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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1922)
lrn'iiii&)iLl. RED OLOUD. NEBRASKA. CHIEF IV "1 skine Dale 1 LT Pioneer, nJ'iu .v John Hlustraf ed by WHITE MAN! BYNOPSIS.-To the Kentucky wllderncsn outpost commanded by Jcromo Sunders, In the time Immedi ately preceding tho Hovolutlon, comet a whlto boy llcclng from a trlbo of Sluiunecs by whom he had been captured mid adopted as a son of tho chief, Knhtoo. lto Ih given shelter and attructs tho favorablo attention of Duvu Yiindell, a leader among the Hcttlcrs. Tlio boy warns his new friends of tho coming of a Blmwncu war party. The fort" Is attacked, niul only saved by the timely appearance of a party of Virginians. Tho leader of thoso Is fatally wounded, but In his dying moments recognizes tho futfltlvo youth as his son. At Itcd Oaks, plantation on tho James river, Vlr Klnln, Colonel Dale's home, the boy appears with a mcHsugc for the colonel, who after reading It Intro duces the, bearer to his daughter Ilarburn nn her cousin, Krsklno Dulti. KrHldno meets two other cousins, Harry Dale and Hugh Wll loitghby. CHAPTER V Continued. "Come, Hurry!" With n Rnllnnt Ikiw Hurry offered Ills left nnn, und Kutherlnj, the little Kciitucklun with her left, the resal Indy swept out. In the iceontloii-rouin &ho kept the hoy hy her side. Kvery mnn who up Iiroarheil bowed, niul soon the hid wns bowing, ton. Biirlmrn almost erled out her nMoiilshment nnd pleasure when she saw what a handsome figure he made In liln new clothing, and all her little friends Were soon dnrtlng surreptitious glntices at him, and many whispered questions and pleas ing comments were passed around. Then General Wllloughhy howed with nohle dignity hefore Mrs. Dale, und the two led the way to the dining room. "Harry," she said, "you nnd Bar barn take care of your cousin." And almost without knowing It the young Kcntucklnn howed to Barbara, who courtesldd and took his arm. Tho table Unshed with sliver and crystnl on snowy-white damask nnd was brilliant with colored candles. Tho Utile woodsman saw the men draw hack chairs for the ladies, nnd he drew back Bnrbnrn's lwfore Hugh, on the other side or her, could fore stall him. The boy hnd never seen so many nnd so mysterious-looking tliingH to eat and drink. One glnss of wine ho took, and the quick dizzi ness that assailed him frightened him, and ho did not touch It ngnln. Beyond Barbara, Hugh loaned for ward and lifted his glass to him. Ho shook his head nnd Hugh flushed "Our Kentucky cousin Is not very polite lie Is something of a barhnrlnn naturally." "Ho doesn't understand," said Bnr barn quickly, who had noted tho In cldont, nnd sho turned to her cousin. 'Tapn says you arc going to live with us nnd you nro going to Btudy with Harry under Mr. Brockton." "Our tutor," explained Hnrry; "there lie is ncross there. He Is an I'ngllshmnn." "Tutor?" questioned the boy. ".School-teacher," laughed Hnrry. "Oh !" "Haven't you nny Bchool-tenchers lit home?" L "', I learned to rend and write n little from Dave nnd Lyddy." And then he had to tell who they were, and ho went on to tell them about Mother Sanders nnd Honor und Bud nnd Jack and Tolly Conrnd and Lydln and Dave, nnd nil the frontier folk, nnd the life they led, nnd the Indian flghtB, which thrilled Barbara nnd Harry, and forced oven Hugh to listen though once ho laughed Incred ulously, and In n wny that of a sudden Mail the boy's lips tight and made Barbara color and Harry look grave. Hugh then turned to his wine and be gan soon to look more Hushed nnd sulky. Shortly after the ladles left, Hugh followed them, and Harry and tho Kcntucklnn moved toward the head of the table where tho men had gathered around Colonel Dnle. "Yes," said General Wllloughby, "it looks as though It might conic." "With due deference to Mr. Brock ton," said Colonel Dale, "It looks as though his country would force us to some action." They were talking nbout Impending war. Fnr nwny ns his wilds were, the boy had henrd some talk of war In them, ami he listened greedily to the quick fire of question nnd argument directed to tho Englishman, who held his own with such sturdlnoss that Colonel Dnle, fenrlng the heat might become too great, laughed and skill fully shifted tho theme. Through tuill and doorways came now merry rounds of fiddle and banjo, Nenr a doorway between parlor nnd hull sat the fiddlers three. Gnllant bows nnd dainty courtesylngs nnd Blmblo fret were tripping measurei- lJIWIIfttrt I OPYRIOjrnYHARlSCRIDNERS SONS .