The Yale expositor., 1903-12-25

az hiuself perforce practiced ham
dozen crafts and suffered therefrom
neither In his own esteem nor that OF
those about him. The specialists OF
trade. OF artlsanship. OF art. were not
vet demanded In this environment
where each man in truth took care OF
himself" and had small dependence
upon others.
In all the arts OF making ono's self
comfortable I'm "A womanless and hence
homeless land both Franklin ana
Battcrslcish. experienced campaigncrs
as they were. found themselves much
aided by the counsel OF Curly. the sell
reliant native OF the soil who was
Frankllns first acquaintance In that
land. II was Curly who helped thom
with their houses and In their house
hold supplies. lt was he told thcm
now and then OF n new region where
the crop OF bones was not yet fully
gathered. IL was he who showed them
how % care for the little number OF
animals which they had begun 20 gath.
or about thom; ard who In short
gave TO them full knowledge OF the
best ways OF exacung q subsistence
form tho laid which they had invaded.
Ono morning Franklin. thinking 90
/ have an additional buffalo robe for tho
coming winter, and knowing no man.
her In which he could get tho hldo
tanned except through his own efforts.
"a al 80 n
SELF. ignorant of the extent OF his
task. and relying upon Curly for ad.
Yice as 10 the procedure.
You might sit Juan TO tan you all
one or two" said Curly. "He Kin tan
ez good oz airy Injun ever was"
But. by the way. Curly" said
Franklin. how Is Juan this morning
We haven't heard from him for n day
| or two"
"oh, him7" said Curly. why. he's
all right. He's just been iayin' round
a little, like dog that's been cut up
some In a wolf fight. but he's all right
now. Shoulders about well, an fer
the knife-cut. II never did amount 20
nothin' much. You can't hurt a
Greasor much, not noways such a big
one as Juan. But didn't no git action
In that little difficulty o. his'n? You
could a.broke tho whole Cheyenne
tribe II you could a-got a-bettln' with
om before that fight"
odds was hundred TO one against
rs, shure." said Battersleigh. seating
himself In the doorway OF the shack
"Yc may call the big boy loco. or what.
/ iyer yc like. but it's grateful we may
be 10 him. An tell me. II yo can. why
didn't tho haythins pile in an polish
Us all OF. after their chief lost his
| NUMBER"
"Thcm Cheyennes was plenty hot al
us fer comm In on their huntln
grounds" said Curly, AN they shore
had Il In fer us. don't think II was
what their chief said 10 them that
kop them back from jumpin' US. alter
the fight was over. It's blame sight
more likely that they got sort o
notion in their heads that Juan was
bad medicine. II they set Il In their
minds that a man Is loco. an per,
tectcd by spirits. an that sort o. thing
| they won't fight him. fer fear o. get
tin tho worst Of Il. That's about why
we got out OF there, rcckin."
I'm sorry for them" said Franklin
thouEhfully. Just think. we are talk
ing away from these people everything
IN tho world they had. They were
happy as VIC aro-happier perhaps
and they had their little ambitions
the same as we have ours. We are
irving theme away from their old
country. all over tho West, until II "a
hard 10 SEQ whore they can get foot
hold to call their own. We drive them
and fight them and kill them. an1
then-wcll, then We forget them"
You're funny sort o. Teller. Cap.
said Curly. but II yov[e goln' 10 tan
that hide you'd bettor'lnish peggln' II
out, an sit 10 work on H."
Ito be contlnued)