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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18
not Se glib it him. Yerrie (do you

not Se glib it him. Yerrie (do you
hear)?"
An him Moder says:
Yes, sab: me yerrie."
Den Hawk, him say:
"An' Grandie, you mus hab me
breakfus' ready an keep him hot fe
me till me come back from me work
in de field. Yerrie?"
yes, sab: me Yerrie."
Den Hawk TEX ND him hoe an him
spade an him fork an him whip an
him knife an him machete, an him
go to him field fe work.
But all dis one time, boo little
Ground Dove had followed Hawk, an
him listen behind de door, an hear
where him put him flute.
When Hawk gone, Ground Dove
crep' out saftly, saftly from benin de
door an go into de house. By dis time
Grandie Fowl done cook Hawks
breakfus', an was sittin' by de kitchen
fire smokin' she old jackass rope pipe.
'Howdy?" said Ground Dove.
"Howdy, dearie?"
BREEDER Hawk sent me fe tell you
fe glib me him breakfus fe carry to
him in de field, an de flute dat him
put in de twelve drawn, so him mex
play an sing"
But Fowl no caught so easy. Him
say:
Go long wild you. pickney! You
tell me one big, great lie. Me no glib
you not a ting!" Den poo little
Ground Dove him begin to cry, so soft
en- tender an pitiful.
'Moder Grandie. you tink q little
ting Ike me could tell you such
great, big lie? No maami Me couldn't
do it: me wouldn't do it,"
But Fowl jus sit by de fire, scorn-
full, an smoke she pipe.
Ground Dove do on cryin'.
Fowl get angry an say:
Hi! Che! Don cry pom me. Go
long wild you!'
But Ground Dove, him still cry.
"Cho!' said Fowl. You too stupid"
But Ground Dove go on crying, cry
ing. as if him heart break.
Hawk beat me too bad if no bring
him de flute" re say.
An den ct las Fowl get well frighten.
an she rise UP an TEX de flute from
de twelve drawn an glib it, wild de
breal,sus' to Ground Dove fe go carry
20 Rawk IN him field. Den Ground
Dove dly Kim eyes an put him flute to
him inout' an him play so sweet, so
sweet.
Fee, fee. fee, so ten-dah
Fee, Zee. fee. so ten-dah."
an SO him leave de house an fly 'wav
into de BUSH
Coin long, him nyam Hawks
breal;fus', an him TEX de flute an hide
him under him wing till him come 10
where Hawk work in de field. Den
him TEX out de flute an play.
Fee, Zee, fee. so ten-dahi"
Hi, but Hawk well vex when him
yerrie dis Him t'row down him spade
an him hoe an him fork an him knife
an him machete. an him cuss Moder
/ = andie fe cra-cra, bogro- bogro
kEa- takro, chaka- chaka. buffro- buff
xenya- mana "a careless
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

