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0ut orr fro the outer 40riU by hur blindness,
hrs. Tnfoye, aged neurly 100, lives in her little attobe
house Wise( fro.74 the hihwey near Oleveland, hew x. Alen
the boys nnd girls went to her tor reminiscences her old
foe liFhted. he
yeers thet she wns
hed been living in the past for se rm3--1
for 17A0u,
4ed to hsve en f,udiot-
that ordinarily surge throuo:h her A.nd.
Yes, my brother Jost, he was cptured by -IdIr4ls,
hell tell you thnt7
'Yes, you, please do.'
",,e11, one day Jose wsf !)t “io del Lieblo when
he vircs surrounded by a bend of indians who tooe him captive.
But Jose, he watch close so as to find ht n woy hohJe again.
The indians were f:;ood to :fiy brother, tretod hii. kAndly, und
igept ilLa for e yeir and h if to V,Ko dere uf their horoes.
day, howevtfr, he saw the svrpes paI 1r tptv
poles on which they tied e oeptive ud built et fire under
him. Jose wee so frightened thet he weatee to eseepe right
ewny. Uo hed been so long with the indipne thet they did
not vetch him ony '4ore. he knew their hfbits 60 5011 th,t
when he sew they were stneting out to hunt he knee teey
would be gone severe' deys; end es nil the horsee were
awey he would be loft to held the sur wi in the fields.
eoon fter the men left he took his wooden hoe
,ft
the seuews around the wimp.. Once out e;: ei-et hd threw
down the hoe end sterted for home.
"fleck ut creep his esceee wee diseovered Fetd pn
Indien runner sped to the hunters, who ceme in eroep our
suit. lone stretch of plein ley before Juan. e could
hoer the whoops of the lndiene in the forest billAnd. :hero
wes no shelter for the boy except f' lerge rock bout 100
yerds ewny. eaint enthony, held cried Jose.
he hurried forwerd end crept under the rock. he cleet
horses of the indiens wore soon hoerd approechine. round
and eround they rode, then went vw.;v little d atence,
returned end rode eround egein, but they did not e Jo.
A lit they rode ftwfty. Jose 401.ted until du, thim
on his eftint enthony in he rea towrd hcr4e.
"The next morning fter my :lotilor h.. on to u
neighbor's house, my sistur ind were very euch ;'rigntezod
to see pn Indien etnading et our door. ;le hed low bone
earrings end wee very dirty. Then Jose spoke ,,Jad
if we did not Know him. ie were so h. jy.
eother but did net tell her why
rn for iy
us
ted h. h cut! not
know my brother either. Alen he spoke, she knew his
voioe Nnd cried for joy.
ihen he h d olerned hiuself,
she took the old bone earrings end ave him P pvir or
silver ones, whioh we wore the rest of his life."