The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-06-22

meaning perfectly apparent. II was
the unyieIding hate of savagery. long
brooding over past wrongs lnvOlun.
tarlly ! glanced about into the fringe
| Of woods. .
lis Donald about here then?"
who, big lem Donald? Sure.
hain't ye never heard q hing"
I shook my head. hoping thus to
lead him on to his story.
"What is the special trouble between
you and this Big Donald. Danielsy'
Darn II know whar Il started" he
acknowledged. as though the thought
came to him almost "a a surprise 1T
was fore my dads time. | reckon. an
seems ter the II was over 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 knsw which one owned
Their corn an which owned ther hnwgs
Their Donalds In them days he'd fine
plantation. with u big house on IL. nm
maybe Il hundred slaves Their Dan
ielses was alters pore. but thar was n
monstrous lot o. us scattered long Rock
crick, an when they went gunnln fer
ther Donalds they ginrally got 'em
All ! know Is tibet when | come long.
bout hundred years later. Their Don
aids was Twin In u log shack back o.
Bald mountain an ther fight was still
goin' on My dad was shot down ut
Milliken Bend by one O. Their crowd
when ] was eight year old: then my
brother got oil man Donald somewhar
on ther trail an Oiled him full .
buckshot. Their next thing they set
Ore 10 our house when nobody but
nam was to hum. She shot into ther
bunch and got away with broken
arm. hidin out In ther bush fer a
week Then ther Danielses rode over
ter Bald mountain. an we come pretty
near putin Their Donald tribe outer
business until gang o EN- ambus
caded us one night In Their bottoms
got two bullets in tibet fracas. an my
brother was killed.
Bout tibet time ther war broke out.
Darned II | keered which side licked
In ther war hut Jem Donald come out
fer ther Confeds. an 50 ! went In fer
ther Union WAL. we fought II out yere
fer maybe six mouths. bui ther odds
was all with his outfit. thar wasn't
many DaniriSes left able ter tote
gun. an finally ! skipped out and jined
Buell. T"
THE secession sentiment was strong
through this section | suppose!'
''Waal. don't know bout tibet Their
mountain men mostly didn't care
much: mighty few q em owned any
uiggers. Bui ther gentry was with
Their seceSsionlsts an Big Donald alters
kinder naturally belonged to tibet bunch.
I've heerp tell AZ how lem Donald's
wife was Densiow
This mention Of the name OF Dens.
low brought up before me instantly
the face Of the young girl whom had
left Il few hours before So she also
was. In way. connected with this
fierce mountain feud that had cost so
many lives ! had reason to know she
was OF lighting blood.
Couiters Landing was apparently
deserted OF all inhabitants. Back
along the opposite shore we could see
the dust cloud rising above the col
umn OF advancing cavalry A few
brief orders scattered my nondescrtpt
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
mile in advance when Wilson's men
first began taking water at the ford.
The knowledge OF what our rapid
movement meant gave zest to this ad-
vance scouting. | observed how old
Daniels eyes narrowed like those OF a
cat as he scanned the hills. For the
FIRST time he became revealed to me
as a savage. living merely for revenge.
merciless and unt0rgiving To him
the war was only agreater feud. bring
ing with II "a long sought opportunity
for vengeance against his enemies.
His keen eyes first observed the sig
nal OF some discovery waved back
from a scout far away to the left. who
suddenly tipped II distant ridge. a
mere black dot among the rocks.
"What Is 1t. DanielsT
"Ther Teller out thar is wavin' us
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 keep
my horse even with his rawboned