The Washington herald., 1907-05-26

/ York ever knew. was that season with
/ the Wild West as Pete. the Cowboy
/ Artist" doing the same work in the arena
/ as the cowboys. and in the intervals be-
/ tween performances painting pictures in
/ his tepee that were the anna cement OF the
/ people Of Europe. where he remained. and
/ is now. The case of Sly Fox interested
! Pete immensely. The dramatic possiblli-
/ ties of the situation appealed TO his
/ French blood The apparent absurdity of
/ fidelity to an ideal bringing To such a
/ pass a healthy. vigorous. and otherwise
sane young savage interested him as
/ philosopher. He essayed to reason with
/ him. and was not a little advantaged in
| doing so by knowing a good deal OF the
/ Sioux language, which he had picked up
/ during his nOmadic Western life Never
/ theless, he had no better effect than any
/ of the others. Perhaps it is Just as well
| not 10 repeat his cynical line Of argu-
ment The ideal feminine. the inspiration
Of art. music, pOesy. and religion, unat-
/ tainable and ever adorable. he naturally
worshiped. The realizable feminine he
| regarded as might be expected Of a blase
| boulevardier. OF course II would have
been ridiculous for him to speak OF the
/ ideal TO a love-sick young Sioux buck.
Pete's Experiment.
Still, the Indian pined and grew weaker
pertinent on him. having first been pretty
well assured that the young fellow had
never even heard Of a magic lantern.
He was helped in his design by his own
copious knowledge and keen artistic OBJ
servations Of Indian girls, and specifically
aided by Nate Salisbury and julie Keen
Knowing Skipping Bird. Nate gave Pete
so close a description of her charms that
he was enabled to paint a couple of ex-
cellent lantern slides. Then a man pos
sessing a good lantern was hired TO bring
II. at midnight, to the Wild West camp,
that Sly Fox might have a taste Of "the
white mans magic"
The lantern man proved 10 be a bright,
versatile fellow, used to making a living
out of public entertainment in "A small
way as a juggler. sleight-Of-hand per
former, ventriloquist. Punch and Judy
Snowman. or even clown in circus,
upon occasion, In addition to the special
line of business for which he was now
engaged. With the help of Pete and one
of the interpreters It was easy for him
TO learn the few words of Sioux which
should accompany the pictures ne was to
SHOW, the patter," as he termed them.
TO be spoken in a girls voice
The Ceremonial.
The magic ceremonial came off In my
log cabin long after the last outsider
had left camp. SLY Fox. led by a couple
Of friends. was brought In and seated at
one end of the cabin. In his presence, /
that he might see there was no decep-
ton. great sheet was hung upon the
bare loss Of the farther end. At one
side, pendant from a tripod. was ket
tie. over a low fire. and Pete. made UP as
a most horrifying witch, muttered incan-
tations-really recitatiOns of blank verse
in several languages-and from time to
time he threw into the kettle small OBJ |
lects which famed into various cOl0rs and |
sometimes produced atrociOus smells An /
Indian deems drum beating essential in /
any medicine making and never was /
that requirement better filled than by a |
toy drum-beating rabbit. worked by