The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-05-16


side world. Tom stuck the prong Of
Z steel fork through Il and found that
be could wee very well. This va the
best he could do unless he went to q
city where artificial eyes were sold
and bought one to match bis natural
one. He couldn't 10 very well at once.
80 he deferred the matter and from q
gray eyed man became temporarily q
black eyed u However. he changed
about occasionally.
One day 4 man came riding into 4
hamlet where Tom was, with his horse
covered with foam, and announced
that Mart Kennedy had been waylaid
by a party Of Indians and captured.
The Indians had been acting ugly for
some time, but this was their drst
overt act. There a little doubt that
Kennedy would be tortured and put to
death. There were but few men in the
place, but they gathered all the arms
they could carry and. mounting their
horses. rode in the direction their guide
led them in the vain hope that they
might save the captive's life.
When the aborigines Of America be.
came hostile they broke into their hos.
tility all at once. The party found the
country through which they passed
alive with Indians ready for murder.
They were attacked by one of these
parties and put to flight. Tom Haw-
kins. slough he had his natural eye un-
covered-the patch was owe the glass
One-was at a disadvantage. A man
may see as distinctly with one eye as
with two. but he is a very poor Judge
of distance. Objects seem nearer to
him than they really are. Coming to a
narrow stream Of water. over which 1t
was necessary to jump his horse, Tom
raised his animal too soon, and, instead
Of getting over the stream. he went
into 1t. The horse was killed, and Tom
was shot on to the opposite bank.
where he lay stunned for a time and
before he came to himself was picked
up by the Indians. His comrades es-
capped.
Tom was taken to the headquarters
Of the chief. where he found Kennedy.
Preparations were in progress for tor
turing the latter, and it was now decid-
ed to torture the two captves together.
Both were surrounded by a crowd of
shouting. jabbering Indians. Neither
was bound. because the intention was
to make them run the gantlet. The
Indians noticed the green patch over
Hawkins glass eye. and one young
buck covered his own eye with a leaf
and, squaring himself before the white
man, Knocked him. while the crowd Of
red men looked on with laughter and
hooting.
Tom turned away from them and,
making p~retense Of covering his face
with his hands, moved the patch to
cover his natural eye. leaving the black
one exposed.
Most Of the Indians had not noticed
whether it was the right o. the left eye
they had seen, and when Tom turned
again toward them they did not realize
that the patch had been changed.
What they did realize was that q 6end-
ish manitou was looking at them
through an entirely different eye from
the n they had seen From yelling.
chattering and laughing a hush came
over them. The young buck who. hold
ing a green leaf over his eye, had stood
before Tom taunting him covered
away in superstitious terror, while the
others who were nearest also skunk
back. Tom through the tiny hole in
the patch-the orifce was too small to
be observed by the Indians-saw his
advantage and resolved to use it to
save himself and his comrade If pos
sible. Turning his face to an individ-
ual Indian. he kept his devils eye on
him, at the same time pointing his
finger at him, till the man quailed be-
fore it. then fixed 1t on another till he
had effected the same result.
When, advancing with the measured
tread of a stage ghost. pointing at each
man in turn. he had driven back q
number of the Indians, he turned his
attention to the chief. Taking his patch
from his natural eye. he displayed both
his gray and black eyes. producing the
most uncanny effect of all his different
eye displays. Then. raising his clinch-
ed fist. he stood, like Jove holding the
lightning, regarding the trembling In.
dian. as though about to strike him
with some invisible weapon.
Though the two eyes as they
presented a horrible combination. Tom
made it more horrible by throwing all
the %6erceness he was capable of assum-
ing into his natural eye. And to en-
able him to better do SO, as we'll as to
affect the chief by speech. he threat
ened that If he attempted to hurt a
hair NJ his own or Konnodv'S head no