The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-08

and was no longer the safe Trals II
the Good.
At the top OF the bluffs. with the
Crows pressing them holly, but out
of sight for the instant, they wheeled
to the right, dashed in at the head
of another coulee, and like a pair of
foxes, doubled on their tracks.
It was cunning manOenyre, cum
lningly executed, and what with those
eros Ventres on the heels Of tho
enemy, ought certainly to have sue
ceeded. But the foremost Crows,
knowing the lay of the ravines, had
OWNED what they would do. Three
LOT these had turned on the road.
climbed swiftly to the crest of a
ridge, and now came blowing down
upon them recklessly in a tempest
of dust and loose stones.
Too late the brothers saw these
foes coming down the sleeps. They
could only rein in their ponies to
avoid collision. The foremost Grow
was almost upon them when his pony
stumbled, and its mad rider was
flung nearly to the bottom Of the
gulch, where his lifeless body lodged
against the trunk of a small pine.
The brothers had but one gun be-
tween them, Iron Arms carbine,
which they carried for the killing
of small game. Iron Arm aimed at
the second riders horse and fired.
The pony turned somersault, land
ing Its rider among some rocks. and
the Crow was so badly hurt that, In
attempting to rise, he pitched for
ward helplessly upon his face.
The third rider attempted to turn
his horse up the gulch, aud so es-
cape, but fatality attended the Crows.
This animal also lost its footing, and
the rider. losing his weapon from
his grasp, was rolled to the bottom
of the gulch.
The brothers dismounted and
sprang upon him. The Crow made
fierce struggle. but the wiry young
Sioux got him down and tied him
fast.
They rose. painting, to look and
Listen for further enemies. But
they cav NO onegand heard only the
whoops OF the exultant eros Ven.
tres, chasing the Crows upon the
prairie above.
When these sounds fell away.
they turned their attention to their
captive, only to find that the man
had suffered hemorrhage at the
mouth, and had died at their feet.
In his terrific struggle with them he
had burst q blood-vessel.
They looked at each other, awe and
wonder in their faces. "Hau! haul"
they said. ut is the doing Of the
Most Mysterious of all-the white
mans God!"
Their enemies lying dead or help.
less, themselves unscathed, all this
comported with what the missionary
had said OF those who truly seek the
Trail OF the Good.
They now went to the relief OF
the injured rider, whose back was
hurt so that he could not stand. They
made him understand that they were
his friends. not his enemies; that
they no longer wished to fight with
any one.
Then In their rude way they, band.
aged the mans body, stiffening his
injured spine, got him up on his
horse, and set out for home. They
dared not leave the Grow, for they
were now certain that the Gros Ven.
tres would be able to chase his fei'
lows out of the country, If they did
not kill them.
So, slowly, caring for the injured
man, they made their way to the
home reservation. When their story
was told to the missionary, he talk.
ed to them long and earnestly, giving
them instruction direct and personal:
and at last they understood that.
in refusing to fight their enemies, In
nursing and caring Tor once bitter
foe, they had indeed set their feet
firmly upon the Trail of the Good
Howl how! howl" they assented,
when the truth had dawned upon
them. and their eyes shone with a
new light
Yellow Horse is now an ordained
preacher TO his people. and Iron Arm
Is an earnest and effective teacher
in a government school.-Youth's
Companion.