The Red Cloud chief., 1906-09-28

When ono sheep leads the others Will
follow. 4 stout German from Chicago
asked bluntly:
"Ncrc's dc goot of blnyin' ut mound
in CART? Dcrc is bud Won ting to CART.
und dat Is der kidchen."
Community of interest caused many
TO huddlc closer to him. Here was one
who dared TO say what they all
thought. Their feet shuffled In sup
port. The officer, faithful TO his trust,
was tempted to fell the man, but he
thought the circumstances warranted
more gentle methods.
"Why are you dissatisfied?" he stern
~ demanded. what do you suspect?
Are you fool enough to imagine that
you are being cheated by people who
are dividing their last crust with your"
"IIow do We know dat? Dose girls
dey are chokin' NIT Mr.. Pyne all der
day. Dey can'd do dat und be hungry
like u.s."
"You unmitlgated asst" said the dis
gusted officer. ''There is food here for
three people. They have fed eighty
II of us for two days and will keep
US EolllS rtNtIu1 lllOlc uINSs Nuu l YOU
figure 1t out? Isn't it n miracle?
Here! Who's for guard and who not?
Let us quit fooling."
And the doubters were silenced for
the hour.
The hymn singer ~endeavorcd to raise
a chorus. He was not greeted with en-
thusiasm, but Il few valiant spirits
pnmn IN bic ocSiciopnn nn,tpln Of
hymns were feebly rendered - and
again silence.
Say when" observed Pyne calmly
when he entered the service room to
find Brand trimming the spare lamp.
"Not tonight" said Brand.
why not? Hell may break loose at
any moment downstairs"
what has occurred? l heard some
thing of n dispute when the watch mus
tered ut s o'clock
Things are worse now. One of the
men found n gallon of methylated spirit
in the workshop"
"Good heavens. Did he drink any Of
it,"
"He and his mates have emptlcd the
tin. Eight are helplessly drunk, the
others quarrclaome. The next thing
will be n combined rush for the store
room"
But why did not the second officer
tell me?'
"He thought you had troubles enough.
If he could depend on the remainder Of
the crowd he would rope the sinners.
Says he knows a slave knot that will
make EN- tired"
Brands eyes glistened.
1.-THE FOOLS" he said, land Just as the
weather is mending too"
"You don't mean that?"
"Listen."
He glanced up at the glass dome.
Heavy drops were pattering on 1t.
They looked like spray, but Pyne shout
ed gleefully:
"Is it rain?"
Eyes. l was just going to summon
the watch to help in filling every ves-
sci. BY spreading canvas sheets we
can gather a large supply If 1t rains
hard. Moreover, 1t will beat the sea
down. Man alive, this may mean sal
walton! Tie those weaklings and sum-
mon every sober man to help"
With a whoop, Pyne vanished. He
met Constance on the stairs, coming to
see her father before she stretched her
weary limbs on the hard floor of the
kitchen.
She never knew exactly what took
place. 1t might have been politeness,
but 1t felt uncommonly like a squeeze,
and Pyne's face was extraordinarily
close to hers as he cried:
"It's raining. No more canvas whis-
ky. Get a hustle on with every empty
vessel"
He need not have been in such a
whirl, however.
When the shower came it did not
last very long. and there were many
difficulties I'm the way OF garnering the
thrice blessed water. In the first place,
the lighthouse was expressly designed
to shoot Off all such external supplies;
in the second, the total quantity OBJ
tanned did not amount to more than
half n gallon.
Be- 1t did q great deal Of good In
other ways. 1t frightened many faces,
1t caused the %drunkards to be securely
trussed like plucked fowls and dumped
along the walls of the entrance pas
sage, and 1t gave Brand some degree
of hope that the rescue operations Of
the next day would be more success
full.
When the rain cleared off the moon
fickered in a cloudy sky. This was a
further omen Of better fortune. Per-
haps the jingling rhyme Of Admiral