Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-09-29

AUS CUUkDdUy IN my F0mOIeS. M00Ily
these were confined to the neighbos.
hood Of the cove. I never ventured
beyond Lookout ridge, but there I went
often with Crus0e, and we would sit
upon rock and talk to each other
about our first encounter there, and
the fright he had given me. Every
body else had gone, gazed and al
mired. But the only constant pilgrim,
besides myself, was, Of all people,
Captain Magnus. The captains unex-
pected ardor for scenery carried him
thither whenever he had half an hour
to spare from the work in the cave
Needless to say, Crusoe and 1 timed
our visits so as not to conflict with
his.
One day, MS Crusoe and 1 came down
from the ridge, we met Captain Mag
nus ascending. had In my hand a
small metal-backed mirror, which
had found. surprisingly, lying III q
messy cleft between the rocks. u
was thing such as q man might car.
~ in his pocket though on the island
1t seemed unlikely that anyone would
do so. ut once attributed the mir
ror to Captain Magnus, for knew that
no one else had been on the ridge for
days. / was wondering as I walked
along whether by some sublime law
of compensation the captain really
thought himself beautiful, and sought
this retired spot to admire not the
view but his own physiognomy.
When the captain saw me he stopped
full in the path. There was growth
of fern on either side. / approached
slowly, and, as he did not move,
paused, and held out the mirror.
II think YOU must have dropped this,
Captain Magnus. I found 1t on the
rocks"
For an instant his face changed.
His evasive eyes were turned to me
search!ngly and sharply. He, took
the glass from my hand and slipped it
into his pocket. I made a movement
to pass on, then stopped, with faint
daWnfng of discomfort. For the heavy
figure of the captain still blocked the
path. ~
A dark flush had come into the mans
face. His yellow teeth showed be-
tween his parted lips. His eyes had a
swimming brightness.
''What's your hurry?" he remarked,
with a certain insinuating emphasis.
began to tremble.
II am on my way back to camp.
Captain Magnus. Please let me pass -
1T won't do you no harm If you're
n little late. There aint no one there
keepin' tab. Amt you always a.
strayin' off with the Honorable? I
amt so pretty, but
"You are impertinent. Let me pass"
"Oh, Tin impertinent, am 1? That
means fresh, maybe. I'm plain man
and don't use frills on my langwidge.
Well, when meets little skirt that
takes my eyes there amt no harm in
lettin' her know it, is there? Maybe
the Honorable could say it nicer
With a forward stride he laid a
hand upon my arm. ! shook him Off
and stepped back. Fear clutched my
throat. 1 had left my revolver in my
quarters. Oh, the dreadful denseness
of these woods, the certainty that no
widest cry of mine could pierce them |!
And then Crusoe, who had been
waiting quietly behind me in the path,
slipped in between us. Every hair
on his neck was bristling. The lifted
upper lip snarled Enthusiastically. He
gave me swift glance which said,
''Shall l spring."
Quite suddenly the gorilla blandish-
ments Of Captain Magnus came to an
end,
"say," he said harshly, hold back
that dog, will your don't want to
kill the cur
"You had better not" 1 returned
coldly. II should have to explain how
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