The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-01-21

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No. slr-I never dreamed he were q
soin' to be punished sO~-never."
They lay back against the log with
one blanket spread and spent
The night in q kind Of half sleep.
Every little sound was like q kick /
in the ribs" as Solomon put It, and
drove them "inte the look and listen
business" The woman was often cry
ing out or the COW and horses getting
Up to feed. ,
MY son, go TO Sleep" said SolomOR.
Z tell We there amt no danger now--
not a bit. l don't know much but I
know Iniuns-plenty."
In spite of his knowledge even Solo
mon himself could not sleep. A little
before daylight they arose and began
to stir about.
g" vas badly burnt by that Rre."
Jack whispered.
Inside" Solomon answered. $50
was 1. My soul were a-sweatin' all
night"
The morning was chilly. They gath
cred birch bark and dry pine and soon
had a fire going. Solomon stole over
TO the thicket where the woman and,
child were lying and returned In a mo-
ment. &.
They're sound asleep" he said In
a low tone. "Weu let 'em alone"
He began to make tea and got out,
the last of their bread and dried meat,
and bacon. He was frying the latter
when he said:
iern."
He turned the bacon with his fork.
and added: '
"TurrIble purity when she were
young. Allus hated the rum business"
Jack went out on the wild meadow
and brought in the cow and MIXED
her, filling a basin and q quart bottle.
Il solomon went to the thlckst and
called: .
Mis- SeOttl"
The woman answered.
Here's q fowl an, q lettle Jug o
soap, Mis- Scott. Ye kin take the boy
to the crlck an git washed an then
come to the fire an eat yer break
lfust."
The boy was q handsome, blond lad
with blue eyes and a serious manner
His confidence in the protection Of bis
another was sublime.
"What's yer nameT" Solomon asked
docking up at the lad whom he had
lifted high In the air.
"Whig Scott" the boy answered tim
idly with tears In his eyes.
what! Be We skeered o. met"
These words came from the Ilttli
Had as he began to cry: "NO. sir
I amt skeeFed. I'm a brave man."
Courage is the first virtue In whicl
the young are schOoled on the frOr
+ tier" Jack wrote in a letter to hi
friends at home In which he told Q
the history Of that day. 'The word
and manner Of the boy reminded N
! iOf my own childhood.
Solomon held Wing In his lap al
fed him and soon won his cOn1denc
The backs OF the horses and the co
I swere so badly CALLED they could nj
lbe, ridden, but we were able to Las
: ithe packs yer q blanket on M
, the horses. We drove the beasts ahes
of as. The Indians had tImbered Il
{ .swaIes here and there so that we we,
iable to pass them with little trOubl
Hover the worst places I had the b,
| ION my back while Solomon carri,
= mis- Scott In his arms as IL she we
+ "a baby. He was very gentle with h,
To him, as you know, a woman h
been a sacred creature since his WI
= kdied. He seemed to regard the b
AS a wonderful kind of plaything.
|. the camping places he spent every n
ment OF his leisure tossing him In {
d air or rolling on the ground with hi
x "One day when the woman sat
the fire crying, the little lad touch
d her brow with his hand and said
st Don't be- skeered, mother.
brave. TIL take care o. you
to Solomon came to where 1 Y
breaking some dry sticks for the
n and said laughIngly, as he wiped
tear from his cheek with the back
II his great right hand:
he "DId ye eyer see sech a gel d
ig cunnln' leetle cricket la yer born d
-ever7'
Tn Always thereafter he referred
q the boy as the Little Cricket"
Jack wrote in another OF his let
that as they Jared along. down
40. ward the sown lands Of the upper
es hawk, Solomon began to develop
ao ents Of which none OF his friends
entertained the least suspicion
"He has had a hard lie FUN Of I
-, and peril like most Of Us whe '
Oorl, In thia New World" the ye
man wrote. sHe reminds me Of .
Of the Old Testament heroes,
Is o this land we have traTel
like tbs plains ef Mamref Whs
,u,s gentle creature he niglst have bee
ne had had . chancea Hew lon
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