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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1908-05-28, Page 7*ay 28bt OOP Clinton NewtoRecoro 04 D. Taggrt M. DF MeT4gerte lifieraggart Bros BA NK A GENERAL BANKING- SUSI. NESS TftANSAClTED. Ncerss DISCOUNTED. DRAFTS ISStlED INTEREST ALLOWED Ohl DE- POSITS. SALE :NOTES PUROH- ASED. NI* •••••• TR W. BRYDONE; BARRISTER, SOLICITOR NOTARY, )11113LIC. EPO. OFFICE -Sloane Blorsli-OZINTON. RIDOUT dz HALE Conveyancers, Commissioners, Real Eestate and Insuranee Agency. Money .to loan. C. B. HALE •-. JOHN RIDOUT DR. NINIAN W. WOODS — (M. R. C. S., Elagland, I.. R. C. P., Ireland, •C. P. I. L. M., Rotunda, Dublin.) PHYSICIAN AND SURALON, BAYFIELD. Main St. opposite Albion Bad Office hours 8 to 10 a. m. aed 7 to 9 p. m. Night calls at of• - See. DES. GUNN & 51cRAE. D. W. Gunn, L.R.C.P., Edin. Mace -Ontario street, Clinton. Night calls at front door ol office cr teal - dente, Rattenbury street. Dr. T. T. McRae, University of Toronto. Offiee hours at hospital :- 1 to 3 p. m.; 7 to 9p. ra. J. W. SHAW --e -OFFICE- RATTENBURY ST. EAST, ,-CLINTON. DR. 0. W. 'THOMPSON PHYSICIAN .AND SURGEON Special attention given. to • diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.m., -Office and Residence - HURON ST. SOUTH. QLINTON, &tors wesb of the Commercial hotel- -DR. F. A. A/ON.- tee (Succemor to Dr. Holmes.) Specialist in Crown and Bridge work. Graduate of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Honor graduate of Uniyersity of Toronto Dental Department. Graduate of the ' Chicago College Dental Surgery, Will be at the Commercial hotel Baylield, every Monday from 10 a• m. to 5 p. m. J. LEWIS THOMAS. Civil Engineer, Architect. ete. elate Dominion Depastment Public Walks.) ---- - Consulting Engineer foe Mun- icipal and County Work, El- ectric Railroads, Sewerage and Waterworks Systems, Wharves, Bridges and Re-enforeed con- crete. Phone 2220 LONDON. 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E tihe 1 low Woman /kr 4,44Z4NOT GA 77E4** " Author or "The lalograPhee of PrIttrie COPYRIGHT, 1906. leteeetlitlf, PUIL1P5 I. cOMP,ANY. fettf it d--etr- A, Woman reached up and pulled him. into hill Seat There wet; another shrill eborue. the Man whacked the herself till thee reared, and the wagon wept reptbling on. ,Dflas watched. it until it disappear's ed into. the cnt at' the, landing. Then she eank ppere a bench. For 4 long Arne she eat, dumband immovable, her eyes on the floor. When finally* she got up she felt about her, as If over, come by blindness. 'Marylyn had not seen erehearel the threatening wagon driver. Seated com- fortably on tbe robe by the lire, she strung heads and hummed dententecteS ,Dallas started toward her, stopped, then moved slowly back to the win!. dow, Where she took up ber watch, Late that night sbe sprang from lite fel, troubled sleep to bear Simon low - leg .and nuevirig• about restlessly. A few moments afterward there came a long bray from below the Shtick, followed by the voice ef the section boss urging on the, team, She •fonnti her long cloak apd. hastened out • She eople not wait for the wagon to etop before calling anxiously to her te- titer. . "Did you flier she asked, wept.; ing beside Betty. , • Laneaster did not answer, but scold ed feebly.. as it worn with his long telp• "W'Y Se fret a man 'forehe •e'n. git. down air into th' house?" he demanded. "Alein plumb ,frun t' death' an' hungry."• She helped h1 over the' wheel and through the door. '.Then the went back and in feverish haste stabled • tbe Hovey and W. A, mcConnell„ ,drug- dimly lighted by a fire, she did not gists, Clinton. • need to repeat her queytion, She read the answer in her father's face. No use," Lancaster told her raising wet. tired eyes to tiers. "Th' claim was gone 'fore ever we got here -filed on las' July." Be lay down, muttering in a delirium of grief and physical wear"- . The fire, made only of dry grans, be- gan to die; the room to darken, Dallas' face shadowed vntb it. She was think- ingof the level quarter that was to have