Santa 2? Cl WBOY
* By 1UCRECE HUDGINS
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SYNOPSIS: In Santa Land,
Santa Claus is troubled by Jindi
ans, who are not good and friend
ly like Indians today. Georgie San
ders, 7, also known as "Kid Buck
aroo. Terror of the West," flies on
the back of a bird to Santa Land
to help Santa. He arrives just as
the Jindians have stolen Dasher,
Santa's best reindeer. Santa's
helpers think Bucky is a Jindian.
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CHAPTER SEVEN
BUCKY TO THE RESCUE
“Kid Buckaroo, Terror of the
West!” exclaimed Tweedleknees
when Bucky gave his name, “what
kind of a Jindian is that?”
“I’m not a Jindian,” protested
Bucky. He was close to tears. “I’m
a cowboy.”
“Cowboy!” The Santa Land1
workers shouted. “Whoever heard
of a cowboy with no guns, no
lasso—not even a horse?”
Bucky told them his story. How
he'd heard they had Indians at
Santa Land and he’d come to fight
them. How he’d lost all his weap
ons on the way but come on any
way to help if he could.
“You do have Indians here,
don’t you?” he pleaded. “Real
fighting Indians?”
“Not Indians. Jindians/' snap
ped Tweedleknees. “They are silly
ceratures. I’m not afraid of them.” i
I
Swoosh! Zing! a slender arrow
shot from the dark, lifted Twee
dleknees’ night cap from his head
and pinned it to the ground ten
yards away.
Tweedleknees' legs shook. “I’m
only scared half to death,” he
growled. Another arrow whipped
from the dark and landed at San
ta’s feet. The fairy folk screamed
with fear and ran to hide. Bucky
cried. “Look, it has a message
on it!” |
Santa picked up the arrow. Yes
there was a paper fastened to its
tip. Santa unrolled it and read:
“Us came to make powwow.”
Santa put his arm around
Bucky. “Maybe you have brought
us luck,” he smiled. “I think the
Jindians want to make peace.
Come get warm in the house.
Tweedleknees will bring in the
Jindians when they come. I hope
they have Dasher with them.”
Mrs. Claus met them at the
door. “You poor boy!” she ex
claimed when Santa had told her
who Buckv was. Now a cowboy is
a pretty tough character as every
one knows but Mrs. Claus didn’t
care about cowboys. She just
cared about the real boy under
neath. She washed Bucky’s face
and hands. She hugged him and
warmed him and finally gave him
a walloping dinner—bigger and
better than Thanksgiving and
Christmas dinner rolled into one.
And the wonderful old lady was
just starting him to bed when Pat
rick Tweedleknees leaped into the
room crying, “Here they come!”
A huge feather-dressed Jindian
entered the cottage. He was fol
lowed by a young boy, solemn
and handsome, with a single fea
ther in his head band.
Bucky’s eyes popped with ex
citement. Real Jindians! Warlike
Jindians; Oh, if he had his weap
ons now he would show them
something!
The Jindian chief spoke. “Me
Chief Hurricane. This Lonesome
Boy, my son.”
Santa said, “I’m glod you have
come. We will have peace.”
Chief Hurricane shook (his head.
“No peace,” he grunted. “We come
to say we steal all your deer. Burn
your shops. Chase you way. We
fix things so nobody have Christ
man again.”
Santa’s heart was filled with
sorrow. He knew the Jindians
were fierce and powerful. What
could be do to stop them?
Suddenly a voice cried, “Oh, no
you won’t-”
Chief Hurricane turned in as
tonishment. Bucky stood with
hands on his hips glaring at the
great Jindian chief.
“I’m Kid Buckaroo, Terror of
the West,” he snapped. “I can out
ride you and outshoot you. Now
just get out of here.”
Santa turned pale. Mrs. Claus
clasped her hands. Tweedleknees
swallowed half his tongue. And
Bucky, well, to tell the truth,
Bucky’s legs were so weak with
fright he was ready to topple over.
“Ha!” shouted Chief Hurricane.
“Prove it!”
Santa turned Bucky’s face up.
“Can you prove it?” he asked
softly.
Bucky tried to speak. But his
voice wouldn’t come. He tried to
whisper but couldn’t even find a
whisper. Finally he just nodded
his head. But oh! how he wished
he'd never spoken at all!
CHAPTER EIGHT
BUCKY GETS READY FOR
THE RACE
Chief Hurricane said “My son, !
Lonesome Bay, swiftest rider in,
world. Can this Buckaroo Kid j
ride better?” j
“We will see,” said Santa. “But
first we must make an agreement.
If Bucky outrides your boy you
will leave our land and never!
bother us again. And yo'u will re
turn Dasher, our best reindeer.”
“Ha!” cried the chief.
-Well,” insisted Santa. “Is it
agreed?”
-Agreed,” grumbled the chief.
Then his eyes gleamed. “Race to
morrow.” he said, “Who ride first
through Northern Lights, he win.”
Without another word Chief Hur
ricane and Lonesome Boy depart
ed.
“Now you’re in for it!” said
Tweedleknees to Bucky. “For a
little boy you talks awful big.”