on my father and Mr.. Graham. They
listened to all, but they also said:
"As soon as we are rested we shall
push on just the same. If the In
dams attack us we shall hope to beat
them off and save our lives. 1t is no
use trying to discourage us, as we
have made up our minds to go on.
1t was wrong for men to be so OBJ
stinate and take such chances, even II
they had been alone, but when the
settlers saw that talking was no use
they said nothing more. After we had
been with Mr.. Raynor three days and
mended I'D the wagons and harness
we set out one morning across the
broad prairie, and he shook hands with
all of us and hoped we might escape
the sorrows that had come to him.
That day we drove thirty miles, and
we could see herds of buffaloes all day
long. Once a drove of fifty wlld
horses galloped right across our pain,
and our own horses became so eXclteo
that we had much trouble to quiet
them. Where we then drove across
the prairie. covered with a thick car
net of grass and flowers, miles and
miles from the nearest white man. you
will to-day find highways, farms,
towns and cities. and see railroad
trains laundering along. The point
finally reached, is called Smoky Hill
Valley. There is no richer land IN
Kansas than in that valley, and there
are creeks in plenty and timber along
every creek. ~.
It was four days after we left Mr.:
Raynor's before we reached a spot
where the two men decided to halt anu
make homes. MY father at once starr
ed to build a house on one slde oL q
creek which we named Fish cISen'
while Mr.. Graham built on the other'
THE houses were not exactly houses
but huts. We first dug out hole III
the ground like cellar, and then VIC
built I'D around it with Aogs ana pores
and made the roof of branches, grass
and dirt. If you have ever seen on
outdoor cellar made by a farmer "
keep vegetables in then you have seen
something like the two houses we pu .
on Fish creek. There were no VIZ
dows, and the doors were mace ~ %
some planks brought along IN tS
wagons for that purpose. the ear
,',as ou1 floor and our bedsteads
were made of poles, but we ret J
happv when we got the huts nnlsleu
and no longer had to live in the "ae
ons. 90 long
How we escaped the Indians SO Ione
7 have never been able to make ~ ~
We had settled down on one ol 4tev
fayorite hunting grounds. and YET enes
did not seem to know of our PIeseNs
until several weeks had passeu' ocb-
saw only one white man after rea 80
ing the valley. He was hunter, anu
he he told us that the Indians would t, oe
sure to come sooner or later, enG nc
when they did come no one woulu do
cape. He tried his best to persu a to
father and Mr. Graham to retuiit ats
the settlements before it was 700 100 md md
but they said they were not aIral % see
would not go. Betty and j useu daiIv.
each other four or five times ud re
md we used to wonder whether tne
indians would come by day 'or l nlsn If
hut I do not remember that either -
ns we're much frightened over the mat
ter. -
al,j. Go be continued lA-AA1
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coarse, disorderly, clumsy. rneagrs old
wo1nan).
An when him finish desc rude words
him stalk away out Of him field to him
Moder Grandle's house.
When him get dere. him call out:
"Moder"
But him Moder no answer. She
'fraid.
Den him walk into de house an go
to de ches' oh draw'rs, an him open de
one drawn an de two drawn an de
tree drawn, an de four drawer an
de FIVE drawn and de six drawer. an
dexseben drawn, an de eight drawn an
de nine drawn, an de ten drawn. an
de 'leben drawn. till him come to de
twelve drawn.
But him no find de flute dere.
Den him go to him Moder Grandie
an say:
breakfus'? You glib dem to Ground
Dove. na?'
Him Moder no answer. She 'fraid.
"Yerrie, ma am? Where me break
fus'? Where me flute?"
Den him Moder fall down at him
feet an say:
Sab! Did you no send little Ground
Dove fe carry you breakfus' to de
field, an you flute fe mex you play
an sing?"
You fool-fooI!" said Hawk. me
nebber send nobody"
''Warral Warra Me deadl me kill!
Hi! hi Me die, fe true!" cried DOC
Moder Grandie Fowl.
you tief! YOU fool!' said Hawk.
You glib way me breakfus', ma'am?
You shall he me breakfast"
An den him pounce 'pon poo Fowl.
an shake she an tear she an bite she
an nyam she. till she dead. An den
him eat she fe him breakfus'.
An dis is why Hawk eat Fowl eber
since
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