--Jr UHf kvJI "injBH.ui iviitvvf. .?' Fox, Jr: Rrt Livingstone-?: quitc new to the backwoodsmnn. Barbara nodded, smiled nnd after the dance ran up to nsk him to tnke part, but ho shook his head. Hugh hnd looked nt him ns from n superior height, nnd the boy noticed him frown lug while Barbara was challenging him to dance. TJie next dance clenred his face nnd set his feet to keeping time, for tho square dance hnd, or course, renched the wilds. "I know thnt," he said to Harry, who told Barbara, and tho little girl went up to him again, and this time, (lushing, he took place with her on the Door. Hugh came up. "Cousin Bnrhnra, this Is our dance, I lielleve," he said n little thickly. The girl took him aside and Hugh went surlily away. Harry saw the Incident and he looked nfter Hugh, frowning. Tho backwoodsman con ducted himself very well. JIo was lithe and graceful and at first very dlgulllcd, hut ns ho grew In confidence he began to execute steps that were new to that polite land and rather boisterous, but Barbara looked pleased and all onlookers seemed greatly amused all except Hugh. And when the old tiddler sang out sonorously: "Genelmnn to right cheat an' swing 1" the boy cheated outrageously, cheated all but his little partner, to whom each time he turned with open loyalty, and Hugh was openly sneer ing now and genuinely angry. "You shall have the last dance," whispered Barbara, "tho Virginia reel." "I know that dance," Bald the boy. And when that dance came nnd the dancers were drawn In two lines, the boy, who was third from the end, heard Harry's low voice behind him: "He Is my cousin nnd my guest, nud you will answer to me." Tho lad wheeled, saw Harry with Hugh, left his place, und went to them. He spoke to nurry, but he looked at Hugh with a sword-Hash In each black eye: "I don't want nobody to take up for me." Again ho wheeled nnd was In his plnce, but Bnrbura snw and looked "I Was Rude to You Last Night and I Owe You an Apology." troubled, and so did Colonel Dale. Ho went over to tho two boys and put his arm around Hugh's shoulder. "Tut, tut, my boys," ho said, with pleasant firmness, nnd led Hugh nwny, and when General Wllloughby would have followed, the colonel nodded him back with n smile, and Hugh was seen no more thnt night. The guests left with gnyety, smiles nnd laughter, and every ono gnvo tho stranger a kindly goodby. Agnln Harry went with him to his room nnd the lnd stopped tinder the crossed swords. "You light with 'em? I want to learn how to use them." Hnrry looked nt him searching!, hut the boy's face gave hint of no more purpose than when ho first asked the same question. "All right," said Harry. Tho lad blew out his candle, but he went to his window Instead of his bed. The moonlight was brilliant among tho trees and on the sleeping Mowers nnd the blow run of tho broad river, nnd It was very still out there and very lovely, hut ho had no wish to ho out there. With wind and storm and sun, moon and stars, ho hud lived fuco to face all his life, hut hero they were not tho same. Trees, (lowers, house, people had reared some wall between him and them, and they seemed now to be very far away. H3 TrsM ma iKi 5? fcl H mllLM&MM0V V Everybody hnd been kind to him oil but Hugh. Veiled hostility ho hnd never hnovyji before nnd ho could not understand. Everybody hnd surely been kind, nnd yet ho turned to his bed, nnd nil night his brain wna flash ing to nnd fro between tho reel of vivid pictures etched on It In a dny and the grim background thnt had hitherto been his life beyond tho hills. From pioneer hnblt ho awoke before dawn, and for n moment tho softness where ho lay puzzled him, but he could smell the dawn and ho started to spring up. Ho felt hot nnd stuffy, though Harry had put up his windows, and he could not lie there wide awake. Ho could not go out In tho lienvy dew In the gny clothes and fragile shoes he had taken