The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-08
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i VIM M OF GINGER, 4

had inducement enough, heaven knows.
l was beaten By friend and foe alike: |
must have .stopped'a dozen kicks which
Jack Intended for the Injun, and that
worthy made my. head ring again TO the
stroke of his fists, while those boards!
They. smotc my qulYering flesh frota
crown to sole with report like u six
pound shell. ca lucky thing for ne
that It did not occur TO the wteIders to
strike cdgeways with them, or should
have been Drained to a certainty
] do not know how long we had been
tumbllng In the dirt, when misfortune
directed the feet of@nve soldiers In our
direction.
heard 4 voice full OF wonder say,
well. what In blazes kind OF a racket
Is this. anyway"
Dunno, Billy" was the answer "But
let's get board and Join the game"
And they did, laying 1t onto ua to the
tfmo OF "oh, Dem Golden Slippers"
when they had breath enough laft fror,
laughing. In the middle OF the hilarity
stern voice called: Here! Here!
Whats the meaning OF this?"
Lord! It's the captain" muttered
ono OF the soldiers. Then they all
Jumped up and salutcd
Separate those men," commanded
the officer. They had great difficulty
In untangllng Jack and the Indian, but
when they came to me / refused to let
so altogether.
Why" said I. very gravely, ut
wouldn't do. 1t wouldn't do at all"
by which You can see how cool and
composed was.
Then two gisgllng idiots pried my
arms apart, and raised me to my
feet.
They stood us in 4 row, Billy. one eye
black. covered with bumps and
bruises to the left; next the Injun, his
long hair dressed In omelet sundry
cuts on his large face showing through
the sweat and dust. his eyes quiverlng
behind his hair like savage animals in
4 cage. then your humble servant, who
could imagine more than he cares to
put down.
The officer started to speak. bit his
lip and Strengthened his features,
coughed and addressed us.
Now. what Is the cause OF this?"
he said.
"lSinpprn answered ga#t
Ginger" repeated the officer, and his
brows went up. "Why, what had that
to do with it?"
The reply came from an unexpected
quarter. With one appalling Shrek the
Injun fell upon the nearest soldier,
raised him into the air and TANNED
him down on his head, grabbed the RI
ile and began to lay. about him like n
man threshlps wheat. He jumped
toward the captain and me.
Now, the "leg holt" was my forte.
Could l have but gotten him there
again should have been Us cool rs \
mountain spring; as It was, I gained
three yards on the captain In the first
hundred.
A sound of firing stopped nus. Could
it be that murder was rampant behind
us? We walked back. All. not. Young
Jack and two of the soldiers were hit
ting the breeze towards the south. Two
more OF the soldiers and our friends
OF the boards preferred 4 northerly
course. The only one who remained on
the field was the smitten soldier. He
sat up, bracing himself with Widespread
arms: the whole, contour Of his body
expressed establishment.
In the direction Of his gaze pranced
the Indian, rapidly going out of the
field OF view. Anon the red man STOP
ned and howiea to the unlocking hea-
vens that his heart was very bad,
raised the rifle and blazcd away at the
sun.
"Chantay mcatow deena seewha da!'
yelled he. and with T. last flourish OF
the gun disappeared into the coulee.
I turned triumphantly to the cap
tain. Now you see what ginger can
do" said !.
Lord, I wish had gallon OF it." he
answered.
Tn the name of St. Patrick, why?'
asked.
Because ought to go and chase that
1Ejun," said he.
But by the time VIC reached the post
traders store he concluded that the
Indian would be so far away that II
wouldn't be worth while.
And to this day have forlorn feel-
ing when I smell Jamaica Singer.-fl.
w Phillips. In Philadelphia Inquirer.