The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-06-20

neanin: perfectly apparent. II was
the unyielding hate ~ >avagery long
broodins over past wrongs. Invol,iIi-
tarily glanced about into the fringe
Of woods.
rs Donald about here theny"
Who. big Jen Donald? Sure.
hain't We never heard O himY'
! shook my head. hoping thus to
lead him on to his story
What is the special trouble bet tween
you and this Big Donald. Danieisy"
Darn II know whar Il started" hl
Acknowledged. as though the though,
came to him almost as n surprise Il,
vas fore my dads tipe. I reckon. an
seems ter the II was over a lot o. hawgs
thet got rootin' up some corn down Oh
Rock crick. Thet'a whar ther Dan
ielSes an Donalds lived In them days
but blame II | know which one owned
ther corn an which owned ther ha wgs
Their nonads In them days he'd n fin.
plantation. with n big house on II. an
:naybe a hundred slaves Ther Dan
1elses was alters pore. but thar was q
monstrous lot O. US scattered long Rocl
crck, an when they went gunnin' fel
ther Donalds they Gin'rally got 'em
All ! know IL tibet when ! come long
bout hundred years later. ther Don
aids was Twin in a log shack back o
Bald mountain an ther light WIS still
goin' on My dad was shot down u
Milliken Bend by one O ther crowt
when was eight year old: then mI
brother got oil man Donald somewhat
on ther trail an Oiled him full o
buckshot Ther next thing they Sc
6re to our house when nobody bu
man was to hum. She shot into the
bunch and got AWAY with broker
arm. hidin' out In ther bush fer I
week Then ther Danielses rode owe
ter Bald mountain. an we come prett.
near putin ther Donald tribe cute
business. until gang o 'em umbus
cadcd us one night in ther bottoms.
got two bullets In thet fracas. an N.
brother was killed.
Bout tibet time ther war broke out
Darned II | keered which side licke,
III ther war. but Jem Donald come OH
fer ther Confeds. an SO went in fe
ther Union. Waal. we fought 1t ont yer
fer maybe six months. but tber odd
was all with his outfit: thar wasn'
many Danielses left able ter tote
gun. an finally skipped out and 5ine'
Buell."
THE secession sentiment was stron
through this section. suppose?"
"Waal. l don't know bout thet The
mountain men mostly didn't car
much: mighty few o 'em owned an
nlggers. But ther gentry was witt
ther secessionists. an Big Donald aller
kinder naturally belonged to thet bunct
I've heern tell us how Jem Donald
wife was a Denslow."
This mention of the name Of Dens
low brought up before me Instant
the face Of the young girl whom ha
left a few hours before. So she ais
was, in a way. connected with thl
fierce mountain feud that had cost Z
many hvea had reason to know sh
was of fighting blood >
Coulter's Landing was apparent
deserted of all Inhabitants. Bac
along the opposite shore we could Sc
the dust cloud rising above the col
umn of advancing cavalry. A fey
brief orders scattered my nondescr1p
command to right and left Daniel
and | riding alone along the road lead
ing up toward the ridge. watchful tina
the others covered thoroughly th
country on either side OF US. We wer
a mile In advance when Wilson's me-
first began taking water at the ford.
The knowledge OF what our rapi
movement meant gave Zest to this ad
vance scouting observed how oil
Daniels eyes narrowed like those of
cat as he scanned the hills. For tn
nrst time he became revealed to m
as a savage. Twin: merely for revenge
merciless and untorgivins. To hin
the war was only greater feud. bring
ing with it long sought opportunft,
for vengeance against his enemies
His keen eyes first observed the sig
nal OF some discovery waved bac
from a scout far away to the left. VIII
suddenly tipped distant ridge.
mere black dot among the rocks.
"What Is 1t. DanielsT
"Ther felIer out thar Is wavin u
over. He's run up agin something
that's made him need help. | reckon. ="
We rode straight across the upland
side by side. ! squirting cruelty to Eee
my horse even with his rnwbone
z ~