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Show THE END OFTIIB HUNT. "It M on Hid old IIckI Clou 1 (roll, n iwd many yean oj how many I don't remember Just liow many It rat thofiiuiineraft.r Iho deep mote We ulwuyt art t on tlio doer hunt, In (hoo (H), In Iho iiiontli when cherriot nru I lick, ant cotno back about tint time tliat tho plum arn ml Sly I ruther, Jno Pine, waa n (aruoui liunlrr tehon lit ai a younj man, an I until ha sresr 1 tin J. lifter lilt ton dlod, thorn uero nouuvihneouldihootinoradeorlliaiilie. "Wo wero threo. loOgoa that lumnior, 1 nnil tlia ul.l man, bono l'mo and hit two daughter nnd ouo ion ami their eld irraiidinother their mother evnt drad and brotbi r novor took another wife ami tho third IoiIro waa Ihelr cnuitn, Throo lladircr, with hit wlf anil hla tno tons, ouo a young man cidloil 1 1 lull Hear, and ono n bo about m t l(j m jroura. I,et mo teo (counting hliorlouily on her iklnnjr nngeraj, tleren, and wo wore all uoar relatitrt and food wat,rilenty, aud to wo alioul I liaro Journeyod ha plly toicotlierj tut Jllfll Hi ar had wanted for a Ion,; time to marry Ited lllrd, tho younger of hla tworouilna, and ho had offered four jionlet lor her, and her father llk-1 iiliu, but thoKlrl uoul 1 not marry, an I ople ity that this la what mado all tho troublo. "Tbo two aUtera nlirnya aall that thejr lioror would mnrrjr, though both wiro prettjr an) ory aklllful lu all aorta of work, and nun from all tho Irlbii wero contlnnalli' tnakhij oHera for thoin. Ilad llir.l would not any why ho refued tlnui alio only I lailghml. Tooplo anbl altorwnnl tliat tho dll not really tncau It at lint, but B that after what her cousin w aa auppoaod ' W to liAsodotiebvcauso&f livr, tho hatid I all men. Uut her slater, llloaaomlnir I lloso, aalli 'Inni s.ry happy now I I ran do Just aa I h aso, and no nno aayt I anything to me. Sly father Iota mo I halo my own way. If I marry touio man I shall havo to da na ho tollt mo, f an 1 porhapt ho will tool I mo. '1 hou I shall bo unhappy I do not Mi to i haunt.' "Wo mado tho flrit camp on Thlek I Woo.lt Crwk. It had bven n hot, brlclit day mid hi tho mldJIo of tlio iilfiht tho thundor blnl doaooude.1 upon us in floods of watir. Tlio wind blew and tho voice of tho thundrr was loud nnd dreadful, and bit Unlit blinded our r) ot. Wo uiado up tho tiro and pro) ed to Iho tlroat Hplrlt, Hut p. gnat cu.t camo and blow our tout ortrund wo lioth lay close to tho ground with our I luikit wrapped tightly about tit until It luim'd. 'lheu I pitched tho tent again and wo slept. "When tho sua roso Ited Blnl came to mo with ii cup of coffeo and n lake of bread. They mado mauy presentt if food, and of clothing and pouha. Wo nil mado prusentt, but tiny ulnars (.tno more thin tho other. Illossom-luff Illossom-luff ltow nn 1 her grandmother cooks 1 all Iho day long, and aunt lied lllrd to tho other tcntt with dlshemffood Sho laughed ut mo at alio itoopoj to the doorway. 'Oh, Auntlol ou looked so funny when your tent blew down I liourd )ou stream and I iwcied out ot tho door and tntr ou by a ftaih of light, hoi 111 i with both hnndi to tho lodg jioles, but they went oierand jotitno. Hdlln't hurt jwi, dll HI Wo all got wet, too, It rained to hard I am gulitt with aUtcr to gather rherrlea. ou had bettor oomo with ti ' Hhofciii olf, and they pounlid therrlot enough to louil a jiouy ,(Uel nird wnt elbhtein )enrt oil that siiuiiuer Ilor brother, Ki,lo 1'oathrr, tiaiatiuoat tetuiitiwu, and n luautlful joulli 'J hey looked much atiko, and wero very dear to uich othor. She wot slender and sraiill. ami lier walsl waa no bigger tban a white wouan't waist. Ilor hair was Mry black, and hung down to her hips alter U wu plaited lu too thld plnlla, an I hr features wero small and ntty Hho wot foroiar laughing, and she usually wore a red dreu Unit was ery lwcouilng She h id a