The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-06-22

meaning perfectly apparent. II was
the ~unyielding hate OF Savagery. long
brooding over past wrongs. involun-
tarily I glanced about into the fringe
of woods.
as Donald about here them"
"who. big Jem Donald? Sure.
hain't We never heard o himy'
| shook my head. hoping thus to
lead him on TO his story.
"Whaf is the special trouble between
you and This Pig Donald. DanielsT"
Darn IL | know whar II started" he
ACKNOWLEDGED. NJ though the thought
came to him almost az n surprise 1T
was fore my dads time. ! reckon. an
seems ter me II was over n LOT o. hawgs
tibet got rootin' up some corn down on
Rock crick. Thet's whar Their Dan
ielses an Donalds lived in them days.
but blame II | know which one owned
Their corn an which owned Their hawgs.
Their nonalds I'm them days he'd n fine
plantation. with n big house on 1t. mn
maybe n hundred slaves Their Dan
ieises was alters pore. but thar was a
monstrous lot o. us scattered long Rock
crlck. an when they went gunuin' fer
Their Donalds they gin'rally got 'em.
All I know Is tibet when | come long.
bout a hundred years later. Their Don
aids was Twin in n log shack back o.
Bald mountain an ther fight was still
goin' on, My dad was shot down at
MillikeD Bend by n o. Their crowd
when was eight year old: then my
brother got or mar Donald somewhat
on Their trail an filled him full %
~buckshot. Their next thing they set
fire 10 our house when nobody but
nam was TO hum. She shot into ther
bunch and got away with a broken
arm. hidin' out In ther bush fer a
week. Then Their Danielses rode over
ter Bald mountain. an we come pretty
heal putin ther Donald tribe outer
business. until a gang o. 'em ambus-
caded us one night in Their bottoms. I
got two bullets In tibet fracas. an my
brother was killed
Bout thef time Their war broke out.
Darned II I keered which side licked
in ther war. but Jem Donald come out
fer ther Confeds. an so | went in fer
Their Union. WAL. we fought II out yere
fer maybe six months. but Their odds
was all with his OUTFIT: thar wasn't
many Danieises left able ter tote a
gun. an finally ! skipped out and jined
Buell."
THE secession sentiment was strong
through this section. | suppose?'
WAL. don't know bout rhet. Their
mountain men mostly didn't care
much: mighty few o. 'em owned any
niggers. But ther gentry was with
Their s~ecessionists. an Big Donald alters
kinder naturally belonged to tibet bunch.
I've heern tell as how Jem Donald's
wife was q Denslow."
This mention of the name Of Dens-
low brought up before me instantly
the face of the young girl whom ! had
left a few hours before. So she also
was. in a way. connected with this
fierce mountain feud that had cost SO
many lives. ! had reason to know she
was of lighting blood.
Coulter's Landing was apparently
deserted of all inhabitants. Back
along the opposite shore we could see
umn OF advancing cavalry. A few
brief orders scattered my uondescript
command to right and left Daniels
and | riding alone along the road lead
ing up toward the ridge. watchful that
the others covered thoroughly the
country on either side of US. We were
a mile IN advance when Wilson's men
hrst began taking water at the ford
The knowledge OF what our rapid
movement meant gave zest to this adj
vance scouting. 1 observed how old
Daniels eyes narrowed like those of a
cat as ne scanned the hills. For the
first time he became revealed to me
as a savage. living merely for revenge.
merciless and uniorgiving. To him
the war was only n greater feud. bring
ing with 1t "A long sought opportunity
for vengeance against his enemies,
His keen eyes first observed the sig
nal of some discovery waved back
from n scout far away to the left. who
suddenly tipped II distant ridge. "A
mere black dot among the rocks.
"What Is ii. Daniels?
"Ther Teller out thar is wavin' US
ever. He's run mp agin something
that's made him need help. | reckon
We rode straight across the upland
side by side. | squirting cruelty to keep
my horse ven with his rawbOned
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