The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-16


It well suited the young blacksmith
to halt in the darkness, run to the shop
for a harmless bottle OF volatile oils
which would smell loud and look We'll
Then STOPPING, he took the slim pastern
In his hands The foot was hot and
throbbing Those deft digits warned
where to seek cleyerly Intercepted the
hair about the smallest portion of lhe
Joint. All. il was there! He snapped
il. The relieved pony put down a CRATE
ful nose toward his shoulder Then
with skilled movements ti1chaSEa rub
bed and kneaded the member TO hasten
the impeded circulation.
For IN hour he worked thus; the dra-
matte values must be preserved. Dc
casionaly he walked the pony about,
and its owner could see the lameness
decreasing. At the end of that time he
Strengthened up and said:
Burnt Bear, your horse is sound.
Shall name my price"
The old man grunted felt the foot,
saw that the fever was all out or it,
then, taking the bride rein into his
hand, led the pony back and forth till
lie was certain there was no limpng in
that gait 1T is maaic indeed" he de-
cared, with proud generosity then
turned. peered over lis shoulder into
the darkness OF the tran and lifted his
hand sharply.
From where she had stood an hour or
more, mOtiOnless rs the stems OF the
young birch trees about her, there
slipped silently forward ana approach
ed him a slim. light footed Indian girl.
ImpassNely he motoned toward lIo-
cEasla, aud She fed 70 her lover
But following her, so that one might
almost have thought it her shadow, the
form of a man entered the circle Of
light.
This is the way you keep your bar
gains, you Old renegade Is it?' Alallock
snarled, pointing to whore the lovers
stood hand In hand.
Il make q new bargain" returned
Burnt Boar mperturbably 81 make
any bargain when my pony 60 lame"
Mallock's loosely hanging hands
clluched themselves into fists. RAGE
seemed to oyerpower caution "Nae
spot amef Who famed himi" Look
ing about and receiving 40 answer. IL
went on il j lJa err more confident
tone; who laHed Nine SPOT he Ia
quired h,tly. I'm here to prove that
lIochuska slipped IN and famed the
beast to get even with you about Ally,
ana now you give him your daughter
to cure IT, Burnt Bear, you're nine
sorts Of a fooi.'
1t is not courteous or even safe to tell
a Sioux chief that he IS as much as
ono sort Of plain, unqualified fo5i.
Burnt Bear started for Maliock, WIt
the Englishman began to explain how
be had seen IIochaska tying hotse-
hair around Nine Spots pastorn to pro-
ducc the llmcHoss.
Burnt Bear halted uncertainty. II
was apparent That he had been tricEe1
by some one, ana when lie felt sure
Of the culprit there would be "A reckon
ing
Matters hung thus in the balance for
a moment. IIochaska frightened his
arm about the girl ANA decided TO as
slime the responsibility of anything
Billy had done but to keep AItamala
now he had her.
Hold on, hold ON, my noble red
man cried cheerful voice, ANA rid
er gallopcd up t. the smitlly.
It's al right to eat Mallock. Burnt
Bear" The cowboy explained as he
leapcd from saddle, "bnt you want to
know just what you're eatn' i'm for"
The Englishnan drew back Don't
go" urged Billy, laying constram-
ing hand upon his arm. I'VE can't
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
that cayuse most as close as
you have Tonight before you got
around TO him. ! was up on the kuop
where he erazes. You thought ii was
light enough 50 you could see the
lawse from whore ypu was down st
the camp Settin' 10y the door Of your
But there was a great big
snake In The grass that you couldn't
see wormiag itself alcng to Nine
Spots heels. and I thinks to myself,
Does the Teller want TO have Als
brains kicked outT Then as | watches
i'm he moses up a long, stout hlwse-
hair, So fash, and slips it around the
lGny's hook"
Let 20 of me-" growled Mallock
under his breath
An that there snake IN the grass
va.T!'t IIorhuska," explained Billy
seaially. lie suppressed the further
that there was rubber
Dand in his own pocket prepared t.
10 like service at the time he dis
covered Mallock playing the trick
lhead of him.
Here's your pony la.ner, Burnt Bear
- take him" And with a sudden un-
jerk the cowboy flung Nal
ock almost into Burnt Bears arms.
"Bl,ss you. my children" he con
lulcd. turning to TIoclaska and the
.irl. IN skip down to Casey's and
axe some good bets on the pony. Nal
ock Ia, done spread the news that