blossomed under ber eager bands, that was to have brought comfort to Marylyn and her crippled father. And _nevethe land was gone fren themhad never been eheirs. They were only squatters. Any hour a narrieleas man-perhape he who had gone by that -day -might descend nixon them and - The bail of a bubbling pot slipped • down the bar that•beld it, and tiscves- sel clattered upon the hearth. She Started as if a gun had exploded at her elbow. mules On entering the. shack now Tile J1101(111011 Dlutual Fite insuTance Companu --Parra and Isolated, Town Proper " Insured- --OFFICERS- J. B. -McLean, President, Seafaih P 0. ; Thos. Fraser, Vice -President Iirucefield P. O. ; T. E. Hays, . See. Treasurer; Seaforthe'P. O.• William ShesneY, Seaforth ; Joh Grieve, Winthrop, George Dal, Sea forth ; John Tett, Harlock ; John Benneevies, Bredhagari ; James Evan: Beechwood; -.Tames . connolly, Holmeaville. ' Robert.; Smith, HarIock ; E. Hin- chley, Seaforth ; James Cummings Egmondville-; J. iv.' .Yao. Hohnesw ville. • • • Paeties desirous to effect insurance or transact Other busiriees will , be promptly attended to on Applidatio to any Of the abeve offieerel addressed to their respective Poiteffices. Losse inspected by, the director who live, nearest the scene. • • • HOMESEEKE 2No. cums Round -Trip Exmolons •••TO • , MANITOBA SASKATCHEWAN -ALBERTA I • April le, 28 June 0, 23 Aug. 4, 18 May 12,28 Jueee, 21 Sept 1, 18, 28 Tickets ood to retool within 60 &nye VERY LOW RATES from all points in Ontario. Banging Winnipeg and return 8.32.00 between ),Edmonton and return $42,50 Tickets issued to all North-West points, TOURIST SLEEPERS A limited ' number of Tourist Sleeping Cars will be run on each excursion, fully equipped with bedding, etc. Berths should be secured and paid for through local agent at least six days . before excursion leaves. 'Rates and full information centained In free Botneseckers' pamphlet. Ask near- est C.P.R. await for a copy, or write to G. B. rem, Ilistrisi Pass, Ai., C.P.L.taro* Aisommissposolosomoosmammo•mmimoso. GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM -TIME TABLE- • Trains will • arrive at and titeetet !rem Clinton station as follows.. BUFFALO AND GODERICII DIV, Going East • 6,22 ,th 7.35 At. rn. • 3.15 p. tn. 5.20 p. m• . 11 07 p. in. 1.01 p. nt 6.40 p. 11.11 p. nt. & BAUCE DIV M. 4.23 p. m 11.00 a. in 6,36 p, ro. lir C4 ° U t 14 *GoingWest •• • te• •• it it LONDON, HURON Going South Going North . ' kUCTIO1WEE-JAMES SMITH IA - tensed \ Anctioneer for the County of Hurd). All orders entrusted to me will receive prompt attenthen. Will eell either by pereentage or per sale. . Residenee on the Daylleld Road, One mile south of Clinton, 1.61.46•1001aphii..mr.4.4•14i.145.**44*.it*I4aaii•,..1 United Ststes Subscribers • Will Please note that we have -to pay one cent postage ott each pap-, or going • to the United Stateit., Thia 1110f016 that-Yottr subscrip- tion must be paid in advanee, When you see your _subaeript n eXpiring pleaae remit $1.50 for lt other year so that you will not nag any eoelea of The N'eVS-Itece -0Yil.• , 'CH4PTitit 111. A-4-AS,":drawled ''retneastei reflectively,•-gnaveing•.' wbile at a fresh slab of tb-; bocce. "we jes' 'nat'ally 1=1,7 cricked' this Claim:" • • - . :T• A fortnight' bad pegged ;since his.re- turn from the land •eftiee.. • In that thne his fear had siewlee:venisheit' his eon' .Menc returned,eind be • bpd e begun to shoeestreake'ot tbe • bravado •that In ' his stronger days made .hlm an efficient' section bow' Rosy dreams even. beset his bralieesclicamS utfon' Which. Mary, lyn, despleing her -father's meaner structures, and , kept in ignorance of , what ritiglit at moment raze them, Piled many a rallibow palace. For to the young:girl certain calico covered books on -the mantel had invested'ehe eyelets of the-fortaightjust gene with delightful tinge of romance. however took o tensible view ponited-Lant. • that the man who bad made an entry for the land 'would In all probability • return and that if he' (lid net five Years', et least' would pass before