Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-09-07

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daughters. I thought them all ugly, and thei'
dress too" said Manitara, with some scorn ir
"Well, you have never seen the missionary'E
wife and daughters, have you% -.'' 90, ,.1'' Z
"No, never" '''' 81. '.i"s .'.'.. q. " ~
"I am sure you will not think them ugly
Mrs. Carleton is lovely, and so are all the lit
tie girls. They have been so kind and good
to me, I love them all dearly, a4"
care they only little girls? ?" g.. -''''..''.
=. "Well, Amy is not a little girl, exactly
The others arr" B.. =. ~. -..4
"Are they prettier than me3" asked Mani
tara, with naive seriousness. ejtw ..-
"Not a Bit" promptly replied Arthur
"I'll tell you the truth" he added, con6den'
TALLY. II never met any one prettier than
you, anywhere"
Manitara's pearly teeth shone for an instant
in bright smile of pleasure, at this compli'
ment. She was as artless and ingenious as q
child, and not being versed in the ways Of the
world, took no pains to conceal her sentiments
Like all of her sex, she was susceptible to
fattery but she knew not of its snares
Luckily, in this case, it was innocent Aattery,
prompted by no double motive, and came
from heart more experienced, but almost as
ingenious as her own. ..'..'
81 can't help thinking" pursued Arthur,
"wbat mercy it was that you chanced to
come by when I was having that tussle with
the bear. Please tell me just how the whole
thing happened. You know I was under the
brute and lost my senses. knew nothing
more until I saw you, like a good angel,
standing at my side" .... ...
"Oh i! it happened this way" said Manitara.
II was walking fast, and just thinking it
would not take me long to pass through the
wood saw ahead of me, when 1 heard Gu
rious noise, a sort grumbling and stamping,
and then firing Of the gun, and l said to my.
self right IF, that is bear.bunt.' l hurried
on, because wanted to see it. have chased
bears often enough, myself-and just as l
came in sight of you, you struck him with
your gun and fell down, and he sprang on
you. You had wounded him, too, or he would
have done you more mischief; but before he
had much of a chance, aimed and fired, and l
was so glad when saw him roll over, and
knew he was dead. Oh! I was frightened
when came up, and saw you looking so
white and strange!"
"Were you sorry for me?" .
,"Yes. was so sorry my heart seemed to
stand still. But almost in moment, you
opened your eyes-and then you called me
Amy" ..,'..s
ri don't know what I said I was all in a
maze" said Arthur. "But tell me, Manitara,
were you not frightened at the bear? Sup
pose be had attacked you" ...
"OhlI was not afraid, with this" said
Manitara, touching her rifle, which she carried
poised on her shoulder. II never miss my
aim."
It was 1rg6E, dainty Weapon, just fit for
delicate hand. Arthur looked at it, and
then he took the little brown hand and raised
it to his lips. It was no idle gallantry that
prompted the act, but an impulse of graft
tude, warm from the heart. For the first
time he now seemed to realize clearly the
magnitude of the danger from which he had
been rescued, and the obligation he was un.
der to the fearless girl, who had been the in
strument of saving him from death.
He confined to ply Manitara with ques-
tions-among others, why it was that she
could speak English so we'll, while the gener'
ality of her people had such an imperfect
knowledge of it; and she replied that good
white man had taught her, her father chief
allowing her to go to him for an hour every
day, when they lived on the old reservation.
II am not ignorant" she added with some
pride; II can read little in your books, and
can write my name" They grew quite 80
ciable during their walk, and by the time
they reached the missionarys house had be-
come excellent friends. -'.
ITO be Continued