The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-02-06
Copyright, 1889. by Herbert s. Stone & Co.
CHAPTER III.-CoNTlNuED.

keep it," he insisted. Il feel better
when am out hunting if you have that
around your neck. She bring evil into
Galerie'
What is the Chase Galerie?'
Have you never heard of the Chase
Galerie that fly across the sky at
night?"
How could hear about such things
in the Sac village or ct Belleville?"
Antywine proceeded at once to tell
the story of the wild huntsman and
his dogs, and their chase above the
clouds. This led on to feuN toilets. or
balls of fire. into which bad spirits
turned themselves to lure sinners into
quagmires. Then loup-garous, or man.
wolves made darkness fame with their
eyes, to Peggy's Imagination.
Are your feet or hands co!d?" Anty-
wine inquired once in a while. Peggy
answered NO" forgetting she had
hands and feet, her large, excited gaze
fixed on the wonder world of folk
story. His voice abounded in sympa-
Nhetic tones. 1t was full and golden,
reaching into distance or sinking to
monotones as he half told and half
sung his peoples legends.
So hour after hour passed; rain con-
tinued to pour down the shingles and
visit them in gusts of spray through
the broken chimney.
1t was a delicious experience to re-
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responses became few, Antywine
stretched out his legs and made a
pillow of his lap with corner of the
blanket, to which her drowsy head
came readily down. He watched and
she slept until darkness faded to the
pallor of dawn.
The noise of horses feet in the heavy
road, for which he had waited so long,
could at last be heard approaching. He
withdrew carefully from the head of
the sleeper, and went out to intercept
the riders.
They were splashed with mud and
jaded, moving side by side, their tired
horses snorting flakes of foam. Thus
more than once the men of New Salem
had come back from chasing horse
thieves, less ready, perhaps, to give
the details Of the exploit than were
Shicllshack and his companion. Both
drew rein when they saw Antywine,
and he told them directly where Peggy
was.
Shic1shack asked where he found
her He pointed To the road beyond
the cabin, and in his brief Canadian
English repeated what had happened.
Your squaw boy doesn't put up
many fiZzlegigs and fireworks, but he
seems to be worth two men," observed
Lincoln.
His lanl hair dripped moisture. He
was hagsard with hard riding.
You catch the MANI" inquired
Antywine
No" Shickshac1 answered in dis
gust.
you know HING"
NO Me not care now"
"He winked out" said Lincoln.
1--WE lost him this side of Beardstown.
The closest view we had was when
We nearly ran him down back here.
We intended to raise a party and hunt.
I reckon you better bring the little girl
now, SO we can get home to break
fast"
Shiclishack's red face revealed itself
Through growing daylight polished like
copper. He gave strong grunt of sat-
isfaction when Antywine set Peggy
behind him on the horse. The Cana
dian boy mounted lightly to seat be-
hind Lincoln, and as they rode toward
New Salem clear whiteness like the
promise of fair weather appeared in
the east. Water hung beaded on the
stems of trees, but q great commotion
OF robins came out of the woods.
1T was the general opinion in the viii
iage that Don Pecro Lorimer had
done it." Why he should put him.
self to the inconvenience of trying to
carry off such a poor little thing many
declared they could not understand.
All day Lincoln was visited at the
store by inquiring friends, who sat
on counters and salt barrels and inter-
rogated him about his nights ride
lie joked, as any man among them
Won]d have done about the hard serv-
Ice taken out of borrowed horses, in
stead of dwelling en- the Indians af-
fairs and the lahors of the night.
Lincoln had the strength of three ordi-
nary men.
II allow" said one of the Carolina
settlers, that it WIS an ornary trick
OF one Of them Grove boys
II guess you are wrong there" put
in Massachusetts man. 1.-THE Grove
boys know better than to pick the runt
out of a litter. If one of them want
ed to steal girl he wouldn't go so
nigh the tavern and stop on the out
side"
The outrage was resented as mu-
nicipal indignity, whoever had at
tempted it; but it stirred less resent
ment than it would have stirred had
any other young maid in New Salem
been the sufferer. 1t was talked about
fortnight with zSst and much repe.
ution. BY the end of a month it was
still good material, when women took
their knitting and visited one anothe,
OF afternoons. But by muster day
other slow happenings had covered it.
IT Sally knew more about it than
any one else, she kept the secret. The
Sac brave often fixed his eyes on bel
with speculation in them.
'In my tribe" he said once to Lin.
coin, "a warrior can take tent-pole
and beat his squaw, or he can give hel