Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-04-13

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pointed as deputies Colonel Claus and
Colonel John Butler
"who?' / exclaimed.
Colonel Butler" repeated Mr.. Dun
can. "You remember him, don't your
Eyes. remember him." | replied
"Where 10 hey"
"He and Joseph Brant are organizing
the loyaiists and Indians north OF us
said Mr.. Duncan innocently. This
border war in Virginia has set the SIX
| Nations afire Many Of our Mohawks
have slipped away to join Logan and
Sowanowane against this fellow Ores
ap, who murdered Logans children.
There was but one man in the world
who could have controlled them"
He paused.
81 know it," said l. You mean Sir
william"
"Aye. Mr. Cardigan mean Sir Will
! liam. 1t is Sir John Johnson's policy
/ 10 win over the savages TO our side.
| Ii will be dreadful, dreadful! /, for
one, wish no such allies as are gather
| ing north of us under Joseph Brant
and Colonel Butler. Yet the rebels,
too. would doubtless use the savages
against us if they could win them
over. Sir John says SO. That is why
he sent Thayendanegea and Colonel
Butler to recruit in the north. They
say that Captain Walter Butler is with
Cresap / don't know | have not
seen him In months.
what have you heard from Cresap's
mem | asked
Nothing save that the war is q
fierce one. An express came in yester
day with news that the Cayugas haG
been terribly whipped by the back
woodsmen under Andy Lewis. some
where near the Great Kanawha The
express rider got il from some of Ores.
APPS men. but it may not he true
After silence | asked him what
month OF the year II now was. | haG
noticed yellow leaves outside.
October" he said pityingly; "did
you not know itT'
tried to realize the space of time
which had been wiped out from my
memory.
when did Sir william-die NUT
tered painfully.
Mr.. Duncan looked at me with tears
In his eyes.
ION Monday. the 18th of July"
As lay there l could hear the robins
chirping outside, just as | had so often
heard them from the schoolroom.
Could this he still the same summe.
Years and years seemed TO have slipped
away in these brief months betweeu
May and October
After a moment | asked who had
succeeded Sir William.
"In title and estate Sir John sue
ceeds him." said Mr.. Duncan, bur
the king has conferred the intendancy
of Indian affairs on Colonel Guy John
son. When Sir John returns from Bos-
ton you will hear the will read"
when does he returnT | asked,
opening my eyes.
Tomorrow, we hope"
'Why did he goY'
II do not know" said Mr. Duncan
frankly.
"Why did he take Miss Warren? The
doctor says she will not return with
him"
Lord, lad. don't know he ex-
claimed, amused.
did Miss Warren see me while |
was. ill?'
AYE, that she did, ,he cried. "she
never left you; they could not drag her
away to eat enough to keep a bird
alive. And all the time Sir John was
Tuning and impatient to be off to Bos
ton, but Miss Warren would not go
until the doctor was able to promise on
his sacred honor that you were not
only out Of danger, but that you would
recover completely in mind and body"
And them? | muttered
-Why, then Sir John would no longer
be denied, and she must needs journey
with him to Boston. l know that she
herself did not understand why she
was going, except that some legal af-
fairs required her presence"
And she left no word for mey'
None with me. heard her ask Sir
John how soon you would be able to
read II she wrote you. but Sir John
shook his head without reply. Then
she asked the doctor, and / think he
told Miss Warren she might write in
| October II she remained in Boston as
long as that. SO doubtless the express
In already gaIloping up the old post
road with your letter, Mr. Cardigan
| Presently, for / was becoming tired,
asked about the two forest runners
who had brought me hither, not men
tioning their names for prudence sake
II don't know where they are, said
Mr.. Duncan, rising to buckle on his
sword. THE little, mild spoken man
disappeared the day that Sir John and
Miss Warren left for Boston. The
other, the big. staggering fellow,
abandoned by his running mate. seem
| ed astonished and hunted about the
| village for week, swearing that there
| was foul play somewhere and that his
| comrade would never willingly have
| deserted him. Then our magistrate
| Squire Bullock. WAS stopped and rob
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