Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-03-01

lar and WIDE, and when q man mas won
the trust and faith of an Indian let
him grapple it to his breast as treas
ure worth the having, great even as
'the heart love of child" Sioux,
Shoshone and Cheyenne, they would
turn to "Old John" in their councils,
their dealings, their treaties, their per-
plexities, for when he said thing was
right and square their doubts were
gone, and there at the Point the now
well-to-do old trader met men who had
known him in bygone days at Laramie
and Omaha, and there his pretty
schoolgirl daughter met her bosom
friends big brother Marshall, a first
classman in all his glory, dancing with
damsels in society, while she was but
a maiden shy in short dresses. Oh, how
Jess had longed to be of that party to
the Point, but her home was in the far
west, her father long dead and buried,
her mother an invalid, and the child
was needed there. Earnestly had old
Folsom written. begging that she who
had been so kind to his little girl should
DE allowed to visit the seashore and
the Point with him and "Pappoose," as
he laughingly\ referred to her, adopt
ing the school name given by the girls;
but they were proud people, were the
Deans, and poor and sensitive. They
thanked Mr.. Folsom warmly. "Jessie
was greatly needed at home this sum-
mer'' was the answer; but Folsom
somehow felt it was because they
dreaded to accept courtesies they could
not repay in kind.
Gas if I could ever repay Jess for all
the loving kindness to my little girl in
her loneliness" said he. No, there
was no delicious visiting with Pappoose
that summer, but with what eager in
terest had she not devoured the letters
telling of the wonderful sights the
little far westerner saw-the ocean, the
great Niagara, the beautiful Point in
the heart of the Highlands, but, above
all, that crowned monarch, that
plumed knight, that Incompatible big
brother, Cadet Capt. Marshall Dean.
Yes, he had come to call the very even
ing of their arrival. He had escorted
them out, papa and Pappoose, to hear
the band playing on the plain. He
had made her take his arm, ga school
girl in short dresses" and promenaded
with her up and down the beautiful,
shaded walks, thronged with ladies,
officers and cadets, while some old
for a julep, and Mr.. Dean had intro
duced some young girls, professors
daughters, and they had come and
taken her driving and to tea, and she
had seen him every day, many times a
day, at guard mounting, drill, pontoon-
ing or parade, or on the hotel piazzas,
but only to look at or speak to for a
minute, for of course she was 'only a
child" and there were dozens of So
ciety girls, young ladies, to whom he
had to be attentive, especially a very
stylish Miss Brockway, from New
York, with whom he walked and danced
great deal, and whom the other girls
tried to tease about him. Pappoose
didn't write it in so many words, but
Jessie reading those letters between
the lines and every which way, could
easily divine that Pappoose didn't fancy
Miss Brockway at all. And then had
| come a wonderful day, wonderful
thing, into the schoolgirls life. No
less than twelve pages did sixteen
year-old Pappoose take to tell it, and
when a girl finds time to write twelve
page letter from the Point she has more
to tell than she can possibly contain.
| Mr.. Dean had actually invited her
her, Elinor Merchant Folsom-Wino-
ma, as they called her when she was a
| toddler among the tepees of the Sioux
-Pappoose as the girls had named her
at school-"Nell," as Jessie called her
sweetest name of all despite the ring
of sadness that ever hangs about it
and Daddy had actually smiled and ap-
proved her going to the midweek hop
on cadet captains broad chevroned
arm, and she had worn her prettiest
white gown, and the girls had brought
her roses, and Mr.. Dean had called for
her before all the big girls, and she
had gone off with him, radiant, and he
had actually made out her card for
her, and taken three dances himself
and had presented such pleasant fell
! lows-frst classmen and 'syearlings'
There was Mr.. Billings, the cadet ad.
! jutant, and Mr.. Ray, who was a cadet
sergeant ''cut on furlough" and kept
back, but such a beautiful dancer, and
there was the first captain, such 8
witty, brilliant fellow, who only
danced square dances, and several ca
Diet corporals. all hop managers, il
their red sashes. Why, she was just thu
proudest girl in the room! And wher
the drum beat and the hop broke VI
she couldn't believe she'd been there
an hour and three-quarters, and the1
Mr.. Dean escorted her back to tn,
hotel, and Daddy had smiled ant
looked on and told him he must com,
into the cavalry when he graduated
netx June, and he'd show him tn,
Sioux country. and Pappoose woul.
, teach him Indian dances. It was al
simply lovely. OF course she knew i
was all due to Jessie that her splendi,
big brother should give up q who'll