River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-04-23
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does SayT My inter
est in the affair was increasing.
Nothing. except to agree that I'm
right in the abstract and then TO in
form me that the abstract problems
go to pieces once in awhile. She says
this-this Galloping Moose, this yelp-
ing ghost dancer of yours, is the only
real man she ever met
'What does he have to sayY
".Humphr grunted Hartman. All
he does is to listen
How old is Alicia?'
Nineteen. oh. Eve hurled that at
her. too. but she says she'll wait! You
know she has her own MONEY from
her mother
docs Running Elk come to your
housef'
"A: this my old friend roared so
ferceIy that | FASTENED to say: I'll see
him at once. l have more influence
than anybody else with him.
II hope you can show him how i'm
possible. how criminal it is to ruin
my girls life. Yes. and mine too.
Suppose the yellow papers got hold of
this thing!' Hartman shuddered. Doc,
I love that girl so we'll I'd kill her
with my own hands rather than face
her disgrace and see her ridiculed.
"'She could marry a duke if n
happened to come along, and I'd buy
her one, too, if she wanted him, but
l won't stand for this dirty, low
browed Injun.'
Hes not dirty / declared. and
he's not rs low browed as some de-
generate foreigner you'd be glad to
pick out for her.
"'Well, he's an Injun,' retorted Har-
man. an it'll come out on him. We've
both seer 'em tried. They all drop
back where they started from. You
know that as well as | do
~ don't know it, said l. thinking
Of my experiment, which had gone so
badly askew. but we've got to put a
stop to this affair In one way or an
other. I'll see the young man right
away
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving said
Henry. Wait over and go up with us
and see the Yale-Princeton football
game. | understand Running Elk
plays fullback. Well pick you up at
your hotel in the morning and drive
up in the car. It's the big game of the
year. and you'll enjoy it. / don't ex-
pect to. however,
You have seen similar games, so
there is no need Of my describing this
one, ever if | could. AS it was my
first experience it impressed me
greatly. When the teams appeared |
recognized Running Elk at a distance.
as did the hordes Of madmen behind
us. and l began to understand what
the old man in the seat next mine was
combating.
"a dancing dervish in front of the
grand stand said something through a
megaphone, then waved a cane, where
upon a tremendous barking 'Rah!
Rah! Rahr broke out, ending with
my Sioux boys name. They beloved
and rioted over him until ] wished
that the old chief back in Dakota
were there to see his son and witness
the honor he had won among the
whites.
Quite as impressive to me as this
demonstration was the deathlike ST.
lence which settled when the teams
scattered out in readiness. Princeton
kicked off, and the ball sailed high
and far. AS it settled in its down
ward flight | saw a 1.-the. gaunt shad-
ow of a man racing toward it and
recognized my boy. | had lost his
position for the moment. but l knew
that hungry, predatory stride which
devOured the feeting yards as If he
were a thing of the wind. He was off
with the ball in the hollow of his arm,
back into the heart of his enemies,
lodging, darling. leaping, twisting, al
ways advancing. They tore his inter
ference from him, and yet be pene-
trated their ranks like an elusive, Quiv-
ering beam Of light which non of
them might lay hands upOn. He was
running free when tackled, and his as
sailant launched himself with such
savage violence that the sound Of
their impact came to us distinctly. AS
1t lGIl L uGdlu AllC1d 11dAL AdA gasp 90
if some hand had been removed from
her throat. And then the crowd gave
tongue.
From that time on to the finish of
the game my eyes seldom left Run
ming Elk and then only to shoot quick
g~lances at my companions.
although the skill of the young
Sioux o%vertopped that of all the 9th
ers. the opposing team played as n
man, as a wonderful, well oiled piece
Of machinery, and they scored. All
through the first half Yale struggled
to retaliate. but at the intermission
had not succeeded.
I'm the second half of the game the
son of a Sioux chief led the men Of
Eli as Hannibal led his Carthaginian
cohorts up to the gates of Rome with
the same irresistible progress, showing
withal the military genius Of a Chief
IOSQnh He was indefafiQablo. mag