Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch by Howard R. (Howard Roger) Garis
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"Look, Ted! Look!"
"Where?" he asked. "Right over there--by the station. It's an _Indian_!" "A real one?" asked Teddy, who, at first, did not see where his sister was pointing. "He _looks_ like a real one," Janet answered. "He's _alive_, 'cause he's moving!" She snuggled closer to her brother. Then Teddy saw where Janet pointed. A big man, whose face was the color of a copper cent, was walking along the station platform. He was wrapped in a dirty blanket, but enough of him could be seen to show that he was a Redman. "Is that a _real_ Indian, Uncle Frank?" asked Teddy in great excitement. "What? Him? Oh, yes, he's a real Indian all right. There's a lot of 'em come down to the station to sell baskets and beadwork to the people who go through on the trains." "Is he a _tame_ Indian?" the little boy next wanted to know. "Oh, he's 'tame' all right. Hi there, Running Horse!" called Uncle Frank to the copper-faced man in the blanket, "sell many baskets to-day?" "Um few. No good business," answered the Indian in a sort of grunt. |
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