The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-04-25

Thon He Began to Paddle Nearer ans
Nearer.
more liable 1t was to roll over and give
us ducking. Still another thing about
small logs we learned. One day we
padded our individual logs alongside.
each other. And then, quite by Aeet-
dent, In the course Of play, we dis
covered that when each, with one hand
and foot, held on to the others log. tho
logs were steadied and did not turn
over. Lying side by side in this posi-
ton, our outside hands and feet were
left free for padding. Our final dis
covery was that this arrangement en-
abled us to use still smaller logs and
thereby gain greater speed. And there
our discoveries ended. We had in
vented the most primitive catamaran.
and we did not have sense enough to
know It. 1t never entered our heads to.
lash the logs together with tough yiness
or stringy roots. We were content tor
hold the logs together with our hands
and feet
1t was not until we got over our first
enthusiasm for navigation and had be.
gun to return to our tree shelter to.
sleep ut night. that we found the Swift
One. | saw her first. gathering young
acorns from the branches of large
oak near our tree. She was very timid.
At first, she kept very still: but when
she saw that she was discovered she
dropped to the ground and dashed
wildly away. We caught occasional
glimpses of her from day to day. and
came TO look for her when we Travelled
back and forth between our tree aud
the mouth of the slough.
And then, one day. she did not run
away. She waited our coming. and
made soft peace sounds. We could not
get very near, however. When we
seemed to approach too close. she dart
ed suddenly away and from a safe dis
lance uttered the soft sounds again
This continued for some days. II took.
long while to get acquainted with
her, but finally 1t was accomplished
and she Joined us sometimes in our.
play.
| liked her from the first. She was
Y. Eel
very mild. Her eyes were the mildeseS
| had ever seen. In this she was quite g.
unlike the rest of the girls ana women
OF the folk, who We're born yirngos.
She never made harsh. angry cries. ana
II seemed To be her nature to flee away
from trouble rather than to remain and
fight.
The mildness have mentioned seem
ed TO emanate from her whole being-
Her bodily as well as facial appear
ance was the cause Of this. Her eyes
were larger than most OF her kind.
and they were not so deep set. while
the lashes were longer and more regu-
lar. Nor was her nose so thick and
squat. Ii had quite bridge. and the
nostrils opened downward. Her In
cisors We're not large. nor was her up
per lip long and down hanging nor her
lower lip protruding. She was not very
hairy. except on the outsides Of arms
and legs and across the shoulders. and
while she was thin hipped her calves
were not twisted and gnarly
| have often wondered, looking back
upon her from the twentieth century
through the medium OF my dreams.
and II has always occurred to me thar
possibly she may have been related
TO the Fire People. Her father. or
mother. might well have come from
that higher stock. while such things
were not common. still they did uncur-
and | have seen proof OF them with
my own ewes, even 10 the extent ~
members Of the horde turning rene
gade and going TO live with the Tree
People
All OF which Is neither here nor there.
The Swift One was radically different
from any of the females OF the horde.
and | had a liking for her from tbs.
first Her mildness and gentleness ar
tracted me. She was never rough. and
she never fought. She always ran
away, and right here may be noted tho
significance Of the name Of her, She
WAS better climber than Top Ear or
I. When We played tag we could never
catch her except by accident, while
she could catch us at will. She was Ye-
markably swift In all her movements.
and she had a genius for judging dis
To Be ContinuedN