The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-08

mean about them, they belied their
! looks shamefully.
We hustled back to camp. much set
Hp with the good story we had to tell.
While we were telling it 1 couldn't help
but notice how uneasy Santiago SEEM
ed. He was pretty crafty rascal, and
| generally speaking, gave himself away
I about as little as any man in his po-
| sition would. He had one popularity,
/ however. that l got onto. His eyes
were small and set close to his nose;
| for that reason you would hardly no
I tice that they were a trife crossed US
ually, but when he got excited they
went skewhaw badly. He wasn't pic
| ture of beauty at the best, and when
his game eye flew the track, he looked
the cold-blooded. deceitful, bloody
minded scoundrel that he was. tell
you, we made a bad mistake about
Santiago. We knew he was up to
| something crooked, but we underesti-
mated the man. He seemed so small,
so helpless among the rest of US Iull-
grown men, that it didn't appear in the
possibilities he could do much dam
age.
Vel. row knew by that crooked
eye that Santiago didn't like what Ind
happened. He waited until the boys
had finished their questions and then
he spoke up sharply.
You better let those Injun alone"
he said. "Some day they fix you, If YOU
fool with them. They all b-a-a-d men
i know. I live in this country, you
have not. They kill you like that
Swapping his finger. TOO bad they
some around-we better get guns from
the boat, now"
Capt Perkins was impressed with
what the half-breed said as I, too.
would have been, if I hadn't seen the
Indians.
well, Iain't going to be scared be-
fore there's some reason for it, yet
think it's Just as we'll to do as Sanity
says-get prepared. But then we need
fresh meat, so we can kind of open
ct the same time. AS long as there
amt more'n a dozen of EN- punched
we ought to be able to take care Of
EN-" said he.
Then Santiago made the mistake of
trying to press the point. Perkins is
the bulliest old bay alive, but he has
a streak of mule in him for all that
besides, he wasn't the kind of man
to be threatened into anything. The
more you tried to frighten him, the
more he wouldn't move. Santiago was
not a man of intelligence, only foxey
and he did not understand over one
half the Captain. He kept on urging
his voice growing shriller and shriller
NOW, that will do" said the Cap
tain gOOd natucedly, yet Win the I'M
dertone that meant business. ''Ill take
chances just that far. so you needn't
worry no more about it,
"Those Injuns amt going to hurt
u.s." said Pete.
Stoppered, Santiago turned and gave
Pete one wicked look. You have had
luck, some day, amigo!' he said.
Let her come" responded Pete,
cheerfully, she's an old friend of
mine"
There is this thing very strange
about bad luck" put in Caloran. THE
man that predicts it, some time it
come to him-tiene quidado, Santiago
miO!"
Capt Perkins looked from one to
the other of us. puzzled. 20, we'll don't
let's get quar'ling over a dozen red
skins, boys" he said. We've had
mighty good luck up to the present
perhaps it will hold straight through
do you fellers realize that we've been
taking out near three pounds of gold
a day? At that gait Wen be close
to millionaires when it comes time to
nit the back track"
Then, in talking about our prospects,
the Indians were for the time forgot
ten.