Mower County transcript., 1903-10-14
Then you're : spaniard r raid

Dick.
81 I'm not spaniard /! = denied Peg.
gy, facing down the accusation vehe-s
mently. m white! !.
"Spaniards are white. . s.
IN like white folks In New Salem, -
insisted Peggy, repudiating the vague
foreign taint. She saw the young Rut-a
lodges and Mahala Cameron and
/ Martha Bell Clary looking at her sus-
. piciously. Spanish governors cut no
figure in the Imagination Of New Sa-.
lemites. .s
suppose you are Of mixed blood
and really ought to be called Creole"
pursued Dick, interested in the case.
That's a kind Of a pullet," whis-
pered Martha Bell to Mahala.
"I'm not of mixed blood" cried Peg
gy, unable to bear any more: S.=s
why, everybody here is of mixed
blood!' asserted Dick, and that was a
comfort. 1t gave her the chance to-
look back at her antagonists.
'.Have you never told her that she
was Spanish?' Dick inquired Of Shick-
shack. ~. @1s.;sE5N :
The silent Indian shook his head.
His impassive face glowed in the fire.
light Young Yates seemed to have
cast a spell on him. From the con-
tents of his heavy game-bag, which he
! had unslung as he entered and left be-
! side his gun, to the secrets of his
past, he was ready to lay everything
1 he owned at the. young chiefs feet.
''How did the Sac brave come to
adopt the Spanish, child?' inquired
Dick. -.
Shickshack silently admired his
knowledge of how to address Sac
brave without extensively shouting out
that braves name in public. = ~&
'tNo father. No mother. Me hunt
with her father: on the Platte. Me love
white men since that time. Never in
, my life me shed white mans blood.
| When he die he give his child to me-"
''fWas Peggy lame from the start?"
inquired Ann. -,st --'--~ :
Shickshack looked at her: steadily
| without replying. Then he shook his
! head.
'*Me love white men. Me marry
white woman, he answered, and
dropped his face. .t
''Does he mean that Sally famed
herr" whispered Ann to. Lincoln.
7 "Sally is a mighty energetic wom-
an" admitted Lincoln, smiling from
the hearth corner. A huge mole
| showed in the crease made under his
cheek by smile. :~~
| Twill the young chief be here to-
morrow" Shickshack> asked Dick
Yates.
mo. We must go back to Jackson
vile tomorrow"
Sticky Green added that it was not
vacation time. The two had begged
a day off on account of his extreme
inconsistencies and would have to ride
early next morning.
ME like to talk,,' said the Sac, fix
Ing his gaze on Dick 'Me have some.
thing for the young chiefs ear.''
| We can take walk together now,"
suggested Dick. 49, - -:
Sh1ckshack rose up at once. The
sheath of long hunting knife hung
| down his side by leather strap. He
had kept Peggy's crutch in his hand.
He stood it against the wall beside the
chimney, and Dick stepped over the
bench to follow him.
'Hello!" shouted a cheerful voice.
I / Two horses were brought up abreast,
| facing the door, their hoofs at the very
step. Light shone out over them and;
their riders, revealing the weekly mail1
carrier with the post-bag from Spring.
field bulging on each side of his sad
die, and his leggins splashed with,
mud, and stranger having black eyes
and hair and mustache, whose entire
equipment was foreign. .
Shickshack stood while he drew one
| breath and looked at the stranger,
For the first time a Sac war-whoop
was heard in New Salem, and as he
yelled he snatched his hunting-knife
from it's sheath. ~s.>.
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