1 am attending to my duties about
the house, I wish you to go into the
woods CONTEMPLATING toward the
east-"and see if you cannot find
something to shoot that will be eat
able. We must depend more upon the
game in the forest or 1 fear me this
constant eating of pork will in time
make US sorely ILL.,
After helping his mother with the
dishes and the churning, Dick swept
the big living-room, and then put on
hisl thick out-of-door things, took
down his gun from it's place On the
wall, his powder-horn and bullets, kiss
ed his mother and started toward the
woods. He walked quite a distance
into the forest looking in vain for
some sort of game He hunted for
about an hour when suddenly snow
came down in such a furry that the
air was white about him; but Dick
was not alarmed, for he knew every
foot of the ground he was now hurry
ing over. So he pushed forward
bravely.
Most unexpectedly from out the white
masses of falling snow there appear
ed an Indian. He was tall and fierce
looking, and he was in his war-paint.
Poor Dick was terribly scared, for
the Indian tribe in that part of the
country was fierce and warlike, and
many a settler had had his house
burned down over him.
But the Indian showed by signs
that he was faint and wounded, and
that he wanted aid. Seeing this Dick
led the way toward home, the Indian
weakly following; but finally the old
warrior fell down and could not rise.
The boy, seeing that his companion
could go no further gave him his gun.
for the Indian had only his bow and
arrows tipped with sharp stone, and
then the lad ran as fast as possible
with nothing with which to defend
himself but a sharp huntingkn
Once he saw gliding through the
snow near him great gray wolf but
Dick shouted fiercely and waved his
knife savagely, and the wolf skunk
away, for wolves are great cow
ards.
When Dick reached home he was so
exhausted that he frightened his moth
er by falling down as he entered the
house. But he was soon on his feet and
told his parents about the Indian.
Dicks father took some food and med
icine and packed it away in the mar
row fiat sledge, to which he harnessed
his horse, and then Dick and his ia
Their started for the forest.
Mr.. Reed, with Dicks help, careful
ly dragged the warrior on to the sledge
and carried him home, where, after
several weeks of good nursing, he be-
came we'll and strong again.
1t turned out that he was the chief
of the tribe and ever after that the
settlers and Indians in that part of the
state got along very nicely. together.
Nor was that all. A few years later
two Indians came on their ponies
bringing a third pony with them, to
Dicks home, and told him that the old
chief was dying and wanted to see
him. Dick mounted the pony and went
to bid a last goodbye to the Indian
friend he loved so dearly.
The old chief could not speak to
him, but as Dick leaned over to kiss
his forehead, he placed in the young
mans hand a little bag. When Dick
reached|honle he opened it. and found
CONTINUED on Page Twenty-seven.)
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DICKS INDIAN.
BY FLORENCE Peltier.


Once upon time. when Connecticut
was thinly settled, and wolves and
Indians were plentiful, a boy lived in
log house with his father and
mother
Late in the afternoon, when the days
work was done, the boy would sit in
the doorway and talk with his mother,
while she made the spinning wheel
whirr, for she was always busy spin
ming when she was not sweeping. cook
ing or washing. Once she had lived
far, far from there, in the city of Bos-
ton, and the lad loved to have her tell
him stories of the fine houses, the gay
streets, the elegant sedan chairs, and
the smart carriages, and of the people
dressed in silk, velvet and lace, with
powdered wigs on their heads and jew
els shining on their fingers. 1t is far
more interesting to Dick Reed to hear
all about this real city than of fairy
land, for he had never seen anything
but the rough huts of the settlers in
the thinly-settled part of the state in
which he lived. He used to long to
go to that wonderful city, and, at
night, after he had gone to bed, he
used often to amuse himself by fancy
ing that he had made money enough
to go to Boston, and to attend school
and college there, and how he had be-
come a lawyer, and had made beau
tiful home for his father and mother,
whose hard, toil-worn hands were quite
soft because of the rest they had.
Sometimes he would fall asleep while
picturing his pretty mother in Silken
gown, with lace and frills and jewels
and her hair in a high pompadour and
powdered white, for that was the way
the ladies dressed in Boston a long
time ago, when Dicks mamma was a
girl.
But in spite of all these longings,
Dick was a happy boy and loved dear
ly his humble home, and he worked
hard and faithfully to help his parents.
At Is years old he was tall and sturdy
and wonderfully strong. He could read
and write very we'll indeed, for, in the
long winter evenings, when the snow
shut the family in their log cabin,
the drifts sometimes banking them
selves far above the door, and the
flakes often sitting through the roof
to lie in feathery heaps on the. floor
of the loft, Dick would sit by the big
fireplace and, by the light of the burn
ing logs, he would carefully write over
and over the fine neat copies his mother
set him. But the boys and girls of to-.
day would hardly have known what to
do with such a strange looking pen
as Dick used, for it was only goose
quill, sharpened at one end and slit up
a little way at the point.
One very cold winters morning Dick
and his parents climbed down the
ladder from their bedrooms. in the loft,
and all helped about getting breakfast;
and when seated at the table the
father said to the boy
my son, it is a. fine day, and, while
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18
CHILDREN OF !
THE PRAIRIE
Or the Adventures of Sam and
Betty.
CHAPTER II


