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Scissors "A very wakaa man never
sleeps."
And to the consternation of the spec­
tators he again brought his hands be­
fore him Men rushed upon him but
the cords had vanished. Little Big
Man glared murderously, then grew
uneasy. A doubt was sprouting In his
mind. Mato Tlpt was sacred ground,
and those who prayed to Tunkan
through rocks sad stones must be
very careful not to give offense Tbs
prisoners were whits, yet they had
heeD captured, taken by surprise,
whan Discing rocks In tha trees. Scis­
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sors read the tumult la tne man's
mind and whispered encouragement
to Dlnsdale.
T he prices are right *'fato
Little Big Man gave an order and
both men were released snd conduct­
ed outside tbs lodge snd tied to the
medicine pole, from which hung the
strangled puppy. A warrior was told
to sit behind them to watch their
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hands. The warrior obeyed, but did
trine and tongue. They say the white
(Continuad)
not fancy the task, for It was ilka spy­
main was tied up all night and could
When the pad ef paper and small
The kettle wee removed and their
ing on soma agency controlled by
not get free.”
scissors were held up Little Big Man
urme were tightly pinioned. Sclseora
After waiting for a minute Scissors Tunkan. To Dlnsdale Scissors said I
Scissors, who bad finished his bowl hesitated, then shook his head. Paper
requested that tha flap of the tent be
"They're badly worried. Every hour
asked, ‘‘When can Two Knives Talk­
of meat and had his hands free, picked and scissor» were very much wakan
pulled back the full width. This al­
ing see his friend Crary Horse T"
we're kept alive improves our chances.
up some thongs bis guards had left and hs did not cere to assume charge
lowed them to see what w as going on
Little Big Man smiled cynically and Little Big Man won't dare hurt us
on the ground and rolled them Into a of them.
In front of tha lodge. Near tha en­
replied: “I f Two Knives Talking Is until he hears from Crazy Horse. Al­
small ball and held them In one palm.
The tlnkUng of ■ bell now stirred
trance two men were making shields
wakan enough he can untie himself
ready hs has sent a messenger to
Then ids fingers closed over them, the spectators to sharp attention end
and go to see his friend.”
of Inch-thick hide taken from a buf-
Slim butte to fill In the details of tbs
contracting as if equeeslng them Into bMds were turned as their mighty
"To be free of Little Big Man's
mirror-message.”
a very small compass, then flew open chief stepped from a lodge beck of
clumsy cords Is easy for the medicine
The warrior behind him reached a
and the ball had vanished.
the hslf-elrele. Crasy Horse et that
of Two Knives Talking," gravely as­
hand forward and roughly clapped It
Little Big Man scowled malevolent­ time did not look over thirty years of
sured Scissors. “Will he find the road over his mouth. Scissors' left hand
age. and stood a few Inches under six
ly. Scissors sul<l:
to Slim butte open?”
shot to the front and caught the of­
"Two Knives Talking finds his med­ feet. He carried himself with great
Earl L. Fisher, state tax
And he brought hie hands before
fending palm and at the same time
icine Is still strong. It grows weary dignity and the stern expreesion et
him to show they were free.
Ids right hand darted up under the
commissioner, reports th a t 40
of working on children. 8end In his bold features wes accented by a
W ith a yelp Little Big Man turned
armpit
and,
pulling
and
pushing,
he
scar. Hla people knew him to be as
persons with net (not gross)
Shunca-luta with his medicine. Then
and called loudly. Warriors came on sent the guard rolling headlong. The
generous as hs was courageous, and
we shall see,”
the run.
incomes of $20,000 or more, 167
camp was In an uproar In an Instant,
hla practice of never retaining any
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"Two Knives Talking has untied the
Just outside the entrance a deep
the warriors scrambling for their
whose net incomes were $10,000
property for himself, aside from his
rawhide.” grunted the leader.
weapons. Scissors sternly called out: voice boomed: 'T h e white man's med­
arms and wnr ponies, was bound to
or more and 651 with incomes
Two warriors advanced to Scissors
icine
Is
very
strong.
But
the
medi­
The Ogalala are very foolish. My
extend his popularity among all the
of $5000 or more pay income
and pawed about behind him, but
cine
of
Shunca-luta
will
eat
It
up.
medicine will grow very angry. Some
hostile» end their allies.
could And no vestige of the thongs.
taxes this year, not one of
of you will go to Mato Ttpl tonight as Two Knives Talking ones ran >way
I f Sitting Ball by his medicine fore­
"Two
Knives
Talking’s
medicine
ate
from
the
Ogalula.
