Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

| Nuke u nel0 trail, you TOrBi"
| good for horses below Crown Gap. and
| they were well mounted-aye. nobly
horsed ladies and troopers! Was II not
splendid sight, Cade?"
Gay and goddess" replied the Wea
/ sci, buckllng the straps on his pack
more tightly and shifting the weight
with grunt. Are you ready, Jack 2
| Mount looked at me.
Join us and welcome" he said brief
| ~. Its safer than going alone Our
| friend Mr.. Sheriff Butler. will be
watching for us. and we mustn't keep
the gentleman on tenter hooks too
long"
| So we moved of due west, Mount
leading, then Shemuel the peddler, then
rear.
THE Fort Pitt trail lies west by
SOUTH" suggested, over my shoulder.
| to the Weasel
There's a shorter cut to Cresap,"
he replied cunningly. We'll be witt,
| him by moonriseT'
We resumed our march, filing away
into the west in perfect silence until
the sun stood In midheaven and the
heated air under the great pines drove
MS To the nearest water, which had
been shifting for some time past.
"Well," cried Mount suddenly as we
halted, what do you think of usY'
II think you all stood by me when
was in Distress" said /. Il ask nc,
more Of my friends than that"
"Weli. you're good lad" said
Mount, patting my shoulder as he pass;
ed me.
"Give him something to wreck his
life and he'd make a rare ranger" OBJ
served the Weasel. wS
| "Cade was In love-" explained Mount
soberly, '.and got married. His wife
ran away somewhere-didn't She
| Cade?" fmAe tt#
The little creature nodded, looking
soberly at me for sympathy.
"And them" continued Mount. "he
Just hunted around till, he found me"
'.She took our baby. too" Cade
smiled. You forgot that, Jack" +.
$50 I aid, 50 l did" said Mount pity
ingly. Come on. friends: the suns
! aiding galley west" ai6Ma SEQ
We marched ON heavily, bearing
southwest. descending the great slope
| Of mountains and table land which was
but vasti roof. shedding thousand
streams into the slows Ohio, now eurv-
ing out below us. red as blood In the
ktndling Goals Of sunset tl,s n
The river seemed but mile distant.
% clear was the air In the mountains.
but we journeyed on. hour after hour,
until the big yellow moon noated above
the hills. and the river faded into the
blue shadows OF a splendid night,
Suddenly a light twinkied on the
edge of clearing. then another broke
out like a star In the bush. and soon
all about Us cabin windows cleaned
brightly and we were marching down a
broad road full Of stones and stumps
| and lined on either side by cultivated
| land and cabins inclosed In little stock
AIDES.
shoulder arms! Right wheelr' cried
| Mount And we filed between two
blockhouses and across short bridge
and halted, grounding arms under the
shadow Of q squatty fort built with
| enormous logs. 4
The sentry had called out the guard,
| and the corporal in charge came up to
us. lifting his lanthorn. He greeted
Mount cheerfully. nodding and smiling
at RenarG also.
is Colonel Cresap In the fort. cor
| poralY asked Mount.
NO. said the corporal. looking hard
| at me; hes or somewhere. Who Is
this gentleman. Jackfv
Mount laid his great paw on my
shoulder and said: "He's a good lad,
corporal. Give him bed and bowl
q porridge, and it's Kindness to Jack
Mount you viii DO" 'e
Then he held out his hand to me. and
I took It. M
"Cood night. lad he said heartily.
wen meet again tomorrow. I've q
few friends 70 zee tonight Sleep tight
to the bed and think not too much III
Of this same Catamount Jack they
write books about" v.
| The Weasel sid1ed up and offered his
small, dry hand.