The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-09-11

as Jne night mad given out and gone
to bed, it didn't take long to overtake
the fugitives. About 20 miles from
home, at South Shore, Rain-in-the-face
run his automobile upon mound and
saw the couple behind a bush but
few yards away. He lowered his rifle,
placed his eagle eye along it's cleaning
barrel and sent a bullet through
Moonlight's Peau de Sole shirt waist
just below the seventh dorsal verte-
brae. The shock was too much, Moon
light raised her hand to the Great
Spirit, and then fell asleep on the
bosom of the great plains. The In
dians inbedded stones around her
grassy bed, and went away. During
the day she revived and crawled to a
spring short distance below on the
edge of the lake where she sleeps
forever. The next day the Indians
came again, and placed stones at each
drop of blood, in her path from the
place where she fell to the edge of the
lake. This water they have named
punished Woman's Lake." Blue Dog
was taken back home, chained to a
stake on starvation HILL" said to be
the highest point in S. OAK, and left
until he persisted of hunger. The In
dams still come to Starvation Hill,
every year and camp for a week or
two, and place the remaining buffalo
bones in a circle, just outside Blue
Dogs path at the stake, as they were
years ago. There will be a few bones
less for them to arrange this year, as
accidsntly got some of them in my
nil 90 fox
them out again, when l was up there.
am so forgetful here of late, anyway.
South by west from WATERFOWL
about four miles was the home of two
ferocious dogs. / had occasion to
drive by this home three days in
succession. The first day these dogs
followed my buggy half a mile and
kept up conversation all the way in
a loud and very ungentlemanly tone
of voice. The next day they suddenly
leaped into the road and frightened
my team so that l got over the next
mile and a half of ground about five
times quicker than l had intended to.
had an exciting runaway and to keep
the team any way near the road was
the best | could do, to say nothing
| learned that these dogs had torn the
tops off of three different buggies as
they passed. And the seal brown
overalls off of two hired men, and still
had fragments of book agent in their
teeth.
That night the moon came up and
threw her silver sheen across the dell.
The stars came out in silent beauty
and smiled to cheer the night. An
old bay horse that could be relied up.
on came out of the stable with buggy
hitched to him and got in and We
started south by west from Watertown,
four miles. l thought l might see a
jack-snipe so | took a pump gun along
so | would be sure and get him. l
drove down that road about five miles
but couldn't see any sign of a snipe,
so l came back home. Next day |
went to walk over the same road. |
stopped in the neighborhood and they
told me there had been a sad accident
in that vicinity the night before ami
in consequence of it, "Neighbor Jones"
had planted two large woody dogs in
the southeast corner of the garden,
Shob "uCIC Tie
vines would bloom above their graves.
The cucumber and the prairie sun
flower seem to do we'll up here in this
part of the country, but the climate
seems a little too rigid for the NAM
mouth ironclad sweet potato, the
speckled squash bug or the domesti-
Gated electric fan. There are a few
other bugs, however, that seem to do
first-rate and stand this high varie-
gated atmosphere beautifully. They
take very little care or attention, and
| have found that business men, such
as proprietors of hotels who have
little or no time to give to agriculture
can grow these adjuncts successfully.
Wheat, oats and rye are the staple
products of this country. The Irish
potato and the rose geranium are also
seen in the land. Stock raising is
profitable. but as yet is not popular
You can travel for hours and perhaps
see but lonely, solitary steer with
his back against the blue horizon,
grazing leisurely in a 1000-acre field,