The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-01
Continued.

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and sacks of coffee; few scant shelves
of Calico hoes, rakes and shovels; F.
grand leghorn bonnet or two, of mighty
brim and crown; threads, needles and
pins; and all the simple necessities Of
people on the edge Of civilization. He
shook his head.
me want to talk. Shut the door"
Lincoln closed the door and sat down
on the counter, drawing up his knees
and encircling them with his arms in
a favorite attitude for relaxing chat;
motioning his visitors to make use of
the same high bench. Shickshack got
up and curled his legs under him
Indian fashion, but Antywine re-
manned standing by the door. Two
candles on a high shelf at the rear
cast swaying shadows of the white man
and the red man and the crowded OBJ,
iects in the little store.
81 reckon ell New Salem is talking
tonight about the man you were going
to kill when he came to town."
Shickshack covered at his young
counselor.
me wrong to give the war-cry. Me
ought to keep still, and stab him In
the dark! But when see that man me
forget me Christian Indian!"
THE whoop might pass muster
better than the stab among Christians,
suggested Lincoln.
Shickshack fixed his restless eyes like
the eyes of snapping-turtle on the
rugged and sincere face before him.
Pedro Lorimer is a bad white man.
He not one of Don Luis sons
He says he wants Cuba annexed to
the United States. Is he a Cuban
planter?'
The Sac uttered a contemptuous
grunt.
mo! No planter. No Cuba. He is
New Orleans man; gambler
81 reckoned So" said Lincoln.
"Me live In my tribes country, where
the chief Black Hawk has his village.
Pedro Lorimer come there and trouble
me- II my tribe take my part, all
the people who want their land will
say, These Sacs are dangerous. Drive
them out So Black Hawk say to me.
You love white men: go to Belleville.
a white woman; she help. An Indian
cannot get a very good white woman.
But me see the Widow La Chance, and
Antywine, her husbands son. Me
getting old; and Antywine is young.
He can take care OF the child when
me die. So year ago me marry the
Widow La Chance. The first thing she
hurt the child. And Antywine
Shickshack uttered the words deliber-
ately, turning his head toward the
figure at the door-'he Is nothing but
a squaw!"
Antywine opened the door and went
out, closing it behind him, and sitting
down on the step.
Pedro Lorimer follow to Belleville,
and trouble me there. Me come to
New Salem. The moon has not
changed four times since me come to
New Salem; and he is here to trouble
me again!"
What does he want?" inquired Lin
coin.
"He want the child's money"
HAS Peggy money? How much
has she?"
The Indian held his hands less than
yard apart; the length Of full
grown rattlesnake.
"A snakeskin full of gold"
What have you done with it,"
me hide 1t from my white woman
and Pedro Lorimer. Sometimes me
think she divide 1t with him, If he
could help her get 1t. All day, all
year, she want that money herself. But
she take what is Antywine's, and was
his fathers, and give him nothing"
You have fed and clothed Peggy by
your own labor"
"She is my adopted child. Me send
her to white mans school, too. Me
give the schoolmaster four dollars"
you are mighty good fellow!"
said Lincoln. But Pedro Lorimer Is
gone; so what troubles you now?"
HE come back. He would steal the
child to make me give up her money
as ransom. He would take her as far
as New Orleans"
Does he know what she has?"
mo. But he would rob her of the
last piece and leave her to starve. He
got much that belonged to her people. "
Have you put Peggy's money where
he cannot find it?"
Its in safe place"
Has he ever made any attempt to
carry her OFF,"
ME no let him make attempt. Me
watch"
"As a relative, he might prove that
he had right to guardianship if he
were a fit person"
What a white man want he can
take from an Indian!'
mo, Shickshack, you stand your
ground and fight him. IL he troubles
you again In this community count on
me for all the help can give. Every
decent man In New Salem would take
your part
Shickshack's face relaxed from
sternness to satisfaction.
Such men as you and the young
chief Xatpa nd tho cbiof I priyuar -, l. !,