Evening star., 1907-05-05

they're cavortin' around, outside like so many red
devils. There's no tellin when they break in and
scalp all these helpless women folks"
"Injuns?" says Joe. Il don't believe such
You dontl" says I. Listen to that, thenl
There it goes againl Hear em?"
Say, Leonidas didn't run Sagawa show two
seasons for nothin'. Them whoops. the way
they was handin' 'em out would have done credit
Come on, Joel" SAYS l. We've got to drive
'em off die in the attempt"
But Joe didn't make any grand rush to get at 'ern.
AS near as could judge by the symptoms he was
I'D like to-" says he but amt got Weeping
of any kind about me- nothin' but my hunting
show at all. Now. if only had my old deer rifle, or
even pistol"
Here you are; take % your pick" rs says l. ashin'
cartridges too. Come on! There goes their yell
again Gee! but I'm glad you're herei I'll follow
an % old Injan fighter like you anywhere Come, let's
I'd got him by the elbow and was pushn him out
the front door by that time it of must.
1t was mighty nice moonlight night, but there
many bushes and trees around the grounds that
the shadows were plenty and black.
Git behind one of them trees, quick!" says Joe.
all excited.
So we makes run for it but we hadn't got half
way before there bang! bang! and half
dozen bushes was lit up by flashes.
Oh lordy, lordy'' groans Joe, and then he
d
champ.
Cit outl" says he, when I comes up. Go find
tree of your own"
Not much!' says I: I'm goin' to stick by you
and watch the slaughter. Why don't you get
busy?"
I'm waitin' to shoot at SOME of them flashes"
He didn't have to wait long. They opened up
again, and Joe lets drive back. And say, I'll be
hanged if he want goin about it cool and business
like He might have been some scared at first:
h,ttf he TO
and he acts like man who means to do good job.
Course, he didn't know that nothn but Fourth of
July ammunition was ben burned, and / begun to
that behind all that bluff there some real
grit =
"There!" says Joe, crackin' another shot I'm
bet doughnut one of them pesky redskins bit the
guess it was lucky for them Cattaraugus braves
that Joe was shootin' nothin' but powder.
look outp says l. They're crawlin, ~ up on US u.s."
put on, to them turkey tail bonnets wrgglin
along, and the moonlight shinin'- on the pistol
barrels. Dodge has spread out his crowd so that
they had us cut off from the house. and was closin'
in gradual
Joe, he lets fly couple of times; but when he
don see any of 'em tumble over he don't know what
to make of it. He stands it couple of minutes and
the next thing know he heaves up yell you could
have heard forty blocks, and starts over the sed
the jump: keeps on after him the best can, and
the whole bunch trails after shootn and yellin to
beat the cars. 1t was hot pace he was settin',
and we left 'em behind like they was all standin'
Joe was headed towards the station and by the
time I'd got there he has turned over the baggage
truck and has his knife out, preparin for the last
stand knew Dodge had called off his crowd at the
gates and had gone back to let Mrs. Pell into the
game. -'--
Its all over, Joe," says I.
He wouldn't believe It for spell; but after he'd
listened and couldn't anything, he SINNERS
down. -
,1How many do you reckon it was that killed."
says he.
II lost count says 1; but you put up gamy
fight as ever saw. AS an 1njun slayer, Joe.
you're all right Want to go out and see if you can
gather few scalps for souvenirs?"