Show all ales A As told to ELMO FRANKE FRANK E ad d SCOTT HAGAN AC I 1 WATSON saved by a sonnet dl MORGAN was a fro aron etier J tier publisher in texas but he h hail had his bis most moat thrilling adventure belore before lie he ever reached the lone star state says frank morgan printer and nd proofreader in many a shop throughout the middle west this li Is his story of that adventure the wagon train which grandpas Grand pap morgin morgan had bad joined with his old army presan hla his cases of type and other equipment Quip ment got safely through the indian country until it came to the crossing of the cimarron Cl marron river there a big war party jumped them for more than three hours hour the emigrants kept the redskins red reds skins klus at bay then a whisper of tear fear ran among the defenders their bullets were almost exhausted 1 As their fire slackened and died down the savages began r massing for a final charge just as the emigrants were getting ready to throw down their useless rifles and draw their bowle knives grandpas Grand pap morgan shouted wait wait quick one of you fellers help me get the type locked up in this form its all ready to print aen I 1 get to texas but it wont get printed anyway it if the lie kill me now here men fill fall your gunsell guns As they rammed home the pieces piece of lead type a ringing war whoop and the drumming of swift pony hoofs on file hard prairie told of the savage charge that was coming now shouted grandpas Grand pap morgan A blast of tire from fifty rifles rides and the racing ponies were forked to a halt A moment later the redskins red skins screeching creech ln ruse rage were racing away in mad retreat over the lie hills Grand grandpas pap morgan grinned 1 I knew that would turn the trick he said A column and a half of spring poetry they just stand it 0 stern newspaper Naw union |