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Chief。     As   he   entered   the   wigwam   and   stood   revealed   to   his   host   they 

both started。     In another moment they were locked in each other's arms。 

     ;Jenky�察�old boy� ─�

     ;Bromley�察�old fel� ─�

     B。 F。 Jenkins�察�for such was the name of the Boy Chief�察�was the first to 

recover his calmness。        Turning to his warriors he said�察�proudly 

     ;Let my children retire while I speak to the agent of our Great Father 

in   Washington。       Hereafter      no  latch   keys    will  be   provided     for  the 

wigwams        of   the  warriors。      The     practice    of  late   hours    must    be 

discouraged。; 

     ;How� ─�said the warriors�察�and instantly retired。 

     ;Whisper�察─�said Jenkins�察�drawing his friend aside�察 �I am known here 

only as the Boy Chief of the 'Pigeon toes。'; 

     ;And I�察─�said Bromley Chitterlings�察�proudly�察 �am known everywhere 

as the Pirate Prodigythe Boy Avenger of the Patagonian Coast。; 

     ;But how came you here�拭─�

     ;Listen�    �My pirate brig�察�the 'Lively Mermaid��' now lies at Meiggs's 

Wharf   in   San   Francisco�察  �disguised   as   a   Mendocino   lumber   vessel。     My 

pirate crew accompanied me here in a palace car from San Francisco。; 

     ;It must have been expensive�察─�said the prudent Jenkins。 

     ;It was�察�but they defrayed it by a collection from the other passengers 

you understand�察�an enforced collection。            The papers will be full of it to´ 

morrow。      Do you take the 'New York Sun'�拭─�

     ;No�察�I dislike their Indian policy。       But why are you here�拭─�

     ;Hear   me�察  �Jenk�    �'Tis   a   long   and   a   sad   story。 The   lovely   Eliza   J。 

Sniffen�察�who fled with me from Doemville�察�was seized by her parents and 

torn from my arms at New Rochelle。             Reduced to poverty by the breaking 



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of the savings bank of which he was president��a failure to which I largely 

contributed�察�and the profits of which I enjoyed��I have since ascertained 

that Eliza Jane Sniffen was forced to become a schoolmistress�察�departed to 

take   charge   of   a   seminary   in   Colorado�察  �and   since   then   has   never   been 

heard from。; 

     Why   did   the   Boy   Chief   turn   pale�察  �and    clutch   at   the   tent´pole  for 

support�拭     �Why�察�indeed� �

     ;Eliza J。 Sniffen�察─�gasped Jenkins�察 �aged fourteen�察�red´haired�察�with a 

slight tendency to strabismus�拭─�

     ;The same。; 

     ;Heaven help me�         �She died by my mandate� ─�

     ;Traitor� ─    �shrieked    Chitterlings�察   �rushing    at  Jenkins    with   a  drawn 

poniard。 

     But a figure interposed。        The slight girlish form of Mushymush with 

outstretched hands stood between the exasperated Pirate Prodigy and the 

Boy Chief。 

     ;Forbear�察─  �she   said   sternly   to   Chitterlings�察   �you   know   not   what   you 

do。; 

     The two youths paused。 

     ;Hear me�察─�she said rapidly。         ;When captured in a confectioner's shop 

at New Rochelle�察�E。 J。 Sniffen was taken back to poverty。                   She resolved 

to   become   a   schoolmistress。       Hearing   of   an   opening   in   the   West�察  �she 

proceeded to Colorado to take exclusive charge of the pensionnat of Mad。 

Choflie�察    �late  of  Paris。   On    the   way    thither  she   was   captured    by   the 

emissaries of the Boy Chief; 

     ;In   consummation   of   a   fatal   vow   I   made   never   to   spare   educational 

instructors�察─�interrupted Jenkins。 

     ;But in her captivity�察─�continued Mushymush�察 �she managed to stain 

her face with poke´berry juice�察�and mingling with the Indian maidens was 

enabled     to   pass   for  one   of   the  tribe。   Once     undetected�察    �she   boldly 

ingratiated   herself   with   the   Boy   Chief��how   honestly   and   devotedly   he 

best   can   tell��for   I�察  �Mushymush�察  �the   little   sister   of   the   Boy   Chief�察  �am 

Eliza Jane Sniffen。; 

     The Pirate Prodigy clasped her in his arms。               The Boy Chief�察�raising 



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his hand�察�ejaculated�此�

     ;Bless you�察�my children� ─�

     ;There     is  but   one   thing   wanting     to  complete     this  reunion�察─    �said 

Chitterlings�察�after a pause�察�but the hurried entrance of a scout stopped his 

utterance。 

     ;A commissioner from the Great Father in Washington。; 

     ;Scalp him� ─�shrieked the Boy Chief�察 �this is no time for diplomatic 

trifling。; 

