The Detroit times., 1910-11-24

got 10 ford the Big Muddy tonight. but
III start back with the team tomorrow
ana haul your outfit over"
which you will not do. because they
VIII nave started towards the line as
soon as can decide whether | want one
of those portable houses. YOU know or
a sod mansion" imperatively declared
Jane.
\ wave OF his hat as he disappeared
down the street. left Jane just the least
BIT lonely-until she began debating the
| house proposition
She did buy the portable house, and
along with that her few household goods
were hauled over by Dakota farmer.
Jane and mother rode on the farm
wagon, and TO both II was the grandest
ride they had ever had. The lovely In
dian summer was In its last glory. Fall
| Ing leaves OF russell and gold, closely
| matted grass, scrubby berry bushes
broken plains over which the rising sun
was just sweeping its brightest rays.
Indian homes with their picturesque in
habitants sod houses but hardly begun
by the yesterdays incomers-all was a
vast panorama OF sights before unseen.
Jane put up her portable house on the
corner OF her claim In order that. she
might be near her neighbors, the In
diana farmer and the family from Chica-
go. On the last quarter Of that section
lives Red Tomahawk, son of the Indian
OF that name who killed Sitting Bull.
That Is his Indian name. That was his
name when he roamed all over the reser-
walton as a member of the picturesque
Sioux tribe. He likes to be called Ed
/ Thomas now.
Another OF her neighbors IL Crazy
, Man, who was with Sitting Bull, when
that famous Sioux medicine man melted
| the tribe to rebellion 20 years ago. and
which eliminated in the Staying OF Sit
ting Bull by one of the Indian police
| force as he was resisting arrest
James first few weeks were weeks OF
gladstone days, days when TO Jane 1t
seemed that she had been born again in
new world. She lived those days in
the outdoors despite the brisk northwest
winds which whistled over the plains.
She made her home warmer by en-
banking the north and west sides OF the
house with sod which she herself dug,
Wood she obtained for the mere hauling
! home. This Red Tomahawk was glad
to do i'm return for the sewing which
Jane taught his wife.
, From Indian farmers who have
grown good crops this summer Jane
bought potatoes and other vegetables.
very cheaply. and these she stored away
| I'm dugout. half-cellar and half
storeroom where fruits and vegetables
may be kept during the cold winter.
| From mushroom town on the banks
OF the Missouri came her sugar, nour,
tea and the like.
She has outlined the farming she
! Will do next year. There VIII be a
small wheat field, lots of chickens and
| harden truck for her table during the
entire year. and she has set her mind
has been mapped out. and about the
first thing she VIII do when the
weather breaks In the spring VIII be 10
set out great many fruit trees and
some berry bushes.
over on a nearby claim is the youn &
man from Omaha. He used TO be one
! or the stenographers in a meat packing
establishment until failing health be-
gan to leave warnings too frequently.
Then he packed up his trunk and came
TO the Dakotas While waiting for his
claim he worked on a farm over near
Aberdeen.
lie has been down on James claim
! often enough to- get worn track
beaten down through tho tall grass.
Il can't do much over there right
away. lac explains 80 ! thought I'd
drop over and fix that chicken coop for
you
He has. on the strength or a years
experience as farm hand impa rted lots
of advice &C. Jane and mother along
agricultural lines. He Ia one OF the
three who Will sit down TO James
homestead Thanksgiving dinner today.
Mother saws YOU shouldn't stay over
there all alone that day.&JanC-satd.
and would like to have you eat the
pie which I am going To make with
the Cranbcrries you are going to pick -
And the Man from Omaha" stopped
az an Indians house on his way back
home TO learn where cranberries might
be found
As Jane stands in front OF her cabin.
LOOKING over nef farm, way down to
the creek. she feels a swelling OF thank
fulness engulf her The ground she
stands on Is hers. There ali about her
- her Future The very hardships
seem Dressings because they have put
away from lter forever the necessity OF
! "pretending. OF living someone else's
life to he conventional and To have
friends. she is Tree!
In "a short months she will own alb
solutely $50 acres OF ground. the air
above " clear UP into the heavens. the
earth beneath IL down to the very CEN
ter or the globe. In that time she Will
have paid the dollar or so an acre which
the government charges and then her
! SAY mgs" Will o. valued at several
J thousand dollars aud viii be an old age
pension which VIII every year oil her
storehousc with grain and fruit and
I N eat Besides that. 10 Will give Der
! splendid health. clear conscience. a
vigorous hOdy
! md. too. there vs. the Man from
/ Omaha" who rs very obliging neigh
/ Dor. indeed
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