The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-26

throw themse'fs upon the Crooked Claws
good cheer. It's a pint Of honor to eat al
much as you can: an. BARN that in mind,
them revelers is shorely entitled to credit
a whole lot. They mows away about twen-
ty pounds Of beef to a buck-the squawab
not bein' SO ardent. quits out on the repast
with mighty likely It's the thirteenth
pound. Old Tom Six-killer comes plenty
clost to sacrificin' himself utter.
This last 1 knows-fm knockin' about
Pawhusky at the time-for the next day I
sees the medicine men givin' some sufferer
one of them aboriginal steam baths.
They're on the bank Of Bird River. They've
bent down three OF" four saplin's for the
framework Of a tent Hike. an thar's piled
on 'em blankets an robes q foot deem 20
she's plumb air tight. Thars a fire goin',
an they're heatin' rocks same a. Colonel
Sterett tells about that time when they
baptizes his grandfather into the church.
When the rocks is red hot. they takes 'em
one BY one an drops 'em into a bucket Of
water to make her steam a whole lot.
Then they shoyes this yere impromptoo
caidron inside the little robe house. where
As I'm aware-for I Understands the signs
rom the start-thars q sick buck pulled
up awaitin' relief. This. yere buck stays In
thar mighty likely twenty minutes. The
water bodls an bubbles. an the steam rsts
that abundant. not to say urgent inside
she shore halt lifts the robes an blankets
- LILO oA8CS W escape. me aim DUCK IN
the sweat tent stays ntif he can't stay M
more. an then with d yowl he comes
nurstin' forth q reek OF sweat an goes
Eailowin into the 'coolin' waters of Bird
hiVer. It's the Eix-killer: that weddiui
FEAST comes mighty near downin' him.
klses nun 2 bad heart an he ondergoes
this steam bath medicinal
U we're strayed from that veddiu..
Bein' now tsayraysd IN fullest feather. ~
Saucy Willow g. fstehsd into the -nns AZ
given . platter Of chuck with the rest They
eats while Then one of the bucks, lookin'
ABOUT like he's amazsd. says: Wherever is
the Jack Rabbit?'-that bein, Bits Usage
title. But. Bill aih't thar none. CROOKED
Claw shakes his head, an puts 1t aup most
likely BhPs rummagin' about loose some'rs.
not knowin' enough to come in an eat. AZ
this a brace OF bucks an a young souav
starts up an reckons they'll search about
an. see IL they cuts BTrs trail. They 9oes
out an thar's the imbecile Bill settin' on
oH u rock a quarter Of q mile, with hf.
back to the camp an the ~footure, thata-
way. The two bucks an the souav. vhn
makes up the explorih' expedition. herd,
6ar insG CAMP an. stakes him out, shouI-
Neither Bill nor the little Saucy Wiiiow
suggests by word, screech or glance th.t
they saveys whatever is the game or ~
t Ibba1es: an eats On. takin' no notice of
rounds EN-. Both Bill an the lfttie sauey
willow looks that witless an simple you-ail
would shorely yearn to bat 'em ono with
the butt of q mule whip if you're only pres.
ent to be exasperated by sech exhibitions
AZ last. however, Jest az the patience Of
The audience Is plumb played, both am n;
the little saucy Willow gives . start Of
.tartled to lind they're fsedin' Oh the sams
dish. Thar You be; that makes 'em buck
N squaw,man an, wife; an yereaftsr, In
yards Mr.. and Mra Bin ConnorA' while
Bill travis an spends the little Saucy WN.
ow.s annooity on payment day, instead -
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