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i QUILA CHACNCEY NEBEKER singer in vaudeville and Has appeared
"Old Neb" they used to call bim in opera. AH the boys used to sit in
at Columbia has been out on the wondering silence when "Cracker"
warpath again, and by now tlie rebel- sans "Danny Deever" or any one of a
lious Piutes know it. If they had been dozen songs that were favorites with
acquainted with "Neb" they never the crowd. There was only one thing
would have started their recent little In the vocal line that could make more
rampage in Utah. , of a hit than "Cracker" Marr's "Danny
If they had seen him galavanting up Deever" or "Mandalay," and that was
and down the football field with "Neb's" coyote yell. It started ofT with
tacklers streaming out behind him like an eyrie whistling like the sound of
ribbons flapping in the wind they would wind-driven sand across an Arizona
have laid down their rifles and sought desert. The middle part reminded one
the protection of this United States of the combined roaring of a locomo
Marshal. who is a graduate of two tlve and a crash of thunder, and it
universities football player. Indian eJel In the yelling or a whole pack
fighter, and for this he will probably coyotes.
Bet the wildest of the wild Piutes on For volume of sound and for spirit
my trail one-time "tea fighter." Be- "Neb" was not to be outdone by
fore going further I want to take up "Cracker" Marr, but I never heard of
his name again Aquila Ciiauncey Mr- Gatti-Casazza making him an offer
Nebeker. It would not be good form or his voice. When the girls heard of
to call Neb "Chauncey." He wouldn't "Neb's" ability in this line they kept
like it and he'd probably lasso you be- hitn yelling till his throat was raw and
fore the second syllable was out of "e cups were aancing on tne tea tames.
i-our mouth.
v.t w i n f vnr Knnr- Initiated into the fraternity
Jangling heroes who wears on Broad- rouh one- There were certain -rites
way a hat with a brim as wide as the whicn had to be 6ne through, no mat
Arizona bad lands and hides his collar ter what were the Proportions and the
behind & curtain of curlv locks. Hav- Martian ability of the initiate, and it
ing Imbibed in his youth all the lore took a goodly proportion of the mem
westerner was
was a
that the University of Utah could cram
into his head, he went East to take a
mining engineering degree from Co
lumbia University, and he took it, just
tlie way he does most things he sets
out for. Piutes, please note.
At the 'Western university he played
on the varsity football team. Eligibil
ity rules prevented him from doing so
at Columbia, but he used to play in
the inter-fraternity games. When
varsity football was abolished at Co
lumbia the Greek letter societies
formed teams and played against each
other. We had ten other men and
bers of the chapter to perform those
rites with "Neb." Some of the initia
tors were quite as battered as he was
by the time the preliminaries were
U.S. MARSHAL
OF
"Neb" on our team. We had the ten
because to play football according to
the official rule book you must ust
11 men.
We weren't strong on signals, and
our teamwork wouldn't remind an old- over and the serious part of
timer of one of "Tom" Shevlin's ag- ceremony was in order,
gregations, but we had a pretty ef- Nowadays the faculty has pretty
fective system. Each of the ten much systematized and tabulated class
"supers" would dash In every direction fights at Columbia, but in the old days
possible. Just so long as each managed they were spontaneous and broke out
to keep one man busy for a few ec- on various and frequent occasions. The
onds on each play, and "Neb" would
run with the ball.
It didn't matter what signals were
called. It didn't matter where "Neb"
was playing. All that was necessary
was for the quarterback to get the
pigskin into his arms and for the
'supers" to keep their opponents busy
long enough to let "Neb" get headway.
We played under the old five-yard rule
In those days and it-wasn't often "Xeb"
couldn't make his distance before
enough of the other team piled onto
bim to stop him.
Once we played on about the
stoniest field in the State of New Jer
sey. We went over there because we
couldn't play on the campus under the
faculty ruling, and while most of us
spent a pleasant three-quarters of an
hour plucking sharp-pointed stones
from between our ribs "Neb" and
"Phil" von SaJtza, at present a por
trait painter, then varsity oarsman,
football player, and alleged student,
banged each other around the field to
A tie score.
