The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-05-28

white linen frocks and trousers, look
ing up at the house.
| The Indians, as | saw on looking
closer, had small hand drums slung in
front of them. Behind them stood a
little. delicate looking, light haired,
English boy carrying a bag. judged
the fellows to he strolling conjurers
and the boy with the bag to be carry
ing the tools Of their trade. One of
the three, who spoke English, and who
exhibited. l must own. the most ele-
CANT manners, presently Informed me
that my judgment was right. He re-
QueSted permission to show his tricks
in the presence of the lady Of the
house.
Now, l am not a sour old man. I am
generally all for amusement and the
last person in the world to distruSt an
other person because he happens to be
a few shades darker than myself. But
the best of us have our Weaknesses,
and my weakness, when l know a fam
lily plate basket to be out on Il pantry
table is to be instantly reminded of
that basket by the sight of a strolling
stranger, whose manners are superior
to my own. l accordingly informed the
Indian that the lady of the house was
out, and | warned him and his party
OFT the premises. He made me Il beau
tiful bow in return, and he and his
party went off the premises. On my
side. l returned to my beehive chair
and set myself down on the sunny side
or the court and fell. if the truth must
be owned. not exactly into a sleep, but
into the next best thing to it.
was reused up by my daughter Pc
nelope running out at me as if the house
was on fire. What do YOU think she
wanted: She wanted to have the three
Indian jugglcrs instantly taken up, for
his reason. namely, that they knew
who was coming from London to visit
us and thai they meant some mischief
to Mr.. Franklin Blake.
Mr.. Tranklin's name reused me. 7
opened my eyes and made my girl OK
plain herself.
1t appeared that Penelope had lust
come from our lodge, where she had
been having Il gossip with the lodge
Keepers daughter. The two girls had
seen the Indians pass out after | had
warned them off. followed by their lit
tic boy. Taking it into their heads that
the boy was i'll used by the foreigners
for no reason that | could discover.
except that he was pretty and delicate
looking-the girls had stolen along the
inner side of the hedge between us and
the road m had watched the proceed
lngs of the foreigners on the outer side.
lhese proceedings resulted in the per-
formance of the following cxtraordi-
nary tricks:
The chief Indian, who spoke English,
said to the boy. Hold out your hand"
The boy shrank back and shook his
head and said he didn't like it. The
lhdlan thereupon asked him, not at all
unkindly, whether he would like to be
sent back to London and left where
they had found him. sleeping in an
empty basket in a market. Il hungry.
ragged II forsaken little boy. This,
it seems, ended the difficulty. The lit
e~ $'..I' ~ IAlS lN'll Oul HIS mana.
Upon that the Indian took Il bottle
from his bosom and poured out of it
some black stuff like ink into the palm
OF the boys hand. The Indian, first
touching the boys head and making
signs over it in the air, then said.
Look" The boy became quite stiff
and stood like Il statue. looking into
the ink in the hollow of his hand.
The Indians looked up the road and
down the road once more, and then the
chief Indian said these words to the
boy, "See the English gentleman from
foreign parts"
The boy said, II see him.
The Indian said, lis it on the road to
this house and on the other that the
English gentleman will pass by us to-
day.?
The boy said. 1T is OH the road to
this house and on no other that the
English gentleman will pass by YOU to-
day"
The Indian put Il second question
after waiting Il little first. He said.
HAS the English gentleman got it
about him."
The boy answered, also after waiting
Il little first, YES"
The Indian put Il third and last ques-
ton, Twill the English gentleman
come here, rs he has promised to come,
at the close of day?'
The boy said. II can't tell"
The Indian asked why,
The boy said: II am tired. The mist
rises in my head and puzzles me. l can