Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-15
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4Xo&19
BY JOHN FOX, j.
os,yrssst D ohazass sarnasr's sons

sYxo1s1s
s TO the kentucky wilderness outpost
commanded by Jerome Sanders. in the
time Immediately preceding the Revolu-
tribe Of shavnees by whom he had been
captured and adopted as 4 son Of the
chisf, Kahtoo. He is given shelter and
attracts the favorable attention Of Dave
- b boy warns his new friends of
the coming Of a Shawnee wal party. The
fort is attacked, and only saved by the
s sins'y 4B eea 'ssssr Of df a t Rsssy IS IS Y tatsiiy
wounded. but in his dying moments
recognizes the fugitive youth as his son.
At Red Oaks, plantation on the James
river, Virginia, Colonel Dale's home. the
boy appears with q message for the
colonel.
The boy Erunted assent, and with a
shock OF resentment the little lady
started up h path with her head
very high indeed. The boy slipped
~noiselessly after her, his face IN
moved, but his yes were darling right
and left to the flowers. trees, and
bushes. to rel fitting. strange bird.
the gray streak Of p scampering squir-
rel, and what he could not see, his
ears tok in-the clankfng chains of
wOfA-IlOx6CS ~ III VI d 4udAAs IAS
screech of a peacock, the songs of
eGroe from fRr-o6 ields
On the porch sat a gentleman in
powdered wig and knee-breeches, who
lifting his eyes from a copy of The
Spectator to give an order to a negro
servant, saw the two coming, and the
hrst look of bewilderment on his fine
face ave way to a tolerant smile.
He asked no question, for a purpose
! very decided and definite was plainly
bringing the little lady on, n he
| would not have to question. Swiftly
she ran up the steps, her mouth prim-
ly set, and handed him a letter.
THE, messenger is the son of a
king"
"A what." w.
The son of a king" she repeated
gravely.
"Ah." said the gentleman, humoring
her, a sk his highness to be seated"
His highness was looking from one
to the other gravely and keenly. He
gentle fun was being poked at him,
and he dropped sullenly on the edge
OF the porch and stared in front Of
him. The little girl saw that his moe
casins were much worn and that in
n was a hole with the edge blood
stained. And then she began to
watch her fathers face, which show
1 S0 ZIG NhS SolkCilL@ VI -
wer astounding him. He rose quick
! ~ when he had finished and put out
} his hand to the. stranger.
:, II am glad to see YOU, my boy" he
said with great kindness. Barbara,
this is a little kinsman of ours from
Kentucky: He was the adopted son
of an Indian chief. but by blood he is
your cousin. His name is Erskine
! Dale"
CHAPTER ~.
The little girl rose startled, but her
breeding was too fine for betrayal, and
she went to him with hand out
stretched. The boy took it as he had
taken her fathers. Imply and with
smiled how could the lad have
learned manners? And Their he, too,
saw the hole in the moccasin,
through which the bleeding had start
ed again.
Take him into the kitchen, Bar
bara. and telF Hannah to wash his
foot and bandage it.
The boy looked uncomfortable and
shook his head, but the little girl was
smiling and she told him to come
with such sweet i~mperiousness that
he rose helplessly. Old Hannah's
eyes made a bewildered start:
you go on back an wait for yo'
company, little miss; III Tend to
him.
And when the boy still protested.
she fared up:
'Looky here. son. little miss tell me
! to wash yo' foot, an Use gwinter do
It. eft l got to tie you fust: now you
keep still. Whar you come FROM
His answer was a somewhat haugh-
ty grunt that at once touched the
quick instincts of the old negress and
I checked further question. Swiftly and
1 silently she bound his foot, and with
| great respect she led him to a little
I room in one ell of the great house in
which was a tub of warm water.
"Ole marster says O been trave.in
an mebbe you like to refresh yo'sef
Wild a hot bath. Oars some O. little
marster's clothes or lie bed dar, an a
pair O. his shoes, an l know dey'll
JUS fit o snug. You'll find all de
folks on de front po'ch when you git
through"
She closed the door. Once. winter
and summer, the boy had daily
I plunged into the river with his Indian
Il companions, but he had never had a
hath in his life. and he did not know
what the word meant; yet he had
learned so much at the fort tina he
y had no trouble making u what the
tub OF water was for. For the same
q he felt nc surprise when he
picked up the clothes: he was only
puzzled how to get into them. He
tried, and struggling with the breeches
he threw n hand out to the wall to
keep from falling and caught a red
ttoofd with a bushy red tassel; whereat
there was a ringing that made him
spring ava from it. A moment
later there was a knock at his door
did you ring, sub p asked a voice
II What that ear he did not know, and
II he made no nswer. The door was
opened slightly and a wGoly head an.
IpSAred.
.po you want anything, sub ?"
SS% NO
Den I reckon hit was anudde,
ball-yaasuh." 4,rs
The boy began putting ON his owl
4 clothes.
4 Outside Colonel Dale and Rarbars
~ had strolled down the big path to tn,
Snn-dial, the colonel telling the ator.,
s & the little Kentucky kfnsman-thl
little girl listening and wide-eyed.
5 3ssssfs he going to live here with US
Perhaps. You must be very mic,
TO him. He has lived a rude, rough
NJ If. but ! see he is cry send
.fixe.'
Mia AZ the bend 81 the river there va.
tho HASH of dripping oars, and til,
song Of the black oarsmen came acros
the yellow Hood.
they GOMEZ cried Barbara
sEsfuektan 1aW the company coming III
~ pexh with ray clothes .an,
.SlnS11ataS&and iGaIlantries. The colone
1a1kodNKtth q grand lady at the head
md ee6indsWsre the bellies and beaxIx an
nm the rear vas BarhoralAl