Show an indian s gratitude Gra Gradi hude tude T sam augustua Augua tua vas at 0 the algonquin Algon qula tribe a typical indian at 0 theae these u uye u reservations lazy shiftless and ad dieted to strong drink an an indian bo lie wae was more or less despised by the white men with whom ho he can cam in contact but wit was much too easygoing easy going to be by that tho the possessor of a small farm on georgina Geor gtna island ho he was eo so far true to the traditions of at aits ancestors as to allow mrs airs sam augustus to earn cam I in living for or him which aho she cheerfully did reaping harvest in tho the summer ehno by weaving 0 baskets of 0 sweet grasa grass and reeda reeds for tho the holiday who annually vis cited beaverton beaverton was tho the most picturesque copot on the chorea shores of lake simcoe but sam augustus on the occasions ot of hie his periodical visits to the main maln landi land nevor stopped to coji contemplate template its various points of interest there was but one attraction in the place for him and that it must bo be confessed confess pd with shame was the barroom ot of the alexandra house boime saras sams visits to In emerton or to be more exact to the alexandra house usually terminated in he his crawling in to the loft of the hotel stable there t to sleep off lurl the effects of the potent fire water ho be had imbibed but on a saturday night in n juno he enjoyed a novel paul wilson b bid td cl acme me to the mill that day with a load of grain and had converted the grain not into flour but into greasy bits of paper which he deemed far more useful then as he le was consumed with a great thirst and moreover had the wherewithal to lake slake it he naturally turned his team toward the alexandra house matters lol following lowIng in logical sequence paul alson developed ere night into a drunken bully bally with sam augustus the especial object 0 of his hectorina hectoring hec sani sam indeed indeed was in a fair way to get got the beating of at his life when ed daleton i I 1 d ann 4 nn interfered tu to such an ox ex lent nt that paul was esco escorted ted 0 t the village age hospital while sam augustus ready by that time to to any grop proposal osal acceded to request to go home with him and in tho the morning ak join the bay haymakers makers on the daleton estate an hour later found sara sam tucked in to the most comfortable bed he be had JF 10 01 1 cautiously he crept over the snow ever known eta morning carre how bow over ever the bed waa was empty tho the indian had already repented his rash pro promar inse to go to work still he took away azy nothing but himself and his dirty t clothes whereupon daleton argued be he V fJ uil A axt 1 must have felt at least halt way grate 41 2 the davs dava passed away and the autumn shadow bI into the blackness of winter but sam an au gustus had hall not once appeared at the alexandra house nince mince that night in june whatever conjectures the of the place might have haz concerning hia his absence were driven out of mind however by a series of occurrences which gave the villagers ample reason for not aty 0 ay much gossip but also much alarm 17 1 71 11 P r 7 he wa was skating across the lake as a he had never skated before thieves made their presence fit in that sleepy hollow of C canada one burglary followed another ta in rapid succession in evem case tho cracks men went their work in a way that proved they were no novices of all this sam augustus was in profound ignorance he lie and mrs sam were now the only inhabitants of georgina island the half halt dozen other indians who comprised the normal population being away with some wild west show for many moons sam had remained at home with his wife fight ing manfully against his lust for drink but at last a day came when sam decided that he must yield or die so with the totting sua sun he strapped on his skates and stared ovir the ice to beaverton averton Bc ho ito was passing a little cove cove 01 that side of the island farthest from his home when bo he noticed what looked uncommonly like a boats said flapping in the wind this impressed sam as being a bit out ont of the ordinary for midwinter but what gave hie hit a distinct shock was seeing a light in a log cabin that to his knowledge had been tor for years there war a enough of his ancestors anc estora blood in his veins to make him wary ard he conjectured not pot without rca rea eon ton that whoever was in the old cabin had no right to be thre th re so he stooped down unfastened his skates and slung them around his rack and swift as a dees ran to the shore of the cove cautiously bo he crept over the snow until he stood behind the cabin and looked in through a window seated boated at a litta 11 ve table two men both ke envisaged both well ard both youthful overhead hung a dirty lantern on the table between them was spread bojt a ahert of walte paper which they were examining with great gr cat interest this sam heard one say pointing to a mark on an tho th paper ir tho da entrance I 1 was telling you about at t leads straight into tho the old mans room and they say may no generally has a tidy cum around farther tiong long here hart la Is a window to one of the guest chambers and wo we may pick up a sparkle oi at two in that for or a bis big louse party la Is on at simcoe lodge est now and tho the wealthy mrs vineland la Is one ore ot of the guests then we well 11 back to our out bat and be under cover again be rare they know weve paid cm em a visit sam opened those little eyes of at hi his wider ho lie was not with an active brain but the reference to sim coo lodge had bad sharpened hid bid intellect for simcho lodge vms as the home of ed dalston Da loton and had not ed daleton well sam augustus drew closer to the cabin window sam waited to hear bear no more the meu were thieves and they intended robbing tho the homo home of the only whito white man wao had ever befriended im ob oh lazy shiftless sam augustus why do you hurry so for ho he was bleating skating across ho he lake lae as chehad nn noer er skated before twenty miles stretched between him and that part of the mainland where simcoe lodge stood and he must be fleet in deed to arrive before the boat on on through the night be he raced in hid his faco face blew tho the r first gusts of a storm but he plunged through h the the crystal flakes his sinewy legs fairly flying over the level surface now he could aco see lights twinkling tn in the disi distance tanco tance and his indian instinct told him they were from a farmhouse not far from tho the daleton estate not a light could bo be seen from simcoe lodge it self for a huge row of fir trees wind breakers screened the bouse house from the I 1 lake blasts sam swung along buoyantly the next moment a hissing whistling sound came to his pars mrs and ho he saw a flash ot at white glide past him to be swallowed up in the darkness it was tho the boat they would beat him yet he ile dug his skates into the ire despairingly and hurled himself forward but in a minute or two he became hopeful again it was yet too early to fo the burglars to begin work he lie could easily arrive in time to warn the household not pausing to seek the gate into the daleton grounds be he leaped the high fence that paralleled the fir trees only to alight upon a human body next moment he was grasped by no tender hands Il here this ho he heard a voice e lm turn yer glim on rats heros a nice kind a 0 a party that comes onto a man without 2 eo much as a beg sam augustus writhed desperately but another pair of at brawny hands seized him and ho he was helpless yet he capt up the struggle and aa as he fought shouted with all the strength of his red mans lungs thieves I 1 blast it stop thail comm commanded andeA the voice ye wont eh eb then thero there was a click and a report sam gave a groan and staggered back spud let him slip to tho ground 11 1 I thought id stop ye ho he muttered say rats I 1 something bright flashed through the night the indian had risen to his knees spud f fell ell with the toe of a skate skates in Is brain Th thieves leveal I 1 shouted sam 0 free in a yard of th the old free kirk at haverton oa la 13 a plain white shaft with this inscription SAM AUGUSTUS the indian who remembered montreal family herald |