AS Betty Graham shared MANY ..
my adventures L want to tell va,
something about her. She was a bl,,o
eyed. fair-haired little girl, and No.
called handsome. Her father was
farmer, as mine was, and at the 100
of 10 she could sew and knit fairI,,
well and help her father to cook sba
could also milk a COW and ride horse
back, and she was certainly a. bravo
little girl, and no one heard anv com
plants from her no matter how rough
the road or how tired she was W.
became great friends at once. and
many a time when we got tired of rid
ing we walked and talked of the new,
homes we were going to build on tba
prairie. I was only IL years old. as
have told you, but as 1 had a shotgun
and was a fair marksman, she looked
upon me as a hero.
1 don't want to say too much about
myself, but wish you to understand
that was tall and strong for my age
and my father was pleased to saw
had plenty Of pluck for a youngster. 7
could ride a horse almost as we'll as
he could. and had shot a wolf and
killed several rattlesnakes before
was II years old.
Two days after the killing of the
bad man, as told you last week, we
were on the edge of the Indian conn
try mean by that that we had come
to the homes of the last settlers, and
they told us stories of Indian cruelty
to make our hair stand up. Every one
said that if we continued on it would
be to go to our death. Indeed, we were
not safe where we were. Every man
carried his rife with him as he worked
in the fields, and every wife had the
dinner-horn ready to blow and give
the alarm if she saw anything sus-
picious. Sometimes the Indians would
suddenly appear and perhaps kill three
or four people and burn the houses
and drive off the horses and cattle.
One man named Raynor was living all
alone by himself, but he told us that
he had had wife and five children.
and that all had been killed by the
savages one day while he was riding
to the nearest town to buy ammuni-
ton. Another man had lost wife
and son, and a third had seen his two
children borne away into capticity. It
gave us two children goose-f1esh to
hear the settlers tell of what had hap
pened, but the stories had little effect
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

anyone can dress the Dutch lady. A
very nice costume may be made for
her from crepe paper. A set of these
dolls, representing the costumes of all
nations, will prove most entertaining.
Peanut dolls are even more anus
ing then the nut and clothespin fig
ures. The peanuts are threaded upon
coarse white Irvine through the
length of the peanuts.
Very short nuts are used for feet,
and two longer ones form each of the
legs. One very thick, long peanut
serves for the body and two long
slender ones are required for each
arm.
The head consists of a short thick
nut stitched securely to the body.
crop of yellow curls is combed
out of Irvine. A jaunty bow of ribbon
is glued TO the head with the hair.
Features are outlined with a pen dip
ped into India ink, and are then paint
ed over with watercolors.
AS the body is rather shapeless it
must be padded with strip of mus
lin as were the Chinamans shoulders
or the doll may be dressed in a very
decollete garment the waist of which
consists of bands of ribbon wound
over her attenuated waist.
short skirt of lace is gathered
about the waist and tackled together
just above the knees, so that it may
hang gracefully when the little figure
dances.
Over this lace skirt is gathered a
short, full skirt of white illusion
Shoes are of gold or silver paper, or
may be painted upon the feet
To make the little figure dance, at
tach piece of stout Irvine to the bow
upon the head. Run the Irvine through
a hook screwed into the ceiling or into
the roof of the box which is to be
used as a miniature stage.
This Irvine may be passed through
a hole in the back of the box, so that
the girl who is in charge of that
dancer can operate the figure out of
sight of the audience.
Pieces of Irvine, attached to the
arms and the feet should be passed
through the openings in the box and,
if the dancer is jerked about in time
to music, very life-like performance
can be given.
A figure dressed as an acrobat may
be manufactured from the peanuts and
made to perform in the same way.
The box in which the exhibitions
are given need not be very large A
starch box will do. 1t should be paint
ed or papered inside to look like a
real stage. A row of tiny wax candles
placed along the front Of the box will
serve for footlights.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18
PICTURES TO PAINT.

