Evening journal., 1899-02-14
II Race RmOnO Border ycIk

~ dinary Indian as he would his Guy
use or dog. That is mistake. The
woman sometimes asserts herself
Then there is trouble.
It was the first week IN July. In the
broiling hot sun OF northwest sum-
mer there had come across the Battle
river The Blaclfeet. the Sareees. the
Piegans. and their cousins from Mon
tana. with the swiftest horses Of the
south. to try conclusions on the race
track With their hereditary enemies,
the great Cree nation. as they had done
In other days in bloody foray and tieree-
" fought battle before the white man
came. Aud the white man was there.
racing. betting and haggling over con
ditions In the l.ingua Franea he had
picked up from the half breed. And the
half breed found, perhaps ON hat race
track the only place whore his dual na-
turc gave him an advantage over both.
For four or five days there had been
racing from daylight 20 dark. handi-
caps. private races. tribe races. races
according TO the programme. races of
all kinds and al an times. Anyone
wanting race could be accommodated,
and many wanted. The fever of the
race possessed white. red and mixed
I IL was a snturnalia OF sport.
All night long. in the hundreds Of
tepces throughout the bluffs which SUR
roundedihe beautifully level plain chat
did duty as the course. the games Of
/ skill and chance. from the legerdomain
of be Cree stick game to drnw poker.
went on 10 the accompaniment Of the
I tomfoms.
Lying IN q shack half a mile away.
on the outskirts of the settlement. the
American could tell by The time Of the
monotonous Indian drums whether the
stakes were high or the play was fast
aud furious Tie Englishman dropped
in after midnight. lie had bought him
self out of the mounted police few
weeks before; said barracks were dun
that the Canadian Pacific railway hat
, Knocked all charm out Of western life
and that he was going east lie knew
the American and made him get up
he wanted TO talk TO him. When ih'
Englishman talked. which was seldom
he was worth listening 10. and III
! American got up. Before The English
man had finished. he had dressed him
self.
And then they went out and stole
] horse.
The fact that the horse was the prop
/ erty Of the major commanding n trool
I of the Northwest mounted police adde'
piquancy TO the theft The American
p who was lawyer and had legal con
scierce, called it borrowing" Th
> Englishman said he didn't care a rai
what ID was called. the majors hors'
] was the only thing la the district ol
four legs that could beat Grey Wolf
Pinto mare. and they had 20 have him
y. Grey VOLTS Pinto was known far be
(. yound the Blackfcet. and the Americal
= suggested that even the majors trool
horse hadn't speed enough grain-fel
/. though he was. and he hinfed some
4 thing about doping the mare nncer tn
circumstances. The Englshmal
;. loved horse. and as they s.rUde aloul
in the moonlight toward the gate o
the palisaded police fort, he said tha
Il doping a horse was worse than murder
. that he wouldn't be a party to II. nn'
d that the girl wouldn't do IL for >
Pierres. anyway; she had beenbrough
o up with the Pinto, and he believed love-
the pony.
Then the Englishman went and lie
!. to the sergeant OF the guard, aud hint
ed mysteriously about an Indian risin
o and his secret mission. as an old police
; man. from the major 10 carry dis
patches to a fort so miles away. An
5 the sergeant felt fattered at hein
= taken into the confidence Of his chic
d and was duly impressed with the ide
of an Indian rising: the said hope h'
e ing the something that keeps the RED
coated riders Of the plains alive: an
: he told the gate and stable sentfies NO
; 70 say anything about the absence q
the majors horse or the nGjor woul
be mad
i The Englishman and the America
g then took the majors horse away an
J. painted out beautiful white star !
Y his forehead and the three white stocl
u in.s and the brand mark. The Anne
= lClu'S NIUSQt temperament W.
O aroused. and he wanted 10 paint
= white star on his breast and throw
p few hourishes on the hind quurier
y but the Englishmau said be only wan
y ed him disguised enough 20 pass on,
k through a crowd. and then il the mi
e ior found out he didn't care-an e.
l." ceedingsy small amount. The mai,
wouldn't miss him until after the rae
as there was 10 parade in he morhiI
3 and the sergeant was Impressed Wi
e the Indian-rising idea.
IL was late in the afternoon when q
race between Grey Wolfs Pinto an
the Enghshman's unknown was calle
- Every other event had been dwarft'
4 into insigniacanee; for wasn't 4
sNiftest pony Of the south at h
., matched? And there was a stran.
n story being whispered around regar
y ing the stakes. The Englishman. so
was said. had wagered ten gallons
b. A cheap substitute for a standa