The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-01-28
II Race Hmono BorpIs

III was the first week in ID the
broiling hot sun Of a nor sum
mer there had come aero Battle
river the Blackfeet, tile IS the
Piegans, and their cousirl Mon
tana, with the swiftest Of the
south, TO try conclusionre race
track with their here ditlemies.
the great Cree nation, as ID done
in other days in bloody for fierce
~ fought battle before TIE man
came. And the white mi there.
racing, betting and hagg er con-
ditions in the Lingua II he had
picked up from the half bINnd the
half breed found. perhapslat race
track the only place " hellual ma;
ture gave him an adyantfr both.
For four or five days tad been
racing from daylight &c, handi-
caps. private races. tribs, races
according 10 the prograraces OF
all kinds and at all Il Anyone
wanting race could be anodated,
and many wanted. Thr OF the
race possessed white, ri mixed.
IL was a saturnalia Of 81
All night long. in thdreds OF
tepees throughout the blhich sur
rounded the beautifully lain that
did duty as the course games OF
skill and chance, from tlrdemain
OF the Cree stick game " poker
went on TO the accompInt OF the
tom-toms.
Lying in shack. halile away.
on the outskirts Of the ment, the
American could tell by me of the
monotoi.ous Indian druIether the
stakes were high or ths was fast
and furious. The Englin dropped
in after midnight. lie bught him
self out OF the mountdice few
weeks before; said barrvere dull.
that the Canadian Paci iway had
knocked all charm ont stern life.
and that he was going lie knew
the American and madi get up.
lie wanted 10 talk 10 hINhen the
Englishman talked. WINS seldom,
he was worth listening and the
American got up. Befot English
man had finished, be hassed him
self.
And then they went I'D stole n
horse.
The fact that the horst the prop
erty Of the major coming troop
of the Northwest mounplice added
piquancy TO the theft. american.
who was a lawyer and legal con
science, called IL "boyng." The
said he d care rap
what IL was called, thjor's horse
was the only thing inidistrict on
four legs that could birey Volts
Pinto mare. and they 10 have him.
Grey VOLTS Pinto wiown far be-
yound the Blackfeet. ale American
suggested that even uajor's troop
horse hadn't speed eih, granted
though he was. and inted some
thing about doping thre under he
circumstances. III Englishman
loved horse. and as istrode along
In the moonlight TOW the gate OF
the palisaded police fhe said that
doping horse was We han murder
that he wouldn't be nty 10 IL, and
that the girl wouldio IL for %
Pierres, anyway; she been brought
up with the Pinto, andDelieyed loved
the pony.
Then the Englishmyent and LIED
TO the sergeant of hard, and hint
ed mysteriously abou Indian rising
md his secret mission an old police
man. from the maj carry dis
patches to a fort so 3 away. AND
the sergeant felt fired at beinl
taken into the confice OF his chief
and was duly impres with the ide;
Of an Indian rising; said hope be
Ing the something I keeps the red
coated riders OF thoins alive; anS
be told the gate and Die scntries no
to say anything abtthe absence o
The majors horse oie major woul,
be mad.
The Englishmnn the American
hen took the majohorse away an,
painted out n beanhl white star il
his forehead and theree white stock
ngs and the brandsrk. The Amer
cans artistic tperament wa
aroused. and he vted to paint
white star on his bst and throw i
/ few flourishes one hind quarters
but the Englishmarid he only want
ID him disguised eigh 20 pass ono
through n crowd. ! then II the ma
or found out he Mt cafe-an eS
'eedingly small mint. The mnjo
wouldn't miss him Gil after the race
Is there was no pane in the morniTf
md the sergeant impressed wit
he Indian-rising n.
IL was late in thetcrnoon when Oh
ace between GrcWolf's Pinto an
he Englishman's known was callc,
Every other eveniad been dwarfte
nto insigni6cans for wasn't III
wiftest pony OF he south at las
And ire was q strane
tory being whisred around regnrs
NC the stakes. 4 Englishman. 80