Now
Shunea-luta'I
whom pays one cent of other
ghosts. What do you mean by treating
told the destruction of Custer's men,
them up,” explained Scissors. “Are
medicine brings him back. This tliqe.
taxes. These are exclusive of
the friends of your war chief In this
the Ogulala afraid I will fly up
they say, he will not leave until he then It was Crasy Horae who assumed
the people who pay both proper­
way? Are we Crows or Ponces?"
victory at the outset, when on encoun­
among the thunder birds, that they
goefc away to be a ghost”
ty and income taxes. Here are
Little Big Man chewed fils Ups and
tering Reno's men he saved hts fol­
must tie me?”
Little Big Man's eyes glittered at
puszled over the situation. To leave
858 habitual
tax
shirkers
lowers from a disastrous panic by
The leader snapped out an order
this threat.
the prisoners' hands free was to con­
braining a soldier with a stone war
brought into the aggregate of
snd fresh tliongs were brought and
Scissors called back: “Shunca-luta
fess failure. To tie them up was use­
club and leading a counter charge.
Scissors tied up for the second time.
financial supporters of the state
Is very wakan. but Taku Wakan has
“What the devil did you do with tha less. HI« quandary was Interrupted by not whispered In his ear. Why does And what must place him high In the
government
which
protects
the rapid drumming of flying hoofs.
estimation of all lighting men was his
cords?” whispered Dlnsdale from the
he stay outside the lodge? The white
them in the gathering of their
A pony raced In among the lodges and
Insistence that no warrior should pase
corner of bis mouth.
man
will
not
hurt
him."
income—858 potential fighteps
a rider threw himself to the ground.
him when he gave the order to attack.
"In your side pocket,” yawned
Sorrel Horse at once appeared in
for the repeal of the income tax
With a gleam of hope lighting his
He was a great general; intensely
Scissors.
the entrance. Like the famous Sitting
sullen eyes, Little Big Man called on
law. H ear the hogs squeal!
loyal to bis people and their causey
Little Big Man harshly demanded:
Bull,
who
Is
suld
to
have
foretold
the
the man to speak.
a patriot who had no use for wealth.
"Why do white men ride out to Mato
Custer massacre, he wore a bunch of
And Taku Wakan coaid ask no more
“Tashunca-ultco and Shunca-luta.
Tipi and place rocks In tress?"
shed buffalo hair fastened to the side
of any of his duaky children.
his medicine man, even now are rid­
"Because we are turning red,” was
of his raven locks. This hair was
The Hide W at Fagged Down on a Thin
ing to this camp,” announced the
the prompt reply.
As he walked around the end of the
wakan and was painted red and re­
Layer of Clay.
man. 'They were on the way here
circle to take a position beslds L ittle
"Where Is Wlchakpa-yamanl (Gen­
called the times when the buffalo filled
with a dozen warriors whan Little
eral Crook, now?"
Big Man he waa wearing his feathsr
the plalna It was also a symbol of
fulo bull's neck. The hide was pegged
Big Man's first messenger met them
bonnet and other warpath regalia. In
"When I urn treated as a brother
the
coming
of
the
White
Buffalo
Mald­
down on a thin layer of clay and was
and told them about the white men.
one hand he carried a Winchester rifle
my medicine will tell you,” coldly re­
en. Hla medicine pouch was formed
tl cn covered with burning coal».
They will be here very soon.'
plied Scissors.
and tn the other a twelve-foot coup
from badger p»«vs and had bears*
This process hardened It sufficiently
“They suy you will talk with a very
"It Is goodl" cried Little Big Man claws as psndunts; for It was from
wand of wUlow. The wend was dec­
to turn a limes point, or a round bul­
In great relief.
fust tongue when you feel the skin­
orated with symbolic feathers, bits of
the bear that be had learned how te
let. It w h s a striking Incongruity of
ning knives,” threatened Little Illg
fur, and the tinkling beU. Hs dropped
"What's he saying?” muttered Dlns­ treat adults, while the badger told him
the campaign, bows and arrows and
Man.
dale.
on a robe beside Little Big Man end
through
the
medium
of
dreams
how
Tha common white grube. also called shields by the aide of maguzlne rifles
Scissors smiled tolerantly and said:
placed hts rifle serose his lap and rest­
‘‘Crazy Horse and his medicine men. to cure children He also carried the
"grub woruu.” are one stage of the mid metallic cartridges. Never again
ed the end of his coup wand on the
“Crazy Horse will soon set his friend
Sorrel Horse, w ill arrive In a minute
bent stick of one who has dreamed
would
the
plalna
wltnesg
such
a
moderetely targe brown beetle known
free to walk where he will."
ground, and stared stolidly at Scis­
or so. I urn very wakun, but only of a wolf. But it was his renown as
mingling of the old and the new.
as May beetle or June bug. The adult
sors. His gate quickened as It shift­
'Tw o Knives Talking has a weak
Taku Wakan can straighten this mess a magician, and not his success as a
I.lttle B'gt Man strolled to the open­
boetla feeds «a tha larvae of such troea
ed to the pile of greenbacks end dust
medicine.
