The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-02

now. Sent some all fired, independent
kindergarten orders TO the Indians.
Says they have to be in bed by ten
o'clock, or some such hour on Satur-
day and Sunday nights. It's Il strike,
their answer That's what his monkey.
ing has brought down on U.s."
They're not going to quit?"
They've sent word they won't work
on Mondays, and they will 20 to bed
when they choose Saturday nights.
Losing one day a week! We can't
stand for that. Luck's been playing
into his hands, but this will show him
up. Thisll show Marshall his pet
clerk. Tell Casey therein be no In
dams tomorrow" He suffered an
grily out Of the Office.
Richard seemed pleased when Mac
Lean made the announcement a few
hours later.
His secretary was weighing him.
"Nhat do YOU intend TO do about it?'
Call their bluff" grinned Casey
showing teeth tobacco had not had u
chance to spoil. Boycott them"
MacLean found Wooster at the river
bank with Tom Hardin. The two men
We're watching 4 ~pile-driver set a re-
belliouS pile. Two new t~reStles were
to supplement the one which had been
hent out of line by the weight of set
Ting drift. Marshall's plan was being
followed, though jeered at by reclama-
ton men and the engineers of the d.
X. company.
stop the mattress weaving and
dump like he'll" had been his orders.
Boycott he Indians, we'll Im
bowed" the beady eyes sparkled at
Hardin. Nov he's cut his own
throat"
by the eternal" swore Hardin.
MacLean left the two engineers match
ing oaths.
There was an ominous quiet the next
day. Not an Indian offered to work at
the river. A few stolid bucks came to
their tasks on Tuesday morning; they
were told by Richard limself that
there was no work for mem. Richard
appeared ignorant of the a~ntagonism
VI t4C 'Ei@i8T'i9
An unfathered umo started that
Richard was in with the Reclamation
Service men that he wanted the work
TO fail to he adopted by the Service
MacLean broke Il lance or two against
the absurd Islander. He was making
the discovery that a mans friendship
for a MAJ may be deeper than Il mans
love for i woman. He was Il Richard
man. He was made TO feel the re
preach of it.
Wednesday not an Indian reported
Coronel passed frCIo camp to camp
his advice unpopula.. Scouts sent out
to watch the work on the river report
ed it was crippled. The white man
would be sending for the Indian oon
The waiting braves sat on their
launches, grinning and smoking their
pipes.
Saturday night the camp went
gloomily to bed. On the Indian side
there was no revel, no feasting or
dancing.
Richard did not turn in until after
midnight, planning alternatives. He
was sleeping hard when MacLean, at
dawn. dashed into his tent.
"Quick, what does this mean?"
1t was a splendid spectacle, and
staged superbly. For background, the
sharp-edged mountains flushing to-
pinks and puppies gainst a one-hued
sky; the river-growth of the old chan
mel uniting them. blotting out miles Of
desert into a fiat scene. On the OPP
posite bank of the New r'-er, five
hundred strong, lined up f~ormidablyp
their faces %grotesque and ferocious
with paint, were the seven tribes. The
suns rays glinted up from their fire.
arms. shotguns, revolvers, into a mot,
ley of defiance! Cocopahs, with
streaming hair, blanketed Navajos,
short-haired Pimas, those in front rein
~motionless, silent in that early MORN
ing light.
"What does it mean?" whispered
MacLean. Richard did not answer. He
had one nauseous instant as he looked
toward lines tent. Then he broke into
laughter.
"See, the white horse. no, in 'front.'
by jove," MacLean slapped his
thigh. "Coronel! They had me buff
faloed. What do you think it is?''
Richard stepped out into the wash
Of morning air and waved a solemn
salute across the river. Grayely it
vas returned by Coronel.
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what does 1t mean2" demanded
MacLean.
1T means we've won," chuckled his
chief. coming back into his tent.
An hour later Coronel led in d picked
group of the tribes. If the white chief
would recall the boycott the Monday
strike was Over. The white mans sill
yer had won.
(TO BE coNTINUED.)
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