Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-05-22
our OF FHE FRTIsG-PAz mo TIE
FIRE.

OUT OF THE FRTIzG-PAE INTO THE
FIRE.
Neither taIl nor short. neither dark
nor fair. with hair between blonde and
brown. and eyes that left doubt as 70
whether they were gray OF hazel She
Was jus. such little bundle Of uncer-
tzinfies and contradictions rs led the
Imagination captiEe II the first glance.
and offered c0nstank lure to anficipa-
ton
Whether she spoke Or remained 81
lent. wbsther she walked or sal. expec-
tation hung brea1hlcss upon her next
word. her next pose Her eyes. vary
ing rs seemed ther hue, shone, none
the less. with candid ray that seemed
the rery light Of truth. snd her fresh
mouth, with It's milky teeth showing
between the not t00-smil;ng lipz, ire
sistsbiy suggested the sweetest uses to
which lips can te put
When the heavily moving vssel had
p,owed through half the great Atlantic
rollers. and the few passengers had al
grown hezrfily tired Of each other,
when she suddenly appearedf0r the firss
time upon deck quite alone. vet calm
and self-cenrcred as the small birds that
sometimes poised themselves UPON spar
OF buiwark 10 gather breath for fresh
Sight
Il was julius Hilder who had first dis
covered her. leaning against the con-
paniCnvay railing. With the air of hav-
ing Just come up or down, be could
L-~~fI.- .I.sn-~~~--- --Ls..L r--l- -
senfly a. the tumbling waves.
Julius snd his friend. Austin Drake.
were seceders from gsE party VINO had
made the tour o. Southern Europe to-
gether- Il was Julius who had insti-
gated his Goupanion 10 desert the 9th
ers and take the German steamer for
Nez Orleans direct. which then touched
at HaTre. instead OF crossing bv Gu
naroers and It had al grown out Of the
obsti1ate determination on the part OF
his sister 70 attsch her party TO that of
Airs SmolIe.t
Mrs smolleft was his choicest aver
zion. 4 prefenfi0us. intriguing woman.
IN whom the matchmaking instinct had
been 50 developed b. the effort 70 es-
tablish her own i've daughters fhat Il
could net rest satisfied with the &C.
complishment II that gigantic task.
She seemed 10 have an endless supply
Of nieces. adopted dauzhters. or prote-
Ees OF some sort. whom she dangled Os-
teutzfi0usiy before the eyes of all eligi-
bic bachelors SHe had improved 4
chance meeting with Julius to announce
% Rim new acquisition. \ lovely Young
ereature. whom she was taking home
with her from Swiss Pension
Mr. Smolleff's own niece, Mr.. Hi
der. and quite Ike my Fanny At her
age You remember Fanny? She was
your first love. believe she had said.
with her ogling d0wzger smile. and
julius had fs.t himself seized at once
win an insurmoantabIe aversion TO the
fair Young niece of Mr.. Smollet
In the first heat of his indignation
against his sister he bad conceived this
notable scheme of crossing by the HaEre
steamer, and though il had not In its
development proved % be eminently
sanusing. he had never omitted to con-
gratulafe himself and his COMPANION.
night and morning. upon the good sense
they had displayed in adopting Il
= No chaftenng girls or designing
dovagers. he would say. as be ySwhed
over Ms book OF the dull game with
which they str0ve TO believe theT were
amusing themselves. gives a man time
10 pull himself together and take ac-
count OF stock. As IL were-7 Still,
when on one of those aimless pilgrim
Ages below which formed the only break
n the monotony Of his occupation. he
had nearly run over this pretty
young creature leaning against the rail-
ings. q thrill of undenIable pleasure had
coursed along his nerves and he had
'elt himself blushing with pleased sur
prise
Fortunately, the sea-fan had rendered
he blush indisfinct but over the light
hat shot into his gray eyes the sea-tan
had no power. nor yet over the tongue
hsf stammered as he tried 20 convey
lis apologies for nearly upsetting her,
md his offers of service In conducting
ler 70 a seat.
Thank you.T she had answered /
,o0lly. You did cot startle me, as saw |
Tou coming. and am not sure tha: |
FaEf a seat
Ttere was no more 10 be said. and /
'er maid appearing at the moment with |
! bundle Of parti-coiored wraps. Julius |
'0uld only lift his hat again and carry |
'ur bis purpose Of going below. As he
Iad no reason for going except that he 4
vas tired of staying on deck. and as the |
Ieck had now acquired = paramount at
racfion. he was soon hack again
In the meantime the young lady had
made up her mind shout the seat. and
iad found one for herself close against
be ships side. on the weather quarter.
( was not a pleasant location, but as
he had chosen IL. and had wrapped a
arge shawl about her IN an exclusive
or Of " :. be saw no plausible ground
or interfering
Nothing could have been more dis
rect and retiring than Miss EitOn's be-
cFior. but the Perseverance of q man
rho finds himself bored by too much of
Is own and his alter ego's society. is
n incalculable force against which no
roman can successfully infrench her
sf. and 50 il was not long before Drake
Iund himself eliminated. as \ super
nous factor. from the sum of his
iend's enjoyment. whenever Miss El-
ln appeared above deck His sur, ,ess.
was more apparent than real,
u although be knew heR name, and
rs allowed 20 carry her book and her
.swl. and arrange her chair Ia the
'ost comfortable position with refer I
scs 70 the wind OF the sun. he had
ally made no great progress in her
1n6denos. Who she was. or why she !
ad chosen to make the voyage IN this
and ec>enfric way. re- I
lsined IS CREST mystery As il had ;
zen on that memorable inst day. II
~ the clnse Of the tenth day. dating :
ON that Of his discovery. and Julins .
Il bcssds her N that intimate fashion I