"Neb" and Von Saltza finished as
fresh as daisies, but of the "supers"
three were attended by ambulance sur
geons and at least 42 stitches were
taken in various heads.
Having laid myself open to "Neb's"
wrath by calling him a one-time "tea
fighter." I'll have to make good on
that statement. There was a big dis-
one faculty ruling at that time was
that fights should not take place on
the campus. What happened outside
didn't matter. Consequently when it
became known that the class of 1906,
then the sophomore class, were going
to hold their dinner on a certain night
and kidnap all the freshmen they could
to grace the banquet the first-year
men banded together whenever possible
before leaving the college grounds.
Things were not running as nicely as
they might have been ior the sopho
mores. Captives were very scarce. The
1907 men declined to leave the campus
except in bands, and then they would
dash out through a gate, trample on
the sophomore guarding it and get
away. The only hope was to get the
men singly or in small groups, but this
could not be done on the campus be
cause the faculty would suspend some
one if a fight started on the college
grounds.
"Neb" solved the problem. He walked
bodly into a corridor of the library
building and the first two persons he
met were freshmen on their way to
join one of the bands. They weren't
exactly pygmies, but "Neb" took one
under each arm and walked out of the
building with them. He wasn't fight
ing on the campus. There wasn't any
fight to it, no more than if he had
picked up a couple of bundles of sweat
ers and carried them out. Straight out
of the building he stalked and straight
cussion in the fraternity a to whether across the campus, and deposited his
we should have a tea during Junior two freshmen on soil not under the
Prom week. The "tea fighters" and faculty ban. It was all right to fight
the antis were about evenly divided, there, and, despite the rescue party that
The antis put everything in the way sallied from the campus, the two men
of social activity that they could. were made prisoners and hustled off.
They even started filibusters and "Neb" repeated this performance more
held up appropriations for new car- than once. If the Piutes could have
pets and other sundries which were seen him that day with a pair of arms
considered necessary before allowing and legs waving from under each
mothers, sisters and other girls into brawny shoulder they might hava
the house. Things were at a dead- thought twice before starting on their
lock. The vote on the tea question
was even, and "Neb" was not at the
meeting. He was detained at the uni
versity, but the antis were jubilant,
for they were certain that when he
came he would cast his vote with
them.
As he entered the door the faces of piutes broke out.
little rampage.
When "Neb" took his degree he re
turned to Utah and worked as a mining
engineer for a time, then went into
raising sheep. He was appointed United
States marshal and established a fine
record before the trouble with the
the tea fighters fell and the antis
shouted in jubilation. The presiding
officer explained the situation and the
deciding vote devolved upen "Neb." His
gaze turned upon the antis. but there
Last October Tse-Ne-Gat, a Piute,
also known as Edward Hatch, was In
dicted in Denver for the murder of a
Mexican.
But Tse-Ne-Gat couldn't see it that
ws little in it to make them hope. way. He managed to reach the Piute
They began to look at one another.
"Sure, we'll have a tea," announced
"Neb." "What's the matter with you
fellows? Think the place is too good
reservation, in Southeastern Utah, and
with 50 of his tribesmen started on the
warpath. With Tse-Ne-Gat, as his
chief counsellor, was Old Polk, his
to let the girls in? Let 'em come. Let father.
'em come and we'll have some fine re- The band had been terrorizing Juan
freshments. We can take those pic- County since last October, and a few
tures down out of Jerry's room and hide weeks ago Marshal Nebeker decided to
some of the champagne bottles that go out after them.
Johnny Wise plays tunes on when he's He got together a posse of the best
feelln' blue, and let 'em come. Nothing rifle shots in the cattle ranges and the
like a lot of girls to make a place seem mountains of Southern Colorado and
homelike and comfortable." Utah and set out for Bluff, Utah, 90
So we let 'em come. There wasn't miles from the nearest railroad. It
any help for it, and everybody pitched was reported that Tse-Ne-Gat had 60
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Mancos for aid Nad Posey's braves cut he isolated pairs of freshmen in order
the wires. to capture them.
