Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-11-14
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gees h"r lover perform an 0rt Of irav.
er! ana W"rSh'pS MN Tor II. AE" mar
rlcs hIm' AMI Tearing Ii" may attempt
10 chaS'lSe an illl"d'l' servant. Wlth
bodlIN INJURY 10 himself, lotES hiln III
closet.
1'arS az" J"ih'd party "l 'nhriSts
at Denver starting |" Visit H." parks
In the Mountains. Among them were
Harold ln@raiam ANA lr"n" h'rk"lcy,
Il par OF lh'lrl"hl lovers nat lS,
they were lncipl"nt when they left
Denver. but bctor" they hAd h""n out
f"ur days were lh""rri@ihl". loi!nS
llSraElih ilad r"ad 'nop'fS novels
al youngsters read cooper : WORKS III
those days. especially stories about the
noble lhdlal-anu seemed quit" any
loilS to take II few ScllpS hom" with
hIm I" hang up IN his smoking room.
For my part haN" found I'll" lnaGina-
tiou IL very unsafe faculty TO 20 with
brave deeds
mere were panty OF Indians IN Colo
rado IN those days. ana many OF them
were not as tame as they might have
through which ran II stream incloScd
by peaks. One afternoon | saw lngra-
ham take d rifle and sauntcr away
from th" camp. Not far distant were
tn" tents or some tcS. in which were
Il rev bucks. mostly disabled. and Il
nrmb"r or SpuaWS ANA papooS"S.
lhGraham directed ms steps toward
n nm u
watched him An Indian was sitting
on III" hahk or III" stream flShin%, ana
llErah;lhl went UP ana began to talk
10 nm. \it"f aWillie | saw iii%fhham
TAX" something ont OF ms pocket ana
hahd IL 10 the man. Wh" heId II 10 MS
was repeated TWO or tlr"" times. Then
l saw evidences that IN" lndihn was
making demands on lhGrallaln, ana
WAS not SLOW i'll reasoning mat he had
Eot enough hr' water 10 Wari Wlllt
was Hit III III" HaSN. lhgraham turned
ana wake" away /" IN! horror /
saw the INDIAN take Il knile fr"h MS
beit ANA throw IL III 'he f'lr"a'ih" n%-
ur'' II" 'h'SS'u' "llich was """n'i'sS
o'f'"S' h' was druhk. ih"rahain'
h'arlil" something WllZ ny ms car,
'urii'd ana Sa" thc lh'lah staggering
ior I''l'i.
III II '"l"hiihS '''' AouiS'''r coih-
mon sense rose above ms romance. lie
H''a Il rl'l' ana c""ld nave Siot 'lle req
man II II" ana II" ihlght get the Wn"le
F'r'! niuFu'r'' ''' r''aiia'i"l'' heSl''cS
II ne ''r'd ana 'llSS'd 'iie iildlah would
surely XIII hl'h' lhcrc Is great d"al
"l contempt expressed lor tiloSe VINO
run III ''l' "l'i'i"l' 'ii'r" - Ill t'illeS
more sense Ill 'aNIii% 10 one legs IMAM
S'aho'hS ana r%ii'lhS' for instance II
Is pet'cr 10 run AVA! 'lih speiu one
hi%hi III jail. Al any ra'e lhSrah''m
r"ii' l ram 700, o"' .o"ara 'he young
lello"' VINO l reared might heed ana.
ne r""iu eASi'! nave uiN'ailceu the
uruhh'H ih"'h ha" he li"' cauSh' HIS
lo"' III 'h' root OF Nihe' "hlch sent
MN SpraWiih%. AS ran at the mo-
hleht "i MS IAN cluilip or trees inter-
Veiieu. expected Wheii emerged
from lhcm 10 see the lllulah cutting
Scaip iock' l came upon lhSraiiah Try
Ing 10 get UP ana on win spralheu
ailki"' III" ihni'h numbering UP 10 MN,
pral'uiSIliilS MS kill''
inns Is .h' crlllcal point III my story
NIia' uIu oo' was ulf'rIi'e".
Sh"uid pIrk up piece OF neaa W"od
ana nralh 'he savage! No. inns W""lu
nave hia"e II pretty Story put WAS
not out ior h'ak''S stories. MS Is
what dld. llahtlh% mySclf before
tle PROSTATE IhSraham l waved my
arms at the lhdlah as one would 40 10
STOP Il runaway morse, ut the same timc
pointing to our camp ana shouting:
no. Ere water. Much hre water.
l!rh'E hrc water
The Indian stopped. partly Sobered
10y my sudden appearance, looked me
over ana grunted:
Me so glt hre water.
That ended the fray. took the red
man to camp, gave him one drink to
rt'i"em my promise then sent him to
his Wi%Wam under an escort.
r"Soluicly refused to discuss the
affair with the party until the man
had gone. This gave me time for con-
sideration. | knew lngraham would
oe sensitive about the NATTER and
tr"Ie version just at that iuncture might
SPOIL happy married life, might make
one more crusty bachelor, one more
came to speak gave my own account,