Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-09

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"nhs NM heNof 'hifpen ABOUT the sofrs'
IN inc graveyard nor inc hve dollar Dill IN
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know ~. what dia they nt MN tort AUST
hf something DIE Them cisyt2ns never was
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fofe " only the Following fhets' mat Mar
m,oh tenant had to'a another Negro who
informed bud shocky thnt tho PRESIDENT OF
the ohned states marshals haa ruhhed OF
win Mr' stuart clayton IN an automoohe'
but the wse Mr. walker eouid give NAT no
sausiaeeioh an 10 wheh or Where MT Clayton
haa been arrested.
For Euiieiess and garrulous Negro the
aforesaid Nathanie STARK AZ umcs knew now
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Totin the news 10 major, laughed Josh
Walker.
The load Of the news was heavy, and duck
legged Nat proceeded northward, waddling
like a fabby person, the gst of whose into
rior information has been removed. And not
one Of the white men suspected him OF har.
boring a proclivity to deceive. All three Of
them would have testified that Uncle Nat had
pulled his freight direct for the front steps
of Bennington House. where Major Stark
was sitting.
y., thu sbrevd o,d Nno,o ala notb,nv ~
tho kin6 while d,postinr ths tat,,e ahsorhed
~ w,Iker,e s,o,e n. MI, two and tue "a.
,s,hsr m,kino ninetsen and concluaed that
Mr Stuart mn.t have cor tired waitinr yor
hir, a, ~. ,ra,ovard ond va s,.r,ad ,n,ard
porring,or an foot vben thA eov.rnm.rt
constables grabbed him. This theory Tailed
with the Clayton impatience and accounted
for his sorrel being left behind.
"I better git dat hoss," he thought, "befo'
any mo- humbug rises up
pons.th ,bo ,rou,stivs ev.. n, Mr. Waller
1rrcIa Ne, STORED !. stra,eh, comr.. do~n IN.
middle ~ the bie road hnt M farther than
tha hand 1rhara !. no,ch ~ hr,or. co.ca.Iaa
him. There he executed his famous stunt Of
dodge and disappear, and began a counter
march under cover to the graveyard II any.
body had confidentally advised Josh Walker
that Nat Stark would venture alone to the
Fearne graveyard when the sun was less
than an hour high, the experienced Mr..
Walker would have snickered and observed
that his informant didn't know a darn thing
about niggers. As matter Of fact, Uncle
Nat himself would never have believed It II
he had not been present a. a witness.
Buoyed up by his excitement, he failed to
realize where he was going, or to get genu-
inely scared until It was all over. He would
not have recognized himself walking straight
to the sorrel horse, mounting, and proceeding
cautiously through the woods until we'll out
OF hearing OF the store. Then he got nerv-
Gus, aug MIS- heels into the sorrel, ana gal
loped until he struck the forks OF the road
which led to Marmion.
"Now den. Mister sorrel, reckin you kin
90 de rest O. de way by yo' own set"
At the forks he climbed down, secured tho
bride beneath the stirrup feathers, and
slapped the sorrel on the rump He had seen
Mr.. Scurry do the same thing and knew that
the horse would 60 home alone. Then Nat
chuckled to himself: Anyhow. dey won't
rest Mister Stuart's hoss"
His gallon from the graveyard to Marnnion
forks did not greatly increase the distance
between Nat and Bennington. with lirht
feet and a lighter heart he sta rte< honna for
It had lust soaked into h,s bushv head that
he could now return without danger Of being
massacred by Mr.. Razilly. This blessed
thought failed to hit him with the original
volley Of information received at walkers
store. He had then neglected to grasp one
big Outstanding fact-namely: that IN putting
a certain white man behind the bars his com
pensating government had likewise let down
the bars that shut certain Negro out Of
Bennington All that Nat need do was to
rush with his news Of Clayton's arrest, and
Mr.. Razilly would forget everything else.
Hotfoot Nat hustled while the news was hot