off, so ho slid Into his own buckskin clothes and moccasins and out the still open front door and down the path toward the river. In stinctively he hnd 'picked up his rllle, bullet-pouch and powder-horn. An hour Inter ho loped buck on his own tracks. At the front door Hnrry hailed him und I'urlmra came running out. "I forgot to get you another suit of clothes last night," he snld, "nnd we wero scared this morning. We thought you had left us, nnd Bnrbnrn there nearly cried." Barbara blushed now and did not deny. "Come to brenkfnstl" she cried. "Did you find anything to Bhoot?" Hnrry asked. "Nothln' but Bomo squirrels," said the hid. Then Hugh enmo In pale of face nnd looking rather nshnmed. He went straight to the Kcntucklnn. "I was rude to you lust night nnd I owe you nn npology." He thrust out his bund nnd awk wardly the boy rose und took It. "And you'll forgive mo, too, Bar bara?" "Of course I will," she said happily, but holding up one linger of warn ing should he ever do It ngnln. Tho rest of the guests trooped In now, and some wero going out on horse back, some for n sail, and some visit ing up the river In a barge, and all were pnlred o(T. "I'm going to drive Cousin Ersklno over the place with my ponies," said Ilarbara, "and " "I'm going hack to bed," Interrupt ed Hugh, "or read a little Lntln nnd Greek with Mr. Brockton." There was Impudence us well ns humor In this, for the tutor hud given up Hugh In despair long ago. Burhara shook her bend. "You are going with us," sho snld. "I want Hugh to ride with mo," said Colonel Dale, "and give Firefly n little exercise. Nobody else can rldo him." Tho Kentucky boy turned n chal lenging eye, ns did every young man at the table, nnd Hugh felt very com fortable. While every one wns get ting ready, Harry brought out two foils nnd two masks on tho porch a little later. "Wo light with those," he snld, pointing to the crossed rapiers on the wnll, "but we practice with these. Hugh, there, Is the champion fencer," he snld, "and he'll show you." Hnrry helped the Kentucky boy to mnsk nnd they crossed foils Hugh giving Instructions ull tho time nnd nodding approval. "You'll learn you'll learn fast," he snld. And over nls shoulder to Harry: "Why, his wrist Is as strong ns mine now, nnd he's got nn eye like a weasel." With a twist he wrenched the foil from his antagonist's hand nnd clnt tered It on the steps. Tho Kentucky Inn wns bewildered nnd his face (lushed. Ho ran for tho weapon. "You can't do thnt ugaln." "I don't bcllcvo I can," laughed nugh. "Will you learn mo somo more?" asked the boy engerly. "I surely will." A little later Barbara nnd her cousin wero trotting smnrtly nlong a sandy road through the fields with the colonel nnd Hugh loping In front of them. Firefly wns n black, mettle some gelding. He hnd renred nnd plunged when Hugh mounted, and even now ho was champing his bit and leaping playfully at times, hut the lnd sat him with nn unconcern of his capers that held the Kentucky boy's eyes. "Gosh," ho snld, "but Hugh can rldol I wonder If ho could stay on him hnreback." "I supposo so," Barbara said ; "Hugh can do anything." Many questions the llttlo girl asked and somo of tho boy's answers made her shudder. "I'apa said lust night thnt several of our kinsfolk poko of going to your country In a party, and Harry and Hugh nro crnzy to go with them. Papa said people would he swarming over the Cumberland mountains be fore long." "I wish you'd come along." Barbara laughed. "I wouldn't like to loso my hnlr." "I'll watch out for thnt," said tho boy with such confident gravity that Barbara turned to look at him. "I believe you would," she mur mured. And presently: "Whnt did the Indians call you?" "Whlto Arrow." "White Arrow. That's lovely. IVhy?" "I could outrun all tho other hoys." "Then you'll havo to run tomorrow when wo go to tho fair at Williams burg." "Tho fair?" Barbara explained. "Dave Yandell," added the stranger, smiling and taking off his cap. (TO UU CONTINUED.) (Copy f?r This Department Supplied by the American Legion New Service.) TO MEMORY OF GALBRAITH Bronze Tablet Is Embedded In Huge Boulder on Spot Where Com mander Was Killed. "Dedicated to tho Memory of Fred eric W. Gulbrulth, Jr., National Com