Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05

to the point of subiectng him to downright insult
Tail exercised authority. Indeed, it common
report that than Spot forced the agent to
read to him letters written the Indian Bureau about
agency affairs, and snatChed and tore up several he
did not like and threw them in the agent's face.
And it a band of these bronze beauties now
approaching with some demand sure to be arro-
giant and utterly unreasonable
A Strenuous Lesson
presently they entered the office. the ten of
them. each with the outline of rifle showing
beneath his blanket. grunted gr1ff Howl" and
squatted the floor facing the agent, with their
backs against the north wall of the room, nearest
the door-a scowling, sinister lot plainly come on
no honest errand.
After sitting in absolute silence fully ten minutes
the Brule chief. whose name have forgotten. tall,
powerful buck of fortv-five. with narrow set, evil,
ferret eyes. turned Changro the interpreter and
growed. You tell agent we want grub! 49,.
You tell him, Louis. replied McGllllcuddv. Il
am advised by his agent that he and his people
fully rationed for the round trip.
You tell agent he must give grub! Now,
now,' fercely demanded the chief
Looking the chief straight in the eye, a half
smile his face, McGillicuddy quietly answered.
Louis, just tell him to go to hades! He gets grub
at this agency!
Instantly the chief bounded his feet, swiftly
crossed to the doctors chair and, angrily shaking
his fist in the latters face, hoarsely shouted, If
you don give us grub now L ii Kill every White
this reservation!
For an age, it seemed. the chief stood and Nc
Gillicuddy sat confronting each other, wicked
Presently / Mes jaws tighten, and then,
without word he sprang upon the chief. seized
him by the throat and shook him till his rifle tell
to the floor then rushed him to the door, whirled
him round till full if not fair target was pre-
sented, and then landed duly upon the target
hard a kick as any ever saw delivered on try
for goal sending the chief sprawing nearly ten feet
from the door hurt of person and spirit by the indig
nifty and half snothered from the choking. little the
1naddest. hideously snarling thing ever saw
Immediately his nine henchmen out and
helped him to his feet
Instinctively we all lined up outside the door,
backs to the wall and among us to surprise,
came by magic about a dozen of Swords youngster
policemen each lingering first the trigger and then
the hammer of his rifle, like guitar player trlm-
ming for the key to a tune.
Reckon the balls plumb open now. an it's
swing partners" drawled Charlie Conley.-the
only remark made by anyone l can recall.
The Dread Waiting
FOR few minutes it was touch and 60 for us.
single shot, and it would have been all over in a
very few minutes. Escape was quite as impossible
help Indeed, the one troop of cavalry at Fort
Sheridan, eighteen miles away. and the two troops
would not have lasted an hour. if the ball once
opened 1t was therefore a great if only a tenn
porary relief when presently the chief and his men
sullen1y withdrew through the gate and retired
toward his band.
Mama! but won't hades pop good and plenty
in about half an hour, when that old coffee cooler
gifts back with his bunch to finish the BALL But
we'll sure make EN- think we can dance some befo
the music stops!' expressed Conleys wholly
perienCed view of the situation.
major Bourke said the doctor, you the
senior officer present. Will you assume commando"
No, Doctor answered Bourke, you in
supreme authority here am on duty detached from
my arm of the service and, with grim smile of
approval, you seem to me to be doing quite we'll
enough Command me as your aide
Without word, Sword and his men had disap-
peared toward their camp below the bluff, hundred
yards distant the Brules left. This
Withdrawal was small source of anxiety; for
notwithstanding their apparently excellent conduct
he