Douglas Island news., 1917-11-02

would stand in the door of her |tcpcc and sing to mo 'Ac ki lu tis ad iz Ca lu guk D as nlc.' which meant. Down. Down by Grandpa's Meadow l win Meet You at the Bars. But when | would meet her at thc bars she would always glvo m, thc Iu always bo a sister to yoV spell and tell me that she had promised Co attend the next neigh boring pouoch with Woodtck Will Han or Rabbit-Heartcd John.
 "Eut Che cold winter Of which ! started to tell you came on apaco. Day by day it grew colder and finally both the sun and the moon Crozc fast to their moorlngs and ueithu Of thcm moved for a week. It was something fierce.
 "Tien it was that gaunt famine stalkct in our village and tho plain . tive wills of starving children were ! waited out on Che night zephyrs ! as they were spanked and laid on . their night shelves without suppcrs.
 Things went from deploroblc to worse throughout the village until Che tcp,e that housed the family Co whicl the Sore-Eyed Sage Hen belonged was reduced to tho last five pounds Of fish grease. Thon it was that her father announced in tho couudl house that the first buck who laid moose at Che door of his tcpcc wolld be given the hand Of Che Sorc-Eycd Sage Hen in marriage.
 "It was me to Che timber without delay, forI well knew that, in order Co outdo wooltick William, must bc up and doing with a heart for any fate. There were but two of us u tho race. as Robbit-Heartcd John said hc would pass.
 "It was late in che day when We started, mo going east and Wood tick William going west. That night four uchcs of blue snow fcll but ! kept brayely on my course. buoyed up by thc thought that. in case | won. thc sorc-Eycd Sage Hen would hcncIorth occupy my tcpoc with the iuuncible right Co get up quietly at night and go through my pants. That very thought kept me warm in tho neighborhood of my heart although the remainder of my anatomy vas frozen as hard as a brides first mess of biscuit.
 About nooi of the second day out ! came faU Co face with a big tru moose As tho lottcr did not move at my approach. ! concluded it wos dead from the cold. Stand ing in front or it. my breath struck it in Che face when it appeared Co awaken from iu stupor. ! backed up and it followed me. By walking backward and blowing my breath in its face. had that moose within a mile of thc village when | heard Che sweetest melody | had ever lis- tened Co waited over Che frozen ozone. It was Che Sorc-Eycd Sage Hen singing lick ti tu um sic kat, which meant Come Back Co Me, Sweetheart, and Love Me as Before
 "Shc almost cro1kcd with joy as she saw me plotting a big bull moose through the woods. She said Woodtick William had returned ompty-haudcd and less than half dozen ucks of Che fish sgrease re- maiucd. Arm in arm we backed into che village, that befuddlcd moose following ms until we arrived 1t Che door of her fathers topcc and there my trophy was slain
 "victory was mine, but was frozen SO white the works In me showed as plain as those Of watch in a glass case But by soaking me In cold water a couple of weeks the frost was an drawn out of me and wos restored Co my pristine love Illness.
 "As soon as ! was thawcd out tho Soro-Eyed Sage Hen moved her be- Iongings to my tepee and for the new few moono my heart was as light and airy as Furnished Front Rooms Co Let but"
 Here thc old man was convulscd with sobs. his hulk Of a frame shaking like house built on piles and during a Taku wind.
 And what became of tho Sore Eyed Sage Hen?" asked the Stroller iu his soft. musical and sympathetic voice that has brought comfort and consolation for the past forty years Co many sorrowing hearts, princl- pally female hearts.
 Alas, replied the relic of a past and gone generation. "sho quit mo for Rabbit-Hoarted John S3 snows ago"
 And as he spoke an unbiddon tear ground-sluiced itself a right of way down bis woizened cheek and fell on Che floor with a resounding ker- plunk.
 The Stroller feels that it is his 1 YRIC l