| Show in the of you nr richard CW D vy by IRVING BACHELLER copyright by irving bacheller DROP YER SYNOPSIS solomon Di dinitz binkus veteran scout and interpreter and his young companion ni p alon jack irons pass through gh horse valley new york in september 1708 to warn settlers of an indian uprising ack la is an educated young frontiersman CHAPTER CH APTER I 1 continued 2 1 I now weve w elve got jest dough nough hoppin 0 to fo keep us from geln foundered bald anid solomon as a lie ile stood on the farmer J shore and adjusted d tits pack it ownly nt moren a mile to your our house H they hurried on reaching tile the rough ra ugh alley road in a few minutes I 1 ff now noly ill take tile the beo bee trail to your i place said the scout you cut encrust the kuedder to peter Done doncses Bones ses cs on all fetch I 1 iam ito m over with all their grit an guns inn ain ammunition 41 t solomon found jolin john irons and finc lv abt his sons song and three of tits his daughters digging potatoes and pulling tops jn in a beld eld near tile the house th the 0 sky was IVI lear and tle tie sun shining warm sol fimon called irons aside and told him of the ti approaching p indians H NV what 1 11 at are we to do irons asked halted send n d t the he women an tile the babies ciack k to t the sugar shanty said solo fenon on well stay here cause it if we tin run erway eray the Bonese Bohose sll git their hinr lifted I 1 reckon we kin conquer em cm how HOM SIlo slit qt em clil full 0 meat they must a traveled nil all night them Is ired tin nn hungry been three days on the he trail no time to hunt blint I 1 ill hustle ome wood together an start a fire fou ou bring a pair 0 steers right hero here landi andy well rip their hides off an A lt it the reck 0 vitt bittles vittles les in the air soon 5 s let us ils mrs airs irons hid in the shed with the faded guns ruth irons and the children set out or the sugar bush the steers were led lea up tip and slaughtered As a ilde ripper solomon was a man of ex er lence the th a loins of one animal vere cooking on turnspits turn spits and a big ot of beef onions and potatoes bolt boll ng over the flie when jack arrived the bones family A little later solomon left the fire oth loth his eyes eves and ills his ear car had caught sign it a clamor among the moose birds in the distant bush and a flock if f pigeons pi cons lying flying from tile the west dont none 0 ye e stir till I 1 come let ick lie he said as lie he turned into tile the all A few rods away lie he lay down ith his ear to tile the ground and could hear the tramp of many E of et approaching in tile the distance ile he nt on a little farther faither and presently himself in the bushes close the trail ile he had not long to wait I 1 r soon a red scout came on oil ahead the party he was a young soung huron ve ive ills his face painted black and yet jel ills head was encircled i by a ike ice skin A foxs coxs tall tail rose above brow and dropped back on his wn A birch birce bark horn hung over shoulder clomon lomon stepped out of the bushes r ho he had passed and said in the yn n tongue welcome my red er cr I 1 hear that a large arge band 0 folks elks Is comin and we have got it ready t young bravo brave had been startled i sudden appearance of solomon 0 0 0 friendly word had reassured reps I 1 I 1 are on a long journey said t ave alve vl 1 id the flesh of a fat ox will help y W yer way vay kin ve si sine nellit it 4 ther lt it Is like ke tile the smell of the P it billage in the happy hunting r C 1 ads the brave we have ya th tarco ree sleeps from the land of theng I 1 1 waters and have had bad only I 1 two 1 porcupines spines and a small email deer to 1 e cate a V y 4 are hungry A we would smoke tile the calumet alth you said solomon tit th house and barn a n a ed around them and this in hat solomon said to him I 1 a the chief scout of tho the great fail the kiy word Is like that of old ian gue your mighty chief conand nAnd fo bour people are on it a bad Z apo xa good can come of it you air TO afar barrom 11 rom your own country A argo irgo orce la Is now on your arul tru if ou 11 ro rotor r hill anyone you will ha oa tiling ming wu we know our plans A bud bad white chief lius has brou brought glit you here lie tins liaa n wooden leg with an iron ring around the bottom of 0 it ile he cattle down aown lake inke in it big boat with you night before last