Bucky felt badly enough. It's
true he talked too much, too fast,
without thinking at all. Why he
didn’t even have a horse to ride!
He thought longingly of Fellow,
his stick horse. But he knew per
fectly well that Fellow would
have been of no use to him now.
He wondered why Santa be
| lieved in him at all. Now Santa
! sat in the living room, his chin on
his hand, his eyes closed. What
| could he be thinking?
“Well, come on,” said Tweedle
knees. “At least we can rig you up
’ into some decent cowboy clothes
singe that is what you are sup
posed to be.”
Santa looked up. “Good,” he
said. “And then meet me in the
tool house. I’ll have a horse ready,
j Too bad Dasher is gone. On Dash
er you could outride the wind.”
When Tweedleknees had taken
Bucky away, Mrs. Claus went to
Santa’s side. '“What will happen,”
she asked, “when the boy goes
among the Northern Lights?”
| Santa shook his head. “I am
afraid,” he admitted. “But he is
our only chance. Our little work
ers are afraid of the great Jindi
•ans. We could never fight them.
We must depend on the boy and
the horse I give him to ride.”
“Meanwhile Tweedleknees march
ed Bucky to the Santa Land Cow
boy shop, the busiest place in all
Santa Land. It seems that all the
little boys in the world asked for
cowboy suits for Christmas. Not
only boys—but girls, too, so that
over a hundred fairy seamstresses
were kept busy the year long
stitching at Jodpurs and chaps
and fringed skirts and all the
fancy shirts that little cowboys
and cowgirls love so much.
Mimi, the little fairy who used
to be in charge of dolls but now
was in charge of cowboy outfits,
showed Bucky around the shop.
“Pick any shirt you want,” she
told him. |
Bucky chose a plain red shirt
and dungarees. Then Benny the
pistol maker took him into the
weapon room.
What a place for a boy to be! j
Six-shooters, four-shooters, single
hooters hung from the walls in
holsters stamped with shining!
metal. With a cry of pleasure 1
Bucky selected two six-shooters
exactly like those he’d lost in the
fight with the hawk. Then with
new boots and hat he stood finally '
before a mirror.
“Yippi ai ki-ay!” he shouted.
For an instant the fairies were
dumbfounded. Never had they;
heard so strange a word. Then ;
they tried it, rolling the word
slowly around their tongues and
then shouting together: “Yippi ai
ki-ay!” It made quite a shout.
“Now for my horse,” said Bucky j
as he and Tweedleknees left for ,
the tool house. As they entered, j
they saw Santa bent over a work
bench working with sand paper
on a twisted limb of cherry tree.
“I’m finished, son,” said Santa.
His voice was sad and weary.
“But—the—the horse?” stam
mered Bucky. “You said—didn’t
you say there’d be a horse?”
“Here it is,” said Santa holding
out the cherry stick. “His name is
Fellow like your old one.”
“Oh,” said Bucky.
He tried to smile but truly his
heart was heavy when he thought
of the race he must run with a
cherry stick.
(Next: The Great Cherry Stick)
GIRL SCOUTS AND BROWNIES i
READY FOR BAZAAR
Tomorrow is a big day for the
Girl Scouts and Brownies as they
take over a section of the N. C.
Store for their Bazaar, given to
raise funds for their summer en
campment.
In addition to the clever and
interesting gift items which the
girls have made, there will be a
fine assortment at home made
cakes, pies, candy and cookies for
sale, starting at ten o’clock in the
morning.
I
p A lovely hand painted picture
was donated to the girls by Mar
garet Massey of the North Pole
Bakery, which will be given to
some lucky person at the close ot
the Bazaar.
Anyone wishing to donate food
for the Bake Sale and who cannot
bring their contribution down,
may call the N. C. Store in the
morning and a Scout will be sent
to deliver it.
Hawaiian Delegates
To Call On Every
U. S. Senator
WASHINGTON iJP) — A 27
member Hawaii delegation push
ing for statehood for the Territory
aimed today at calling on every
member of the U. S. Senate by
this week-end.
The group, headed by Gov. I.
M. Stainback, conferred Wednes
day with Secretary of the Interior
Chapman and visited Senators
O’Mahoney OD.-Wyo.) • and Cor
don (R.-Ore.)
At a caucus in the office of
Delegate Farrington (R.-Hawaii),
the delegation decided to call as
a group on all 11 members of the
Republican steering committee in
the Senate and all six members of
the Democratic steering commit
St Joseph's Church has had
several visitors this week. Father
Suber has been holding a Catholic
Mission, which will be completed
this everting. Father Carroll %f
Kotzebue came down for a few
days to attend the Mission and
visit with Father Suber and
Father Convert of St. Michaels
who has been here for the Mission,
and to get dental work done.
tee.
In addition, it was decided to
pay group visits at the offices of
Senator Butler (R.-Neb.), a lead
ing statehood opponent; and Sen
ators Kefauver (D.-Tenn.) and
Sparman OD.-Ala.), listed by the
group as supporters of the pend
ing statehood bill.
Other members of the Senate
will be contacted by individuals
in the Hawaii party who know
them best.
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