The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-12-19
The Christmas OF
Samuel YeHow I HoF
BY c. N. MORRISON.

~ AIfUll9 Ntdttu anu never HuNNc0o
hly c~ontradicted that Samuel Yol'ow
BIZ was o.e Of the most wort lies
,scimens Of noble Red Man that could
collected anywhere between the
xfrglades Of the forgotten Seminoles
the next big "potlatch' Of the
INVESTS Indians.
muel reckoned not. He was lust
all Indian, OF the hopeless, quiet,
Iing, h~alf-moccasin, bGlEblanket
that ride trains in TIE South
till some brass.buttoned rail
kicks them on miles away from
,Hch as a siding. He had that CID
6Rl liking of the noble Red Man
To noble f~re-water and lie would
every occasion. Otherwise that
bout let's Samuel yellow Wolf
war and the draft and all the
bf it came along and caugh sam
el Yellow Wolf just about totally an
retsrcd. as it were. He had no
rival Grievances aginst the Kaiser or
fon TIrpiiz and he had never heard Of
re Grown Prince. The bigsest boat
lie had ever seen was a hat-bottomed
sAid tied up at the creek bank Had
you told him that some n OF these
lays he was going to cross tie Atlantic
Ocean ard that indicative boats that
ran ander the water would he taking
shots at him-well, he would have
classified you as a forked tongued
liar n that aboriginal mind Of his,
but be would not have told you SO.
NE simply would not have taken the
troghle.
c6ns.der tits son Of the roaring and
rasaping Southwest. with an agency
school education. and about as much
general knowledge as a mud turtle
from one of his native creeks, being
picked out Of a smoky h%alf-house tepee
ard set down in the mud and the we'll
known coolies Of "sunny France. "
And. consider. if you like the job OF
considering, all the things that hap
pened to Sam yellow Wolf b fore they
Considered him fit 10 take a rifle In
his brown band and a pack on his
Shoulders and fare forth to the great
game OF German killing.
The Manitou is certainly good and
all powerful, and somehow it came
about. Furthermore. this same sham
bling. gocd-for nothing wastrel of al
agency schooled Indian came quite
near to being one of the best scouts tina
the A. 4. +. owned. Maybe the iol
suited him 20 well because he neye.
had to hurry and the scouts were wei
fed gentry. whose turns Of routine
duty were fow and rather far between
II Was written that Samuel yellow
Wolf wasato escape erman gas an
French coolies. English tea an
Bavarian machine gun bullets and &c
one long and unwinking look at tn
Goddess who is known as the statu
oft Liberty. sam yellow Wolf like
her looks from that eastern approach
Maybe he was thinking Of how cali
And restful it was going to be back
sun and shade Of Panther Fork.
III the meanwhile those busy ladie
known OF old as the Fates, were pr
isilng a large surprise for samu'
YELLOW Wolf. late Of the Panther Fol
country. During Samuel's absent
some %enterprising pale face wobblt
into that remote part Of the world an
nfos eeasd to SET up an 'outft" Tn
outiit proceeded TO puncture the upp'
oinst Of the long suffering globe.
when the puncturing had gone Il
enough there was a great amount
yeilowish brown and highly smel
hnid pouring out upon the surface. Al
samuel yellow Wolf. who had twi
1rossed the seas and gathered un
HIMSELF a few notches on his gun,
n%trfectly legitimate warfare, had
como one Of the really wealthy M
Ana prominent citizens Of those par
Came along Thanksgiving, and Sa
ael yellow Wolf, who was acquirl
certain civilized tastes other tn
those having to do with bootleg a
tobacco. made his first kick agar
that amiable but irksome RESTRICT
of The Indian Office that permits ev
the richest Of the genuine Indian
10 have no more than an allowance
But it was no use. so much mon
he might have for his needs and
more. Samuel already had a mo
car. a new house with six entirely
used bathtubs, and had bought enou
ornaments. junk to furnish out a 5
ond.hand store. But he had SO mi
and ne could have no more. Not
less he could think out some perfec
good and approved way Of spending
Maybe samuel yellow Wolf was
very much concerned about whet
eTreasury Savings Certificates "
good or not, but into his orisl
and abor sinal mind some knowiel
~ these certificates 'creft- He
4 plug hat and a congressmans g
ANYWAY. a well as a rcd yellow Y
ia he just hid to buy something NJ
ha learned that the man VINO
looking after his money could not
sihly object TO HIS buying Fcef
cates. SIM yellow VOLTS mind
made Up. liz regarded the Whole I
Ter IN The lient Of having pu' onp !