THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, lbW3.
TOMORROW.
Ah, wait," he cries, "but. ft litlfo logger,"
' The youoe eye glewinR with bolj lira.
"And stnan, .through 'me, shall grow purer.
Wronger: . ' , ' -- i .
My words shall echo, my deeds inspire. '
. It lifts man's sool from its weight of sorrow: .
The (fond, the Beauty; I dream and plan;
There comes tomorrow, and then tomorrow.
And yet tomorrow, and I a man."
By the cliff whence the waves t heir eray Bloom
borrow
' The sweetest of sweet voiced Echoes lay,
. And murmured: "Tomorrow! Tomorrow! To
morrow!" I Was there a thrill as of mock tag laughter,
j ..Sounding long after. . -
Anil dying away?
The swift yearxspeed and his life is Duty;
' : Ah, the old time light in the eyes is dead;
l am faithful still to isy dream of Beauty; , '
. '-Tomorrow, tomorrow is mlnel" ha said.
i -. . . . ' . "
. By the cliff whence the waves their gray Rtoom
borrow
The sweetest of sweet-voiced Echoes lay,
-And murmured: "Tomorrow is minel Tonior
t. row!" . '
- Was there a thrill as of mocking laughter
Sounding long after.
. .'- And dying awayr. .
The swift years slraed and the light is failing,
, The dim eyes turn to the misty west;
. Toe white head ilroo. and be stands bewail
ing. Earth's wearitti. dejwted, disheartened
' - guest.
"Too late!" There will be im morrow's greet
ing Of my grand, great Work but the ruined
shell:
. I have always dreamed, as the years were flcet-
! ing '
"There is yet to-inorrowP' The dark night
fell. . ' '.
By the cliff whence the waves their gray gloom
: borrow
' The sweetest of sweet voiced Echoes lay:
"There is yet to-morrow!" she echoed. "To
morrowl" ' - '
Was there a thrill as of tender sadness.
- v-. ;. Changing to gladness, .
. '' Ami dying away '
Charlotte W. Thuium in Overland Monthly.
STACK'S ESCAPE.
In tlie town iu which I live there is an
old frontiersman whom every one calls
. "Squire Mack." ," In the early days he
, : went to California, and had many enri-
- ou8 adventures there which he delights
in recounting.
At the breaking out of the civil war
he was making 'shingles near some min
ing town in the Sierra' Nevada. The
- news from home filled him with patriot-.
' ic tire, aud with several . comrades he
turned his face eastward and travel
ed ns rapidly as possible toward the
;. "States." ' ..' '
V ". . Arriving at Salt Lake City, he learned
that Indians had been raiding the trail
' ahead, firing upon wagon trains and
buruing express and stage stations.
s , This news disheartened his companions,
who resolved -to stop at Salt Lake City
until the trouble was over.
Not so with Mack..; He was of-the sort
of men Who are bound to go through,
when they have begun a thing. ; He
' pressed on. taking his-chances, on the
"Cherokee trail."
. .Mack had been a wagonmaster along
. this trail, and knew the ground well,
fie had heard that the Indians were raid
' ing about Green river, but he knew that
at the crossing of the trail over this
stream he had a gixd friend in the per
son of Bat Lavigne. an old French Cana-
dian trader who lived here. '. "
Lavigne had a great deal of influence
among the surrounding tribes of Utes,
Uintahs, Cheyennes and Arapahoes. He
-was married to au Arapaho woman, and
was reckonel a member of that tribe.
He must be a ware of the movements of '
the Indians.
So Mack, riding au excellent caynse
'and leading a good sized pack mule,
pushed boldly on to Green river cross
ing aud brought up at Bat Lavigne's
adobe dwelling one evening at sundown.;
La vigtie made him welcome heartily.
The trader told him that a big war
party of Arapahoes had "mixed medi
cine" at Green river two days before,
and bad set out from there upon an ex-
- peditiou to the east. ' He had been with
. them during the powwow, but did not
- know whether they had "excepted white
blood" in mixing their medicine or not.
If they had not, the trail would be ex-
-' tremely daugerous.
, But there were no other Indians to be
feared at present, he said, if one kept
straight njKm the old Cherokee trail,
which paed over a line of neutral
ground between the mountain tribes. If
the Arapahoes were again to go plun
dering and killing -whites, as they had
done a few weeks before, they would
keep to this trail to avoid other enemies.
