Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-18
DALE, PIONEER
BY JOHN FOX, j..
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turned once in the air and lighted re,
soundingly on his back. He got W
dazed and sullen, but breaking into {
good -natured laugh, shook his head
and held forth the buckles to Dave.
4 "You won 'em, Dave said. 'They're
IYou challenged. Well shake hands,
Then My Lord Dunmore sent fol
Dave and asked him where he was
from. ri r..
'And do you know the Indian
country IN this side OF the Cumber.
land o. asked his lordship.
Very we'll"
His lordship smiled thoughtfully.
II may have need Of you"
Rave bowed: t'''
Il am an American, my lord"
His lordship famed, but he con-
trolled himself.
You are at least an open enemy"
he said, and gave orders to move o
The horse race was now on. and
! Colonel Dale had given Hugh permits
sion to ride FREELY, but when he
saw the lads condition he peremp-
torily refused. "
And nobody else can ride him." he
said, with much disappointment.
Let me try!" cried Erskine.
"You!" Colonel Dale started to
laugh, but he caught Dawes eye.
Surely said Dave. The colonel
hesitated.
Every WE'LL will"
At once the three went to the
horse, and the negro groom rolled
his eyes when he learned what his
purpose was. e
IBIS hoss'll kill dat boy he NUT
foYo6 HIT thu hnpco had olrooA1. ~,,h-
hitted his naughty head to the lads
hand and was standing quietly. Even
Colonel Dale showed amazement and
concern when the boy insisted that
the saddle be taken off, as he wanted
to ride bareback, and again Dave
overame his scruples with a word of
full confidence. The boy had been
riding pony races bareback. he ex-
planned. among the Indians, as long
as he had been able to sit a horse.
The establishment Of the crowd when
horse enter the course with a young
Indian apparently on him bareback
will have to be imagined, but when
they recognized the rider as the one
who had won the race, the betting
through psychological ~perversity was
stronger than v on FREELY. Hugh
v took an additional bet with his
friend Grey, who was quite openly
scornful.
You bet on the horse now" he
said.
O BOTH" said Hugh.
1t was a pretty n a close race
between FREELY and a w~hite-starred
bay mare, n they came down the
course neck and neck like two whirl-
winds. A war-wheep SO Indian-like
and curdling that it startled every old
frontiersman who heard it came sud-
denly from one of the riders. Then
FREELY stretched ahead inch by inch.
and another triumphant savage yell
heralded victory as the black horse
swept over the line a length ahead.
Dane Grey swore quite fearfully, for
it was a bet he could i'll afford to lose.
He was talking to Barbara when the
boy came back to the Dales. and
something he was saying made the
girl color resentfully, and the lad
heard her say sharply:
He is my cousin" and she turned
away from the young gallant and gave
the youthful winner a glad smile.
Again Hugh and Dane Grey were
missing when the party started back
to the town-they were gone tt bet
fight. That. night they still were miss
ing when the party went to see the
Virginia Comedians. in a play by one
Mr.. Congreve-they were gaming that
highland next morning when the
Kentucky lad rose. he and Dave
through his window saw the two
young roisteress approaching the
porch OF the hotel-much d~isheveled
and all but staggering with drink.
Il don't like that young man" said
Dave. "and he a a bad influence on
Hugh"
That morning news came from New
England that set the town a-quiver.
England's answer to the Boston tea
party had been the closing of Boston
harbor. In the house Of Burgesses,
the news was met with a burst of in
~dignation. The LIST Of June was
straightway set apart as a day of fast
ing, humiliation and prayer that God
would avert the calamity threatening
the civil rights of America. In the mid
die Of the afternoon my lords coach
and six swung from his great yard
and made for the capitol-my lord
sitting erect and naughty, his lips
with the resolution to crush the spir-
1T OF the rebellion. 1t must have been
a notable scene. for Nicholas, Bland,
Lee. Harrison. Pendleton, Henry and
Jefferson. and perhaps Washington,
were there. And my lord was far from
popular. He had hitherto girded him
self with all the trappings of etiquette,
had a court herald prescribe rules for
the guidance Of Virginians in APP
preaching his excellency. had enter
tanned little and, unlike his predeces-
sors. had made no effort to establish
cordial relations with the people of
the capital. The B%urgesses were to
give a great ball in his honor that
very night. and now he was come to
dissolve them. And dissolve them he
did. They bowed graveIy and with no
protest. Shaking with anger. my lord
stalked to his coach and six while
they repaired to the Apollo room to
prohibit the use of tea and propose a
general congress of the colonies. And
that ball came to- pass. Naughty hosts
received their naughty guest with the
finest and gravest courtesy, bent low
over my lady's hand, danced with her
daughters, and wrung from my lords
reluctant lips the one grudging word
Of comment:
Gentlemen"
And the ladies Of his family bobbed
their heads sadly in confirmation, for
the steel-like barrier between them
was SO palpable that it could have
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III two backwoodsmen had zeeh
daxxled by the brtlliance Of IT all, for
3 boy had stood with Barbara, who
2 been allowed to look on for q
while. Again my lord had Summoned
Dave to him and asked many dues-
lions about the wilderness beyond the
Cumberland, and he ever had the boy
to come up and shake hands, and ask
ed him where he had learned to ride
20 we'll 80
Before Barbara was tent home
Hugh and Dane Grey, dressed with
great care, came In, and with an. e.
L~asgeration OF dignity and p~oliteness
q 2 fooled few others than them