Show REMINGTONS INDIAN STORY The Wlnnebago Reservation Choir Didnt Work Well Frederick Remington the artist author au-thor has had about as otrenuous a career ca-reer as any man that ever touched pen or pencil to paper He has spent a great deal of time among tho Indians Ind-ians In tho west On one of his visits ho ran Into a story which ho Is fond of tellliiB For some years there had boon a Presbyterian mission nt the Winne bago reservation In Nebraska but there wero few converts The missionary mission-ary hit on a brilliant plan There were sumo bucks on the reservation who had bpen at the Carlisle school where they had Studied singing He organized organiz-ed a quartet The bucks liked to showoff show-off their hymns Ono of them had a yellow dog that always accompanied his master to church At first the Indians liked tho singIng sing-Ing Then they grew tired of It Even the choir lost Its religion It became a trio then a duet finally the solo quit A new missionary came Into the field One day he ascended the pulpit and looked around Tho only sign of lire In the pews was a yellow dog Calling to the sexton he said Put that dog out Excuse me replied tho sexton mildly Id rather not The fact Is he Is the only convert Saturday EvenIng Even-Ing Post I |