passlonato tern wr nn 1 to had 1 agio lVsllior. llloa tomhig Hcm wua twonty-ouo yeart old llhe waa taller an I ItrVer than her slater sla-ter und men said just as handsome llulthonoa ono if Iho rjultt kind if woiiw n pho never talkod much, an 1 when she waa displeased tho tuld notli log at all. ' On the third day out I'jiklo J'ratlu r w tho fresh track of a bin k deer, un I lie borroiiod his oldist slstcr'a gray lny and iolloxod It, Tho graj wni ber faiorllv and tho ono tho always fodo. Ho i giutlo, but ry fast, mil that It tho reason Hint I'nglo 1'mther wanted to tako hlin At nlthl lo ctnio back on feci, with tho deer tlung oier hit shoulders. 1 throw doi hli loud an 1 unit Into tho !odu I honrd Ihnl lllnl my, Whero Is the s.ruy ,i,i r tllotsouilng lloso silently liundod film fowl anl drink, but ho wool 1 not touch them Ho had wouu I I tlio duor hi tho I. (Tj an 1 w hon ho ran lie had ohnsod him on Iho gray till IkjUi wero ready lo drop 'Tlnii bo aaiiie up lo him and fired uali) without dltmuuutluir and tl, potiy ,,lu,,gcd an I throw him but stood still trembling II. a ol uvd to having tho gun fired , ul, ,, , Uglo Feather was angry, an I ho juiul up anl struck him with the butt of his gun, an I bo turned i gal lorl.v,ay ItwaaoUoutoloirylo catch the pony after that, so Ugle leather wont home on fool, carrying Iho deer Tho autori wore greatly die pleased. All night long lied lllrd tcold edaud railed at hlin :oono In the odgo could tleen. lfer sister said noth-Ing noth-Ing hut this, 'J mint Journey on foot liow Hut the belt day the gray bum back toojtnpol hit own accord, with the saddle and bridle, and all unlnjuro I "When wo rcachod Pretty Volc.il llawkt village on the Hpotted Toll agency, wo went to my tl.tor't boii.i My ol lest titter married n while mon't sen, and they hnio a gocrf loghotiM nt two rooms and a great many txmlea and cattle She conked a gnat supper for us, and we camped there for lite I idglit I gave her daughter n moat I Noutlful dnss that I made mysolf-lt wot mado of tl irry large buckskins, and the waist and tleosrt covered with Wails. On ii whllo ground ttood four horse-two In front and two behiii I facing rhher wa) Ono wat blue, and on waa rol, and one as tpottcl, and one wnt hlackanl nt tho head of oacji stood n man hoi ling him by Iho lit Tho skirt wnt flnlihod with do. p fringe and whllo nu 1 blue Ik-h.Ii In narrow nar-row roa abovolho frlngo Igasolt to hir an 1 the govo mo n pony 1 ho nest year I broujht lur a atrl-.l I lankot from thotoulh, anl the gaw luo another oiijr I mode two uf thoso lieadoil drrtaes the other ono Uloueo 1 to Ited lhnl "Among tlio hills tipped with pines between Miuttod Tall und Ited Cloud there w. r. still. In thoso daya, nut. lo and deer. Wo ratniayl Ihcre mmiv I iljhls Imo Pino shot tovento. u an. telopct and eight black tnlliil dv. r. and Ihoolhtrt wounlml a few, but not to many as ho. Iho women hung up every day long line, of tinbnii rut lit thin strips to dry, an 1 wndroelthu largest and best skins and umda many moccasins. Iaiio Pino t daughters wero culled thn flnitt workers and tho most Indmlrlous. Ill lllnl u.in.lly em hrolderod In beadl. on I tho patltroa, which sho Invintcd herxlf, wire to iHnullful that all tint women want.il thouii but tho tuost aklllful In wurkiuj with porruplno quills of ail colors wnt Illwsoinln i Itoao Ijne l'lno had n I very largo tent, llko thoso wa all hit 1 In tho old ihya when our lodges wero of tanned bulTaloskln, whlcli were warm I In winter nnd cool In ttiminer "Every ei eiilng when tlio tun went ' down and the men, who bad oaten nothing all day, curnn In with Ihelr booty, they would gather In thU great I tent, whero tho women woull hat a n haunch of loultunon tho tplt and n. gnat iotof coffeo twinging our tho blur, and then they woull at mil smoke and toll of thoday'a n.l rnturea, tomelliuos till