The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-10-02
II HE WILD
We SAVAGE
forIElnali

Young Ute IT tue stake. lnueeu the
flames were curling about the boys
legs. and he was beginning to feel the
agony Of burning. Henderson, who
had sufficient troopers back Of him to
warrant interference, dashed in, kicked
away the fagots, cut the thongs and set
the boy free. Then he took the indian
to camp, where a surgeon dressed his
wounds and after his recovery sent him
to his tribe.
When Henderson left the army he
gathered a number Of Indian imple-
ments Of various kinds, which he took
with him to his home. There were
blankets, feathers, moccasins, beads,
pipes and few weapons, such as were
used before the red man got the rifle,
including bows and arrows. These the
major hung about the walls of his.
smoking room, ptofuslon Of calumets
being especially appropriate.
The curlosities were Of especial inter
est to the majors little boy Russell,
who was never SO contented as when
his father told him stories about them
stories usually invented by the IA
ther, for he knew but few Incidents
connected with them. Nevertheless the
yarns delighted the boy, who had all
a boys love for adventure, and when It
was announced on the billboards that
a wild west show was coming to town
Russell Henderson was wild with ex.
pectation. His father promised to take
him out to see tho procession of COW.
boys, Indians and plains people gem
orally enter the city and afterward to
give him an opportunity to see the per.
Torrance.
When the show made Its formal en-
trance the major was standing on the
sidewalk, his little boy holding his
hand, the youngsters eyes big rs sau-
GERS and watching eagerly for the In
dians. AT their passage there was an
element of surprise which neither ia
Their nor son had counted upon. An
Indian suddenly threw himself from
his horse, made dash for the major
and, extending his hand, said exclt-
eddy:
''Howfn
Henderson stood looking blankly at
the brave, who explained In few
words that he was the Ute whom the
major years before had snatched from
the burning. The Indian was SO de-
monstrahYe, SO delighted at meeting
the man to whom lie owed his life, that
the major invited him when not en-.
gagged in his duties to come to his
house. The Invitation was accepted,
and the Ute, who was not in good
health, remained after the show had
departed. Little Russell was at first
very much terrified at him, but when
his fright wore off depended upon him
for most of his amusement, the Indian
telling him more wonderful stories
about the decorations OF the smoking
room than the major had ever
dreamed.
Russelllbecame much attached to the
Indian, and the Indian, who worshiped
the major, seemed eager to give the
little fellow all possible pleasure not
only from gratitude TO the father, but
affection for the son. Time slipped by.
and the Ute, who was suffering from
malaria, remained at the home Of his
benefactor.
One evening Major Henderson came
In before dinner and, going into the
smoking room, found the Ute bending
over Russell, who was standing near a
table on which rested an arrow. Both
the boy and the Indian were looking at
the tip Of one of Russelrs fingers. On
It was red spot about which the
flesh was slightly swollen. a terrible
anxiety was depicted on the Ute's fe0.
lures. AS the major entered the Indl.
an cast a glance at him, then at the
arrow on the table, then. back at the
major
You saved me from torture death.
In return | have brought death on your
idol. That arrow was poisoned; the
child in handling 1t has prleked his I'm
ger. He will die"
This was what Major Henderson
read In tile Ute's face. Then suddenly,
without word, the Indian seized the
boys finger and. placing it between his
lips, began to suck the wound, pulling
so hard that the child cried out.
The poison was drawn from the
wound and, entering the thin coating
that lined the Ute's mouth, was quick
" absorbed. A doctor was summoned
and arrived in n few minutes. He adj
ministerGd drug to the boy, then adj
vanced to do the same to the Indian.
His offer was refused. Indeed by this
time, though Russell showed no signs
of poisoning, the Ute was giving EVIL
dence that the deadly weapon Of the
savage had entered his system.
He began a low moaning which soon
took the form Of a chant in tongue
which no one present except the major
understood, and even he only here and;
there caught n few words and express
sions The dying man reclted the prin-
cipal events Of his life, dwelling upon
his capture and intended burning by
his enemies, the young white braye's".
sudden coming and the release. Then
he sang Of himself cared for when Ill
by the white brave, his affection for
him and his son and the sin of having
permitted the child to touch the poi
soned arrow, at last the strain grew
wild and triumphant as he described
the sucking Of the wound. the saving
of the boy and his own coming death.
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