The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-09

IN The noftH sioIe ~ ING DE AAo'h'
l. 4 AT Rawsons Ire was JUST
.Pete's Kid" and had been ever since
the dny he had been found on The front
stonp Of the store, with Bones ht'saae
him A cub Shoshone. as Pete SAID
min. ugly, dirty. and yellow cur pup
ugly, skinny and half starved hosh
sad eyed and Indifferent. both used 70
kicks ana curses, but al The world 70
each other.
Pete adopted boili in the eyes 81 me
fort. All least they had fun peflhs,
sion 10 sleep under his front stoop ana
lake whatever scraps OF 1000 ffenen
Louis the cook, chose to toss 10 llleh
from lie kitchen door IT was not a
nleasallt course Of civlllaing for elther
hut they accepted II az one OF fates
Utfle ways aud grew and thrlyed ana
we're recognized MS permanent fXtmes
ut the fort.
Wien Jack ELLIS came OYER the range
Ton years later and told stories on
pcte's front stoop one hight the HAWK
and Roues stood over near the door
among the shadows. and the following
morui1rs when Ellis took the road
.,oasn no had two unsought comrades.
He had come mp from below the
lakes. lie told the men AT RaWsailS,
from somewhere down in Indiana
Rnsinessg Nothing special. lust drift-
tnY Noaldnt mind striking something
rood II il came his way. Peoples
Non. of his own exactly. There had
been GIRL.
savsons Reid its peace and smoked
u siiancn over The hesitation. There
rad ,aop 90 many girls.
aroinc over the linc$" Pete asked
a,a11v
4Ata,be Going TO hunt something
rpho eclI,wiro morning when they
,,aa .oss,>1 tbo fort ana were ont OF
,t's H. etratch AZ nrairie Ellis looked
NJ ohnonan,opg over onietlv, specua
-, ~ o,,4,,sy t,oa Jeen I'm fall vel
IA. ,,r.,irin .s,,apa tl,at bowed lazily il
-" M .5a,,os ~ tho bree2e brush
IN !, rha Hawk stood motionlcss
., ~ no a,,ryav ~ = matter Of course
Ronrs sat down and snapped idly a
- I'M ~ !, ral,ow daisy.
..Shasf,,.,,a 49, ponahoe.u asked Ellis
..na,,.t pnow Little French. It'll,
.,anpurk Mother all full blood Sho
,.ra,a..
.u-har. ala van come from befor
p.ta.s,a
.'T-fa,.o1 a,t tonoa village. Bone
,a.
~, -.
- ., .ala,tt nm Ra,J Ey
- -, - are,
I'm" ~, ~" na,,sed win closed Inns an
,na a,alsed FAR away over III
~
~ ,.,an+aa a,.ar ynndar somcwher,
~. ,.aife - hin,
, r",,. Lev rnng leen breath.
80, ~, ~ l.id- no Soid shortly
MIL III ,.;,.h,"
,t,.,,,, ,,.ss.d ma driffal a
80. 1.atd ~, ovar The Canada
thV - ~, ,,,,s.. .at,nfrv II
~ w. ~, ,,.;I,io,,oss nortb,yDrd tai
tn'' ,'.''.' 'i,aa huntjn@ only enough
-
HnplhF 49, .hoo, tbiprs inst ,
y uoli p's ,, ~ aa5l - d.,n., ljs
see .io,h olV ,o., ~, 49, whom rye lol
ti'e lonh " 'e"'' w
me Nlt,',,- n.,,. conversation ho,wce
incte WIS -, - ,ro,,l1 sit ,orelhor
inc tW"' ~ ,',,. tae.,ro 4, cam,
IsHO ,,o', . "' o,'e,. an , hcan Of pil
ne i-''ts - ',.i,',. ,,o,.Iu,.. The Iuwh.
nous"S' 7nio"lA7 - la .o,,oy .ni,ue
Gun $500, H.. ..,a,,. ~ IN, 4omeS vii
y,etl,,- ." no,ccru,Iv If his fe,
no'i'e 81. ' ,d',,f,. n,,Atl a sn,rt frn,n
Ni9l ~ ,,,,t ,,,,lt., i.f,,, ~t.,,1 "a
Fos'nsNi 49, MP'' n,idrigi,t I'M
EIp"i -, - ,c,s noi
"ou,u ~" ~ ,ao,,ol, am o,d siIv
nAuuS'ii'o - i,,,t i, tI,o ho,A. ca
pi"teo op'n - .',l,,,,a 49,, ,,irl Io,,yniu
'h'le N.,2 (" ~ - 80 had h,cn 4iftu
O'r - ~ IN n,,. Ellis han
'',us -. - =, no hor
W - ~" - h.,," ls saiJ Tb. Hav
- - - Lane. AMI disuossiouately
'"o%eu q. IL. I.ir.r no asked ms
.upl 800 - ~. '
Ian r - O Or haze Kid" renlied Fl
; ~ - Iii n ..Sof, warm vello
unus, ~ .,.ass in August.