Evening star., 1902-08-30

big Tom stood him on his head and told
him not to make too gigantic fool Of him
self. when she told me he'd got all her
money 10 buy mine with out in this dew
rs desert I didn't give a hang rap what
happened. She's here, and Piety Flats
got to look out for her"
Until Jack comes back?" asked Tom,
and Put wlted.
Not until we have to- Tom" he said,
pleadingly. Let it go until We just have
to. don't you understand. She believes IN
him, something terrible, and she's his sis
ter. Walt until it comes Of itself"
After the first week she grew worried.
and 1t was up to little Put to keep her
busy. We made him special deputy and he
worked over time. He taught her how to
ride Samantha. and when that palled he
trotted her down to the river and south
ward to the Indian camp and let her smile
on Broken Arrow and his family of seven
teen. She was disappointed.
They're picturesque, in a way, and the
blankets are lovely, but they don't look as
If they had any go to them. Do they ever
wake up?'
No" said little Put, grimIy, but they
have nightmare
Then there was her kodak. and she shot
everything in the place with 1t and devel-
oped the films herself. But the Indians
kicked every time she pointed 1t at them,
and Put drew the line there.
It's only prejudice" he told her, but
they have nightmare over those little preju-
dices. Don't"
don't get a shot at that funny little tad
over there l shall break the kodak"
Put looked, and there in front of one of
the tepees was picture. ready posed
Broken Arrows youngest, Sun Dog, stood
in the sunshine staring at them. He was
knee high TO Samantha. A shOck-haired,
ugly, dirty, half-clad statuette in copper,
and the Angels heart went out to the
heather. She had caught him on the film
before he moved. but the instant the button
clicked he let out yell of terror and made
for the tepee.
There was an uneasy movement among
the Indians around, and Put hurried the
two burros on, out of the village, without
asking permission.
First sign of nightmare, he said, in
response to the Angel query as to their
haste. She did not see the point, but was
jubilant over securing Sun Dog picture,
and he let the matter drop, for little Put
was wise IN these ways in spite of his
twenty-fOur years and beardless jaws; but
| two days later he made a mistake. He
warned the Angel not to ride beyond the
| wash without an escort.
"Why?"
Little Put scorned to argue. Besides he
| didn't want to worry her, he said.
The Angel stood in the doorway of Jack s
| cabin and watched him as he walked leis-
urely back TO the diggings. 1t was in
the morning. There had been q helter-
| skelter shower for five minutes, scurrying
across the fiat as If it were frightened to
death over the possibility Of having to wa
/ NCA SAC4l d "dSbe' dl4u 4ed ILS 4IesLI
| vague sweetness in its wake, that called
| one from the sand and alkall to the cool
| greenness of the hills. AS soon as the
/ figure of little Put had disappeared over
| the yellow ridge the Angel went over to Sa-
| mantha's side and deliberately, serenely,
with malice aforethought, set out for a
| ride beyond the wash.
When Put came up at noon for dinner
| he missed Samantha from the lone cotton
| woods shade and investigated as special
| deputy.
| Ten minutes later he rode out over the
| nat, following the trail of a burro that led
| westward. Fourteen miles away the smoke
| of tepees rose straight In the still noon air.
] Between lay the river and hill range, and