the railroad reached them. • Meateethile the guar, ter 'section should be properly • flied upon for pessession.and farmed for a •-Rettig. Now as she brushed the' hearth clean with the wing of a duck she lis-' telied quietly, to her father's contieept: betiding. ' • • "It's this way; ere gale" he .said -he., compassed a goodly quid • and shifted it dexterously into the sagging- pcicket- of. a cheelte-"Medeee six months after' a than files 'he's got t' dig a dugout pee • pet up 0, shanty.' He's get t' do a lee - tie farm . work an' sleep on bus claim.. When thet six months is up et he ain't done no bundle' es tannin' the deters abandoned, an th" first Man cerniee • along e'n hey it, ••• . • "Ip this ease the 'gent to question ain't built, dug er farmed, Ef he was t" show up au want this- quartet- he. •could' get it by payitO for our improve - meets. Ate •reckon e we'd hee t' sell .an' pull. our freight but ef he was r shoW • up an' not pay like ne • honest Man', theeede--theeed-waal, they'd likely be a • leetle disagreement.' Dallas shook bee heed; "If be COMO before his six alonths Is up and lite proees, we got to go. That would be the only square thing, AI0'tlt O?' • "Weitl-teltare. stammered Lancaa- ter lamely. •..• • "it is,'.she fetid filed oil the quarter, and We bed po rfght to set- tlete-s "We hey settled. An' th' late 's golte tv be worth: meney," broke in .her thee •- • She put up her hand. "We got•to go if he threes, but"e-she rose .wearily - "if be didn't offer pay for our Imptoee. ments hoW cotild we go or get through the Winter or build agalei next spring? Our Money's gone." . "Look. A -here, Dallas," began her fa. ilia crossly, "they nin't no use t, worry th' way you do. Winter is elost It ain't likely th' Coble along this late, an' et he don' shOW up pretty WM be itin!f•gOt tee -ballet, 'Cause -when his 'six months is gone AMR make an- other trip t' 13ismarek, contes' his entry, eel" it etheeled an' i3itt. Then Wes safe."' She *Wended him, for Marylyn Wtiii entering, and quit the ehack. °utak*, before the warped door, the patteed. eulle‘e Aleveye do etire,ef filneeele, tett he can't ao ft.4thing. And Marylell-** oh, I wish there was sotne one with us now -some the that '4 'help ne If any. thing went wrong," Of a sudden, looking down at her handl, her eyes fel) upon .the ern:noon stripes left across her palms by the Plow. and, in fancy, a 00rgewith was riding -swiftly toward her from the eaet again, while she leaned on the crosa braee and waited, • "Twenty miles," the said thoughtful- le-etwenty miles."' and tuned the Mares under. Sun baked; deep of rut and„.etraight as the 'flight Cr a crovi" Jae the road that lee noreeeast from the swift, elioalle ford of the Missouri to the cat- tle einup at Clerk's. It began at the rough plunking upon width the rickety '' tetrehoat, wheezing iike florae tteth- tnatle monster, discharged its load of tiddlers. or citizens and ran up through the deep gut in the' steel), caving rtver bank.. From there over the western end. of the 'Lancaster quarter, across the coulee under a hub depth of mud- dy bligkWaterat the only point 'where the sumac grown sides sloped grad, ually-ie took its level, unswerving way, • . • • • 'iletvice only • in ies diem 414 it tench the melee corelog along near by once. six miles. from the ferry landing,. where oa the limbs. of a cluster of giant cOttonWOodS that grew in the bottom of the gully a score �l'indian dead were lethed. their tobacco pipes, jerked beef ad . guns ender the blanket wrappings that ell there, and•agale at- Murpheee 'Moat, four hillea farther up, lettere the coulee narrowed until a man .• standing he its bed with arms outstretehed could place the thee of his fingers. against either rocky well; Beyond the Theone the crack In the Plains. grew wider and stialloWer, veer- ed out to the eastward and at last cattle to an abrupt end in a high mead- ow .below the cliStarit river heiffs. • • For decades the • road bee .been a buffalo era% a foot. Wide. and: halt as deep, that in the dry. :season. guided. the herds in 'single' file from . tbe .cak- ing 'Meadow to the distant waters of the IsIissoute •Then the travee poles of Indian tribes:gave it the seinblance, of a wagon trade tbe center of which was woe:a hare by the hoofs oe ladene ponies And the feet ef trudging squaws. and (Melly the: lumbering carte of trad- ers, .tbe Studebakers :of settlers • and Riese wagons that roll In. 