mander of tho Amerlcnn Legion, who wns killed on this spot In nctlve serv ice of the Amerlcnn Legion, Juno 0, 11)21," rends tho Inscription on a bronze tablet embedded In a huge boul der which has been dedicated by tho Legion In memory of Its beloved com mnnder. """ V .' Galbraith Memorial. Mr. Galbraith was killed In nn nuto mobile accident near Indianapolis, While In nctlve service of the Legion. The rock nnd tnblet wero recently dcdlcntcd nt n special service held by tho hendqunrtcra stuff nnd nttended by National Commander Hanford Mnc Nldcr nnd Mrs. Lowell F. llobnrt, pres ident of the American Legion Auxil iary. KID CORPORAL SCORES AGAIN John "Shoemaker, Through Phoenix American Legion, Draws West Point Appointment. Tho "Kid Corporal" has scored ngaln. John Shoemaker, who enlisted In the army nt fourteen und served many months with the Amerlcnn expedi tionary forces in France, has now received presiden tial appointment to West Point. Shoemaker re cently graduated from a high school In Phoe nix, Ariz., where r V. f,4rSd he took special courses in military tac tics under MnJ. Claude Decatur Jones. Major Jones became Interested In tho lad because he hnd such nn unusual war record. Young Shoemaker served with n ma chine gun compnny In tho Fifty-fourth lnfuntry for two years, during nnd fol lowing Jbn World war. His West Point appointment followed n cam palgn In his behalf by the Phoenix American Legion nnd Major Jones, who were anxious thnt n war veteran should toko tho plnce nt tho military academy vacated by Charles Bnrrett, nn overseas hero, who graduated at the head of his class last June. POLAND SEEKS LEGION PLAN Government Asks American Body for Details in Matter of Employ ment for War Victims. Ono of the highest compliments ever given to the peace-tlmo efforts of an organization was pnld tho Amerlcnn Legion when tho Polish government nsked thnt tho Legion explain Us plan used In tho successful campaign for unemployed former service men In the United Stntes in order that Just such n system might bo used for do ing away with unemployment In Poland. Tho Legion furnished a detailed outline of tho scheme used In this country, and has received a letter of thanks from T. Holnko, commercial department manager of the consulate general. 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Because of tho financial depression and lack of government compensation, mnny pcnnltess disabled veterans of tho World war walked and rode In box cars to Snn Francisco to nttend tho second annual convention of tho Dis abled American Veterans of tho World War, according to Itaymond Croelmnn and Itobert M. Smyth, members of the national staff. i? .. mm .:?' v.iWiiAV. Wi- BMPSSkb 'LfififififififLV NEED FAITH AND CONFIDENCE Positions Open for Newly Trained Victims of World War Before They Are Ready. That tho rehabilitated World wa Veteran's success In llfo depends absolutely upon his faith In himself, Is the assertion of Ma J. W. F. Lnt, chief of the employment service of the United States veterans' bureau which has In charge tho proper train ing of thousands of disabled service men. 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AS THE "FLAPPER OF 1776' Charming Hilda Scheurer Aids In. dianapolis Legion In Advertising Benefit Picture Show. A white wig and n hoop-skirt are not generally considered ns part of tlio nee ess a ry equipment of u "flapper." T li e flapper pictured he r e, however, wore these and other colonial trappings most ef fectively w h e n she wanted to draw the atten tion of tho pub lic to tho fact the Indianapolis Amer ican Legion was presenting n historical nuitlon picture nt one of the loenl show houses. Miss Hilda Scheurer, charming ns a "flapper" of ID'2., was still more at tractive ns a "flnpper of 1770." The crowds which packed one of the largest and finest motion picture the aters In the Middle West during the .entire showing of "Cardigan," n pic ture of Ilevolutlonnry days, whtch the American Legion Is sponsoring, was proof of the fact that Miss Scheurer and her sister "flappers" did n good Job of advertising. It was not the flrst work Miss Scheurer has done for tho Amerlcnn Legion. 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