     ;We   have�察  �but   he   still   insists   upon   seeing   you�察  �and   has   sent   in   his 

card。; 

     The Boy Chief took it�察�and read aloud�察�in agonized accents�此�

     ;Charles   F。   Hall   Golightly�察  �late   Page   in   United   States   Senate�察  �and 

Acting Commissioner of United States。; 

     In   another     moment�察     �Golightly�察   �pale�察  �bleeding�察    �and�察  �as   it  were�察�

prematurely   bald�察     �but   still  cold  and   intellectual�察  �entered    the  wigwam。 

They fell upon his neck and begged his forgiveness。 

     ;Don't mention it�察─�he said�察�quietly�察 �these things must and will happen 

under   our   present   system   of   government。       My   story   is   brief。   Obtaining 

political influence through caucuses�察�I became at last Page in the Senate。 

Through   the   exertions   of   political   friends   I   was   appointed   clerk   to   the 

commissioner        whose     functions     I  now    represent。     Knowing        through 

political spies in your own camp who you were�察�I acted upon the physical 

fears of the commissioner�察�who was an ex´clergyman�察�and easily induced 

him to deputize me to consult with you。             In doing so�察�I have lost my scalp�察�

but   as   the   hirsute   signs   of   juvenility   have   worked   against   my   political 

progress I do not   regret it。       As   a partially bald young   man I shall   have 

more power。        The terms that I have to offer are simply this�此�you can do 

everything you want�察�go anywhere you choose�察�if you will only leave this 

place。     I   have   a  hundred     thousand´dollar      draft   on   the  United    States 

Treasury in my pocket at your immediate disposal。; 

     ;But what's to become of me�拭─�asked Chitterlings。 

     ;Your   case   has   already   been   under   advisement。         The   Secretary   of 

State�察�who is an intelligent man�察�is determined to recognize you as de jure 

and de facto the only loyal representative of the Patagonian government。 



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You may safely proceed to Washington as its envoy extraordinary。                     I dine 

with the secretary next week。; 

     ;And yourself�察�old fellow�拭─�

     ;I only wish that twenty years from now you will recognize by your 

influence and votes the rights of C。 F。 H。 Golightly to the presidency。; 

     And here ends our story。           Trusting that   my dear   young friends   may 

take   whatever   example   or   moral   their   respective   parents   and   guardians 

may deem fittest from these pages�察�I hope in future years to portray further 

the   career   of   those   three   young   heroes   I   have   already   introduced   in   the 

spring´time of life to their charitable consideration。 



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        THE MAN WHOSE YOKE WAS 

                               NOT EASY 



       He was a spare man�察�and�察�physically�察�an ill´conditioned man�察�but at 

first   glance     scarcely    a   seedy    man。      The     indications    of   reduced 

circumstances in the male of the better class are�察�I fancy�察�first visible in the 

boots    and    shirt�察 �the  boots    offensively    exhibiting    a  degree    of  polish 

inconsistent   with   their   dilapidated   condition�察  �and   the   shirt   showing   an 

extent   of   ostentatious   surface   that   is   invariably   fatal   to   the   threadbare 

waist´coat that it partially covers。        He was a pale man�察�and�察�I fancied�察�still 

paler from his black clothes。 

     He handed me a note。 

     It   was   from  a   certain   physician�察  �a   man   of   broad   culture   and   broader 

experience�察�a man who had devoted the greater part of his active life to the 

alleviation of sorrow and suffering�察�a man who had lived up to the noble 

vows of a noble profession�察�a man who locked in his honorable breast the 

secrets of a hundred families�察�whose face was as kindly�察�whose touch was 

as gentle�察 �in the  wards of  the  great public  hospitals as it was   beside the 

laced   curtains   of   the   dying   Narcissa�察  �a   man   who�察  �through   long   contact 

with suffering�察�had acquired a universal tenderness and breadth of kindly 

philosophy�察�a man who�察�day and night�察�was at the beck and call of anguish�察�

a man who never asked the creed�察�belief�察�moral or worldly standing of the 

sufferer�察  �or   even   his   ability   to   pay   the   few   coins   that   enabled   him   ��the 

physician�� to exist and practice his calling�察�in brief�察�a man who so nearly 

lived   up   to   the   example   of   the   Great   Master   that   it   seems   strange   I   am 

writing of him as a doctor of medicine and not of divinity。 

     The note was in pencil�察�characteristically brief�察�and ran thus�此�

     ;Here is the man I spoke of。         He ought to be good material for you。; 

     For a moment I sat looking from the note to the man�察�and sounding the 

;dim perilous depths; of my memory for the meaning of this mysterious 

communication。          The     good    ;material�察─   �however�察    �soon    relieved    my 

embarrassment by putt

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