The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-14

They amt no wCedlVss hook. sure enough, |
except one I made. aud I'm trying to get a
patent on It. Wei. the l~anRwidgc That
went over that lake when that man arsk"d
that guide Tor them frogs was Just won.
derful. Aieck sworc they was behind him
aminutc aforc. His man asked sarkastic'
al what brand of Ticker he was drinking.
Then Alcck he said he was ~ sober rs
any dude that ever come out ~ chicago.
and his man said that Alcck was u liar.
Then Aleck got sulky and turned the boat
round and made for the portage hack int"
Mason Lake. and 50 on To the hotel. anu
next day the hotel man that gave him MS
grub to hang nroundand guide Tor the
guests. C.od him over two counties. \
tree 10 feet high and u feet > Inches thick
fell or him last winter, up In Hubc
IN ith'a camp, aud mashed him nnttcr
than u ladybuR hut that don't gimm' back
my tohackct.
"Thoy's u funny tree right bnCk Of vs. w
on the hill there, You couldn't ind II un'
less | took YOU to II, but It's u wonder. II
stands 32I rods from whore We ar" alt
ting, northwest by north, ! run against II
one day when I was out hunting for
wasps' nests. They amt no bait for bass
like young wasps some times OF IN" yeoi
The tree IL u silver birch, aud II ain't
t1VI " Nhtff " Nlll'NhlH y Wv ~
because about n foot and u half from thu
| ground there was a blaze on u two Inches
| square. like some Teller had done II with
an axe. | didn't see what u blaze was
doing there. and 50 low down. because
ther. weren't no trail anywhere near. and
went up to have a look NJ u Moyh" YOU
won't believe me when 7 tell you that "
had thirty three porkypiue uuills sticking
In II, Just like little arrers. ! never sec
anything like that before. and ! hun.
around for ~ hour waiting to see some
more. ! knowcd the porkys was ~ to
something. Rimchy I see two come out az
the woods. waddlc up 10 the tree and thot.
waddle away from II about two yards. !
measured the distance aftcrward, ard 1t
was six feet two inches.
"rhcy looked NJ one another n minute
and seemed To he arguing about some
thing. They were Just plain black poikv
pines, and I scc that their quilts was thiE-
nor than they oughter h.. Finally one NJ
'cm switches hlsscif around until he was
broadside to the tree, rivc hiSself u little
Jerk and n quill went flying and stuck In
the tree. n half inch above the blaze aud u
quarter Inch tn the icf; The other one
sorter snickrred. took his posiSh and land
cd inside the blaze. nm inch below the cen.
ter. They was shooting at "A mirk-thats
what they was doing but what they had
bet OF II 7 don't know. and If ! knew !
would not tell, az the song says.
"1he nrst on. which was the biggest.
looked .orter mad aud tried another shot
lie got pretty clooe to the ccnt"r. hut the
other one beat him with n bulla"yc. They
tried another shot apiece, hut the liitlo
one won again. lie softer danced about
on two legs for a minute or two, and then
the big one gathered him Say. YOU never
see any leaves fly like them leaves new
There was n cloud Of en- whirling about
and In the center Of the cloud WIS tn,
two porkys. The little ore wasn't y,
strong ns the big one, but he was scienccc
for keeps, I never see n little fellcr nigh,
like he did. Three times the hig one 60
him down. and three times ha broke
away. and The way they slung the quill
into each other WAS orful. You coult
a.heard EN- rattle , quarter nile away.
AT last In" little one give n half-whirl
jumped u foot high, passcd over tho his
ones back. III six inches from him. half
turned and sockad his teeth into his throa,
where no quilts don't grow. Say. II wat
Katy bar the door then. The big one let
out a squeal like a young pig, and In half
a minute he keeled over ON his side ana
lay stlll. He didn't have life enough left
I'm him to roll up into a ball, lie just died
dead The little one looked at him for n
while. then he went over aud looked a,
the mark they had been shooting at. Hs
sorter sized up the posish Of the auth.
sticking In 1t, and then he went away.
~ could a.killed him with n club. hut I
didn't have the heart to DO II. He sur,
was Il game little fighter. when that nght
ended them two porkys didn't have q
dozen quills apiece on 'em that growcd
there They had used mp most OF their
ann unltion re"ing the sharp pInts into
each other. The one that lived looked nix,
he had been IN n wind that blowcd his
Quilts the wrong way. and the other one
what was dead Just hristled with 'em. I
amt no use for people to tell me a pork,
can't throw his quilts, because ! see 'en
do It and do It mighty accurate. Ef
could shoot M straight according 10 m,
size. ] wouldn't have to guide nobody FOL
n living. The dead one weighed fye
| pounds and three ounces.
? "And talking about bass and porkypires
see some looms do n funny trick once.
was over on Little Price lake trying 10,
some California trout the fool sover'men
! put In there to feed the muskies bout Nv,
years ago. Thcy's lots of looms on Iittl'
Z Price because OF the small fish In II.
was late starting back. and twilight ha'
got plumb into moonlight afore | took NJ
my anchor, Just then ! heard "A splash
and about "A hundred and ten yards ava
= I see a loon come svooshing down and hi
? the water kerbiop. lie gave the sigma
cry. and another and another came IN mn
~ ! counted eighteen OF 'em swimming
/, around In a circle.
? Then the first one raised his head an
\ made "A long cry, and The others took 10 nj