The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-08-16

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decreasing AZ the cnd OF that time be
stfnirhienei un aud said
burnt Rear. your horse 10 sound.
Shall name my prlcer'
The old man gruntcd, fel, the foot.
saw that the fever was all out OF u.
then. taking the birdie rcin Into his
hand. led the pony back and forth tiIl
he was certain there was no limplng Ia
that gait. IN Is magic iuaeedl' be de
clarci. with proud generosity. then
turned. pcennd over his shoulder into
lho darkness Of the trail and lifted bis
hand sharply.
From where she had stood an hour or
more, mntlonlcss as the stems Of the
young birch trees about her, there
slipped silently forward aud approach
cd him a slim. light footed Indian eirl
Impassiyely he motioned toward iio-
chaska, aud she hed 60 her lover.
But following her, 80 that one might
almost have thought I, bcr shadow, tho
form OF a man entered the circle OF
light.
This is the way you keep your bar
gains. you old renegade, n itf' Maliock
snarled, pointing 10 where the lovers
stood band In hand.
II make new bargain" returned
Burnt Bear imperturbably. II make
any bargain when my pony 80 lame
Mallock's loosely hanging hands
clinched themselves into fists Rage
seemed to overpower caution. "Ninr
Spot lamef Who lamed himT Look
ing about and receiving no answer. he
went on In louder. more confident
tone: who lamed Nine Spotf' he in
qulred hotly. 'I'm here TO prove that
lIochaska slipped In and lamsd the
beast TO get even with you about Ally,
and now you give him your daughter
10 cure It. Burnt Bear, you're nine
sorts OF n fool"
II IL not courteous or even safe to tel
Sioux chief that he is as much as
one sort of plain, unqualified fool.
Burnt Bear started for Mallock, aud
the EnglIshman began to explain how
he had seen Hochaska tying horse
hair around Nine Spots pastern TO pro-
ducc the lameness.
Burnt Bear halted uncertainty. II
was apparent that he had been trlcked
by some one, and when he felt sure
OF the culprit there would be reckon
ing.
Matters hung thus In the balance for
moment Hochaska tigbtened his
arm about the girl and decided TO as
sumo the responsibility Of anything
Billy had done but to keep Altnmaha
now he had her.
"Hold on, hold on, my noble red
man" cried a cheerful voice, and rid.
er galloped up to the smithy.
ITS all right TO eat Mallock. Burnt
Bear" the cowboy explained AZ he
leaped from saddle, "but you want to
know Just what you're eatin' I'm for"
The Englishman drew back. "Dont
CO." urged Billy, laying constrain
ing hand upon his arm. I'VE cant
spare you"
He turned to the three Indians. who
stood regarding the white man Gu
riously.
Burnt Bear" he began, "you know
what I've bet on Nine Spot. I've been
watchln' that cayuse most as close ms
you have. Tonight. before you got
around to him, was up on the knoll
where he grazcs. You thought Il wa'
tISGet tSa CANS fnpSugee ~ ~ SSu s s0ala see .ns
wicky,up. But there was great pii
snake In the grass that you couidn
see. wormlng itself along to MINI
Spots heels, and | thinks TO myse'i
Does the Teller want TO have hi
brains kicked outT Then us watche
i'm he nooses up long, stout hawse
hair, 80 fash, and slips 1t around IN
pony's hook" .,.
let 20 Of me-" growled Mallocl
under his breath.
AN that there snake in the gras
warn't Hochaska," explained BIZ
cenIally. He suppressed the furthe
information tnat there was
band in his own pocket prepared
do n like service at the time be al
covered Mallock playing the tric
/ ahead OF him.
, Here's your pony lamer, Burnt bes
, take him." And with a sudden VI
, expected jerk the cowboy flung Ma
lock almost into Burnt Bears arms
"Bless You. my children" no COZ
! c,udcd, turning to Hochaska ana u
, Girl. "I'll skip down 10 Casey's az
E take some good bets on the pony. Ma
Q lock has done spread the news IN
}. Nine Spots gone dead lame. ana y
y stand to make good money II 1t DOL
got out too soon that Hochaska u
b cured him."