tho middle of Iho night. Ihcrahnl alwnyt been n Kw U art In thooo pine rllget, but thoytald thit they wore all gone now Ono night, honour, High llear't llttlo brothel canu homo cr) Ing, with a dccpwuunl in lib thoulder Ho was out with Hit two joung men, whou they iu n gnat Uar lying aiuonj tho rockt. "High Dear went closj up la It und flrod, but ho only wounded It, mil High Dmr lcapo.1 on hla iny and tiny all liotl Tlic be v g it o chaso, und Iho boy't pony beuuno frlgliteno.1 mil threw him, to that Iho boar camo up to him uud stood uter hint growling 'I.Is still at If jou wero dead, an ho wont touch youl If you movn you will li killed I' icrrnmod lllirh I lur 'lhu U, obe)ml, tnl tho Uar took lilt aim In lilt great teeth anl hit It to tho bono' but nt ho still did tint stir and fomed to bo dead lie left him mid MulUi-d growling nwoy Uaglo Feather now shot nnd killed tho Uiar As toon at lie was left alono tho buy fainted, and you can tee tho tear on hit tlioul ler, now that ho la a ) nun? man 'When our woj,oiie were full of skim and our uloe loaded with dried im'.it, wo wi nt nn to tho slllago U j n I U,il f.'loudt, wliere Iaiiio Plim'asMir llteil -thoonu wlioklllo I hormlf listsiiuim. r when her husband died 1)1 1 son hiaf about it I On tht night hen ho lay dying tbo sail to her moth, rand the ulutlvia who .era ulttlngivlth hen 'llo lint boon n kluj husbon 1 to mo hru ho it diud there will tio no one to pity i r care for me I will dlo, ton, and wo will sleep togotlier' Ho Hi.) hid ul: tho knltetoiil ourythlng sharp that waa almut Iho lniiuu, and at touii nt ho wnt dead Ihey watchcl her atiry mo meut and never left her nloue. ' She dl 1 not cry ut all, nor cut nil hn linlr at first, for tho wnt going In ilcer with him, but about noon he dlo.1 at dawn the taldl '1 am going lo cut my hair now. I dont want lo die'' Ho sh rut It ery thort, an 1 ho wept aloud with the otliert 'lheu lur mother an 1 tho wore left alone, und her mother went nut for wood, an 1 when tho i iitno back thowidutv sinned to Iw knevling on tlio lloor, h-t the was deudl Mio had tltd a cord an un I htr uttk and fattened It to tho roof, nnd then kneeled down to that sho wnt strangled Thin they burled her with hor husband In pno grat o MS i II, wo nil went to visit Unit there, at 1 tall, and they wero lory glad to toe III, and tiny klllodtwodogl and gate a gnat danco It was n woninn'a danrv, und I to 1 lllrd put on htr beaded dnu and her paint and all tier ornaments. Hho lui 1 a necklace of threo rows of white buadt mixed with gol 1 cues that camo down to her unl.t, und Ion-earrtngi of whlto ilidlt, und llttlo goll belli that tinkled at tlio danced up and down Hho ai a beau-Mlful beau-Mlful dancer Her titter noter would danco tlio wnt uch a tlrange gltl Hut tho liked to look on, and the and I ttood toacthir nt one of the win doitt "All the young men In their blanket a were hanging about to wa and to run afti r Iho young girlt at they pntMd out and In. When IUd Hinl camo out with htr grandmother, I taw High Hear he Uud covered LU whoki fata with tho blanket, but I knew hlin by hit height and hla walk I n him follow and tako hold of her, but tho tnnti In I herself away from him and ran hko a rabl.lt. He caught her again anl throw hit blanket about her Wo fol lowed them and I heard her any I ciui't, benr oiil I hnte youl' "Ihen" iiiddenly ho let go of her and wui out of tight In a minute. "W lion wo nimo up to IM Hlrd the was laughing but ilia looked angry, and sho Just showed ut tlio knife tliat gleamed In her llttlo hand before she Id I It ogaln hi her belt, undor tho foldi of lur shawl High llenr had a slight I cut In hit hand the licit morning which ho said bo dl 1 himself whin cutting a I pltcoof meat Ho wool I not talk to I anybody and would l..t dance that night, although they had a big grass dance nnd gavo any twelve