Evening star., 1901-07-13

seem to care much if school keeps not
do you. Lo?''
The Indian, who had been half crouch
Ing on his Upturned sOles. here straighten-
cd himself with 1.-the. animal-like move
ment and stood up. Boyle took hold of a
corner Of his blanket and examined it crit
ically
Gov ment amt pampering you with Al
goods. LUi / reckon the agent charged
'em four dollars for that Our firm could
have delivered them to you for S2.31 and
thrown IN box Of beads in the bargain
Suthiu like thisi' He took from his pock-
ct a small box containing a gaudy bead
necklace and held it up before the Indian.
The savage. who had regarded him-or
rather. looked beyond him-with the toll
Grating indifference of one interrupted by
Il frisking inferior animdl-here suddenly
changed his expression. A look Of child
ish eagerness came into his gloomy face;
he reached out his hand for the trinket.
Hold on,' said Boyle. hesitating for a
moment then he suddenly calculated,
well take il. and one o these" and drew
a business card from his pocket, which he
stuck in the band of the battered tall hat
of the abOrigine. There, Show that to
your friends. and when you're wanting any
thing in our line
The interrupting roar Of laughter. which
came from the box seat of the coach, was
probably what Boyle was expecting, foE he
turned away demurely and walked toward
the coach. "All right, boys, I've squared
the noble red man, and the star of empire
Is taking its westward way. And | reckon
our firm will do the great father business
for him at about half the price that it is
done In Washington"
But at this point the ostlers came hur-
rying out of the stable. she's comm, >"
said one That's her dust lust behind the
lone pine-and by the way she's racin
reckon she's comm in mighty light"
As the galloping horses of the incoming
vehicle pulled out of the hanging dust in
the distance, the solitary driver could be
n q few
ments more they had halted at the lower
end of the station. Wonder what's up?'
said the mail agent
''NOthin'! Only a big Injin scare at Pine
Barrens, said one of the OstIers "Injins
dUin' ghost dancin'-or suthin' like that
and the passengers just skunked out and
went on by the other line. Thar's only one
ez dar cOme-and she's a lady"
"A LADY," echoed BOYLE
Yes, answered the driver taking a de-
hoerate survey of tall, graceful girl who,
tion keeper, had leaped unaided from the
vehicle. "A lady-and the fort command
ants darter at that, Sh's clar grit, you bet
"a chip q the old block. And all this
means, sonny, that you're to give UP that
box seat to her. Miss Julia Cantire don't
take anythin' less when I'm around"
The young lady was already walking di-
rectly and compOsedly toward tbs waiting
coach. erect, self-cOntained, well gloved
and booted and clothed, even in her dust
cloak and cape Of plain ashen merino with
the unmlstakable panoply of taste and su-
periority. good-siZed aquiline nose
which made her handsome mouth look
smaller; gray eyes, with an occasional hu-
mid yellow sparkle In their depths: brown
penciled eyebrows and brown tendrils Of
hair, all seemed to Boyle to be charmjneiy
framed In by the silver-gray veil twisted
around her neck and under her oval chin.
In her sober tints she appeared to him to
have evoked a harmony even ont of The
dreadful dust around them. What he ap-
peared to her was not plain. She looked
MIN oVer-he was rather short: through
him-he was easily penetrable; and then
her eyes rested with a frank recognition
on the driver.
Good morning, Mr.. Foster" she said,
with smile
Mornin', miss. l hear they're havia' an
1nJin scare over at the Barrans. l reckon
them men must feel mighty mean at bein'
stumped by lady
Il don't think they believed would go.
and some of them had their wives with
them, returned the young lady, indiffer-
entity. Besides, they are eastern people,
who don't know Indians as we'll as we do,
Mr.. Foster" =
The driver blushed with pleasure at the
association Yes, maam." he laughed.
81 reckon the sight of even old 'F!eas in
the Blanket over there" pointing to the
Indian who was walking stolidly away