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In the Hanc's of the
Cave Dwellers.
Tin Story of An Apache Raid.
* ill ii. \. IlfiNTf.
(Copyright, 1900, by S. S. McClure Cos.)
CHAPTER V
The time passed very pleasantly, Will
had become a. great favorite with berth
Senor Saras la and his wife, and was
treated os one of the family. Donna
Clara often accompanied the party on
horseback, and when her first shyness
with Will had worn of , he found that
she was lively nnd h gh-splrited. Ac
customed to horses from her infancy, she
was an admirable rider, and, although
both Juan and Will were mounted on
some of the best horses on the ranch, she
could leave them behinc’l on her favorite
mare, a beautiful cieati.re that she her
self had broken in. At the end of three
months Will felt that much as he way
enjoying himself, he must not outsiay his
welcome; but. upon his broaching the sub
ject of leaving the whole family protested
eo Indignantly against such an Idea, that
he felt they really desired him to stop
wiih them. Juan spoke <o him on the
The Time Passed Very Pleasantly.
subject as soon as they started on horse
back together that afternoon.
“The Idea of your leaving us Is alto
gether preposterous, Will; do you think
that we should for a moment let you go?
Where, indeed, would you go? What
ideas have you in your mind? Are you
not one of us completely?”
“You are awfully good to me; I was
never so happy in my life, Will replied,
“but there is reason in all things; I can
rot spend my life here. I must be doing
something for my living. As I told you,
1 do rot want to return home until I can
say to my father, I have been a success.
1 require no favors, and am in a position
to keep myself.”
“I understand that,” Juan said, “but
how do you propose doing it?”
“I should do it somehow. I can at least
ride now, and have more ways of making
a living open to me than I had before.”
"My dear Will, you are talking non
sense, and if you suppose that we are
going to let you go out into the world in
that sort of way you are altogether mis
taken; at any rate, leave the matter
Antonio Rod. l’p at a Head-Long Gallop
alone for th* - * present; we may see our
wav morr clearly in time.” and had Will
happened to glance at his companion’s
face he would have been puzzled by the
•light smile that glanced across it.
Two months later all hands were busy
on the ranch. It was the season at
which the herds were weeded out. the
old bulls and some- of the young one*
slaughtered, skinned and boiled down.
Will only on * accompanied Senor Saras
ta and Juan. to the scene of operations.
He was Interested at the number of In
dians. with their squaws nnd young one*,
who had come down and established a
conip of th*ir own. They were free lo
take ns much meat ns they pleased, not
only for eating, but for drying for future
consumption; broad, thin slices of flesh
w'ere cut up and hung on ropes between
pole* to dry in the sun. Three days suf
ficed for the operation. Then the merit,
■row almost hard as leather, was pounded
(tin irnn.. .. I. ....... , .
Pr *ne worn*i beiwt n ht ivy stones, nnd
then mixed with a little salt nnd packed |
tightly In bags made of skin*. In this
• tate it would keep for un indefinite time
Will Harlan often w. nt there, but could
not be Induced 10 approach the spot where
the animals were slaughtered. He was
much rallied bj Senor Snrusta nnd Juan
on what they ailed his faint-heariednrsv
“I admit all you say," he replied. "I
don’t mind going into a fight myself, but
I cannot stand seeing those, poor brute*
killed. I know that it 1* necessary, and
that your vaqueros do it nlmo e t instan
taneously; at the same time, it is not nec
essary for me to see it. 1 would very
much rather stay away and watch the
native* with the shriveled old women,
and the funny little pappooses."
Clara nodded approvingly. “You art
quite right. Don William,” for although
the others all. like Juan called him sim
ply by his Christian name, Clara still
continued the more formal mode of ad
dress. ‘1 never go near the yard myself
when it is going on.”
“Ah. i is one thing for a girl not to
like it.” Juan said, "but for Will, who
I have seen as cool as possible when
his life is in danger, and who fired at a
man as steadily as if he had been shoot
ing at a target, It seems odd. However,
one does not go to see the animals
killed; no one can take pleasure in that.
The interest lies in the skill end cour
age of the vaqueros, who are constantly
risking their lives; and, indeed, there i*
scarcely a season passes that one cr
two of them are not killed.”
The work occupied nearly’ a mon f h;
then Juan started with his fothe f r
San Diego, where the formal betroth 1
of the former was to take place. At
this his father’s presence was nec’psa y,
and the Jotter would make his usual ar
rangements for chartering a ship o ro
down to receive the hides and skins full
of tallow at the mouth of the river. Wi 1
had again proposed that He should ac
company them and say good-by to them
there. As proposal was scoff'd
at.
•‘lt will be time enough to think of that
when I go down three months to
be married,” Juan said, “and row you
must take our places here, and lock after
my mother nnd sister. You will have to
play the part of my younger brother, ad
keep things straight When we come
back. wt will have a serious talk about
the future.”
