Sane a ere a anc ern geen ner — ~ Soo snreeter te trrnan Sat tenement Sreerene te see gs a

One night they did not cook any supper, for they did not dare make a fire.
The scouts had seen a party of Indians, away off on their left. They knew
the Indians would see the smoke if they made a fire: and if they saw the
smoke they would come over there to get up a fight.

The day after the scouts had seen the Indians they came riding back as
hard as their horses could gallop... Everybody thought the Indians were
coming. 3

When the scouts got near enough they called out: “ Buffaloes! Buffaloes!
The soldiers all turned to look in the direction the scouts pointed. They
saw a cloud of dust behind a rise in the prairie, and in a few minutes they
could see a great herd of buffaloes. They were coming almost directly
toward the party.

The buffaloes made such a noise, as they came near, that Hal was fright-
ened. He was not so frightened but that he watched them all the time. On
they came—trot, trot. There were a great many of them. It seemed to Hal °
there were hundreds. As the buffaloes came near, the men were ready. Bang!
bang! went their guns. Over tumbled four or five large buffaloes. Hal’s papa
would not let the men give chase. He said the buffaloes might lead them
farther than they would have time to go. He was afraid, too, that the men
might run against some Indians. Another reason was that he did not think it
was right to kill more buffaloes than they could make use of.

The buffaloes had large, bushy heads, and large horns. Hal got out of

the ambulance and went up close to one of the dead ones. He patted it on
the head, and was not at all ae of it, though he thought it looked very wild,
even if it was dead.

Hal’s papa promised to have two of the horns polished for him so he could
keep them. He said he would keep them always, to remember his first buf-
falo-hunt by.

1"

—Mrs. BUSYHAND,