you stole two white women voll lerl A look of fear tind astonishment came upon tho the face of the indian you aro nr it son of tho the grent great spirit I 1 ho he exclaimed and I 1 would keep ivr foot feet out 0 the sil snare tire let tile ine bo be yer chief you shall have a horse and fifty beaver skins and bo be taken to the border and sot set free 1 the scout of tho the great rather father have said it and it if it be not its as I 1 say may inny I 1 never see tile tho happy hunting grounds tile the brave answered my aly white brother tins has spoken well and lio lie shall bo a tny my chief I 1 like not this journey I 1 shall bid them owl to the feast they will eat cat tind sleep like tile tho gray wolf for they are hungry and their feet are arc sore tile tho bravo put tits lug horn to his mouth and uttered it wild cry that rang in the distant hills then broso n great whooping and back lit in the bush tho the young huron went out to meet the band returning soon lie ile said to solomon that tits hla chief the great would have words with A to john irons solomon said iles hes an outlaw chief we must treat him like a king ill bring lem cm in you keep the meat a the scout went with tile lie bravo to tits his chief and ande a of welcome after which tho the wily old in ills hla wonderful headdress of buckskin and eagle feitt feathers liers and tits his band in war paint followed solomon to tile the feast silently they filed out of the hush and sat on oil the grass around tile the fire there were nu captives among them thein none at least of tile the white skin skid solomon did not betray ills disappointment nent not n word was sp spoken olcen ile he and john irons and tits his son began removing moving the aplis from the ure tire and putting more moat meat upon them and cutting the cooked roasts into large pieces and passing it on a big earthen platter tile the indians eagerly seized the hot moat meat and began to devour it in a letter solomon has thus de sc ribeil d the incident lit it were a band W 0 cutthroat robbers tin an runny gades front from tile tho ohio country durons at al bonks tin an an all kinds 0 AF YOU COME WITH us castoff cast off red rubbish with an old cliplef 0 the name 0 they stuffed their hides with the meat till they was stiv its as it laundered foundered hoss boss by an by they was only two that was up nn around in the stew pot fer far another bone loolen kind 0 un sartin tin an jaw weary in a minute they wiped their hands on their war an nna lay back for fer rest they was drunk with the meat ua its drunk as c r chinee ater alter a pipe a 0 opium we white men stretched out with the rest on cm am till we asee they was all in the land 0 nod then we riz an set up a hussle bussle holies we conlu a killed lem em with a hammer an done it dell brit I 1 started to pull the young huron out ol 01 0 the aunch lie he jumped up very supple he asleep ile he had knowel better aba than i to a yard 0 meat whar was the I 1 knowel that a part 0 the band would be back in the bush with them ere wi wilimen nimen id seed suthon in the trail over by the drown ded lands that looked kind bind ol 01 0 it were like tile the end ol 01 0 a wooden leg with nn an iron ring at tho the bottom an consid lable weight on it an injun have a wooden leg leastways not one with tin an iron ring nt at tile the butt my aly op ol thiner thinker had been that cud till day on an 0 a sudden it come to me that a white man were the hull crew how I 1 gained ground with the red scout I 1 took him out in the aldge 0 the bush an aez 1 I yer name buckeye Bucke he be chos the white roan with ye 11 mike blike harpe 1 11 arr arc the white cimmin wl with th him r yes yeb how many two yer signal ol 01 0 victory the cull call 0 tile the moose 11 now buckeye Buc keyo you come with us ua I 1 I 1 aez 1 I that tile ho white ninn were the litell party un tin I 1 itched ditched to git holt halt 0 jilin gol ding ills tirl held hed sent the on nn for to do ills hla dirty work the ohio country were ere full ol 01 0 robber whelps which I 1 kind ol 01 0 mistrusted 0 ho he were one on oil cm am who had raked up tip tills this ere band 0 tin in gone off for far plunder wo we pot got holt 0 mo most qt 0 their guns vory very quiet nn nil I 1 put john irons tin two 0 ills hla boys nn nil ieter dones nn an ills boy isrel tin nn the two bonien with loaded guns on guard over em cm if