The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-10-21

"'Well. let us hope he is still alive,
said [. Set him up, Jimply.'
with quick movement, Jimmy
turned the bundle around and dis
closed the copper colored baby peace
fully slumbering
oh! the poor little'-began you'
aunt Gracious, how dirty she
finished. Jimmy go out and senG
Bridget here with that child, and
bring me a bucket of hot waterp
''Then knew that your aunt had
adopted the prince. Anything she
considered worthy of being washed
was an object of interest to her. ]
gave sigh of relief that the cere
mony of adoption had been so easily
performed.
Would you believe 1t, Roy, we had
that Indian with us three years and
we grew to love him as if he were oul
own? He was loving little rogue
bright as button, with not trace OF
the Indian nature in him as far as We
could discover, and in time we almost
forgot that be was an Indian.
He was manly for his age, having
only one fear-and that was of red
men! l suspect this terror was the
result Of Jimmy's private teaching
| When> er he saw one Of the Indian
scouls. who were always hanging
around the post, the little prince
would run to Jimmy for protection,
trembling violently and begging to
be saved from the clutches of the
ugly man.
"My little Roy, shall never forget
that bright spring morning when
received a communication from head
quarters, to the effect that the chiel
| of such and such tribe, on such and
such reservation. having learned
| that his son, whom he long supposed
dead, had been captured three years
before and was now in the hands OF
the whites, demanded his release be
| fore he-the chief-wculd agree to
sign treaty of the utmost impor-
| tance to the white settlers of the ter
ritory.
''The long official sentences swan
before my eyes. l had mighty queer
feeling about my heart as l heard d
fresh childish laugh and looking up
saw my little prince standing in the
office door dressed in his pretty plaid
suit. One arm was thrown over the
Il; c'l of his dog who was taller by
! half head than himself; his bright
! dark face was one glow of mischie
vous delight at thus stealing upon me
unawares in my official sanctum.
''Send back that dainty little piece
of humanity, that carefully nourished
tenderly cared for baby to the wild
rough life of his fathers? Send him
back to the discomforts, the barbari
ties, the squalor from which l had res
cned him?
| 1t seemed to me that [ could not dc
it: and yet. for this very occasion ]
had kept him all these years, guarded
him from every danger, and alas! had
learned to love him as l do you, Roy
| now.
But the order was peremptory. II
a weeks time l was to be at the Gas
cades with the captive, where the
chief. with his whole tlibe, was to be
encamped; aud with much ceremony
l was to deliver the prince to his faith
er and witness the signing of the trea
ty, which. if fulfilled. was to bring
peace ard quiet to the sorely trieC
and much disturbed white settlers.
without a word l took the order
to your aunt. She read it through
looked mp with a bewildered air. anc
SAID: 1 don't quite understand, Jack
1T means,' said gently, that tht
| prince'-we had never given him any
other name-'must be returned to hi:
father
Returned returned to the Indi
ans. JACKIE she gasped.
Most certainly, my dear l an
swered.
'''It is quite impossible said YOU
aunt decidedly. What! give Prince
over to the Indians? Why, the chilt
would die of fright-you know how
he abhors Them
Unfortunately, Mary, [ hav.
nothing to say about the matter This
is an order A week from to day,
must be with the child at the Gas
cades.'
Jack, l tell you it is quite impos-
sible,' repeated your aunt. L dom
suppose you want to see him murder
ed before your eyes, she added re
proachfully.
81 want nothing, but to keep hin
with us always, I answered, but M,
dear. he must 60
| Your aunt positively refused t,
accept the situation, and Jimmy de
clined to entertain for an instant tn,
idea of parting with our prince. IL
was soldier enough to know the orde
must be obeyed: but he was full o
plans and expediepts to evade tin
actual letter of the law and l reall,
| had to watch him to prevent hin
from abducting the prince for tn
time being ard substituting one o
the numerous Indian children in tn
| village to be given to the deludec
chief as his son. In vain l expostu
lated. In vain l tried to show hin
how traitorous it would be to deceiv
the Indians now when we wanted t
set them an example Of white men
honor and good faith.
/ But he will never know. captain
urged Jimmy. He'll like a lit
savage much better than our primo
who is a rale gintleman aud has bee
! brought up with proper ideas in re