Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18

be back SOON" Then, turning to old
Cy, he added jokingly, How would
you like to go hunting for the wild
man we found up the Moosehorn, just
to kill time? There is another and
more mysterious log cabin up that way
that would be interesting
you kin 60" responded old Cy, can
didly, en- let me stay here n watch
fer AMI. 1 won't be lunsome, m
to ketch sight O. that wild man, but
I'd good deal rather ketch sight O.
AmZi''
1--WE might go down to the lake
where we slept in the bushes and camp
there while waiting" said Martin,
thoughtfully, "he's likely to return that
way
Then Levi suggested that they take
possession of the hsrmit's hut, since
it had been left unlocked. But Martin
said no to that promptly, and, as leav-
| ing the spot at all had obvious draw
backs, in the end they decided to camp
| in little cove just around from the
| hermit's landing spot and there await
| him. To take possession of even his
miserable hovel was against Martins
feelings. and more than that, while the
! guides were establishing a permanent
camp, he and old Cy returned to the
cabin, and tried to remove all evidence
Of the other mems visit. Like many
who hesitate at no vandalism, they
used part of the stake fence for fuel
dug up and carried off many of the po-
tatoes and onions, and left the debris
Of their meals to mould on the table.
"D-n," muttered Martin, as he
looked at the dissertation of this pitt
full home, I'D like to kick them, one
at a time, from here to the lake and
then pitch them i'm
mo use gittin' ruff1ed," answered old
Cy, "hogs is hogs the world over, N
always leave their tracks" Then he
seated himself on a stump and chirped
to one of the squirrels who frisked and
chartered. and then leaped into his lap.
And now ensued week of pleasant
camp life, devoid of incident, but de-
lightful to old Cy, and, as may be sur
missed from his method of life in Green
vale, where he was content to live alone
in howell, work for Aunt Comfort part
of the time and fish and hunt the rest
he borrowed no trouble and had few
wants. If it rained he remained under
shelter; if it was cold, he kept close to
the fire, oblivious to whether he had
more than a days fuel on hand. and
as for clothes-well, if they covered his
| nakedneSS and kept him warm. WHY
patches were as serviceable as the orig
inal material And yet he was honest
and kind-hearted to fault, loving his
fellow-man-if in sympathy with him
far better than himself, and keenly
alive to the beauties of nature and not
devoid of reverence for the Almighty
Beyond that and like Aunt Comfort
he had an abiding faith that all wrongs
would be righted sooner or later, and
everybody get what they deserved. And
now he firmly believed that the long
missing Amzi would in due time re-
turn in the person of this old hermit:
and meanwhile they had chance to
enjoy this hunters paradise.
The only critter miss here is my
dog he observed at the close of the
first day, when they returned to camI
with ahandsome buck and dozen par.
fridge; I've sorter got used to talking
to him when I'm content, n he aiius
understands me. A dogs better N
most humans fer company, n ketchin
the drift o. yer feelin's quicker. Ono.
dog loves yer, its allus the same