The Lost Trail

, callous, roo

shame and eve

less, when spread

some virtue una

. About a quarter of a mile further up the stream is a large Sioux village, separated from the hut by a stretch of woods through which runs a well-worn footpath. This arrangement the young missionary, Harvey Richter, preferred rather than to dwell in the Indian village. While laboring with all his h

y attended by the entire population, who now listened attentively to what was uttered, and often sought to follow the counsels uttered by the good man. A year's residence

his identity. A small jug sitting between them, and which is frequently carried to the mouth of each, may disclose why, on this particular morning, they seemed on such confidential terms. The sad truth was that the greatest drawback to Harvey Richter's ministrations was his own servant Teddy. The Indians could not understand why he who lived constantly with the missionary, shoul

eturning from the village through the path, a rifle was discharged, and the bullet whizzed within an inch or two of his eyes. He might have believed it to be one of the I

mass of undergrowth. Certain that the unknown hunter was at hand, he dashed in as before, determined to bring the transgressor to a p

d a friendly disposition, and the two were soon seated upon the ground, discussing the fiery contents of the vessel and exchangin

failed to draw Teddy forth into the forest. The effect of alcoholic stimulants upon persons is as various as are their temperaments. The American Indian almost always becomes sullen

't able to lay claim to one-half the beauty meself possesses. That ye be," said Teddy, a few mome

emarkable knowledge of the English language. "I think of you when I s

and loving qualities all the time, barring that in which I thinks of

ed the savage; "love Mister H

e to hear him preach, ye

like pr

s ever h

r hea

I've never saan ye around the villa

Sioux-don'

cquaintance of any one except meself, for they might be dispoused to relave yees of the article, whe

m good

I mean. Where is it ye sec

was the inte

are; so here's to prevint," remarked Teddy, as he inverted the jug above

l be good-lik

vage, as if he failed

od man's squaw-t'ink

o see something glistening in her eyes," said the Irishman, as he wiped his own. "God bliss Miss Cora," he added, in the same manner of speech that he had been wont to use before she became a wife. "She might make any man glad to come and live alone in the wilder

ne?-Mister

must be well-nigh empty, and the divil save

avage, betraying a suspicious eagerness that would

that owld thaif of a hunter might break into the pantry and shtail our wines-that is, if we had any, which we haven't

r Harvey go

fair chance to sittle. Does ye take him for a michanic, who goes to work as so

ot stay wi

iss Cora a shquaw any more. If ye does, it will be at the imminent risk of havin' this jug smashed over

oman-mu

shtion. I'm afeard I shall have to knock under soon. If I could but slay that thaif of a hunter that has been poking around here, I think I could go the Christian ais

savage, who had received an ac

but I belave if I had the chance, I'd jist conveniently forgit me promise, and let me gun go off by

want ki

rring I would rather it was meself, that I might sittle it gintaaly wid him;" and

?" said the savage, paying no at

one but Mr. Harvey himself knows, less it mought be the misthress, that I d

bad with him," added the Indian, betra

oo imposterous to be intertained by a fraa and inlightened people-a fraa and inlightened people, as I used to spell out in the newsp

what mebb

asked Teddy,

what he do-

tween us and that is one of 'em. If ye wants to fight, jist you say that again. I'm aching for a shindy a

me a chance to express meself? But all's right; only, be careful and don't say anyth

to do so several times. His actions would have led an inexperienced person to think that he was under the influence of liquor; but he was sober, and his conduct was feigned, evidently, for some purpose of his own.

o return to-day, I thinks, Mr. Black Walnut, we should be on our way. Th

e leave h

ke hands agin

e in rising to his feet. He balanced himself a moment, and stared aro

this solitude?" he asked, steadying himself a

tle-earth must be sick," said the savag

tion. "It'll niver do to return to Master Harvey in this shtyle. There'd be a committee of invest

-soon be wel

to drop a buffler at ten paces. There sits a bird in that t

ing within a few inches of the head of

me, and being I can't saa in that direction, I'll give over the idaa; and turn me undivided attention to fishing. Ah, divil

ing that they should proceed to the river at once. But Teddy insisted upon going to a small creek near at hand. The savage

for the prompt assistance of the Indian, the poor fellow most probably would have had his earthly career terminated. This incident partially sobered Te

e village, and Miss Cora stands in the door

rternoon," sa

might it be

on yit-soon

ht, whin I might bist stay away altogether. And you, Mr.

ed the savage. "You not ax f

belaving, whin he brought me here, that I wouldn't be drinking any of the vile stuff, for the good rais'n that I couldn't git n

want

ancient honor agin, an' I defy the jug, ye spalpeen of a barbarian what knows no better." Teddy's reasserti

it-if don

nd," said Teddy, dropping his voice as if speaking

ge, thereby uttering a

, then, that ye'll niver

is

me yer

pite its vacant expression, lighting u

these parts; not that I intertains inmity or bad-will toward y

g the bait. In a few moments he had cast the line out in the stream an