'the esthreofeeparching men made ef the track a, plaln, and hardened highway.. -Down' It that morning, a.pproachieg to the ,aecompahimene 91. talkft% the' tramping' of horses thcracking of whips and the jingling efetePurse came a lon:ge.procession. Vet so :absorbed': was Dallas • In ber riltieving that not ufidl the head cf•threolutnie was close ppon ,her and there was barely thee to go •to the • bridles 'of the _frightened mules. del she ' • • •A tanned,unkempt officer •. led the way with .baying foxhounds : runningahOpt On 'either heed .toOe. hes staff end his 'seseets, •..erfektirealedittne 'Peteltect ..breeches ;tied dustY' Min- ket& And •behinde.full bearded; all militaterelook••gone frem, their boots, bats and uniferms, cerge• the Cavalry, riding testi tied two and flying Men and (seed guidons. • e • • • • . Dalla. had no .phance to 'dew- the front of the coinumne, for the metes claimed all her attendee .by ha.uling back on :their, • bStse But ;now they; MileMd *a • little, and she was free to watch the tlegen or. so inusiciatis. who tame flet ; mounted, strith theft" brass instruments In ''hezid. • She saw thee Slut droned in beclislitin And bright olive And sat upon a blanket that ahrioet coveree her home. Ller hair was braided neatly: her dark cheeks were daubed with carmine. She kept a rigid seat as she passed Dallas, and her blaek eyes answered the oth- er's kindly look with,. oue full of Pullen pride. Beside her hobbled alt aged hog arose whose wriuklecl mouth and ehin was a deep avid sear. When the Indiana were put more troopers followed, After them true - died a half dozen light deldpieeell, the wagon train and ambulapees 01104 virile sick or wounded soldiers, all ender the conduct of 4 rear guard. Soon the entire eavaleade was gone and had halted 90 the river bank to wait the ferry, Dallag was alone again, esters. ing to .the faint streins of the band, which front the cut was gallantly an- notheing the return from the long eams Polgo, • At timed:for of the shack Lancaster mid his yoenger daughter were watch- ing the portage piecemeal of the WOO, But Deflate Starting the team again, saw father and sister suddenly turn from the landing to look endpoint toward the coulee. Glancing that way, too, she saw the obeeet of their inter - es. Over the brink into sight was toiling a strange figure bent and al- most hidden under an unwieldy :load. She Moved aside in some trepidation to await the creature's advance. Up- on• its hack as it tottered along was a wore of pots and pans tied together and topped be a .sack of buffalo chips 'that at each step robed lirst to one band and then to the other. Yet with all the difficulty of balandng the fuel • sack and preventing Its faith* to the ground the straggler did not fleteeto keep in place a drab faee covering. The mules stood perfectly quiet un- til. the figure was near;' then they be- came uneasy for the second tirae and shied back upon the plow, tangling their harness.• ^ The effect ot' this was startling, The • seek of chips came tumbling Off the • pots and pans, spilling upon the road- way, Tbe tin thinge followed, with a crash, and, with a grunt, the bent fig- ure retreated a few steps and uncov- ered its fate. In very amazement Dallas let go the mules. The creative facing her was young and pitifully thin. About a face • dripping with perspiration, felt a mop of tangled •hath, tinder a •tattered, • mourning -blanket a bulging calico Waist disclosed, through Many rents, a. letin and bony chest, and below the leather strap that belted both the som- ber blanket and the waist hong lirriply the shreds of a fringed buckskin petti- coat. The straggler was an Indian -a mile -yet despite bis sex, he wore not a brave's dress. but the filthy. dee grading garb of a squaw! ' Be watched • Dallas with cowed,' questioning eyes, strangely soft and • • axle derectitig° at .