The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-12-16

4 after the PeArihuntef secured his
spear. he turned the nose Of the ski6
down stream and shipped his oars long
enough to light bis pipe.
| Mother hung back q little right at
~ last" The young man said. his
mind doubtless dwelling q ~ un-
usual experience. the hrst experience
In his life. Of actually living upon
land. "Shs was afraid somebody
might net like 20 to move into the
cabin. But ! told her they couldn't do
more than make % move out"
"Afear'd Of tn wild Man, wus sher'
The younger man looked up.
"Say, tell me about that Wild Man.
She did mention him this afternoon"
Tho Boss took the pipe from his lips
and blew away the smoke In q slow
cloud, % Il Wishing to prolong the feel
| Of II upon bis tongue.
THE Wild Man." hs pondered, u
harmless OIL cuss. an pitiful to sec.
Seven year he's been In these Flat
woods. Hit amt often q body gifts .
glimpse Nv I'm. did oncs-a tall o.
ghost Of . marital 20 you' almost
but Q face o. I'm the pitifulsst you
ever ~. An like q ghost b. comes;
and like Q ghost be soss-nobody
knows where to. They say he's got .
daughter somewhefe's up In the hills
thar, but I never ses'd hsf."
The Boss went back to his pipe. Ths
other at bordering what he had just
heard.
"Ne. Il wasa't on account q ~
VIA Man." 10 resumed. % Il In an.
swee b he Bos1 aFst questjea. ',Bhs
WAS afraid somebody might make %
leave"
AN that'n b long willis a.dsan',"
the Boss answered. They amt 10
body In this quarter o H. world has
got tn night Z DO that. That lan' B..
longs e Cosonsl Warbrittso. Ever hear
tell Of hlmr
n never dtd."
HE owns hundreds and hundreds Of
acrss-dve o. SIX sections, guess-
layin' In square right aloag Tie river
hsre. tn very heart and flower " u
g1atwoods. That's bis east line baek
thar where the River road bsnds
north. TIN b many long day b'foes
- orders anybody OF. Hs's got -
much b'sides I 1oo't s'pose hs hardly
knows he's got this I desbt u b ever
seen Il"
The Boss let the oars drift while b.
tanned his bead and sat Q moment
sweeping his eyes up and down the
dim. forest.bound shore line.
Them warbEittons b q remarkable
eaes," he resumed. Fire eaters every
one. Soldiers an lighters sencs th'
Lord knows when. In times long ago
they wus Q clan. They bad . DAG with
Q gray wolf o. II. an they called their.
selves the Gray Wolf clan. They ~
every man In the clan wus brave. an
every woman virtuous. An that's
what they prided theirselves- 90 spe-
cial partic1ar. They wus all big
men. They wus ave Of EN- In the
Revolution: two with Clark: an four
10 tn war Of ~"
The Pearihunter bent forward and
hung upon the words. Somehow they
strangely stirred him.
II at tn lnjuns under this Colonel
Warbritton. tn soldiers use T talk
about I'm q lot around tn campfire.
That's how ! come { know . much
about Inn. Hit wus No that saved bis
scalp At Hesseshos Bend" A tang Of
pride crept Into the hard tones Of the
grixxled old river man. "Hls boss got
shot through tn brains an fell .
quick he caught tn colonel's foot. an
I stood over i'm with tn bayOuet
whilst he got loose. We sent seven
screechin' heathens { bell that day
b'fors hep come. That's how I got {
be q sergeant. Hit wus tn best he
could do fer 4 man that hadn't no
learnin'. No. No. You needn't he
ufear'd Of gtttin' driv' out o tn cabin.
II the colonel wus here. he wouldn't"
He clutched the oars In earnest. A
few lusty strokes drove the boat down
to where the glare from the campfire
Of the Boss crew Of "clammers" nared
out across the water. There he turned
In to get the Jack light.
A dirtier bunch Of men than the I'VE
lounging about that campfire couldn't
be found anywhere else In the world
except In another "clammers" camp
The practice Of the early pearl fishers
was to put the CLANS In watts and a..
low them to die there and rot. This
muck was afterward carefully "han.
died" for whatever pearls II might con.