ponies among their guetU, nnd wo gave them I tho llncat doer tklna nn I more than Ucnty imlra of mooaulut "After three) nlghtt of tliitlng wo turned In go back Aawe Journeyed over the line rldcet wo traveled tery tlowly, nn I the men wre nil dty look Ing for deer We allwliucd to tatto fresh meat ng-ilu Wo had camped one e lotihig In a deep alloy, an 1 1 Mt In Imo Pine t tout witli my two nlorot. Hud lllrd wat Ijoadlug a lobacou imucIi mid llloaooiuliig Itoto wat making a ulr of moooashis, with ono hundred and ono ruwt of Krcupluo work In roil nn.1 purr le nnd I he IctDre of a buffalo t bend on tlio Instep-holli of tliem for fjiglo l.-atlior Tin men from the other lodges ha I all come In and eaten ti per before lno Piue nluniml It wat now growing dark He had thot nothing, nor had any of Iho other. I wounded a don In the tlioul ler, but the rnature got awoy from mot' ho ei claimed angrily, at he threw blmielt down ' lied lllnl led away tho tired morw, land HloMumliig Homi gnto lior f ithcr hit kupjirr At U.t Ited III, 1 uld, M brother hat not como borne ' 'Oh ho II oomo by and by,' said her fnthir, and ushowutiryl!re.lthoyao..nhiydowii, i but Iho women ooull not tlp At diiiu Iho moil all went out In Mitrch f IVigln I'onthrr, and Iho oil grnnl . liiiilliorerllnnd bemoaunl hertolf, but Ihoibtera wnrk.il ipilellynt tho ima ' lailnimid the tolNioco iouch, though I tin. elder novtr spoke, and tho younger i tuld often, 1 think ho will bo lwk toon J I "They found him a long dManei) j from camp In a l alley among tho plum High Hoar and ho had biili hunting , itogothirat they mually dl I, and tho mi n ma lo llli.li Hoar take thorn to tho I laeo whore they parted 'Ho mid hi, wna going olf hi that dlnicllon.' ttld I hit roiftu, lailiitini toiilhtinnl Tlio I tun was low ami I ttutilcd to got bni I. to canii, to at ho vvulil not cine wltli mo I left lilin ami camo bntk alonu' lint they found hit white ony tied to n lni, and a llttlo further on the) taw 1,1m IjliU.m hi, faeo wlthbli kunou , tho ground a llttlo way oil and a bmk deer lying dead Inside It. Ho was shot in tlio side and was fUlto col 1 'C'rtlng mil we. ping aloud tliey carrli-l him back to ramp, and I tsli. ri his sistin. came lo imet lilui I they pulled out handfuli of their I Nautlful long lulr and giidird their anna uud Ivgt with knlset, ai.l the old kraiiduiothtr tang a .1 .ath I tong Ho, crying nn 1 sluglnii nu I rut llnglheniwltei, nil nlongllie road, Ihoy n.rrlcd him homo uud hurled hlin wlUi 1.1. kin bid on tho lull )im,l,r It U lite nlghlt' Jmrney from the luro wliere In. ille.1, but tiny mule It hi thno It was hi tho full, but tery but to tliey cmirnl the body with smit lonlutaud rui-.l It In many Lhiuktta and tklns und hound It on tho luck of hit Hiiy, and to brought It nil the tiny fnnu lto.1 Cloud to tho (I rent Muddy river, and shut tho white limy on hit gnto Then tlwy put n ghost lodge and kept hit ghuat for tn )inrt longur He wait the only tun, and vuy ilear tolhein "'Iho titn sbUrs. you know, hnte noter inarrlol, nnd they noior sjienk to thiir cousin. ou know japlo tail thut liglo I'tatliercoul 1 m.t havo shot hlmwlf by neeldeiit, for hl gnu lay toi fir nuay from him. and that if it stran gi r Imd kill il him he wuul I have tukoii tlin iiy nod tho gun. Home thought It was the work of tho tplrltt hut mu.t mil that High ll.nrUIII.-l hit yuui.g roiiiln to retin,-o liliuaelf uiu Ue.1 Hlrd f r Iht nfusal to mitrry hltii, and fir that atub with Urn knife on the night of the dauro Ho eald tliat he knew nothing of It and no ouo over really found out liuglo Feather th. p. In the liioviatlnt lib tUtor waa workhu fi r lilm ut the day lie did and tho tobacco punch It burled with him, with nil hltelotlml and urniiiiunta Only F.ed lllpj kept hit ruling whip. It liiiuga on I lie wall nver her bid " htaliM (luodale In tw ToiL Lttnlmj Po.t, |