• her glances wbith Were bold rind' Unitised, -7 •• ' • Sertieihing of .:ber father's hatred .of soldierly -tittered net. She grew defiant, • yet s only . for 'a teetsent. The mist- :3111ns trotted by, and hew Indians were • passieg-inen, '• women and children, whose stolid Pages ,disclosed no hint of grief or hatred • for 'their 'eeptivity. The braves, twenty in number, ferreted tbe head of the band and 'eept. no or- - der of literal .as teee eptirred forward their ragged, footsore ponieS. Their Springfield 'rifles,. knives and toma. hawks bad been taken (rem then. but they still carried their onee.gaY lances and shields of ebteralo 'hide covered with rude pietutes. or the chase end battle. But tholige on. Other oecastone these •Would have betokened the free warrior, they now only ertiphiitlied by contrast the blankets diet tralleo in- gloriously team their wearerie shoul- ders to the ground' and the drooping feathers of the conquered chiefs. A war priest,whose string of bears' claws, triple '.feathers. charms and bag plainly betokened' • the medicine, man. headed the tribe. He was.statect upon a gelidity decorated saddle. • The pose band, front and eheek pieces Of his horses bridle Were thlekly studded with brass .nalls, . Bright pompoms of colored wool swung from the curb and the tbroatlatch, and the nag's tail was etitilye braided with strips of woolen, starlet and yellow and blue: 'Close be. side eini rode two stateie braves of high railk. their tribunts as richly eti- patiscitied; their buckskin shirts gon, geOus with bead and porcupine quill embroidery, otter skiti headdresses Upon their bait Like their leader. the dueky•facei or the two ledittes and of theseforming the reit tie the party were hideously palated, showing that all had but reeently been upon the Warpath. • Tito other half of the redskiti cotie; pairy was more equelid, A Store of Spotted, sway backed ponies crept ttleng, bearing nod at the same time dragging heavy loads. Oath sadditi held a squaw find one or more stein children, the Squaw With a theme -like papoose *droved to her buck, and at the tali of each horee, surrounded by limping Indian dogs, este a trove° laden wltba Wounded or aged Indian Or beaPed with cooking utensils/. belie lots nod buffalo skins. ... One wottatu of all the tanntwe rode a: 'pony that likti not a double &ado on-Ladisue in. thee^ expressiete After a .monienteaceleg that he was ill as well as uuartn.ect she ceased tofeel-7-41'1111d of. him "How 'she said in greeting. • . Be made be reply, only dientinned to watch bee steadily. °goy," she repeated and • .1110 eyes instantly • brightened. 'You slckr „the athee. moving her head sorrowiully in pantomime, ' -Fer answer . be shambled doer and - held up first one naked feet and then the other like a guttering eoand. Dal. las saw•that they were sore from stoue. bruises and bleeding from eadus wounds. . • "Oh. you're •Ieurt!" she 'cried.' . • The Indian nodded and 1st Once made her a dumb aPpeal... Lowering himaelf . • - • „Close. beside him ,i.ode too suitelli brutes ••of high, t etiftly until 'he was seated upon the deed grass ,before her, he pointed eke quentty into his wide open mouth. • Dallas enderktood. "Hungry," sbe. sam. tie bedded agaih. •• She had fleece heard a scoffing white declare that the iedentan is above all a beggar, so she did not delay answer - Mg his mute petition. She stooped to exathine agate the etIts arid bruises on his feet. Thee, "Walt till I come back." she bade him, and his vigorous nod as - mired her that he utiderstood what she said. She hurried away to the shack. • She tarried Only long enough to tell her father of the straggler and to hear big objections tit her " with A "no 'cot) n t •I Wu ri." ReturQjng. She totted her charge Patientle %Silting tor. her. As she came up he was facing the ford, where, andd *urging, shout- • ing and