The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-02-19

that IN onc was a hoic with the
edge bi~oodstained. ANA then she
began to watch her fnthers face.
which showed that the contents of
the letter were astounding him
lie rosc quickly when he had lin.
iHhyed nnd put out his hand Ia the
stranger.
II am glad t o see you. my boy"
he said with "a great kindness
barbara this " q little klnsman
OF ours from Kentucky. He was
the adopted sou o. an Indian chief
but by blood he Is your own cousin
His name h Erskine pale"
"
The little girl rose startled, but
her breeding wns too fine for be-
trayal ana she went to him with
hand out-stretched. The hoy took
IL rs he hRd taken her fathers.
iimply ana without rising The
father frowncd and smilcd-huw
could the lad have learned man
ners? And then he. too saw the
hole In the muucasin through
which the bleeding had started
again.
You are hurt ycu have walk
cd a long way"
The lad shrugged his shoulder.
caFsiessiy
Take him into the Kitchen.
Barbara ana toll Hannah to wash
his foot and bandugc II.
Tn" boy looked uncomfortable
and shuuk hts head. bat the iIttlc
Rirl was smiling and she told him
10 come with such sweet imperi-
business that no rose helplo-siy
ola Hannah's eyes made q be-
wiidercd start.
swiftly the old negrcss boull
his foot and with great respect sue
led him 10 "a iiuie room In gro
cll of the great house IN which
was a tub 81 warm water.
ole mnrster say you been triv
ollin' an mchhc YOU like tu refresh
yo'self wild u hot bath na, 81 Soma
a. little marster's clothes pu de
bed dar. an o pair a. his shoes. an
! know deyn Just IA you snug
She closed the door. once. vim
ter ana summer, the boy Ind daily
plunged into thu river with hlS
Indian companions. hut he had
never had O. bath In MS iifc. and
he dbl not know what the wor :
meant; yet he had learned 20
much at the fort that he had no
trouble making nut what the '"b
81 water Ia Tor. For the same
reaso he felt no surprl when
he picked NJ the clothes. he vas
only puzzled how Co get INTO clrm
The boy began putting on hi7
own clothez
outside Colonel Dale and Bar
bara had stroll,d down az" h,g
path To- the auE-dini. the colonel
telling the story Of thu little Ken
lucky kinsmnn-thc little cir! LIS
t.ninE and widc-eycd
is he going To live here with us.
papa?
"PcrhapH You must be gerry
nice To him He has lived "a rude.
rough NE. but ! can see ne ls very
sensitive"
Al she Send Of the river thor,
was the flash uf dripping oars, and
The song Of the black oursmcn
came the yellow flood
There they come" cried Bar.
/ bara. And from his window tn
htti, kcntuckian saw the company
coming up thu path. brave with
gay ciuthee and smiles and Eulltn-
tries
All the men were dressed alike
and not one was dressed axe him
/ Panic assaiied him. and once NOR,
he looked NJ the clothes on The
bed. and then without hesitation
walked through the hallway nu,
stopped on tho threshold ~ m,
front door. A quaint figure D.
made there. and for the moment
the gay talk and laughter quit,
ceased
No son Of Powhattan could hav,
stood there with more dignity and
young Harry Dates face broke in
to a smile OF welcome HE father
being indoors he went forward
with hand -outstretchod
II am your cousin Harry hs
said and taking him by the arm
he led him on the round Of pre-
sentation
And the young ladies greeted
him with frank. eager interest
and tho young gentlemen suddenly
%represscd pntronisinE smiles and
gave him grave greeting, for Il
ever q rapier flashed from a hu'
man head. Il flashed from th'
piercing BLACK eye Of that httls
Kentucky hackwoodsmnn when M
cousin Hugh. with a rather whim'
steal smile, bowed with a polite
ness that was a trifle too elab'
crate.
Harry was quick 20 notic'
Hugh'H attitude,
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