Show ar JUAN and iab w by al albert bert R lyman ch courten aeten in ill ill ili fairness to all concerned with lusa head articles it should be understood they are off offhand liand with little or no iso aino for or pre ot of arl material things anvill which ch more mature de labb citation might wisely retain till the lauer end of f the account may kero i lie ho blurted t flit out ht at reful consecration might major on tome fomo motters milt which are arc here it e re barely men mentioned tinned t or entirely and it seem alt it to avoid some eltea eions which weare we are plowing right antu recard learl of consequences these extemporaneous stories cre thumped oil off en ca tile the type typewritten with something like the impulsiveness 01 ol you youth tb where Is speech and speech Is truth anyway it is what we accept for the truth somehow it seem see matoi sto be quite iro im i possible to tell all about ut tile the flutes with out lit devoting t two woo thirds ot of the space to 0 posey which may y be because hii ie anade three as much fuss ab anyone of ills his brethren and also be cauro we it had ad more personal contact him than with any etli other r thren of tile the tribe he had the only per or of its kind ever an ono one man inan lie was the only real dekl tram 1 chrt h r ever lived nut but let that ithac ate pass for r t the present the proof and phe ilie of h i belongs to ito a 1 ut future ure chapter 1 in tile the div day of thi min fort pt nt lie IP ans not one of tile tho bis big puns guns but only an aspiring young hopeful the tribe vas s lousy with his rivals who would lieve nut all lils its dar darna anz back into the shade iliade it if they had lived nut they died and thereby hangs a tale which should be appended to tulsi 1 liliie int or ol the account before effecting this connection it should be observed t that lint he nailed for himself tile the coverse d I 1 rank 11 it of chief borso thief even in corn com action r pe atlon with all of them I 1 but du percy shrank timidly back from the ruff stuff ills his tip lip roaring roar lne rivals tried to pull what they had in ili mind 4 to do was breeding breed liiK dismay lii ili the I 1 minds of the settlers san juan wag was theirs they were its law givers the children of its mighty who had 1 I inherited it and lived antt in lt anil and maintained it why should they cater cate to the will of those these tame in since the white men had come un unbidden bidden into the piute diute do domilla dom they must be amenable to piute standards acquiesce in the will of the tribe or stiffer the fate of all foi formers tor for ages past I 1 bo boy served notice on wm hyde that he lind had decided to marry 9 d 1 buc i t alit ahter e r what the daughter might think about it made not tile the least differ atice lit in the world silv to the marriage 1 would settle jt it and itlie ithe victorious groom would bear tile bride away with fio no interference nor objection from anybody if the father refused then lie had to reckon with the of tile the disappointed lover if in tilli 1 he kept Ns his scalp on bs his head where it bel belonged ringed he would hil have e to do it by the only kind of 01 argument that had ever been con coll to blute philosophy william hyde and could not compromise with this would bea son in law and yet it if ie need tile the plute piuta argument it would be as a last I 1 desort what a different dlf Ferent tory stoy would be w written or of sin juan if thales haskal gitten had ad bot been one of the stalwarts stal still warts it JU its troubled filing line t wall seel seemed led unavoidable a tiles 1 was sent post haste for haskel never failed to come more idill s 1111 he always knew the diplomatic move necessary to avert he trouble when a somber figure appeared in ili the llie doorway of a terrified Nv omans biome and threat threatened e to lock th the e dool burn her and her children in their own house unless she complied compiled with this ills orders on one of the little girls was out the 06 back door and to auld id no run with all pw possible sible speed fat 01 haskel and the old gi gray ay heard beard caroe came as promptly its as it if lie he were a mother eagle answering alie call ot of her little ones and haskel settle the old difficulty dilli culty at the cost ot of a new one ithe file clutes ot of san juan cannot b be understood from any account which lulls falls to tell about this man haskel for in him dwelt an abundance of what Is essential to indian man manhood manholt hoot where their standards demanded silence haskel became as dum as 4 i stone where they required few and significant words word and an attitude ot ol utter indifference hasket haskel was light on oft tile the job jobel if ll they demanded to face death without flinching then the 0 old I 1 d gray beard could do it ft as gracefully as any indian that ever stepped once when tile the indians found him blin tand two companions alone and ati at otheir ithell mercy they plotted to murder i ii alime valte nie i haskel understood perfectly every word they said 10 each other but bill lie acted the part or ol all ignorant unsuspecting stranger while they arranged the slaughter assigning to each man his victim alien with all al the calmness and unconcern of a man making ca casual ual ob by a quiet campfire campf lre it liy spoke perfectly in their own language lan you vou were going to kill me that man was i as going to 0 kill my friend here rila ana that man was going to kill my etheil friend I 1 rf the indians started with surprise se and lium humiliation illation you are brave fellows hast hakkei et allt arnt on oil calmly not even bothering to look at thern them kiy tl ay iy urged him bim to accept puns guns their la knives ilves they wanted him to know they hey had madea madea most rw fill mistake but lie he held as much aloft lit in his dignity as while lie he sat glistening to their plans to blow out ills his brains 1 when hekkel first blurt someone told the flutes up lip the lie river that a white indian had come to live in thia the tort fort and det act ns as mediator between them and the settlers they dispatched one of their number on a n fast cayuse to see if the new man rould till fill the bill and bring bacil word finding out in which log loe hut but the interpreter could be found th ill pluto went there and pushed afim tie the door aashel sot aji f ll 11 inah it ai i home made chair with its his moccasin cd ca apt borle a falle in ill ni ill an ali P when his door opened lie he neither noved not nor showed in ili any way lat ho be care cared tile he first thing filing on earth nebout it the messenger pr ww over mid looked achim but lie he 11 tp ti balse ills his eyes ta J 0 are re you the interpreter the plute pinto hl sled in ili ills his own tongue harkel grunted ills affirmative still staring into the fire where do you come from per sued bird the messenger the old man pointed with hla his bearded Sr arizona izona but made no continued on last page san anan continued front page 5 sound sound whatever Moan copy again haskel grunted ills his indifferent affirmative hw long ions will yott you stay here her 0 11 asked the plute plate the old man iral raised sedi an and d j lohere j hla hands opening and closing hib fingers to indicate an indefinite length of time the mes mounted his pony a and nd rode back up tip the river to report leport that the white indin ilidan was nas a bis big chief ls ihas big chief liaf hart to go lah lie ha acot of lils his wards and his wisdon wisdom 1 ow crazed soli soil and dispel the dangers bange rs of the situation so that no shouldering ering ing embers would remain the big chief could turn the trick but that colicky snarl of clutes brouil bigush the trick before lim him with such frequency that ht he became tear fear ful of what might restle when it b bt cime came foi alm ilm him to attend also the coloia colony quero were al alarmed irined foi their safety 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