trumpet blares. some troopers were trying to induce the belky Limbo- • lam* Mules to go aboard the boat But when she handed him a crotkery piste heaped With boiled potatoes, cold meat • and pancakes and a piece of 'suet wound in a soft white cloth he beettme in'ro- l hisndelff:rent to the lively doings- at the • landg and began to eat as If fa He made euth rapid headway that before Dallas realized it the food was • gone, the plate airaped clean and the euet direly threathnod. Ile gave her • puzzled look as she put forth a hand • objeetingly. "NO, no," she gal& and YAW° the titre the soft eioth tete Strips She put the fat ont of retteh by ellpping it hitt, a skirt noeket. 4 The bandageo ready, she knelt be. fore him and tenderly swathed his wounds. ' 'There." Me said as she finished, "now you'd better littrey. Tbe soldlera are Wawa over, and you'll be too late to get across dry." He serambled up, but, ignoring her advice. put one Dand through a rent in hie squaw's waist and began to /*Arch for aotnetitlog. Preseotly he brought forth a package done Up in dirty muslin, nod slowly unfaetened 11, A folded piper tut soiled aa its wrap- per fell out it was worn through much 'seedling and covered with pen- ciled woras, Ile banded It to Dallas, served brit. 4 WSW till 'It rang through the visit air like a throaty bogie Farther on as ue sat eendering deep ly• end letting the leaders ehoose thele convey a itoreentan came Vantering to word him and drew reln beside els ivbeel. It Was Lounsbory, burled td the etre In a burralo coat. "Sure. It's $01ilethilr Iwpotnnt, John, that's a-bringlir ye out rday," cried old :Michael roguishly. hle brogue dis• • cloth); his identity. "it's llYiber grants or leteeydies," storekeeper colored under hid visor, 'It's Daytime" be ' Inocked loughlogiy. At first she eould not decipher it, 1ele'ope te. ,yer vvilrned but after studying It earernilY and peicing together severel detached bite ,sim was able •to make it out, It was written scrawliugly and In a trembling band, j the ferretnan, giving tbe otner a play- ful whack with his gad. "01 Idu nide ye Mike a belie." • "You caret read ti book," declared I.ounsbury. "But tell you-. PM going to the Laneasterse" Old Michael tiodded. with a sly wink through the portholes of his mask. '"01 Unwed itr be void. Then, atea fishing out a toltacee bag from under his iiiaily emits aid lighting the ewe, cob In • the protectIng bowl Of his palms, "In that ease, man, Oi got somethin' t' say t' ye," lee leaflet Over the wheel confiden! • daily. and Lonnsbury bent toward him, so that the • awoke Of the pipe red the storekeeper's nostrils. These, talked for a half hour, the oue relati Ing • bis story, the other putting In • Mild; questions. At the eud of thein convent/0ton Lounsbury held out hid band. "if their letter brings him, Mike," bet sold, "don't you fail to let me know." "Aye, aye," promised the pilot ear- nestiy. • • They perted.- Old Michael contieued his way with an easy mind, but LoUntH bury was troubled. Instead of carry? ing. as on his former viSit, good' news' to the little fatally on the bend be intuit now be the bearer of evil. .enel when,. having stalled his "terse' with • Ben and Betty. be entered the cottonwood shack Ills heart smoten'hine, Will. more, for secretly he bad hoped that he was to teletbein whet they al- • ready knew,but it seemed precisely the reverse. There was nettling in the appear:tine and actions of the X.,ancaes • ters that suggested anXiety. "the sec - don boss, though his manner was not without a certain reserve (as if he heIt • believed something was about to be wormed out of bin), greeted Lonna- • bury good naturedly enough. Marylyn hurried up in a timid flutter totake lila . cap and coat, while faeing him from the tipartliside. her hair .colled upon • The bearer of. this nt read), the good chief Red Moon, I eotrimend to the gen- tleness and mercy of every God fearing man and woman. Once, out of the weak - 01 the flesh, he wept under the tor. tures of a sun dance, Since then be ban been abused, starved and spat upon. Yet, bearing from me or Christ, his suffering • e.nd his command to forgive, he has put down his deaire to revenge his wrongs in Wood and gees on his way, laboring and enduring in silence, . May God be gracious to whomsoever aids this least one among us. • ' Ilere the letter ended, but under- neath were the signature, ito fingered, • however, that Dallas could spell out only the word "David," and a blurred postscript, whith said: have christened bitti Charles a -al taught Wm English, but since „his ;*..t. isbment be has never- • The remainder of the paper was il- legible. 