. Mack's strong desire to get forward
upon the way home got the lietter of his
prudence, and he again took the trail
eastward.
. , At about noon on the third day he
' came upon the smoldering ruins of an
old freight of- way station. '
Mack knew very well, from certain
r' , signs which be saw in the neighborhood,
that the building had been tired by In
. -dians. If people had been living in it
they had "probably been killed or taken
- prisoners.
W hither the Indians had gone Mack
, could not determine. The ground was
' - hard and baked, and no tracks of any
- sort could be discovered, but the party
could not be far distant. - .-
Mack picketed his animals among
Bome sage brush near at hand, and ate
his noon lunch while considering whether
. . it was best to go back or go ahead. He
had now no doubt that the building had
been burned by the Arapahoes, and that
V they bad not "excepted white blood" in
making np their protective medicine. "
' As be sat in this meditative mood the
- traveler, happening to cast his eyes
-. back upon the trail over which he had
. come, saw two horsemen leading pack
animals and riding toward him at a
gallop. -. - ;
, - . They ; proved to b young men who !
were on their way home to Tennessee.
They had heard of Mack at Lavigne's
-- three days before, and had been trying
:. to overtake him.
They, too.-were on their way east
' wt.rd to take part in the great struggle
" then going forward; but they intended
. to join the sonthern,army, while he w&s
;'. going to join the Union forces.
"Partner," said one of the southern-
ers, "let's stick together, and fight to
gether through this here Indian coun
try, and after we get home well fight
each other.?'-. .i- - - -:; --. "' ' .'
- "All right,; said Mackj '"it's agreed.
Northerners is northerners and south
erners . is ' southerners, f. hut-'-. Injins u
pizen." i-? "? ri
So these deadly enemies of the near
future went on together, comrades in
danger. Every man of -the three was
equipped with a stout muzzle loading
rifle and a large Colt's revolver. -'' J";T ;
They set ont together on the trail and
had advanced but a few miles from the
burned station when they sighted a
squad of mounted Indians; who had just
broken camp at a- mountain spring be
Bide the trail. They were several hun
dred yards in advance when they were
discovered, and were just tidjpg out of
ihe depression which gave, rise tcj.tbe
spring. . " v .
On account of his long experience-in
the conutry Mack had been given the
j leadership by the. ! Tennesseeans. -He
came to a halt anq toiu nis cempanions
to get off ".their .hprsesj hoping - they
might- possibly escape. notice; but even
while' they were- dismounting the far
dians caught, sight of them, and wheel
ing their ponies about came back at a
gallop straight down the trail. They
spread out in a sort of fan shape as they
came, and Mack counted twenty-six. -
"Git ready for business, boys," said
he quietly. "'Behind your horses, re
volvers handy, and rifles across saddlesr.
The Indians came on at a reckless pace
until within about -a hundred-yards,"
when Mack, stepping out from behind
bis horse, shouted and motioned them
hack... . ; " -'-." ' '."-' I :..'; ;;
They pulled up suddenly. ' One ofl
them slipped from . his pony, and hand
ing the. rein and" his gnu to a comrade
came forward on foot, gorgeous in a col
ored blanket, a white slouch hat stack
with ravens'- feathers, and a variety of
brilliant .paints daubed upon -his face
and breast. '-- v . -.- " : . "-'
He was a big fellow and walked-with
a swinging stride..
"How! -how!" said he, as he halted a
few paces distant and grinned hide6us
ly through his paintsl: ... "..
'"How do you do?' answered Mack.
"What do you want?" ' - .- .
. The - Indian shook his head, in token
that he did not understand English.
-"Hablan ustedes Espanol'f"1 (Do you
speak Spanish?) asked th6 Indian. .
Mack, who had picked up a smattering
of Spanish., answered that he did. In
this tongue the Indian asked where they
were going. t -
Mack answered that they were going
home-to. the; land where the sun-rose,
and asked iu turn what the chief for
such the, Indian . undoubtedly -was
wanted. " -
The Arapaho told him if the white
tnen would surrender their horses, mules,
guns and ammunition they might keep
their blankets aud goon, and. he would
not let his warriors molest them. -
For reply Mack indicated', partly in
Spanish aud partly by gestures, that the
Indians might have the ammunition
through the muzzles of the guns aqd
the weapons zzi animals after their
owners-were dead. . .-'.... 'L ... ... .
