The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-01

him; an OF course there want bur one
thing to do, an says, "All tight
sam; well give her a try
left Sam there, TO watch out, an
went back an told the other teller
what we was goin' 10 do. lie was will
in enough, because he hadn't had no
fun that trip yet.
Well, when the Sioux had got fixed
for night, twan't but little while
till their fire died down. There was
brush CROWN within 90 yards o. the
fire: only twas scattered, SOS had to
get down on my belly an wiggle acrost
the bare places. Pretty soon ! raised
| up an looked over the top SOS TO To-
cate the squaw. She want but about
| ten yards from me. but her arm was
tied to that o one o the bucks. ! just
! laid fiat on the ground, where | could
| keep my eye on her, an begun max
In lot o noises, like crickets an
difrent kinds o bugs. misdoubted
| If she'd be sleepin very hearty, after
| what d happened; an pretty soon
seen her turn over an lift up on her
elbow, like she was listenin'.
She was onto her job, all right; she
never made move nor sound.
signed 10 her what | was tryin to do,
an then | took my knife out o the
sheath an crep' in ways further till
| got where | reckoned | coul1 pitch
her the knife an let her cut herself
loose. The knife lit right between her
an the buck, an the blade hit little
rock. Id oughter knowed better! II
sounded like clap o. thunder, an the
buck he begun to move an throw his
robe off him. The sQuaw, she snatched
the knife an slashed her arm loose,
an then she made a break for it; but
the buck set up an ketched 1o'd of
her He want rightly wide-awake. SOS
he didn't have his full strength, an
she jerked away from him an begun
to run; an then Sam let go with his
rife, an | seen the buck drop.
he whole camp was walked IN then,
O. course. They didn't know what.
Twas mighty lucky for us the fire was
low That give US a minute or two
start They throwed a lot O dry stuff
on their fire pretty soon, an II tlazed
up but by then we was up to the sop
o. the hill, where we'd left the ether
Teller, an then we all broke dowh to |
where the ponies was tied sam. he |
made a jump for his saddle. That's |
no way, Sam. Well have to let the |
ponies 60 | says. | knowed them /
Sioux would be skally-hootin' round |
everywhere, right Off an we must do I
somethin to put EN- off our trail; so |
| united the ponies. an turned EN- |
with their heads back t'wards the trail, /
an then | took an dashed EN- with my |
quirt an they started down the c, eek
bed, lickty-split. Soon as we'd got the
ponies started, we went the other way.
afoot, maxim all the trail we knowed
how.
II proves what I've always said.
Long as a man just keeps right on
doin' things, he's all right, an oon't
make no difference; but soon as ne sets
down an begins studyin' abou; what
a hard time he's havin', then's when
he weakens All night long we'd KEEP
On, stumbln over them sand hills: an
once in a while me an the other Teller
d say somethin to josh Sam.
Sam, he didn't seem to mind what
we said to him; he was too mach took
up with the girl He sure did set a
heap by her. he was as proud OF her
rs II he'd made her hisself She want
much to look at, either, that | could
,ee-only just a Winnebago girl, is or
Il years old an not no better lookin'
han the general run of EN-.
Land, land, If the Almighty had
sent an angel to us out there. blieve
d We picked fight with him There
lint no tellin' how felt. Hungry!
ould We eat anythin'. We'd took the
asst of Our water, too.
Come night. | act'ly didn't care. Me
m Sam, our tongues was swe!Ied so
" then that our teeth wouldn't shut,
n the others want much better OFF
We was clean tuckered out, an couldn't
ardly staeger another step After the 5
I'm set the wind begun 10 die down.
n after awhile we could see the stars
just a big one here an there. They !
loked mighty sickly, but they helped !
Z a heap. because we could tell which :
'ay we was gOin'. Twas a little mite ;
ooler then, an we laid down for
pell an we was so beat out we wen, {
, sleep, all Of US
When | walked mp, act1y felt chill
=, an seen there was dew ;allin'.
twas on my face, an my whiskers
as wet with IT, | knowed we was all
ght then. walked the rest OF EN-
p an showed EN- what to 10. The -
rush an stun that was CROWN round :,
as a.. speckled over with little SHINY !,
rcs~ an us fellers took off the big =
l'.b chiefs we had round our necks. a
J went to work real easy, wipin' the +,
w off the leaves. It's a trick SOL >,
er learnt me once. an it's worth .
1owin'. We KEEP wipin' an wipin' a
II our han 'kachiefs was soaked. an 4 a
en- we tipped our heads back an =,
ueezed the dew out of EN- IN our :.
ouths II saved my life, an know >.
We inst ken on all night lone win :,