The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-16
An Effective
 introduction
By ALAN HINSDAE

& word spoken between them because they have never been introduced. On the ether hand, there are thoss who, under some strong emotion, hAvO at first meeting rushed intS' oach OahrTAs arms. This Is Btory Illustrating tho latter feature.
 Jim ConoYer, plRfnEnan, aged twenty i've, long of limb, with . ,cOmtenRncS frank and fearless, was riding thronSA a wood on one OE che foothills of the Rocky mountains A FiHs was Slung from one side of htS SaddAsbow and a lasso from the other.
 Suddenly he reIned in hIg hOERs and, sitting stock EtIll, listened He had heard a shot,
 This was In tho days whan tho h. dian still inhabited the plAinn, Whsn hundreds of thousands oe bt@nloeS fed in huge droves.
 There was little variety on the plains in those dRyB, and OOnOVer knew that If the shot had not been fired Rt buf- falo 1t had bean intended for either q white man or an Indian. HS had no idea of showing himself Co either party till he learned the situation. DismOunt- ing, he left his horse to nibbls while he skulked, shielding himself behind trees, in the direction of the sound. Presently be reached the edge of the wood, and, looking down on to the open, he saw a wagon, behind which huddled a man, a woman and hah dozen youngsters; the oldest being a girl just entering womAnhood Be yond, hiding behind a rock or q bush or any inequality in the ground, were Indians. Conoyer saw several and judged that there were something like half dozen ip all
 How was Conover to save themH Save them be must, but without come stratagem his single rife would not suffice. But be had that one rife and a fair stock of ammunition. Ills pres ence was as yet unknown to either par, ty. How could he make himself a dan ger to the Indians and encourage tho | whites?
 An Indian rose from out of . bush and ran swiftly, intending 10 take GOV CT nearer to the wagon. ConOver had brought his rife to a ready and shot the redskin on the wing. The shot pro duced a change both in the Indians and the besieged party, the former sticking closer to their protecting objecta, the latter vaInly looking 10 see where the bullet that killed the Indian had come from One thing they knew-it was from a friend.
 COnoyer's quick eye which was dRrt- ing about him for advantageous posi- lions, caught sight of e troS SomS dis tance to his right, the lower hmbs of whtCh were within his reach. Bending low and protected by bushes, he gained this tree and in A few sscondG had reached the upper brancheS Concealed by leaves, be had an excellent view of the Indians He could zee every one of them and counted ten Taking de llberate aim, he sent a bullet at the one farthest in advance, aud he rolled over dead
 A shot from two different points put consternation into the Indians and hope into the whites ConoYer sent several shots among the Indians, kill ing or w0undmg one with every shot; then, descending quickly to the ground and taking a different position, he fired again, though this time, not see ing an Indian, his shot was without effect.
 There were now half a dozen Indians In the attacking party, and the prob lem for them was not how to get for ward, but how to get away without being picked oT by this new enemy. The father of the white family, having evidence that he was being assisted by an unseen force, took courage and used his rife to advantage-not that he killed any Indians, for they were GOV. cred, but that they were obliged to con slider him as an effective enemy.
 COnover kept on firing at the Indians, but never from the same point. One | SAAOI NOulu DS beL1L 4EOLu ulNGE kOW bush, the next from the branch of 6 tree thirty feet from the ground. The shots from above were the only ones that were effective.
 Thinking to take last shot from a treetOp where he could see his target, Conover saw from his perch that sey- eral new men had joined the Indians and they were all grouped together in conference, some of them looking up to where he was as though In doubt as to his being as dangerous an enemy as be appeared. COnover's rife was of long range, and he fired q ball right into the group. This startled them. and another shot quickly following the first put them on the run
 Conover now believed that the fight was over and if not he could work to better advantage with bis allies, 80 he went down and joined them.
 How many of,you are there 2" asked the father.
 I'm the only one" waB the reply.
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