It
freed
him
once;
now
It
Is
out.
I
f
only
Crasy
Horse
was
coming
healer,
that
elevated
him
high
among
ing of the lodge. Me wue smoking a
beetle feed« on the leaves of such trees
In front of Llttls Big Man. The treas­
very tired." Jeered Little Illg Man.
It would be better. Sorrel Horse Is the wakan wltshnaha, and high above
biautlful pipe of red sandstone. The
tow. walnut, locust ana baezoerry.
ure meant nothing to him except ae
My young men may not wait for you
Jealous of all medicine men. He’ll
the grass-root medicine men.
bowl was Inlaid with silver and the
Tha parent beetle emerges from the
to aee Tashunca-ultco. They say they
work to have us skinned alive. But
Scissors Invited: “Sit down and let It represented so many magazine guns
long reod stein was artistically dec­
earth In the spring end deposits eggs
want white skin for medicine shirts.
a man ain't done for so long as he our mydlclnes talk it over."
and fixed ammunition.
orated with feathers and quills. He
In the noil from on a to five Inches deep
can hope."
They say they are sharpening their
“The white man with the talking
of/erud the pl|>e to the sky and earth
But Sorrel Horse did not Intend to
and usually near grass or weed roots.
knives."
and to the cardinal points, but spoke
waste any dramatic effects before so knives will tell why he came to the
The eggs are laid la May and June no word to the prisoners.
.
Little Big Mau talks like a Sho-
CHARTER IX
small an audience. Outside the stags Teton country," be abruptly com­
I shoni singing to the moon," sneered
and hatch In about two weeks The
was set for convincing Crazy Horan manded.
young grubs batching from the eggs
The Dual of the Medicines
ficlaaors needed no Interpreter, and
that even High Wolf, the Cheyenne,
are very small and for a while feed on
Although Crazy Horae and Sorrel
was far below 8hunca-luta in matter« began te explain why ha and hla friend
organic or slightly decayed vegetable
llorse rode loto Little Big Man's of magic. Ignoring the white man he had gone to Mato Tipi to make atone
matter la the soil. Later these grubs
camp shortly before midnight tbs
offerings to Tunkan so the god would
said to Little B(g M an:
will attack the roots of grasses or agrl-
prisoners saw nothing of either. Be­
send forth hla "flying rocks” to learn
"Bring
the
prisoners
out
In
the
sun­
ru I tarsi Crops which happen to be
fore the great leader of the hostfles light. That man's medicine does not where Taah-unea-ultco was to he
growing la tho Held.
arrived the white men were conducted like the sunlight. I t works best tinder found.
Feed Near tourfaoa.
G tow ns, bridge work and fillings. It will
back to the lodge and the flap tight­ the moon.”
"And while we were asking this of
ly cloeed. A small firs was lighted In­
During the growlug mmson for vego-
pay you to get my prices oa your dental work.
The prisoners were a t once led Tunkan our prayer waa answered,”
side and by Its light throe warriors forth and seated before the medicine Scissors continued. “He who lives on
tatlon and active season of the Insects,
Cusick bank buildin g, A lb a n y
stood on guard to prevent any attempt
the grubs feed near the surface of the
pole. Dlnsdale was glad to observe Mato Tipi at times tent Little Big
at escape. Dlnsdale was asleep when
■oil. At the approach of cold weather,
that the strangled puppy bad been re­ Man and hla braves to lead ua te
the war chief end hts escort of a moved Rawhide was looped around Tashunca-ultco, and It Is well. J, I
the grubs begin to burrow downward
dozen men made the ramp and was their waists, and tied to the pole, bat brought this white man with me, as
1e avoid freezing
aroused by the commotion.
Most of the common June bugs spend
their hands were not secured. In a hla life waa uot safe among white men.
three years In developing from the egg
On opening bis eyes he beheld the half-circle before them sat forty war­ He was caught while trying to take e
te the ndult beetle. The grube usually
three silent figures of the guards, riors.
Scissors glanced anxiously lead of ammunition to the Cheyennes.
change to the adult sometime during
their eyes reflecting the light from about for Crazy Horae, but the chief He escaped from the soldiers and fled
the heap of coala Scissors was awake, was not present.
the second or third fall of their life
with me to And the Ogalala.
He
and whispered:
period.
ft
8orrel Horse, sensing be was the brought some ef the white maa'p
The native food of the white grub la
" If I can have e talk with Crazy principal figure In the scene until money with him as a present to Tash-
grass roots In the meadow or pasture.
Horse I think we weald he all right Crasy Horse should put In tn appear unca-ultco."