In Grayson, where they had received Meanwhile, armed men had repaired
only part of Nebeker s message, word he telephone lines between Bluff and
. ... the outside world, and Nebeker was
went out that the white men were talkln(r to Grayson. He reported sev-
surrounded and a massacre of all the eral inlian killed and captured, and
inhabitants of Bluff was Imminent. It was then told that help was on the
was said Nebeker had called for United way.
States troops to be sent to quell the L, B. Rcid, cashier of a bank In
Urayson. told the marshal over the
rlutes' wire that "those United Slates troops
Before aid could be rushed through couidn't be obtained yet. but they
the snow to beleaguered Bluff. "Old hoped they'd soon be on the way."
Neb" and his band had broken through "What United States troops?" In-
the Piute circle and cut the Indian quired the marshal In surprise.
forces into small groups, which could ' Th vl ou "k 0.r1(i, ,U'U
. ,, . ., . , the rebellion," announced Held,
be easily handled. It was just the ..UnUed states troops hell!" shouted
same thing "Neb" had done on the "Old Neb." "I'm quelling thin rebellion.
Columbia campus years before when Jut send along some cartridge."
PENROD
BY BOOTH TARKINGTON
(Continued From Pace 3.
them still forward, until their faces
were close to the stable floor.
At this moment he received a real
surprise. With a loud whack, some
thin? struck the back of his head, and.
turning, he beheld Verman in the act
of lifting a piece of lath to strike
again. 1
"Em moys orae," said Verman, the
giant-killer.
"He tongue-tie'," Herman explained.
"He says "let 'em boys alone."
Kupe addressed his host briefly:
NOW vttHKPRiytES IS A GBAD
HenrSnevily
"Chase tjiem nigs out o' here!"
"Don" you call me nig," said Her
man. "I mine my own biznuss. You
let 'em boys alone.'
disfigured and maniacal. With a wild
eye he looked about him for hi
trusty rake; but I'cnfod, In horror, hnd
long since thrown the rake out into
the yard. Naturally It had not seemed
necessary to remove the luwnniowcr.
The frantic eye of Verman C.-l I upon
the lawnmower, snrt lnstnntly he
leaped fur its handles. Shrilling a
wordless warcry he chalged, propel
ling the wnirllng, deafening knives
straight upon the prone legs of Kupe
Collins. The lawnmower was sincerely
intended to pans longitudinally over the
body of Sir. Collins from heel to head
and It was the time fur a dath song.
"Cut his glzzud out!" screamed Her
man, urging on the whirling knlvn
They touched and lacerated the shin
of Kupe. as, with the supreme agonv
of effort, a creature in mortal peril
puttf forth before succumbing, he tore
himself free from Herman and got
upon his feet.
Herman was up as quickly. Ho leaped
to the wail and seized tho garden
scythe that hung there.
UATE
"I'm go' to cut you' giziud out," he
announced, "an' eat it!"
Rupe Collins had never run from
anybody (except his fHther) in his
life; he was not a coward, but the
present situation was very, very un
UMl il. He was already in a badly dls
mantdel condition, and yet Herman and
Verman seemed discontented with their
work. Verman was swinging the grass
cutter about for a new charge, ap-
Rupe strode across the still prostrate parently still wishing to mow him, ami
Sam, stepped upon Penrod and, equip
ping his countenance with the terriiy
ing scowl and protruding Jaw,
lowered his head to the level of Her
man's. "Nig, you'll be lucky if you leave
here alive!" And he leaned forward
till his nose was within less than an
inch of Herman's nose.
Herman had made a quite definite
statement about what he intended to
do with the scythe.