any on oin ein up tip they was to ride the nightmare er lay iny still jack on nil ric mo nn nil buckeye sneaked back up lit the trail for bout twenty rod with our guns tin nn then I 1 told the young injun to shoot off tile moose call wall sir ye yc could lit n heerd heard it from albany to wings falls the answer come un tin jost jest ns as I 1 spooled inspected within a quarter 0 it mile I 1 put jack cabout fifty feet further up the trail trall than I 1 were tin an buckeye nigh him nn tol cm what to do we down in tho the bushes bublies nn fin diverd lent ein coni tnt soon eoon they hove in sight two tile two captives nn an a white inan the wust loolian bulldog brute that I 1 ever seen erlo berloni tit lively on a wooden leg with a gun nn an a cane lie ile had n brond broad hend head nn an a big top lop mouth tin an thick lips nil an n long red cartr warty noso an I 1 small black eyes nn an n erwi prowl th 0 beard ben rd that like hogs bristles lie ila were vere stout built stood bout five f foot 0 0 t E seven ev e ni i never see sich it a sight in my life I 1 hopped out afore cm am on an jack an buckeye on their heels the injun hud my ol oil hanger drop yer guns says 1 I tile white titan man done its as lie was told I 1 spoke english fin an bobbe them two under stan me 11 well vy 00 1111 never know 01 red snout leaned over to pick up ills his gun gui nn an held hed made up ills his mind to fight jack grabbed him lie ile were vere stout as a lion tin nn tore way from tile the by b y an started to a long knife ou 0 tits hla bootleg jack give him time i they had it hammer an tongs red snout were a man no he jost jest stuck that ere stump in tile tho ground nn an braced agan it an ke kep pl a nn an with tits hla club cane on an yellin an cussin like a fiend 0 liell bell lie ile knocked the boy down an I 1 reckon lied hed V a mellerud ellered mell ni ered his head proper it if hed a been spryer on tits ills pins but jock jack sprung up like lie were made 0 inay rubber the bulldog devil had draped his long knife jack were smart he hopped behind a tree buckeye Buck cye who no gun was for cover tho the peg leg cuss swore a blue streak an hung flung the knife at him it went clar through tits his body an he fell on ills his face an me st stand audin ln loadie my gun I 1 know but hed lick us all but jack had jumped on him tore fore he got holt bolt 0 the knife ngan 1 I thought suro sure hed floor the bo boy y an me not quite loaded but jack were spry ns as a rat terrier ile iio dodged nn an rushed ru shed in an grabbed holt bolt 0 tile the club an fetched the cuss a whack in the paunch with his bare ost flit tin an ol 01 red snout went down like a 0 steer under tile ax look out I 1 theres nother man coela 1 the young hollered she a tuk the trouble cause afore she spoke I 1 were loolen at him through the sight 0 my oll ol marler larler which id managed to git it loaded agin ile he were towards m rao aile he tuk jest one moro more step if I 1 dont make no mistake the oll ol brute that jack had knocked down quivered an lay still a linit an when he come tp to we turned him around an started him tow toward ard canady an tol him hill to keep a coln I 1 when he be were bout ten rods off I 1 put a 11 bullet lu iia ills hla ol oil wooden leg lor for to hurry him derlong so the wust mankiller that ever trod dirt got erway from us with only n sore belly wo we never knowin who he be were I 1 wish id a killed the cuss but as we had consi dable trouble on our hands right night erway we heard two guns go 90 oft off over by the house I 1 knowel that our firla had bad grobly woke some ol 01 0 the sleepers we pounded the ground an got thur ns as quick its as we could the two want fur behind they ca calate to lose ose us you hear to me two couig young braves had sprung up tin an been told to lie down agla but the english lan itin age aint no help to an injun under tinder them hem they dont un lun derston derst nn it an aint no time when Igne to Is more costly they was vas SO some me others awake but they had learnt suthon they was keepin quiet tin an I 1 aez to em if ye lay still yell be safe we ave wont do ye a bit a ol 01 0 harm youve got in bad company comp ny but ye aint dono done but steal a pair ol 01 0 if ye behave proper from now on yei be e sent hum bunt 10 1 I love you and I 1 wish this journey could go on fo forever reven TO BE BB CONTINUED |