'When Dallas gave it back te the 10- dian .be wrapped It up carefully one returned it to els bosons; then he t ered pp the scattered chips, lifted tlis dotible load to hie shoulders, drew ins somber blanket close about him' end shambled slowly away. • •"Pooe thing!" said Dallas, in compas- sion. . • He stopped to look haek, • "Goodby," she said as be went:011-e "goodby." When be -reabbed the river bank he tweed again.. The frost blighted cot- tonwodes that bordered the Missouri were behind bine:gleaming as yellow- ly as if during the short, hot summer their leafy eremites had. caught, and Imprisoned all the sunshine. Against that belt of .brilliant color stood out his epare. burdened frame. ' •• Watching, -she -saw his gaunt face slowly reltixin a friendly grin. • CHAPTER IV. • • NOW fell on the -very heels of the •caVa lry, Bea reely we're the Indiaits safe in the Stock-. ade and the troopers once morale berthelts wholesome first tithes. like down plucked bethe wind •from the:breasts of the eoutherard bastettiee •wildsfowl. _dime floating out of the sky. Semi the long mimic leaves on the coulee edge tvere dieztoping :under' a crystalline weight.' the •blath plowed strip was ,biending with the unplowed prattle, attd the shock head •of the cot- tonwood shack was donning u spotless• nightcap, and so heavy and ce less was. the downfall. that at supper ti the sweet •truinpet. Mike_ ef "reetreat'S were wafted out from Brannon across • a Covered plain. When morning dawned the heave• ns were cloudless and the laggard sun as It rOSe shone With blinding glory epee peaceful miles, Nowhere was a Sign of wallow, path or road, and the, coulee yawned, •white, lipped.. Even the letis, seed. was not unchanged, for away. to the porthweet there had been a esightY rainstorm, and etbe murky Meet' him - bled by in .waves that were angry and swollen.- : • Since: his early boyhood the ^ section 'bees 130 not known' snow.;" Before the previoneedae Dalian and Marylyn .1ted neVer Seen it. ' It: was With exelanni- • tiona of delight, therefore. that, crowd - Ing together in the doorway, the three first caught sight of the glistening • drifts. --------- . • • . "Pe, lee like a Christinas card!" cried the •younger girl, and, beret:teed- 0d," she rein. out to frolic: before the 4.11 • • • . her head like a crown, her grae, eyes I bright, her cheeks glowing, was a new Dallas. • : how've. eon all been?" asked Lounsbury, 'accepting a bench. • • • . "Oh, .spriglit 'neugh," answered the -• sectien• boss, "but it's cold; it's cold. ' Keeps me trentbIlie like a gulite nig" ger" • You'll- get over that,...lisaUreaAne other, rubbing the blood into his handS. ' "It's natural for you to be soft tissehalk • rock the drat winter. 'YOu'Ve been lie-- ing /south. • • • "Ah reckon," agsd Lancaster:. Re' sat down be the younger inan, eying hew c dee ,Eow d' y' ,cotne • t awa • m •business•?" be queried. , you-i-teee," Lowesburee answer- • "I've got an Al. man in my His- • marek ,store, ,and at Clark's there's nothing to do, weekdays hardly, so I .just took some tobacco to Skinney's, • where -the boyscould get at it, and . loped down hers" Thee playfully, "But I don't see much. happening in. • these parts" Be Stretched toward' a • window.. ."The town of Lancaster t• ain't growing very fast" • • • Dallas, seated on a bench with Mary. lyre, looked across athim smilingly. "rm glad of It," • she declared. "We , ain't used to towns": "You folks 've neveesliyed in one? • , eNo we never even been in one . Me .puckered his forehead. "Fundy," he saidSomehow 1 always think of y.ou two' as town. girls." . : "Aw, shticks!" sexclaimed Lancaster, • scowling. . . • But •Dallas was leaning forward, in:.