Rupe paused but for an extremely
condensed survey of tho horrible ad
vance of the brothers, and then, utter
ing a blood-curdling scream of fear,
ran out of the stable and up the alley
at a speed he had never before at-
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It could be felt that something awful tallied, so that even Dan had hard
was about to happen, and Penrod, as work to keep within barking distance,
he rose from the floor, suffered an un- n(j a cross-shoulder glance at the
expected twinge of apprehension and corner revealing Verman and Herman
remorse; he hoped that , Rupe wouldn't in pursuit, the latter waving his
really hurt Herman. A sudden dislike scyth overhead, Mr. Collins slackened
of Rupe and Rupe's ways rose within not Ruit, but rather, out of great
him as he looked at the big boy over- aneuSh, increased it: the while a rap
whelming the little darky with that jjiy developing purpose became firm in
ferocious scowl. Penrod all at once n3 mind and ever after so remained
felt sorry about something undetinable; not only to desist from visiting that
and, with equal vagueness, he felt neighborhood, but never fry any chance
foolish. "Come on, Rupe." he suggested to come within a mile of It.
feebly, "let Herman go and let's make From the alley door Penrod and Sam
billies out of the rake handle." watched the flight and were without
The rake handle, however, was not words. When the pursuit rounded the
available, if Rupe had Inclined to favor corner, the two looked wanly at each
the suggestion. Verman had discarded other, but neither spoke until the re-
his lath for the rake, wnicn ne was
at this moment lifting in the air.
"You ole black nigger," the fat-faced
boy said venomously to Herman, "I'm
goin' to "
But he had allowed his nose to re
main too long near -Herman's. Pen-
turn of the brothers from the chase.
Herman anil Verman came back,
laughing and chuckling.
"Hiyl!" cackled Herman to Verman
as they came. "See 'at ole boy run?"
"Who-ee," Verman shouted in ecstasy.
"Nev" did see boy run so fas'!" Hcr-
rod's familiar nose had been as close, man continued, tossing the bcythe into
with only a ticklish mental errect upon tne wneelDarrow. "1 pet he Homo In
the not very remote descendant of bed by 'Iss time!"
Congo maneaters. The result pro- Penrod looked dazedly from Herman
duced by the glare of Rupe's unfamiliar- and back again. So did Sam Williams,
eyes, and by the dreadful suggested "Herman," said Penrod In a weak
proximity of Rupe's unfamiliar nose, voice, "you wouldn't honest of cut out
was altogether different. Herman's and his glzard. would you?"
Verman's Bangala great-grandfathers "Who? Me? I don't know. Ho
never considered people of their own mighty mean old boy!" Herman shook
jungle neighborhood proper material his head gravely and then, observing
for a meal, but they looKea upon
strangers especially truculent strang
ers as distinctly edible.
Penrod and Sam heard Rupe sud
denly squawk and bellow; saw him
writhe and twist and fling out his arms
like flails, though without removing
his face from its Juxtaposition: in
deed, for a moment the two heads
seemed even closer.
Then they separated and the battle
was on.
It has been, perhaps, sufficiently
that Verman was again convulsed wila
unctuous merriment. Joined laughter
with his brother. "So! I guess l ux
dess talkum whens I said 'at! Reckon
he thought I meant it, f'm do way he
tuck an' run. Hiyi! Reckon he thought
old Herman bad man! No. sun, I us
dess talkum. 'cause I nev' would cut
nobody! I ain't tryin' to git In no Jail
no, sun!"
. Penrod looked at the scythe:
he looked at Herman. Ho looked
at the lawnmower. and he looked
at Verman. Then he looked out In
the rake. So did Sam
sntreested that the altercation in Mr.
Schofleld's stable cpened with mayhem the yard at
in respect to the aggressor s nose. Ex- Williams.
pressing vocally his indignation and "Come on, Verman," said Herman,
the extremity of his pained surprise, "We ain' got 'at stovc-wood V supper
Mr. Collins stepped backward, holding yet."
his left hand over his nose and strik- Giggling remlniscently, the brothers
ing at Herman with his right. Then disappeared, leaving silence behind
Verman hit him with the rake.
Verman struck from behind. He
struck as hard as he could. And ho
struck with the tines down. For, in
his simple, direct African way. he
them in the carriage-house. Pervrod
and Sam retired slowly Into tho shad
owy interior, each glancing, now and
then, with a preoccupied air, at the
open, empty doorway, where the late
wished to kill his enemy and he wished afternoon sunshine was growing ruddy,
to kill him .as soon as possible. Her- .Finally, still without either having
man was animated by the same Inten- made any effort at conversation, they
tion. On this account Rupe Collins
was pecularly unfortunate. He was
plucky and he enjoyed conflict, but
neither his ambition nor his anticipa
tions had ever Included murder.
