, tho old ser
gcants and such Veterans among the
corporals as Terry Rorko looked askance
| ut trooper Gir;licc. "Anothcr guard
house lawyer, said tho first sergeant
OF Lcalc's troop, us ho disgustcdly re-
cclvcd the adjutant's notification. of
| Graicc's assignment. "Another wan
of thin jailbirds liko Mr.. American
Blood, tho newspaper pct" said Rorlle,
| i'll high disdain "Wc'u have q circus
with him, too, rs they had in tho Elev-
enth, or I'm Jcw. Where have J. seen
that sweet mug Of his bcforc?" he
added rcflcctivcly, az he watched the
newcomer surlily scrubbing at his kit,
! and the newcomer, glancing sideways
at the Irish corporal, seemed to read his
thoughts, III ,hough too far away to hear
~ -
every man i'll @ troop that thcro was
apt to be no love lost between Terence
Rorkc and "Tommy tho Tough"
And there WAS another still who wore
tho simple dress of private soldier,
whose eyes, blacll, piercing and full Of
! expression, were constantly following
that ncW recruit, and that was tho Sioux
Indian, Grow knife, youth barely 10
years Of age. EIo had been boy scout
before the days of tho ghost dance craze
Il N.,1~cd and trusted ally Of the white
soldiers, he had borne dispatches I'D to
tho very moment when Kill Eagle g
mad Drained ultimatum drove his band
into revolt and launched them Oh tho
waTpath.
With them went Grow Knifo's father
and mothor, and tho boy rodo wildly in
pursuit. Ho was with them, striving to
Induce his mother to abandon tho vii
lagc, when the warriors mado their de-
scent on tho ranches Of tho Dry Fork,
and later, when Farr&r's ticrco attack
burst upon them lillo Il thunderbolt
through tho SnOWclOuds Scizing his
mother in his arms, tho boy had shield
cd and saved her when Lcalo's vcngeful
men rushed upon tho nearest Indians,
when unqucstionably, yet rnavoidably,
some squaWsrcCcivedt their death wounds
In tho furious fight that followed Far
rar's assassination. Recognized and res
cucd by his former friends, Grow Knifo
went back to Eraync when tho brief but
bloody campaign was ended and then
was sent to the Indian school at Car
Isle. Returning i'll the course Of thrco
years, he had been enlisted in what was
left OF the Indian troop OF the Twelfth,
and WAS one of the few of his tribe who
really macs y success of soldering. By
the aEtulnl} N this cvcntful year Grow
hnlt3s Cc&lradcS were rapidly being
discharged and returning to their bian-
kcts and lodge life at tho reservation or
hanging about tho sgualid cattle town
across tho river. Grow Knife, sticking
to his cavalry duty and showing un.
looked for devotion to his officers, was
regarded by tho Twelfth as an cXccD-
tlonal case and was mado much Of ac-
cordingly.
'What d'yo think of that fellow,
Crow?" asked Corporal Rorko ono day ~
no watched tho expression in tho Indi-
l.
moro than / do. What's the rcason?"
Ihcro Is saying among my pco-
pie, - was tho answer in tho slow. meas
urcd tones of one who thought in an
other tongue, "'Eycs that canuot meet
eyes guido hands that strike foul Io-
tha5-stabs-in- tllc-dark is tho name we
give such as that man."
'D'yo know him, Grow? Did 80
never SEQ him?" persisted Terry. "Evcr
since the day ho came the captain has
had his ego On him, and SO have yc,
and so havo I. [ can't ask tho captain,
but L can yc. Whore havo yo seen him
boforcY'
But Crow Knife shook his head. "I
cannot remember his face. 1t is his
| back | seem to krsow. My people say
'Ii''' way tll'S 80 tltll tll'lllltS
! And so Eorkc could find no satisfac.
! tory solution of tho over vcxing qucs-
! ton. Twice or thrice he accostcd Graicc
! and strovo to draw him into talk, but
I the newcomer seemed to shut up like an
1 oyster Ill tho presence Of the Irish cor.
por;l, u Great contrast to the jOviality
he displayed when soliciting comrades
~ ,....a II hand at cards. The recruits
had hardly any money left. Graico had
won what little thCrc was on the way
to l'raync, and now no had wormcd his
way into the gambling set that is apt tC
hc found in every fort--all cOmcrs who
have money being Wclcomc-and for {
fcW weeks fortune seemed to smile upOl
the nrophyj,. lie knew, he protested
very iiilln O" Hr,% .Hnc, but played fo1
fellowship and fur. rhcn J." kept sobo1
when Others G'uM'., ,,nd so won, ant
then caniu arnu>atiCHa Of foul play ant
q row, and the barracks game was broker
up, only to DO resumed at night ia TIN