At this the Indian grinned, and tried
to turn the matter off as a joke. He then
asked if Mack and his party were going
to camp at Big Medicine springs that
night, and upon being told that they
were, said that his camp was there, and
that he and his braves- would keep the
white men company.
Bat the white 'men might, 'he said,
travel in advance, since in this way they
would escape the dust the Indians' horses
would make. -
Mack declined this courteous offer, but
told the Indian that he and his compan
ions would follow. They did not mind
traveling in the dust at all, especially
as there was no dust on the snu baked
plaiu...
The Arapaho laughed again, "mighty
onpleasant," as one of the Tennesseeans
put it, and wheeling about strode back
to his men. ' ... .
After a moment's conversation with
them he sprang into his saddle, and
with a beckoning motion to the white
men headed his cavalcade back upon
the trail. , -
Mack's companions looked at him in
quiringly. . . - '
"We've got to follow, boys." he told
them. "There's no use bucking agin it.
If we turn tail now we're goners. Our
only hope is to go on with 'em fearlessly
aud camp not far from 'em tonight and
then trust to darkness to get away from
"em." , s . .
Without a moment's hesitation they
mounted and followed the Arapahoes.
who jogged along af a dog trot. ' ;
, All that afternoon the three whites
rode close, behind the Indians, talking
and langhinj with an unconcern which
they did not feel, but which undoubtedly
did much to render the' savages more
certain of outwitting and capturing or
killing the little party at their leisure.
Big Medicine- was reached about sun
down. The chief had spoken truly with
regard to his cauqv for thete were
twelve or fifteen lodges near the springs
on the lower slope of the hiU near the
baseV.'of . which the water came to the
surface. ' ' "'' . ; '
As they rode down to the springs the
chief dropped back and asked Mack
wnere ne.wouia camp. .aiacK toia nuni
they would picket their horses among I
the sagebrush on the side of the hill
above the spring. This seemed to satis
fy the Indian: he turned away and rode
with the.others down to their camp. :
- -After -watering' their, animals and
bringing a pailful from the springs the
white men moved up the side hill some
800 yards above and picketed their ani
mals in a little depression ont of sight of
the Indian camp. : A sentinel, however,
whom they could see posted upon a rock
upon the opposite bluff, had them in full
view. ''..- .".
"Now, boys." said Mack to his com
panions "after they." had lighted 'a lire,
"git out your Dntch'oven and I'll git
ont-mine and my self raisin flower, and
while ' yon take the hatchets and cut a
big lot of sagebrush fof"a bonfire Til
mix and bake bread enough to last uf
three days... ''
"Then after that's done well eat a-big
snnier anUt. light a-T hre. mid behind
the: blaze of it we'll crawl to our horses
and -get "nt ' these diggin's. It"111ke
ns. three ttays or-th'ree nights to reach
Fort : Collins, and those fellows llfol
low . as clean through i unless.. we can
dodge them somewhere on the trail."
In three hours everything was in read
: in ess for :departnre. No Indians had
: ventured ' -near them.- Evidently .- the
Indians were trying to" throw the white
; men " off their guard bjva show of indif-J
, ferenee. ; , - . - - . -.,-- :
.It -hadi grown quite dark. Mack re-,
solved to trust in a not- unfamiliar ruse."
'-He first allowed'the fire to sink low. and
then gathered a quantity of sagebrush
and wrapped it up in three of ' their ex
tra blankets." : - ..s i. i . ,:
:'. These bundles wore then placed. near
i the fire so that they should look at a dis
tance like the figures of . men squatted
before the blaze'..-'-. ' .;.
: , Then Mack, and his comrades) piled on
brush riutil the Hanres leaped . high; and
behind this -blaze bey crept away to the
horses, mounted them.' and . leading the
repacked, mules rode straight up the side
hill until ont of range of the firelight.- .
