The times., 1901-06-09
sailors kornpipe. and waves wan arm
above his head, and sings out at the
top ay his lungs:

sailors kornpipe. and waves wan arm
above his head, and sings out at the
top av his lungs:
Hickory, dickory dock,
The mouse up the clock.
The clock struck wan.
The mouse ran down.
Hickory, dickory, dock.
Sing it, says Jake to Thunder Burd
and his bucks. sing it, or diviI a bit
your charm viii work this day. 'Tis
the song av the Midicine Wire that
runs from here to the MOrnin Star,
says he, the Midicine Wire that puts
all the rid mans pain to sleep and
makes him live forever. Sing il, me
brave warriors, for twas taught to me
by me old mother, the Full Moon says
he. And to me dyin' day I'll niver for
git thin circle av big Injins sittin'
round that tiIgraph pole singin' 'Hick-
ory. dickory. dock. as though the life
av thin depinded on ii.
And all the time Little Jake was
daucin' and jumpin' and yellin' like
wan possesst, till I said wild mesilf his
troubles had clear taken the mind out
av him. Thin, all Of a sudden, he calls
out to thin singin' Injins 10 stop. 81
lence, me frinds, silence, says he. Tis
comm, the charm is cominL' And wild
that he threw himself fat on his belly
III llblll dA Ai4t liA9t4 Al44lilts anu St4tkGf4
open the switch, and here he was till
graphin back to Napioka for hip. I
wasn't much av a hand wild the key
mesilf in thin days, but l could spell
out the dots and Ndashes where 1 stood.
Sind help ii said; sind help quick
Crees risen KILN whites answer.
The stiffness av death came over us
while we waited for that answer. [
could see the sweat shinin' on the face
Z Tlf faT
sort av a growlin' from the assimbled
bucks, who must have been thinkin'
twas the divI of a hard medicine to
makef& So TO kill bit av the time Lit
tie Jake pretinded to be havin' second
sight cunyulsiOns while lain there
waitin in front av the instrUmint.
Thin ! heard the instrumint again. ana
Little Jake all ay a sudden stopped his
twistin' and turnin'. an 1 could spell
same as if | had me face over the key.
Hip comm it said; hip comm at
waust from the Fort
And wild that Little Jake jumped to
his feet and danced and howled and
wint on like a madman. Did ye hear
that Tim, he yelled; did ye hear that?
Thin he came to his sinses wanst
more, and REMEMBERED about Thunder
Bird and the bottle. He hands il down
ltbI bIlt wire VIII the SltdltSL IlE-
irince. and, takin' a bunch aV cotton
wood and holdin' it up to the east and
thin up To the west, wild a fine flourish
he dips il into the bottle av Glove oil.
and, havin' recited siviral lines av The
Wearin' av the Green ne jabs it down
in the hOllo}y tooth av this Thunder
Bird. Thin maxim a couple av magic
passes over his dirty Old head he
stands OFT a bit frcm the big chief and
tells him the Midicine Wire was work
in most beautiful that day.
Now, this oil av cloves 1 speak av is
powerful strong drug. I'm thinkin'.
and twas fine to see the way it chased
the little divils av pain out av that old
hathan'S jaw. Twas ns wonder Thun-
der Bird took me frind for a sort av
speerit, and treated him wild a heap
more respectful attintiOn thin before.
e Great is the midicine av the white
mans wire says Thunder Bird, wild a
wave av his paw, and great is the pow
er ay the white man wild the whiskers
like the fire av the sunset. Therefore.
says he. wild another wave av the hand,
he shall not be taken out and shot like
a dog. Wan. says he, will be enough!'
'Wan% says Little Jake.