Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-11
FOUR LITTLE INDIANS
Or. How Carroll "Oot Even"
BY ELLA MARY COATES.

BY ELLA MARY COATES.
| Copyright, 1902. by Henry 7. Coates Coz
| CHAPTER v.
Peggy and Bob waited patiently on their
side Of the house for CAROLS signal Sud-
denly they heard a great clatter of tin pans,
or something Of that sort. and then CARROTS
| whistle rang out clear and shrill On the
night air. In one breath Peggy and Bob
shrteked at the top of their voices
| There was corresponding upearthly
yell from the other side OF the house
and. according to agreement. they all
hammered Justify on the thin wood
| en- walls The din was h:deous and Peggy
and Bob felt just little creepy when the
noise ceased and was followed by the most
profound silence. There was not a sound
from within. The house was absolutely
! dark; not a single ray Of light came through
! door or windows. Peggy shiyered a little
for 1t was cold. and no one had thought Of
hats and coats when they left the house
She came kearer to Bob and touched his
arm.
pered nervousiy.
ID.
spoke out aloud In a reassuring tone but
| his voice sounded SO loud and strange that
ne unconsciously looked over his shoulder.
| They were both rather relieved when Car
| roll came around the corner of the house.
Guess he isn't home" he called out loud
iy. and Bob Immediately felt himself a
| match for any one.
what shall We do now?" he asked.
Did you hear me stumble over those tin
things? laughed Carroll. He had a lot
or old tin pans or something piled
bench didn't see EN- and went head over
heels over the bench and knocked the whole
| concern fiat. Then / had to whistle because
| l knew we'd be discovered"
We'll, 1t didn't do much good" remarked
Peggy. Its no fun If he won't get scared"
Where's Billy?" asked Bob.
ON: l left him to keep guard" replied
| Carroll. See here, Peggy he added 1T s
an right even If Dave isn't home. When
the Indians find village deserted, they al
| ways take everything they can find and
| then set fire to all the houses"
But we couldn't burn down this houser'
horror-struck tones.
No. of course we couldn't. really an
swereo Carroll, who was always full of re-
sources. but We can pretend to. You see.
fellows. he went on earnestly. we've got
to do lot Of pretending in this thing and
| the first duty of all Indians is to obey or
ders."
| Aye, aye, sir!" burst enthusiastically
| from Bob. He admired Carroll immensely
| and was inspired by the martial spirit OF
his last woros which were uttered in a very
stern. commanding tone. that he quite for
got that an Indian would hardly make use
| of just that expression.
| Carroll and Peggy laughed
Il never heard an Indian say that BEFORE"
remarked Carroll.
"Oh Bob, but you're funny" giggled Peg
gy.
well. any way, it's better than your
| ugh, retorted Bob He thought 1t was
| too bad of them to laugh when he had been
| so much In earnest If he had made a
mistake in his choice of words. The great
est Of men are liable to make occasional
| mist axes.
We'll, 1t doesn't matter" said Carroll,
eager to be doing something. Come along:
| let's get to work. We must collect a lot Of
sticks. and pile 'em all along the wall.
That's the way to
He was suddenly interrupted by loud
gruf voice, almost over their heads, saying
in fierce tones
Get out O. here, you young scamp. or
The sound was so sudden and SO loud that
| all there started Violently, and then, for one
| awful minute, stood rooted to the spot with
| suspended breath, not knowing what might
follow that terrifying voice. The strain was
| too much for the nerves of even such re-
doubtable chiefs as Kill-all-the-people and
| Hit-em-again. and with one consent they
| turned and fled precipitately. Even the great
Black Hawk was so taken by surprise that
| he Joined in the retreat
| All thought of silence was lost They
| ud6n6Q through the pushes ana stumbled
| yer stumps and logs. They fell into bitches
| d they ran fuu-tit against trees which
ey could not see in the darkness. Many a
| bruise and swelling were added to the deco
rations of their faces.
| When some little distance had been put
| between themselves and the terrifying
| sounds that had followed their flying foot
| steps they halted in the shelter of large
lchestnW tree
'-Oh my. was scared" gasped big chief
| u-all-the-people.
We'll 1 wasn't exactly scared" remarked
| Hit-en,- again alphabetically, but l was
| sort of startled
Black Hawk said nothing. He felt a lit
tie mortified at the part he had played
| Now that it was over, he felt brave enough
to face anything. 1t was the SuddenneSS of
| the attack that had taken him unaware. He
had thought tie house deserted. He felt
ashamed of himself and ached to do some
thing to reinState himself, In his own eyes
| at least.
where's Billy?" asked Peggy suddenly.
Sure enough, where was Billy? In the ex-
| element he had been quite forgotten and
| there was no telling what had happened to
him. Perhaps he had fallen into the
clutches Of the owner Of that awful voice
And they had run away and left him to his
fate! Carroll turned cold at the thought
1t was he who had told Billy to stand
guard at the corner Of the house, with strict
| orders on no account to leave his post until
he was told to. Carroll felt that it was a
| just punishment to him for being so per-
emptory. and If anything had happened to
| Billy he would never forgive himself.
/ TN go back and see where he is" he
| said In determined Tone breaking the chill
| pause that had followed Peggy's excited
question. You two had better go on
home"
| We'll go back with you.' said Bob
| bravely.
| NO." replied Carroll positively. There's
| no use of any more getting into trouble.
| You go on home. I'll hunt him up
oh, Carroll, suppose he has caught him"
| said Peggy almost CRYING. She was thor
! oughly frightened and imagined that all
| sorts Of horrible things had happened to