Will was Indeed now quite at home at
the w'ork t the ranch, nnd not fnfrequ nt
ly rode in one direction to give orde s
respecting the herds, whl’e Juan rode in
the other, and the vaqueros all rega del
him as being invested w.th authority bv
their master. The report of Antonio and
Sancho of what had taken place nt San
Diego, nnd on the road, had greatly pre- ,
disposed them in his favor, and the man
ner in which he had succeeded in sitting
a horse that few of them would ventur
to mount had greatly increased their re
spect for him. Don Senor SaTasta settled
the matter by saying. "If you were to go
with Juan I could not leave at the same
time. Will, arid I particularly wish to
be present at. his betrothal. It would
strange and contrary-to all custom if one
of his family were not to be there; still
we could hardly be away together links*
there wgre someone here to take our
place. You know there ore constant y
questions referred’to us. One herd suay.-t
into the ground alloted to another, dis
putes arise between vaquero3, and, in (
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A Barge Band of Indians Rede Down to the Bank and at Once Opened Fire
fact, someone in authority must be here ’’
“Very well, sir. Then, if you think that
I could be really useful, I should be only
too glad to stay. You know that my own
Inclinations are all that way. I hate al
ready been here five months, and I feel
that this delightful life must come to on
end before long. However, since you ate
good enough o my that I can rta ly
of use In your absence, I will gladly r -
main here until Juan goes down again to
fetch his bride.”
Two days later the Mexican and his son
rode off. accompanied by six well-armed
horsemen. Will found plenty to do. and
was out the greater part of the day. Two
days after the others had starred he ww
one of the Indians talking to Anton o. As
soon as the latter saw him he left the
Indian ana came up to him.
"This Indian, who is one of the chiefs
of our tribe, senor. tells me that there
is a report that the Indiana on the other
side of the river are preparing for an ex
pedition. It is supposed that it is again*:
another tribe farther east. They have not
raided on this side of the river for many
years, but *he thought that it was as
well to let us know that they are at pre?-
ent In an unsettled state. He *eys> that
he will have some of his warriors down
near the river, and that he will let us
know as soon os he has any '‘certain
news.”
“Is there anything to be done, do you
think, Antonio?"
"No. senor; there are frequently wars
going on between the Indians to the east,
but we hove never had any trouble with
them since we came here. If our Indians
thought that there was any danger, they
would very soon be flocking down here, for
they have always been promised that they
should be supplied with firearms were
anything of that sort-to happen, and they
know that, ■with the aid of our people,
they could boot off any number of these
redskins."
“I have no doubt that we could defend
ourselves. Antonio; however, you sec thnr
In Don Sarasta's absence I have a very
heavy responsibility, and I think that It
would be as well to take some precaution.
Will you ask the chief to send down a
doaen of his warriors? They shall he
paid in powder and in blankets, what
! ever Is the usual* sum. I want them to
establish themselves round the hacienda,
to keep guard at night. 1 don't mean
that they, shall. slay close to the house,
but to scout down toward the river, so
that in case of alarm there would be time
!to get you all in from the huts. How
many sleep there'?”
“There are about thirty of ue w’ho look
after the herds in the lower parts of the
> valley, and eight or ten peons who work
In th* garden round the house ”
“Well, that force, with the half-dozen
servants in the house, would be able to
hold the hacienda against almost any num
l>er of Indians, and you could all be here
in ten minutes from the alarm being
gl\ en.”
“Very well, senor, I will tell the chief.’
He talked for a few minute* with the
Indian.
“He will send twelve of hl braves down
to-morrow,” he said, when he rejoined
Will.
“Very well, let him do so; I shall cer
tainly feel more comfortable. What tribe
i do these Indians on the other fide of Ihe
river belong to?”
“They are a branch of the Tejunas, who
i are themselves a branch of the Apaches.
, The headquarters of the tribe lay on the
*nst aide of Arizona, between the Gila
river and the little Colorado. The Te
jwnas lie between them and the Colorado;
they are Just as bad as the Apaches them
selves. and both of them*arc scourges to
‘ tho northern district* of Mexico.”
“What are our Indians?”
"They are n branch of the Genigueh In
dians. They live among the hills between
! Iron Bluff, sixty miles below us, and those
i hills you see os many miles up. A good
j many of them hunt during the season on
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JUNE 1900.
the other side as far east as Aquarius
mountains, in what is known as the Mo
have country, but they never go farther
houtn tha; sme than the river Santemaria,
for the Tejunas would be down upon them
if they caught them In what they con
sider their country.”
“I wish ihe senor were back.” Will said,
“though I dare say it is all right, and
that, as the Indians haven’t made a raid
across here for many years, they will not
do so now. How would they get across
the river?”