They, then" turned and rode- several
milen parallel . with . the trail, guiding
their cortrse by faintly seen stars. . By
and by they struck into the trail "and
urged their animals forward.- They
had heard' no sonnd ;of Indians in- pur?
suit. ... ' ' ' , '. ;
- Before daylight they turnetl off aiid
rode about four miles to the left, where
they hid their animals in a little pocket
which had grass and water and betook
themselves to a quaking-asp thicket near
at hand for' rest. -and, by turns, for
sleep. ' Here they proposed to; remain
all .day, and to' go on again at night."- One
of Jhein kept guard- at the edge of the
thicket, overlooking the route and the
surrounding country. '. - -
Late in the afternoon a squad of In
dians were discerned in ' the . distance
looting for theitvtriil. Crowded behind
tufts of buffalo grass., they watched this
band closely and anxiously. . . "
At snnilown -a signal fire about three
miles away anuouiiced.that'their tracks
had been discovered.' But it would, yet
be an hour or mote- before the Indians
would overtake the little'party. ; j "
is soon as it grew dark enough to
cover their retreat. Mack and his com
panions started. v They crossed the trail,
and rode until midnight on the other
side. Then they crossed, lrack again,
rode two miles out to the left -and
camped until daylight. ''
k Rising again, they took the trail di
rect, and rode at as rapid a pace as their
animals could be expected to sustain.
Mack thought they had gained a lead
during the night which would make it
impossible for the, Indians to come np
with them-, but at about 10 o'clock tliey
discovered a signal fire 'upon a hill not
more than a mile off at the left and
somewhat ia advance of them. ' .
The building of. this tire was proof
that-the party ahead were scouts, and
that the miu body of the;: Indians was
behind. Mack kept his men to the trail,
and they urged their animals forward.
All that day they rode, but the In
dians who were signaling kept steadily
in advance of them. - During the day
thev counted no less than seventeen fires,.
all built at a great distance from the
trail; but during all the time not an
Arapaho was seen. '
That night, "when their horses, and
initios were almost exhausted, the white
men made out' the dim forms of two
mountains a ' few - miles in advance.
Mack knew that these marked the iias
sage of the trail out upon the open
plains, within a three or four hours' ride
of Pa A- Collins." Hidden in the mosth
of a canyo 1 they escaped observation.
They rested and fed their horses, took
food" and before daylight were again in
the saddle. .
"If we have-any trouble it will come
in the pass between the mountains."
Mack told his comrades. "If we don't
run against -'a party of 'em there, we're
out of the woods. If we do. it'll take a
good .bunch of 'em ' to clean us out, for
there's no cover only open ground."
As they rode into the pass'- they saw
five Indians in the distance, seated upon
their horses near the trail. These were
undoubtedly the scouts, who, riding the
swiftest ponies in their band, had kept
ahead and were now stationed in the
pass hoping to hold the white men ,in
check until others of their party came
op. : -: '
"Nothin tiwlo but brush 'em one side,
boys," said Mack. . . "" -
Tightening their girths and looking to
their weapons", the little-party charged
forward at a stiff gallop.
The" Indians slipped off thoir horses
and made a .show of standing their
ground: but as the white men pressed
straight on aud came - nearly within rifle
shot they lost their courage and fled- .
Five hours later Mack and the Ten
nesseeans were in Fort Collins, where a
strong detachment of regnl;ir. . troops
was stationed. ' .
. The Tennesseeans looked queerly at
Mack as they rofle up to the fort. They
seemed to be satisfied with his look, and
said nothing. Nor did Mack say any
thing to the officers at the post concern
ing his companions' rebellious inten
tions; Frank Welles Calkins in Youth's
Companion.
- conidn't Bear Him.
- EngUsh rector, in an agricultural
parish, found his own sermons accept
able enough to his congregation, but not
those of his assistant. "Why dpn't yon
come to hear. Mr. Jones?" he said to the
leading farmer; ?he's an excellent fel
low, and preaches far better than 1 Ao."
"That may be, sir." was the grave re
joinder; "but we've been inquiring and
inquiring- about your curate, and we
can't find as he's got any property, and
we don't like to be told of onr sins by- a
person as hasn't got no property." San
Francisco Argonaut.
A tJentle Hint.
Sheridan gave rather a- shrewd inti
mation to a spinster' who insisted upon
accompanying him in a walk after a
Bummer sliower:
' "It has cleared up enough for ono,
madaru, but not enough for two." .
What Leading Papers ay of she Wis
" cheaters Shipped fa New Orleans.'
. New .Orleans, Peb. G.The'arrival of
a pout 505 rifles aud. 2600 pounds of am
munition, consigned to Colonel Crandall,
chairman of the democratic committee,
on the . steamship El Paso from' New
York, was noted yesterday morning by
the New Delta, ' accompanied by 6trong
editorial remarks concluding as follows:
' "The Winchester in the hands of the
hireling opposes tlfe Winchester 'iu the
hands of, the free, man. Let every. crack
of a lottery rifle wake an aneweringecbo
to the report of an anti-tottery gun: If
the hoodlums of New Orleans appear in
the streets of this city armed with weap
ons, placed in their hands by this lottery
company, sweep them from . the face of
the earth. If the streets of New Orleans'
are to be reddened with blood, let it' not
be alone the blood of her. good citizens.
