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

social standin' by acceptin' sech niggard
terms.
But the Crooked Claw outfit amt dis.
mayed none. an takes this yere rebuff
~phlegmatic. It's only SO much etiquette;
an HOW they reorganize to lead agin. This
time they goes the limit. an brings ur
fifteen ponies. an stacks in with blankets.
robes, beef. flour. calico. kettles. skillets an
looking glasses enough to fill eight wagons.
This trip the old Strike Axe squaw onties
the fifteen ponies. an takin' 'em by their
ropes brings 'em In clost to the Strike Axe
camp. tharby notifyin' the Crooked Claw
band that their bluff for the Saucy Willow
is Regarded as some feasible. an them
nuptials goes. With this sign. the Crooked
Claw band comes caperin' I'D to the Strike
Axe family. an the latter proceeds to
rustic a profession OF. grub; an they all cuts
loose an simply eats old Strike Axe
outen house an home. The price - split
up among the Strike Axe bunch, shares
goin' even to second an third cousins.
"Aiebby she's > week later when dawns
the wsddin' day. Bill. who's been Ieokin'
u heap ediotic an numb ever since these
yere rites begins. goes projectin' off alone
out into the prairie. The Sancy Willow II
MD III the deepest recssSes of Strike Axes
teepee. which II she's visible, however,
you'd be shore amazed at the foolish ex-
preston she wears. but all as shy an
artless that away a q yearlin' antelope.
sAo ShG Va Lie olIlA6 axe DUCKS
swings into the saddle an rides out half
way toward the. camp of Crooked Claw.
WHICH Strike Axe an Crooked Claw has
done pitched their camps about half a mile
apart, SO as 70 give this ysre pageant prop
er eclat When he's half way, the Strike
AXE buck fronts up an slams loose with bis
Winchester; it's q signal the bale 10 on.
"A the riio crack. mounted on o pony
that's the flower OF the Strike Axe herd,
the Saucy Willow, all alone. comes chargin'
for the Crooked Claws like q shOotin' star.
Which this yere Saucy Willow is a mir Gle
of Usage richness! She's simply a bundle
of five hundred dollars worth of blankets,
feathers. beads, c~alicoes, ribbons an, buck
skins. with six pounds Of brass an. silver
jewelry thrown in. Straight. an troo comes
the Saucy Willow: fiashin' like a arrer, rap
Id as the wind! -
las Saucy Willow embark on this zero
trip, thar starts to meet her-afoot they be,
but on the run-Tom Six-killer an q brace
Of squaw cousins of Bills. Nacherally, bein'
he outlopes the cousins. Tom Six-killer
runs up on the Saucy Willow first an grabs
her broncho by the bride. The two young
squaw cousins amt far behind the Six-killcr
for them savages can shore run like rab-
bits-an' they arrives. all laughter an cries,
an with one move searches the Saucy Will
low outen the saddle. In less time than It
takes to get action on q drink Of ticker,
them young females has done stripped the
Saucy Willow Of every feather, bead an
rag, an then naked as when she's foaled,
they Nwrops her up. precious an safe, In q
blanket. an packs her gleefully into the
Of Crooked Claw. Thar they rsdresses
the Saucy Willow. an piles on the gew-
an adornments ontil II anything she's
q heap more gorgeous than former, That
pony which the Saucy Willow rides goes to
the Six-killer, while them two she-cousins,
as to the balance Of her apparel that away,
divides the pot.
A last the big feed begins. Son, you
should have behsla them bssottsd osasm