The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-02-06
Copyright. 1899. by Herbert s. Stone 4 Co.
CHAPTER III.-CoNTlNUED.

from you"
Keep it," he insisted. Il feel better
when am out hunting if you have that
around your neck. She bring evil into
the house. She is worse than Chase
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 1T BelleEille?'
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 feuX toilets, or
balls of fire, into which bad spirits
turned themselves to lure sinners into
uuagmires. Then loup-garous, or man
wolves made darkness fame with their
eyes, to Peggys imagination
Are your feet or hands cold?" 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-
dhetic 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 delicious experience to re-
member lifetime. But as Peggy's
responses became few, Antywine
stretched out his legs and made a
pillow of his lap with a 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 we're splashed with mud and
faded, 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
Shickshack and his companion. Both
drew rein when they saw Antywine,
and he told them directly where Peggy
was.
Shickshacll 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 fzzlegigs and fireworks, but he
seems to be worth two men," observed
Lincoln
His lanll hair dripped moisture. He
was haggard with hard riding
\ you catch the man." inquired
Antywine.
NO" Shickshack answered in dis
gust.
you know him?'
<'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
reckon you better bring the little girl
now, SO we can get home to break
fast"
Shickshack'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 a 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 a 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-
Sogated him about his nights ride
He joked, as any man among them
would have done about the hard serv-
Ice taken out of borrowed horses, in
stead of dwelling en- the Indians at
fairs and the lal,ors of the night
Lincoln had the strength of three ordi
nary men.
II allow" said one of the Carolina
settlers, that it WAS an ornary tricl
of one of them Grove boys"
II guess you are wrong there" pu
in a Massachusetts, man. 1.-THE Grove
boys know better than to pick the run
out of litter. If one of them want
ed to steal a girl he wouldn't go 81
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 ha,
any other young maid in New Salen
been the sufferer. 1t was talked abou
q fortnight with zSst and much repe
t1tion BY the end of month it wa
still good material when women too
their knitting and visited one anothe
of afternoons. But by muster da
other slow happenings had covered it..
If Sally knew more about it tha
any one else, she kept the secret Th
Sac brave often fixed his eyes on he
with speculation in them.
s'In my tribe" he said once to Lin
coin, "a warrior can take tent-pol
and beat his squaw, or he can give he