The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-11-09

tAs same spot. caring cot u ihs pise'
rem ~hIch tAe hest I'D dissppsarsd.
Nigh, came %, dart and bitterly, bel
stiIl he stood tAe~ In seticcisss siieocs,
and psv~d 70 n-rs-ru, ths spirit. ths
rs,sf. HAvins so,hins 70 ~Gsr the ''Ysss'
ss.es-sli thlnss," hs dA whss the pooi
have alvsys dons--hs vos~d 70 give of his
Sstsre wealth. Hs prouissd 70 give ths
A's, trophy hs might saks 10 battle - I
barnt o6ssing.
Amer this b. fsit lsss poor Ia mind. Hs
sAcol himsslf hke . vet dog, aDd ran safsly
beck 10 the Upper villaes. Every shsrs
the Arss ~srs o0i sxcsp, In the wickiup Of
I<is Hand chief. Thsrs big, bright closd
poured from tbs smoksbeIe, and told Of
sctivitv within. AZ thsb boy Desrsd the %.
trance, he hesrd the voscs Of Tsrhey LAe
drorins 10 rrci,atios. saspecsine that !,
vas . story telling. b. softlv raised the
bulrush curtain end crspt ssealthily iDside,
The brish, light blinded him for . mo.
ment after he hsd hidden himsslt behind =
pile Of robes on te sesaw's side Of ths
6rs, pear tho doorway. Eses Of the old
men beyond The boiIius pat sis.esa 10 BIZ
direction, but the boat knew that he had
eutfrvd
L Hard bed often before wstcbsd the
boy with feeling akin to pity. Many ses.
sons ago, when this same chief wss yosng
BE- had sssn bad times himself. No one ~.
membersd Il now. except Left hand. HI
was not Of the kind who forgot.
when Turkey Leg bad Anished the IN.
cient tale Of how Pswnee once turned 10.
10 . giant snake, the old men sat for . time
and smoked In drowsy silence until ths
host took up the task Of entertainment,
Tue guests looked up in pussIsd surpriss
when he began to tell them Of thsir almos,
forgotten companion, Little Warrior, and
and Of bis lucky raids = ,inst The Wichitas.
The shivering boy behind the pile Of
robes listened with breathless interest. ~
Lsft Hand knew No would, for LittleWarrior
was the boys father. Ths old man made
the tale - glowing ~ possible, and ended
BY saying. "Ah, hs WA cunning fighter!
Nay TI-rs-wa send u others Of the Same
blood
None 10 left but the young squaw, one
reminded him, while the Others laughed.
The old chief raised bis hand In warning.
"Peace I" he commanded. You act Ike
children. Who bat Ti-ra-wa knows what
may Gomez Strange things lhave chanced
before.
During the enforced. silence that follow
Cd this reprimand squaw Boy slipped
noiselessiy out through the bulrush cur
tains into the darkness. he was filled with
Q strange exultstion that kept him wakeful
I'LL the morning.
At daybreak the grandmother reused
him rudely from his dreams, and sent him
out to hunt for something that might kesp
the pot boiling. The prospect for game
was discouraging. Not even track was
visible on the vide expanse Of snow. for
the bitter cold Of the previous night had
left q daep crust on It, sosgy surface. This
was strange condition In that country.
and the boy studied 1t with interest 1t
occurred to him that only keen-sighted
Indian would BE- able to follow the fresh
trail OF the vanished hunting party.
Finding no sign Of birds or rabbits, the
boy went on much farther than usual. Sud-
denly be stopped and crawled cautiossly
into . ravine. he had seen thin blue line
Of smoke from over the nearest hill.
The blood Of the scouting Pawnees aw oke
within him. He crept nearer, Inch BY inch.
until be could 80 into TIE strangers camp.
II was occupied BY . small hunting party
Of Sioux. They were talking % eagerly
that ths Pawnss was tempted nsarer, even
1t The risk Of bis life. II was . slow and
painful journey, but 1t last hs came within
ear-shot. Knowing 90 little OF the Sioux
language, be listened some time befor be
understood what they were talking aboat.
when the purport Of It oil came to him,
bis scalp-lock stinsnsd. Hs crawled away
70 slowly that The minutes crept bv like
hours. At last, when he thought that II
was safe, be sprang to bis feet and began .
rapsd nsens oown .ne n.''s c'eeA. ~ ~
Iss couf'' nns''y 'eu ~" PS'' '"' -"''
noase. !.
Al Do apptoscneo I" % ..ssa' '1"' -
'im oo'sne' ING ''.n inu'.' Wy ~.
most txoausseo' sno 'e.nea '.o" wv W.
tenoso oes''os''on 'oWS'o n'' o'o 0o'p-'
Ion.
ne'io' - 0n.I cs"oo 'm' o'' w =.
sr0'ss' - m's.sy s'so yo' " oon'e, ~
Deie' I.'nsl sna "o'"eI NV
gone on 70 'oe st'.'emen' 70 10 .oms "'a'
~ Aney '.'' =. '.v - wv .' "'D
IUey WONT % oOWe VII uhy NUT to'm"T'