If wholesale murder has been" resolved
on .by the. lottery, let the people resolve
on wholesale executions."-
In reply , the Evening . Statu Baysk Mr.'
Foster, of St. 'Mary,' the candidate of th"
antis for governor, was the first man who
raised the cry of rifles in this' contest.
"Every $5 bill," meaning every- pro-lottery
vote, he said in substance, ."was to
be met with a $25 rifle." Jh view of this
fact, argues the Slates, it is not astonish
ing that the democratic committee has
taken the necessary steps to protect- the
freedom of opinion of the ballot. It then
adds: " .'"-'.'''."
"If they had failed to do so they would
not be fit to , hold the leadership of a
party of v American citizens. Ballot
against ballot, rifle agaiqst rifle, and, by
the memories ;of. the men " who fought,
and bled for our constitution, it shall be
rifies against frand and rascality. ,
. . . . . . . .. .
"Jfew" York Democrats. 1
'.' New Yobk', Fab. 6. The committee of
democrats, appointed at a recent meeting
opposed to calling the state convention
in February, issued an address to the
democrats of the state today, saying that
the state convention had been called by
the committee for the. 23d .of February,
for the manifest purpose of forestalling
public opinion and influencing the polit
icalaction of other states by an apparent
unanimous delegation from New .York
ia favor of the preferred candidate of. a
.majority of the committee. -The. people
are urged to fight at the primaries to
elect delegates who regard the "snap''
convention as detrimental to the true in
terests of the party, and who, in taking
their seat, will move that the convention
dissolve without taking any action at all.
Devotion is urged to the great issues
which carried the party to victory in
1890, and absolute loyalty to the candi
date who shall be declared by the na
tional convention, to be the best and
truest representative.of those principles.
A Wealthy Farmer Leaves His Family.
ALBAxy, Or.," Feb. 6. James Wallace,
a farmer living near Albany,. has disap
peared. It is supposed be has gone to
California. He sold bis wheat Wednes
dag and received $1350, and started away
on the south-bound overland train. His
family think he left in company with a
young widow named Mrs. Veaicb, the
daughter of W. W. McCoon.' He has a
wife and four children, and was a well-to-do
farmer. He had recently been
paying undue attention to Mrs. Veatch,
and was so much in her company that
his wife upbraided him. for his conduct..'
He leaves an indebtedness of $1000 or
more. ; All ' his property has been at
tached, which will leave his wife -with
out means. She ia prostrated over the
affair. ,-"'."-
Are Still IValchlng Egau.
London, Feb. 5. A correspondent of
the Times at Valparaiso says a police
guard at the house of Egan, United
States minister at Santiago, is main
tained by the Chilian authorities with a
view of preventing any attack at the in
stance of the rough element. This fact,
the correspondent says, threatens to
bring about a reopening of the difficulty
with' the United States. The corres
pondent further says the police judge at
Valparafso has increased .the severity of
the sentences - imposed upoii the assail -
auts of the sailors of the United States
steamer Baltimore. This course was
demanded by the procurator.,' ' '
' ; . N
Thayer Surrenders to lioyd.
.Lincoln, Keb.,-Feb. ?. The State
Journal will contain the following "to
morrow : .
': The Nebraska gubernatorial muddle is
settled for. the present, at least. The
attorneys of Governor Thayer' are . not
certain' the office can be legally turned
over to Governor Boyd before the offi
cial mandate' is received, but Thayer
"wishes to leave the state this week, and
has been' so annoyed by the clamor of
Boyd's - friends that he has determined
to surrender ' the seat immediately,: if
Boyd is willing to take the responsibility
of holding the official papers. ".
He Wanted to Be a Kobber.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 6. Sam Snyder, a
pawnbroker, was robbed today of $2100.
Several men came to him, representing
themselves as train robbers and -wanted
him to act as a "fence" for stolen ' prop
erty. Snyder went ; to their room last
night to talk over the matter with them,
and was made a prisoner -and told if he
did not pay his captors money they
would kill him. After . remaining a
prisoner all night Snyder went to the
bank accompanied by two men, and
drew, the money, they disappearing with
it immediately after. '
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