"They would swim across, senor. An
Indian thinks nothing of swimming a wide
river; he simply slips off his horse*, nnd
either puts his hands on its back or more
generally holds on by its tail.”
“Have these fellows guns?”
“A great many of them have. They
capture them from the Mexicans, or in
peaceable times, trade skins or their
blankets or their Indian trumpery for
them. It i* against the law to sell guns
to the. Indians, but most Mexicans will
make a bargain if they have a chance
without the slightest regard to any law.”
“How is it that the Mexican government
does not try and get rid of these Indians?
I see by the map that the frontier line is a
long way north of the Gila.”
“Yes, senor; they may put the line
where they like, but there is not a while
man for a couple of hundred miles north
of the Gila, except on the Santa Fe river,
and even there they are never safe from
the Apaches and the Navajos. Why, it
would want on army of 2d,000 men to ven
ture among the mountains north of the
Gila, and they would ail die of starvation
l>efore they ever caught sight of an
Apache. No, senor, unless there is an
earthquake and the whole region swallow
ed up, I don’t see any chance of getting
I the better of the red ras ale.”
After entering the house Will said noth
ing of the news which he had heard. It
seemed that there was no real ground for
alarm, and yet flu could not but.feel very
uneasy. The next morning he rode down
to ihe river, where a number of peons
were engaged in loading the rafts with
hide c and tallow, fie had told Donna Sa
rasta that he should be down there all
day. as he wanted to get the work push
ed on. had IK-on there but two hours
when Antonio rode up at a headlong gal
lop.
“What is it, Antonio?” Will exclaimed,
for it was evident from the man’s appear
ance that his errand was one of extreme
imp'rtan e.
“The he?Dnda has been attacked by
Indians, seror; I was with the herd two
miles this side of it when 1 heard some
shrt? fired. I gallop and lo see what was
the metier, but when I got within a quar-
ter of a mile I saw that the Indians were
s a arming tound it. A dezen started in
pursuit < f me, but they did not follow
me fa:.”
Will stood as one thunderstruck.
“Hut low can th y have got there, An
to: lo?”
“They must have ccme by what is call
ed >he litvl-j gap. You know it, senor—
that val.ey that runs off fiom the other
i ear y at r ant of the hac.enda. Follow
ing that and crosslrg a should r you cross
< own on to the r.ver some 10 miles high
er up. They must have crossed there by
swimming in the night.”
“But the chief said he had scouts
there."
“They could hardly watch TO miles of
the. river, s< nor, besides the redskins
woud have sent over two or three swim
mers to s.lence any one thy found near
the place where they weie to cross.”
By this ilms a dozen other vaqueros
who had been warned by Antonio as he
cjme down. Joined th m.
"We must ride for the hacienda at
once." Will raid, leaping into the saddle.
“No use, B‘ncr, no use. 1 should say
there must be 4to or .VO of the redskins,
and we may he sure that there is not a
f oul alive now at the hacienda or at the
huts. They will be here in a short tim< ;
|of that there is no djubt; probably half
| will come down il.e valley, and half will
g> up. We must ri e lor it. sir, follow the
r vcr down till we are pit-t the hills; there
is not a moment to be lost.
"The peons who had gathered round
save a cry of des. air. You can go, If you
like, Antonio; I can s*ee we can do noth
ing at present; but 1 will not leave the
place."
“What will you do then, senor?"
“We will take the rafts and pole them
across the river there are no signs of
Indians theie, and it is not likely there
will be now." Then he turned to the
•peons. “You hive lie or-1 what I said, (let
to the rafts at once; then* is not a mo
ment to le lost. Look at that herd gallop
ing wild.y; you may be sure that the
tedsk.ns arc after them."
"Th spnrr‘6 advic Is good," Antonio
•"aid, “and there is not a moment to be
lost. Get on board, all of >ou. comrades;
tie your bridles io the *afts.’’
All hurried on to the rafts the ropes
that held them to the shore were cut.
and the pfons putting out th * poles, push
ed them Into the stream. The rpfts were
already heavily lathn, by far the greater
Potion of the cargo having been placed
on board. Mcaf of the vaq ier<*s had their
rifles Blung acioss their should is, as they
l ad heard from Antonio what the Indian
had said, h id on s artlt.g out taken
their guns with them.
"One never can tell what will happen,"
Antonio said, “it is always well to he on
the safe side."
Although the peons exerted themselves
to the utmost, the rafts moved hut slow
ly, ami they were but seventy or eighty
yards from the shore, when a large bin I
of Indians rode down to the bank end at
once opened lire. As they approa 'h and
Will shouted to nil the men to take hfir
places on th other side cf the piles of
hide, and. using these as a b east work,
those having guns at once retuine I t > th *
Indian Arc. Five or six of the redskins
fell, ond the plunging of many hors n
showed that they were wounded. A chief
who seemed to be in command wav- and his
hand and shouted to his followers, who
were evidently ai>out to urge their horse*
into the riv.r. when Will, who hid held
hi* Are. took a sternly aim at the chi f
and the latter fell dead fre m his hor.-c.