• . terested, "That's on • acconat of • our.. •-• teachers," she. said, ''Thee was a To Deltas the scene had a dee* Meaning.... Here was weat would dis- 'courage and block any one who had put oee necessary Improvements! And this would last long alter the expira- tion of that Mk tnontbsf guess there'll be no building or redwing flow." she said to ber father. happily.:. Be; fully as relieved, returned a con- fident assent. A eittle later old *Illielittel, theferry- man, droVe ,by, Creaking a track along the blotted reed. 'His ancient ceWte roe's, known to every river man .from Bismarck to Baton Rouge, were hidden beneath layers of overcoats. Through the wool tap, pulled down to his col- let; twowide holes gave Met outlook: a third and smaller apertere wae filled by -the stem of a corncob 'pets Be - was beaded for. the cattle eampthe eines over a four-in-hand hitched to three empty wagonis, a third team tied to the tailboard of the hindmost bee. On the arrival of the saloon gang the pilot had left his Steamboat in tee hands, of his tWo helpers and made his 'way be, Shanty_ Town. There In Jo shingle but, fierched Atop a whisky cask and kieltittg its rotund belly com- placently with his heels, be had wet a throat, long dry, front the flintier depths beneath hum. With elide sueceeding pigs his ob- ligetions had Owe apilee. Neverthe- less, for a lifetime of rough. service had brought About an Immunity that belied his Celtie blood, his brain re- mained clear, his step steady and his eye unbleared. • Thus it happened that when, cut off from grazing, it was nee- .essary for the Shanty TOWt1 teams to be returned at once to Clark's old Michael was On hand and in condition te take them and by so doing wipe out his drinking account. As he came opposite the shack Mary- lyn was stilt terming About In the Snow. while Dallas was sweeping out some long, naerow drifts that hod sifted in through window and 'door •• Oaths. Squinting across et, them, he reealled all at onee 15 heated conversa- tion that had taken place at Shanty Town the afternoon of thg southward departore of n Dodge CityC011tlet. And be shook his head sorrovefully. bete yer han's fele before long," he advised aloud, "or it's Me that's not good at guessin'," And, lift- ing the front of his, cap, he sympathet- ically blew the . burole lemon the se oo • • • neetragkreiteeTeease and We went to it on the hand ear. Every year.we had a different teneber, and all of .'em eatne front big eastern places like New Orleans or St. • Louis. So -So, you see, we kinda got towny front our echoelititeams," • "One had a gold telothe" put in Mary- lyn. Her eyes, witlet With teeollection, • were flied iipon ledhesbury. "But yet passed through cities cone Mit north.'" argued the storekeeper, • "N -n -no," said 'Dallas slowly, We /*feted 'dm." "What a 'pi•ty!" he turned .th the sete tion blise.• • • • Wityle • echoed the latter. "Huh! You save you' pity. My. gals Is better off .ef .thee rdete meet ne to•Wir hoed- luInits.bnad beern."soldi• trash". before, • now it was "town ' hoodlums."- Leung - here; wondered 'why he had been al- lowed a second call. •He ,glaneed at the. giris, .There was a sudden shadow on each young face. ite eininged to • the fire and looked hard at it • How cut off they were! 'Where was their happiness -:except in their home? And mild he tell them even that W4E1 threatened? "Not by a long hoe" he vowed. "MI tenat Atiebnel • Continued on • • Page 6 ' 1.14.....‘..10.41.40. The Famous Pedestrian Gentlemen:- " "I wala a martyr•to catarrh of the heed, threat and stomach, 1 was se had the doctors feared consumption. 1 tried really physicians and eieditines. A friend suggested Priyebine. 1 tried it and it WAS tee only thing ever dia me any good. X am now perfectly well. 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