The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-21

ems. that Injun was as strong as a
yoke of bulls. A boiling storm center,
around which, cyclone wise, reVolVed
our friends, with flashing boards for
lightning.
Fortunately, the Injun had lost his
knife early in the hostilities, ana had
to rely upon natures weapons
Still I chung TO his legs. 1t had be
come a habit by this time DOUBT
that could have let go had Wllied IL
1 had inducement enough, heaven
knowsl I was beaten by friend and
foe alike; / must have stopped dozen
kicks which Jack intended for the IN
Jun. and that worthy made my head
! ring again to the stroke or ms nSts,
while those boardsl they smote my
! quivering flesh from crown to sole
with a report like a six-pound shell.
"a lucky thing for me that IT did not
occur to the wielders TO strike edge
ways with them, or l should have oeen
/ Drained TO a certailltyD
do not know how long we had been
! tumbling in the dirt, when misfortune
! directed the feet of five soldiers in our
/ direction.
l heard a voice full of wonder say.
well, what in blazes kind of racket
! is this, anyway"
! Dunno, Billy was the answer. But
let's get a board. and join the game.
And they did, laying it onto us TO
the time of 20. Dem Golden Slippers,
when they had breath enough left from
/ laughing In the middle of the hilar-
] ity stern voice called, Here! Here!
What's the meaning of this?"
Lord It's the capinl" muttered one
of the soldiers. Then they all jumped
up and saluted.
Separate those men," commanded
| the officer. They had great difficulty
| in untangling Jack and the 1dian, but
when they came TO me, / refused to
! let go altogether.
Why" said 1, very gravely. at
/ wouldn't dot wouldn't do at all, by
which you can see how cool and COM
posed I was.
The two giggling idiots pried my
arms apart and raised me 70 my feet.
! They stood us in a row; Billy, one
/ eye black, covered with bumps and
! bruises, to the left; next, the Injun,
| his long hair dressed a la Omelet, sun
! dry cuts on his large face showing
| through the sweat and dust, his eyes
quivering behind his hair like savage
animals in a cage; then your humble
| servant, who has no idea how he
| looked, but who could imagine more
| than he cares to put down.
|
lip and Strengthened his features
coughed and addressed US.
Now, what was the cause of this?'
he said
Ginger answered.
"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 damned
him down on his head: grabbed the
rifle and began to lay about him like
a man threshing wheat. He jumped
toward the captain and me.
Now, the leg holt was my forte.
Could l but have gotten him there
again 1 should have been as cool as
mountain spring; as it was, l gained
! three yeardS on the captain in the first
hundred.
A sound of firing stopped us Could
it be that murder was rampant behind
us? We looked back. All no. No one
| was in danger from, sudden death IN
less it were from over-exertion. Young
Jack and two of the soldiers were hit
ting the breeze toward the south. Two
more of the United States and our
friends of the boards preferred a north
lerly course. The only one who remain
ed on the field was the smitten soldier.
He sat up, bracing himself with wide
spread 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
ped and howled to the Unlocking heav-
ems that his heart was very bad, raised
the rifle and blaZed away at the sun.
"Chantay meatow deena seewha da!'
yelled he and with a last flourish OF
the gun disappeared into the coulee.
1 turned triumphantly to the captain.