The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04
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On, stow that Are you looking for a
job OF martyrship2''
If he so wills"
Wen you'll find il right here. but I'm
going TO give you some advice first. Take
u or leave il II you stop here. you'll be
cut OF IN the midst CT your labOrs Ana
nos you alone, but your men. Bill. my wife
ana nySelt Not only do you bring
trouble upon yourself. but upOn rs I
know you for man and a fool II YOU
THINK II your duty 70 strive with the
neaJhen, well and good; but DO exercise
IhiS man. Red Baptiste. is no Indian.
he comes OF our common stock is as bull
necksd as I ever dared be. and as wild
Ianatlc me one way as you are the other.
when you two come together helIH DC
TO pay. and / don't care to be uixeo up in
IT. Understand So take my advice and
so away. Take my word for il and gCL
out OF here as fast as God'n let yOu.
he who carries the Lord in his nearr
and the gospel IN MS hand hath no fear
OF me Vaccinations of man or devil the
missionary answered. snIkily. ~ will see
IhlS man and wreStle with him. One back
slider returned TO the fold is a greater vic
the little bag with the tea and a kettle or
water, he called the next instant TO his
bOatmen, not forgetting the haunch of
caribou and the mixing pam
" hen his men. converts by his own
hand, mad gained the bank the trio fell to
their knees, hands and backs burdened
thanks for their passage through the
wilderness and their safe arrival. Hay
sneering disapproval. Baptiste the Red,
still gazing across. recognized the familiar
postures, and remembered the girl who
I nae shared his star-roOfed couch IN the
! nils and forests, and the woman-child
who lay somewhere by bleak Hudson's
bay.
'Confound it, Baptiste, couldn't think of
IL Not for moment Grant that this
man is a fool and OF small use in the ma
ture Of things, bat still, you know, 1 can't
give him up.
Hay StOckard paused striving to put
into speech the rude ethics of his heart.
Hes worried me, BaptiSte. in the past
and now, and caused me all manner OF
breed-and- and-why. I couldn't buy my
I life with his, not if he was a nigger."
SO be it" Baptiste the Red made an
SWer- 1 nave given YOU grace and choice.
l shall come presently, with my priests
ana fighting men. and either shall I kill
YOU or you DENY God Give IN the
part in peace Otherwise your trail ends
here Even now have the children stolen
away YOUR canoes
He pointed down to the river Naked
/ boys had slipped down the water from the
point above, cast loose the canoes and by
then had worked them into the current.
/ Give me the priest and you may have
| them back again.
Stockard shook his head. His glance
dropped to the woman OF the Teslin coun-
try with his boy at her breast, and he
WOULD nave WGNereU QdQ ne not HILeQ MS
eyes to the men before him
Il am not afraid StUrges Owen spoke
up. The Lord bears me in his right
hand, and alone am I ready to so into
the camp of the unbeliever- 1t is not too
late. Even in the eleventh hour may
win his soul to the true righteousness.
"Trip the ibeggar up and make him
fast" Bill whispered hOarsely in the ear
of his leader. while the missionary kept
the 24Oor and wrestled with the heather.
Make him hostage, and bore him if they
get ugly"
NO" StOckard answered Il gave him
my word that ne could speak with US I'M
mOlested. Rules of warfare, Bill; rules of
warfare. He's been on the square, given
US warning. and all that, and-Why, damn
It. man, l can't break my wordi
He'll keep his, never fear
Don't doubt il, out l won't let half
breed Guido me in fair dealing Why not
do what he Wants-give him the mission
airy and be done with it2
''N-no," Bill hesitated doubtfully.
''ShOe pinches, eh2''
Bill flushed a little and dropped the dis
cussion. Baptiste the Red was still wait
ing the final decision Stockard went up
TO him.
Its this way, Baptiste. I came to
your village minded to go up to kOyukuk
I intended no wrong. Ny heart was clean
of evil. 1t is still clean Along comes
this priest, as you call him. 1 didn't