The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-21

for the tone she would lend TO the occnsion bJ
spreading The cloth. unpacking the baskets
the looks Of tho 'Paclies when we got outside
the post limits and began to pass them By. In
l suppose we were all a trine nervous. familiar
rs We all were with the sight OF Indians, from
Yennie's bnckboard was light behind my own.
and when she saw the Indians she evinced n
s ~ dsIx des u h to , 6es s 6 ysTy6 Hnsse &c with Z h
very close TO him. She went very pale. too.
and had 70 stop and reassure her; Think NO
we reached the picnic grounds, and we were
more or less nervous throughout the day.
OF two and three OF. the bucks began %. draw
near us. They were followed by enlisted men
VA I pistols onSs strapped eo round nn S the n waists n,.,,TI The he
the Indians. but they were. all the same. /
suppose nearly a hundred Of the sayages as
4 o'clock, and our attempts at chatterinG
merriment were rather dismal. Finally one
where 1 sat with the other ladies. and. deiiber-
ately approaching me. began TO nat my hair
Mountain 'PachesSto ali Indians. II truth. I
didn't resent the familiarity. for / was used to
Il One Of the e2ldiersthsn walked up end said
drew away and Joined the other bucks;
would suggest, ladies' said the sergeant.
70, garrison. They're muttering medicine. and
II ,ud be Iust as well for you TO go in
pressed us. and we got the things together and
started in. The Indians were ali strung along
The road by this time. and some Of them stood
clined to move. They didn't say word. but
Just obstTucted the path, and had TO be prodded
buckbosTds to proceed Il looked nnSsiy. Dur
dian, IYennie was. hgqratively., speaking,
SS5d iS Sa,iss sa B; s5siSs day; saS AT ! tsilsss shs
got into the post the men had TO lift Iennie
out Of her blackboard and, carry her into our
manned unconscious for an hour,
Ay tank Ay not stay, were the first words
dreary blow. / argued with her. and told her
there was not a particle of danRer.-it afterward
fEoS fBe ee thSt tb I. 5 5ss t sOS se hadn't hadn't T at 5Rsd
been massacred az the poet-and spent hours
in trying to Induce her to listen to reason. But
she sSSf ten SnI K those NO; words;
That's, how l lost Yennie.. The next days
girl as ever came out Of scandinsvia.
When Jim came into garrison with his troop
That's all right. little one said he. I've
got you another one-a hummer. Waitll you
"'Jim's hummer was a girl belonging to the
tribe of renegades brought in by the troops.
She was a Mexican girl. who had been stolen
Vas II years old. and her name was Francisco.
She had been adopted. by the reneGades and
t tal9sd ,Pa' hsr LIKE Ts one Of them snd b T,m she s. he'd 70. not
81 ePFOt iins it sbs 5S5B Ps.Sith sNsR 9p6m The Ss le9 aTh
sat on the parioF S9or-!ust sQuatted doWn~ae
soon as she entered the quarters, and refused
tween her knees. and moaped' %pitifuiiy: Jim
rehssured her In Mexican and Pache talk. and
me. She wiped the tears from her eyes with
her blanket. and scrutinized my blond hair
from the distance Of the room. Then she rose
my hair and stroked IT.
you've got her all right now said Jim. and
t trS@ bRs' oGH course su she eP fneE aS Sae sHs
hothing 81 household duties; SIt took her IN
ized clothing. but I got some pretty Blankets
had a very pretty face and beautiful black hair.
B BiSnsdh ID a : FeoG alt fs 3 n / RaGi to &c f pTae.
81 1fPait 0cc as SaH eG iaiiinSE into Rns h terrible s has 81
lent RACES. during which she would froth
after two or three months / used to catch her
very black AT me. Jim said she was in
love with him and jealous Of me. FRANCESCA
began TO make me very nervous. and 1 was
she had gone with her tribe Of ~reneeados.
Then. To-, four weary mouths, i did ali of
my own work again. One morning, when the
kitchen, John. the driven. brought Ground TO
the back OF the quarters a nice looking, neatly
dFssf IS y2 IS Name aReT ssid J Ei5n; Me. her over at
/
the railroad. Her money was run out, and she
wants q job. Thought she might do for you
DO for mer Why. Mamie was a godsend to
able girl. and / was delighted to have her. She
MAID fls snd / r ss ssGi5i FeSo %ss a 81 6ffS ceu 9s a 1 h asked
Mamie no questions. One gets over the habit OF
asking questions dow in the Southwest. /
noticed that she often looked blue and down
,ast. Well. three months after Mamie anne to
ne her husband came after her. He had found
from him when John. the blackboard
iriyer. picked her up. Her husband, was a
oafer and a gamble from Tucson. and Mamie
she had TO go with him-that IL she refused
le would kill her. ! venture to say the mar
lever received. before or since. such q tongue |
anne TO take Mamie away, but that was ali the
abstraction had-Mamie had to 90. I'll never |
orget the haunted look in the poor girls eyes
Ii she stepped into the blackboard with her
Now. do you wonder that / got this white
at 'Pache Oh. the finish OF the story
Well. after i had been struggling along for an
ordered over to Fort Wingate on general court
martial duty. When he returned. he brought
rung along with him. TunR was a Chinaman,
o have. unless / get another Chinaman pre-
.isely like Tung. l never had a care while
was with US. He would absolutely
Eel e e. permit r. me tt to NJ de 9ts ap ayhI
By the way, none OF you. ! dare say. ever saw a
cry? Well. Tung wept when we
we're ordered away from Fort Apache. and, 1t
The cavalry officers wife halted.
And all OF this at only one postl' exclaimed
ii been fancying that our troubles with our
ervantS are so dreadful"
CAUGHT BIZ THE "RETEEUERS."