Crops planted on sod land usually
for a while But that Shunca-luta will srxy, carefully spread a wolf skin and
“Tashunca-ultco needs Be presents
auffer severely from the attack of f t
try to keep between us. He ranks after seating himself crostlegged be­ of money from the white men," harsh­
hordes of grube for a period of two to
lz high as a mystery man and Is a fair fore It made much of peering Into a ly informed Creay Horae. “W het he
ft
three years.
magician and ventriloquist. He claims mirror. He took pains to turn the needs he takes.”
The white grub as a |wst Is Increaa-
to get hla help from Tasknskanskan, mirror so the curious warriors could
And he shook bis coup wend till the
Ing Its damage to wheat la several lo­
V/
their moving god, who lives In the observe the new moon and sun paint­ little bell tinkled madly. Loud grunts
cal I ties One of the beet coutrol meas­
0 / four winds and la never seen, but Is ed In white on Its face. His vanity of approval met hit declaration. Loud
ures where wheat It to he grown It to f t
represented by Tunkan. who In turn was highly pleased as he noted how cries of "washte-helo I” wars rslssd
hummer fallow, that la, to plow the
through rocks and stonea Intently the spectators followed every whan hs pointed to the gresnbacke
and directed:
wheat land as toon ss possible sfter
Reckon a whits man can move he made.
“Give It te the men whe have lost
harvest. (This la also a control for
it oil i straightened ont. I
Little Big Man stared triumphantly
tbs Heeslsa fly.) Disk and harrow the
muds a picture of Sorrel Horse whan at the prisoners and nodded to their horses and lodges.”
I f there was one disgruntled war­
■round frequently and prepare a Arm
I was prisoner that other time, and guards. The signal had been prear­
■eed bed. Rtarve tbs whits grub.
It scared him. H e’s bound to work ranged, ss the guards promptly rior It waa L ittle Big Man. Sticking
against us. But I ’m wakan. Wish searched Dlnsdale and took nearly np from between hie creased legs were
Retstlsn Is Fevered.
O e s y Horae would come In to look four thousand dollars from his pock­ the butts ef Dtnsdele's guns. Orazy
Rotation of crops Is of great Impor
Horae, whe ever bed a greet lev« for
us over.”
leave ta avoiding damage by grub
ets. The money was mostly In green­
Scissors would have felt more at backs. The time was gone when the excellent firearms and who packed
worms. Beetle« do net prefer to dw
ease had he konWto that the chiefs Indian was Ignorant of money values, three Winchester rifles with him snd
tooalt eggs In fields of alfalfa, clover,
first desire wan to have the prisoner» and while they still called money one er more hand guns, touched the
com . strawberries, beans <♦ potatoes
brought before trim
Sorrel Horse, “white metal,” they knew a piece of big revolvers snd Mid, "J will take
II grains are usually lass attacks«]
however, requeeted time for consult­ paper money was often worth several only theM."
than other crops except wheat.
Little Big Mao passed them ever and
ing hts medicine, sod reported heck silver dollars. Bendy eyes glittered ss
Where practical, pasture the Infest­
for
sersral minutes the w ar chief ex­
to
the
chief
that
it
wouM
be
better
to
ed flelds with swlns. Fall plowing,
the bills and a bag of dust were
wait until tbo son rode the ehy. Ab placed on a blanket before Little Big amined them knowingly and his fea­
previous to the grub« going deep luto
tures grew animated as he rasllssd
though reneldarably dMtnrbed that
«hs amend. will help to rid the soil of
Man. From Scleaors only a small
the chief should Ignore h)m. Scissors emount of money wee taken; and L it­ their exceUetoce. Baddenly he «Msed
many worms Plow deop—W ■ j,c k -
LContiinicd on page 3)
dissimulated and Dlnadnls fall asleep tle Big Man tickled the fancy of his
son. Department of Entomology. o ils
and did cot awaken until morning. followers by Ironically advising:
bom, x. snd M ( ’«Ilogs.
W ANTED
W ith the sunrise came another kettle
“Two Knives Talking should make s
Responsible
rain or woman of
of meet- Scissors pronwunaed it td be feast for the white man's m»«al gofi "
good address, with auto, for a few
mule deer and Pttisdale ate heartily
After they had eaten. L ittle Big Mas
days or longer to
vial tod them, and he could net con­ We have a
ceal hla secret «u ttatlo o
Frtseors
mile*
rtd your system of Catarrh or Deafnesa
pretended not te see him. and after
aouth of B row nsville, on good road
caused by Catarrh.
wotting several minutes the Indian
among
fnrtneri. Person
fam iliar
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" llh
Á7dnr ^ , wiTh
M Sr * w r * Av aw VS reon
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,White Grub Pest
t - Shows Increase
Crop Rotation la Important
in Preventing Damage
Done by Worms.
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