Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
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The red gentleman WITH the fe5tlers
in his Lat and the te.egri.I wire
bracelets Iecame too t. -9or. l1te in
his demands for cigarette. ana rs he
had been detected il the act of a9p:o-
priating u wooden handled sNinn!ng
knife. valued S1.@a, i've minutes be-
fore the post trader walked aiacud the
counter ana kicked h!El eae:sytically
out Of the store AMI half way around
the hay corral 1t spoke volumes for
the post t.4,ier's activity th0t he was
able 10 do this. for il Is 30 easy matter
to keep within kicking range OF prop
erly scared Crow Indian for the dis
tance that he covered, to say nothing
of performing the act itself. There
fore the past trader was GREATNESS
when he e;urned and had to lie on the
counter with his head on bolt of pink
striped calico to reco"er himself. The
old buIlwhaclier. who had been watch
ing the race from bis seat on a uail
keg, with grin on his wrinkled ma
hogany visage. complimented the ad-
vance agent of commerce on his
achievement.
81 wuz suthen of a foot racer myself
when wuz younger an limberer than
what am now" he said. but | dunno
that ever seen the time that | could
have done better than that. Fun re-
gardn it purely as a physical feat
however I'm not sayin that you
showed a strikin amount of Judgment.
When Young Man Afraid Of His
Breechclout has got you knotted up
with green yawhide an the squaws are
fixing the fire fer the grand barbecue,
mebbe you will regret your pernishus
activity an cuss the day that you hum
bled the proud spirit of the noble In
jun warrior. Is this shebang insured?'
"You was never introduced to me-"
rejoined the post trader. 1--WE got
half inch of callous on the soles of my
feet, an come into this country from
the headwaters of Bitter creek along
of J. w Hancher an Ed Phernetton an
the rest of them desperadoes. I've got
relatives by marriage among the Crows
and Ogallalas. an I've drunk more al
kali water an eat more dog an buffalo
berry than any white man this side of
the big Mizzoura. | didn't bring my
outfit in here in the spring of 90 What
did you expect me to do - give that
greasy, tin tagged coyote my stock Of
cigarettes TO keep him good tempered"
IAN if you had you wouldn't have
forfuted his friendship" returned the
old bullwhacker. "As it is I've got an
idee his heart is bad, an he won't come
an see you no more. An Injun has got
his feelin's the same as a white man
has. an | reckon you would git hostile
If any hombre booted you from blazes
TO breakfast because you ast him fer
the means of s6othin your nerves. You
inferred that Crow in Il sensitive spot,
Ike"
81 done my best to-" said the post
trader.
He may belong to the Badface band
an have hair in his tepoe." continued
the old bullwhacker in the same grave
tone Of reproof but at the same time
he's a humrn. an as Il human it's your
play to extend the right hand Of feiler-
| ship 10 him iustid of the sole of your
number nire Hain't they got no Sun
| day schoo. liberties out on Bitter
creek? Ha.a't you never read about
! the settler who fouad a poor. Starin
| redskin out in the snow plum exhaust
! ed an took Lin inter his shack an fed
| him up whole lot an warmed him an
| then turned him loose with a grub
stake. an when the Two Kettle outfit
| exhoomed the tomahawk an raised
merry Cain scalpin an burnin through
| the palefacc settlements an the good
! hearted granger was raked in the In
! Jun that he had saved sashays in an
rescoos him from a turr'ble death?"
1--WE read them Stories" said the
| post trader.
"But you don't believe 'em," said the
| old bullwhacker. you amt sanguine
! concernin the good that there is in your
| feller man. If you git bad deal. you
decline to chip In an lay down your
| hand instid of callin fer cards an draw
in to the ace
81 don't draw to no two spot in the
hope of completin flush"
"Well. my the'ry is that there amt
no galoot so low down but if you treat
! him with kindness an keep him close
herded he viii show the good that's in
him. Did | ever tell you about old
! man Hainos an Gus Minnick? Well,
| it goes to prove what I wuz a-sayin.
| Old man Haincs lived out on Blue
creek apiece above where it emptie3
into the Platte, opposite the mouth OF
| Ash Hollow. where Harney cleaned up
the Sioux. lie WIZ jest about the most
| benevolent old duck that ever ripped
| up tough sod with a Galky team Of
bulls. Long sulerin wuzn't no name
fer him. He had two boys that wuz
| jest like him. an his ole woman wuz
| worse'n he wuz.
zone fine. cloudy evenin Gus Minnick
an Todd Blakey comes along an rustles
ten head Of old man Haines' ponies
an wuz hiiin south with 'em when
they met ur with Il crowd of inquirin
| strangers who were driftin back down
| Prairie Dog into Kansas after an on
successful pursoot Of some north bound
boss thieves sThe boys had too many
brands In their bunch, an one of the
| strangers reckernizcd Blakey, so they
tied their feet under their horses
bellies an headed fer the nearest tim
Der. They give BlaEey the first swing
i'll an WIZ adjustin the grass rope to
| Gus neck when old man Haines comes
up with his biggest boy, Arch. They
had been hot an close on the trail all
the time.
"As soon as they explained who they
wuz an identerfied their ponies, the
boss stranger allowed that there
wuzn't no reason why the ceremonies
shouldn't perceed, an he throwed the
other end Of the rope over the limb.
"'Why,' says the old man, you hain't
goin to hang that poor boy, air you?
az reckon l am says the boss stran-
gler cheerful an gay.
"T don't believe it helps man to
hang him., says Haines. You jest give