The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07

folds OF his sash. It was full Of gold.
There are five hundred dollars here.
In three days / can bring you five
hundred more"
Hartpole guessed how he had come
by It, and his temper rose. THAT is
stolen money" he cried, angrily; put
1t up. You can't have the armOr
Ukashec."
"You let me have It," begged Cicgo;
81 wish it very much. / Will do many
things for you"
Hartpole swore this time-mean
Spanish oaths. mo" he said, you
can't have 1t. Go TO the dcvil-get
out"
Even though Cicgo was only dirty
Indian, the White Eye should have re
mcmbercd that he probably had feel
ings which could be hurt. 1t Is well
however, for those who have the dl.
rcction Of children and savagcs In
their hands TO remember that those
for he things they do and say, good
and sufficient unto themselves. But
IL never occurred 10 EartpOlc what
this half-blind Indians reason might
he. They did not transpire until some
weeks later
Yet I'm Ciegos tribe there was lc-
gcnd of n great white chief who had
once married one of thcii women, and
had ruled over them, ana who had
worn n suit of shining iron. And their
tradition ran that whosocver should
find and wear that garment again
would bc impcrvi0us TO the bullets OF
the W Nhitc Eye, would become the
greatest of mediclnc-mcG, and rule not
Only over his own people, but over all
the Apache tribes and those of the
plains Of the North. And the very
founder of that family TO which Cicgo
belonged was rcputCd to have been
the white chief In the coat of iron.
The Coyotcros believed these things,
| ana so did the mcdiCinc-man. So when
! the news of the armOr suit had reached
him he had levied heavy fees for his
| incantations for some months, and,
adding these TO the gold he had cX-
changed for Mexican dollars, col
lcctcd from many raids, he took him
self down to the camp oi the soldiers
20 obtain fairly and by purchase that
which was his very own. But fair
ness and the offers of purchase had
| failed.
CiCgO looked the White Eye officer
from his scalp to his toes and up again
and thea with no sound save just one
from the post.
Hartpolc told OF I at the mess that
night, and forgot all about 1T after
that. But Cicgo did not-as IIartpolc
ought to have forcsccn.
one night IN Indian, his body naked
| MS IL was born. poisoned knife in his
| hand. stole across the sandy parad,
ground when the moon was under the
clouds of a coming storm, ana slipped
| as silently rs none but Il savage can
under the ramadn of llartpolc',
| quarters, ana thence through the opcr
| door The Indian had missed nothing
| when he had been in that one Smal
| room a month before He knew whCr,
everything in it was, from the shrom,
i'm a blue frame on the wall To the co
in the corner, across from the fire
! place He hid himself behind tn,
piece of calico that curtained of TN,
| nAAly hnpn IIapfnA1n'S ,.lAfhns htn,r
and waited until the moon showed fo
moment through break In tn,
clouds, and he could see the figure OF
the cot beneath the moSQuitonet Whci
the room was dark again he slid out
ana the blade Cf the knife In his han,
went straight through the heart OF In,
man asleep. Then he took the rat
Ting armor from its nails and wrappe,
II in the calico curtain. and tlc,
through the night, as silently an,
swiftly rs only an Apache can.
Now it happened that uartpolc ha,
gone to another post good man.
miles to the east that very day. an,
he had left his striker 20 sleep in hi
quarters and kcel guard over hi
things So II was into the luckleS
soldiers heart that the knife wa
driven, and the next day Telegram
apprised llartpolc that his striker wa
murdered and his suit of mail wa
gone.
The day after that all the depar
mcnt knew that the Coyoteros wcr
on the war path. and, having cut th
reservation. were killing right an
left They were led by medicin,
man called "Cicgo." and the scout
reported that he was dressed In ga
mont of white iron which no Whit
J Eyes bullet could pierce. They ais
reported that the Chiricahuas and ii
b pah-Utcs and the Sierra Blancas wei
, Joining him. 1t promised TO be an i
. terestng time for the Territories.
Hartpole began To have n din idC
j. of why the nedicine-man had wartC
{ his Spanish mail now. lie was @
dered out OF course. Most OF the d
i partment was Trouble of the SO
that this promised to be had to
i checked at once. II at all. IL was 5
rious already. but there was one THU
in favor OF the troops. which was tn
the hostiles showed no desire to 2
away. Their fanatical faith la q