. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. ^ wild stories of the blood-thirstj- Pat arranged with some of the Indians togive Jimmie a scare and drive the fever outof him. One day, while he was at work, a partyof the Indians appeared by the river and beganto move stealthily toward him. They made be- 394. He Fought a Wooden Indian. NEW YORK CITY LIFE lieve fish upstream in his direction, and he watchedthem carefully, until suddenly they threw downtheir fishing-rods, picked up their rifles, gave theirwar-whoop, and rushed for the unprotected farmhands,
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. ^ wild stories of the blood-thirstj- Pat arranged with some of the Indians togive Jimmie a scare and drive the fever outof him. One day, while he was at work, a partyof the Indians appeared by the river and beganto move stealthily toward him. They made be- 394. He Fought a Wooden Indian. NEW YORK CITY LIFE lieve fish upstream in his direction, and he watchedthem carefully, until suddenly they threw downtheir fishing-rods, picked up their rifles, gave theirwar-whoop, and rushed for the unprotected farmhands, who, in furtherance of the joke, fled in ap-parent dismay. The Indians fired rapidly, and oc-casionally a white man fell to the ground, pretend-ing to be hurt. Presentlj Jimmie was alone, forall of his fellows were stretched on the his Bowery courage asserted itself, and hedetermined to sell his life dearly. He drew a re-volver that he had bought in a Park Row storeand fired rapidl}. The first bullet missed, the sec-ond struck the right ear of Chief Red Eagle, thethird hit the chiefs son-in-law; and then the In-dians turned and fled, with Jimmie in full Pat shipped Jimmie back to the Bowery tosave him from the vengeance of the redskins, andhe is having the task of his life to settle the mat-ter with the Indians. A
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