The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-27

but that was enough. AZ 4 nouna
reached the dco1. An Iaa..an No. =
my hoAN94 head. loosinE the halter. 3,
thought. Before he could tWtat 4,
x2ce Ine h point OF tbs Ferara Wa =
his back.
No kill U%ncanoola,' he muttered5 FIJI,
Witnout the stirring OF a muscle. Then
az " he were talking to the horse,
White squaw. she send UNI word: n,
'%goodby.'"
NY point dropped as If another bad.
had parried the thrust.
Mistress Margery, YOU mean? NJ
you come from her?"
she send 'um word; say 'goodbvg, n
he repeated.
sAAeat else did she say2" J de-
No q anything else: say 'goodby., I.
de turned upon me at that and I say
why ne had kept his face averted. Ha
mad on h war paint of a Cherokee
chief.
grinned. Help redcoat soldier an nS
Captain Long-knife. Wah!"
I saw his drift, and though 7
n nnsw MS courage well, the bold
inner lines Of the British encampme emf
az Charlotte; and when they had
sought an Indian cracker to lift NV
trail, twas he who had voluntearaG
94t now my spirits rose. With this M.
expected ally we might hope to deal
IorceIully and yet fairly with nv rear
guard. a-
Where are YOUR masters now,
asked.
He spat upon the ground. "catawb.
cnleI mas no master" he said, proudly.
.Redcoat pale-faces ~yonder," pointin:
PACK the way I had come. Make fire
DOH tea, sing song. heap smoke pipe"
we must take them" said I.
he nodded. Kill UNI all; take scaln.
The bloodthirstiness of my two al.
lies vas appalling. But / undertook to
cool the Indians ardor, explaining thar
the redcoat soldiers were the Ions
killfe's brothers, in a way, no to ha
slain save in honorable battle. i am
not sure whether I earned tisa Ca.
contempt, or his pity for INV
M~eakness; put since he was loyal a.
the son of his old benefactor first. and
a savage afterward, he yielded the
point. oeo eAe
80 now l made him known to my pa-
trlarchal host, who all this time hah
been standing guard at the cabin door
Win the old Queen's-afm for a wean-
On. SO we three sat on the door stone
planned it out. When the night
vas far enough advanced, we wo1,ld
stalk the soldiers ia their camp. snar-
life az we could.
When aH was settled, the old man
us a supper of his humble fare
whics we Vert into the omen
gain to Sit out the hours Of waiting.
q rain ~haoseased, bat the night was
losaay ana the darkness a soft black
ell to shroad the nearess obt-nta
Iigl1 overhead the autann wind; vas
ightaag in the .tree-topss and now n
gam a sharper gust would bring
own a nGttering volley Of LODGED rain
rops' ON the fallen leaves.
u~nc0sSodlaNsat apart in stotcab silence
mokinE his s.long1stemmed pips. T1e
~ man and I talked in lew tones, or 4
atheff ha, would tsll me II his past
'hilst' 4 sat and listened, holdine. thu /,
tile maid i1 my asms. :
AIterfa d1ne the child fell asleep, and
cravedl Permission: to put her in, ths .
tile crib bed in tina chimney corner. n
hickes'ssa& light CT the frs fell upon,
n innocent face when 1 lsssed! the 6
asp ofltha Tiny hands about.my. neck. 4
I'D latds har down. Again the wave
%softness submerged me ana /. bent.
leave a Kiss upon the swee uncon-
lipss.
All, dears ,yol may smile again. 80 -
ou VIII; bu1 at that momen I.hanoa, -
ROT glnQse Of tha beatAude or >
u was no lsnger the hard.
= solaler' y have dra.n for YOU i. 81
as but a man,. hungertng and ithfrst-- =
for the love. Gf a wif>, and trusting, i,
Ilagtng littlae l.he t~hicssweet, = !.
aid. s.
! rose, turning my baeak upop. the, =
q cornats and its holdings With q
sh. For now. the time was come .forr
ton, and Unjust needs he a ,,tannor.
God and iron,agaAn- /
Lacking thae CataMba to. uidea,as =
.uD1 u either tina olE man or / could. e
We found MY 1aar guards btyonac |.
ar the trahsI I. a left. But inca /,
ola led U.s. straight Trough the4 {.
a darkness; and whenI we vera /
upon the thraas soadiela we found.l /
all asleep, anoulns the o. I
fire. /,
TWould hare. haaa e-41s.a4
them thusi and NOW !. ahinks,the T
J patriarch. forgot his wEaDgs. and.
ls as merciful az. l. But mot. sosthe
Hae haIi ARMED himsef. with N
war club, and before i was free q. :,
I him. he had knocked two, Of
three sleepera s~eLlseless, end would, NJ
battered ouht their brains but for H.
old man'ssintaNweat10n.
10 for ~thesot1car,. 1 had flung. myself
on him in. b rush and was shaving
pretty hsndfuh of him. But though
was broad in the Shoulders anda ass
{ mans disad md SCI 49, fr
tly had the halter II him. in
(ccnkinuad' tsext Weekl., 81 nl
The Vocation. Of tho Wife,. w
8. Martin IN, Hsrper's Baxar, NnSn
: occupation az being . wife, including vi
.sumptavely, an. 1t does. the ccupatis di
being. a. mother, il one of extremely lie!
nprehensiye scope Some weInsn. who pl
IN not to ave. had very much. eduGa-
n do very we'll at 1t. and some, women ba
10 v been. ~prefusely educated make q
.tty bad wsrk Of 1t. 1t is a. calling in ii
Itch, health goes for more than, accom- clt
that phase of wisdam, which
call "%gurAption' for more than. laaxn- lei