Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-10-24

lead the ole gray line to occupy h
land!' How'd you find him, Michigan
Did he done come right out o Q cloud
o. glory?"
Michigan pushed aside the mosquito
bars under the palm thatch where. Q
tiny dre nickered In the clay furnace.
tanned 1t with his hat ana the child
gravely watched one old man and then
the other. One was tall and the other
short, but each had lost Q leg! The
two brass bands shono valiantly. b
smiled out Of her dark-eyed. thin little
change and ~lndifference In . meagef
little life and was not given to whiin-
pertng.
Michigan. mournfully. II done could
MT get hold Of Z child anywhere. till
along come q lot Of orphans with them
convent sisters. And I see the littlest
tered with all the Mardy Graws blow.
In horns and yellin'-"
Done know'd I'll" crowed Old Man
Captain. delightedly. "a cloud O. glory
or some excitement" !
"old Man Captain, ! got TO tell you
something. I grabbed tho littlest. one
with the little blue pants: but we
made an awful mistake!"
.duccome mistake, Nichigan?"
Old Man Captain looked fearfully q
Aurelis in tho gloom OF the falling
plight. Go n. now" hs murmured.
SHow could I tell when she had on
them little blue pants? Just like . boy.
Old Man! And we got way down In
he wamps before I found out"
per. He peered at his partner doubt
fully. "Huccome you ma out, Michi-
gan7"
Michigan was moro terribly embar-
raised than he had been since tho sur
render. His pink cheeks burned, while
his partner pulled his own white beard
e esspsa 1id Ma. a1s Captain. A'en'san''
"Oh, well. equivocated Michigan, y
gee Q little chain with Q silver cross
hangin' about her neck under her
dress. 20 / just got to peekin' roupd!"'
Old Man Captain was terribly
shocked. He spat OF In the swamp az
he squatted by the fre. The serpent
had entered Eden. In Is years Of wan-
'How's Q girl goin' to lead 'em7" asked
Old Man Captain m~ournfully.
Michigan raised his eyes with Q great
idea. who said Q girl couldn't7 Reck-
on nothins was said in your revelation
about It bein' q boy7 Il Just said
childl"
Old Man Captain stared. Tho great
idea was too big for him. The mosqui-
toes were drifting in with their night
relic she whimpered, and her dark eyes
sought Old Nan Captains appealingly.
She put out q trustful hand to touch
his wooden leg. That was o much.
He smiled. She crawled over and pat
! ted Michigan's wooden leg. The two
shy old swampers laughed together.
"we done rot . babby. Michigani"
me alone till / 70 70. N'Awlyns and 81
y child to bring up"
want no crazy notion. Il wa 80.
vealed to me, I done tell you. But ]
reckon i didn't say Il had to b Z
10Y exactly"
.weli. Old Man. II We keep this gtr,
We got to quit driftin' round thu
when the big waters comm, or turf.
in down the lakes, or diggtn' up thu
shells tor pirates hide-ups. No, eir-l
We keep her we got "a stay right hart
like We Wa . family"
Old Man Captain stared again. Thii
wa . sudden turning Of tho long roas
of romance. Thirty years he and Mich
tgsn had 6phed and seined and trapped
treasure from Grand 1sle to Butte Il
Rose and thiS was the nrst time tat
had put q finger across the path. II,
rubbed his head. Reckon %. Bein'
girl, I reckon sol"
'0ot to stay right yere," pursued
Michigan relcntlsesly. and make I
home and yet . woman" .
Old Man Captain Wa dismayed.
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