"Will they take to the Water, Anton o?’
he asked the vaquero. who had takc.i hit
place on the raft with him.
"I do not think so, senor; it is not io
Indian nature to run such n rDk ?* that.
W should shoot down number* of them
tie fore they reached u, and they would
have n tough Job then, for the peons
would tight desperately with their long
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knives, and ii is no easy matter to climb
out of the water on to a raft with two • r
three men with long knives waiting for
you. This band ore Apaches, senor; they
have evidently joined die Tejur.as in a
big raid.”
The Indians for a few minutes contin
ued their fire, bu as those on the nit*
showed their heads when they stcod up
to fire, and every tudlrt told in tie
crowded mass, the Indians sullenly lode
off.
The peons then resumed their yoles. and
in ten minutes leached the opp she shore.
Will sat down as soon as he had seen the
horse.** landed with a feeling cf despdr
In his heart. In the hurried arrangem nts
for the safety of those with him he had
scarcely had time to think. Now h t
there was nothing to do the full horror
of the situation was felt, and the thoug.it
of Donna Saras la and of Ulnra being
murdered altogether overpoweiei him,
and his cheeks w’ere moisten* and w’iih tears.
What would Ihe senor and JU3n say rn
their return? They had left him in charg\
and although he could hardly be -aid to
be to blame, yet he might hive nk-n
greater precautions. He should r.ot have
relied upon the Indian scouts, but have
kept at least enough of the men up at
the house to offer a serious defense. An
tonio, who was at the head of one of the
parties in charge of a herd, came up to
him presently.
“WeH, senor, ’tls no use grieving, ami
assuredly if any one is to blame ii is I
rather than you, for I assured you that
there was no danger. I shall tell the senor
so when he comes. Had he been here he
would, I feel sure, have waited for further
news before regarding the matter as seri
ous. Now. senor, what do von propose
to do next? You are our leader.”
“The first thing to do is to go to the
hacienda after dark, and find out what
has happened there. How long do you
think that the Indians will remain in the
valley?”
“Some days. I should say. senor. They
will no doubt kill u number of cattle and
jerk the meat. Then they will drive off
as many as they think they can take with
them, and probably slay the rest out of
pure wickedness.”
“The first and great point is to find out
whether all at the hacienda have been
killed.”
“That you may be sure of. senor; but
still it is right that we should know*.
There may be one exception, although I
can hardly hope.”
“How do you mean Antonio?”
“I mean, senor, that the eenorita may
have been spared for a worse fate. I
mean, may have been carr’ed off by them.
The Indians, while sparing no one else,
old or young, always carry off the young
women.”
“Great heavens!” Will exclaimed, step
ping back, as if hm had been struck. “You
do not say so! A thousand times better
hnd she been .murdered by her mother’s
side. It is maddening to sit here end be
able to do nothing, not even to be able to
find out if this dreadful thing is true. How
many men have we with guns?”
“Thirteen besides myself and you,
senor."
“Yes. senor. that would be best. The
Indions are sure to swim across to-night,
and the four rafts would do well to push
off as soon as they can no longer be seen
from the other ride. The four head men.
who will go down with them, are oil
here.”
“Call them up.”
The four white men came fo him.
"As soon ns it is dark.” he said, “you
must push off; do not make the Ugh;e*t
noise; when you get out in the middle
of the. stream lot the current take you
down, only using the poles when it is ab
solutely necessary to keep you from ap
proaching either bank. The twelve vaque
ros who have nc* guns had better go with
you, that will give three to each craft.
We will pick out thirteen of the best
horses, the others you must kill this after
noon for food. Have you Ashing lines?"
“Yes. senor. we always carry them with
us. and you have shears and can Ash by
torchlight.”
“Good! then you will manage very well.
The vaqueros, and what peons you do not
require must be landed as soon as you
have passed the mountains; they had bet
ter strike up :o Monterey and wait there
for older*. I will give money to one of
them, to buy a horse there, and ride with
the news to Don Serasta at San Diego."
To be continued.
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They Are Coatf, Wholesome and
Require Little or no Cooking.
Pineapple food Is made by grating the
fruit quite Ane and adding sugar enough
to sweeten. Drop a candied cherry or a
small spoonful of Jelly Into the bottom
of a punch glass and cover with the pine
apple; when ready to serve, add a spoon
ful of whipped cream to each glass an 1
put a candied cherry on top. Jelly may
be substituted for the cherries, and the
glasses after being Ailed, should be placed
on ice for twenty minutes.