The rake glanced from the back of
his head to his shoulder, but it felled
him. Roth darkies jumped full upon
him instantly, and the three rolled and B0wly into the house, and after an
twisted upon the stable floor, unloosing terval occupied In a unique maim
went out Into the yard and stood, con
tinuing their silence.
"Well." said Sam at last. "I our. a
It's time I better be going home. So
Jong, Penrod!"
"So long, Sam," said Penrod. feebly.
With a solemn gaze he watched hi
friend out of sight. Then he went
PAIR- OF PIUTES.
nnnn the air sincere maledictions close
ly connected with the complaints of
cruel and unusual treatment. Dan and
Duke, mistaking all for mirth, barked
gaily.
.From the panting, pounding, yelling
heap issued words and phrases hitherto
auite unknown to renroa anu nam.
appeared in the library holding a pair
of brilliantly gleaming shoes In liia
hand.
Mr. Schofleld. reading the evening
paper, glanced frowniugly over it at
his son.
"Look, papa," said Penrod. "I found
your shoes where you'd taken 'em off
also, a hoarse repitition in the voice of your room to put on your Uppers,
.. Mnnapnlnv bin ear left It not to I I. o .. ..r a . . 1 1 ,!.. u T t W '..in
in tajn&Keineiningineois-s-esi success men with nim, but wnen ;- ana ms clever for hinl and began the attack every minute and Xebeker and his men hair-raising, nerve - Jangling wnoop be doubted that additional maynem was out on the back porch and gave v
"J"?" lur deputies got to biuii, wnere me nui befQre members of the posse were were fast being buried when they de
Neb. The performance hadn t been were in fortified position, the scouts . , . L. ..
under way an hour before pretty nearly ported about medians. Joe Aiken. a cattle 'uh "e "use
every girl in the place was listening to A terrific blizzard was raging when J, t.,, rtMd Tha . ea' H figured tnere wasn i any use
... ..... . . . ivinc around unaer nair a ton ot snow
drift while a lot of renegade Indians
took pot shots at him and his men.
The posse were on their feet, with
-ncd ana most or tne otner lenows the white men reached the Indian posi- others dropped into the deep, soft
were wondering what we'd had a tea tion, and they began to seek cover In Enow. where they were almost hidden.
lor anyway. the snow. It was then about 1 o'clock and banged away at the Indians when-
TbiiM was at that tlmH active in the i . v. . - v.haL.. i ..... ),.. h BhwA nhnvA a uitnw
fraternity a "Cracker" Marr. who has on surrounding the Piutes before open- trench or a rock. "--vens- oia coyote yen .on-tneir i.ps. ana just as jeoeK.er nao. teiegrapneq more reclining position.
since made an enviable reputation as a tog; fire, but ta redmen were too The blUzard was increasing in fury ready, to caarere, when there .was a to Grayson, MontlceUo, Dolores and At last out of the ruck rose erman.
from the rear and rifles began taking place. Appanea. tne two spec
. i i i j -a .. . . .i-Vi 1 1 a tatnrs retreated to the doorway near-
" est the yard, where they stood dumb-
Nad Posey, a Piute brave, with . TruKBhnCcarteaaCsenn primitive
large band of warriors had ridden up silr,piicity ; time and again the howl-
the San Juan River from the west and jng Rupe got to his knees only to go
fallen upon the white men from the down again as the earnest brothers.
rear. They were surrounded in BiunT in their own way assisted nim to a
They shine up fine.
said
good blacking.
don't they?"
"Well. I'll be d-dud-dummed!"
the startled Mr. Schufleld.
Penrod was zigzagging back to nor
mal. (Copyright, 1914. by the Wheeler Syn-
. dicate. Inc.)
Next week's Penrod story la entitled
"Penrod Zoologist."
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