Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-08-11
By John Fox, Jr.

n There they GOMEZ" cried Barbar
II And from his window the little Kel
II tuckian saw the company coming L
II the path. brave with gay clothes an
II smiles and gallantries. The colons
H walked with a grand lady at the hea,
II behind were the bellies and beaux, an
/ bringing up the rear was Barbara. e.
| corted by a youth of his own age, VIII
| carried his hat under his arm an,
bore himself as haughtily as hi
elders No sooner did he see then
mounting to the porch than there wa!
the sound Of a horn In the rear, ant
looking out of the other window the
lad saw coach and four dash
through the gate and swing around
the road that enclrcled the great trees
and up to the rear pOrtIco, where
there was joyous clamor of greet
ings. Where did all those people
come from? Were they going to stay
/ there and would he have to be among
them? All the men were dressed alike
and not one was dressed like him.
Panic assailed him, and once more he
looked at the clothes on the bed, and
then without hesitation walked
through the hallway, and stopped on
the threshold of the front door A
quaint ngure he made there, and for
the moment the gay talk and laughter
quite ceased. The story of him al
ready had been told, and already was
sweeping from cabin to cabin to the
farthest edge Of the great plantation.
No son of Powhatan could have stood
there with more dignity, and young
Harry Dale's face broke into a smile
of welcome. His father being indoors
he went forward with hand out
stretched.
81 am your cousin Harry" he said,
and taking him by the arm he led him
on the round of presentation.
Mrs. Willoughby, may | present my
cousin from Kentucky?"
'phis is your cousin, Miss Katherine
Dale; another cousin, Miss Mary; and
this is your cousin Hugh"
And the young ladies greeted him
with frank eager interest, and the
young gentlemen suddenly depressed
smiles and gave him grave
greeting, for If ever a rapier flashed
from a human head, it flashed from
the piercing black eye of tnat lltSfa
Kentucky bacawJ0Gsman when his
cousin Hugh, with a rather whimsical
smile, bowed with a politeness that
ft.iH 1aI
,ral Willoughby guessed how the lads
leart was humping with the effort to
conceal his embarrassment, and when
1 tinge or color spread on each side
If his set ruouth and his eyes began
% waver uncertainty, her intuition
vas quick and kind.
Barbara, she asked, "have you
hown your cousin your ponies?"
The little girl saw her motive and
aughed merrily:
"Why, l haven't had time to show
i'm anything. Come on, cousin" I
The boy followed her down the
tops in his noiseless moccasins, along
grass path between hedges of an
lent box, around an ell, and past the f
itchen and toward the stables. At 8
he gate the little girl called imperi-
usly:
"Ephraim, bring one of my ponies !"
And in moment out came q sturdy
title slave whose head was all black
kin, black wool and white teeth. lead
lg two creamy-white little horses
hat shook the lads composure at last,
or he knew ponies as far back as he |
ould remember, but he had never
cen the like of them. His hand al
lost trembled when ne ran it over /
heir sleek coats, and unconsciously |
e dropped into his Indian speech and |
i'd not know it until the girl asked I
lughingly:
why, what are you saying to my \
oniesT
And he FLASHED, for the little girls
rtless prattlins and friendllness were
ready beginning to make him quite |,
lman
That's injun talk" T
Hugh had followed them. Il
barbara, your mother wants YOU |
? said, and the little girl turned
ward the house. The stranger was J
AZ case with Hugh and the latter T
new II.
at must be very exciting where X
~ live
How"
"Oh. fighting Indians and shooting
er and turkeys and buffalo. II must
great fun"
Nobody does il for fun It's mighty
rd work" en-
MY uncie--your fathe' used 10 q"
\ Us about his wonderful adven. -
res out there" IN
Tie had no chance 10 ten me-" -
But yours must have been more
'nderful than his" ln'
ihe boy gave q little grunf that was "i
survival of his Indian nfe. and SCI
med 20 go back 10 rhe house.
But an This J suppose. Is as 10
anee 90 you ~