For cherry snow balls, select large red
and white cherries. Arm and ripe. After
stoning them, roll each one in a soft
icing made of confectioners’ sugar an-l
colored pink, for the white cherries, then
roll them In freshly grated cocoanut
Place on ice for a short time before
wanted.
Strawberry charlotte requires slices of
sponge cake, with which a mold is lined,
cover the bottom of the mold with crush
ed. sweetened s;rawherries, then All with
stiff whipped t roam, which may be col
ored with strawberry juice. Put in the
Ice box until wanted, when it should be
turned out on a glass dish.
A dish that is pleasant to the eve, as
well as to the palate is made with a pine
apple. four oranges, four bananas and
cherries. Place in he center of a dish,
a pineapple, pared, cored nnd sliced, yet
retaining as near ns possible its original
shape. •Peel, quarter and take out feeds
of the oranges; arrange In a border around
the pineapple. Put the bananas into
lengthwise slices and arrange zig-zrtg
fence fashion around the border of the
dish. In the spaces put stoned and
sugared cherries. Whipped cream is
poured over this, or clear sugar eyrup
flavored with a little brandy.
Strawberry velvet takes n little more
time for preparation as gelatine Is re
quired—a half ounce dissolved in a gill
of water; odd to it half a pint of sherry,
grated lemon peel, the Juice of one lemon
and a quarter of a pound of sugar. Stir
over the Are until the sugar Is thoroughly
dissolved; strain and cool, before it sets
bent into It a pint of cream. Half flu
small molds with strawberries and pour
the cream on top. Put on Ice until needed.
—The Prince of Wales was the first
Christian who ever dined with the Sultan
of Turkey.
SIS cow.
Her Mother Love Persists After
the Period of Helplessness
in the Calf.
Cattle are not merely gregarioua—they
have an Instinct of nelghborltness and
comradeship almost human. Further
mother-love among them persists long af
ter the period of helplessness. A cow
know’s her calves, licks them and mcoa
to them, when they are full-grown, with
calves of their own. She lows lx mentation
if they are sent to a separate pasture,
and recognizes them after six mon'hs rr
even a year of separation. This, of cour.e
on the commons where normal JnsHncUi
persist, and even strengthen. Stall-feed
ing does not develop heart or mind, in
cattle any more than In human brings.
Once at least this continuing mether
love prevented bad blood betwixt neigh
bors with a possible suit In law. Two
cows upon adjoining farms dropp and. wi h
in the same week, calve* so nearly alike
it would have puzzled that traditionally
wise person, a Philadelphia lawyer, to
know one from the other They were
heifer calves, dun, with a white apot in
the forehead, and the. barest tip of white
In tbt tails. Dun was a raie color upon
ihe range round about, so both th*
yourgsters were looked upon with interest.
They sucked mornir.g and night through
the summer, wefe weaned in me fall, and
turned out next spring to find their own
living in the natural blue grass nvaiows
along the creeks. Food was abund
ant, the creeks had also many wind
ings, with here and there in te
cluded spaces remnant fringes -of cane.
The dun heifers throve so finely, and fell
so in love with freedom, they did, not come
home in the fall as did other well-conduct
ed cat lie. Just what they did do indeed
was never known. The spring they were
two years old one owner went looking for
his property, and discovered a fine, saucy
young cow with a pretty frisky calf at
foot, grazing happily, ten miles away.
Neither yearling had been marked be
fore. turning out—that is to say its ears
hod not been cropped, nor slit, nor swal
low-forked. nor under-and-over-bitted to
show particular ownership. So the finder
was quite Justified in assuming that he
had found his own, and taking it home re
joicing. There his neighbor at-once claim
ed it, saying he knew’ it by a peculiar
indentation in the white star. As the
other dun was still missing, there was
room for a very pretty quarrel, until it
was agreed to let the old cows decide it.
The three were turned together.in a past
ture. At first both the old cows looked
askance at the young one, and after a
little made a rush at her as if to bear her
to her knees. But as they got within
three yards of the youngster, who stood
tossing her horns defiantly, the claimant's
cow half wheeled, butted the other in the
flank, sent her reeling, sniffed gently at
the stray, then began to lick her on the
neck and brisket, just as she licked her
own new calf. The demonstration was con
clusive—the men shook hands on it, and
the stray dun went home with her
mother.
Whether from Instinct or calculation,
cattle have a curiously accurate sense of
time. If they are salted every other
morning at a ceriain spot, they will be
prompt almost to the minute, though they
may not come near the place between
times. Dairy maids whose milkers run
out. give them “a lick of salt” or meal,
as they say “to h’ant ’em home.” Hehe*
no doubt comes the cant rural proverb,
expressing mulish obstinacy: ”1 wouldn't
do it for a lick of salt."
