Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-26
ALICE OF OLD :
VINCENNES
By MAURICE THOMPSON
Copyright, 1870 by the .
BOWEN MERRILL CohPASr :
CHAPTER III
rnE RArE or TIE DEMIJoH'


dame jeanne or fine brandy which au
Indian OF the name OF Long Hair had
seized and run or with at the height of
the carousaL He must have been 80
brrcr than lis pursuers or naturally
n,cter, for not one OF them could cutcl
h'm cor even keep long IN sight ~ him.
Some pistols were cmpted Will" tie
race was on. and Two OF three uf uc
men vvorc roundly 20 havini. s'rn Long
Hair Jump sidcwise and ~t1rgcr a. r
one OF the shots had taken eject But
although the moon Was shining. h.
,rur why disappeared thcg could nj
understand inst how. flr down beside
the river teiOw the fort aud the churct.
20 Was uot an uncommon thins tor 90
Indian a. steal what De wanted, aud 90
most cases ucht punishment followed
conviction. but % was felt 90 be- cap.
.t.' uaense Tor ana Indian or anybody
,..' fo rape dcmijohn ~ finc brand
c.us,laIlv one sent as a present by y
friend 900 NcW Orleans 90 Lieutenant
Governor Abbott who had until re-
GENTLY bccu the commRndant of the
ru-t Every mnu az the river house
fffNElIt.'N Alln Ifn'NlttA AlAf flANi AAlANN
Of Long Hairs crime. and each was Tor
the moment ready 20 be- his judgc and
hs eXccutioner lie had broken NJ
once every rule OF frontier etiquette ana
every bond OF sympathy. Nor was
Long Hair ignorant OF the danger iu
VOWED In his daring enterprise H.
had beforehand carefully and stolldly
weighed the conditions and true to his
Indian nature had concluded that o. U
tie wicker covered bottle of brandy
was we'll worth the risk 81 has ne. So
o." had pat himself In condition FOR a
great racr 10y slipping out and getting
r.I 90 bis weapons and all surplus
weight % clothes
This incident brought the drinkIu-
naut at the river house 10 n sudden
.ld hut nothing further came OF 10
tI.I night aud mo- record ~ II would be-
found loo these pages but Tor the fact
N.. Long Hair aftcrwari became an
Important character in the stirring
historical drama which had old Vim.
."u,- for it- center Of energy
l,cn" de- Ronylllc probably felt him
>.lI boo had luck "a hen he arrived AZ the
river house just too late 10 share IN
o., liquor or 10 Join In chasing the
up.d thief He listened with Interest.
however To the story Of Long Hairs
capture Of abe commandments dcmijohn
uul could not refrain from saying that
If ur had boon present there would
lrrr p.cu "a quite different insult
% would have shot him before hc
su' 90 that door" be said drawing his
Nr1tt nutloct pistol aud going
through the motions OF one aiming
UuI,.ly and urInr Indeed so vigor
or.l, loo earnest WIS hc with the pan
Iom0mc that hr actually did lire. unin
f.utIouaUy " coursc the hall buryi ne
H.,f boo thr dooriamb
lIr was laughed at by those present
.nr being more excited than they who
witnessed The whole thing. On" uf
fJ,u. % loatYr'y faced aud grizkled old
sinner I.ernd ut him rnntcmptuuu~lN
aud said BOO queer French with %
'Hr.oI. 1c.cnt Du-tt frum long use
of hJr,wood- English.
"TItt,u Row OBJ" boy brags Nc
might lluk to hear Rene talk that
lac actually amounted to big pile"
1u.- parsonage was known 10 every
soul iu NpyauucS a. Oncle Jazon. and
when Ouolo Jazou spoke the whole
town lclt bound 10 listen
AN how well he shoots, too" H.
added with n intolcrable wink
AHMED az fhc door and hit the post
Certainly Long Hair would have been
IN great Danger oh yes, he'd ave
. GIl.rd Long Hair M the first shot.
wouldn't he thought
"Au right Ouclc Jazon' said Rene.
laughing and blowing the smoke ont
Of his pistol Twas you, all the same,
who lot Long Hair trot or with the
governors brandy; not |. II you could
i,uyc nit even doorpost II might have
been better"
Onclc Jazon took off his cap and
looked down into Il In a way he had
when about IN say something final.
"Nentrchleu, did not shoot al Long
Hair at all" he said. speaking slowly,
because the scoundrcl was unarmed.
He didn't have on even knife aud he
was havin' enough 10 do dodgin' tho
bullets that the rest OF em were
plumpin' at i'm without any .compli-
mcnts from me To bother i'm more"
Well Rene replied, turning away
with a laugh, III I'd been scalpcd 10y
the Indians ~ you have | don't think
there would be any particular reason
why | should wait for an Indian thief
to 20 and arm himself before ac-
ccptcd him rs a target"
Onclc Jazon lifted "A hand involuntar-
lily ana rubbed his scalpless crown;
then lac chucklcd with grotesque
grimacc rs If the recollection of hav-
ing his head skinned were the funniest
thing Imaginable.
when you've killed as many OF EN-
as Onclc Jazon has remarked by
standcr Ia Rene. you'll not be so
hungry for blood, maybe"
Especially after ye'vc took hfty-ninc