Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13
By ELEANOR GATES.

Author Of 1.-THE Biography of Prairie CT

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row through its neck. and the little
body was still timber.
Just before dawn the second morn
Ing he turned with the river, crossed
the coulcc and refined upon the yellow
ing bend. TO his left. a black dot,
stood the shack Three smaller dots
we're near it-Simon and the mule
| team. South. on the opposite bank.
] were the low, whitcwashed buildings
of Fort Branuon. He barred his dust
powdered head in Thanksgiving.
The cnyusc was warm and dripping.
He rode 20 Shauty Town, loosenod the
cincb and led the animal up and down
| before the deserted huts. When 1t
stopped blowing and reached for grass
he pickctcd Il on n lariat north of tho
Troopers Delight Then he descended
to the building The light was grow
ing. Already he had been seen from
the post on his hallooing a small
boat showed off toward him, dancing
its way against the current Old Mi
chael was not in it, only his citizen
helpers. Fearing their tittle-tattle.
Lounsbury curbed his impotence to
ask about the shack. Landed he made
for the bach" quarters on the line.
Fraser was not up. To his Come
In" Lounsbury entered. They shook
hands without word, and the store
keeper sat down on the edge Of the
bed
After awhile the Lieutenant reached
out to put a hand on the others knee.
"Lounsbury.' he said, II feel like II
criminal but never dreamed any
thing would go wrong if l kept track
Of Matthews"
"Why, we both thought TINT, Fraser.
You're not to blame any more than I
am"
ooh, If I'll only
"But we cant spend any time kick
ing ourselves After this there mustn't
he loophole. Besides watching Mat
thews, we must
Matthews isn't here"
"What?'
"Kicked out. We don't know where
he Is" Rapidly Fraser related the
story of Simon's gallantry.
There was another piece of news of
lesser Importance. An Indian girl
named Brown Mink was seriously i'll.
Her wigwam hsd been moved to the
western curve Of the stockade. where
the ground WAS clear, and been
changed from tepee shape to the form
of a walled wickiup. Mrs. Cum
mings touched with pity, had sent her
a comfortable bed, while Captain Oil
YER. touched no less and pleased by
the good humor Of his prisoners, had
ordered that during the daily search
of the Enclosure the tent OF the sick
girl be left entirely undisturbed.
The young officer omitted to tell OF
his share in the interpreters departure
aud was distracted over an accident
that had befa!!pu him. On visiting his
Wild pets the previous evening he had
found that a box containing reptiles
had been broken open somehow and
that all his rattesnakcs were gone.
With the first call for the trumpet
ers I.ounsbicy routed the sutler in a
quest for breakfast; Then once more
he sought the river There was nc
waiting for men TO row MIN. lie
found the small boat, headed for the
beach hollow Shauty Town mounted
the cov,se and climbed ,be stoen roo
n tba nr,irio Heroro him on q rro.r
stretch Lctvo.n river and shaci, II,
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