Buck nnd Brandy were brindled oxen,
a yoke of renown throughout the country
side. They had horns a yard from tip
to tip, intelligent black-nosed, white-star
red faces, and beautiful bushy tails. Bro
ken together at a year old, they worked
and played and grazed side by side until
they w*erc rising seven. Then Brand}' fall
ing lame, was turned out for a long rest,
his owner thinking to fatten and sell him
in the fall. • Buck at once quit work.
Yoked to cart or plow, or ox-wagon, he
simply laid down. The goad could not
moved him. As soon ns he wan free,
though he had never in his life tried to
jump a fence or throw one down, he
straightway made a breach somewhere
and went through it to his comrade. As
a result his owner sold two stall-fed oxen
in place of one. In death, os in life,
the pair were not divided.
The prodigal calf gtts a rough recep
tion upon his home-coming. The herd
looks him over at long range, bellows de
fiance and scorn of him, then keep* on
with its cwn affairs. If ihe prodigal
l.angs modestly back, feeding upon the
outskirts fra day, or may be a week,
never obtruding himself, and running
from each lower.:d head or brandished
horn, he may in the end be grudgingly
accepted. But If he comes boldly lr,
crowding for salt, snatching at forage,
answering bellows with a low disdainful
moo. he must conquer a peace, or go to
the wall. At first the herd-leader rushes
at him. butts him to his knees, and tries
to roll him over, but does not gore him.
If the stray stands up stoutly, or gives
the leader a fair argument, he may win
out right there. But if he is badly worst
ed. yet lacks the sense lo prefit by defeat,
nnd kesp :n pnc\ next time there will
be a combined rush that will leave him
with whole bones it Is true, but a badly
sc a'ched coat, and sore all over from the
pummelling horns.
Atavism perhaps exrlalrs why cattle go
mad at the smell of blood—especially the
h ood of their own soecies Even a fresh
hide trailed across their feeding ground
may make them dange ous. With lowered
h ads, tails stiffly ex • ndfd, bellowing,not
oudly, but with a deep, menacing growl
ing rote, they charge compactly upon al
mest any moving thing in sight, particu
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Cattle arc great path-makers. For the
most part they go straight almost as ih*
crow fiies, and always in Indian file, one
right on the heels of another. In every
pasture there is a leader, who chooses the
way. Commonly the leader is the bell
cow. but If the bell-bfarer grow* old an 1
weak, she may be dlsrrgarded. Ahoth'r
instinct, no doubt going back io the days
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except in the height of summer and fly
time, when cattle graze all right, and
spend the day* in water, or the thickets.
Commonly, the going Is a slow ttat ly
march, but now and again, the b 11-cow
breaks causelessly Into a furious run, and
the rest go tumbling at her hee s. N gro s
say then “Ole Sis Bell-Cow. she done seen
r ghos’.” They add that next morning’s
milk will be scant and lick cream—an 1
ofter.er than not recall's in the and Up
bearing out the saying. The blacks in
deed. believe firmly that both cattle nl
horses can see many things invisible to
mortal eyes.
A curious bit of adaptation to circum
stances may be seen in summer among
the cattle of the swamp lands along
Mississippi. From July to mid-Septemb' r
blood-sucking insects —mosquitos, ii
gnats, and so on. are so bad there, cl• 11
are sometimes in danger of their lives.
So are people, unless they make smudge
—that is to say. fires so thickly smother
ed they fill the air with clouds of smoke,
and thus drive away the rests. Tne * at
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Ezra’s
Inheritance.
Dancer of Counting; Cliiokenn Dr
forr* They Are Hatched.
Jty HOPE 11. STRONG.
‘'Half past eight and 'most time for
Ezra to come! Well, we’re goins prey
rid to have to work so hard, and 9 o'clock
is more'n bed time for a man in his six
tie*. I wlsht he court gst another place.
But it won't do ary goed to grumble and
I took him for better or for worse. But
I guess nobody when they promise that
expect any worst. Well that rlsin* must
he ready and I may as well put my bread
In sponge.”
So-saying Mrs. Hampton rose from her
straight backed chair, which she always
proudly stated had been part of her
"grandmother’s weddin' outfit,” and bus
tled about In preparation for the morrow's
baking.
Such a tiny room as it was. The sight
of it would always make one wonder If
any city furnisher could have more suc
cessfully arranged the many articles tha*
f-.und a place there. A rag carpet covered
this floor, but wherever it was likely to
get extra wear a piece of oilcloth was
overlaid giving a p cullarly variegated
effect. Combining kitchen, dining room
and library, it needed furnishing for all
three. 60 the horse-hair covered sofa stood
near the sewing-machine, and the sew
ing-machine In turn pressed again against
a chair whose very next neighbor was
the o and corner-cupboard which held dish
es, table linen and Sundry other necessi
ties.
