Show Y t A c l. l O FIGHT TIGHT IN WATER WITH SKELETON 0 j Laws Experience With Indians Indian's Bones 6 1 ROBBED RED MANS MAN'S GRAVE 4 Spoils of Chicago Boys Boy's Prank In California Cali rt f fornia Seemed to Try to Avenge Desecration Des Des- f 1 e ration of Burial Place Place Grabbed Grabbed i Him as Boat Overturned r l-r CHICAGO youth whose lu en s A At ture ture-is ture is related In the News of oft t S 5 his cit city after a long journey r f 5 V returned recently to his family amily rt with his ills right ear CUI sadly disfigured ri He had bad been blen allowed to visit In Napa i Cal Cai a cousin he be had bad never ne seen It 4 was wali some time after his return before t 4 his bis father could draw from Roberts Robert's j. j reluctant lips Ups the story of the adventure adventure wa t f ture of the skeleton f. f y- y 1 found Cousin Will wm a dandy felk fel- fel k r low In every ery WU way except that he be was t timid said Robert whose age is four four- f 5 teen The last time we camped out It was ft near the Napa river We made our I couch on a place called caned Lone Tree i c R farm tarm About dusk 1 noticed In the ther 1 1 r distance a thing that looked like a I bush with four stalks lire 44 Suggests Robbery of Grave v- v that 1 asked Will I rS f An Indians Indian's grave he said Lots Lotsof of ot them i the Napa valley rI f After we a had bad supper 1 I said Jt It would m be be Jolly If It 1 I could take home bome an Int Ini In- In J i t dian's dlan's skeleton n Besides I wanted the beads and flint arrowheads and things buried with the dead What Will gasped Rob a hill jr f. f Indians Indian's grave Say dont don't you know that some of them still live up in Lake county When a Ill I Indian hears a grave gra of ot his ls people has been robbed he j never rests until he trails the ghoul J and kills him E Pshaw v I said I aint afraid BeRI Be Be- RI sides ldes s. s theres there's no one around to see us us and Lake county Is a long way oft off But the ghosts of ot Indians always stay around their graves graes said Will V. V Finally I 1 shamed Will into agreeIng agreeIng agreeing agree- agree Ing to help me The wind had come ji up Sip a little and we planned to get the thet t skeleton aboard and then set sail it SS S was late when we advanced on ou the grave grae with sharpened sticks but the moon was shining We worked hard and although the f soil soli was not hard it was near mid midnight night when w we uncovered the skeleton Around it were a lot of beads once beads once e part of ot a big string strIng and and arrowheads and a flint tomahawk 5 5 The skeleton was In fine condition 55 Will was shaking with terror by this time and I was wa more frightened than ever In my life when we got sot the skeleton skeleton kele- kele ton in the boat and pushed out We were so 80 nervous we nearly Upped tip Up- f Sr ped the boat over oer twice trying to get set 1 5 up Sip sail sall The breeze was waR fairly brisk l and nd we wr made a couple of miles In short o order Then rhea the wind died down on ont t 1 1 7 f N C INDIANS sl HE tIE us We t were wert sleepy sleep frightened and und l. l 1 tired Ired Suddenly Will let out Iut a yell and r 1 pointed to the shore shor Indian 1 Yelled Veiled Will t F 1 J 1 Indian he hl yelled and I 1 nearly t 6 T fell tell overboard with fright Sure ure k Z enough there was a shadow shado that t look f oed ed ed like pictures bad I-bad S seen U of Indians Indian l in war paint but Jt it never stirred d. d and before before long we drifted out of sl sight bt turn at the tiller and IF i J L V Y It It wa was my F had hud it under my It left ft arm with the thet t beet rope made fast to the stern cleat 5 I 1 must have fallen asleep Suddenly 1 SS heard a y yell ll and awoke Just in time to realize reaUze I 1 was taking n a cold bath The wind had come up and as ns a the the sail sall the boat bont capsized V That wa was what made Will yell But Y me yell was wa the realization that Jr ir Indian Skeleton and I were f r locked In each others other's embrace a as we overboard went i J Seemed to Come to Life r 1 rt Say ny r. r that thit Indian seemed to cometo compto h sudden life RI His arms swung and aDd his Dead bend wagged and then fell off and lh then n one of lit his arms fell tell off and the theother i other J batted me on the rf right ht ear ar and anden S en tit nearly of off Will wm by this time had swum around the boat and nd climbed up on the side Ride He grabbed the skeleton kelton and pulled It off ocr me mc and then let It Slide Ude into the river and then he hI pulled polled me on to the boat We Wt paddled to shore and nd righted righted right right- ed the boat It fIt was wa th Indian Indians tho ghost t all right said Will Eft ml Ills teeth re r t And ADd so were mine added Robert and aDd I dont don't think 1 I w cold cold either |