The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-04-11

hOsses the lead, and neater-footcd cri
tiers it hes never been INV lot to WHY
the ribbins over.
Waal, as was about 20 start on IN
route one mornin' with .teep loa
provisions and whisky, but nary
passenger, Their suddintly appeare
aforc me boy with CALLER hair. an
eyes the color O yon sky tnet tips dow
sideways to the snowy range.
Wher. i'll the name of all tibet.
bright and siiinin'. do you hail from
aXed. with wOnde: and amazenlent.
Game across the plains with al
emigrant train,' lie answered, with :
mournful kind O smile. Am Soin' t.
''lke's Peak to search for father. wht
came out here two .;earbs ago and he.
not been heard from only ouct
Mothers pinin' away with grief and
suspense, SO I'm goin' to try TO find oul
somethin' sartint'
Tibet was the boys meanin, but the
DOotlful soft voice and nice smooth
words 'twon't be expected of Deerskin
Bill to initiate.
WAL. | learnt while we was on the
jog thet the missin' father OF the purity
boy was one O them KNOWN fellows
wat spends his lie a-hurtin' bugs.
ana stones. and other curious things )"
- naturalist l said, seeing The
mountaineer hesitate for an appropri-
ate word with which to express his
meaning.
Aerzactly. He'd come out to make
collections for his curiosity shelf. but,
as nigh as could jcdge. he'd been col
lected up onto the shelf his,elf, without
no lovin' friend to drop tear above
MS cold remainds. Howsumever.
didn't tell Willie my fears-i he'd found
out his name was William. and natcr-
ally shortened it down into the pet
chirruped up his courage
TIL we reached Lone Gulch. wher the
lnJnns come upon w. with less warnin'
then hev given you in te,.n' of it.
ia got kinder careless like from
maxim SO many trips and bein' unmo-
tested, and when the red demons
swarmed upon us like a pack o. blood
thirsty wolves. l was taken by sur
prise and hedn't time to pint nv
shootin'-iron afore they he'd us in ther
clutches.
ASIDE from the thought he M terally
hes about leapin' Off into eternity so |
like. it makes man feel sort
D sheepish to be tied hand and foot
straight up agin' tree without the
power to move muscle. when he's
oeeh used to roamin' to the very pima
lie o Gods mountainous univarse.
Tile 1nJuns dressed themselves in |
ed shirts-Of which my wagin held n |
GOOD supply-and piled the brushwcod
'ound us till we stood waist-deep in
'agots.
Willie, my boy seq l, Its all over
With us. Their amt 10 chances left
or us"
Tell us how Willie looked said
Bessie. GREATNESS with suspense.
willie: WAL. eff ever the sperrit
If hero looked out o. two heavenly
due eyes. twas out O. his'n at ther
minute. Straight, and slim and booti
III, he stood agin' the fir tree. wher
hey bound him facin' me. lookin' ND
beyond the hills. as if expect.n forti-
code to come down on him from the
kies.
Eff had only found out what had
'ecOme o. father Willie said, and ef
wasn't for mother watchin' and
"Oh, Bill, isn't it time to bring in
he whisky" interrupted little Grace,
rho could not endure the torture
0nger.
Tut, tut sweetheart, ye mustn't
reak the plot too suddint." responded
Ill. with mild reproof. ''Howsumever,
was jest at this crisis tibet one of
be savages diskivered the demijohns
firewater, which he wasn't long in
to the remainder o. the
Minis. They began to drink and
ance. and drink and dance ag'in, till
heir fiendish leaps got twisted into
oozy staggers, and at last they
ropped onto the ground as dead as
iheelspokes for the time tein'. When