Conveniently near and c ose against the
wall stood the table where for so many
yeirs Mr. ar.d Mrs. Hampton had taken
their daily br ad. Years ago, happy young
feces had Joined them there, but death
and marriage had scattered them all,leav
ing heme and parents alone So the table
had the leaves down instead of up. The
rush-bottomed chairs stooel beside it. The
otd c ock ticked busily on the mantel.
Beneath, the shining stove cooked the
mralft and suprlled heat. At only a safe
distance frem the range was a meal chest
which answered the purpose cf a modern
pantry.
So without leaving the room Mrs. Hamp
ton completed her "sponge,” brushe 1
away every suspicion of flour, nnd with
folded hands awaited the coming of her
spouse.
The stroke of nine brought him. He laid
off his heavy overcoat nnd hung It in its
accustomed place behind the dot-r. with the
old hat over it as usual; put one ponder
ous foot Into the home-made wooden to t
Jack and drew off a heavy boot; treate i
the other foot and boat in like manner,
thrust his feet into wailing slippers, dr w
a chair to the Are and remarked. “Well,
Hannah, I got the queerest kind of a let
ter to-ntght. Some lawyer. Ferrett. he
calls himself, up here in Columbia county
has been writing to me to know i.t I’m
myself."
“Oh, Ezry. they nin't trying to make
you out crazy, are they? Who could 'a
done it?”
“Crazy, well I guess roi," laughed her
husband. “You don’t understand. It’s to
establish my identity this her? lawyer fe
low calls it. I’m to tell him who my fa
ther nnd grandfather was and all my great
grandfathers as far back as 1 can remem
ber, or have ever heard tell of. Thai’s
easy enough, for it’s been Ezra T. for five
generations bock—but what it’s about 1
can’t quite make out.”
“Do answer it to-night. It’s late, but
maybe it’s something important to u
Maybe w’e’re going to hear something.
Here’s the pen and ink.”
, And from the recesses of the cupboard
appeared an ink bottle and n rusty steel
pen. neither of which was called Into act
ive service except on the rare occasion
when one of their absent children receiv
ed a letter from home. Only an half hour
before Mrs. Hampton had lamented tha
her husband was each night kept so long
from his sleep. But now feminine curios
ity conquered wifely solicitude. Ezra was
spurred on by his better half until the
whoJe letter was completed though un
other hour had rolled by before he reached
the end.
The lawyer smiled next day as he look
ed at the curiously formed letters, nd
read the quaint phrases. But they t H
the facts plainly enough, Ezra’s identity
, worn established.
Meanwhile Hannah Hampton ponler.d
and planned over what the* lawyer could
want, and at every home coming of Ezra
besieged him with the query. “Haven’t
you heard yet?” It is doubtful who'her
either of them could have Fng e duced
the strain. But fortunately in less than
a week the answer camp.
On Mr. Hampton’s return one night be
drew the type written sheet fom l i
pocket and looking through fils tel
framed spectacle?, with his wond rin;
Hannah beside him. read as follows:
“Mr. Ezra T. Hampton,
Dear Sir—Yours of the twelfth irs^an 1
at hand. In reply I w uld that i>
quirios made by a distant relative rf
yours, regarding some* Western prope ty
have led to your discovery. About th
year eighteen hundred one. Ezekiel H imp
ton emigrated to and settled a 1 rge true
of land In the territory of Blank, where
the city of A— is now located. Com
munlcations wkh him soon ceased, and ns
he never returned to his hem-*, h!s friend
gave him up as dead. From the copy of
your family record you hive kindly for
warded I find proof of what I had al n y
surmised that said Ezekiel Reed I-lamp
top was the brother of your grnndfi'he .
Consequently as his nearest de <• i, lur
this property will ‘revolt to y.u. O
course, with the lapse c f time the laid
has greatlly Increased in value, ard it
would he well for you to look lno the
matter. Any help cur firm can render you
in re-establishing your claim will Iv* chi r
fully given for twenty-five \er c nt.
Hoping to hear from you at an ' u v *1 i e
I am A. Sharpe Ferrett.'*
No possible event could nnve wrought
more Amazement in the minds of this
worthy pair than did the contents of t’.ih
letter. But os usual the woman broke the
silence.
“Well to think you’re gr-lnfg to own n
whole city. It’s an awful responsibility
for you. Of course, you’ll have to be
Mayor—a man of your years, too, Ezry.
Little did I think forty odd years ago
when we was mnrrled, that I’d ever live
to be a Mayor's wife. But girls never
know what they’re marrying. What are
you going to do about It? give it to this
man?”
“Well, yes. none of fhem would tv* any
cheaper.” deliberately answered Ezra.