Submarine Adventures - wherein
Polly Meets the Oyster Family.
For long while no one spoke,
Because they We're such crusty folk.
But at last the Oldest oyster
Shrieked What rudeness thus to
roEsteri"
"Goodness!" said the oyster pa,
What a noisy girl you are!"
But the little oysters, they
Didn't have word to say.
Polly couldn't speak, but caught her
Breath to keep from taking water.
Paint the oyster bed a brown:
tbs the tint of oyster town.
Then with skill touch up the scene
With purple, crimson, red and green,
For on oyster beds there glow
The very finest weeds that grow.
Paint the oyster silver-gray:
CARRIED in Quaker hues are they.
Tint the water deep below
With thin wash of indigo,
Higher up take bottle-green,
And stin higher, paint the sheen
of the sunlight on the sea
With green as light as il can be.
Next Sunday you shall learn how Polly
Met a mermaid full of folly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18
SOLUTION OF LAST SUNDAYS
HIDDEN PICTURE PUZZLE.

Did your hunting in the woods of
last Sundays hidden picture spuzzle
disclose to you the whereabouts of the
concealed hunter and his dog, and of
the big rabbit and the fat squirrel?
The hunter was up in the trees right
above the big dogs tail. The hidden
dog was upside down behind the hind
legs of the big dog. Under the same
big dogs hind legs was the rabbit,
standing cheerfully on his head. The
fat squirrel was over the stumps at
the right of the picture.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18
TrnnnnOaed Words.

% Transpose an Irish poet and get
a Shakespearian character.
(2) Transpose an English poet and get
to wager.
(3) Transpose an English essayist and
get an ointment
"a Transpose an Irish novelist and
get to carouse.
90 Transpose a Scottish biographer
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18
CurtaiIed Words.

% Curtail flourishing and get a tree.
CD Curtail TO gasp and get a broad
shallow vessel.
go Curtail a celestial body and get
a level surface.
ca Curtail Greek philosopher and
get to interweave.
(5) Curtail "a kind of dance and get
President of the United States.
co Curtail a noted American trap
per and get a favor.
Solutions will be printed next Sun
day.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

My whole is composed of q letters
and is a quotation from Thomas Moore.
My 16, 10, ~, l. 25, Is, is a plume.
My q, 2, Is, 49, 10 is a large marine
animal.
My 5, 8, %. 20, IS, Z is the cold sea-
son of the year.
My s, 10, a. 20. 10. %, % is permanent.
My 9. 6, IA, II is a puppet.
My II, 26, 81. 10 is to stain.
My "a, 6. % is a male child.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

But S.3 per cent. of the 1,330,69 Ger
man-born males in the United States
have failed to become naturalized,
while Is per cent. of the English, IS
per cent, of the Russians, SO per cent.
of the Italians and so per cent. of the
Japanese are still aliens
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

Superintendent of Special Exhibits
Bruner. of the St. Louis Fair, has re-
turned from a visit TO the great to-
baeco-growing states. He has practi-
cally completed arrangements for the
uniyersal exhibit of tobacco, which
viii be striking feature in the Ag-
ricultural Palace. Tobacco men enter
ed so heartily into the plan that it
was found necessary to materially in
crease the space.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

and historian and get plainly.
CO. Transpose an American poet and
get to open.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-02
PRETENDER IS CRUSHED.

The troops of Sultan Mulai Abd-el-
Aziz have utterly routed the forces OF
Blu Hamara, the Moorish pretender, and
it is reported, captured Blu Hamara him
self. A special courier who arrived yes
terday at Tangier after making record
Journey from Fee brought the news. de
reports that at daybreak last Thursday
the army of the Sultan, commanded by
the War Minister, Ell Menebhi, attacked
the pretender's position and inflicted a
complete defeat on his followers, at the
same time capturing Blu Hamara. An
other runner who has reached Tangier
from Fee confirms the news Of the rebels
defeat. but says that the report of the
pretender's capture is incorrect. lie
adds that it is uncertain whether Blu
Hamara's body was among the great
number slain. The Sultan's victory was
absolute. almost the entire following OF
the pretender being either slain or cap
tured. His camp, provisions and am
munition we're taken, and the artillery
which was lost by the Sultan's army in
the battle of December % was recap
tured. Even if Blu Hamara escaped, ii
is hopeless for him to seek to retrieve
his defeat, as his claim that he is saint
is exploded. The details regarding the
battle are meager, but it is known that
the pretender's camp was surprised and
rushed at dawn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-02
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