The sun., 1912-07-21

"Once upon Q very particular time
many and more years ago. said big
Brother Rem to Little Brothers Hal and
Ned a. they rat at his knee In their night!es
quite q long time past the hour when
they shoyld have been tucked in bed.
there was little boy named Davy and
he was most wonderful Indian fighter
"How many did he f,eht?' asked Hal
and Ned In unison. hardly the tick Of the
clock between their voices or the slightest
difference in the words they burst forth
with.
'Oh. he must have fought in his time
at least five hundred Indians. But /
want to tell YOU the whole story rather
than the number Of Indians he Just
fought" said Big Brother Ben-very
gravely. mind you. a. he patted both
curly heads and remembered that he was
fifteen yeap older than Hal. to say moth
Ing Of Little Ned.
well. hurry up and tell us how he
caught them.' burst forth Little Hal.
Yes. and tell US what he caught them
with. and why he did catch them piped
In Little Ned.
'Well you see. Little Hal and Little
ANSus buIu oiS pIothCi AShs ~ Woo "AASAs
the Indians owned this very country from
one end to the other. Thcre were more Of
them than there were Of our family. And
they thought Our family-you know. Little
Hal and Little Ned. mean the great big
family that We belong to that had all Of
our great grandfather and great-grand-
mothers In it-they thought all Of these
intended to steal their country away
from them. And really think. Little Hal
and Little Ned. they had right to think
that II might be stolen because some Of
our great-erandfotherp were careless
about such matters and they often got
land from the Indians BY tricks"
what kind Of tricks. Big Brother Benz
queried Little Brother Hal.
Not the kind Of tricks that Uncle Mar.
tin does with his handkerchief and his
watch chain. declared Little Brother Ned
They couldn't do those tricks. could
they?'
Not exactly the same. but very much
like them.' said/B!g Brother Ben. But
must hurry and tell you 40 that you can
60 to bed. As said there was . great
Indian fighter and his name was Davy.
The way he came to be an Indian fighter
was very exciting"
Tell us about II. Big Brother Ben. . said
Little Hal and Little Ned quickly. 'and
; we'll promise you we won't cry. That
what We have to promise mamma before
she will tell US anything sad."
well. Days papa and mana said
good-by to their papa and mama and
oil their friends many years ago and
travelled far. far into the woods. Davy
was only years Old
Just a old q I am.' put in Hal do.
li2htedly.
-Yee. Just about your sge. Little Hal
And they travelled and they travelled and
they travelled mile after mile. and mile
after mile. until they reached a place
where the land was beautiful and the
rivers were lovely. Just the place tina,
pioneer would choose for his home"
whats a pioneer?' asked Little Ned.
.Oh, know what q pioneer IS put
in Little Hal
And what il q pioneer?' grsvely asket
Big Brother Ben. Let US know. Little
Hal. since you know"
why. he's a bald headed man. an
swered Little Hal proudly.
~ oolu ucoocu uA6u AuO WuO UOiS
you that. Little Hal9'
why. Uncle Martin told mo % tn,
other day. He says when the Indianl
scalp you they take Oh all your hair sne
leave you the same a q bald headed
man. And he told me that pioneers wer,
always scalped.'
you have . retentive memory and
. clear understanding. Little Hail. sale
Big Brother Ben with Q strange smile
'but must 90 ON with the story. Davyi
papa and mamma settled In the bea,itifu
spot they had picked out. Papa bull
a log cabin and put an extra stocksd.
about 1t 10 that the Indians. II they go
angry. could not come right up to tn,
door and walk right In. stocksde L. ,
fence Of planks close together.
well. one day when Davy's pap
had made everything nice about tn,
place and had planted corn and whea,
and was quite contented. trouble came
Some Of the bad folk among our grea
Uandfathers had taken Q lot Of lane
from the Indians and had 1iven then