“.And he sort of deserves it for finding
pul. Though I’ve often heard father talk
of hi* uncle Zeke who went West, nnl
all the land he got out there. You and
me have been wishing for enough money
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row. it’s time we were abed.”
And vo with no thought of the time when
as Mayor, he would importune unruly
fire departments, argue with refractory
boards of health, or take counsel wim
ignorant aldermen, he lay down to peas
ant dreams.
On the following day the rusty pen wai
again brought into use. and another let
ter of crabbed characters found its way
<o the lawyer's office accepting his terms.
And the waiting time began.
It is cu iou s to ii.t wild! effect even
the prohnbi ity of w.ahh hos on ihe aver
age mi’ <J. Lz a Ham. ton was above the
aver, ge, so he pursued the even tenor of
his way and per’o med his duties as
faithfully as though “Uncle Zeke's’’
t' ousa ds had neve b“>en heard of. Not
s* his wife Hannah; mindful of her com
ing- gr an. ss it was impossible for her
not to show it. She took on a superior
teno with her neighbors, and hinted at
coming changes; f r so repeatedly had
Ezra charged her to keep the good news
a secret until they more surely knew the
result, that she and .re not enlarge on it
as she would have lik and. In her market
ing she assumed 1 tie airs and extrava
gances Why should she buy “round”
sleak when soon unlimited wealth would
be he*s? So sue ord red choice bits of
! orter heu-e with a \v s- ned of her head
and remarked t’.iat her money was as
g 'td as other f >Jks. The people of her lit
tU world wend red why Hannah Hamp
ton acted so important, and Ezra mildly
rem. nstrattd. assuring her a bird in the
hand was worth two in the bush. But she
silt need hifri by saying that did not mean
when you vveiu goiog to get the whole
bush too. '
And so the days wore on. Days had
grown in:o weeks, and week into months,
when rhe decisive answer came. Again
Mrs. Hampton leaned over her husband’s
shoulder with joyous anticipations of the
we 11 th soon to be theirs. But the words
were hard <o comprehend. There was lit
tle doubt that the property really belong
ed to them, but so many papers were
missing, and the records had been so neg
lected that no proof could be brought. Al
most endless litigation would probably bo
the result of any effort to reclaim tha
land. So i' would perhaps be ns well to
drop the matter. In these researches,
however, they had made another discov
ery. Ezekiel K. Hampton had been a
colonel in the Revolutionary army and
had, been enrolled as a member of the
Original Officers, a society composed of
officers who had served in that war. Each
member paid a certain amount to perpetu
ate fhe association. Membership was to
descend in the direct male line. Said
Ezekiel R. Hamilton having no heirs his
next oldest brother inherited a life right
in this society. And the writer took
much pleasure in congratulating Mr.
Hampton on being 1 gaily entitled to be
long to this august and honorable bo ly.
His name had been s rK to the president
for this state and in a few days he would
doubtless be heard fiom. Thus through
no fault of their own had come to these
brave souls the hard task of bearing a
bitter disappointment.
The president was heard from. Soci
ety documents of ell sows poured in upon
Ezra until in a few weeks he hud received
as much mail as had come to him before
in as many years.. The village postmas
ter and Hannah could scar ely keep up
with it.
Of coure*. Ezra became a member. His
faithful wife would permit nothing else.
And. of course, too, he attended the an
nual dinner. And in hearing of the glories
of that festive occasion, Mrs. Hampton
found some slight compensation for the
loss of the expected wealth and official
position. With brave heart she tried to
bring her husband to the same opinion.
“! don’t know Ezra, bui it’s mo.t as
good as being Mayor; there’s less care,
and it's ever so much mere high-toned.”
And Ezra would answer submissively,
“Yes, l s’pose so, but I did want that
Aldurney.”
Ezra’s inheritance, however, had no
light influence on ihe people of Rural ion.
For so soon as it was noised abroad they
straightway began a search for warlike
ancestors. For unately, he had no riv al
as a member of the O. O. S.’s. Admis
sion to the body was too difficult. But
descendants of the r> iF*engers on • he over
loaded Mayflower were-* numerous. It
seemed as if H e whole population of the
colony mus; have served it in the early
days, so may grandfathers w’ere found
who had held office, while sons and
daughters of ihe Revolution were discov
ered in every household. Family
• ■rests wore unearthed, or made to order.
Rusty sabers and moth-eaten army sad
dles w’ore hung in many a hall. And the
envied of all was a summer -traveler, who
returned from her trip, “to the other
side,” with a photograph of an Engllsn
estate, which she proudly exhibited as
her family homestead.
So though Ezra’s inheritance brought
disappointment to him and his brave wife,
it came as a blessing <o the people of
Ruralton, for wi hout it they miehi never
have known the pleasure of seeking and
finding illusirious forbears.
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