Show DEAD GAMU COURAGE AND STOICISM DY BY ay AN INDIAN BOY wo were between tho the two forks fork of the alff 1311 hera river with the mountain at artjur aur backs and aad wo we had y billow ilow bear the chief wt i lo LI to be ba exchanged for three women held writes a the Iii dans had bad promised and prom reil but delayed matting loo ox ex change tha ladeau li Is a diplomat only so far as ai lying la is concerned conie ha boull lie do bhea it would benefit him hica to tell the truth ile ha will delay delai to his own annoyance tuey had the iha bid their sub ab it was waa to bt b an oyen even the iho could bavo been closed up in halt an hour for wo we were sure are the women were only a few 1417 miles away but they fr boody till day aad then still made mada funbar oa a aoa of yellow hear bear camo came la in as a a messenger meen jer he ha was wa a loy boy L oy 0 of ab straight it As an aa arrow little an as a wildcat and aad young ea as he was wa ho he had air already learned to insl I Is la feelings TOO meeting fe between father and son betrayed no trace of at sentiment the teal object of the ibo indians indiana in delaying spatter ni Ep altera atter was ta to give ibe alio chief a chanca to elc ei caio alq but ho he was tio closely guarded for that but TRIO TOO information was wa convey conveyed oil to the son on by a sign agn lie HO was ives then told that ll it was wa the wish ot of the ibo father that watters matters bp bo ex hut but tho the words counted for or nothing which proba r ble bla meant delay the boy had bad como come boldly into camp on q i beautiful and speedy pony ho bal a bow end an d ft a quiver of arrows and a revolver lift lie he had d not looked at one of us me when ready to go As A a further precaution against cogito we bad tied the chiefs kokles to gother tho the tight sight of the bonds fired the lads ladle in dill nation though we noted it only oaly in the tha elcani of hla his oyo eye using being hot bat tempered a as well as a fearless ho he planned to bovengo his til fathers degradation I 1 am sure uro the abo chief did not counsel it as tho the lad wah one to a bo be proud of and his action could have but ono one result when he bo loft the tent ho he walked straight atrel Rbt to lite ills pony mounted and rode oft off tu to the eat cast but after loang a quarter of a botlo be halted and wheeled to lo faco face us As vve TO looked loaned ut at tilia him lie bo uttered a war whoop drew draw his big revolver and charged straight atra leht into a to camp thera them were vera bearly of us with twenty troopers tro opera just mounting their horse bones 9 and our surprise was so BO crest that tho the boy bad passed through tho the camp bo be fore wo realized the s in hi fai bitae age bo be two men luen a third and disabled two horses losing only one out of ht his aix shots A As he ha reached the southern edge of the camp ho he flung away the tha revolver and strung ilia his tow bow wo we were in no mood to stand any non souse ono from a redskin young or old and tho the men beyan began shooting at the boy without orders ile ho silt sat for a full whilo while preparing his how bow and select loR hla his arrow but of the hundred carbine bullets not one touched him or his hi horse wien when rindy bo be sent torta a ringing war whoop ond and came back ile he out at upright guided the pony with ilia hla lincea knees and fired lits lila arrows almost a fast aasta tasta as one ODO could pull the of a revolver vor ile ho did not keep a straight stra lelit course but swerved to the right nod and loft left and ami this dodgin iz saved aved him for a time alime at almo thero there must have bavo been man tiring at lioi lim with carbines and revolvers but no ono waited to take aim llo lie had bad almost reached tho the northern edge ede of the carup camp when horse horsa and rider tumbled together tim the official count showed that the boy wan as struck by twenty menty bullets seemingly nil all at once and the ibo pony by olgat they were simply riddled while the be general interest Inte roat was centered cont erod in the boy we vie on guard over yellow bear had bad a wood wonderful erful opportunity to witness a display of indian stoicism itol olim iiii was war sitting bitting on a heap of blankets when the bavi 7 ilow ix ow ur ose up reached for ray my hand bund und arid I 1 assisted him to the tha door of tho the tent where wo we stood side aide by side aldo and witnessed wU aeed everything thero there were no less then ban four of us carefully watching hla and I 1 faytell may tell you that it migie t huva auvo been beca a lump of dough as a far as an betraying anything did not shout boutho bo did not lift a hand h did not breatha breath 3 as u it hla his pulses quickened by ono one single bout lie iio just looked krida ally turning turn liiK ills hla bead rod end body to keep the boy in view alow A command train from him would doubtless doubt leaa tiava have checked tho the lad but ho he did not shout about it it if lie ho was d proud angered or hopeful thoro theta was not the slightest indication of it 11 la in his bla lac face iio ill did not oven even clench his bla hands or bite bile hla his lips I 1 noted hla his respiration and it was wa neither faster nor slower when the ha boy went down the father turned and hobbled into info tho the tent and sat down in tho the same amo place ile ho did not ask ak it if tho the boy was dead neither by word nor look nor gesture did he bo lift ono one little corner of the mantel of imperturbability for ono brief instant next day tho the captives were brought in and ho he was wa freed lie ho rode away to tho the cast without IV a question it bout a look around tho the calup camp galloped away anway illse a figure or of stone buado fast to tho the saddle add |